New Zealand v Pakistan | 3rd T20I | Napier | 22 December | New Zealand innings

[shariqnoor]

Shaheen is a pretty ordinary T20 bowler. Boult is not great either.

 

[Rana]

Shaheen channelling his inner Shinwari

 

[Firebat]

What are these full pace half volleys Shaheen?

 

[Aman]

Conway is class.

 

[angrypathan]

Terrible bowling though. What is he doing bowling half volleys outside off

 

[watson367]

back to back. shaheen come on lad.

 

[sindhiboy]

Husnain is mile better than wahab

Husnain bowled pretty well. He has a future in test cricket. Just needs to play some more first class matches

 

[shah_1]

Shaheen lol

 

[Rana]

if we get neesham should be a low total.

Conway looking dangerous now

 

[Firebat]

Conway is class.

He’s doing what you said Williamson would do last match

 

[watson367]

Conway looking dangerous now

spoke too soon.

 

[Aman]

Cutters look like the way to go on this pitch.

 

[Snowflake]

Our fielding is shambolic

 

[watson367]

faheem should get the next over.

 

[hamaadqureshi]

Shaheen shouldn't be playing t20s

 

[Aman]

He’s doing what you said Williamson would do last match

We've lost wickets, he has no choice to bat like this.

We still have hitters to finish well from here.

 

[Snowflake]

Shaheen channelling his inner Shinwari

Was just about to say that.

 

[sindhiboy]

Conway is class.

I'm shocked he hasn't debuted in the test team 4 years ago. Terrific fc record and nz needed another good batsman. His debut is way overdue for all formats

 

[Rana]

The way saffers are moving around the world, I wouldn’t be surprised to see one play for India in the next five years

 

[Ozeirk]

Our bowlers have become predictable. You need a thinking bowler in order to survive and do well in all conditions. Natural talent can take you so far.

 

[Ozeirk]

I'm shocked he hasn't debuted in the test team 4 years ago. Terrific fc record and nz needed another good batsman. His debut is way overdue for all formats

Predictable bowling. I won't rate him so quickly

 

[watson367]

hasnain starts off well.

 

[PakPremi]

Shaheen seem to be going backward recently in bowling despite having pace and bounce.

 

[waleed88]

Conway struggling alot against Hasnain. He's their Khushdil shah who struggles against the ball moving away

 

[ARK Rafay]

Why pacers aren't bowling yorkers?

 

[watson367]

hasnain is three times the bowler as wahab.

 

[imshally81]

Waqar Younis is pretty ordinary coach...

 

[Usman Chadda]

I've said it before - for a world-class bowler Shaheen becomes completely brain-dead at times.

 

[waleed88]

Even though Conway has made 36 of 32, it has been a poor innings.

 

[Aman]

I'm shocked he hasn't debuted in the test team 4 years ago. Terrific fc record and nz needed another good batsman. His debut is way overdue for all formats

Nicolls is scoring runs otherwise he'd be in there.

He should be given a chance in all formats.

 

[Rana]

Besides the energy and the fake aggression

Shadab is a clueless captain

 

[Aman]

Even though Conway has made 36 of 32, it has been a poor innings.

Context matters, this is a tricky pitch and we've lost wickets. He has to go on from here now.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Gilchrist sir

Not Rizwan

Hobart like 149 coming up then. Shah jeeeeeeee

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Our fielding is disgusting. PCB should refund everyone who bought tickets to watch this pathetic display at the stadium

 

[JibranAnsari]

no slower deliveries or any other variations

salute to waqar younis

 

[Firebat]

Don’t get me wrong, Hasnain is bowling very very well, I’m just wondering why he seems allergic to bowling a full/yorker ball

 

[Aman]

Conway struggling alot against Hasnain. He's their Khushdil shah who struggles against the ball moving away

Conway is a proper batsmen who has dominated every format in domestic cricket.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

These guys aren’t talented but fielding is something anyone can improve. Just shows their lack of dedication and work ethic

 

[sindhiboy]

Predictable bowling. I won't rate him so quickly

I'm not judging him through these t20s, but his fc record, which is pretty good

 

[hamaadqureshi]

Waqar Younis is pretty ordinary coach...

Wahab won us the only game which we won on our last tour

 

[Rana]

The fielding positions are only as good as the fielders that are placed in those positions.

How do we not have 5 proper boundary riders in this side?!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Conway struggling alot against Hasnain. He's their Khushdil shah who struggles against the ball moving away

Don’t insult Conway. Do you think Khushdil can dream of playing those drives Conway did?

