Pakistan (168/5) win the Tri-series by defeating New Zealand (163/7) by 5 wickets

[Shaddy86]

50 in 9 is a joke. What are you doing with all the wickets in hand!??

 

[Suleiman]

If Pakistan loses this , this all on Babar who sent Masood at 3

Yep, as well as dropping a crucial catch yet again. He keeps giving fools long ropes when they don’t deserve em.

 

[imshally81]

Back to back boundaries by Shan

 

[Savak]

This wicket suits Bracewell. He would be smashed on any other pitch.

 

[Rana]

Sodhi match loser

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Babar so far has 0 performances in the knockout games in international cricket maybe apart from the 46 he scored against India in CT17 final.

 

[jattafridi]

What a shot from Shan yes

 

[jnaveen1980]

Beast unleashed.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

we should have been 90 by now and he will now play 10 more dot balls. Use all the balls and then let middle order crumble.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Pakistan is over run a ball finally. Mubarak everyone.

 

[Mean&Green]

So you send Shadab and nawaz in a dead rubber and in the final you send a guy who has to smash the leather of the ball to manage a single and is playing at 7/14 this is criminal

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Rizwan playing the Asia cup final and now this….

 

[pratiktc]

Thank you Shan for playing this inns before Oct 15 deadline of changing squad for WC.
Even on one leg Fakhar is better

 

[Coolcapri]

Shaan planning to carry the bat

 

[Sherazkhalid]

hope he is out.

 

[Rana]

Thank you Shan for playing this inns before Oct 15 deadline of changing squad for WC.
Even on one leg Fakhar is better

He’s going to get 40 off 30 now

 

[jnaveen1980]

NZ escaped by a whisker. Not out.

 

[Rana]

Sodhi has been too casual this whole series

Does he not sleep at night?

 

[Rana]

Great top 3

Gayle, Viv, Lara

 

[D/DAhmed]

I’m never complaining about Khushdil and Fakhar again, this innings by Masood is a slap in the face of all their haters

 

[jattafridi]

Now need sixes more sixes

But who will hit sixes

 

[Cric1234]

We had no hope chasing 180 164 gave us a chance as usual in a series final our amazing top order let’s the team down.

 

[Sarwar89]

Babar & Rizwan need to pace the innings well. Total is sinilar to Asia cup final. And in final things do happen. Its a chaseable score but Asua cup final was also chaseable.

Before our chase started i had a bad feeling that somehow our pace of chase will be like Asia cup final

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Why are you fans not frustrated over RizBab ?
Why do they not click in important matches ?
If one of them gets out, why is other batter struggling ?

Shan is anyway an accumulator, blame the captain-coach who brought him back

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Surely we can't go into world cup with shan at 3

 

[MenInG]

Thank you Shan for playing this inns before Oct 15 deadline of changing squad for WC.
Even on one leg Fakhar is better

Pakistan were never going to change their squad - not now.

 

[Marooned]

NZ escaped by a whisker. Not out.

True. It's NZ who escaped with Shan not out.

 

[OmaIR1]

Pakistan team is terrible!!!

Rizwan can't hit out even if his life depended on it. Babar isn't even a T20 player. They all play soo slow. It's mind-boggling!

 

[Rana]

Riz needs to take charge

 

[crazyfaizee]

Shan expected 50 from 45 will hurt pakiatan in WC .This man is liability

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pak fans owe a big thank you to their bowlers.

 

[Suleiman]

NOOO he’s not run out

 

[Mean&Green]

Imagine another team had Pakistan’s bowling they would kiss them everyday and than you have our batsmen who ruin the poor bowlers effort and rub it under their feet

 

[Coolcapri]

Need few big overs to bring the run rate down.

 

[Rana]

Surely we can't go into world cup with shan at 3

If we are going with RizBar

Why not Shan at 3?

 

[imshally81]

Shan gone

 

[shah_1]

Out

Get Shadab

 

[atomberg]

Much needed wicket for Pakistan.

 

[Suleiman]

Why are you fans not frustrated over RizBab ?
Why do they not click in important matches ?
If one of them gets out, why is other batter struggling ?

Shan is anyway an accumulator, blame the captain-coach who brought him back

Rizwan didn’t always bat like this. He was decently aggressive. Idk if he’s being a dramaybaaz or selfish by playing every single game for the past 30 games or so. He has not taken a break since the start of Asia Cup and beyond, and it’s clear he’s fatigued out of his mind.

It’s his own fault.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

He is out, great.

 

[msb314]

Good riddance

 

[Nasty Naz]

Need 100 runs over last 10. They'll need a special knock to do it and I don't see it coming from these two.

