New Zealand vs Pakistan | 4th ODI | Napier | 01/02/11 | Pakistan Innings

[*sallu*]

Should be a good game now

Need some runs from and :kami

 

[Paradox]

.. sigh. Oh well, atleast it was good for the first 20 overs or so..

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Need the top and middle order to fire.

 

[Sledger]

Great finish from Wahab (last over).

 

[cricket_fan_1]

test

 

[Liverpool_Faizan]

i hope someone is telling tanvir how bad he is

 

[The Slogger]

can we chase 262?

 

[W63L35]

88 runs in last 10 overs for the loss of 1 wicket!

 

[strongman123]

Indiscipline bowling, way too many extras, Tanvir is just crap, prefer Tanvir Ahmad over him, atleast he picks up wickets for you, going to be a good test for the batsmen, should chase it though.

 

[W63L35]

test

Congratulations on your successful test!

 

[hamzie]

Considering it is a real flat wicket.. pretty good stuff.. if retard tanvir wasnt playing probably wouldve been better

 

[Deewana Mastana]

263 to win for Pakistan

Atleast a good 30 more than what they should've been ideally chasing...Letting NZ score that after having them 79/5 at one stage is something only perhaps Pakistan can afford to do!

They'll need to bat really well to get close and over take this target!

 

[Strike!]

Great fightback from the kiwis after a dismal start, Should make for a cracker.

 

[saj001]

Thank god, now it's going to be good game

 

[Fallen King]

So, it will be Razzaq, Gul, Wahab, Ajmal, Afridi and Hafeez for the WC bowling attack i think. Pakistan team should be able to chase the reasonable target in flat track, and that will be good practice for Pakistan batsmen especially they will be tested in under pressure to chase and that will be vital for the WC.

 

[usman303]

good come back by nz

 

[cricket_fan_1]

Congratulations on your successful test!

i had to

when i tried to post in the other commentary thread...a message was displayed that i don't have sufficient privileges

 

[UP]

Let the fun chase begin.

 

[Acim]

Everything was quite decent, apart from Afridi's field placings in the middle overs, which has been the problem for quite some time now.

 

[UP]

Off to bed.

Hopefully, we will win.

 

[insaaniyat]

Need the top and middle order to fire.

lala ko bachaa-o

 

[iafzal]

Not impressed with Afridi's bowling changes. Changed bowlers every couple of overs.
Also the best bowler(Gul) as well as Razzler who was the most economical bowler both had 3 overs left. Did not get why he kept using Tanvir when he was bowling crap.

 

[kkmix]

Aamer Sohail and Abdul Qadir are blaming Afridi for poor captaincy for giving away so many runs, how the heck is this Afridi's fault, so many extras were because of Captain? wth is wrong with these paindos.

 

[insaaniyat]

So, it will be Razzaq, Gul, Wahab, Ajmal, Afridi and Hafeez for the WC bowling attack i think. Pakistan team should be able to chase the reasonable target in flat track, and that will be good practice for Pakistan batsmen especially they will be tested in under pressure to chase and that will be vital for the WC.

Salam brother. It's not a tough target to chase. We need a good opeing partnership. YK needs to make some runs here.

 

[insaaniyat]

Not impressed with Afridi's bowling changes. Changed bowlers every couple of overs.
Also the best bowler(Gul) as well as Razzler who was the most economical bowler both had 3 overs left. Did not get why he kept using Tanvir when he was bowling crap.

good question bhai

 

[nads_rocks]

This will be an interesting chase, it will not be easy, the openers have to give us a good start here, Kamran Akmal has to make some runs today, Misbah shud come in at no.11 then he can defend how much he wants.

Younis is good under pressure so shud do well, pitch still looks good, I favour Pakistan for chasinh this specially with Umar Akmal and Afridi looking in good touch again.

Too bad I have work to go to in a couple hours

 

[iafzal]

Yup time for YK to show why he is in the team.
100 will be nice but will take a high 50 with good SR.

