Pakistan (149/4) easily defeat New Zealand (147/8) by 6 wickets in Match 2 of the Tri-series

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Unplayable delivery to Masood.

Unlucky

 

[Rana]

Just keep it simple and NZ will pick up another here

 

[Saj]

Oh dear, here we go.

It's never easy when it comes to Pakistan.

 

[mrtaim3]

Shan Masood's weakness on 5th stump in these fast pitches continues. I don't expect anything different in Australia. He used to be a bunny of Jimmy Anderson at 5th stump

 

[Dr_Bassim]

this is also rizwan's fault

No Rizwan batted very well today for his 4 off 11.

 

[msb314]

Glad to see Shadab promoted

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Hardworking duck by Masood. Showed a lot of guts and character.

Selected for the wrong format ! I wish he could have excused himself from this format.

 

[cerebralrattlesnake]

I just mentioned he is being lucky.

No need to be salty.

His innings here won't make any difference or Pakistan winning doesn't matter either.

I think long-term.

If he defines good innings in the T20 World Cup, Pakistan will win.

he has defined himself plenty of times but bitter old men keep changing the goalpost

ah but that is what being a pakistan fan is all about

 

[atomberg]

Shadab khan in to protect the so called world class middle order.

 

[Markhor]

Shadab promoted at last. Let's see if he can deal with the extra responsibility.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

This is interesting. Shadab in

 

[TheSultan]

Excellent intent by shadab

 

[msb314]

Beautiful shot

 

[t_kaay]

Those slating Babar and Rizwan for batting slowly and surely towards a target will now see the reason why they have to play like that. Like it or not, our middle order can't last more than 10 overs combined.

 

[cerebralrattlesnake]

finally good decision to send shadab up the order

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yaar give waqar some other job please.

 

[Rana]

That drop of Babar will hurt NZ I recon

 

[mrtaim3]

Good to see Shaddy coming up

 

[t_kaay]

Good move to experiment here. Shadab might hit a few boundaries and bring it back for us

 

[PakPremi]

With no Rizwan tofashion the inning Pakistan will be hard worked,but I still expect them to get the total.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Shadab Khan- so cocky and yet so good

The cricketing version of Shawn Michaels

 

[Aman]

Shadab batting at 4?

 

[D/DAhmed]

Super fit, English-speaking, hardworking, well-educated, mentally tough cricketer out for a duck

 

[Mamoon]

Selected for the wrong format ! I wish he could have excused himself from this format.

Selected for the wrong profession. He is not an international standard batsman in any format.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Finally Shadab is sent.

This is the 1st good decision in like nearly 30 tries.

 

[Energy]

Shadab to the rescue. Nawaz will be next.

 

[TheSultan]

I like what I’m seeing by Shadab - looking for runs

 

[Kianig89]

All hinges on Babar

 

[Ahmed216]

No.3 is the most important batting position in all formats

Babar has to play here!

I agree. He needs to play at 3 for the team's sake. Amidst all the talk about being one of the best currently he needs to show some flexibility and ability to adapt

 

[Dr_Bassim]

With no Rizwan tofashion the inning Pakistan will be hard worked,but I still expect them to get the total.

Obviously even without Rizwan Pakistan will end up chasing anything.

That is just a myth 'floated' by Rizwan fans.

 

[Markhor]

Shadab batting at 4?

He averages 32 at a SR of 157 batting at 4 for his franchise in PSL. Surprisingly Pakistan have never tried him there despite their middle order woes.

 

[Energy]

Cmon Babar, Nawaz and Shadab. Knock off 80 more runs atleast so we can hear how good Asif Ali is

 

[Rana]

This is all you have to do against Shadab

Keep it full on a length with a bit of shape

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Team is in a big rut.

Wishful thinking . KW is done and so is Boult . They will never hit the highs of yesteryear. Only hope is if younger lot are equally good .

 

[atomberg]

Cmon Babar, Nawaz and Shadab. Knock off 80 more runs atleast so we can hear how good Asif Ali is

And audition for captaincy?

 

[cerebralrattlesnake]

babar

 

[Saj]

Shadab at 4.

Shows the lack of faith and ability in our so called middle-order.

 

[msb314]

Babar playing really well

 

[Asif321]

Shadab playing ahead of harder shows amount of trust management have in Haider

 

[Aman]

Is it too early to say neither of these teams are contenders for the WC?

Can't see anyone stopping Aus.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Baber lighting it up today, some really nice shots today

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Is it too early to say neither of these teams are contenders for the WC?

Can't see anyone stopping Aus.

Pakistan is a contender.

Top T20 Batsmen in the World is opening along with 3rd T20 batsmen in the world.

