New Zealand v Pakistan | 1st Test | Christchurch | Nov 17-21, 2016 | Day 1

[Abdullah719]

Looks like at least a delayed start, if not a washout on Day 1. Hopefully there will be some play.

 

[mz123]

is it raining a lot ?

 

[pakistani pride]

Whos showing this in europe/ netherlands?

 

[Rayyman]

51*F, Showers and 23 mph wind. That's crazy. Not weather for cricket.

 

[aloo paratha]

Hopeful that we'll at least get cricket in patches today.

 

[Slog]

no play expected today atleast till 3rd session

 

[abughio]

what if this game is curtailed by rain. and pak won the next 1.

still pak will lose points

 

[Sherlock]

If rain indeed prevents the match to be played through then you have to question the scheduling of said series.

 

[shaz619]

If rain indeed prevents the match to be played through then you have to question the scheduling of said series.

Not really from an NZ point of view

 

[lahoriyah1234]

If rain indeed prevents the match to be played through then you have to question the scheduling of said series.

Not only this technology is available and you know in advance that weather will be great. Why not change the schedule of the venue a month in advance. No point playing cricket with rain forecast. And i always feel that there should be a reserve day for test matches. If ICC is serious about saving test cricket.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Never a good idea scheduling a series in New Zealand in November, can't recall one ever not impacted by the weather. It's less than ideal preparation for the tour to Australia.

 

[Hasan123]

If there's no play today hopefully there's some tommorow no work on Friday so can stay away for 2 sessions at least

 

[TalhaSyed]

I was trackingbthe weather in Christchurch for the last 24 hours & it looked very optimistic and promising that we would get some cricket in on Day 1......

.....only to realise that I was looking at Christchurch, England instead of Christchurch, New Zealand

Time to get to bed I guess

 

[MRSN]

I was trackingbthe weather in Christchurch for the last 24 hours & it looked very optimistic and promising that we would get some cricket in on Day 1......

.....only to realise that I was looking at Christchurch, England instead of Christchurch, New Zealand

Time to get to bed I guess

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it does not look good. I stayed up late for this.

 

[Space Cat]

I still haven't gone to the ground but the rain is easing up now. Ground staff can have the ground ready for play 2 hours after the rain stops so i think we might get some play in today.

 

[Rayyman]

Hopefully the match will start right when I get home from class. rby

 

[PakLFC]

I was expecting this. Not surprised to see such dreary conditions.

 

[Aman]

I still haven't gone to the ground but the rain is easing up now. Ground staff can have the ground ready for play 2 hours after the rain stops so i think we might get some play in today.

Do you think we'll get 2 sessions in today?

 

[Space Cat]

Do you think we'll get 2 sessions in today?

Depends. Its going to clear but there is a few nagging showers that could slow things down if they pass over the city. If the suns comes out we will be all go.

Christchurch dries up super quickly when the sun comes out and the Hagley outfield is amazing.

 

[Space Cat]

The other 4 days will be great weather so shouldnt lose to much time.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Start delayed and possibly an early lunch in Christchurch <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvPAK?src=hash">#NZvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/SiIPMpmJJQ">pic.twitter.com/SiIPMpmJJQ</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/799009974311452674">November 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Space Cat]

hopefully it clears up enough to start around 1 or 2pm. Anything before that is very unlikely.

 

[Hawkeye]

hopefully it clears up enough to start around 1 or 2pm. Anything before that is very unlikely.

Rain has gotten heavier now.

I don't think we'll see much overs today, if any at all.

 

[shaaik]

Rain has got only heavier. I think we are done for the day sadly.

 

[Rayyman]

So ARY News was lying about Pakistan batting first?

 

[Belawal2014]

So ARY News was lying about Pakistan batting first?

Yep lol

 

[Abdullah719]

So ARY News was lying about Pakistan batting first?

Toss has not happened yet.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Was so looking forward to first day's play. Not getting any cricket today would be a massive disappointment.

 

[Space Cat]

Rain has gotten heavier now.

I don't think we'll see much overs today, if any at all.

It was a passing shower. Its stopped now.

 

[90MPH]

It depends on the drainage as well - hopefully its state of the art.

 

[Rayyman]

Yep lol

As always, masala news getting me hyped for no reason.

 

[Abdullah719]

So ARY News was lying about Pakistan batting first?

Just found out why this is.

PTV were showing highlights of NZ tour of UAE and they showed the toss for one of the matches for some reason so these news channels failed to differentiate and started reporting it as the toss for this match.

 

[ExplicitAI]

What's the point of arranging a Test series when it rains? Some people lack brains when it comes to these things man.

 

[Lonewarrior]

s Tensports broadcasting the series or not ?

 

[Sarfarazian92]

The drizzle has finally stopped
Sab ko mubarak

 

[Lonewarrior]

O bhai match kon kon say channels per aa rahaa hai ?

 

[Square Drive]

Let's watch some cricket eh?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Covers coming off but it could start raining again soon

 

[waleed88]

Covers back on again, the drizzle returns

 

[waleed88]

And its Lunch on Day 1... fascinating days play already

 

[Square Drive]

[MENTION=131138]Space Cat[/MENTION] what's the latest?

Any hope of at least a session of play?

