New Zealand v Pakistan | 2nd Test | Hamilton | Nov 25-29, 2016 | Day 1

[EliteCynical]

Raval was dropped at 1st slip by Aslam on the third ball of the innings

Amir then created a chance and got a wicket off the final ball of the first over

And then the drop off Williamson

Thanks. Hard luck Amir. I can understand the frustration

 

[MMHS]

Mohammad Amir champion of new ball swing, he's so good Rahat should come first change for him

You are contradicting yourself as usual - Rahat can come as 1st change for 2 reasons - he is Allen Davidson, but Amir is Wasim & Sohail is Lillee - or he is our Rubel & Amir, Sohail are Shafiul, Taskin ....

Point is, there is enough movement on the wicket & there were 3 chances made - the game is like that batsmen scores runs once set. Those 2 wickets could have made it 4/5 down now - I am not saying that it's all down to drop catches, but I keep telling that PAK won't win Test outside Asia if bowlers has to take more than 25 wickets - in first 5 overs, it has gone to 22 & it's a 450 overs game ......

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to get Kiwis 3 down at least at lunch , otherwise initiative is lost after toss.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Sohails grunts like an old chacha getting off his charpai.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

A ball can not be bowled straighter than how Imran is bowling it right now

 

[Junaids]

Looking at Sohail, probably Imran should have opened with Amir - Sohail doesn't bowl well against Leftis, while Kiwis are opening with 2.

Brilliant, brilliant quote: "looks like this fella is Imran Khan in name only".

 

[Watsupdoc]

Sami now needs to score at least as much as Raval does.

 

[Justcrazy]

You are contradicting yourself as usual - Rahat can come as 1st change for 2 reasons - he is Allen Davidson, but Amir is Wasim & Sohail is Lillee - or he is our Rubel & Amir, Sohail are Shafiul, Taskin ....

Point is, there is enough movement on the wicket & there were 3 chances made - the game is like that batsmen scores runs once set. Those 2 wickets could have made it 4/5 down now - I am not saying that it's all down to drop catches, but I keep telling that PAK won't win Test outside Asia if bowlers has to take more than 25 wickets - in first 5 overs, it has gone to 22 & it's a 450 overs game ......

That is the point. If you do not grab opportunities and get wickets , you will not restrict good batsmen .

 

[Syed1]

Bhai single tou roko

 

[Justcrazy]

If Pakistan bowlers cannot swing it here , I wonder whether they can swing at all ?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Sohails grunts like an old man getting off his charpai.

That analogy )

 

[MMHS]

Shail will come round the wicket after Raval has reached his 50 ......

 

[Syed1]

A ball can not be bowled straighter than how Imran is bowling it right now

No Sohail Khan got it straighter

 

[Zeshan547]

With this garbage fielding and average bowling, and even average batting we aren't winning anything down under, are we really getting exposed?

 

[Big Mac]

For lubfra in the bucks league at the moment, back in bham it use to be for Harborne properly; but when I go back home after uni finishes usually play friendlies for highcroft

I just started playing for Harborne this year. Come back and we could be teammates next year

 

[Syed1]

Sohails grunts like an old chacha getting off his charpai.

HAHahahhah That made me laugh out loud )

 

[Hamza_]

Missing Rahat

 

[Abdullah719]

I saw Amir dropping Kane off his own bowling. Can you please shed some light on the other 2?

Two in the first over, one of which Sami dropped and the other he caught.

 

[Syed1]

Bowling woling hoti nahi hai leken collar aisay charha lehtay hain jaisay asal mein Imran Khan hoon

 

[Syed1]

Kane telling Raval bilkul seedhi seedhi ahrahi hai

 

[syed abbas]

Surprised that no one is bashing Azhar Ali.Fans do need a scapegoat.

 

[Syed1]

Put on Wahab, these Khans aren't doing anything anyway

 

[MMHS]

I had lots of arguments with few posters why Wahab should play ahead of Imran in UAE - never thought it can be true on green tops ......

 

[Slog]

Where's Rahat!?

 

[waleed88]

You are contradicting yourself as usual - Rahat can come as 1st change for 2 reasons - he is Allen Davidson, but Amir is Wasim & Sohail is Lillee - or he is our Rubel & Amir, Sohail are Shafiul, Taskin ....

