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

[On_the_up]

Gave it on the snicko. surprised Williamson was not sure

Bat and arm was to too close, definitely hit the arm.

This Rival is becoming a pest.

 

[Hamza_]

Imran Khan was made bichara world beater here. He has done nothing, We are missing Rahat

 

[Nasty Naz]

I don't get why Imran Khan is playing over Rahat...

He bowled well in the last game and is one of the better swing bowlers on the team.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Not that Imran is gonna cause any trouble but he should go around the wicket to Raval

 

[Syed1]

I hate it when Imran bowls it two feet outside of off and all the slipsman shout good bowling..

 

[MMHS]

Raval is a fantastic prospect - looks older than 28, but his FC stats are fantastic. He & Popli should have been in Indian tour.

 

[boomboom6]

We won the toss and still our bowlers struggling to get wickets. We really need to find good fast bowlers. Simply pathetic. Any test team would get 3 wickets by now

Had we caught our catches, we'd have accomplished this by now. Shot ourselves in the foot. Our bowling has been disciplined for the most part.

 

[Zeshan547]

This raval guy showing his indian batting genes, he is not you typical average kiwi batsman, atleast that is for sure,

 

[Pete Rose]

Rahat not playing this match seems to be shades of Jackson Bird not being selected because he can't bat well.

 

[Boi]

Well if Imran doesn't do well this game he shouldn't be going to Australia. Send him back to Pakistan and call up another pacer or all rounder

 

[Rayyman]

Imran Khan was made bichara world beater here. He has done nothing, We are missing Rahat

Still bowling tighter than Rahat.

 

[Pete Rose]

This raval guy showing his indian batting genes, he is not you typical average kiwi batsman, atleast that is for sure,

Meaning we should bounce him

 

[Justcrazy]

Taylor is still has a decent average of 45 in test

 

[mz123]

guys pakistani bowlers cant swing the bowl much nowadays due to global warming...

 

[coy0607]

Imran is useless. Not sure why people wanted him in the team

Rahat or Yasir would've been so much better

 

[Pete Rose]

Still bowling tighter than Rahat.

And four lesser wickets as well

 

[Syed1]

Rahat not playing this match seems to be shades of Jackson Bird not being selected because he can't bat well.

Stop crying over Rahat.. he bowled rubbish in the last match

 

[Justcrazy]

Well if Imran doesn't do well this game he shouldn't be going to Australia. Send him back to Pakistan and call up another pacer or all rounder

An All rounder would be better.

 

[Pete Rose]

Imran is useless. Not sure why people wanted him in the team

Rahat or Yasir would've been so much better

Well now that he is here he should keep it tight. Which he is doing

 

[angrypathan]

Trademark Taylor cut. Also, why is his bat white?

 

[Justcrazy]

Stop crying over Rahat.. he bowled rubbish in the last match

I do not understand problem with Rahat , he has all ingredients of a decent fast bowlers. Maybe his attitude is not like fast bowler.

 

[Pete Rose]

Stop crying over Rahat.. he bowled rubbish in the last match

This is objectively wrong

 

[coy0607]

Well if Imran doesn't do well this game he shouldn't be going to Australia. Send him back to Pakistan and call up another pacer or all rounder

I'll take Hassan Ali over this guy any day

 

[Rayyman]

Stop crying over Rahat.. he bowled rubbish in the last match

He got a couple of lucky wickets and got the the tail-enders out. I thought it was a good decision to drop him.

 

[Watsupdoc]

What rubbish is Sohail bowling

 

[MMHS]

Need more Asians and less overrated angeerzi technicians and sloggers.

Why they are not considering Popli for No. 5 spot?

 

[syed abbas]

Ross Taylor in T20 mode.

 

[angrypathan]

Guess we've done our job, gotten Taylor back in form

 

[Syed1]

What is this Sohail?

 

[Pete Rose]

He got a couple of lucky wickets and got the the tail-enders out. I thought it was a good decision to drop him.

Yeah.....no. Other than Taylor

 

[On_the_up]

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

Look again, carefully, sniko was after it passed the bat.

Taylor is being fed halwa at the moment.

Are we trying to get is confidence up???

 

[Syed1]

12 off the over

 

[speed]

Imran khan looks at least 35 no way he is 29.

 

[Pete Rose]

NZ looking to bash their way to 200

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Sohail is too tired already.

 

[Aman]

Why they are not considering Popli for No. 5 spot?

No clue, usually they give a long rope to talents they've identified at a young age.

