New Zealand (137/5) defeat Pakistan (135/9) by 5 wickets in the second T20I to lead the 5-match series by 2-0

[Greenstorm]

Abbas Afridi is way better than JK. Aqib promoting LQ boys.

 

[BouncerGuy]

LOL jahandad.... what are you doing

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan players should watch and learn from Finn ALlen about range hitting. Look at his balance, swing.

 

[Devadwal]

Raining sixe here .

And pakistan fans think hitting few six here is extraordinary batting by Pakistan Tullebaaz.

 

[baba ghazi]

salman agha body language seems poor

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

All the bowlers from remote places literally have 0 cricket knowledge. This is the biggest issue for Pakistan.

 

[Ahmed216]

I have nothing against Misbah.

Except that he really didnt understand the ODI game that well.

And when he coached, he had the same defensive mindset of safety first.

That was his major limitation.

The problem that you fans have is that you guys kept believing that Pakistan only have a Honda engine and Misbah bought into this "lack of talent" thingy to keep trying to churn Honda engines.

We need Ferraris.

And unfortunately, a Honda maker will neither know how to make Ferraris, nor he can do it.

Hopefully

 

[RahulBose]

Truth be told, Babar and Rizwan are not Pak's biggest problems, problem is only one of them should play and batting wise

Babar >>> Rizwan

Also somebody should tell Shaheen that he is a bowler and need to work hard again on his bowling

 

[Greenstorm]

Should have given it to Khushdil. JK lost it in this over.

 

[Rana]

MS went for Bracewell first before Fin Allen

They think Rizwan will do this for them

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Why do the bowlers who look terrible pick up wickets?

We get stuck with them then for another few matches.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Jahandad gets one back.... allen departs.. It was another HIT ME ball but lucky

 

[Ahmed216]

Raining sixe here .

And pakistan fans think hitting few six here is extraordinary batting by Pakistan Tullebaaz.

We are at least playing with the right approach now

 

[imshally81]

out for me

 

[baba ghazi]

happy for jahan dad..fineally gets wickets after being hammerred

 

[jnaveen1980]

run a ball rquired on this ground lol probably the easiest task

 

[Hellion]

LOL jahandad.... what are you doing

This is the guy you wanted over Faheem Ashraf in CT squad no ?

 

[Farabi]

MS went for Bracewell first before Fin Allen

They think Rizwan will do this for them

I am surprised no Abrar, No Sufiyan, and no shadab bowling yet either

I mean it’s a small ground but all spinners got purchase. Even khusdil bowled a decent over but they are feeding pace to these guys

 

[Greenstorm]

Just bowl at the stumps against these tullaybaaz and get their wickets. How hard is it ? The reason M Wasim jr was successful in both 22 and 23 WCs was that he bowled tight and attacked the stumps. This is particularly effective against these SENA tullaybaaz.

 

[Devadwal]

This is the guy you wanted over Faheem Ashraf in CT squad no ?

For pakistan fans whoever are not playing is better than current player

 

[CerebralPatriot]

So Khushdil’s bowling over Shadab

This man’s cowardice knows zero bounds

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

why khushdil is bowling ahead of Shadab?

 

[Sachin fan]

Raining sixe here .

And pakistan fans think hitting few six here is extraordinary batting by Pakistan Tullebaaz.

Didn't pakistan have the record of least sixes in power play when Rizbar were opening? A few sixes here and there is still an improvement over that.

 

[imshally81]

3rd down...

 

[jnaveen1980]

Kushdil was too lucky to get away with that half tracker

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

So Khushdil’s bowling over Shadab

This man’s cowardice knows zero bounds

unbelievable.

 

[Greenstorm]

Khushdil is a defensive bowler. Good for T20s.

 

[baba ghazi]

khushdil bowling intelligently..gets rewarded, cmon pakistan

 

[mazkhan]

Talent is finished these are club level players led by a flash in the pan bits and bobs agha .
Why is hassan nawaz , haris , Abdul samad selected who are these guys ?

Our answer is to get rid of our 2 best players who are the only intl standard .

Like I predicted rizbabar will be back.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab is hiding behind Khushdil... Or Salman hiding his IU fellow from another embarrassment.

 

[Ahmed216]

Kushdil was too lucky to get away with that half tracker

Na I felt it was clever bowling. He slowed it down

 

[BouncerGuy]

Kiwis generally struggle against Spin and we left abrar out LOL

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I'm enjoying Khushdils recent redemption. He has done relatively ok compared to his peers.

 

[Ahmed216]

Kiwis generally struggle against Spin and we left abrar out LOL

Sufyan and Abrar both should play. What the point in playing Shaheen And Ali?

 

[baba ghazi]

For pakistan fans whoever are not playing is better than current player

every team which is in defeat cycle its the same.. for indian red ball team its also the same..any body outside team is thought to be better player

 

[BouncerGuy]

A comeback????

 

[Devadwal]

This NZ team don't have any batting depth but unfortunately pakistan didn't have enough runs. 180+ minimum needed here

 

[baba ghazi]

cant believe jimmy neesham still finds a place in national team..

