*Official* New Zealand vs Pakistan 2022/23

[straw man]

So like we all said, NZ should declare 320 odd ahead and fit in 3 overs before stumps to take two wickets and concede zero runs.

 

[the big bambino]

Tim gets a wicket and takes himself off after 1 over, what a captain!

he wants to protect his bowling average just like Border protected his batting average.

 

[Bahnz]

Sodhi the bunny-bully strikes again!

 

[ashley bach]

Would it be too greedy to ask for another before stumps?

**** no

 

[Flem274*]

So like we all said, NZ should declare 320 odd ahead and fit in 3 overs before stumps to take two wickets and concede zero runs.

Yup that's right we all said this because we are very smart and know lots about cricket.

 

[Frost]

Well, a confident Ish.tomorrow will be fun.

 

[Athlai]

So like we all said, NZ should declare 320 odd ahead and fit in 3 overs before stumps to take two wickets and concede zero runs.

I'll admit I was initially only expecting 1 wicket and maybe 330

 

[OverratedSanity]

Declaration haters exposed by southee with facts and logic

 

[Ashes81]

Brilliant little session for NZ, good to see an attacking declaration rewarded.

 

[Spark]

Pakistan have likely already half lost this game in their minds tbh

 

[Athlai]

Can we not forget how **** Safaraz is as a keeper

 

[Sunil1z]

NZ are really a top Test side . Even in India they didn’t lose easily.

 

[Flem274*]

Can we not forget how **** Safaraz is as a keeper

I hate to rag on a team when they're down if I like the CW fans but...that was the worst attempt at a stumping I've seen in years. Mitchell had given up.

 

[Athlai]

Pakistan have so many selection problems. Genuinely mind boggling.

Abrar's International shock factor feels like its already over.

 

[Sunil1z]

So if NZ win tomorrow , whose series win in Pak is more impressive?
Aus or NZ . England obviously bazballed them.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah I think that's basically a perfect dec call and miles better than the one in the Rawalpindi test in December. Easy to say in hindsight I know but just over 300 is just over a day is pretty much bang on even if they'd not got the wickets

Bracewell does deserve a chunk of credit for getting them into the position, flukey or otherwise. Big contrast with how he was struggling at first but ended up playing a crucially paced knock anyway, with how Shakeel yesterday looked like he was having a breeze on an unbeaten century but shut up shop for no reason, to the detriment of the team score.

 

[trundler]

320ish should be plenty. The highest run chase here is 315, that famous one wicket win when Inzi was blessed by Shakoor Rana. 75 runs in an hour is doable.

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[Bahnz]

Everyone remember the test win in SL a decade ago, when Jeets was slogging for declaration runs, ran past one, didn’t bother trying to get back into his crease, and was about halfway done the track before Prasanna bemusedly took the bails off? If Sarfaraz had been behind the stumps he would’ve been on the bus home by the time one of the other fielders winched the ball out of his armpit and broke the stumps.

 

[thierry henry]

Abrar's International shock factor feels like it’s already over.

Prior to this he seemed like one of those bowlers who always took a bag irrespective of what crap he bowled. This innings was the first time he was actually a bit unlucky despite clearly having the batsmen (Bracewell) a bit bamboozled.

But yeah he just doesn’t look that good tbh imo

 

[Athlai]

England are good at making spinners look good. our top 3 have handled him superbly this series and they're a pretty high standard test for a spinner

Edit: not to say he doesn't have a future but right now I reckon its back to domestics