New Zealand vs Pakistan | 2nd ODI | Saxton Oval | Jan 9, 2018 | Pakistan Innings

[Syed1]

you cant build a new team (especially in Pakistan) without cutting links from the past. if they drop these three: for experience inzi will being shehzad, akmal brothers back

Inzi will bring Butt back and give him captaincy

 

[TheInaudibleParadox]

I can see a bit of Steve Smith about Shadab. Kid can bat.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

he did get us over the line vs SL in CT. so we shouldnt get total amnesia

Albeit due to a miracle drop by Perera which 99 times out of 100 would've been out.

 

[dauntless]

What are you doing professor Saab!?? This is your day!

 

[imshally81]

Good running

 

[CricFan2012]

yes courtesy of lots of chances or 'luck'. It was Amir's knock which was more solid.

Astonishes me how people continue to rate streaky and lucky knocks like those, drops need to be recorded next to players names.

 

[MRSN]

It was obvious .... Hassan turned world class and fakhar changed the fortunes with the bat and Sarfraz started milking the gravy train.

..but you must agree, he deserves Oscar for his growling performance..

 

[Pete Rose]

Albeit due to a miracle drop by Perera which 99 times out of 100 would've been out.

thats true, but you have to create the pressure for others to falter. i used to rank sehwag much higher than a lot of batsmen eventhough he gave so many chances, because he used to terrorize the opposition team in to making mistakes.

 

[Pete Rose]

hafeez playing sefishly now

 

[dauntless]

Santner is back!!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan looking at around a target of 230.

 

[Syed1]

Looks like they dont have a target in mind... still playing to survive

 

[Sirris]

Shadab knows more about taking single than our top order. Why can't he be their batting mentor?

 

[MeanAndGreen]

I would still discard Hafy bhai for Harris.

Hafy bhai scores once in every twenty games like this, I called this at the beginning of the match, he will keep scoring cheeky runs if we keep him, Harris is a more consistent cricketer

No, the person that should be dropped is Malik who other than a couple of 50s against SL in the UAE looks a completely finished cricketer.

 

[Syed1]

We can hope that Fahim comes in and smashes 60*(30)

 

[Deewana Mastana]

hafeez playing sefishly now

With only Faheem who can bat a bit, you want him to go wild slogging with 20 overs left.

Might as well stay till 40th get 200 and then smash in last 10.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

We can hope that Fahim comes in and smashes 60*(30)

I'm sure you're dreaming of a 100 off 37 balls inside.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

125/5 after 30 overs

 

[Eagle_Eye]

..but you must agree, he deserves Oscar for his growling performance..

Yep.... how long can they carry on with him

 

[Pete Rose]

With only Faheem who can bat a bit, you want him to go wild slogging with 20 overs left.

Might as well stay till 40th get 200 and then smash in last 10.

this a paksitani mindset. playing the situation rather than a ball. you are run a ball. part timers are on and instead you are thinking about the last ten over.s

 

[Rayyman]

With only Faheem who can bat a bit, you want him to go wild slogging with 20 overs left.

Might as well stay till 40th get 200 and then smash in last 10.

Yeah or 35 oversish. Because there are more fielders out circle at 40 overs.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Disgraceful how your fitness can get worse after becoming captain. If anything, becoming captain should provide a stimulus for improving your game.

How can we expect the other 10 players to follow this guy?!

 

[imshally81]

Should be wide

 

[MMHS]

Daar ta hou, but such hai key, since Rambo Raza in mid 90s, Sarfraz is the weakest link as player among PAK captains. 15 I can recall in between -

Aamir, Saeed, Wasim, WY, Moin, Latif, Ul Haq, (Razzak), Mian, YK, MoYo, Afridi, Butt, Misbah, Azhar.

 

[castortroy]

We have not hit any gaps and just pinging it to the fielders

 

[waleed88]

The world is coming to a score of 260 is 20 overs.

Where is Pakistan cricket is still stuck in? 125/5 after 30 overs

 

[Lynx]

I hope every single person in the dressing room shouted at Sarfraz after his dismissal the way he shouts at them in the field. Pathetic from someone who holds others to such high standards yet is an overweight burrito himself. Resting on his laurels. Us Pakistanis are so unprofessional it's not even funny.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Good single.Need more of those as well as some boundaries.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Hafeez simply needs to convert this into a 100 - even if he consumes balls. You can't be called a senior player and not look to bat all the way through in this situation.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Just two off the over.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

this a paksitani mindset. playing the situation rather than a ball. you are run a ball. part timers are on and instead you are thinking about the last ten over.s

Ferguson and Southee are part timers now? That's news to me.

