New Zealand (243/5) defeat Pakistan (242) comfortably by 5 wickets in the final of Tri-Nation ODI series

[Kianig89]

Expecting a collapse , too hot to handle

 

[emranabbas]

You can if you understand cricket but you don't so I can imagine why you would say this

We're you the one who was saying South Africa has world class bowling and Pakistan has become some kind of Australia of 2000's under rizwan?

 

[jamie smith]

Pressure building.

 

[Mainul]

What a boring final

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan cannot play spin

6 overs 1/11

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

@RizwanT20Champ you gotta stick it out if your star player fails.

Travis and Steve smith are my favourites and travis has been a failure throughout the sri lanka tour and Smith in odi.

The likes of @Rajdeep @Devadwal and others try to troll me but keep failing. True fans back their boys through thick and thin and don't just vanish like @heddie19 when it suits them.

You're a man, act like it.

I'm critical of Babar and rizwan and don't really like em, but if you want to support them, then support them through thick and thin. It's why I respect posters like RedwoodOriginal cause he supports pak through thick and thin.

Babar has been failing for how long now? I have been sticking it out for sure. "My" star player just scored a match winning 100 chasing 250 last game and is now likely on the way to helping Pak set a competitive score. I have been backing them through thick and thin quite clearly despite what @jamie smith Ugandan Senior in hills likes to think

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Babar gone .ye kya hua paijaaan.

Jo Rohit Kohli kay saath howa Australia tour mein

 

[Kianig89]

Saleem Malik Inzi Moyo YK the spin destroyers

Infact Afridi send lot of them into obscurity

Bandara , Joshi, etc etc

 

[Rana]

Rizwan is better than Pietersen so we are in safe hands

 

[jamie smith]

Pain to watch this match.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Agha and GP, two players playing a very similar role for their teams

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Think Agha is the best ODI batter in the team now that Saim is out.

 

[Devadwal]

Jo Rohit Kohli kay saath howa Australia tour mein

Achchha. Rohit and Vurat played a odi series in australia recently l.oh nice

Btw when was pakistan team win a test match in australia ?

Hint - Maybe you weren't even born then

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Pain to watch this match.

Black lentils might help. Let us real supporters watch in peace.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Achchha. Rohit and Vurat played a odi series in australia recently l.oh nice

Btw when was pakistan team win a test match in australia ?

Hint - Maybe you weren't even born then

Oh bhaee Pak won WC in Aus

 

[Rana]

Philips action clean?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

We're you the one who was saying South Africa has world class bowling and Pakistan has become some kind of Australia of 2000's under rizwan?

Only to fall flat on your face

South Africa does have a world-class bowling attack. They have this bowler Kagiso Rabada. You may not know about him, but I assure you he is very good.

And no I did not say that Pakistan has become some kind of Australia of 2000s under Rizwan. I guess your memory is about as good as your understanding of cricket.

 

[kron]

Saleem Malik Inzi Moyo YK the spin destroyers

Infact Afridi send lot of them into obscurity

Bandara , Joshi, etc etc

No drs at the time. Now it’s much harder

 

[jamie smith]

Atleast try to rotate the strike.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Run rate even less than 4,,LOL....

 

[kron]

South Africa does have a world-class bowling attack. They have this bowler Kagiso Rabada. You may not know about him, but I assure you he is very good.

And no I did not say that Pakistan has become some kind of Australia of 2000s under Rizwan. I guess your memory is about as good as your understanding of cricket.

Rabada
Jansen
Coetze (injured)
Nortje )injured)
Don’t forget the beast that is this man called nandre burger

They have a top 2 pace attack

 

[Kianig89]

12 in 37 , Rizwan making Boycott and Gavaskar dwarfs in tuk tuk

 

[Kianig89]

Very risky strategy from Pakistan atm

 

[BouncerGuy]

Just cannot put the bad balls away... poor stuff

 

[Rana]

There is no spin

Not sure why people are making it seem as if Pakistan are batting on a landmine

They are just batting poorly atm

 

[GLORY OF '92]

250 would be decent here i think

 

[Rana]

Very risky strategy from Pakistan atm

What? The rr is 3.9

 

[m.shah]

Rizwan 12 of 37

 

[Human786]

250 would be decent here i think

just started watching , what is the surface like ?

 

[NeVerMind]

2 fake all rounders down the order in HappyHeart and Rana!

 

[Kianig89]

Dhoni use to start low but he made up mostly at the end , with range of shots like helicopter shot , the upper cut , big heaves over covers.

What has Rizwan got to make up

 

[jamie smith]

should look to survive the 1st session.

 

[Rana]

12 off 39 is acceptable in which era of ODI cricket?

 

[followed]

Lol 4ft chicken midget saud should be kicked out. Why was he even selected again after terrible performance in world cup.

He averages 25 in odis and has played more than 10 matches.He is an awful batsman in general.

He can't play pace bowling at all and looks awful against spinners as well. He can't even clear the powerplay circle with his pehalwani body.

 

[Kianig89]

Sometimes too slow is too risky

 

[jamie smith]

Riz statpadding as usual.

 

[Devadwal]

Oh bhaee Pak won WC in Aus

Achchha 1992 main asa hua tha. .......

 

[TheSultan]

What is Rizwan actually doing?

