*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[OverratedSanity]

That's a shame. Was shaping up to be a truly great knock. Just as I sat down to watch too. Sorry, NZ fans

 

[straw man]

Anyway, that's the innings ****ed. Ball did tail in and bounce a little more than expected but ugg.

So ah, three month avatar bet that De Grandhomme won't score more than 142 either innings this match?
this has to work, right

 

[Flem274*]

damn that was a tom latham shot

 

[Flem274*]

even if we lose 5 for nothing this is still our highest first innings score all series lol

 

[Flem274*]

pity that happened, yasir has been getting loose in the past few overs. this was nz chance to get hold of him.

 

[straw man]

That's a shame. Was shaping up to be a truly great knock.

Williamson's been very consistent this series but no hundred - 150 here could've been a match-winner.

 

[Moss]

Crap, Kane deserved a century there but the lack of ruthlessness will cost NZ in all probability. Watling can't afford to block anymore now, too much fragility at the other end.

 

[straw man]

Watling can't afford to block anymore now, too much fragility at the other end.

Watling should shield the tail, face every ball for the rest of the day and collect one per over please.

Lol, Yasir bowls a short one and the oddest looking six from CDG.

 

[Flem274*]

i was just about to say watling shouldn't shield him and that you can't get out lbw if you hit it for six

good lord colin, you're following the logic.

 

[straw man]

at Colin's first shot

He really just cannot adjust to the ball reversing into him.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

If CDG can make it to 36 he'll double his run aggregate from the entire tour.

 

[Moss]

Hope that's a little confidence builder for CdG so he can do some damage (before holing out to a fielder in the deep).

 

[The Hutt Rec]

"It can only happen to Colin de Grandhomme"

 

[Flem274*]

negotiates his two tormentors pretty reasonably, gets out to the bloke who has done **** all this series

dat turn tho

 

[Flem274*]

maybe southee will do that thing he does once every 2 years and bat like a normal person

 

[Flem274*]

no way was that 15 seconds. at least 30 lol

 

[Moss]

Getting undone by reverse swing and first-rate legspin is understandable, gifting away wickets on the other hand..

Appears to have been a typical Southee dismissal, just CBF when faced with challenging conditions/bowling.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

This turn is already out of control ... if we can somehow get to 250 we might not be going too badly.

 

[CharlesLara]

Getting undone by reverse swing and first-rate legspin is understandable, gifting away wickets on the other hand..

Appears to have been a typical Southee dismissal, just CBF when faced with challenging conditions/bowling.

That's being generous. Southees batting has been YOLO since day 1, at every age group all the way up to his Test debut when it actually came off.

 

[Moss]

Big fan of Watling but as mentioned in one of the earlier posts, the apparent decline in his ability to rotate the strike makes things difficult when batting with the tail (which he ends up doing most of the time).