**Official** Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2014

[dermo]

**** this is quality from rahat

an indictment on all australian and kiwi bowlers that they couldnt get any and this ****s swinging it around corners

 

[OverratedSanity]

Top hilarious Rameez Raja comments on air

How is "Be good and be cool" not in there?

 

[Kippax]

I can't believe we have a test opener

Yeah, although Latham may face a yorker and short ball examination at some point that could get the more hawkish NZ fans on his case, itbt. At this stage I've only seen it attempted by Andy McKay, Nuwan Pradeep and Gavon Brown.

 

[hendrix]

slog-sweep coming out in 3, 2, 1

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Outside off?

 

[Athlai]

Ridiculous review

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Dat Latham sweep.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Dat Taylor poke.

 

[hendrix]

so so ****ing good. love it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Awesome knock. Great to watch too

 

[Zinzan]

Played young man! Kick-on this time.

 

[Mike5181]

Latham

He's been fantastic today. Now double it!

 

[Swingpanzee]

Starting to fall for this guy Latham you beauty

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Pakistan doing a New Zealand.

 

[hendrix]

Honestly I'd take Papps in there with Latham at this point in time. The reason the Fulton selection wasn't bad is that even if he had massive technical flaws at least he was a guy who would cash in on flat wickets/crap bowling.

We now have a technically correct opener, a good 3 and 4, a potentially dangerous lower order and a good new ball attack. Just slot in a couple more pieces and we'll be good.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Yeah I'm liking this team, especially the fact that everyone's still got a lot of years in them.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah I'm liking this team, especially the fact that everyone's still got a lot of years in them.

yeah. It's quite interesting looking at the way Hesson has been moving pieces around. Not sure whether to think of him as a mastermind or just consider him lucky to have the young talent on show at the moment.

I think I'll give him credit because Anderson and Neesham weren't completely banging the door down with domestic form. I mean they were doing well, but it still would have been easy to pick domestic stalwart middle order batsmen.

If Sodhi comes off (I doubt it but it's possible) he will be looking pretty good.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Yasir's getting some good rip. Wanna see if Sodhi can improve on last match.

 

[hendrix]

That's a beauty from Rahat. The mirror image of the Southee reversing delivery to get Gayle in the first test in the Windies.

 

[hendrix]

Taylor's really toughing it out here.