 

[insaaniyat]

^yep

 

[insaaniyat]

This will be an interesting chase, it will not be easy, the openers have to give us a good start here, Kamran Akmal has to make some runs today, Misbah shud come in at no.11 then he can defend how much he wants.
Younis is good under pressure so shud do well, pitch still looks good, I favour Pakistan for chasinh this specially with Umar Akmal and Afridi looking in good touch again.

Too bad I have work to go to in a couple hours

) by the way his trike rate is at 79 i think

 

[Friend786]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zea...ating_results.html?match=473926;series=473916

razzaq on top of the ratings

 

[insaaniyat]

This will be an interesting chase, it will not be easy, the openers have to give us a good start here, Kamran Akmal has to make some runs today, Misbah shud come in at no.11 then he can defend how much he wants.

Younis is good under pressure so shud do well, pitch still looks good, I favour Pakistan for chasinh this specially with Umar Akmal and Afridi looking in good touch again.

Too bad I have work to go to in a couple hours

call in sick man

 

[Paradox]

It'll be close.

Two possible results IMO are: 263/5 in 47 overs or something, or complete shambles - 190 all out or similar.

 

[Friend786]

pakistan should be able to get these runs on this flat pitch

 

[Fallen King]

Salam brother. It's not a tough target to chase. We need a good opeing partnership. YK needs to make some runs here.

W/Salaam, my brother!

I have never questioned their ability to chase the reasonable target, but considering the history especially when it comes to under pressure to chase even in flattest track, Pakistan tends to choke most often, and the team is playing without Yousuf, Malik and Inzimam. The 'choke' is always on the cards especially the team is young, and senior players like Afridi are 'you know what i mean'. I have a bad feeling about this match. Let's hope that's not true.

 

[*sallu*]

Pakistan need Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal to find form here today
Perfect opportunity to you have to say

 

[hussnainn]

Afrdi is letting Tanvir bowl more and more to let him know how pathetic is he.. Should never hope to play for Pakistan again

 

[ads101]

I like how Afridi took the bold decision and persisted with Gul and Tanvir in the death overs rather than just choosing Razzaq and particularly Hafeez. We need to test out our fast bowlers in these situations before the world cup. If Afridi had let Hafeez played out his last 3 remaining overs, we may have been chasing under 250. But there's no harm in experimenting in little things like this before the world cup.

Glad Riaz bowled well. Tanvir simply has to make way for Akhtar.

 

[nads_rocks]

call in sick man

I cnt ave taken enough time off, cnt afford to lose this job.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

lala ko bachaa-o

Okay then lets be 50/5 and bash Afridi if he doesn't win us the game.

 

[qaiser]

today I did not feel much harmony b/w Afridi and Misbah and very little if any excitement from Misbah

 

[iafzal]

I like how Afridi took the bold decision and persisted with Gul and Tanvir in the death overs rather than just choosing Razzaq and particularly Hafeez. We need to test out our fast bowlers in these situations before the world cup. If Afridi had let Hafeez played out his last 3 remaining overs, we may have been chasing under 250. But there's no harm in experimenting in little things like this before the world cup.

Glad Riaz bowled well. Tanvir simply has to make way for Akhtar.

Only persisted with Tanvir, our frontline bowler Gul only bowled 7 overs

 

[nsaviguru]

If Pak can't chase this in the flattest wicket in New Zealand then, they really have no hope in the world cup. I personally believe they will chase this comfortably, but its interesting how much Pak fans have lost confidence in their team, most of you are already conceding defeat before your innings even begins. Hopefully your players don't have the same attitude otherwise you guys are toast in the world cup.

 

[Sledger]

Pak innings about to start.

 

[zainkhan]

This will be an interesting chase, it will not be easy, the openers have to give us a good start here, Kamran Akmal has to make some runs today, Misbah shud come in at no.11 then he can defend how much he wants.

Younis is good under pressure so shud do well, pitch still looks good, I favour Pakistan for chasinh this specially with Umar Akmal and Afridi looking in good touch again.

