*Official* Pakistan in New Zealand

[govinda indian fan]

Wow seifert take a bow

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Anyone want to try and name a more non descript, unmemorable series than the one that is about to come to an end?

Ashes in the 90s in Australia

 

[Athlai]

So the Pakistani top order eh?

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Babar Azam and Rizwan were made to be scapegoats .

 

[jcas0167]

A friend is furious that Seifert wasn't MOM. Had money on him paying $8.50.

 

[James]

So what does a best T20 11 look like for the Kiwis heading into the 2026 WC? I'm imagining something along the lines of:

Seifert (wk)
Finn
Rachin
Kane
Phillips
Neesham
Bracewell
Santner
Henry
Ferguson
O'Rourke

 

[Molehill]

Seifert becomes the second player inside 24 hours to be left 97 no at the end of a T20 innings.

 

[Molehill]

Sufiyan looks seriously good. Could cause us some problems in the ODI's

I've only just seen the scorecard, FFS Pakistan!! What wicket was Sufiyan bowling on compared to the rest? 2 overs for 6 vs 8 overs for 125!!

 

[Athlai]

Hasan Nawaz with a wild series
0, 0, 105*, 0, 1

 

[Fuller Pilch]

So what does a best T20 11 look like for the Kiwis heading into the 2026 WC? I'm imagining something along the lines of:

Seifert (wk)
Finn
Rachin
Kane
Phillips
Neesham
Bracewell
Santner
Henry
Ferguson
O'Rourke

Chapman/Conway & Mitchell for Kane & Neesham imo

 

[jcas0167]

Ashes in the 90s in Australia

Atherton declaring with Graeme Hick on 98 has stayed with me.

 

[Moss]

Atherton declaring with Graeme Hick on 98 has stayed with me.

Yeah so too DeFreitas hitting McDermott for 22 in an over, Gough's hat trick and Steve Waugh not farming strike against the tail so England could defend 174 at the MCG.

I'd certainly put the last 2 Ashes series down under in the unmemorable category though.

 

[ashley bach]

A friend is furious that Seifert wasn't MOM. Had money on him paying $8.50.

Lol your mate got done like a kipper
97*(38) in comparison to a few hacks who couldn't hoop a ball down a hill to the boundary off Jimmy has to go down as outright thievery.

 

[RMBolton]

So what does a best T20 11 look like for the Kiwis heading into the 2026 WC? I'm imagining something along the lines of:

Seifert (wk)
Finn
Rachin
Kane
Phillips
Neesham
Bracewell
Santner
Henry
Ferguson
O'Rourke

I still don't rate Rachin as a T20 player. It's just lucky for him that he seems to like Asian conditions & that this upcoming one is in Asia.

 

[Silver Silva]

A friend is furious that Seifert wasn't MOM. Had money on him paying $8.50.

Seifert really deserved that award I can't blame him for being mad. Neesham's five for was just hanging it outside off and the Pakistani batsmen getting themselves out

 

[Moss]

I still don't rate Rachin as a T20 player. It's just lucky for him that he seems to like Asian conditions & that this upcoming one is in Asia.

He'll be in the frame any which way thanks to the IPL experience and the fact that he bowls SLA as well.

Looks like Neesham grabbed a few wickets and did the job at slip too, but the batting returns suggest it's time to move on. Agree with @Fuller Pilch - Chapman and Conway should be in there. Maybe Jacobs?

 

[straw man]

Duffy just looks a really good bowler at the moment. Should be front of the queue to fill KJ's boots if he gets injured again.

Man, that ball to Nawaz was a ripper - looked like it was heading a foot down leg before big outswing and the edge to slip.

 

[straw man]

... though still has nothing on that terrifying ball from Sodhi to dismiss Usman, absolutely u n p l a y a b l e

 

[SteveNZ]

Ashes in the 90s in Australia

Did Jimmy bowl a ball of the century?

 

[NZTailender]

Yeah so too DeFreitas hitting McDermott for 22 in an over, Gough's hat trick and Steve Waugh not farming strike against the tail so England could defend 174 at the MCG.

I'd certainly put the last 2 Ashes series down under in the unmemorable category though.

Dean Headley absolutely destroying Australia for England's solitary win has stayed with me. I believe that was also the series NZT fan favourite Alan Mullaly had a series of ducks to the point it was a meme, and then was a sort of hero after making 16 runs in an innings, to much adoration of the crowd.