New Zealand v Pakistan | 1st ODI | January 31, 2015 | Wellington | Pakistan Innings

[Ottoman]

Well played Sir

 

[amomin]

Not popular opinion. But Afridi is selfish, and due to him we may have not reached a fighting score. WHY HIT? Milne had one over left. You have 8 overs left. Are you kidding me?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Good innings by Afridi.

Gotta say I don't like him, but he makes me at least enjoy batting at times.

 

[amomin]

Whoever is saying "well played Afridi" Please stop it! He needs to play for the team.

 

[waleed88]

so he wanted to break record every time he bats..

It was coming around once after 7 years since the last time he was doing it in 2005 vs india

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Adil should play some shots. He can hit. If Irfan can survive this over.

 

[GreenKnightRises]

That forward stride defense from Irfan looked solid than Misbah's

 

[Sizzling Soul]

Not popular opinion. But Afridi is selfish, and due to him we may have not reached a fighting score. WHY HIT? Milne had one over left. You have 8 overs left. Are you kidding me?

and who made pak to cross 200? LOL

 

[amomin]

If it was a team man. He would recognize the situation.

 

[dhump]

When top order fails that bad this is the total you get.

 

[amomin]

and who made pak to cross 200? LOL

Forget the 200. Chance was there for 250. Smart player would understand that milne had one over left. Why not play him out.

 

[jattafridi]

Top 3 needs to perform in the next match

 

[iRfaN_LA]

If Misbah had hung around a little longer, 250 was possible.

 

[Firebreaker]

Why are they playing Opera in the stadium?

 

[coy0607]

Not popular opinion. But Afridi is selfish, and due to him we may have not reached a fighting score. WHY HIT? Milne had one over left. You have 8 overs left. Are you kidding me?

you realize thats his game- thats how he has played every single game in his career.. why are you asking him to play an un-natural game after 20 years of international cricket

he played his natural game and got us to a somewhat respectable total, calling him selfish is totally immature

 

[emranabbas]

Whoever is saying "well played Afridi" Please stop it! He needs to play for the team.

what else do you want from your number 8?

 

[Aman]

Gah, nothing total.

Hopefully NZ look to chase it down in 30-32 overs to send a message to other teams - we don't struggle when we chase.

 

[amomin]

Yes, I understand Afridi got them there. Top order fell. But sometimes forget the past and look at the situation. He only needed to play out Milne.

 

[waleed88]

This team is unable to play 50 pvers.. Its shambles

 

[Sizzling Soul]

Forget the 200. Chance was there for 250. Smart player would understand that milne had one over left. Why not play him out.

afridi don't bear all the responsibility sir, our top order should do something, at least they should make 20,30 each still, something is better than nothing

 

[Aman]

This wicket is flat, Pakistan have batted horribly.

 

[FreeBird]

If it was a team man. He would recognize the situation.

U mean YK or Misbah or Hafeez or UA ??

 

[vandokkum]

Gah, nothing total.

Hopefully NZ look to chase it down in 30-32 overs to send a message to other teams - we don't struggle when we chase.

Please drop Guptill from the team so I can support NZ when the inevitable happens

 

[dhump]

I dont want to blame Misbah as top order played poorly but he had a rush of blood at bat time or we could have posted 240 odd here.

He should have stayed he played enough to stay for a little more without taking risk.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

In order of criticism...

Hafeez, Younis , Sarfraz , Shehzad, Umar, Haris, Misbah.

Last person to blame should be Afridi.

He basically saved our ass again...

 

[iRfaN_LA]

lol. What in the world is Irfan doing.

 

[waleed88]

On thr bright side Afridis performance can motivate the youngsters and will definitely free their mind a little. Too much is clouding their judgement i feel.
The innings had zero pattern

 

[Aman]

Good innings by Afridi.

Gotta say I don't like him, but he makes me at least enjoy batting at times.

Its frustrating for the opposition because he looks like a complete tailender batsmen who's swinging for the fences and connecting.

 

[timeflies]

Irfan the legend actually made a run!

 

[Justcrazy]

203 .9

 

[Hamza_]

Younis Khan is joke of a ODI Cricketer. We are up for a first round exit guys.

 

[imshally81]

Not out

 

[iRfaN_LA]

this is a minimum 250 wicket.

 

[Sizzling Soul]

still we have someting to fight, a minor hope

 

[Ottoman]

lol. What in the world is Irfan doing.

surviving.

 

[NZcricketfan]

lol. What in the world is Irfan doing.

Chris martin reincarnated

 

[waleed88]

This is joke i cant believe this.. Our batting is just so bad its not even funnny

 

[FreeBird]

Good innings by Afridi.

