1st Match - Pakistan v New Zealand

[trundler]

Lol welcome back Rauf

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

oh he did not middle it still gone for huge six

 

[Daemon]

willyoungson > williamson

 

[honestbharani]

Seems Fakhar is back... good news for Pak. Maybe they are just learning from their captain who himself seems to have learnt the art of selling from HBK Vs Hogan at Summerslam 2005.

 

[Athlai]

Rauf averages 40 vs NZ at over 6 an over.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Rauf averages 40 vs NZ at over 6 an over.

Also bowled 4 overs for 60 in that T20 when Finn Allen went nuts

 

[chris.hinton]

Come on New Zealand.

 

[anonymouskefe]

Santner licking his chops at that

 

[Athlai]

Considering how Pakistan seem to have about 5 new quicks everytime we play them, Haris Rauf playing us so often is really baffling.

 

[anonymouskefe]

Shot Mitchell

 

[SeamUp]

Beaten for pace.

 

[King Kane]

Khushdil turning them big with his left arm spin.

Now Mitchell throws his wicket away to Rauf, I don't think we will be scoring 300 now, we will be battling to get to 250.

 

[Moss]

Did think Mitchell played that sort shot far too often when not really needed in the tri-series final. Pakistan well on top you’d have to say.

 

[Neil Young]

Just the man for a crisis: Tom Latham.

 

[Moss]

Played Young, now triple it.

 

[King Kane]

A good fifty from Young, we need a ton from him though.

Just the man for a crisis: Tom Latham.

If he gets as many chances as he did in the tri series final he could play a handy knock here.

 

[anonymouskefe]

Some shot that

 

[Athlai]

More like Would Young

 

[Moss]

Southee in comms, interesting. On first impressions he doesn't have the ideal voice or tone for it, but let's see.

 

[King Kane]

Southee in comms, interesting. On first impressions he doesn't have the ideal voice or tone for it, but let's see.

It didn't take him long to get a commentary gig but he could do with a bit more excitement in his voice Danny Morrison style.

There isn't much to be excited about from an NZ point of view at the moment though apart from the odd good shot from Young.