 

[ha5is12]

It's a 270-300 pitch. Just because the last pitch was 350 doesn't mean this one is

 

[khyberlion]

This is awful from rizwan.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Watching Rizwan bat on these tricky surfaces is such a pleasure. He may not have the aesthetic charm of past greats like Yousaf but his grit and desire to put team above self reminds me of the likes of Steve Waugh.

 

[Omer2002]

13 off 41 on a karachi pitch is that even possible?

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

To the Rizwan doubters, believe in Kaptaana. He will be 50(60) before you know it and maybe 100(100) like last game.

 

[Devadwal]

This is awful from rizwan.

Playing according to the situation. No worry

 

[Human786]

23 overs - 96/3

 

[Rana]

Playing according to the situation. No worry

Playing according to the Pietersen

Not to worry

 

[OldWarHorse]

Cutting loose now. Hopefully some tempo to the innings as relief for the fans

 

[khyberlion]

Playing according to the situation. No worry

Yes for the opposition not for Pakistan. 18 off 44 is unacceptable in any circumstances.

 

[emranabbas]

South Africa does have a world-class bowling attack. They have this bowler Kagiso Rabada. You may not know about him, but I assure you he is very good.

And no I did not say that Pakistan has become some kind of Australia of 2000s under Rizwan. I guess your memory is about as good as your understanding of cricket.

Yeah the world class bowling attack that can't win games vs Afghanistan and Ireland in recent times and this guy knows cricket don't embarrass your self further

 

[NeVerMind]

Only 3 batsmen in the team...Fakhar, Riz and Agha

 

[Kianig89]

Santner doing blunder by bowling Phillips

 

[jamie smith]

UNderrated Diamond;Salman Ali Agha.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Agha is batting really well here.

 

[Kianig89]

These two need to bat 15 more overs to complete recovery otherwise its a failure

 

[BouncerGuy]

100 up for Pakistan finally....

 

[Devadwal]

Both the batters are Well set to score another centuries.

 

[jamie smith]

Rizwan making Rahul Dravid and Boycott proud this masterclass.

 

[emranabbas]

@RedwoodOriginal seriously do you think South Africa are world class after losing a series to Afghanistan last year

 

[FearlessRoar]

What is Rizwan actually doing?

What else can he do fire a rocket launcher? Of course he will first stabilize the innings.

 

[Kianig89]

To add some fire ,

Rizwan average > than

Desmond Haynes
Sourav Ganguly
Kumar Sangakkara
Damien Martyn
Ricky Ponting
Ben Stokes
Chanderpaul
Javed Miandad

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

What else can he do fire a rocket launcher? Of course he will first stabilize the innings.

Exactly, some of these guys don't understand ODI cricket. Kaptaana is opening those shoulders now - back to back 100s would be very good for Pak going into the game vs India. Agha is also benefitting from Rizzy's solidity.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

To add some fire ,

Rizwan average > than

Desmond Haynes
Sourav Ganguly
Kumar Sangakkara
Damien Martyn
Ricky Ponting
Ben Stokes
Chanderpaul
Javed Miandad

This will burn some people. Btw Ganguly was a very limited batsman himself he could only play on the offside.

 

[Human786]

half way ... 108/3

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

What is Rizwan actually doing?

What do you want from him bro? He is captaining, keeping, scoring match winning 100s in 350 chases, what should he do now? There are 10 others in the team riding on his coattails.

 

[Kianig89]

This will burn some people. Btw Ganguly was a very limited batsman himself he could only play on the offside.

Waiting for haters response

 

[Kianig89]

135.after 32 and 270 after 50 , a possibility

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan should be looking something around 270-280.

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Waiting for haters response

Rizwan in recent innings reminds me of Dhoni in ODIs except that he's batting higher up the order and shouldering responsibility whereas MSD usually had Sharma, Dhawan, Sachin, Kholi doing the heavy lifting for him.

 

[jamie smith]

Rizwan 27off 60 loll.

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan should be looking something around 270-280.

You are underestimating Faheem Russell , expect 5 sixes from him in 10 deliveries

 

[emranabbas]

Going good but need to pick up speed after 30th over or runs will be short

 

[Kianig89]

Rizwan 27off 60 loll.

Setting the base for Khusdil and Faheem

 

[OldWarHorse]

This is MSD like from Rizwan. Taking it deep

 

[GLORY OF '92]

You are underestimating Faheem Russell , expect 5 sixes from him in 10 deliveries

It's crazy a man is living off a knock in a CT warm up 8 years ago. It's madness.

 

[BouncerGuy]

You are underestimating Faheem Russell , expect 5 sixes from him in 10 deliveries

where??? EA CRICKET 2007 easy mode???

 

[RizwanT20Champ]

Rizwan is setting the base for others to launch. He could easily blindly swing and get out now, what Rizzy is doing may look ugly but is effective. He is essentially our Dhoni now in this line up. Problem is our Sachin is in bad form and we have clowns like Saud and KG.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Feels like every NZ right arm seamer has the same bowling action

 

[Nikhil_cric]

NZ should be prepared to chase at least 285 on this pitch.

 

[emranabbas]

Will be pathetic from rizwan if he don't score runs after eating so many balls

 

[GLORY OF '92]

We desperately need to find 3 proper players to replace Saud, KG and Babar in ODIS.