*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[Fuller Pilch]

With the exception of Sodhi, it has been a goid all round bowling performance. Just need to get the last 3 quickly.

The fielding has been a bit disappointing, though

 

[straw man]

Tbh this is one situation where Williamson might be justified in not bowling Sodhi. A pitch where accurate bowling is hard to score from but loose bowling still goes for runs and an extra 30 runs just puts the match so much further out of reach.

Of course, damaging the legspinner's confidence seems to beget bad bowling, and bad bowling begets the captain not giving him the ball and damaging his confidence, so idk.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

No 150 for Wags

 

[straw man]

Hrmm, de NewBallHomme with the ball. Hope Boult can take the last two quickly and get the five-fer.

 

[Flem274*]

this sky sports puff piece with wagner playing with his dogs is just the cutest

 

[straw man]

man, compare the contrast in styles between
Hasan Ali takes Colin De Grandhomme's wicket, and
Colin De Grandhomme takes Hasan Ali's wicket

 

[Gnske]

I have to say, most teams would have let Pakistan score at least 400 there. Solid bowling effort.

 

[Starfighter]

That's more like what NZ should have scored.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Some great keeping today


Here's to a much imprved batting performance

 

[Flem274*]

nz bowling attack bailing us out of trouble yet again

damn, one run away from both top scorers being dismissed by legside strangles for 63. babar not quite good enough to create a trivia question, shame on him

 

[Flem274*]

the batsmen have to stand up here and go massive. nows the time to show you're men rather than just opportunists waiting to feast on rubel hossain and suranga lakmal at the basin this summer.

 

[straw man]

Good performance from the bowlers.

Could see us getting destroyed in the second innings though, especially if Williamson fails this time. Latham I'm looking at you to play a far better innings this time - as earlier posts said, he should be and needs to be our third best batsman in these conditions. Raval needs to hang around too.

 

[Flem274*]

i am a bitter little man so i can't help but note some no lifer like richard or miyagi will watch the highlights of this and declare both teams choked rather than the bowling attacks building great pressure between the wickets.

 

[straw man]

Good performance from the bowlers.

Could see us getting destroyed in the second innings though, especially if Williamson fails this time. Latham I'm looking at you to play a far better innings this time - as earlier posts said, he should be and needs to be our third best batsman in these conditions. Raval needs to hang around too.

 

[Flem274*]

what a ball that was. not bad for a guy out of form this year.

also go away latham. we all know he'll average 180 this home summer against the trash attacks touring.

 

[straw man]

Look at the arc of Latham's bat there, yikes.

Unfair of Pakistan to take wickets with their new ball pacers - would be much better if they were a warmup to get our openers in prior to the spinners appearing.

 

[Flem274*]

i hope rachin, hay and whoever else pile on the runs before SL arrive. if latham doesn't score runs this series he deserves a good dropping to send the message that 40s are bad because you'll still get ducks. half this forum wants to drop nicholls every game despite him finding a way to score against the best attacks yet this **** gets a free pass every series despite getting worse since dayboo.

i bet rachin would love some tasty tasty lakmal to begin his career.

 

[straw man]

he mainly gets a free pass because he's an opener tbh

give Rachin another two seasons before we start the opener merry go round again

 

[Moss]

That's a very bad dismissal for an opener, what a contrast with the 2014 series for Latham.

 

[Bahnz]

Abbas playing Raval like a fiddle here. Can't see him lasting long.