Group E (Super 8) - Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, England

[BoyBrumby]

Bit of swing for Sami first up, but if he bowls them as short and wide as that last one to McCullum it's all for nought.

& follows it up with a very wide one that gives Akmal no chance for 5 wides.

Why was Asif dropped? Injury or one fears for the mental capacity of the selectors.

 

[Athlai]

Sami you are ****.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Guptill all at sea against spin. 1 from 8 currently.

EDIT: 2 from 9 but reckon he'd have been gone if Afridi hit. Keeps strike too.

2nd EDIT: & holes out to long on. Shot born out of the pressure of not scoring. Not the worst thing for NZ tho, frankly.

 

[99*]

Of course. We get Pakistan when they decide to start catching.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Spinners doing a real job for Pakistan here. 51/2 off 8.1 currently.

EDIT: Ha, commentator's curse. McCullum slog sweeps a short one for four. Ooops, but goes trying to repeat the trick. Huge. NZ in strife, tbh.

2nd EDIT: Skipper in at five. Interesting.

 

[chalky]

Taylor gone New Zealand in the sh!t

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, Jesus. Jaffa from Sami first up and Taylor goes. Gutsy change from Afridi, cos Sami had been gash until now. 58/4 off 9.2. Eeek.

 

[Scaly piscine]

NZ lose here they need to become SA fans for the rest of the group and hope for a 3-1-1-1 win split with superior NRR.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ajmal to bowl through here now, I'd guess. 16, 18, 20. 88/4 off 14. Given Vettori reckoned 160 was par NZ firmly in the mire now.

Ha, but that's helped. Styris smacks the skipper back over long off for six then pulls him through the covers for 4. 98/4 off 14.3.

Ooops 98/5 as he chops on. Back in the mire.

 

[Athlai]

Need150

 

[BoyBrumby]

Need150

Just about doable. 99/5 off 15, so just over 10 RPO needed.

 

[NUFAN]

I don't think NZ will quite reach 150 Athlai.

Love watching these two teams play, you just never know what is going to happen!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hopkins gonesville. Afridi was all over him; hits out and holes out.

Not up to it, I'm afraid.

 

[BoyBrumby]

105/6 with 3 to go. 140 would be huge effort from here. McCullum minor the key.

 

[BoyBrumby]

114/6 with two left. McCullum needs more strike; Vettori's too inflexible a batter at this stage. Only got the sweep against spin really.

 

[NUFAN]

Just about doable. 99/5 off 15, so just over 10 RPO needed.

Was about as much as Arsenal of winning the Premiership this year.

NZ will have to bowl fantastically to win this match..

 

[Athlai]

Yeah going to really need to scythe through them to have any chance at this.

 

[BoyBrumby]

McCullum not picking Ajmal's throwsra.

Vettori gamely sacrifices himself in the vain search for a second that was never there, really. & McC ends it with a Dorothy. 133/7.

Be massive for NZ to win it from here

 

[Xuhaib]

ok now idiots just bat sensibly.

 

[NUFAN]

ok now idiots just bat sensibly.

lolontap.

Very unlikely, it's Pakistan we are talking about!