Can Pakistan save the 2nd Test against New Zealand?

[Sher Khan]

I firmly believe avoiding an innings defeat will be a victory for the Pakistan team. I strongly believe we have the willpower and strength to score 300 or whatever the deficit ends up being and giving them atleast a 2 run target.

Come on Pakistan!!!

 

[JaDed]

Are you trolling?

 

[Sher Khan]

Are you trolling?

No, i'm not.

 

[MHN1293]

Get ready for he cake cutting celebrations, "boys played well", and bhangra in the pakistani dressing room if we do avoid innings defeat.

 

[Suleiman]

Stop with this, even if it’s sarcastic.

There’s no goddamn blessing in disguises or moral wins. We got smashed, tossed and DDT’d into the reality that we have no business playing anyone with this grade 2 level bowling attack.

 

[moghul]

I firmly believe avoiding an innings defeat will be a victory for the Pakistan team. I strongly believe we have the willpower and strength to score 300 or whatever the deficit ends up being and giving them atleast a 2 run target.

Come on Pakistan!!!

What a pathetic and negative mindset, just like Misbah's .

Why not scoring more than 100 runs in 4th inning would be a victory .

In good old days, winning or at least saving a test match used to be the target.

 

[Sher Khan]

I firmly believe avoiding an innings defeat will be a big boost for our team before we get smashed vs SA.

 

[Shoaib88]

It actually depends on when Kiwis decide to declare, our bowlers have already decided they are not taking any more wickets.

 

[sam_ahm]

Considering how poorly Shaheens are performing against a completely unknown NZL A team, I think any kind of fight by any Pakistan team should be taken as a positive.

 

[Hitman]

Be practical and face facts. Why do I tell you this? Because me as an Indian fan faced plenty of such facts in the 90's. You play a Test match to win it, if that is out of possibility, you try to draw it. If you lose a Test, there is no blessing in disguise. We were garbage away from home in the 90's, and I've faced plenty of such situations.

 

[JaDed]

Be practical and face facts. Why do I tell you this? Because me as an Indian fan faced plenty of such facts in the 90's. You play a Test match to win it, if that is out of possibility, you try to draw it. If you lose a Test, there is no blessing in disguise. We were garbage away from home in the 90's, and I've faced plenty of such situations.

Yeah reminds me of the time when i just used to wait for the opposition to declare, worst is I started feeling similarly under Dhoni’s captaincy before Virat took over.

 

[Itachi]

Come on ppers. When these kind of threads do exist, you guys really can't blame anyone for mocking about "blessing in disguise", "moral victory".

 

[Shoaib88]

Be practical and face facts. Why do I tell you this? Because me as an Indian fan faced plenty of such facts in the 90's. You play a Test match to win it, if that is out of possibility, you try to draw it. If you lose a Test, there is no blessing in disguise. We were garbage away from home in the 90's, and I've faced plenty of such situations.

how old are you?

 

[Hitman]

how old are you?

34. You?

 

[Mahee]

Pakistan played way better than India did in NZ

 

[Savak]

Pakistan played way better than India did in NZ

Indians bowled way better than Pakistan did, painful facts

 

[Nov15]

Why are Pak fans so happy with consolation prizes after a huge defeat?

 

[Devadwal]

how old are you?

Have you remembered what you said about india & Pakistan ?? When Pakistan made 300 in first inning ??

 

[MHN1293]

We cannot win anything with such a pathetic bowling attack that is now going to let a second batsmen reach 300 in the space of 2 years.

 

[Shoaib88]

34. You?

15

 

[Babbar]

Is there any Pak fan above 17 on this forum, except probably admins?

 

[Varun]

They're surely going to be innings defeated here, unless Azhar Ali notches up a 150+ with support from Rizwan and company.

 

[GenericBrand]

Can't wait to see the 'silver lining' threads regarding this series.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Is there any Pak fan above 17 on this forum, except probably admins?

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION], the biggest well wisher of the team. He is in his late 20s

 

[Osman]

This series more than the Australia and England tours has highlighted how big the gulf between us and the top sides is. We hope in our hearts that we will bat out 2 days and save the game but honestly this team would find a way to fail even if do that even if it was as flat as the Antigua pitch Lara scored 400 on. It is good for batting on if you are willing to put in the hard work, but the fact there is still something in it for the bowlers and that unlike us NZ actually have an attack that can take 20 wickets means its only a matter of time before wickets come even if Pak have a good session or 2.

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

yep if it rains for the last two days

 

[sindhiboy]

Is there any Pak fan above 17 on this forum, except probably admins?

I turned 24 in December and I'm one of the younger ones.
Most of the fans on this forum are above 30. The teenage fans here are pretty recent

 

[Hasan123]

Inevitable bump worthy content produced by a Pakistan fan yet again. Y’all’ hate Mamoon attacking Pakistan cricket but we bring it on ourselves with threads like this.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Inevitable bump worthy content produced by a Pakistan fan yet again. Y’all’ hate Mamoon attacking Pakistan cricket but we bring it on ourselves with threads like this.

I see you haven’t read it properly. He’s being sarcastic.

 

[Hasan123]

I see you haven’t read it properly. He’s being sarcastic.

He was asked if he is trolling and he said. Even if it’s sarcasm, it’s not even funny.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

He was asked if he is trolling and he said. Even if it’s sarcasm, it’s not even funny.

Agreed, it isn’t

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Pakistan hav 0% chance of taking this to a draw, be very surprised they cross 200.

Poor performance. Shan needs to be thrown out and that rubbish Naseem.

 

[StreetSmart]

unless there is a magical 350 from someone I don't see Pakistan saving this match. In fact, Pakistan has to first save themself from inning defeat

 

[Shoaibbtt]

I don't know what to say at this point but NZ will win today i reckon and if we are lucky it drags to the last day. If NZ don't play Matt Henry with the new ball then pak players should smash him. Biggest threat of course is Kyle.

 

[Mamoon]

I hope Fawad can play another inconsequential innings in a losing cause so that his fans can distribute mithai over his stats boosting performance.

He is as responsible for this whitewash as any other player. He failed in both first innings and set Pakistan up for defeats.

 

[MenInG]

As Op said - a draw will be a like a win here.

 

[Saj]

I have a bad feeling again.

But these days I'm kind of getting used to see us losing.

Looks like it will be another loss.

 

[JaDed]

As Op said - a draw will be a like a win here.

Actually he said avoiding an innings defeat would be a win here even if 2 runs target for Kiwis..

 

[JaDed]

Can- with help of rain and some strong batting.. its not easy to bat last 2 days of atest match but when nothing is expected from PCT they shine..

 

[Kroll]

No chance.

 

[Braveheart]

Our chances are 'Slim' & 'None'
'Slim' is in Pakistan Self isolating and Hiding.
Therefore we have no chance to even avoid an innings defeat.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

No chance awful team