*Official* Pakistan in New Zealand 2020/21

[Shady Slim]

resilient show by pak this, and if they can get another here they might have a chance at getting nz for sub 350

of course it’s all for naught if their bats roll over however it looks like their bowlers have given them a chance, time to show what they’re made of

 

[James]

With showers forecast late in the day, could be some nice over-head conditions to get stuck into the Pakistan top-order.

 

[Athlai]

I'm surprised we are only 8 overs behind, has definitely felt more methodoical than that.

P. S. I am not a crackpot

 

[Gnske]

I'm surprised we are only 8 overs behind, has definitely felt more methodoical than that.

P. S. I am not a crackpot

Good from you

 

[Immenso]

I wonder what the retrospective test batting rankings were like for that period? I know Hadlee was number one almost unbeaten for a decade, so they must be out there.

My take on it is Williamson overtook him a little while ago ...

There were actually rankings back then. I think they started late 80s. Were the Deloittes Ratings. Which eventually ICC absorbed officially 15 or 20 years later.

E.g. Vengsarker was number 1 back in 1988. Etc. These were printed in the monthly cricket magazines.

I dont think Crowe was ever number 1 at a particular moment.

The 10 year period obviously too long for the ranking algorithms..

 

[thierry henry]

What’s doing with this camerawork. I’ve started on an 8% beer and feeling a bit woozy

 

[thierry henry]

Santner seems to want to put bat on ball a lot, maybe trying to do the CDG role?

 

[thierry henry]

Christ this is a poor commentary duo

 

[thierry henry]

Shaheen bowls an obvious slower ball, ‘fuller there, bit of movement’ says an excited Sumo

 

[thierry henry]

Beer has hit the spot, I can talk to myself all day boiz

 

[James]

Christ this is a poor commentary duo

I was hoping Bishop might have decided to stick around for this series too.

 

[thierry henry]

That’s pretty disappointing

 

[nightprowler10]

Great knock from Kane. He's so hard to get out.

Reckon Kiwis will get to 400 and then roll us for a sub-250 score.

 

[Prince EWS]

Santner seems to want to put bat on ball a lot, maybe trying to do the CDG role?

He's played a heap of white ball cricket lately and seemed to have visibly improved his batting in that to me. Maybe it's a bit of a hangover from those changes.

 

[thierry henry]

Holy smokes they’ve bowled 12 overs in 43 minutes #notacrackpot

 

[nightprowler10]

Jamieson batting looks like me holding a children's bat.

 

[thierry henry]

This ‘refined’ Naseem looks like the original Naseem impersonating a medium pacer, I don’t get it

 

[SteveNZ]

Christ this is a poor commentary duo

Let me guess - Rolls and Stevenson

 

[Prince EWS]

This ‘refined’ Naseem looks like the original Naseem impersonating a medium pacer, I don’t get it

Yeah they're better off having him spend half the time out injured than bowl like this in every Test.

 

[thierry henry]

Let me guess - Rolls and Stevenson

Yep. It was honestly very discombobulating. They were both sort of murmuring uncertainly and what they were saying became increasingly nonsensical as the stint went on.