 

[castortroy]

when pitches are flat, hafeez timing is as good as anyone

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Even Santner isn't a part timer.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Absolutely disgraceful

 

[MMHS]

Daar ta hou, but such hai key, since Rambo Raza in mid 90s, Sarfraz is the weakest link as player among PAK captains. 15 I can recall in between -

Aamir, Saeed, Wasim, WY, Moin, Latif, Ul Haq, (Razzak), Mian, YK, MoYo, Afridi, Butt, Misbah, Azhar.

I missed 2 -Salim Malik & MoHa.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Santner the destroyer on...and gets Hafeez.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

 

[castortroy]

What a joke

Time to go to bed.

Whitewash coming

 

[Deewana Mastana]

There you have it.

 

[castortroy]

And fans predicted 4-1 to pak lol

Funniest thing ever

 

[Arsalan Pro]

M Hafeez gone!!!

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Well boys,I’m off.Have college at 11am PST.need to catch some sleep.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

"Senior" player eh?

 

[Lynx]

The myth of 9 straight victories being shattered, and then some. Can never become a team who consistently challenges opposition other than WI/SL with this batting lineup.

 

[imshally81]

2 real batsman in...

 

[QalandarFan]

Hafeez was playing so well and he just threw his wicket like just threw it away.

 

[TheInaudibleParadox]

I'm out. Inexcusable.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Well boys,I’m off.Have college at 11am PST.need to catch some sleep.

Or I’m just going to stick around for another half an hour.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

What can the 2 young all rounders do now?

 

[MRSN]

The world is coming to a score of 260 is 20 overs.

Where is Pakistan cricket is still stuck in? 125/5 after 30 overs

minus Fakher not one explosive batsman. what can you expect? And his replacement was Imam today.lol

 

[QalandarFan]

Well atleast we’ll get to see two youngs bat out there.

 

[CricFan2012]

There goes the match

 

[KingKhanWC]

Lucky to score over 170 from here now.

 

[MMHS]

I would like to hear from Ul Haq after this series............

 

[MeanAndGreen]

All he needed to do was simply consolidate and take the innings above 250.

How can nobody hold Malik and Hafeez accountable for their shots?! They are senior freaking players !

 

[Pete Rose]

completely predictable.
slow start
got close to 50 run a ball
then slowed down again.
"my work is done"
these people will continue to damage pakistan cricket for as long as they play.

 

[Abdullah719]

Well boys,I’m off.Have college at 11am PST.need to catch some sleep.

This is the only part of Pakistan's batting which is interesting.

 

[srh]

both Malik and Hafeez has so much experience and yet both of them trapped so easily

 

[MMHS]

There goes the match

It never was bro - you can't pick 5 dummies in top 6 & expect to win against Kiwis in their den.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

130/6, will hardly reach 200 now

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Hafeez may cling onto his place for the foreseeable future but will never change the fact that every non-Pakistani that looks at his record will scoff and question it.

Only 11 hundreds after almost 200 ODI games batting in the top 4!

Laughable record.

 

[imshally81]

 

[Abdullah719]

I would like to hear from Ul Haq after this series............

Youngsters are inexperienced, they will perform better next time.

 

[MRSN]

class shot that from Faheem.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Absolutely smacked by Faheem for

 

[Pete Rose]

I would like to hear from Ul Haq after this series............

"as you know NZ conditions are tough so we need to have batsman with good defensive technique to open batting so Azhar ali played, but we will correct that now by bringing back kamran akmal"
"hafeez and malik are expereinced batsmen but we were not expecting they will underperform, but we will bring back khurrum manzoor and asad shafiq"

 

[Abdullah719]

I would like to hear from Ul Haq after this series............

Youngsters are inexperienced, they will perform better next time.

 

[Syed1]

It never was bro - you can't pick 5 dummies in top 6 & expect to win against Kiwis in their den.

Who is the one guy you are not counting as dummy?

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Brilliant shot!!!

 

[srh]

completely predictable.
slow start
got close to 50 run a ball
then slowed down again.
"my work is done"
these people will continue to damage pakistan cricket for as long as they play.

so true; I bet you Hafeez is so proud of his inning

 

[Shafi]

Basically our performances getting worse with experience. We did relatively better than this last year

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Why don't they promote shadab or Faheem

 

[MRSN]

All he needed to do was simply consolidate and take the innings above 250.

How can nobody hold Malik and Hafeez accountable for their shots?! They are senior freaking players !

requires too much thinking and hard work.

 

[KingKhanWC]

They might as well hit out now, whatever we get wont be enough.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

I remember NZL being 99/6 a couple of years ago and they still made 280. PAK shouldn't give up, just keep batting.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

so true; I bet you Hafeez is so proud of his inning

His job done.... place secured for the series. They compete with each other and not the oppo

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Who is the one guy you are not counting as dummy?

Babar Azam?

 

[Pete Rose]

both Malik and Hafeez has so much experience and yet both of them trapped so easily

well yes : if you use word experience without context, we should be upset.
but if you put in to context their colletive history under-performing in the big moments...their experience is producing entirely predictable results