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

[MenInG]

Pakistan bowlers on top throughout the innings - but can Pakistan batters do their job?

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[t_kaay]

148 off 120 balls. Should be gettable on this pitch and ground

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Cant blame Rizwan here.

Score is tailor made for his 50 off 45 balls and then 70 off 55 balls to score the win.

Can only beat whats in front of you.

 

[Aman]

One of Conway or Kane should be playing.

Guptill
Allen
Conway
Mitchell
Phillips
Neesham
Bracewell
Santner
Sodhi
Lockie
Boult

Best XI should play before the WC to find some form.

 

[Suleiman]

Well done by W Junior. I criticize him a lot but he was good today. Haris great as usual. Need a fielding coach still, too many brain fog moments.

 

[NeVerMind]

Change it around... Open with Shaan and Haider

 

[msb314]

Well done by W Junior. I criticize him a lot but he was good today. Haris great as usual. Need a fielding coach still, too many brain fog moments.

I thought fielding was pretty good outside of the catch Haris took over the boundary

 

[Kianig89]

You can judge the wicket when both sides have batted let's see

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Change it around... Open with Shaan and Haider

You gotta be kidding me.

If Rizwan doesn't open today, I will sell my house free to anyone who wants it.

 

[Aman]

You can judge the wicket when both sides have batted let's see

Nah our batting was like this in Aus as well. Struggling to score.

Should coast this. Our bowling line up today is pretty average as well.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Terrific effort by m wasim and rauf.
overall good display by pak especially in last death overs, good slower ones and judged the pitch excellently.
cant help and compare this to our bowlers who bowl at the death, sir Bhuvi sobers, Halwa Harshal , nowesh avesh and the rest of our candy floss stall owners. pathetic.

 

[Kianig89]

I predict a tense chase we might stutter

 

[Nasty Naz]

Overall, some fantastic bowling tonight outside of one over. Rauf & Wasim Jr. were outstanding.

Doable chase but they will need to avoid falling in the trap that befell England against us when they were chasing 145. After early wickets, they slowed to a crawl in the middle and leaving too much to do at the end. Had a similar issue vs Afghanistan too.

 

[Rana]

Cant blame Rizwan here.

Score is tailor made for his 50 off 45 balls and then 70 off 55 balls to score the win.

Can only beat whats in front of you.

That’s why him and Babar were so happy

 

[D/DAhmed]

Hopefully our openers fire, otherwise our middle order will once again prove that they have the talent to lose every match

 

[Sherazkhalid]

We are all abt bowling, we keep doing this, Baber/Riz/Shan can chase for us. Day we give 190, it's all over.

 

[Rana]

Because we can’t really criticise our own rubbish batting approach too much….

Let us take a look at Devon Conway the opener and go hard at him!

What was that innings??

 

[atomberg]

Just need to survive Boult’s first two overs.

 

[Aman]

Wait Boult and Southee are playing, this is a pretty strong line up. Only missing Lockie and Santner. Southee isn't a big drop down in quality from Lockie.

 

[Suleiman]

Need to rest Rauf till the WC now if either of Hasnain or Naseem are feeling better. Same with Riz possibly.

Haris was a bit down on pace today- could be because of the cold, or you know… playing 50 t20s in a row.

Naseem and Hasnain both need match practice

 

[Rana]

We are all abt bowling, we keep doing this, Baber/Riz/Shan can chase for us. Day we give 190, it's all over.

170

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That innings from New Zealand was like several of Pakistan's recent innings:<br><br>42/1 after 6 overs<br>70/1 after 10 overs<br>Then realise they better start going for it<br>One or two big overs<br>Lose a load of wickets towards the end when attacking<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NZvPAK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1578656016690216961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[Aman]

Lol when did Shan Masood become a T20 player?

 

[Rana]

Lol when did Shan Masood become a T20 player?

)

Only in Pakistan

 

[Rana]

Chacha Boult

He’s looking old now

 

[Omer2002]

4 dot balls...seriously is this a t20

 

[Rana]

More delays with Rizwan

 

[MenInG]

That’s why him and Babar were so happy

Must say Babar and Rizwan planned it well.

 

[msb314]

Rizwan is dot ball king

 

[Suleiman]

Lol when did Shan Masood become a T20 player?