 

[Devadwal]

A comeback????

Maybe wait for next match .who knows

 

[BouncerGuy]

That was a crazy catch... Samad has taken a good catch here...

 

[baba ghazi]

redemption arc for rauf loading... what a catch by samad..pakistan clawing back into the game

 

[imshally81]

4th down....

 

[baba ghazi]

This NZ team don't have any batting depth but unfortunately pakistan didn't have enough runs. 180+ minimum needed here

this is not dubai t10 cricket..

 

[Greenstorm]

Harris Rauf has figured out these tullaybaaz.

 

[Devadwal]

this is not dubai t10 cricket..

Average first innings score is 200 here. Atleast check the stats

 

[Hellion]

Rauf bowling a lot slower and looking to bowl with control.

 

[Hellion]

This just shows that the Champions Trophy squad selection perfect. Unnecessary and delusional complaints from fans.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

If NZ loose even a single game in this series against this side , it would be e embarrassment

 

[BouncerGuy]

THREAD IS NOT ABOUT SRI LANKA... STAY ON TOPIC NOW

 

[Ahmed216]

If NZ loose even a single game in this series against this side , it would be e embarrassment

The purpose is not winning. It's to give exposure to talented youngsters like Haris and Samad

 

[Farabi]

Aqib Javed’s inability to utilize spinners in white ball cricket is confounding.
Again, we are seeing 4 fast bowlers.
Why can’t we play a specialist spinner and a proper spin bowling all rounder

 

[jnaveen1980]

Haris Rauf against SENA & India

49 matches 73 wickets 22.28 average 9.00 ER


Haris Rauf against others

31 matches 38 wickets 19.07 average 6.90 ER

 

[Farabi]

Sufyan and Abrar both should play. What the point in playing Shaheen And Ali?

I really don’t get it! Even today spinners are doing well ,but no sign of Agha or Shadab

 

[Greenstorm]

Lets see if Shaheen has learned anything.

 

[Devadwal]

Eagle is back

 

[Nikhil_cric]

PAK are around 20 runs below par on this pitch.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This Mitchell Hay is a poor batsman looking at his career. 5 T20Is 52 runs 13.00 average 148.57 strike rate.

 

[Greenstorm]

Lets see if Shaheen has learned anything.

Bowling short. This guy is brainless.

 

[baba ghazi]

Average first innings score is 200 here. Atleast check the stats

this a slower pitch..180 was clearly not possible for both the teams.. atleast watch the match instead of just checking the score on cricinfo..

 

[BouncerGuy]

Run a ball affair this...

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Haris Rauf against SENA & India

49 matches 73 wickets 22.28 average 9.00 ER


Haris Rauf against others

31 matches 38 wickets 19.07 average 6.90 ER

That's not a bad record for a death bowler.

 

[imshally81]

RRR is 6....

 

[Ahmed216]

PAK are around 20 runs below par on this pitch.

And proper spinners short

 

[Devadwal]

this a slower pitch..180 was clearly not possible for both the teams.. atleast watch the match instead of just checking the score on cricinfo..

Current Indian T20 would have smashed 200 on This same pitch

 

[BouncerGuy]

Can Pakistan make it interesting??

 

[shah_1]

Look at Khusdil Shah's bowling stats yet Aaqib didn't pick Abrar Ahmed.

Aaqib has to be the worst coach and selector of all time

 

[deltexas]

The game is done dusted for all practical purposes. Pak got outplayed again. The NZ batting firepower and range hitting has been incredible to watch

 

[imshally81]

This Mitchell Hay is a poor batsman looking at his career. 5 T20Is 52 runs 13.00 average 148.57 strike rate.

Look at the Strike rate....

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This Mitchell Hay is a poor batsman looking at his career. 5 T20Is 52 runs 13.00 average 148.57 strike rate.

It's a shootout between Seifert and Hay which Seifert is winning comfortably so far. They won't play both in matches that actually matter.

 

[baba ghazi]

Current Indian T20 would have smashed 200 on This same pitch

current indian team is not playing this game munna.. its always about what india can do or not.. grow up a bit..

 

[Rana]

Typical Jahandad always moving in his own time

Saya cricketer

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab comes out of his hiding now...

 

[Devadwal]

Here come half tracker Shadab

 

[Nikhil_cric]

And proper spinners short

That doesn't matter that much. The new ball bowlers get smashed so badly that no spinner can pull it back.

 

[deltexas]

Still, its a young Pak team and they need to be given chances. Fear of failure and going back to lack of intent or picking Rizbar should not be an option again. The young team will learn if given chances and if allowed to fail with security for their places

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shadab giving freebies... as usual

 

[jnaveen1980]

Look at the Strike rate....

148 strike rate is meaningless if you score 10 an innings.

 

[Ahmed216]

Damp conditions ball tends to stick in the surface. We needed proper spinners and a few more runs

 

[jnaveen1980]

This Mitchell has totally lost it. So ungainly these days. May be nearing his retirement?

 

[imshally81]

Once dump... always dump... this is shadab for you... and we selected him over Abrar...