Point is, there is enough movement on the wicket & there were 3 chances made - the game is like that batsmen scores runs once set. Those 2 wickets could have made it 4/5 down now - I am not saying that it's all down to drop catches, but I keep telling that PAK won't win Test outside Asia if bowlers has to take more than 25 wickets - in first 5 overs, it has gone to 22 & it's a 450 overs game ......

Man I feel there is no revelance to what you are saying, you come with all these random names that has no relevance to the current topic... It sounds like you add these names to make the weight of your conversation, all I see is random names that have no relevance to the current topic... tangentiality of thought

 

[Pete Rose]

Don't think they should have dropped Rahat

 

[Abdul]

Where's Rahat!?

Keeping the bench cozy.

 

[Boi]

It's okay. Even we started well in the first hour at Christchurch. The wickets started to fall afterwards.

 

[angrypathan]

Why does the sight of Sharjeel coming out with a plate of food look so funny?

 

[Syed1]

We would have been 20/4 had we been put into bat

 

[angrypathan]

Where's Rahat!?

Carrying the drinks

 

[Pete Rose]

Imran has found his groove

 

[heddie19]

Sharjeel bringing bananas and grapes

 

[Justcrazy]

34 runs solid partnership

 

[Syed1]

Why does the sight of Sharjeel coming out with a plate of food look so funny?

Add to that the touliya he had slung over his shoulder.. )

 

[Slog]

The team managements logic doesn't make ANY sense


You're playing four seamers

One of them has got to be your best swing bowler ie Rahat. He is wayward but he sure does move the ball

If it's his three bowlers maybe you should have someone else for better control but with four seamers you can afford playing an eccentric bowler

 

[Watsupdoc]

Imran has started to find his line - just a shame that even on this green top he isn't doing anything - just bowling gun barrel straight.

 

[Syed1]

Imran has found his groove

His groove happens to be pitching it a feet outside of off and it goes through to the keeper without doing anything..

 

[Zeshan547]

Now on this same pitch kiwis will be running circles around our batting even in late on day two with sun shining and dried up grass, we blame our batting all the time but we aren't the world beater in bowling either any more,

 

[waleed88]

You are contradicting yourself as usual - Rahat can come as 1st change for 2 reasons - he is Allen Davidson, but Amir is Wasim & Sohail is Lillee - or he is our Rubel & Amir, Sohail are Shafiul, Taskin ....

Point is, there is enough movement on the wicket & there were 3 chances made - the game is like that batsmen scores runs once set. Those 2 wickets could have made it 4/5 down now - I am not saying that it's all down to drop catches, but I keep telling that PAK won't win Test outside Asia if bowlers has to take more than 25 wickets - in first 5 overs, it has gone to 22 & it's a 450 overs game ......

Caught and bowled are usually difficult to get.. so I won't consider that a 'chance' 'chance' ... usually its the batsman's fault for hitting a half volley in the wrong direction

To be honest, only one was created besides the wicket

 

[MMHS]

Man I feel there is no revelance to what you are saying, you come with all these random names that has no relevance to the current topic... It sounds like you add these names to make the weight of your conversation, all I see is random names that have no relevance to the current topic... tangentiality of thought

"You are contradicting yourself as usual - Rahat can come as 1st change for 2 reasons - he is Allen Davidson, but Amir is Wasim & Sohail is Lillee - or he is our Rubel & Amir, Sohail are Shafiul, Taskin ...." those 6 names looks like random for you to understand why Rahat comes as 1st change?

 

[syed abbas]

Why does the sight of Sharjeel coming out with a plate of food look so funny?

Hahahahaha it looked the same to me.He looked like a typical ever-hungry fat kid in the class.

 

[waleed88]

The team managements logic doesn't make ANY sense


You're playing four seamers

One of them has got to be your best swing bowler ie Rahat. He is wayward but he sure does move the ball

If it's his three bowlers maybe you should have someone else for better control but with four seamers you can afford playing an eccentric bowler

I get it, but the ratio would be 3:1 in terms of left arm to right bowlers, also it gets rid of the myth that our bench has a big star in the waiting

 

[Syed1]

Kiwi bowlers would have been swinging it around corners on this pitch

 

[shaz619]

I just started playing for Harborne this year. Come back and we could be teammates next year

Awesome club! Is the selector Ian still there? How much mitai did it take before he promoted you I've wanted to return but held back because it's a serious club which I'd only return if 100% firing on all cylinders, I must say though the banter is on another level in the staffordshire league )

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to break this partnership , couple of quick wickets may fall.