 

[cerebralrattlesnake]

Shadab playing ahead of harder shows amount of trust management have in Haider

haider needed to repay the trust they did have in him

unfortunately he didn't

 

[Aman]

Wishful thinking . KW is done and so is Boult . They will never hit the highs of yesteryear. Only hope is if younger lot are equally good .

Boult is bowling well and was fantastic in Aus.

Kane may be done, hasn't been the same since his tennis elbow injury. His average and SR have dropped drastically.

 

[mrtaim3]

Wishful thinking . KW is done and so is Boult . They will never hit the highs of yesteryear. Only hope is if younger lot are equally good .

They had 5-6 really really good years. They had become a formidable team ever since MaCallum took the captaincy. He changed the mindset of these guys but by the looks of it now, they are becoming the same average team they used to be.

 

[t_kaay]

Is it too early to say neither of these teams are contenders for the WC?

Can't see anyone stopping Aus.

T20 is such a format that one good over can win or lose matches. Any team can win on any given day.

 

[Aman]

T20 is such a format that one good over can win or lose matches. Any team can win on any given day.

None of these teams look flash. Our players have no form while your batsmen don't have dynamic match winners with the bat.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I think I've found Babar's ceiling.

He loves the "comfort zone".

He might chase the odd 200 runs, but if it's 140 to 160 runs, its bread and butter for Babar.

 

[msb314]

Good stuff Shadab

 

[Sunny_majoka]

We found our middle order batter today

 

[TheSultan]

This is what we need

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Jeez Shahdab has already proved to be better than others. Please make atleast 30 odd.

 

[crazyfaizee]

Drop shan... Make shadab play at 3rd position

 

[Markhor]

Nice sound off the bat. Shadab has a good SR vs spin.

 

[Aman]

Well this is a waste of time.

Hopefully some of the barsmen find some form against Pakistan next match. Don't care what they do against Bangladesh.

 

[t_kaay]

Pakistani fielding right there

 

[Dr_Bassim]

NZ are terrible in the field.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

We are getting Nawaz over back here.

 

[atomberg]

I think I've found Babar's ceiling.

He loves the "comfort zone".

He might chase the odd 200 runs, but if it's 140 to 160 runs, its bread and butter for Babar.

Odd 200 runs? India’s captain Rohit would love to have that stat.

 

[msb314]

Momentum is with us

 

[Rana]

Shadab playing ahead of harder shows amount of trust management have in Haider

Pakistan have done this before

They promoted Nawaz and he played a blinder

Never to be seen again at that same promoted position

 

[Aman]

**** with bat and ball tonight.

 

[TheSultan]

This is pak level fielding - but again shadab being rewarded for positive intent. I hope the other losers are watching

 

[Fazzy321]

NZ looks to be competing with PK in fielding

 

[MHN1293]

Just enjoy the innings mate. Don't think about it too much

 

[Rana]

NZ are terrible in the field.

Zero intensity

 

[Aman]

NZ are terrible in the field.

Generally happens when you're not playing well.

 

[Markhor]

Have NZ hired our fielding coach ?

 

[cerebralrattlesnake]

fake athlete shadab tonking it

 

[Aman]

Nah, no way we can play this badly in the WC.

 

[Saj]

Shadab Khan - the middle order batter that Pakistan has been searching for.

He was there all along.

 

[msb314]

Shadab should stop moving around

 

[PakPremi]

Babar going really well, and finally they understand that Iftikhar cannot bat after Shan. Shadab should havebeen batting higher up fora long time.

 

[cerebralrattlesnake]

Pakistan have done this before

They promoted Nawaz and he played a blinder

Never to be seen again at that same promoted position

that was a fluke

shadab is well suited for this position tho

 

[t_kaay]

None of these teams look flash. Our players have no form while your batsmen don't have dynamic match winners with the bat.

That's the whole point though? Do you need "flash"? If you can consistently score/chase 160/170 and have the ability to defend it, who cares about being flash and dynamic. It's the result that counts, not how you get there.

 

[Rana]

This game will go to the wire I recon

 

[shaz619]

Shadab Khan - the middle order batter that Pakistan has been searching for.

He was there all along.

Someone in the team reads [MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION] column

 

[Ahmed216]

Shadab at 4.

Shows the lack of faith and ability in our so called middle-order.

I consider shadab as best batsman after rizwan and babar in this side. Been saying he needs to bat at 4

 

[AAli98]

Micky the fraud Arthur duped Pak fans.. shadab is the next Steve smith faheem the next klusener.

 

[D/DAhmed]

It’s shocking and shameful that Pakistan play a middle order that has to be hidden from batting . Imagine if a team picked bowlers and was too ashamed to bowl them, so instead all the batsmen did the bowling. That’s exactly what’s happening here, should be a tight slap in the face of our shameless Tulla Trio