**Official** New Zealand v Pakistan in UAE

[Howsie]

Screw it, Mitchell McClenaghan please.

 

[Nate]

Kamran still in 20/20 form/mode.

 

[Stapel]

288 for NZ to win. I think it's a good batting track. We should be clouded by the fact Pakistan lost 2 very early wickets and thus proceeded cautiously. Paks recovered very well.

But if NZ bat sensibly, it should be an interesting chase!

 

[Blakey]

80 runs more than we should have let them have. Still in it but we'll probably lose.

Let them have?

Give Pakistan some credit mate. They batted bloody well at times.

 

[nightprowler10]

Kami's a great finisher. Still remember him coming in at 49.3 against WI and hitting three sixes. Happy with the total tbh, especially considering the horrendous start.

 

[Blakey]

Screw it, Mitchell McClenaghan please.

Yep I'd like to see long hops slashed for 6.

 

[Howsie]

Yep I'd like to see long hops slashed for 6.

Yea because he bowl's long hops all day. He'd do no worse then Ian Butler who's been far below average since coming into the team.

 

[Athlai]

Vettori 10 for 34 (2W)

Butler/NcCullum 10 for 83 (1W)

Southee and Bond went alright, could've bowled better at the death but by then Pakistan were already going for it. Oram was average, leaked a few runs but he not too much to whinge about. But Butler and NcCullum just completely gave the game to Pakistan.

Afridi has to be the most frustrating player in the world, 1 in 10 times his risks come off to do something like this.

 

[Athlai]

Let them have?

Give Pakistan some credit mate. They batted bloody well at times.

Think if we managed to suffocate Afridi early on they would have scored far far less. Akmal was pretty fantastic at the end there but he was launching from a platform that Afridi's onslaught set.

 

[Howsie]

Think if we managed to suffocate Afridi early on they would have scored far far less. Akmal was pretty fantastic at the end there but he was launching from a platform that Afridi's onslaught set.

I'd like to know why Vettori took himself of when Afridi got going.

 

[nightprowler10]

Afridi has to be the most frustrating player in the world, 1 in 10 times his risks come off to do something like this.

Think it was a bit uncharacteristic of him tbh. Usually if he ever makes it to 70 odd it means he got there with 10+ boundaries. This was much more controlled. Besides, he's a 1 in 5 player these days.

 

[Athlai]

Think it was a bit uncharacteristic of him tbh. Usually if he ever makes it to 70 odd it means he got there with 10+ boundaries. This was much more controlled. Besides, he's a 1 in 5 player these days.

The controlled part didn't bother me, it was the sixes. Those horrible glorious sixes.

 

[Uppercut]

He's a hard man to take getting beaten by.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Afridi playing with a brain is a match for anyone let alone New Zealand.

 

[Nate]

McCullum opening (N)
Redmond as a human being (Y)

 

[AaronK]

Butt is pain in the butt for Gul here haha

u make 0 and then drop catch.. u have got to have one of the worst matches of ur career..

as i am speaking Gul bowled McCullam..

 

[Blakey]

Nice one Taylor. Talented?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Taylor in low score when coming in far too early shocker.

 

[Jono]

Oh dear NZ.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Khalid Latif must have been painful to watch?

Edit: And Afridi in slow batting shocker!