Pakistan (135/5) defeat New Zealand (134/8) by five wickets in a close finish at Sharjah

[Bewal Express]

Riz needs to bat to the 18th over and others have to take sensible risks. This will be tight

 

[Rana]

Come on Fakhar,

A slog sweep six will do

 

[Rana]

99 needed in 78 balls

Pakistan need to keep going

 

[UzmanBeast]

It's a tricky batting track, but we can go hard in a few overs. Just need the momentum.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Fakhar should be playing a bit more positively against the spinners, he can usually cart them out of the ground.

 

[Ashmal]

Rizwan needs to bat through, others have to bat around him and take calculated risks

 

[QalandarFan]

We should pick the scoring up a bit you don’t want to leave too many for the last 5 overs.

 

[Bewal Express]

Unless NZ bowl rubbish they will be difficult to get away

 

[Rana]

Fakhar doing the right thing. Needs to target Neesham

 

[castortroy]

Wow this pitch is awful

 

[Inswing]

Okay this may get messy at the end.

 

[Bewal Express]

This will show if he have the brains and techniques to rotate the Strike

 

[Inswing]

What an awful pitch this is,

 

[imshally81]

Should be a wide..

 

[Rana]

How is that not wide?

Neesham only 1 run in this over

 

[UzmanBeast]

Consuming too many dots now. Need better strike rotation, and need boundaries now.

Fakhar needs to take that risk.

 

[shariqnoor]

If the dew doesn't come, this is looking grim.

 

[Jabo]

Zaman will go soon

Rizwan needs to go on till the end if Zaman & Hafeez fall quick otherwise

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Fakhar looks all at sea. Not liking his approach at all.

 

[Amjid Javed]

really poor stuff from fakhar here.

 

[Rana]

We need Fakhar to launch a 3x6 over against Sodhi

 

[arif_2021]

People who wanted fakhar to
Open have gotten their answer

 

[castortroy]

Based on what imad said, the dew favours the spinners

 

[Ashmal]

Fakhar needs to rotate the strike....

 

[Amjid Javed]

Req rate up to 8 now

 

[silentkiller187]

We need to target the fifth ball quota , no Ferguson will hurt nz , we should be able to put away neesham

 

[imshally81]

Sodhi is dangerous

 

[castortroy]

Fakhar isn't going to last here

 

[QalandarFan]

Under 5 an over 8 overs in don’t like this.

 

[Rana]

We are bottling this I feel

 

[UzmanBeast]

Fakhar, if he isn't hitting boundaries, needs to avoid getting caught at the crease.

 

[imshally81]

666

 

[silentkiller187]

Why he trying to switch when there’s 2 fielders there for that shot , smack them for six like that

 

[mrtaim3]

Pakistan needs couple of good overs now. Santner might be the man to target

 

[NeVerMind]

Massive 6 on top off the roof for Fakhar!

 

[nam]

6

 

[Rana]

The Mayor of slog sweep city

No one in world cricket plays a better slog sweep

Play this all the time!!

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

What an awful pitch this is,

It's not great, but the score is low enough that there shouldn't be that much pressure. Think the batsmen are making it harder than it needs to be.

And just now Fakhar smashes a huge 6. That's how you do it.

 

[silentkiller187]

Out of the ground

 

[QalandarFan]

Finally Fakhar needed that.

 

[Faizan001]

I don't see dew coming

 

[shamaan]

Massive hit

 

[Jeetlodil]

This is why Fakhar needs to open and Babar down. Fakhar cannot play natural game at 3. Babar can. 4 or 14 is poor in any t 20 contest.

 

[Jabo]

wow

need another few off them

 

[cric_4life]

This is getting tense.
Fakhar needs to go after spinners.

 

[sindhiboy]

thats much better from fakhar

 

[UzmanBeast]

Good job Fakhar. Keep rotating strike as well.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Horrible knock from Fakhar so far, he has literally frozen here.

 

[imshally81]

Six and follow by single... Now some sensible batting

 

[Nasty Naz]

Fakhar really needed that. Hopefully this really gets him going.

 

[imshally81]

Review time

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Fakhar can usually smash the slow bowlers, he should be getting after them. He's not the type who can get singles and rotate.

 

[castortroy]

This could be out

 

[Jeetlodil]

This should be out

 

[Rana]

Should be umpire’s call I recon

 

[imshally81]

Seems hit pad first...

 

[silentkiller187]

This is closer than it looks

 

[castortroy]

That's out

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Rana]

Big wicket

We are in trouble here

 

[NeVerMind]

Fakhar gone on review...pad first

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Out defending. What a surprise.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Out.

Getting interesting.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Match losing knock by Fakhar, definitely.

 

[Saj]

Horrible innings by Fakhar that.

Clueless apart from the 6.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Mannnn

 

[shamaan]

Didn't pick it

 

[UzmanBeast]

I would send Shoaib Malik out.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Why doesn't Fakhar just play his game against slow bowlers? It's not like he has ever looked confident when he's defending.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Looool that was clipping at best!

 

[silentkiller187]

This situation is tailor made for Hafeez/Malik time to prove the selectors were right

 

[Abdurmirr]

Exactly why someone like Fakhar shouldn't be opening.

If the bowling if good than he will just waste deliveries and put us under more and more pressure.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

getting tough.

Rizwan is the key here.

 

[Mahee]

India for sure is going to struggle against santner and sodhi

 

[Jeetlodil]

He wouldnt know how to play at 3. It requires a solid defense at 3 right after the first wicket has fallen

 

[QalandarFan]

Fakhar should have just slogged everything he wasted a whole over.

 

[Ashmal]

Fakhar can usually smash the slow bowlers, he should be getting after them. He's not the type who can get singles and rotate.

He always struggles on slow and low wickets

 

[ali-abbas123]

Fakhar ha been disappointing for a while now. Professor needs a good 30 here

 

[nam]

Professor!!

 

[castortroy]

Tough pitch