 

[Space Cat]

[MENTION=131138]Space Cat[/MENTION] what's the latest?

Any hope of at least a session of play?

Its improved a lot but there is isolated showers coming through to hamper things. Im still pretty optimistic of 1 session of play.

 

[Rayyman]

Well, we didn't get any rain in England so we kind of deserve some.

 

[ExplicitAI]

There's nothing more I hate in cricket when it comes to rain.

 

[LegendAli]

There's nothing more I hate in cricket when it comes to rain.

Spot Fixing? Matching Fixing? Salman Butt? Imran Farhat?

I could honestly go on and on.

 

[Justcrazy]

It will be a 4 day test match likely.

 

[ExplicitAI]

I feel like day 1 is gonna get washed out. I don't believe in any of the false hope people give out on cricinfo.

 

[90MPH]

Inspection in 40 mins. Some covers coming off.

Hopefully no more rain.

 

[90MPH]

Play possible in around 90 mins.

Big If though, any more rain then play will be most likely be abandoned for the day

 

[JibranAnsari]

it should start tomorrow. A test match should start with a proper first session in the morning.

 

[Square Drive]

Think we will get play today.

Also, it's absolutely pathetic how Saad Nasim is being mentioned in the same sentence as Farhat and Butt. This is why PAK fans are the worst.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

When will the match start guys ??

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

3:45 PM NZ time is the earliest the match can start.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

when will the match start guys ??

2:45 AM GMT if it doesn't rain from now till 1:45 AM GMT.

 

[Rayyman]

2:45 AM GMT if it doesn't rain from now till 1:45 AM GMT.

Match won't start. Just go to sleep. It's 4 A.M. in Riyadh.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Why can't we play in rain, I mean why hasn't science worked a way around that ??

We have gotten to the point where we're essentially developing self intelligent droids to assist us in all sorts of things but NOOOOOO !!! We just can't freaking play cricket if it's raining

I wanted to see some test cricket today man

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

2:45 AM GMT if it doesn't rain from now till 1:45 AM GMT.

Looks highly unlikely though !!

 

[FreakCricket]

Is there a match? I'm on a long drive can't find any details if it's washed out

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sun is shining according to cricinfo and groundsmen are clearing water off the covers. I wouldnt be too optimistic yet though since this has happened like 5 times already

 

[marlonbrowndo]

I want to watch some cricket today

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Crap...its started to drizzle again

 

[Mir jibran]

and its drizzling again
i dont think so we will be able to watch any cricket today

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

I wanna see some cricket

 

[Aman]

Day 1 washed out because of drizzle

 

[Mainul]

Need to do a Mirpur here to see the start of the match.

But i know that the water drainage system is not as good as Mirpur there.So chance of any play is far distant.Is it past tea time now there in New Zealand?

 

[Space Cat]

Its very windy outside now. Much lighter but still some nagging rain around.

 

[ExplicitAI]

This is looking like a washout.

 

[kingusama92]

Washed out warm up game.

Earthquake.

1st Day essentially rained out.



It's all gone wrong for organizers.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Another inspection in an hour. Waited so long for this smh

 

[Space Cat]

They may get some overs in but ive decided not to go down now. Its very windy.

Gona turn out nice for the rest of the test though.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Is it the first time, after the conception of the Idea of 4 day tests, has day 1 of a test match been washed off ?? If so then the ICC can treat it as an exhibition to test out the concept of 4 day cricket. The venue does have a green top so I guess [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] bhai will be happy as well

I am not in favor of 4 day tests though but I guess this should tell us a bit about four day tests in general and whether they are workable or not !!

 

[MMHS]

They may get some overs in but ive decided not to go down now. Its very windy.

Gona turn out nice for the rest of the test though.

Is there any chance of play today?

 

[Space Cat]

Is there any chance of play today?

Certainly possible but it would only take another little passing shower to ruin things like it has the past few hours.

The outfield is excellent so the only issue is the rain falling on the pitch.

 

[MMHS]

Certainly possible but it would only take another little passing shower to ruin things like it has the past few hours.

The outfield is excellent so the only issue is the rain falling on the pitch.

These are the situation, ICC has to come strong. In Soccer, despite extreme tight schedule, they reschedule matches. If the 1st day is completely washed out, they can easily reschedule the match for 1 day delayed start & play full 5 days. There are 3 days gap between 1st & 2nd Test - either they can delay the departure by a day or squeeze 1 day between 2 Tests. If there are no more rain delay, then 392 overs should be enough for a result; but couple of partial interrupted days, we'll have a draw in a 2 Match series, which is not good for promoting Test cricket.

 

[alishahid]

Might get some play. Looks good. Its either a southee/aamer end to the day. Not bad considering how much i ve looked forward for todays play. 4.30 probably start off time

 

[Space Cat]

I just went to subway its not so bad outside now. Just windy.

horrible little session for the team that has to bat first if they do go out and play.

 

[Space Cat]

im thinking i should print out my space cat avatar to huge size and wave it in the crowd during the test.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

im thinking i should print out my space cat avatar to huge size and wave it in the crowd during the test.

Do that!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Inspection should start now

 

[Space Cat]

It rained again. I dont think we will get play now.