WHANGAREI (Agencies): Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq saved Pakistan from total collapse with his brilliant knock of 99 not out at stumps on day two of the three day tour match against the New Zealand Cricket XI. New Zealand Test paceman Chris Martin took three wickets as a New Zealand XI held Pakistan to 234-8 in its first innings on the second day of a three-day tour match on Monday. Martin (3-52) claimed the wickets of openers M Hafeez (4) and Taufeeq Umar (1) - both caught by New Zealand's new wicketkeeper Reece Young - and veteran Younis Khan (1) as the New Zealand side reduced Pakistan early on to 39-4 in reply to its first innings of 384. The New Zealand XI total was almost entirely based around Brendon McCullum's 206 on Sunday. Pakistan captain Misbah ul-Haq was 99 not out at stumps on the second day after batting for 4-1/2 hours, hitting 10 fours and three sixes. Pakistan's cricketers trail by 150 runs with two wickets in hand on day two of their three-day match with a New Zealand Eleven at Whangarei's Cobham Oval. Chris Martin and Dan Vettori are the best of the New Zealand bowlers, with three wickets each. The first test starts in Hamilton on Friday New Zealand 11, containing many of the players sure to feature in the first test starting at Hamilton on Friday, were again in a productive mood on the second day of the three-day tour match at Cobham Oval. Opener Brendon McCullum starred yesterday by making 206, and today it was the turn of evergreen fast bowler Chris Martin to rattle Pakistan's cage as they were reduced to 234 for eight in response to the home side's first innings of 384. Martin, 36 and in his first meaningful match since the test segment of the tour of India ended in November, sliced through the Pakistani top order as he made the new ball talk before ending the day with figures of three for 42 off 14 overs. Misbah ul-haq initiated a fightback to end the day one run short of his 33rd first-class century. Misbah, another 36-year-old who has been unable to hold down a test spot, should have done enough to warrant selection for the first of two tests against New Zealand as he made 99 not out over 275 minutes, helping himself to 10 fours and three sixes. He was supported by wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal, who hit a breezy 35 as the two put on 57 for the sixth wicket before left-arm seamer James Franklin trapped him leg before wicket. Despite Martin's early flurry of activity, the New Zealand 11s most impressive bowler was left-arm spinner Dan Vettori, who demanded respect as he wheeled down 16 tight overs to bag figures of three for 26. Earlier, the New Zealanders did not kick on after resuming on 342 for four, adding only an additional 42 runs as the middle and lower order failed to capitalise on McCullum's first day heroics. Pace bowler Sohail Tanvir took four of the wickets to fall today to record his team's best figures of four for 63 while Umar Gul claimed three for 61.