Colin de Grandhomme's blistering 74* takes NZ to a 5-wicket victory in the 4th ODI against Pakistan

[MenInG]

Absolute disaster and soul destroying for Pakistan!

 

[Aman]

The sweep is on

 

[Chief Destroyer]

The sweep is on :ahmed

Which is not a big deal because we're not an established side. We've improved but still a lot of holes to fill.

 

[Sane.Cricket.Fan]

There was some sparks seen in the pak camp till Grandhomme launched his assult

 

[Aman]

Which is not a big deal because we're not an established side. We've improved but still a lot of holes to fill.

True, but I'm going to enjoy the win nonetheless

 

[Asif321]

Pakistan missing Imad, Shinwari and Junaid big time
there is no wicket taking opening bowler

 

[Amirforpresident]

I couldn´t watch the match, but HOW the hell did Hafeez score 81 with such a good strike rate???
Some one tell me pls

 

[Titan24]

Any updates on Shinwari?

 

[Titan24]

I couldn´t watch the match, but HOW the hell did Hafeez score 81 with such a good strike rate???
Some one tell me pls

He butchered Boult in the last over.

 

[Titan24]

Pakistan missing Imad, Shinwari and Junaid big time
there is no wicket taking opening bowler

We were expecting few wickets from Amir but I guess that would remain a wish

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Pakistani side will improve for sure. Only some dead weights need to be removed.
Sorry to say but this pak bowling attack is nowhere near to being best in nowhere near to being the best in the world. Everyone should have realised

 

[samplepiece]

I remember the criticism of Grandhomme when he failed to finish a match against India. Today, he has some faith in him restored as far as EnZed fans are concerned.

 

[Amirforpresident]

He butchered Boult in the last over.

Thanks! so nr.6 might be the right spot for him. He is def. not going to be dropped after his 60 and 80.

 

[Hamstead_joy]

After series loss it was expected, but today Pakistan team did some fight. I thankfully controlled my urges not to watch the match and I'm glad. Yamin again was ignored, Fahim batted up the order which is again a good effort by the managemnt but still they could not change the approach as they did not drop the real ailment Shoaib Malik and Hafeez. The pitch was amazing to bat on, again the batters played slow to protect the middle order. Fakhar Zaman batting with less than 70 strike rate cost Pakistan. Harris Sohail was ok even Yamin would've looked better than likes of Malik and Azam, thats how worst they have played. The real disappointment of the match was Hasan Ali bowling. The way he ran up [bowling run up] today is a huge concern for Pakistan camp. A spirited match winner who bowls full was looking extremely dull. He underperformed today. Shadab bowled really well. Rumman bowled above average initially, but he has issue bowling in later overs on a good pitch under lights. Amir joins the ranks with his fellow mates Babar Azam and Shoaib MAlik as the worst burden on an international team in the world. These 3 can't be dropped, can't perform but have to be carried. They have decimated Pakistan team more than New Zealand

 

[MenInG]

New Zealand allrounder Colin de Grandhomme turned doubt into delight in a matter of moments as the hosts scored a record-breaking 11th consecutive victory in all formats in Hamilton on Tuesday.

Back in the side after time away following his father's death in Zimbabwe – and left out of the last match in favour of a dual spin approach – de Grandhomme clouted five sixes and seven fours as he made 74 not out off just 40 balls.

That allowed the Black Caps to triumph by five wickets with 25 balls to spare when it seemed a nailbiter was awaiting at Seddon Park.

It gave New Zealand their 11th win on the trot across tests, ODIs and Twenty20 international matches to set a new mark for wins in a row.

De Grandhomme ignored the tension surrounding his introduction to the crease and said he was allowed free rein.

"I didn't get a message, I just got told to play your game.

"Basically see the ball, hit the ball."


"He totally changed the game," Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said of de Grandhomme's whirlwind.

"It was some serious hitting – he did play exceptionally well."

The hosts also got a half-century from Henry Nicholls, who finished on 52 not out as he and de Grandhomme added 109 for the sixth wicket in only 39 minutes.

Arthur was disappointed his troops couldn't halt New Zealand's winning streak with their best showing on tour to date.

"We haven't played well enough since we've been here, but this was a night we were able to put New Zealand under pressure.

"[Colin] Munro played well, gave them a lot of momentum up front, and then to have the game taken away by de Grandhomme was pretty disappointing."

Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan reached 262-8 – a score Arthur described as "competitive" – thanks to a late charge led by Mohammad Hafeez after they looked unlikely to set a daunting target.

