CT 2009 | Semi Final 2| 3/10/09 | Pakistan V New Zealand | Wanderers | NZ Innings

[GLORY OF '92]

Taylor will go big soon

 

[the true passionist]

required RR reached 5.0 for the first time!

 

[Momo]

Shahid bhai will remove one batsman in this over.

 

[Sparhawk]

Great delivery from Afridi to start his second over.

Two dot balls

 

[The Slogger]

RRR is 5 now

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

elliiot is clueless against spin

 

[Muzy]

ajmal yaar dont loose hope you will get that wicket you deserve

and gould - man ive never seen sp much sun shining from an umpires mouth before!! LOL

 

[Gollum]

Sahabzada bowling really well now

 

[Mohsin]

2 dot balls shabaash

 

[Sparhawk]

4 dot balls

 

[Khurram]

i think for sure Imran Nazir is injured

 

[Mohsin]

excellent over thus far dont give it away

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Ajmal rarely gives a loose delivery and the pressure that is building because of it will be looking to manufacture some shots to cut loose.

A lot will depend on how well Afridi can bowl in tandem with Ajmal. If both can avoid giving any 4 balls there will be wickets coming soon I know it

 

[Amjid Javed]

A couple of wickets and kiwis lower order will be under pressure.

 

[Sparhawk]

Just 3 off the last 2 overs. Excellent stuff from the spin duo

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

great over just 1 run of afridi

 

[Mohsin]

EXCELLENT over!

1 run only

 

[sehban]

90/3 22 overs...
Pak fighting hard

 

[coy0607]

required rr is over 5 now.....

 

[The Slogger]

1 run off the over, well done

 

[filosofee]

Good last two overs, need to keep this constraining up.

 

[Gollum]

Good couple last overs. Tightning singles now...

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

That's it Lala beautifully bowled

 

[Khurram]

looks like nz will try to play shots.

need feilder on point

 

[godzilla]

the ball is turning but malik hasnt bowled well recently at all. the question is what to do with the rest of navids overs. hes generally better at the end when the pressure is up on the batting side, but he just isnt consistent enough and gives four balls too often.

the end of the aussie innings was clearly the exception rather than the rule, but lets hope he can repeat it.

 

[Mohsin]

Shabaash Saeed

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

The only problem that remains now is how well Rana can come back later

 

[Gollum]

Shoaib Malik has to bowl as well despite what Akram says

 

[Mohsin]

Rana seems to bowl well w=hen he comes back, dont bowl Malik

 

[Momo]

I sense a stumping.

 

[The Slogger]

wide

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Runs are leaking

 

[godzilla]

amateurish mifield gives 1

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Funny how Wasim says that he does not have confidence in Malik's bowling yet he himself picked him up for Pakistan for that exact reason

 

[Khurram]

looks like nz will try to play shots.

need feilder on point

slip out moved to point

 

[Gollum]

It's turning a lot now

 

[Usman Chadda]

I just cannot believe how poor we are in the field

 

[Momo]

Ian Gould never fails in spotting a Pakistani wide.

 

[lollol]

They arent trying to hit boundaries from these 2 spinners, i really wish they will. Would be a good way to pick up wickets

 

[Sparhawk]

It is strange to see Imran fielding in the deep. He could stop a few of these singles in the circle.

 

[CrickFan]

Req Run above 5 .. C'mon Pakistan ..They have to bowl out kiwis ..can't contain them

 

[Deewana Mastana]

94 for 3

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

we need 3-4 more tight overs

 

[Momo]

RR going up. Screws tightening. Well bowled Pakistanis.

Now start fielding as well!

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

The short term goal should be to keep it tight enough so that they need say 120 from the last 20 overs (20 from the next 7 overs that is) with preferably 2 wickets falling.

 

[The Slogger]

94/3 in 23 overs

we are keeping them tight but we need wickets too

 

[godzilla]

tht was too short from afridi, gets away with one off it.

 

[Poison]

I just cannot believe how poor we are in the field

I dont think its us...the Kiwis are absolute cheetahs across the pitch. Taylor is the quickest I've seen.

 

[Gollum]

Another good over. Good pressure being built up. The catchers need to be attentive and sharp!

 

[the true passionist]

Ajmal has bowled 5 overs for 15... Younis will probably leave off a few overs for the later part of the innings.

Malik might come in soon.

 

[godzilla]

another one rank long hop. only one off it again.

 

[Sparhawk]

Couple of loose deliveries from Afridi.

Followed by a yorker

 

[Disco_Lemonade]

needs a bit of luck here pakistan..

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Nazir must be injured, otherwise it just does not make sense why he is fielding in the deep when he is our best fielder

 

[octavian]

someone needs to stop these singles

 

[dblock]

required rr is over 5 now.....

That is still manageable though.

They need wickets.

 

[The Slogger]

isnt afridi bowling too short?

 

[Sparhawk]

Afridi keeping the pressure on.. something's gotta give soon

 

[Khurram]

will malik get bowling ?

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Afridi is just a little short this over, allowing the batsmen to bank on the back foot.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Spinners keep going at 3 then we can choke them

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

good over by afridi again

 

[Osman]

need a wicket asap here .... or 2

 

[Muzy]

ive got a feeling yk might use malik to bowl, but wasim saying he doesnt have no confidence in maliks bowling of late.... he might be handy coz spinners are controlling the situation right now,,,,,, what do you guys think?? malik to bowl or not

 

[dblock]

someone needs to stop these singles

If you stop the singles, all the last 5 overs would be maidens.

 

[Gollum]

The ball is spinning so YK has to try SM...

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

97-3 after 24. Good choking act by the spinners so far now we just need a wicket and NZ will begin to fall apart

 

[Cheguvera]

Why Imran Nazir is not fielding in the circle.He is better fielder in the circle

I thought he was a cheetah fielder anywhere...

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Six by Taylor off Ajmal

BIG SHOT

 

[godzilla]

massive six by taylor

 

[Sparhawk]

Holy cow! That was huge!!

Dont bowl full to ross

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

ive got a feeling yk might use malik to bowl, but wasim saying he doesnt have no confidence in maliks bowling of late.... he might be handy coz spinners are controlling the situation right now,,,,,, what do you guys think?? malik to bowl or not

The batsmen are not looking to attack right now so I would bowl a few overs by Malik just to cover Rana who struggled in his spell.

 

[The Slogger]

****

 

[Gollum]

 

[Khurram]

did some one saw umpire was smiling on that 6. ***

 

[Sparhawk]

That six pretty much released all the pressure of the last 4 overs

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

idone got launched

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Monster six by Taylor

 

[CrickFan]

NZ playing a waiting game here .. good exibition of cricket ...

 

[Deewana Mastana]

104 for 3 after 25 overs