New Zealand v Pakistan | 1st T20I | Auckland | 18 December | Pakistan innings

[Snowflake]

Watching Rizwan trying to be aggressive is torturous! He's falling all over the place

 

[Green Patriot]

Not a good shot. I don't feel good about this game already.

 

[Ismailtoca]

What a joke. This guy was being hyped to the moon. What exactly was this shot?

Can't judge a player based on one innings in NewZealand

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Close

 

[El Generico]

Haider and Hafeez are the only hopes of reaching a decent total.

 

[ARK Rafay]

How are they gonna post a big score here batting first? No shot so far have came from the middle of the bat.

 

[Darkrai]

so many edges lol

 

[shah_1]

Rizwan is a joker haha

 

[shariqnoor]

Haha. These guys look like 13 year olds suddenly thrown in to play against 25 year olds. Completely at sea.

 

[waleed88]

Rizwan is such an eyesore

 

[Usman Chadda]

Lol they can't play the pace and bounce on this wicket. This will be a massacre.

 

[Snowflake]

I kinda feel bad for Rizzu. He's not cut out for this.

 

[shariqnoor]

35/3 after 6 overs. That's what it should be.

 

[Rana]

Nothing bowling. Making it look like it’s so good these cr@p players

 

[Snowflake]

Can't play short, can't play full. What do you need Rizwan?

 

[shah_1]

It will be a massacre

 

[marlonbrowndo]

I hate this idea if players talking to commentators mid game

 

[Omer Baloch]

As a player you would always take the opportunity, but rizwan clearly himself knows he has limitations in hitting the ball big.

 

[El Generico]

The selectors should be ashamed of putting poor Rizwan in a format he is clearly not suited for. I kind of feel bad for the guy

 

[Mir jibran]

Lol they can't play the pace and bounce on this wicket. This will be a massacre.

Collapse on the cards ?

 

[Omer2002]

All edges no clue i am afraid against nz B team...surely they must have been told about the bounce here. 3 0 and 2 0 coming up simples...

 

[shah_1]

Can't play pace haha

 

[Snowflake]

Sitting ducks are our kiddos! Sad

 

[sindhiboy]

Haider looks clueless against kuggelein(except last ball) . Looks a pretty seam friendly pitch

 

[shah_1]

Slog by Haider

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good intent by haider

 

[Rana]

The selectors should be ashamed of putting poor Rizwan in a format he is clearly not suited for. I kind of feel bad for the guy

Lol. He and his fans were crying when he wasn’t getting picked for Karachi Kings

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good leave by Rizwan

 

[shah_1]

Haider looks clueless against kuggelein(except last ball) . Looks a pretty seam friendly pitch

We are not used to pace and bounce

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Rizwan was thinking to draw a t20 match

 

[Mamoon]

Our batsmen have no skill. Shafique was hyped to the moon but there are probably a dozen better batsmen than him in New Zealand domestic setup.

 

[Snowflake]

Why so scared?!?! Omg, just swing Rizwan!!!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

180 is par here

 

[El Generico]

Good shot from Rizwan. Need more of this.

 

[Justcrazy]

Four

Rizwan gets that away

 

[Snowflake]

Rizwan needs to get rid of this tap-for-nothing shot!

 

[Mamoon]

Take a look at the intensity and energy of NZ players in the field. They are live-wires - proper athletes.

 

[Rana]

There you go. The torture is over

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Rizwan is truly awful in this format

 

[imshally81]

Out.... Rizwan gone

 

[Snowflake]

Four and three dots around it. What b.s

 

[Omer Baloch]

Circus comes to an end.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Oof batting getting exposed without Babar. Mind you we are playing with a batsman short and this is a small ground. Defending is difficult.

 

[Justcrazy]

Duffy drops the catch !!

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Well played by rizwan posters

 

[Snowflake]

The horror show is over. I'm 100% that Rizwan would be relieved

 

[El Generico]

Our batsmen have no skill. Shafique was hyped to the moon but there are probably a dozen better batsmen than him in New Zealand domestic setup.

Based on literally 2 balls? At least give him this whole series before judging.

 

[Mamoon]

People will bash Rizwan but who else would you open with? He still did better than Shafique.

 

[shah_1]

We are truly a minnow team



Misbah should be sacked for thinking Rizwan could be any good as an opener

 

[El Generico]

Won’t happen but Sarfraz should play the next game.

 

[waleed88]

Does anyone have a feeling this team is not match ready? None of the shots have been middled. Cannot play pace, cannot get bat on ball.

 

[Mir jibran]

Rizwan scoring his usual avg runs and then departs

 

[shamaan]

All misbah fault i dont blame rizwan cant even define roles

 

[Ismailtoca]

They look like how i bat against pace. This isn't a compliment

 

[marlonbrowndo]

People will bash Rizwan but who else would you open with? He still did better than Shafique.

Haider Ali and you know it

 

[Baigel]

Won’t happen but Sarfraz should play the next game.

Hahahah. On what basis is that?

 

[Darkrai]

Rizwan batted exactly as most people expected

 

[Usman Chadda]

Why would you send this average cricketer, with a limited skillset, to open the batting in a T20 game? Everyone with half a brain knew this will fail.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

The stats have been validated. I’m happy if this leads to a positive outcome — acceptance of data analysis by certain people who said Rizwan did well in the national T20 cup.

Maybe if we’re lucky, the PCB hires a data analyst too.

 

[Mamoon]

Based on literally 2 balls? At least give him this whole series before judging.

The shot on which he was dismissed doesn’t bode well for the future. It was the shot of a technically weak batsman.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Pakistan making yet another newbie a star.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Hahahaha

 

[shariqnoor]

Hahahaha.

 

[El Generico]

People will bash Rizwan but who else would you open with? He still did better than Shafique.

The thing is this was Shafique’s first or second game but Rizwan has been a proven failure in T20s even after 20 games.

 

[Mir jibran]

Hafeez bhai back to his usual thing

 

[imshally81]

Hafeez gone too

 

[Abdullah Rabbani]

Hafeez legend

 

[Darkrai]

Professor lol

 

[Omer2002]

No its not this team its any pak team they look like amateurs...this team looks do unbalanced omg hafeez gone too

 

[watson367]

What a start!

 

[Ellipsism]

lol Shadab at 5

 

[ARK Rafay]

Not much batting left now. Is it possible for New Zealand to push and break some records?

 

[sharmaji]

Professor gone.

 

[Ismailtoca]

Maybe bring Wahab

 

[Justcrazy]

Hafeez gone for duck

 

[Mamoon]

Haider Ali and you know it

But that wouldn’t have saved Shafique, would it? You need two players to open not one. I would open with Haider as well.

 

[sindhiboy]

20-3 vs nz c team. Didn't expect that shot from hafeez

 

[Omer2002]

You cant blame shafique whole team is like this ..

 

[watson367]

absolute jokers. Duffy he kaafi hai

 

[BunnyRabbit]

No timing, no placement, wild slogs from batsmen with slow bat speed.
This series is going to be painful.