New Zealand v Pakistan | 5th T20I | Christchurch | Jan 21 | Pakistan Innings

[Rana]

Fakhar stop playing that wuss shot

Just club it!

 

[sweep_shot]

4th six from Fakhar.

He is on a roll.

 

[adzzy786]

Fakhar stop playing that wuss shot

Just club it!

I hate when he does that!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Southee is a pie chucker. Not sure why he has good numbers in T20 against Pakistan.

 

[sweep_shot]

Fakhar is gone.

Fun is over.

 

[Rana]

Ah well,,

He had to try and save Babar and Rizwan

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

And out he goes, one shot too many but still a very useful knock

Can't see anyone else matching this scoring rate so we'd do well to get anywhere close to 150

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rizwan is "holding" the innings together.

 

[sweep_shot]

Southee is a pie chucker. Not sure why he has good numbers in T20 against Pakistan.

He is the highest wicket-taker of all time in T20I format.

157 T20I wickets.

 

[Rana]

So is Rizwan going to take initiative or is Farhan going to have to bat out of his skin?

 

[Kroll]

Southee is a pie chucker. Not sure why he has good numbers in T20 against Pakistan.

Cant stand the nonce.

 

[adzzy786]

Is Sahibzada Farhan any good? Everytime he’s batted I’ve always been asleep. Never watched him play

 

[Rana]

Rizwan got injured doing nothing for his team?

 

[jnaveen1980]

He is the highest wicket-taker of all time in T20I format.

157 T20I wickets.

Mostly against weak sides. His ER is high against bigger sides. He has been playing since 2008. 15 years. Obviously he will have higher count.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Is Rizwan injured again?

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Rizwan eyeing well deserved 50

 

[Darkrai]

Lovely batting

 

[neonoir]

Nawaz the pinch hitter in!

 

[adzzy786]

Rizwan and his constant injuries. He’s not done anything for the last few overs it’s been all Fakhar

 

[NeVerMind]

Has Pak sent out the match winner this early in the innings?

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Can they do something about this disgusting kit.

 

[Rana]

Is Rizwan injured again?

Yeah I mean he was putting in the hard yards here doing nothing

That takes a lot out of you I suppose

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 88/3 (13 overs).

Pakistan should try to reach 155-160. That can give bowlers something to defend.

 

[Darkrai]

If only Saim had performed. Now we're stuck with this nonsense again.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Rizwan eating pills.

Probably needs an ICU for this performance.

 

[sweep_shot]

Can they do something about this disgusting kit.

I agree.

This is not the best Pakistani kit I have seen. Way too funky.

Their 2021 World T20 kit was better.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Electric partnership that was between Rizwan and Zaman.

 

[Rana]

Can they do something about this disgusting kit.

The iconic watermelon slice kit is a reminder of Ramiz Raja’s beautiful era

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Mostly against weak sides. His ER is high against bigger sides. He has been playing since 2008. 15 years. Obviously he will have higher count.

He varies his pace and length with good effect. Works against average batters 9 out if 10 times in this format. And quality batters have all the time to pick his lengths and to time the ball to clear field

 

[Kroll]

Rizwan eyeing well deserved 50

Time to get to your fav mithai dukaan @Rana

 

[Darkrai]

Rizwan is always injured but he's never injured enough to miss a single game.

 

[NeVerMind]

Match winner fails...

 

[sweep_shot]

Nawaz is out.

91/4 (14 overs).

 

[Kroll]

Hahaha brainless to send out Nawaz.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Fakhar provided some brief moments of joy, normal service of dull and slow cricket has resumed

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Why is there a tailender in the middle order?

 

[Darkrai]

7 wickets in hand, every batsman needs to be going for big shots.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Rizwan oblivious to team score keeps taking singles for that 50.

 

[neonoir]

Beautiful innings by Nawaz...

 

[NeVerMind]

Chacha worried that he will have to come out "early" and play the spin bowlers!

 

[Rana]

Sahibzada the GUN number 6 of our domestic cricket

 

[Nasty Naz]

Failing to understand why Nawaz is being sent up here...

Don't you need to know what you have in Farhan? And just as I write that, Nawaz is out. lolz.

 

[adzzy786]

Great innings from the match winner. Wow what a player. Future captain, Future PM it’s all in the name #NAWAZ you are soo shareef batting so unselfishly. What a player! Wow!

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

One of the worst Pakistan lineups I have ever seen. Hitting new lows.

 

[adzzy786]

Failing to understand why Nawaz is being sent up here...