In Pakistan if you can play tests you can play t20s

 

[Aman]

There will be lot 0f movement for southee and boult but cant just block and let the run rate go up

If the pitch is sluggish it will be close but think Pakistan should get over the line. Not enough runs, needed 20 more runs.

 

[Rana]

This 80 minute innings will last about 100 minutes

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Today they can play as a test match and still win.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Well they have to do one better than NZ.

 

[MenInG]

There will be lot 0f movement for southee and boult but cant just block and let the run rate go up

4 dot balls...seriously is this a t20

Think you are confused.

 

[Omer2002]

Wow a maiden in t 20 must be a world revord

 

[JibranAnsari]

Lol.

 

[TheSultan]

Another milestone for Riz - lovely watchful batting

 

[Aman]

This is a battle of poverty between two mediocre batting line ups.

 

[Rana]

Must say Babar and Rizwan planned it well.

Dahani wicket out of nowhere and Rauf’s last over

That will be the difference I recon

 

[msb314]

No runs on the board yet

 

[Suleiman]

What is this )

 

[Sherazkhalid]

NZ made 42 in pp, we will make 30. Now time for baber to play some dots.

 

[Rana]

Southee what a bowler

6 ft 4 outswinger on a length

 

[Aman]

How do Rizwan and Babar fare against spin? Might be good to keep them around for the spinners to eat balls.

 

[Rana]

Well done Phillips

Cheekh Cheekh ke Rizwan ko plan bats dou!!

 

[TheSultan]

How will they look heroic if they don’t make it difficult?

 

[Sherazkhalid]

I mean he could have dispatched that leg side ball to boundary but let's nudge it to fielder.

 

[Rana]

How do Rizwan and Babar fare against spin? Might be good to keep them around for the spinners to eat balls.

Same as our middle order

 

[Aman]

Babar reminds me of Kane in T20s. Really frustrating, the game isn't made for players like them.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

NZ around 15 runs short of par score. 170 would have even been a winning score. Easily the worst top 7 side going into the World T20.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Edge and 4 !!!! First Boundary

 

[msb314]

Lucky 4

 

[Rana]

Yar Southee is a dream bowler

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Will take that 4.

 

[D/DAhmed]

All 3 teams in the tri-series have tricked the fans. We all thought they were there to get some practice in for the T20 World Cup. Turns out that Bangladesh and New Zealand are actually practicing for next years ODI World Cup. Pakistan going one step further and preparing for Test Championship, excellent oversight from the management

 

[Suleiman]

I stayed up to watch this game, but beginning to fall asleep now.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Babar azam needs to play less of t20s. This is affevting his game and his geet movement.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Ok will take 9 from an over, no complains

 

[AAli98]

Baba & Rizwan should have come out with Bairstow masks on southee would have run a mile..

 

[D/DAhmed]

You could almost see Babar and Rizwan frothing at the mouth as they came onto the pitch for the innings thinking about the fact that the low score gives them the perfect opportunity to play their disgusting brand of tuk-tuk that brings shame to our country

 

[msb314]

Good shot

 

[Rana]

Freebies for Babar by Boult

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Nice shot. Love the intent. One more.

 

[msb314]

Good stuff!

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Last boundary had glimpses of Kohli.

 

[Ahmed216]

Shot of the day from Babar. World class for a reason

 

[Rana]

All 3 teams in the tri-series have tricked the fans. We all thought they were there to get some practice in for the T20 World Cup. Turns out that Bangladesh and New Zealand are actually practicing for next years ODI World Cup. Pakistan going one step further and preparing for Test Championship, excellent oversight from the management

This is pretty clear to see

 

[Rana]

That was high quality from Babar

 

[msb314]

Great shot

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Babar Azam is back.

Because target is 150.

Just his range.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Nice shots. So far so good.

 

[TheSultan]

What’s with the streakers in NZ?

 

[Markhor]

Some good strokeplay from Babar in that over.

 

[Rana]

This is the 3rd Nanga that has run on to the field

Why are they nange when Pakistan is playing?

 

[t_kaay]

Any complaints about Babar today? Waiting for the usual suspects to say he's now taking risks

 

[Ahmed216]

Freebies for Babar by Boult

Wow Babar wow. Told you he'll bat beautifully today. That upper cut was quality

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Babar Azam is back.

Because target is 150.

Just his range.

Pak fans will never get happy

 

[Rana]

Upcoming bowler for Rizwan to destroy

 

[Saj]

Play positive that's the way even though it's a smallish total.