Gotta say I don't like him, but he makes me at least enjoy batting at times.

hahaha finally spilling the beans - and that too after he got out

 

[Sizzling Soul]

come on , Ehsan play an inning like Shami did yesterday

 

[imshally81]

 

[waleed88]

Adillll

 

[Mamoon]

Skipped college for this crap.

 

[Firebreaker]

Four runs from Adil.Clearly better bat than Bhatti

 

[imshally81]

Seriously we can't afford YK in the team... Sohaib Maqsood is better option..

M Hafeez
Shahzad
Harris
Misbah
Akmal
Sohaib Maqsood

 

[Sizzling Soul]

and thats the 4, come on adil you can do more

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Good shot from Adil. This guy can hit. Needs to go for it.

 

[waleed88]

Newzealand's bowling attack is not that great if you take out milne out. Its medipcre to be very honest.

 

[Aman]

210 all out.

Should win this.

 

[imshally81]

All out....

 

[Firebreaker]

211 target

 

[Bilal7]

40 runs below par.

 

[NZcricketfan]

That female in the crowd cut off mid scream

 

[Sizzling Soul]

first ten over, 2 wicket, and pak may win

 

[Aman]

Newzealand's bowling attack is not that great if you take out milne out. Its medipcre to be very honest.

What do you call Pakistan's batting and bowling then? Club level?

 

[Dr_Bassim]

hahaha finally spilling the beans - and that too after he got out

Was watching him bat.

If anyone bats well, I stop posting a lot and watch them bat.

What else do you want me to say ?

It was a good innings, that's it.

 

[Hawkeye]

Skipped college for this crap.

Are you not on house job?

 

[Square Drive]

Skipped college for this crap.

Well, at least you got to see Afridi's innings.

 

[imshally81]

should be 245.... but thanks to some old folks...

 

[Aman]

40 runs below par.

More like 60 to 70.

 

[Theo_14]

Hate to say it but Misbah giving his wicket away was a big moment.

When is Pakistan's innings?

 

[iHammad]

211 to win, easy for NZ

 

[Sizzling Soul]

Skipped college for this crap.

something is better than nothing sir, CHILL

 

[Laal]

Need quick wickets to pull this game back.

 

[Shafi]

If NZ chase this by 20-25 overs, Waqar may think twice to keep Younis in the final eleven.

 

[Justcrazy]

211 is the Target

 

[NZcricketfan]

Newzealand's bowling attack is not that great if you take out milne out. Its medipcre to be very honest.

And this "mediocre" bowling unit bowled you out for 210

 

[Abdullah719]

I dont want to blame Misbah as top order played poorly but he had a rush of blood at bat time or we could have posted 240 odd here.

He should have stayed he played enough to stay for a little more without taking risk.

I think he realised that himself. 210 is still something to defend but our bowling isn't a strong facet anymore so it's rich to expect it to be defended. Our batting will need to click more often than not for us to succeed.

 

[Professor]

Gah, nothing total.

Hopefully NZ look to chase it down in 30-32 overs to send a message to other teams - we don't struggle when we chase.

Trust me, this post will appear stupid in a couple of hours. NZ might win but I can almost guarantee it wont be an easy chase.

 

[Aman]

Trust me, this post will appear stupid in a couple of hours. NZ might win but I can almost guarantee it wont be an easy chase.

Why? Because we're not playing our best batsmen?

 

[Sohaib011]

Skipped college for this crap.

Afridi's innings wasnt that bad he got lucky but I got my money's worth tbh.

Match aint over yet

 

[Shafi]

When we have crap coach, selectors and stupid formers that what we will get.

 

[Abdullah719]

Newzealand's bowling attack is not that great if you take out milne out. Its medipcre to be very honest.

 

[Smbhayi]

It was coming around once after 7 years since the last time he was doing it in 2005 vs india

he does it in 2011 too.. His 3rd fastest hundred..

 

[todfod 11]

You can attach and upload or PM me with Pictures.

After attaching it doesnt give the optikn for upload.

 

[leatherface58]

Trust me, this post will appear stupid in a couple of hours. NZ might win but I can almost guarantee it wont be an easy chase.

Bet your house on it?

 

[Aman]

Once again this is a nothing total, all I said was to be aggressive and send a message to other teams.

Right now they probably see a chink in NZ chasing, I do too.

By being aggressive we can take that tag away and hopefully teams won't look to have us chase too often.

 

[Theo_14]

When is the 2nd innings?

 

[Ottoman]

Skipped college for this crap.

Told you Brother

 

[Aman]

Bet your house on it?

NZ imo will struggle to chase totals of over 280+...

 

[todfod 11]

Not a single wicket was taken by black caps... all were given away for free...especially afridi and misbah after playibg so well.