 

[Rayyman]

Yeah.....no. Other than Taylor

It was a lucky wicket.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need to strike here quickly again

 

[Zeshan547]

I would rather have 4 for 60 in 15 over than 1 for 40 in 20 overs, so give me a rahat over imran any day of the wicket specially in these conditions,

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Imran needs to come around the wicket to Raval

 

[angrypathan]

Maiden over from Imran, mabrook

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Imran 126ks.

Pathetic.

Yamin is superior by far.

 

[Suleiman]

Am bored, wish Shoaib Malik was batting out there

Crowd attendance would be through the roof then. Heard he's got quite a fanbase in NZ.

 

[Pete Rose]

Imran needs to go around the wicket to raval. His action takes him away from the umpire and he is spearing it wide to the leftie.

 

[angrypathan]

Shot

 

[Suleiman]

By the way, good Wahab got selected over Rahat, not because he is better than him in these conditions, but so this myth that Wahab is good on green wickets can finally be exposed.

 

[MMHS]

Imran should have realized that he is not bowling on UAE rubbish - his length will never force players to play with bat on bouncy tracks.

 

[Suleiman]

Two catches were dropped off Amir (one by himself )

My God.

 

[angrypathan]

What is Sohail doing

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Rubbish bowling.

 

[Suleiman]

By the way, good Wahab got selected over Rahat, not because he is better than him in these conditions, but so this myth that Wahab is good on green wickets can finally be exposed.

Also Imran getting exposed as well.

His 2-3 fans on here are having their dreams of his perfect stats shattered.

 

[boomboom6]

Why is Sohail still bowling?

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Tripe

 

[Syed1]

Oh lord what is this bowling

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

This is horrible bowling by the Pakistanis.

 

[boomboom6]

Sohail releasing all the pressure ...

 

[On_the_up]

Ok short and wide to Taylor, this guy knows how to go big. Dangerous signs.

 

[Square Drive]

Bring on Wahab yaar.

 

[Syed1]

Imran, Rahat and Sohail aren't even good enough to be in the Indian side let alone Pakistan

 

[MMHS]

Both Khan has bowled constantly on wrong length - Ross is probably the best cutter of the game while Raval will leave anything just short of length. I am sure Azhar has water filled in his mouth, but YK should have talked with these right arm pair.

 

[Rayyman]

Get this Raval out!

 

[shaaik]

Imran, Rahat and Sohail aren't even good enough to be in the Indian side let alone Pakistan

Why so much hatred for Sohail ?

 

[Big Mac]

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 )

Yeah Powers is still there. I hadn't played in more than ten years, have a bad back, huge belly and dodgy knees so I only played for the 6th team then moved up to the 5ths (Worcs League 3rd XI) after a couple of games.

Gonna pop down to Ambala or Mushtaq Sweets to get the mitai and secure a promotion to the Worcs League 2nds next season. Come back and you can be the Shezhad to my Afridi

 

[Abdullah719]

Rahat not playing this match seems to be shades of Jackson Bird not being selected because he can't bat well.

Well, Imran Khan is yet to make a run in Test cricket... into his 8th match.

 

[boomboom6]

22 off last 2 overs from Sohail

 

[Justcrazy]

26 runs partnership , Kiwis showing positive cricket here.

 

[On_the_up]

22 off last 2 overs by Sohail Khan

 

[Syed1]

Why so much hatred for Sohail ?

22 off his last 2 overs

 

[MMHS]

How many driven boundary scored today?

 

[boomboom6]

why does Amir not get long spells?

 

[Pete Rose]

why does Amir not get long spells?

He bowled 7 or 8 overs upfront

 

[Pete Rose]

Wahab comes on next I suspect

 

[boomboom6]

He bowled 7 or 8 overs upfront

He bowled only 6 while Imran's bowling his 7th on the trot. I am yet to see Amir in a spell of more then 6 overs straight since his return. Early on in Eng tour made sense, but it's getting silly now.

 

[Zeshan547]

Imagine if waqar had selected this team, he would be under full wrath of pp, but mickey isn't even mentioned yet, i think so far he has made more poor decisions than good.

 

[Pete Rose]

Imran does better to right handers

 

[angrypathan]

Raining out there

 

[shaaik]

22 off his last 2 overs

So what ? This is a first session of a test match and Ross Taylor is on an offensive here. Sohail khan is our best bowler and if I back any one to take a 5fer in the first innings it's him. Hv some patience .

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Ross Taylor coming back to form?

 

[waleed88]

Time for Wahab

 

[boomboom6]

If we come out batting like cowards again, it'll be curtains. Anything over 200 and it's advantage NZ.