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

[Zinzan]

Ponting was amazing at hitting the stumps

Still the best I've ever seen at consistently hitting the timber....he was insane in his 20s

 

[Zinzan]

*** off

 

[Immenso]

Yuck. Could have caught that if a standard ring field. Rather than on their heels 80m back.

 

[Daemon]

Sarfraz shouldn't be tempted to go over the top against Craig here. Easy singles and twos everywhere.

 

[Immenso]

Go thru the motions for 4 balls, attempt miracles for 2 balls.

 

[Blocky]

Go thru the motions for 4 balls, attempt miracles for 2 balls.

It's the trap that poor bowlers fall into, only attack the tail ender without realising the other guy is likely to take more risks to get the single and therefore get himself in trouble.

 

[Blocky]

And Baz is an idiot for feeding spinners to a guy looking for opportunities to close the score gap.

 

[Daemon]

Not moving his feet at all is working wonders for Rahat

 

[Immenso]

Wow. Craig is so bad.

 

[anil1405]

This is a frustrating knock for the cricket fans who want to see a tight game but boy this guy is playing some knock.

 

[Blocky]

And this is why I don't rate either of our spinners. Handing the game back to Pakistan in conditions that absolutely suit against tail end players.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Wagner must be a very happy man

 

[Zinzan]

Such poor captaincy, why McCullum doesn't rate Boult or Southee to dismiss a no 11 is beyond me. Craig looks so easy.

 

[Blocky]

Great full toss there Sodhi, way to keep the guy on strike

 

[Kippax]

This is a frustrating knock for the cricket fans who want to see a tight game but boy this guy is playing some knock.

Well, Australia collapsed on the fourth afternoon in Dubai iirc. Hope the same happens to NZ here.

 

[Zinzan]

And this is why I don't rate either of our spinners. Handing the game back to Pakistan in conditions that absolutely suit against tail end players.

At least Sodhi actually has some potential albeit inconsistent, Craig is just another Bruce Martin for mine, better batsman than bowler.

 

[hendrix]

Such poor captaincy, why McCullum doesn't rate Boult or Southee to dismiss a no 11 is beyond me. Craig looks so easy.

They can't bowl the whole game.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

At least Sodhi actually has some potential albeit inconsistent, Craig is just another Bruce Martin for mine, better batsman than bowler.

here we go again...

 

[vandem]

Such poor captaincy, why McCullum doesn't rate Boult or Southee to dismiss a no 11 is beyond me. Craig looks so easy.

Agree. Southee and Boult needed resting, so why not Anderson for 3-4 overs of short stuff alternating with slanting across the batsman.

Silver lining is that Wagner is getting closer to being in the playing XI.

 

[Blocky]

Well, Australia collapsed on the fourth afternoon in Dubai iirc. Hope the same happens to NZ here.

Says a man with money on Pakistan :P