*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[Meridio]

Pictured: KW leaping for joy celebrating his hundred.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Nicholls averaging over 50 this year

Cricket Records | Records | 2018 | Test matches | Highest averages | ESPNcricinfo

 

[Flem274*]

feel like this needs to be a 150 rather than 100 from kane, even tho nicholls and watling can scrap this lead up higher as a duo

One of his very best innings which is saying a lot. No disrespect to Nicholls, Watling and Taylor but the gulf between him and the rest of the NZ is astonishing to see. Hadlee-esque.

yep, and unlike hadlee's gap, two of the guys you named are in or around the NZ all time team

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Amazing knock from Williamson ... if we end up winning this, it will go down as one of the great test matches of his career.

 

[harsh.ag]

 

[trundler]

feel like this needs to be a 150 rather than 100 from kane, even tho nicholls and watling can scrap this lead up higher as a duo

yep, and unlike hadlee's gap, two of the guys you named are in or around the NZ all time team

Well Hadlee had Crowe and Kane has Watling and maybe Boult.

 

[Athlai]

Good ol Kane. Slightly embarrassed at having to acknowledge a century.

 

[trundler]

A great day for CW favourites. Cummins got 2 including Kohli too.

 

[mr_mister]

KW > Root quite clear cut now

 

[Gnske]

Absolute men.

 

[Flem274*]

Well Hadlee had Crowe and Kane has Watling and maybe Boult.

nah, meant the gap between hadlee and chats/cairns/bracewell was huge because hadlee was an ATG and those guys were average

kane is our best batsman ever but he looks light years ahead of world class players like taylor and watling

 

[Howsie]

Kinda feel like a proud parent these days watching Williamson bat.

 

[trundler]

KW > Root quite clear cut now

I'm glad I wasn't the only thinking about this.

Imagine the praise if Kane played for England...

NZ's session quite comfortably.

 

[Flem274*]

is kane the first nz youth player to come through during the age of the internet etc making these kids so much more visible to a wide audience? actually no i think that goes to southee. kohli would be the example for india and hughes (r.i.p) for oz.

rachin, if he makes it, will be a whole new level given the youtube vid of him at 8 years old

 

[Moss]

feel like this needs to be a 150 rather than 100 from kane, even tho nicholls and watling can scrap this lead up higher as a duo

yep, and unlike hadlee's gap, two of the guys you named are in or around the NZ all time team

150 needed for sure, Pakistan could still be well placed for a win if they incite a collapse, whereas NZ will only start to feel safe once the lead is pushed to 225 or so. If they do manage to take the game deep they'll also have to look at whether they have enough overs to bowl Pakistan out.

 

[straw man]

Such a great innings by Williamson in a great series for him. It took a couple of near-perfect balls from Yasir earlier in the series to keep him from going big, very pleased he managed to today.

Had a great average for the series before this hundred, without a defining innings, but it's this one that is getting closer and closer to being a match-winner.

 

[Athlai]

KW > Root quite clear cut now

Since Root debuted

Root 6508 @ 50.44 15 100s from 141 innings
Williamson 4643 @ 59.52 16 100s from 89 innings

 

[Flem274*]

Since Root debuted

Root 6508 @ 50.44 15 100s from 141 innings
Williamson 4643 @ 59.52 16 100s from 89 innings

this isn't the fairest comparison given it uses peak kane v little root. remember how ****ing **** kane was until Taylors Test? barring his dayboo knock and that ballsy one on the final day against sa he'd been useless. averaged below 30 i believe

 

[Gnske]

Since Root debuted

Root 6508 @ 50.44 15 100s from 141 innings
Williamson 4643 @ 59.52 16 100s from 89 innings

edit: I pooped my pants

11 out of 19 tons overseas is a rate of the gods.

 

[trundler]

Come on Kane. Get that 150 and win this for your team. Would be well deserved.