1st Match - Pakistan v New Zealand

[Fuller Pilch]

The matches start at 5pm here in WA which is pretty good, it would be hard to watch the matches in NZ starting at 10pm unless you are a shift worker.

Will try to last til midnight

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Oh noooooo

 

[Neil Young]

The big fish. Damn.

 

[Molehill]

Slightly less than 300.

 

[King Kane]

Trouble now with Williamson gone early, our two best sheet anchors gone in back to back overs, Young needs to kick on now and play that role.

 

[Athlai]

Uh oh

 

[thundaboult]

time for THE MAN daz mitchell to shine

feel super happy for those pak fans rn tho....what a moment.... 29 years

 

[honestbharani]

The stage has been set. Has to score 300 out of the remaining 303 runs.

You've still got it.

 

[Moss]

Pretty great delivery to snare KW early on, that puts a dent in how NZ would have planned to go about this innings.

Young doesn't have a great track record in batting long and taking charge of the team's innings, about time he set that right.

 

[King Kane]

time for THE MAN daz mitchell to shine

feel super happy for those pak fans rn tho....what a moment.... 29 years

If we don't win this trophy it will be good to see Pakistan win it in front of their home crowd who have been starved of international cricket for so long.

 

[Molehill]

If we don't win the trophy it would be good to see Pakistan win it in front of their home crowd who have been starved of international cricket for so long

Sadly, I suspect the Final will be held in Dubai.

 

[Burgey]

Pakistan have really tightened this up after a pretty average start. Bowling well now

 

[King Kane]

Pakistan have got their tails up now and the crowd are making some noise, we need a steady partnership here to calm them down.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Pakistan has the best stadium fans in the world , they really get behind their team

 

[Chin Music]

Naseem is really on it. Bowling quickly. Shame we don't see this version of him and Shaheen more in tests. On a Pakistani pitch suchas this, they will be a tough nut to crack.

 

[honestbharani]

Naseem

 

[King Kane]

Nice french cut for 4 from Young off Abrar to relieve the pressure, not that convincing but we will take any runs we can get right now.

 

[Chubb]

Why does Nathan Smith get a pass from criticism averaging 6 with the bat and 45 with the ball but Michael Bracewell was given so much hell when he debuted ?

This is the most offensive comment I’ve ever seen on this forum.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Young!!

 

[King Kane]

That six from Young off Rauf was more convincing, Rauf is a wicket taker but he can be expensive too, hopefully we get the expensive Rauf today.