 

[angrypathan]

Looked out

 

[Watsupdoc]

That's a big inside edge

Williamson should have walked

 

[MMHS]

Caught and bowled are usually difficult to get.. so I won't consider that a 'chance' 'chance'

To be honest, only one was created besides the wicket

True - but what Raval is doing here is taking out the skin of the Kookabura & there is no Yasir in this match. On similar condition & bowling - these are 2 most disciplined & equipped players. At least one end could have been open.

 

[waleed88]

"You are contradicting yourself as usual - Rahat can come as 1st change for 2 reasons - he is Allen Davidson, but Amir is Wasim & Sohail is Lillee - or he is our Rubel & Amir, Sohail are Shafiul, Taskin ...." those 6 names looks like random for you to understand why Rahat comes as 1st change?

Rahat has a natural angle which allows him to swing it more than Amir.. however its the right call for Rahat to be benched in this games.. as it is completely useless for Rahat to bowl first change after the new ball has been wasted by Amir

 

[angrypathan]

i think that only hit his arm

 

[Boi]

Out

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Sohail gets Kane!

 

[On_the_up]

That looked like it hit the arm

 

[Boi]

Hit his arm ) and given out

There was an inside edge first

 

[world cup captain]

Got 'em!

 

[Suleiman]

I just tuned in, and was like woah NZ are doing quite alright on a green pitch.

First thought: Someone probably dropped a catch.

and meri nazar lag gayi. Kane gone

 

[aloo paratha]

Go away for 2 minutes and a wicket falls Happy though

 

[heddie19]

Its gone. Good referral taken by the team and captain

 

[Watsupdoc]

Yes it did hit the arm but it hit the bat first. It was a big inside edge!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Finally. If only Rahat was there in stead of Imran. Good to see Sohail finally get it right

 

[Syed1]

I just tuned in, and was like woah NZ are doing quite alright on a green pitch.

First thought: Someone probably dropped a catch.

and meri nazar lag gayi. Kane gone

Two catches were dropped off Amir (one by himself )

 

[boomboom6]

damn I didn't think we'd get this decision in our favor ... wow )

 

[Rayyman]

Rahat has a natural angle which allows him to swing it more than Amir.. however its the right call for Rahat to be benched in this games.. as it is completely useless for Rahat to bowl first change after the new ball has been wasted by Amir

Go away man you're starting to get annoying.

 

[On_the_up]

There was an inside edge first

hmm wasn't conclusive

Any way HUGH wkt

 

[Syed1]

But nothing showed up on hot spot..


Not that I'm complaining

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Oh Bhai log abhi sirf 13 overs houe hain.

 

[Pete Rose]

Gave it on the snicko. surprised Williamson was not sure

 

[syed abbas]

Commentators did not look happy over Kane's dimissal.

 

[On_the_up]

Boy we needed that

 

[Aman]

Mr technique out twice within 13 runs

Kohli, Root, Smith and Rahane are the real big 4.

 

[angrypathan]

 

[Rayyman]

Good review by "The Green General."

 

[Boi]

Go around the wicket

 

[Pete Rose]

I don't know much about NZ batting, but has the tail started. notwithstanding his 290 at Perth

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Wasted a spot by playing this Imran. Shouldve played Rahat or Yasir

 

[Boi]

hmm wasn't conclusive

Any way HUGH wkt

lol there was a deviation off the bat first aswell as a spike on snicko. Definitely conclusive enough

 

[MMHS]

Rahat has a natural angle which allows him to swing it more than Amir.. however its the right call for Rahat to be benched in this games.. as it is completely useless for Rahat to bowl first change after the new ball has been wasted by Amir

Stop trolling - there are 2 ends.

Close this discussion here, I don't want to feed you .......

 

[angrypathan]

Batsmen getting too comfortable on the front foot, need to rough them up a bit

 

[Pete Rose]

Commentators did not look happy over Kane's dimissal.

They seemed to be fine with it