*Official* T20 Tri-Series in NZ (NZ, Pakistan, Bangladesh)

[Apex Predator]

Pakistani bowling won it for them I reckon. Don't know why Pak posters don't rate their bowling? Even without Shaheen they are better than most T20 attacks we see.
Rauf is literally Best T20 bowler based on current form.

 

[honestbharani]

I think Sodhi is the one who won it for Pak.

 

[Prince EWS]

When Sodhi came on to bowl that last over I really thought about posting something like, "Not sure this is a good idea, I'd be tempted to bowl Jimmy here." I really regret not doing that now.

 

[Athlai]

Santa + Bracewell >> Sodhi

 

[ataraxia]

Sodhi has the 5th most T20I wickets despite only briefly being solid in his spot (when he was ICC no. 1 bowler). He's still only 29, somehow; with NZ's T20I proliferation and old spinners playing well he could end up with a stupid number of wickets, which'd be quite funny.

But yeah him playing this T20 WC should only occur at the notably spinny SCG.

 

[Socerer 01]

Sodhi is garbage and should never be anywhere near the team

 

[trundler]

Good win so I can't complain too much. Middle order doing the job is an excellent development as is (3) getting it done against a quality pace attack. Surely Rauf is legitimately the best death bowler in the world right now.

I still worry how they'll do in 200 v 200 run fests and on bouncy decks.

 

[Apex Predator]

Good win so I can't complain too much. Middle order doing the job is an excellent development as is (3) getting it done against a quality pace attack. Surely Rauf is legitimately the best death bowler in the world right now.

I still worry how they'll do in 200 v 200 run fests and on bouncy decks.

Pakistan is unlikely to concede 200+ that too in a WC. Concerns will be when Teams post 180+ in a WC.
If Pak pacers had a bad day their spinners are equally capable of restricting sides to a par total.
Only issue is what happens if Pak bats first?

 

[trundler]

Pakistan is unlikely to concede 200+ that too in a WC. Concerns will be when Teams post 180+ in a WC.
If Pak pacers had a bad day their spinners are equally capable of restricting sides to a par total.
Only issue is what happens if Pak bats first?

They can reliably get to 85-1 in the first innings. So far the issue has been scoring less in the second half batting first instead of capitalising on the good start. That's a good launching pad for 180ish or even more if there's a Chris Jordan in the attack.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Love me some Haris Rauf

A good series win overseas for Pakistan.
On a high to the WC

 

[Moss]

A rare NZ series I barely followed let alone watched. Good warm up for the WC, Pakistan clearly a quality side but being upstaged by them at home probably tells you NZ aren’t quite up there as a T20 side. Battin actually made some positive strides, most of them contributed and KW finally came good. Chapman showed he’s a pretty good replacement for Mitchell if needed.

The bowling’s more of a worry - need pace and wristspin in Australia, Ferguson and Milne have major question marks on their fitness, while Sodhi is just too unreliable.

 

[smash84]

So this was a thing. Good practice for the WC. And definitely better than bilaterals it seems.

 

[NZTailender]

Pakistan to win the WC imo

 

[Moss]

Looks like NZ had a miserable warm up against the Saffers, though shouldn’t read much into it I suppose. Pretty much undone by spin by the looks of it. I guess Lockie and Milne getting some overs under the belt is a good thing.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pakistan to win the WC imo

Yeah I'm in for this tbh. I think their brand of "consistently score 160 and have good bowlers" works less well in Aus and they also forget how to catch in knockouts... but I think they have the best all-round team despite that.

 

[Xuhaib]

Yeah I'm in for this tbh. I think their brand of "consistently score 160 and have good bowlers" works less well in Aus and they also forget how to catch in knockouts... but I think they have the best all-round team despite that.

DAWTA.
The middle order is so village if Babar/Rizwan or even either one have a lean time this batting line up will struggle to go past 140 on most occasions with couple of sub 100 scores a real possibility.

I think Fakhar Zaman form along with Shadab/Nawaz contribution with the bat will be a very critical factor in deciding Pakistan threat in this tournament.

 

[smash84]

Yeah I'm in for this tbh. I think their brand of "consistently score 160 and have good bowlers" works less well in Aus and they also forget how to catch in knockouts... but I think they have the best all-round team despite that.

Best All round side with the worst fielding in the world.

 

[Bahnz]

I think all of GP’s CPL experience served him well last night. That was a weird sponge wicket with turn and variable bounce. Immense innings.

 

[Nintendo]

I think all of GP’s CPL experience served him well last night. That was a weird sponge wicket with turn and variable bounce. Immense innings.

Yeah I remember thinking that the innings he played last night resembled a few CPL innings ide seen him play in the 2019-2020 CPL period were be had to dig in early on a spinners wicket and go big after 50(40)~~

 

[Skyliner]

We can certainly afford to drop Kane because look at the way the other lads have stood up today.