New Zealand (131/2) outclass Pakistan (128/9) by 8 wickets in the fifth T20I game to win the 5-match series 4-1

[Deewana Mastana]

Usman could've hit it anywhere and he picks the field perfectly right in the hands of Mitchell

 

[Human786]

outttttttttttttttttttttttt

can they get 140 ?

 

[Greenstorm]

Feel sorry for Usman

 

[Josh]

You best batter is salman on this tour..

Even he looka edgy

 

[mango_bite77]

can they get 140 ?

Bhai 100 kr lo pehle

 

[Human786]

43/4 in 9

 

[Ahmed216]

Aapnay ghabrana nai hai! These are challenging conditions.

Haris, HassanN, all are very talented batters and must be persisted with and given confidence!

But Haris should have at least touched those balls

 

[Devadwal]

UAE King also gone

 

[mango_bite77]

Out of all the tours, this has to be worst tour for Pak in NZ.

But yeah, new team so no early judgements.

 

[Josh]

Usman could've hit it anywhere and he picks the field perfectly right in the hands of Mitchell

Sodhi dragged the length back smartly

 

[Devadwal]

@Rana condition after seeing fearless batting by Pakistan youngsters .

Pakistan 42/4 in 8 overs

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[BouncerGuy]

Who was your best batter last time Pakistan came here???? OH NOOOO

 

[mango_bite77]

Who was your best batter last time Pakistan came here???? OH NOOOO

Probably Fakhar, considering attack, intent and execution

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

can some list changes in both 11 - cannot find it on cricbuzz - 27/3 in 6

Irfan, Khushdil, Abrar, Shaheen, & Guls nephew I think

 

[BouncerGuy]

@Rana condition after seeing fearless batting by Pakistan youngsters .

Pakistan 42/4 in 8 overs

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Don't tag him today... He is watching the game

 

[Greenstorm]

Tough conditions. Boys are fighting well.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Nay... Usman walks also... we are doomed with such a bench strength

i understand the pace and bounce struggle here.. what about this tulla gifting wicket to spinner

 

[BouncerGuy]

Probably Fakhar, considering attack, intent and execution

Last time??? Fakhar??? I dont think so

 

[Human786]

Kiwi's finishing their pacers quota upfront .... 46/4 in 9

 

[Savak]

Out of all the tours, this has to be worst tour for Pak in NZ.

But yeah, new team so no early judgements.

Tbh, these were perhaps the toughest batting wickets I have also seen as well.

 

[Ahmed216]

Tough conditions. Boys are fighting well.

Some good leaves from Haris in testing conditions mashallah

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Irfan, Khushdil, Abrar, Shaheen, & Guls nephew I think

Which makes me think why would they bench Irfan when he was the only batter that looked any good last time

 

[Farabi]

But Haris should have at least touched those balls

It doesn’t matter, touch or no touch

 

[Ahmed216]

Tbh, these were perhaps the toughest batting wickets I have also seen as well.

Wait until NZ come out to bat. Quality of batsmanship also matters. They missed short and wide balls

 

[BouncerGuy]

Probably Fakhar, considering attack, intent and execution

 

[kingusama92]

The one good thing is they won't be dealing with these conditions in the Asia Cup or WC.

 

[Darkrai]

Tbh, these were perhaps the toughest batting wickets I have also seen as well.

Not for NZ batters. They’re scoring 200+ for fun.

 

[Greenstorm]

Who was your best batter last time Pakistan came here???? OH NOOOO

Rizbab fans coming out of caves.

 

[Greenstorm]

They should target Sodhi

 

[BouncerGuy]

Rizbab fans coming out of caves.

Not a huge fan but seeing Haris and Usman bat, Why not

 

[jnaveen1980]

Every single batsman is very late against quicks. Their only possible scoring area is third man. This salman Is only better compared to other pak batsmen. Otherwise mediocre for this format.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Not a good start for Pakistan in the final match. Need to get close to 150.

 

[Greenstorm]

The one good thing is they won't be dealing with these conditions in the Asia Cup or WC.

Hopefully they won't return to dinosaur era in next series. It will be a great prank if rizbab are opening against Bangladesh.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan has no proper stroke players. Either hacks or tuk tuks.

 

[Ahmed216]

Samad has bat speed of 80 year old

 

[Devadwal]

Pakistan has no proper stroke players. Either hacks or tuk tuks.

They have Only one quality - Blind slogging

 

[Human786]

even Neesham picks wicket ... 52/5

 

[BouncerGuy]

These guys are so pathetic that they are giving wickets to Neesham now....LOL

 

[Devadwal]

Tullebaaz Number five( Samad ) is gone for 4(9)

 

[Hellion]

Intent is driven by skill/talent. You can bring in anyone from domestic and it won't make much difference. Talent is simply not there

Bobs, Fakhar, Saim is all you got

 

[Greenstorm]

Every single batsman is very late against quicks. Their only possible scoring area is third man. This salman Is only better compared to other pak batsmen. Otherwise mediocre for this format.

It is first time for most of these batsmen in these conditions. We won tri series in NZ but wickets behaved differently then.

 

[imshally81]

4-1 on cards... it would be 5-0 ... but thanks to Hasan Nawaz

 

[jnaveen1980]

They have Only one quality - Blind slogging

There is no concept of timing.

 

[BouncerGuy]

4-1 on cards... it would be 5-0 ... but thanks to Hasan Nawaz's fluke

Corrected

 

[imshally81]

Why Shadab didn't come before the samad ???

 

[Mamoon]

“But but but we are showing intent and playing modern cricket” circus clowns deserve this humiliation.

