*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[trundler]

Wow troll runs from the tail are pretty undervalued, as recent events have made me realize.

 

[Moss]

6 for 29 in this innings to go with 6 for 30 in the first. Missing Santner or even Astle badly in that lower order.

I suppose Boult can go flat out now that he has a short crack at the Pakistani batsmen.

 

[straw man]

Lucky to get that 18 from Sodhi and 6* from Ajaz at that point tbh.

De Grandhomme's never played a test away from home before and I think we were all unsure how it would go. The answer was ****ing hopeless. I guess that means that Somerville guy comes in for him next match.

 

[Flem274*]

Somerville guy comes in for him next match.

**** off that random **** does

 

[Spikey]

somers somerville should be in the team already tbh

 

[Black_Warrior]

You know you're a Pakistan cricket fan when you bowl out a team for 153 on Day 1 and are still certain you're losing the match because 175 target in the 4th innings is about 100 runs more than what you wanted to chase

 

[Borges]

This should be a reasonably easy chase for Pakistan; the target is fifty runs or so too short.

 

[nightprowler10]

Yasir not looking so bad now.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Might as well just play Southee for CDG in the next two tests. He’d offer more with the ball, and easily score more runs.

 

[trundler]

Pleasantly surprised by Hassan Ali. Still don't fancy our chances for reasons outlined by BW.

 

[straw man]

**** off that random **** does

so Southee to bat 7? I realise it would be almost impossible for him to bat worse than CDG did here but it still just doesn't seem a good idea to me.

 

[Flem274*]

cdg shouldn't be dropped. we need 5 bowlers and one has to bat. some imported australian bowling allrounder gimmick isn't the solution.

the top 5 need to do more batting

 

[trundler]

I can't wait for Hafeez to get rekt by Steyn again

 

[straw man]

somers somerville should be in the team already tbh

say the magic word and Spikey appears quicker than TH does to the word 'height'

 

[lockton2skipper]

Yasir bloody predictive text.

 

[straw man]

cdg shouldn't be dropped. we need 5 bowlers and one has to bat.

about that

 

[straw man]

Horrible start with the ball when you're defending **** all. 22 runs should take them 10 overs to eke out, not three.

 

[Flem274*]

about that

cdg has runs against test teams

if you're relying on an australian to score runs in the uae for you then you may as well go home

he also averages 12 in fc cricket

 

[trundler]

Bazid Khan is ****ing annoying. Bring Wagner on.

 

[smash84]

Damn it, this is going to be really tough to chase