 

[saabir]

I remember during the Asia Cup many in this forum were asking for Shan Masood in Pakistan lineup like he is the next saviour of Pakistan cricket. This 32 yr old Shan may have passed his peak yrs and now on decline. Many players retire at this age in which he debut in T20. Pakistan should have tried some new face in place of Shan atleast new guy get some experience. With Shan u r going no where. Shan might score some useless runs here and there.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I am not sure why NZ commies are delirious lol This is a bad thing to happen. And he says "big wicket"

 

[Zeshan547]

This can still be done if these two get out in next over or atleast one of them, but man haven't they made routine into in improbable one, Typical pak style alwys do it the hard way.

 

[rhony]

Gotto hand it to Pak team. They have identified their strategy and will live or die by that strategy. Conviction

 

[Bilal7]

Looks like Masood just woke up from his coma which should help Pakistan. These guys need to get going now. Each batsman from here in just needs to score 10 from 6.

Saeed Bracewell's quota is almost done as well.

 

[Rana]

Pak fans owe a big thank you to their bowlers.

Always

152-0

100% credit is due to bowlers. 170-7 and Pakistan were not chasing it unless Asif Ali played a blinder

 

[ex-q-zit]

Is Shan Masood really a middle order batsman? Asking for a friend

Nope he is an opener forced to play in the middle as to middle order batsmen are fixated on opening while openers like Shan n Fakhar come down the order. How else can those 2 play out riskfree 50s.

 

[Marooned]

21 balls 19 runs. Well done shani

 

[D/DAhmed]

Now they’ll send Nawaz or Shadab as if they’re some Jos Buttler or AB De Villiers ready to bash New Zealand out of the park

 

[Colorblind Genius]

same problem.

The halwa balls pitched in the hitting zone that they practiced hitting for sixes all day and all night in the nets are no where to be found in the actual game. And they are at sea in the actual match.

Pakistani batting has a very, very, very poor prep for power hitting. The coaches have absolutely no idea how to prepare the batsmen for actual power hitting.

 

[crazyfaizee]

PCB please have mercy on us... Get shann masood out of WC .. let alone T20 he is not even ODI material...

 

[Rana]

I am not sure why NZ commies are delirious lol This is a bad thing to happen. And he says "big wicket"

It’s a big wicket because for Pakistan

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Should be the end of Shan Masood t20 experiment.

 

[Suleiman]

The leech batsman gone after wasting 3 overs

 

[Nasty Naz]

Shan Masood horrific innings finally ends. Hard not to see how he doesn't get replaced by Fakhar.

 

[Rana]

You’ve got the licence Riz

Go for it

 

[Marooned]

Now they’ll send Nawaz or Shadab as if they’re some Jos Buttler or AB De Villiers ready to bash New Zealand out of the park

Who should come instead?

 

[Coolcapri]

Finally....

 

[OmaIR1]

Shan Masood has really disappointed. His good performances in domestic are not converting into international matches.

Pakistan need more dynamic players. These one dimensional anchor type players are useless for T20 cricket.

 

[JilaWatan]

So boring and predictable. This team

 

[Rana]

Rizwan not running as if it’s his runs

 

[jnaveen1980]

NZ has no venom in their bowling. Milne is not playing either.

 

[Marooned]

This is getting wayy too hard for us now.

 

[OmaIR1]

PCB please have mercy on us... Get shann masood out of WC .. let alone T20 he is not even ODI material...

Babar is not T20 material and he's the captain.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Is this bracewell second coming of Murali ? Never seen him perform so well against any team

 

[Rana]

Thank you Bracewell

Saving the art of right arm off spin

 

[atomberg]

Nope he is an opener forced to play in the middle as to middle order batsmen are fixated on opening while openers like Shan n Fakhar come down the order. How else can those 2 play out riskfree 50s.

Shan came inside the powerplay. And wasted 20 balls.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

19 off 3.4 overs, mmmmmm

 

[Kianig89]

So Project Shan failed miserably

 

[pratiktc]

There are still 3overs of Tickner to come. Pak in game if Nawaz tees off

 

[jnaveen1980]

Handsdown the best bowler of the series. Bracewell.

 

[Snowflake]

99 from 58 needed. And Rizwan taking singles. Can anyone explain?

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Get Masood out is good for Pakistan . Thanks NZ

 

[Rana]

Sodhi match loser is on

He can go for 30 in his last 2

 

[zaidihusain]

10 overs gone and not even a single Six so far. Shan got out after wasting 21 balls and Rizwan has played 26 balls so far. And after the match Babar will say middle order has to perform. The top order is playing without any game plan, they just want to drag the game till 20th over even if the target is low

 

[jnaveen1980]

There are still 3overs of Tickner to come. Pak in game if Nawaz tees off

Every single fast bowler to come is a buffet bowler with no swing on offer. Sodhi is off color too.

 

[Marooned]

We let this chacha level bowler get away with these ridiculous figures. Criminal.

 

[JilaWatan]

This is around the the time Rizwan throws away his wicket