Match facts

November 24-28, 2009

Start time 12 pm (23.00 GMT)

Big Picture

Two contrasting cricketing styles will be on view in Dunedin from Tuesday. New Zealand are efficient: they strive, and frequently succeed, in making optimal use of often limited resources. They win admirers because they are usually the underdogs and they punch above their weight. Pakistan, on the other hand, have no shortage of talent and flair and, if they made consistency a habit, would be world beaters. It's their unpredictability, though, that makes them compelling to watch. They can oscillate from abysmal to astonishing, and back again, sometimes regardless of the quality of opposition.

And yet, these very different teams go into the three-Test series facing similar challenges, and how they cope - and their methods will be different - could decide the winner.