Shambolic batting lineup that is nowhere near international standards. Babar and Rizwan can’t come back soon enough and the whole nation should apologize to them first.

Is this what they have been dropped for?

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Damad G sheepishly changed his batting order.. Susar ka mal ha Pak team.. jaha dil kre batting kre

 

[RyanRyan10]

Abdul Samad failed once again

He scored a few runs in the last innings when match had already finished and some fans were celebrating it, calling him better than Asif Ali @Rana

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab said " NAZAR NAHI AYA"

Sums up the condition of these batters.

 

[Savak]

Not for NZ batters. They’re scoring 200+ for fun.

Look at the bowling attack they are facing

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

I don't mind getting bowled out for 100 instead of crawling to 150 & then losing badly but that should happen maybe 2 times over ten matches and not 4 times out of five.

There's something broken in the team & it's not just the players alone who are at fault.

 

[Human786]

Salmon & Shadab - main batters at crease - 54/5 - 9 overs to go

 

[BouncerGuy]

Abdul Samad failed once again

He scored a few runs in the last innings when match had already finished and some fans were celebrating it, calling him better than Asif Ali @Rana

These guys all 11 of them are better than no one... Only credible batter from this series was Salman..

 

[RyanRyan10]

“But but but we are showing intent and playing modern cricket” circus clowns deserve this humiliation.

Shambolic batting lineup that is nowhere near international standards. Babar and Rizwan can’t come back soon enough and the whole nation should apologize to them first.

Is this what they have been dropped for?

Pakistan batting won them a match in this series

RizBar didn't win any last year against NZ

 

[imshally81]

is it Bowling wicket ??

 

[jnaveen1980]

It is first time for most of these batsmen in these conditions. We won tri series in NZ but wickets behaved differently then.

It doesn't matter. Lot of the balls bowled by o Rourke were at 133 kph. He was bowling boat load of rubbish wide balls. Haris couldn't connect even one.

 

[Devadwal]

55/5. Eye pleasing scoreboard

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab looking as clueless while batting as he is while bowling..

 

[imshally81]

Shadab as a batsman is finish too

 

[Asif321]

Im sure Ireland or Zimbabwe will do better here

 

[Aang_The_last_airbender]

RR below 5 in a T20 .. awesome learning

 

[Mamoon]

Pakistan batting won them a match in this series

RizBar didn't win any last year against NZ

Pakistan batted well in that series against a full-strength Kiwi attack. Babar in particular was very good. It was the lackluster bowling that cost Pakistan in that series.

You can’t draw parallels between the two series. In spite of that one fluke performance in the third T20I, this team has been far worse with the bat.

 

[Greenstorm]

Even 160 will be low in this small ground. These two should keep playing with intent.

 

[imshally81]

55/5. Eye pleasing scoreboard

At least we are playing some real cricket... Just look at the IPL Circus

 

[jnaveen1980]

Salman Ali Agha control percentage 61%. Haris must have been 30%

 

[Hellion]

Lots of excuses were made for Pakistan . We don't get as many away tours to acclimatise to foreign conditions like Big 3 etc.

No team has toured NZ more in the last decade than Pakistan.

Still, a terrible W/L in NZ compared to other teams

 

[Rana]

Abdul Samad failed once again

He scored a few runs in the last innings when match had already finished and some fans were celebrating it, calling him better than Asif Ali @Rana

Him and the most trending cricketer in Pakistan

Miller and Klaasen of SNGPL

 

[rpant_gabba]

Pakistan batted well in that series against a full-strength Kiwi attack. Babar in particular was very good. It was the lackluster bowling that cost Pakistan in that series.

You can’t draw parallels between the two series. In spite of that one fluke performance in the third T20I, this team has been far worse with the bat.

So Zimbabar is the best Pak has?

 

[Greenstorm]

It doesn't matter. Lot of the balls bowled by o Rourke were at 133 kph. He was bowling boat load of rubbish wide balls. Haris couldn't connect even one.

Yes Harris has to work on his offside game in general.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Even 160 will be low in this small ground. These two should keep playing with intent.

Side boundaries are very short. If you know how to pull you can feast on these lengths

 

[Devadwal]

At least we are playing some real cricket... Just look at the IPL Circus

 

[BouncerGuy]

Eyes bleeding seeing this shambolic batting

 

[Vikram1989]

Pak fans can suggest any names but pak situation is like lanka 2015.outside of established names new comers are thorough disappointments and will come good once in a blue moon that too in t20s on sc type flat tracks.i don't think pak have any more future in longer formats odis or test matches with these bunch.i think saim may become Lara of hapless 2000 wi.

 

[Human786]

68/5 - 7 to go - slog

 

[imshally81]

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Actually pretty old new... Once Circus always Circus

 

[Darkrai]

Look at the bowling attack they are facing

Look at the batters NZ is bowling to.

Pakistan bowlers might not be great, but the difference between the two bowling lineups can’t be that big that one is conceding 200+ while the other is absolutely destroying the batting lineup.

Even under difficult batting conditions, this is still terrible batting.

 

[RyanRyan10]

Pakistan batted well in that series against a full-strength Kiwi attack. Babar in particular was very good. It was the lackluster bowling that cost Pakistan in that series.

You can’t draw parallels between the two series. In spite of that one fluke performance in the third T20I, this team has been far worse with the bat.

Scoring 50s at low strike rates in high run chases isn't a good performance. I know you understand this but since majority here is against them so you have become their supporter

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Wonderful environs - the Basin ground at Wellington - the cake tin...

 

[Human786]

6 overs left , 71/5 - are these 2 aiming for 120 ?

 

[Devadwal]

Agha ia only positive for the pakistan from This series