Brendon McCullum became the only New Zealander to hit four Test double-hundreds while Kane Williamson fell eight short of scoring 200 for the first time as Pakistan were bludgeon all over the park on day three at Sharjah.
The Black Caps, chasing victory to share the three-game series, amassed 637 for eight by stumps, their highest overseas total, for a first-innings lead of 286.
Captain McCullum and Williamson did most of the damage, taking their overnight stand from 198 to 297 before the latter was bowled by Yasir Shah for 202 in the over the right-hander had struck his 11th six to raise his double-century.
McCullum’s 10th Test ton was also studded with 21 fours, and he left the field to warm applause from the designated hosts during a match played in a sombre atmosphere after Phillip Hughes’ death.
Ross Taylor, who yesterday was usurped as New Zealand’s fastest Test centurion by McCullum, joined Williamson in a hundred partnership either side of lunch.
Taylor fell for 50 before tea, immediately after which Williamson departed via Younus Khan’s tumbling slip catch off Rahat Ali. The number three had 23 fours and a six to his name.
Corey Anderson continued the attack with a 56-ball fifty before being the economical Rahat’s fourth victim of the innings.
With BJ Watling gone cheaply, Mark Craig and Tim Southee rubbed salt in Pakistan’s wounds via a brisk eighth-wicket stand worth 91.
From the last ball of the day Southee was the third Black Cap out for 50, leaving Craig unbeaten on 34.