ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan (200/1) keep their hopes of a Semi-Final berth alive with a 21 runs DLS win over New Zealand (401/6)

[sweep_shot]

Maiden from Phillips. Great over for NZ.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Just feel if Pak smoke this chase, they will send the thunderflash down the trousers down all top four teams in competion....

 

[msb314]

Shouldn’t have played a maiden here

 

[Rana]

Pak probably need around 150 in 20 for DLS?

 

[sweep_shot]

Sky is getting darker.

NZ are 9 overs away from ensuring a game.

 

[mominsaigol]

Fakhar is the one who will do it if he performs today.

Babar and rizzu won't do anything. If fakhar departs, Game is gone, Mark my words

 

[kron]

Either Glen phillips is really good or are we just scared to get caught out in the deep?

Why is he so hard to hit lol

 

[soso_killer]

Hold on, do NZ only have two fit seamers in the playing XI?

 

[BouncerGuy]

dot balls here are gonna hurt pakistan. Rain is just around the corner

 

[Ahmed216]

Santner flighting it so much he deserves to end up in the stands

 

[BouncerGuy]

Spinners are chocking Pakistan here big time. good stuff

 

[soso_killer]

Either Glen phillips is really good or are we just scared to get caught out in the deep?

Why is he so hard to hit lol

Difficult to play against the turn for lefties. Even Warner and Head struggled against him. Kept it tight against SA too at one stage

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Spinners are doing a very good job so far

 

[sweep_shot]

Spinners are slowing things down (as expected).

 

[ex-q-zit]

Hope the bastmen are aware how much they need to be at 20 overs as per Dukworth-Lewis. Anyone knows what it should be for 1 wicket.

 

[Sunzi]

Spin trouble starting?

 

[hur rizvi]

Pressure building, runs drying up

 

[Ahmed216]

Spinners are chocking Pakistan here big time. good stuff

Hardly surprising with Babar

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Need to walk down the track and punt Satner over his head. Babar stepping back and showing respect

 

[Kroll]

Come on Babar u csnt get bogged down by spinners hit em out of the ground and get ahead of rr

 

[BouncerGuy]

This is not good from Pakistan. Should take on spinners

 

[kron]

Ah man spin is killing us.cmon fakhar

 

[castortroy]

Santner is a very difficult bowler to get away

 

[munaf4u]

It seems babar is going for personal milestone.
He has put more pressure on fakhar.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Attack has to be done from both ends.

 

[castortroy]

Fakhar will get out here

 

[ex-q-zit]

A the hard work of scoring 75 in 1st PP nuetralized by scoring just 3 runs in next 2 overs.

 

[kron]

This is not good from Pakistan. Should take on spinners

How man? Every ball seems to be thudding into the player. Have to play for big shots but that's a risk.

 

[pillionrider]

I hope Mickey does something useful for a change and regularly updates the batsmen where they need to be at different points wrt score. This could well be curtailed or even washed out. Don’t know if the rules allow the lights to be turned on and play to be extended like this were a d/n
If Pakistan have the ability to achieve those targets, good for them. Would be pathetic if they fall short because they were unaware

 

[Kroll]

Damn missed out on a six

 

[JAV12341]

Softie babar telling fakhar too slow down

 

[NeVerMind]

This is not good from Pakistan. Should take on spinners

Correction...Babar should take on the spinners...at least Fakhar is trying

 

[hur rizvi]

Fakhar looks lost against Phillips

 

[sweep_shot]

Fakhar is struggling against Phillips. 7 dots.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Both of them should take on the spinners. 400 is not easy to chase when just 1 player is attacking

 

[Ahmed216]

Maar Babar Maar. At least try to entertain

 

[sweep_shot]

Part-timer Phillips is bowling well.

2-1-4-0.

 

[Rana]

Beautiful bowling by Phillips

 

[Saj]

Can't let Phillips go through his overs so easily.

Need to attack him.

 

[Kroll]

Babar needs to up the attack from his end otherwise Faks will hole out

 

[castortroy]

So Pakistan decided not to play any spinners today

 

[ex-q-zit]

Babar scoring at less than runa a ball is going to put pressure on both Fakhar and the team.

 

[MANU ROY]

The required rate is getting close to 9 now

 

[Kroll]

Loft sodhi into stands Babar!

 

[mominsaigol]

Babar plays spin the same way I play professional cricket.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Wait for bad balls and block the decent ones don't work in mordern cricket. Gotta take on good balls too to get even close to the total

 

[Ahmed216]

Babar can never play freely

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

No I was referring to how some comments here were like we dint get any support or cheers from fans cause we are playing in India. Just need to block out all that nonsense and perform. Fans will cheer when you do well.

A lot of us support good cricket when we see it. from a personal perspective, as a lover of pace bowling me and my bros used to be big fans of 2 w's , shoaib and we cheered for them. Maybe coming as a surprise but we do support outstanding work...look at the way the stadium is cheering for FZ 50

 

[sweep_shot]

50 for Fakhar.

Great innings.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Babar is playing like an absolute joke. You are the captain, you should be the one steering the ship.

He is doing tuk tuk and going nowhere.

 

[shah_1]

Babar is such joke of a batsman

Fakhar should be our white ball captain, we need a captain of his mentality.

 

[MANU ROY]

Fakhar Zaman brings up his second successive fifty

 

[riddu]

babar kiddo will screw this up

 

[soso_killer]

Sky is getting darker.

NZ are 9 overs away from ensuring a game.

What would the required Duckworth Lewis score be after 20, provided Pakistan don't lose a wicket

 

[riddu]

tuk tuk azam destroyed pak cricket

 

[emranabbas]

Don't remember Imam hitting any six in this World Cup.

Imam didn't hit a 6 for 1000+ balls

 

[Ahmed216]

@shariqnoor you were saying?

Fakhar has guts

 

[Kroll]

Babar doing everything in his power to halt the inns

 

[prakash@raina fan]

I’m 20kms away from the ground.. here it’s started raining with one loud thunder

 

[kron]

Fakhar
Need more players like him. Dynamic.

Ayub
Danish
Etc in the future.

 

[mominsaigol]

They replaced fakhar for rizwan in t20 opening? Lol

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Massive black clouds incoming

 

[kron]

Tuk tuk babar.

Even fakhar is getting annoyed at home. Cmon son.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Oh boy. Fakhar has smashed a big 6 .

 

[Civil]

is our coach relaying duckworth scores!!

 

[Major]

what is dls par score after 20th over

 

[kron]

They replaced fakhar for rizwan in t20 opening? Lol

Classic. Did he play vs SA? Can't even remember actually.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

And you guys left out FZ for Iman? really...

 

[shah_1]

What a shot

 

[Ali Active]

I’m 20kms away from the ground.. here it’s started raining with one loud thunder

Match might ne called off

 

[Kroll]

They replaced fakhar for rizwan in t20 opening? Lol

Pak team has to accommodate golden boy

 

[sweep_shot]

5th six from Fakhar.

 

[NeVerMind]

Back to back 6s by Fakhar!

 

[MANU ROY]

six six

 

[Ali Active]

What is dls par score at 20 over

 

[ex-q-zit]

Cant believe fakhar was dropped for Abdullah/Imam. He is the only player who plays modern cricket in this line-up.

 

[Major]

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Massive black clouds incoming

hope u were allowed to take an umbrella with u into the stadium

 

[sweep_shot]

Another six.

6th six from Fakhar.

 

[emranabbas]

If babar is the best batsmen in the world where does fakhar rank? Day and night between both

 

[soso_killer]

How many meters was that 6?