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

[uvelocity]

i have no appetite to make fun of nz at this time

 

[OverratedSanity]

Before he comes in, let me make the post for him

" 4 wickets for Ali!!.. It seems the pitch isn't as dead as Southee and Boult have made it appear !!... Bottom line is if you are a world class pacer you should find a way to get wickets here...how can Rahat Ali be allowed to outbowl Southee and Boult?? crazy...fact is that NZ just haven't been good enough..surely top class pacers like Steyn, Johnson, Harris, Roach etc would have done better.."

This was scarily dead on

 

[harsh.ag]

That build up to get Latham was cool though smali.

 

[WindieWeathers]

Before he comes in, let me make the post for him

" 4 wickets for Ali!!.. It seems the pitch isn't as dead as Southee and Boult have made it appear !!... Bottom line is if you are a world class pacer you should find a way to get wickets here...how can Rahat Ali be allowed to outbowl Southee and Boult?? crazy...fact is that NZ just haven't been good enough..surely top class pacers like Steyn, Johnson, Harris, Roach etc would have done better.."

It's true though...how can the much vaunted "swing duo" let Ali punk them like that?

 

[Teja.]

Can't watch the game atm but how are you guys defining good bowling from Rahat today? Surely there's nothing off the pitch or is Rahat getting some Irish?

 

[Athlai]

We batted so poorly.

 

[harsh.ag]

muh road

top kakkles new zealand

For most awesomeness per post, IL has got to be the chart topper

 

[harsh.ag]

Can't watch the game atm but how are you guys defining good bowling from Rahat today? Surely there's nothing off the pitch or is Rahat getting some Irish?

I only saw the bit where he got Latham. Set him up with three outswingers outside the off stump, both full and length balls. Then the fourth one was a very full sharp inswinger. Class.

 

[Bahnz]

i have no appetite to make fun of nz at this time

That's very good of you given the obvious delight blocky was taking in the pummelling Aussie recieved last month.

 

[Prince EWS]

Can't watch the game atm but how are you guys defining good bowling from Rahat today? Surely there's nothing off the pitch or is Rahat getting some Irish?

Yeah he got some serious reverse. Swung the second new ball too.

 

[Teja.]

Will be interesting to see if Southee and Boult can conjure something with the new ball then.

Think the most important thing is not to ease up after nothing happens in the first spell which they sort of did in the first innings.

 

[Days of Grace]

Pakistan commentator getting pretty arrogant now.

Oh well, back to moaning and bitching about this pitch being a road, I guess.

 

[Flem274*]

god dammit fell asleep.

Yeah he got some serious reverse. Swung the second new ball too.

finally someone used a ****ing bottle cap

phlegm seal of approval.

 

[Teja.]

NZ bowlers are getting some conventional movement too.

This is defs. a road doesn't compete with the worst SC roads ever.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Aussie fans watching this as a symptom of PTSD.

 

[Howe_zat]

Quality innings. They still don't know how to pronounce his ****ing name though.

Is it supposed to be 'LAY-tham'?

 

[Prince EWS]

Is it supposed to be 'LAY-tham'?

Yeah; the problem is how they're pronouncing the 'th' part though. It's supposed to be like the th in 'think' but they're pronouncing it like the th in 'that'.

 

[Howe_zat]

They're the same in my accent

sure you're not being a bit too weird about this one cribbage?

 

[Daemon]

They're the same in the Pakistani/Indian accent as well.

 

[Spark]

we're reaching peak cribb here