1st Match - Pakistan v New Zealand

[Athlai]

Held his own against some fine the newball bowling but his continued trend of getting tied down by the offspinners hasn’t helped at all. Puts Young’s effort in perspective you feel.

Doesn't seem an easy game to be batting in, particularly getting a start

 

[Silver Silva]

This is worse than the worst case scenario anyone could've imagined. This knock from Babar is worse than anything the most maligned of selfish match losers has produced.

Bro just turned into Jacques Kallis

 

[Athlai]

He's hugely responsible for having a run rate of 2 per over in the first power play. Your standards are really low if you consider Babar an ODI GOAT.

Great at piling up runs but one paced player. Pretty much epitomizes the current Pakistani team.

Strike rate in the 60s is poor af no matter which way you look at it.

Yeah the bloke that averages 56 with a SR of 88 is a spud. Give yourself an uppercut

 

[King Kane]

It's all up to Babar now and if he can keep hitting sixes like that one Pakistan might still be a chance.

 

[Athlai]

Bro just turned into Jacques Kallis

Kallis was ****ing gun

 

[SkyBlue]

Yeah the bloke that averages 56 with a SR of 88 is a spud. Give yourself an uppercut

With all that fancy stats, cant think of any single match defining GOAT worthy innings in major ICC ODI events

This separates Babar from the likes of Kohli, Warner and all other modern ODI greats.

 

[Srinath P]

I mean you can find ways to defend even 36(174). But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. This 59(86) isn't getting them anywhere closer to a win than what the other batters have done.

 

[Daemon]

Athlai defending Babar here is reminiscent of people defending Dhoni back when he used to lose us games.

Babar isn’t losing them this but this is not exactly a good innings.

 

[Athlai]

With all that fancy stats, cant think of any single match defining GOAT worthy innings in major ICC ODI events

This separates Babar from the likes of Kohli, Warner and all other modern ODI greats.

He scored a match winning 100 vs NZ in 2019 for one, pretty certain he copped exactly the same bullshit as hes getting today too

 

[Chin Music]

He's hugely responsible for having a run rate of 2 per over in the first power play. Your standards are really low if you consider Babar an ODI GOAT.

Great at piling up runs but one paced player. Pretty much epitomizes the current Pakistani team.

Strike rate in the 60s is poor af no matter which way you look at it.

This reminds me of some Misbah innings from the last decade!

 

[Neil Young]

Yeah the bloke that averages 56 with a SR of 88 is a spud. Give yourself an uppercut

The internet rocks.

 

[Athlai]

Athlai defending Babar here is reminiscent of people defending Dhoni back when he used to lose us games.

I've been defending Babar in ICC tournaments forever

 

[Neil Young]

I've been defending Babar in ICC tournaments forever

He's probably going to see them home now. And I'll have to blame you.

Edit: About that...

 

[SkyBlue]

What an innings! GOAT player

 

[James]

Game set match

 

[Srinath P]

15 overs for 64 runs. Quite brilliant.

 

[Neil Young]

Babar chat aside, this has been a hugely impressive performance (so far...) from NZ.

 

[Moss]

Doesn't seem an easy game to be batting in, particularly getting a start

Yeah will concede this, with the exception of Young and Salman no one has hit the ground running. In which case we probably need to question the decision to field first.

 

[Athlai]

Pakistan definitely would have won if not for Babar. The top order fired on all cylinders and he really drained them of all momentum.

 

[King Kane]

Babar gone, game over, I feel sorry for him though, he was forced into trying to be the hitter as well as the sheet anchor.

Pakistan needed more of their hitters to step up and their best one Fakhar was injured.