New Zealand's pursuit of victory under lights started brilliantly as openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill put on 88 in 14 overs before the match developed into a tense contest most Kiwi cricket fans have been begging for.

With Pakistan teenage leggie Shadab Khan tying down the Kiwi top order and taking wickets, the pressure came on the hosts from one of the rare times this summer.

Munro raced to 56 off 42 balls, featuring an array of bullet-like boundaries, before Khan – who ended with figures of 3-42 off 10 overs – took advantage of some loose shots from the short-priced favourites.

In his 200th ODI appearance, Ross Taylor was trapped lbw for one as the hosts slumped to 90-3.

What followed was a barren boundary-less spell, broken only by a misfield, but as tension remained, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson struck out against the left-arm spin of Haris Sohail and couldn't clear the clutches of Rumman Raees as he tiptoed and balanced himself centimetres off the boundary at long-on.

Williamson made 32 with the bat but more importantly – and surprisingly – bowled 10 overs of off-spin and took 2-32.

It was the first time Williamson had opted to bowl himself in eight ODIs – his last stint was two overs against Bangladesh in Cardiff in June last year.

To find the last time he'd bowled his full complement in an ODI, you had to go back to a Champions Trophy match in Birmingham in 2013 when he took 1-56 in a rained-out match against Australia.

His previous two ODI wickets had come at the same Seddon Park venue – against Australia and South Africa in February last year.

"Disappointed we let Kane get away – that was where the extra 15-20 runs went," Arthur said.

Pakistan got meritorious contributions from four batsmen, but none could make more than the unbeaten 81 from Mohammad Hafeez.

The Pakistan No 5 went big late as he struck four sixes and five fours in his 80-ball knock, with 22 of his runs coming via three sixes and a four off the final over of the innings bowled by Trent Boult.

Opener Fakhar Zaman (54 off 75 balls), Haris Sohail (50 off 74) and skipper Safraz Ahmed ​(51 off 46) all chipped in after Tim Southee knocked the top off the order.

Arthur paid credit to New Zealand's winning run.

"We'd come off a nine-match winning streak coming here.

"It's a very, very good New Zealand team – they tick all the boxes in their own conditions."

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/crick...ack-caps-to-victory-over-pakistan-in-hamilton

 

[Aman]

The turning point was Kane's wicket.

Had you dropped him, you would have been in a better position to win.

 

[Ocelot]

Where was this Grandhomme in that series deciding match against India (in India)?

 

[MMHS]

Old story - this is probably 100Th time, PAK team is hurt by someone unknown or making a come back. 111/0 in 11 overs from 154/5 doesn’t give good impression on bowling or captaincy.

 

[BlueDoritos]

Bowlers were responsible for today's loss (apart from Shadab). Batsmen weren't that bad.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Bowlers were responsible for today's loss (apart from Shadab). Batsmen weren't that bad.

Oh please, 262 was never enough.

It's something that our bowlers almost made victory possible.

Mohammad Amir needs to be dropped, Pakistan can't afford his cowardly approach towards bowling anymore.

 

[mohan11]

WHere I can watch online highlights ?

 

[prop558]

Absolute disaster and soul destroying for Pakistan!

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He you go !! Sarfraz batted with the highest strike rate. Now what the lovers of Malik & Hafeez will say about it ?

 

[BlueDoritos]

Oh please, 262 was never enough.

It's something that our bowlers almost made victory possible.

Mohammad Amir needs to be dropped, Pakistan can't afford his cowardly approach towards bowling anymore.

You can't just blame Amir, our best bower also did nothing. Rumman and Faheem were almost useless as well.

 

[OmarKhan99]

You can't just blame Amir, our best bower also did nothing. Rumman and Faheem were almost useless as well.

The way Amir wasted that new bowl was just criminal - and this is coming from a big fan. Hasan, as I had predicted earlier, was wrongly thrust into the new bowl bowling job, but even he bowled more attacking lines. Also, Hasan was clearly not 100%. He was very obviously unsettled with the groin issue. The amount of franchises the bowlers have played in the last few months is beginning to take toll. I remember Amir hitting 147 and operating at 144+ in the t10 just a month ago and had a lot of passion in those deliveries. Not sure what happened, but he seems very less bothered in this series.

 

[PakLFC]

Even after the first innings I felt NZ would easily win the match. Their top order may not have performed as well as they have done with Guptill and Ross losing their wickets relatively easily. When number 6 and 7 come in taking care of matters one knows the team oozes class throughout. NZ are just to good for us at the moment. Prior to the series I thought we would win one match, it seems that will be difficult now. Just don't know where this Pak team goes from here. Our bowling has again been exposed as being so overrated in these conditions. They're not cut out to play in them.