Don't you need to know what you have in Farhan? And just as I write that, Nawaz is out. lolz.

Is Farhan any good? Never seen him bat

 

[sweep_shot]

Chacha worried that he will have to come out "early" and play the spin bowlers!

Only 6 overs to go.

 

[Rana]

Oh meri one shot nahi lagi!!!

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

@Wasim Ghulam brother you like Poonam sweets?

Would love it

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Rizwan out.

 

[NeVerMind]

Only 6 overs to go.

That's too many overs for Chacha's brain to handle...

 

[jnaveen1980]

They could have taken rest instead of embarrassing themselves.

 

[adzzy786]

Why do I stay awake for this rubbish

 

[Rana]

So Babar’s strike rate has dropped back down to 120 by the end of the series?

 

[sweep_shot]

Rizwan is out now. Pakistan are collapsing.

91/5.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

And here comes Chacha Ifti

How on earth this dud has managed 54 T20i's is absolutely beyond me, the odd decent knock but it's mostly failure after failure

 

[Rana]

Would love it

You wanna order it for Rizwan’s beautiful 38 off 38?

 

[Darkrai]

We were bad but this is ridiculous. Even the bowling has been beyond pathetic.

 

[adzzy786]

Time for Chacha to pull his socks up

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Wait.

We needed that Rizwan 40 otherwise we would be 50 all out.

 

[Rana]

And here comes Chacha Ifti

How on earth this dud has managed 54 T20i's is absolutely beyond me, the odd decent knock but it's mostly failure after failure

You’ve been around for long, since the Shoaib Akhtar/Inzimam era

What are your thoughts on Rizwan? Won’t judge

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Only 6 overs to go.

We'd do well to see the full 6 overs out at this rate

 

[NeVerMind]

PSL has done more damage than good...we have put an actual novice as Kuptaan just cos he won the PSL...

PSL, the gift that keeps giving...

 

[Darkrai]

This guy is an opener in the domestic lol

 

[hitthestump]

Rizwan out.

Awful innings.

You cannot open, stay in until the 15th over and only add 38 runs.

Very poor from him.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

You wanna order it for Rizwan’s beautiful 38 off 38?

Classic Rizwan saving team from embarrassing scores

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Only Pakistan could kill the atmosphere in a T20 game, even when the home team is winning.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Awful innings.

You cannot open, stay in until the 15th over and only add 38 runs.

Very poor from him.

Thats his usual service.

 

[Rana]

Love this guy Sahibzada

Initially I wrote him off as a T20 player/opener

But he turned me into his fan when I saw him play like an absolute cheetah in the domestic cup

He’s a good batsman

 

[adzzy786]

Can they do something about this disgusting kit.

I quite like it

 

[Rana]

Classic Rizwan saving team from embarrassing scores

Calls for a 20kg order for distribution brother

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

I quite like it

Even the material looks cheap.

 

[Rana]

Today chachu will save his career

 

[adzzy786]

Even the material looks cheap.

Guess it’s the inflation in Pakistan

 

[Rana]

Thats his usual service.

He’s acting like he’s really disappointed

But inside he is very happy that the 47 average is somewhat maintained

 

[batandballbattle]

chacha vs spin lol

 

[NeVerMind]

And here comes Chacha Ifti

How on earth this dud has managed 54 T20i's is absolutely beyond me, the odd decent knock but it's mostly failure after failure

An insult to the history of previous all rounders that have played for Pakistan...forget Razzaq, Afridi or Azhar Mahmood, he's not even a poor man Hafeez or Malik...

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why this 40+ year old keeps getting, chance after chance?

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 102/5 (16 overs).

Pakistan need 150 minimum.

 

[Asif321]

MashaAllah great innings by team man Rizwan without him Pakistan would be bundled for 50 . Real team man didn’t even miss a single game and youngsters took a rest

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

As Pakistan cricket fan i made peace with fact that we cant play long format after world cup and had delusions of being good in t20 at least. Myth is busted

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

You’ve been around for long, since the Shoaib Akhtar/Inzimam era

What are your thoughts on Rizwan? Won’t judge

I've not followed cricket in as much depth over the recent years so my opinion isn't worth a great deal

I think he's good but not great, also he's the least of our problems

Think we've got quite a few other problems in the side

I do think the team lacks an opener that can score at a higher rate, Finn Allen for example has shown the value of having a much higher strike rate, much rather have a lower average but a much bigger strike rate. Whether those players exist is another matter