*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[straw man]

CDG looking like he’ll be lucky to last more than five minutes ...

got luck and still didn't last five minutes

 

[Meridio]

Athlai you ****.

CDG looking like a walking wicket. And there he goes. And why the **** are you reviewing that?

 

[Moss]

Well that was predictable. CdG better keep putting in performances with the ball, doesn't seem able to buy a run on this tour.

 

[Flem274*]

watling stuck with the tail again just as he's starting to flow

 

[Meridio]

Seriously, reviewing that is so utterly brainless. Watling could get a shocker now and that's pretty much game over. Abysmal.

 

[straw man]

I really thought the only reason he could be reviewing that was that he'd edged it - but he missed it by miles, what an entirely brain dead review that we'll now probably regret losing.

 

[Flem274*]

need at least 50 more to make a game of this

 

[The Hutt Rec]

All that remains is the inevitable LBW decision against Watling with an inside edge the side of Mt Rushmore.

 

[straw man]

Properly dire.

And now we will indeed be defending 180, maybe even 170.

 

[Flem274*]

watling gone. this is a mess.

need the tail to do some serious trolling but i think yasir will be too hard for them.

 

[Moss]

You're never really in on this pitch it would seem. Hope NZ can keep up the discipline when they bowl, Pakistan stuck at it and found the opening.

 

[Bijed]

I really thought the only reason he could be reviewing that was that he'd edged it - but he missed it by miles, what an entirely brain dead review that we'll now probably regret losing.

I sometimes feel that the change to keeping a review on an umpire's call has led to batsmen being more reckless with them and reviewing a lot of absolutely stone dead LBWs. Even a lot of Shane Watson's were just clipping.

 

[Gnske]

Press S to spit at Athlai

This is so disappointing.

 

[Moss]

Wow another collapse. Could well become a theme in this series.

 

[Flem274*]

watch as sodhi deals exclusively in filth next innings

 

[morgieb]

I sometimes feel that the change to keeping a review on an umpire's call has led to batsmen being more reckless with them and reviewing a lot of absolutely stone dead LBWs. Even a lot of Shane Watson's were just clipping.

Yeah the funny thing about Watson being an awful referrer is that in the current climate (i.e. since umpire's call means review retained) he wouldn't have been as much, a lot of his did come up umpire's call from memory. He just got out LBW a lot.

 

[Meridio]

Need to eke out another 30 runs here, 150 isn't enough with our spin attack.

 

[straw man]

I guess it's a reminder that this pitch is not in fact easy to bat on - to stay in you need very good defense and very good concentration like Watling and Nicholls.

This score still gives NZ a chance, albeit much less than the desired target of 200-220.

 

[straw man]

watch as sodhi deals exclusively in filth next innings

His bowling will be very important - first innings he bowled too slow, loopy and full - the pitch is taking turn and he could get it do a lot more work for him by bowling slightly quicker and flatter. While you're always worried about your leggy bowling half trackers and full tosses, most of the runs from Sodhi were from half volleys that the batsman could drive safely.

Nice 6 Sodhi.

 

[Flem274*]

get hasan ali in to clean up