 

[CadPakFan]

WHere I can watch online highlights ?

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[CadPakFan]

He butchered Boult in the last over.

(22 from that over consisting of 3 sixes and a four).

 

[Snatch]

Bowlers were responsible for today's loss (apart from Shadab). Batsmen weren't that bad.

Lol Pakistan. It's not 1992 anymore. Quit thinking 260 is a good defendable score. it's not.

The CT win really did a job on Pakistan fans in that it's led them into this false sense of security that they're a good ODI side. Well I hate to tell you, but they're not. They're not even in the top 5 imo. (behind, India, SA, Aust, England & NZ).

They did incredibly well to win that CT, but I really think they were helped by having very little pressure and expectation compared to the sides they beat to win the thing, namely South Africa, England & India. That doesn't mean they didn't play well, because they did, but overall they just can't seem to play modern day one-day cricket, which is most of the time being able to score more than 300, and on a good day 350. They seem to score 250 most of the time and on a really good day score 290-300.

They really need to go back to the drawing board and learn how the game is played in 2018.

Your comment intimating that 260 was good enough sums up how far Pakistan cricket are behind the times.

 

[Savak]

Lol Pakistan. It's not 1992 anymore. Quit thinking 260 is a good defendable score. it's not.

The CT win really did a job on Pakistan fans in that it's led them into this false sense of security that they're a good ODI side. Well I hate to tell you, but they're not. They're not even in the top 5 imo. (behind, India, SA, Aust, England & NZ).

They did incredibly well to win that CT, but I really think they were helped by having very little pressure and expectation compared to the sides they beat to win the thing, namely South Africa, England & India. That doesn't mean they didn't play well, because they did, but overall they just can't seem to play modern day one-day cricket, which is most of the time being able to score more than 300, and on a good day 350. They seem to score 250 most of the time and on a really good day score 290-300.

They really need to go back to the drawing board and learn how the game is played in 2018.

Your comment intimating that 260 was good enough sums up how far Pakistan cricket are behind the times.

Playing outside the UAE and on very good flat batting wickets will be a start. Our batting line up is now too conditioned to batting on the slow grinding surfaces of the UAE and Domestic Cricket.

 

[Snatch]

Playing outside the UAE and on very good flat batting wickets will be a start. Our batting line up is now too conditioned to batting on the slow grinding surfaces of the UAE and Domestic Cricket.

That's no excuse, all teams have to adapt to all conditions around the world.

How does what you said explain how NZ managed to win last time they were in the UAE in the series against Pakistan, even with a 2nd string side (Boult, Southee, McCullum and Taylor all rested from memory). NZ have to adapt to low bouncing and turning conditions you get in the SC/WI/UAE and you guys havve to adapt to bouncier/ more seaming decks in the likes of Australia and New Zealand. That should go without saying as it comes with the territory of being an international cricket team.

The irony is Pakistan sides over the years have performed exceedingly well in NZ conditions. It just so happens that this current team isn't made of good enough players at this stage.

 

[Savak]

That's no excuse, all teams have to adapt to all conditions around the world.

How does what you said explain how NZ managed to win last time they were in the UAE in the series against Pakistan, even with a 2nd string side (Boult, Southee, McCullum and Taylor all rested from memory). NZ have to adapt to low bouncing and turning conditions you get in the SC/WI/UAE and you guys havve to adapt to bouncier/ more seaming decks in the likes of Australia and New Zealand. That should go without saying as it comes with the territory of being an international cricket team.

The irony is Pakistan sides over the years have performed exceedingly well in NZ conditions. It just so happens that this current team isn't made of good enough players at this stage.

The decline in our batting fortunes has been further exacerbated by the lack of international cricket in Pakistan, domestic wickets have become slower,greener, lower and the UAE wickets have always been slow and graft type wickets.

This is perhaps the best NZ bowling attack with Boult, Southie and Fergusan.

 

[dravidthewall]

Where was this Grandhomme in that series deciding match against India (in India)?

Give some credit to indian bowler

 

[Ocelot]

Give some credit to indian bowler

He wasn't even trying. Didn't even show any intent.

 

[Inzi_fan_No_1]

Was poor bowling from us. We bowled in his hitting zone. When he failed against India it was because they took his strength out of the equation and bowled good yorkers.

 

[Ted123]

Well played!