*Official* New Zealand vs Pakistan 2022/23

[Athlai]

The Pakistani commentators are annoyingly obsessed with all the bounce the tall Sodhi will get, and he’s not even the tallest of our 3 spinners #heightchat

Height can't be measured.

 

[_Ed_]

Is Sarfaraz switching between the hat and the helmet every over?

 

[Athlai]

Keep sipping and you can go home old man

 

[Gnske]

Sarfraz clearly trying to make the most of his time back playing until PCB deletes him again for a sub-grade cricketer with 15 FC games and is 19 years old going on 29

 

[thierry henry]

ffs. This is so not out.

That is such an idiotic waste of a review.

 

[ashley bach]

Timmy gonna need to be a bit smarter with reviews if he's advancing as a captain, that was a diabolical review, just desperate.

 

[Moss]

Scoring rate will be less of an issue for Pakistan as long as Sarfaraz is there. NZ need to get him soon.

 

[Jezroy]

Two things that have struck me so far:

1. Why has Ajaz not bowled much in this innings?

2. How bad was Imam’s reaction when he ran out Babar? Absolutely screamed at him. Unbelievable.

 

[_Ed_]

Dreadful start to this session.

 

[Moss]

Two things that have struck me so far:

1. Why has Ajaz not bowled much in this innings?

2. How bad was Imam’s reaction when he ran out Babar? Absolutely screamed at him. Unbelievable.

Yeah that’s the sort of thing that could get you the boot. Hope Babar let him know he was way out of line.

 

[Starfighter]

Anyone else find Sarfaraz scoring all these runs makes them want to chuck?

 

[straw man]

1. Why has Ajaz not bowled much in this innings?

To some extent it's because Pakistan have successfully targeted him - hit him over his head etc.

But I still really don't think Bracewell should be into his 22nd over right now, having not taken a wicket, while Ajaz has bowled only 10 and Sodhi 16.

 

[Howe_zat]

Saud Shakeel averages 72 from 5 tests as a specialist bat and hasn't hit a ton yet

 

[Moss]

Ajaz back on. Hope he can get a good spell going, if they’re not going to bowl him here they probably won’t play him in the home tests.

Two boundaries already hmmm.

 

[Athlai]

I abandoned you all for wrestling and I do not apologise.

 

[_Ed_]

Some great batting by these two, but this toothless bowling is a bit demoralising to watch.

 

[straw man]

These couple of overs pretty clearly showing where Ajaz struggling atm - gets attacked by Pakistan's batsmen and that earns a few bad balls too. Ajaz has been reasonably successful at T20 etc when he's attacked at times, but a little extra class from Pakistan's batsmen here.

 

[straw man]

Feels like Sarfaraz always scores runs against us, but I checked and prior to this series he only had the one century (which I remembered - Dubai 2014) and zero fifties from fourteen innings.

But now he does always score runs against us.

 

[straw man]

Very good maiden hundred - a little uncomfortable early but extremely patient and now looking dominant.

 

[Moss]

Excellent shot from Shakeel there. He’s looking impenetrable now.

Well played! Extremely valuable knock. Guess this fills the void left by Fawad’s axing.