***Official*** Pakistan in New Zealand 2016/17

[straw man]

Babar you dummy

Edit: 100th wicket!

 

[Blocky]

There's Waggy... worst ball in the spell and he gets the strangle.

Not unlucky from the batsman, bad technique.

 

[vcs]

LOL I swear every Wagner wicket is something like that.

 

[vcs]

Oooh.. good spell. Nearly another there.

 

[smash84]

and this is the problem with the super slow run rate. Another wicket goes down and still the deficit is there

 

[smash84]

see

 

[vcs]

That was awesome. Absolute jaffa.

 

[Blocky]

The difference between radar speed and actual speed. Wagner has done this to so many different batsmen all over the world and has the best sustained short ball attack of anyone since probably Curtly Ambrose.

 

[anil1405]

That was awesome. Absolute jaffa.

Which channel is telecasting this game in India?

 

[Howe_zat]

and this is the problem with the super slow run rate. Another wicket goes down and still the deficit is there

The bloke who batted for 8 balls has not had scoring rate as a main problem.

Azhar is still there and playing more or less perfectly

 

[Blocky]

Wagner reclaims best bowling average in the NZ attack... (of those that aren't DeG)

 

[Kirkut]

Which channel is telecasting this game in India?

Usually one of the Sony channels telecast NZ games, this time they haven't.

 

[vcs]

Which channel is telecasting this game in India?

Watching on a dodgy Internet stream

 

[slippy888]

22 of 136 balls is a poor innings

 

[Blocky]

22 of 136 balls is a poor innings

It's a superb innings, so long as your middle order capitalize on it... his hasn't.

 

[smash84]

The difference between radar speed and actual speed. Wagner has done this to so many different batsmen all over the world and has the best sustained short ball attack of anyone since probably Curtly Ambrose.

Did you just send a comment on cricinfo?

Cory: "I know this is a big call, but as far as having a specific plan to take wickets, I think Neil Wagner is probably the best bowler in the world right now. He is to short pitch bowling what Glenn McGrath was to the top of off stump."

 

[anil1405]

Usually one of the Sony channels telecast NZ games, this time they haven't.

Yea but last few series held in NZ weren't telecasted and its a shame that now we have 2/3 different broadcasters and none are ready to air cricket being played by two test playing nations.

Watching on a dodgy Internet stream

The way you were updating it felt like they were telecasting the game on some channel. Plz share the link where you are watching.

 

[smash84]

The way you were updating it felt like they were telecasting the game on some channel. Plz share the link where you are watching.

Not allowed to do that here

 

[Blocky]

The other thing that makes Wagner's sustained short bowling better in my view is the fact that he himself can hit the short ball pretty well (as he did against Steyn and even in this innings) - so bowlers lulled into attempting to attack him with bouncers tend to get hooked for six/four to add to the infuriation factor.

 

[vcs]

John McClane: "Not sure if this has ever occurred to anyone or has been mentioned on Cricinfo before - doesn't Wagner look very much like young Bruce Willis, especially his expressions ala Bruce in Die Hard 1 :-)"

LOL I was trying so hard to think who Wagner reminds me of.