Too bad I have work to go to in a couple hours

@ misbah good point

 

[nads_rocks]

) by the way his trike rate is at 79 i think

Thats his career Sr, his sr in ODI's for a while now has been in the 50s, he only ups his SR when he needs to get to his 50 or sumting.

He is torture to watch and annoying at the same time thats why he shud be sent in at no.11 so when we win he can stay on the pitch and practice his defense how much he wants while others celebrate

I really dislike him in the ODI side and in the World Cup Squad too!

 

[Khabri420]

This isn't the best ground for chasing it seems. If Pakistan chase this would be the fourth highest run chase.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

today I did not feel much harmony b/w Afridi and Misbah and very little if any excitement from Misbah

Did not see anyting at all in the 1st innings so can't really comment.

 

[nads_rocks]

If Pak can't chase this in the flattest wicket in New Zealand then, they really have no hope in the world cup. I personally believe they will chase this comfortably, but its interesting how much Pak fans have lost confidence in their team, most of you are already conceding defeat before your innings even begins. Hopefully your players don't have the same attitude otherwise you guys are toast in the world cup.

No1 is losing hope, if we had lost hope and given up some of us would not even bother or waste any time in watching them play specially us UK viewers who stay up all night to watch their team in action...

BUT there is something called reality too and you gotta look at the capabilities of going into a game chasing 260+

Its not going to be easy chase but Pakistan will somehow pull through and win this.

 

[Sheikh_Chilli]

I will only predict one thing, before the match even
starts: NZ will not even give half as much extras, as
PK did.


Sheikh 'Shartia' Chilli

 

[zainkhan]

Pak is not good at chasing but lets hope openers and midle order keep the score ticking and then afridi and A.Razzaq to finish in boom boom style..........

 

[classic]

O h come on guys have faith we will chase it down comfortably ...InshaAllah

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Almost a run out there.

 

[cricket_fan_1]

all the best for the chase

 

[KSaeed]

We just need to have wickets in hand in the last few overs for the real fireworks to get the runs

 

[zainkhan]

I will only predict one thing, before the match even
starts: NZ will not even give half as much extras, as
PK did.


Sheikh 'Shartia' Chilli

half will do

 

[Afridi_Fan]

) :ahmed

 

[Sheikh_Chilli]

Chance of a run out on the second ball. Baal
baal bach gaey.


Sheikh 'Qurbani Qurbani Qur-ba-ni!' Chilli

 

[ZAK]

Shehzad off the mark.

 

[nads_rocks]

Direct and would have been gone!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

 

[Atif]

 

[KSaeed]

Wide

 

[Sheikh_Chilli]

Afridi is already trying to shave his beard
with his bare hands in the pavilion.


Sheikh 'Fikr' Chilli

 

[AZ]

Saudi hitting 140k

 

[nads_rocks]

See a little bit of worry on Afridi, hopefully he will not let that affect his batting, he will have to contribute to a captains knock if called in earlier.

 

[Sledger]

5/0 but quite a nervy start there.

 

[AZ]

must be something funny with these speed guns...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Can we not have this Noor ad please, she is not as lucky as Mahnoor Baloch was.

 

[Atif]

Hamish Bennett to share the new ball.

 

[Sledger]

No Franklin with the new ball.

 

[ZAK]

5/0 after 1.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

:ahmed

 

[Sledger]

What a shot that was!!

 

[Atif]

by Shehzad sweet shot !!!!

 

[usman303]

1st :4

 

[AZ]

class shot!

 

[KSaeed]

444444444444444444

 

[Sledger]

Chris Gayle like.

 

[Crucifier]

WOW. What a classy shot from AS. Beautiful pivet.

 

[Sheikh_Chilli]

The ball turns into a Golden Snitch near the
batsmen. Hafez whipped it away, like it was
a poisonous snake trying to bite his stomach.


Sheikh 'Ssssss' Chilli