 

[Snowflake]

Don’t get me wrong, Hasnain is bowling very very well, I’m just wondering why he seems allergic to bowling a full/yorker ball

Doesn't have the skills to execute it

 

[waleed88]

Context matters, this is a tricky pitch and we've lost wickets. He has to go on from here now.

Not really impressed, seems to struggle against the ball moving away. Wasted a whole over against Hasnain. Our fielding has made him look better

 

[Snowflake]

The fielding positions are only as good as the fielders that are placed in those positions.

How do we not have 5 proper boundary riders in this side?!

5?? We don't have 1

 

[Rana]

Don’t get me wrong, Hasnain is bowling very very well, I’m just wondering why he seems allergic to bowling a full/yorker ball

Traumatised by the thought of...”moo main nahi Deni”

 

[hamaadqureshi]

hasnain is three times the bowler as wahab.

Wahab won us the only game which we won on our last tour

 

[PakPremi]

New Zealand have good batting line up including lots of newish players.

 

[MHN1293]

Nz to get 165.

 

[imshally81]

Out...

Faheem Strikes..

 

[waleed88]

Don’t insult Conway. Do you think Khushdil can dream of playing those drives Conway did?

Not exactly referring to the calibre of the batsman as a comparison but the amount of dotballs he faced

 

[sindhiboy]

Faheem akram strikes again

 

[watson367]

faheem on fire.

 

[Rana]

Sobers. He is the man for the situation!

 

[Firebat]

What a performance by Faheem today

 

[watson367]

Im gonna build a statue of faheem in Lahore.

 

[shaaik]

Elliott and Wagner are the two Saffer imports I can think of. Anyone else?

Glenn Philips also South African born so is Conway..

 

[waleed88]

Conway as a batsman if playing at this level should atleast be a 50 from the balls he faced rather than 39. Which makes it a substandard knock. If it was the pitch his ex partner was playing at a rate of 200. He still can improve though

 

[PakPremi]

5?? We don't have 1

Shadab is the only world class fielder in our team rest are very dodgy, except the keeper of course missing Fakhar for fielding too

 

[Omer2002]

If we can restrict them to something reasonable then atleast our batters can plan..first 2 matches all batters came out slogging as if they have been given one over to bat

 

[shariqnoor]

This is why Pakistan should always bat 2nd against Ind, Eng, Aus, NZ. You have to make them make the play. Instead Pakistan bats 1st and wants to score 190 without having the skills to do so.

Pakistan may still lose this match but atleast you don't lose it in the first 6 overs of the match.

 

[waleed88]

Clearly Conway does not believe in, nahi lagrahay tou out hojaon

 

[ARK Rafay]

Rauf needs to nail his change up and slower balls now. Or 170+ is on

 

[hamaadqureshi]

First MOM coming towards Rana ji.
Should bat at no 3 today. Let's see if he actually could do some batting or not. Always comes to bat when there are max 2 overs left, can't judge a batsman from that.

 

[Firebat]

Big pressure on Rauf and his final 2 overs to restrict NZ

 

[waleed88]

Ofcourse I'm not saying we will win the match, anything above 150 will be detrimental

 

[shariqnoor]

Conway is very good. He'll be an excellent ODI bat.

 

[imshally81]

Husnain is much better talent than Rauf...

 

[Rana]

Even in this side, the 5 on the boundary should be....

Shadab
Faheem
Hafeez
Shaheen (fine leg, 3rd man or deep Square leg)
Khushdil (Deep cover)

The rest have no business on the boundaries

 

[sindhiboy]

What a flick shot. Qalandars future batsman

 

[Firebat]

Bowled so well for 17 overs, and now they’re about to take us to the cleaners

 

[Jeetlodil]

Rauf is like the soda bottle which has a lot of fizz at the beginning but a lot of phussss in the end

 

[Rana]

Conway has probably scored 25 off the last 10 balls he has faced

 

[Ozeirk]

Faheem and Hafeez have used their experience to good affect in these t20s. Shaheen is relatively new and has ways to go to be called leader of the pace attack.

 

[Jeetlodil]

By potential Husnain is the best bowler

 

[Rana]

Streets have been terrible today

 

[waleed88]

Okay now I can say Conway is making us look stupid

 

[ARK Rafay]

Conway is just strong through drives and square. Ball him a bouncer or two. Some cutters in the length ball. This is just feeding him

 

[Jeetlodil]

Rauf might have a half century. He will try to avoid it surely

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Fans shouldn't be too worried about Shaheen. Dude can swing the new ball but sometimes just gets carried away by that fuller length. Once he finds some consistency in action, length etc. he will be a very long format bowler with potential to be an ATG.