**Official** Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2014

[Dan]

Give Ross and Son of Rod a bowl IMO. And BJ; Latham can 'keep for a couple of overs.

 

[Jono]

First time ever all top 5 batsmen in a test match have passed 80. Crazy.

 

[Spark]

Just turned on. This commentary makes 9 sound good ffs

They're **** in totally different ways, IMO: c9 is just obnoxious whereas the Ten Sports guys sound like they genuinely do not know how to commentate a cricket match

 

[Howe_zat]

For those who missed it

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[smash84]

Damn, what a road. Pakistan should target 952

 

[WindieWeathers]

The thing is South Africa showed how to bowl in these tracks when they drew the series there recently!!..Steyn especially caused problems. And also even though the Aussies were torn apart Johnson still got something out of those tracks...the bottom line is if you're really a world class pacer you should find a way to get wickets here...how can Anderson be allowed to outbowl Southee and Boult? crazy...fact is NZ's attack just hasn't been good enough in this innings...we'll see if they can bounce back in the innings to come.

 

[Howe_zat]

Greatest thing Misbah could do is get the ton and declare with Younis on 99*

 

[Spark]

i still maintain that the deliberate almost-beamer is an underused tactic in such situations

 

[BeeGee]

In a bit of form is Younis. Last 5 innings - 106, 103*, 213, 46 and now he's about to bring up another ton.

 

[Prince EWS]

Greatest thing Misbah could do is get the ton and declare with Younis on 99*

He could run Younis out.

 

[Spark]

hahahaha that was great

 

[OverratedSanity]

i still maintain that the deliberate almost-beamer is an underused tactic in such situations

Haha yeah gets so many people out.

 

[Dan]

hahahahaha oh man McCullum must be pissed right now

 

[Dan]

Come on, Misbah out for 99 to Baz pls.

 

[Howe_zat]

Well batted kids.

Don't think they will be batting again until next week

 

[Mike5181]

McCullum has to go out and bat after all of that. **** that.

 

[Spark]

So, odds than NZ get above 300 here?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

188.67

 

[Dan]

I can imagine Kane Williamson in the dressing room right now:

"Hey guys look at the positives, now we get to bat for three days straight! You can face, like, 500 balls in that time!"
"**** off Kane the rest of us want to go home and sleep."

 

[Flametree]

So, odds than NZ get above 300 here?

They really should get a lot. There are enough players in the top 7 who know how to score big. But they'll need to be in better form than their bowling and fielding suggested....

Craig got a few to turn quite appreciably in his last spell with a knackered ball, I think the spinners will be a handful. Any top order batsman getting out to either of Pakistan's seamers should be tarred and feathered however....