1st Match - Pakistan v New Zealand

[Burgey]

Omg why aren’t you on the rope ffs. Just terrible cricket

 

[Son Of Coco]

Afridi's action looks 'whippy'.

 

[Molehill]

Omg why aren’t you on the rope ffs. Just terrible cricket

Fielding/bowling fallen apart in the last 10.

 

[thierry henry]

Gonna go past 4 hours here #overratessointeresting

 

[King Kane]

Pakistan's bowlers looked good early on but as so often happens they get ragged when the heat comes on them at the end of the innings.

When you can hear the Pakistan players arguing with each other you know they are in trouble.

 

[thierry henry]

Kind of an odd scorecard. We’ve done really well at the death but the score still looks a bit light for only being 5 down with 2 centurions. If Pakistan come out and smash it the 40-odd balls faced by Conway/Williamson/Mitchell will look pretty significant.

 

[Molehill]

Gonna go past 4 hours here #overratessointeresting

Shouldn't the Pakistan innings be starting about now. Wonder how long of a break they'll get?

 

[King Kane]

Straight up from Phillips, Doull taking a leaf out of the McMillan commentary book, a good innings from him though,

 

[Athlai]

Would take 320

 

[Silver Silva]

50 over cricket at its best.. Bowling side on top then batting side absorbs pressure , run hard between wickets and then some power hitting

 

[King Kane]

We scrambled to 320, pretty happy with that score after being 3 for 73, only time will tell if that is a matchwinning score but we should be favourites.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Defendable? Considering the recent scores in the tri-series

 

[Silver Silva]

Defendable? Considering the recent scores in the tri-series

Could be, but Pakistan has the 12th man in the crowd to rally and they have chased a similar score before in tri series.

 

[Neil Young]

Perfectly timed innings from Young, Latham and Phillips. No clue as to what's a good score, though.

 

[King Kane]

You would rather have 320 on the board than chasing it, if Fakhar is fit to bat and gets going we could be in trouble but Sodhi won't be bowling to him.

I remember him taking Sodhi to the cleaners in a World Cup match.

 

[thierry henry]

Fakhar is an absolute monster against us. Assuming he’s able to bat in a position that allows him much influence over the game, we really need to get him early.

 

[King Kane]

Some good bowling from Henry and O'Rourke backed up with some good fielding, we could do with a wicket though.

 

[King Kane]

Right on cue O'Rourke strikes with a good catch from Henry.

Rizwan in now, Fakhar was listed at no. 3, will he be batting?

 

[Moss]

Good stuff so far with the new ball WOR. His role is pretty significant given NZ are in a major tournament without Boult or Ferguson after a long time.

 

[Silver Silva]

Pakistan are in danger of losing the game in the first 10 overs itself.