Having triumphed the cliff-hanger in the first Test against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi by just 4 runs, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has expressed delight stating that the dramatic victory showcase a lot of resolve and ability that the visitors posses.

"It is not for nothing that Pakistan have the reputation of being unpredictable and fragile in chases. Well on course to winning, then run-outs and slogs.....130-3, then147-4 needing 176 and lose by 4," famous commentator Harsha Bhogle summed up Pakistan's public act of going full Pakistan, perfectly.

This is an outstanding win for New Zealand, who clinched what is Test Cricket's fourth away victory inside a month after Zimbabwe's historic feat at Sylhet and England reigning supreme at Galle and Pallekele.

"A superb fighting effort," an extremely pleased and satisfied Kane Williamson said at the post-match presentation ceremony, "The surface wasn't the easiest, it required a real scrappy performance and we saw it from both sides right throughout the match. The pitch offered good turn on day one and all the spinners did a fantastic job."

"A great advertisement for Test cricket, it went on only for three days but went all the way to the wire. We'll sit down and review our performance, we need to go back and work on areas. But then it is a fantastic game to be a part of and nice to be on the winning side," the affable right-hander added.

After his matchwinning spell of 5/59 in the second innings, left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel earned man of the match award on debut at the highest level and the 30-year-old is over the moon for it.

"A dream come true. Debuting for New Zealand and being in a position to win the game for your country. I think it is the New Zealand way to believe anything's possible. It is the Kiwi way," Ajaz told the presenter Ramiz Raza, "In the lunch break, we planned to keep it simple the whole time - bowling on middle and off. We tried to follow that I guess."

"I've waited a while for my opportunity - I'm thirty now. I've put a lot of work in, and it's rewarding to get one across the line for the country."

Disappointed with the outcome of a match they should've nailed down, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed rued the batting collapse in both innings of the game and said, "Obviously it is disappointing. The start today wasn't good, but the way Azhar and Asad played, we should have finished it off. The collapse after that was very disappointing for the team. We obviously need to give credit to Ajaz here, he bowled superbly. The pitch has changed and he bowled well. Our batsmen should have handled it better, given ourselves a bit of time, but we just didn't."

"The batsmen should have scored the runs itself in the first place, but some of the shots played by some of them in the tail were quite disappointing,"

"We had opportunities right through the game, first to score big runs after getting them out for 153 in the first innings and then to finish off the game now; the fact that we couldn't do it is very disappointing," he signed off.

The second Test at Dubai starts on Saturday, November 24.

(Inputs from Cricbuzz)