The series win in the UAE, New Zealand's first over Pakistan away from home in 40 years, will have given it confidence for the coming matches against Sri Lanka.
Yasir Shah also equalled Pakistan's record of most wickets in a Test match by claiming 14 wickets in the second Test against New Zealand last week.
Williamson and Watling dug in well and denied Pakistan success in the middle session before the home team got three wickets after tea to check New Zealand's progress.
For Gower, the five-day cricket remains the "most beautiful format of the game", despite the hype surrounding the T20 format.
The Gentlemen's game has brought out the very best of every player in Test cricket, especially when it comes to clinching a win by a few meagre runs. Here are the narrowest Test wins in cricket history.
Pakistan lost a winnable match by 4 runs after New Zealand made an impressive comeback to see off a sensational collapse to win the 1st Test.
Sachin Tendulkar's international career lasted exactly 24 years -- November 15, 1989 to November 15, 2013.
Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah was instrumental in leaving Zimbabwe a record chase, hitting his second century as the hosts declared the second innings on 224/6.
Ben Foakes will continue with the gloves in the 2nd Test as there seems to be no space for Jonny Bairstow after the former notched his maiden ton on his debut.
Besides Foakes' century, England's spin trio of Leach, Moeen and Rashid shared eight wickets between them while seamers Anderson and Curran picked up a wicket each to clean up Lanka for 203.
The Tamil Nadu opener endured a poor run in England, making 20, 6, 0 and 0 in the first two Tests and was dropped. Subsequently, he signed up for Essex and scored a ton and three half-centuries.
Gower feels that market forces should come together to devise a strategy that will bring in more crowd at Test match venues across the globe.
The trio were suspended for their roles in the ball tampering scandal in the Cape Town Test in March where the former two leaders were handed a 12-month suspension and Bancroft given a nine-month ban.
Abbas became the first fast bowler to take 10-for in the 16-year history of cricket Tests in the United Arab Emirates. His 17 wickets in the series earned man of the series.
Pakistan's Azhar Ali, who was on 64, gave away his wicket in the most comical manner and Twitter can't stop trolling the batsman.
Shaw was the man of the series in the two Tests that India won comfortably against West Indies as he notched up his maiden Test ton on his debut.
India are unbeaten at home since 2012/13 and since then, they have played 29 Tests at home, winnings 23, losing one and drawing five.
Before Kohli, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also spoken about how he felt better bowling with the Kookaburra than 'SG Test'.
India's previous highest innings victory came in June when they beat Test debutants Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs at Bengaluru within two days.
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