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**Official** Pakistan Tri-Nation Series

King Kane

International Vice-Captain
New Zealand so close now to get that coveted trophy.

I wouldn't call it a coveted trophy but I will take it, we need all the trophies we can get.
 

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
India without Bumrah
Australia depleted
England out of sorts
Pakistan a bit mid at the moment

NZ must fancy their chances of winning the CT
I have them favorites
 

King Kane

International Vice-Captain
Our first tri series trophy since 2005, I can't even remember our last tri series trophy win back then, it was probably against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Tri Series Super XI

1. Conway
2. Breetzke
3. Williamson
4. Rizwan+
5. Agha/Mitchell
6. Phillips
7. Bracewell
8. Santner
9. Henry
10. Afridi
11. O'Rourke
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Yeah winning games like this especially against PAK was a distant dream back in the 90s, great to see even if the format is practically irrelevant now.
All in all we had the best warm up I guess we could ask for:

  • On the pitches that will be used in the CT (apart from Dubai obvs)
  • We set and defended a high total
  • We chased a high total
  • We chased a tricky total in the face of some disciplined, excellent bowling early on
  • All the seamers got a look in - and we had one match where we stuck to the 5 main bowlers
  • All the spinners got a look in
  • The only person not to make a score was Will Young - though his 3rd dismissal was rough. Despite him being the best 'servant' to the ODI batting lineup since the world cup, he suddenly now looks the shakiest to make way for Conway if Ravindra is considering a lock, which would basically be the story of Young's career
If anything the relative understrength SA side may give us a false sense of security there. We dropped a couple catches this game and in turn Pakistan gifted us some drops (plus didn't review an out LBW) which may have seen the match swing their way. That's cricket, I spose
 

Moss

International Captain
All in all we had the best warm up I guess we could ask for:

  • On the pitches that will be used in the CT (apart from Dubai obvs)
  • We set and defended a high total
  • We chased a high total
  • We chased a tricky total in the face of some disciplined, excellent bowling early on
  • All the seamers got a look in - and we had one match where we stuck to the 5 main bowlers
  • All the spinners got a look in
  • The only person not to make a score was Will Young - though his 3rd dismissal was rough. Despite him being the best 'servant' to the ODI batting lineup since the world cup, he suddenly now looks the shakiest to make way for Conway if Ravindra is considering a lock, which would basically be the story of Young's career
If anything the relative understrength SA side may give us a false sense of security there. We dropped a couple catches this game and in turn Pakistan gifted us some drops (plus didn't review an out LBW) which may have seen the match swing their way. That's cricket, I spose
Will Young doing Will Young things.

I think the South African game might be a bit of a warning as to what to expect from the bowling, I don’t think Pakistan really did enough to put the attack under pressure, India especially might be a different story. But apart from that, great warmup and a fun little tournament. Happy for the Pakistan audience that they’re getting to see these games regularly now.
 

King Kane

International Vice-Captain
Even Latham has got an award in the presentations, this feels like junior cricket where everyone gets an award.
 

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