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**Official** Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2014
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Athlai
Not Terrible
Series, not matches.
Zinzan
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Yeah, upon reflection I think this is our best year. Credit to the McHesson clan.
Kippax
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Well we didn't win this series.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Which is why we finished 2-0 after playing 3 series.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Ah I get it, adding India at home.
hendrix
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yeah that's not happening. Mathews is the only SL batsman who'll get runs. It's going to be a thrashing.
*sorry, allow me a bit of braggadocio after this win.*
Bahnz
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While the circumstances in which it was achieved are obviously tragic, this still rates as New Zealand's greatest achievement in test cricket in the last 20 years for me. Better than the rain-blighted 0-0 draw v Oz in 2001, and better than 2-1 win against England in 1999. Only the 1993 1-1 draw v Australia can match this in my cricket watching life time. A magnificent comeback from New Zealand, both in this test and the series, and a tribute to all the players involved.
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Kippax
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Bahnz
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Also so thrilled for Vettori. It was a terrible shame that after spending roughly 5 years as the best player in a losing side, that he was forced out of cricket just before things started to turn around. It's fantastic for him that he got to have the feeling of playing in a winning test team one last time.
Bahnz
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Yeah it's complete bollocks, especially given the calibre of teams that have been womped in the UAE in recent years. Still, if we beat Sri Lanka at home then our ranking score will fly up pretty quickly.
smash84
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Yeah, this is ridiculous. Drawing a series in the UAE is no mean achievement, and especially when they do it in so much style and so convincingly.
haha, yeah. That was my reaction too.
OverratedSanity
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It's very difficult to say where any team should be ranked. Everyone except South Africa is awful in conditions traditionally alien to their players. I don't see how India can be ranked conclusively behind Pakistan at all. South Africa are number 1, Australia number 2, but after that you could put England, Pakistan, India, New Zealand in virtually any order.
Maximas
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I think NZ have emerged as a pretty obvious number 3, while Sri Lanka probably ought to be 4, although the loss to SA at home leaves that under a bit of a cloud. I can't rate Pakistan because the team seems a different one from that which toured SL, England seemed awful when SL toured but appeared invigorated and back in pretty good form by the end of the summer and India have had no luck touring but haven't had a proper opponent to play at home since Australia but they've been quiet ordinary for mine.