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*Official* New Zealand vs Pakistan 2022/23

straw man

straw man

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straw man said:
Oooh this match is very well poised. Obv NZ win if Phillips stays in but there's very little other batting to come.
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Phillips just plain winning the match was one possibility of course. Glorious innings. This is a jinx but NZ should still win from here even if Phillips gets out now.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Two near misses from Hasnain, though one a free hit obviously. Don’t think that was a particularly smart short from Phillips though.
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Have to say Phillips’ assualt has caused Pakistan to just melt in the field. Lack of urgency to go with the drop and the no balls and wides.

Uh-oh, now Sodhi gives it away. Can someone just stay out there allow GP to finish these runs off?
 
Moss

Moss

International Captain
Phillips an absolute star. Took mighty cojones to play the way he did in that situation, though he could just as easily have given it away (not to mention the drop from Rizwan). Hope NZ can get him in the test side too, after underutilising him for 3-4 years they are finally seeing the benefits. NZ’s middle order was pretty patchy otherwise in this series.

Nice little series win against a tough opponent, though Pakistan failed to press home the advantage a number of times, and not sure why Naseem wasn’t in the XI. But a fun series overall.
 
Zinzan

Zinzan

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Hurricane2 said:
Phillips should never play ODI cricket again. He is well suited to test cricket where he can wait for a ball in his scoring zone. In ODI cricket good and even great deliveries need to be hit for ones and twos consistently. Phillip's off side batsmanship in particular is simply not well advanced enough to rotate the strike quickly in One Day Internationals.
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If only the Cane was our selector.
 
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Frost

U19 Debutant
Phillips power is no joke. Some of those back foot slaps have no right to go 90+. He should be batting ahead of Bracewell. The middle order actually looks pretty powerful, lathem in there too to steady the ship.
 
Zinzan

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Frost said:
Phillips power is no joke. Some of those back foot slaps have no right to go 90+. He should be batting ahead of Bracewell. The middle order actually looks pretty powerful, lathem in there too to steady the ship.
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He would normally bat ahead of Mace but he'd been vomiting making that knock all the more special.
 
A

ashley bach

Cricketer Of The Year
Hurricane2 said:
My verdict on the match. No Flames please from Shipley or Phillips fans

1) A good match and NZ are a very strong side if a mediocre performance for them away from home is 250
2) The blackcaps sorely missed Ross Taylor in last nights match and we need to search for a better performing middle order post Ross era.
3) Phillips should never play ODI cricket again. He is well suited to test cricket where he can wait for a ball in his scoring zone. In ODI cricket good and even great deliveries need to be hit for ones and twos consistently. Phillip's off side batsmanship in particular is simply not well advanced enough to rotate the strike quickly in One Day Internationals.
4) Ferguson is a better bowler than Shipley. Ferguson opens for Auckland in List A. Ferguson should have opened the bowling last night and Shipley should have bowled first change. We needed wickets up front against Pakistan in that match. Shipley is not an international opening bowler and if he ever plays tests for New Zealand he will be bowling first change.
We should have done a better job defending 250 and made Pakistan work harder for it.

5) The turning points in the game for me (I am one of the few posters on the Internet who believes in key moments defining a whole game, you may well believe every moment and every delivery in a game is equally important and that is an equally valid view point) -
a) Glen Phillips when set and about to cash in and power us to 270 showing poor technique on his attempted six and hitting the ball straight in the air. Ross would have put that pill in the pavillion where it belonged
b) Ferguson letting the ball go between his legs for four runs in the first over of Pakistan;s chase. After that every time I glanced at the score card they had 3 more runs than they should have had and that three runs during the first 15 overs were enough to remove any possible score board pressure they might have felt. New Zealand needs to be a top fielding team to win. We always have been since the 1960s. Lockie;s fielding mistake was appalling and if I were coach would send him for 5 laps of the field as punishment the next day. Not good enough Lockie.
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Lucky he got another game, he might get a couple more now, who knows?
 
G

G. S. Kohli

International Vice-Captain
Congratulation all nz Supporters for Maiden 2 wkts series win by NZ in pakistan

6th time nz win by 2 wkts in ODI history

3 times vs Australia, once vs England plus vs Bangers at Oval & yesterday with 11 ball spares

Phillip MOTM.
19 extra runs hurts pakistan.
 
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