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Pakistan (258/4) go one-up in the 3-match ODI series as they defeat New Zealand (255/9) by 6 wickets

msb314 said:
Slogging was not required today. The highest NRR went up to was 6 an over. Easily managed by any decent batsman…
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Never said slogging was required today.

Though, it would've been required if Babar and Rizwan had continued the way the were going. Harris came in and got us back on track.
 
Snowflake said:
Khuda k liye yaar!

Any proper batsman who hits a few boundaries is termed as "finisher" and then sent down the order to clean up the mess that Babar and Rizwan create at the top order.

For God's sake, do not ruin Harris's career by turning him into a slogger as well; just because some cowards can't keep up with the pace of the game up top!
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Better to have Haris than the KIA boys and Haider.

But I would still want him to bat at 4, if not then Sarfraz at 4 until 2023 CWC. Rizwan is a poor player of spin and he can't finish games either.
 
Salman doesn't look like no 6 at all. Misfit in this position
 
ask_analyse_act said:
Better to have Haris than the KIA boys and Haider.

But I would still want him to bat at 4, if not then Sarfraz at 4 until 2023 CWC. Rizwan is a poor player of spin and he can't finish games either.
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Better, yes, but at a massive cost. Harris is your best number 4. Rizwan has no business batting at the spot. Harris is a proper batsman, and reducing him to a "finisher/slogger" would be a travesty just because of the cowardice and ego of a few others.
 
Hhahahahaa, I'm not sure how Riz is shutting us cricket jaahils all up.

Lucky for him it was a low 250 chase, batting like this won't win us the normal 300+ chases.
 
Kroll said:
Hhahahahaa, I'm not sure how Riz is shutting us cricket jaahils all up.

Lucky for him it was a low 250 chase, batting like this won't win us the normal 300+ chases.
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Rizwan will always do the bare minimum, most of the times even less than that... but because someone else will come in and clean up the mess, he'll get the appreciation.

Our lot judges innings just by looking at the scorecard. Context doesn't really mean much for these fanboiz!
 
Snowflake said:
Rizwan will always do the bare minimum, most of the times even less than that... but because someone else will come in and clean up the mess, he'll get the appreciation.

Our lot judges innings just by looking at the scorecard. Context doesn't really mean much for these fanboiz!
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Had Haris not played. Pakistan would’ve lost. Naseem set this low target. This was a very cheap 50.
 
Salman needs to stick to test cricket, looks so out of shape trying to strike the ball.

He is a rubbish T20 batsman, and we are playing him at 6 in ODIs. Hopefully the new coach chucks him out
 
Bruh whats the point of this stupid review. Just let the game finish and go home.
 
NZ taking review, knows that even with 1 run needed pak can somehow screw it up lol
 
shah_1 said:
Salman needs to stick to test cricket, looks so out of shape trying to strike the ball.

He is a rubbish T20 batsman, and we are playing him at 6 in ODIs. Hopefully the new coach chucks him out
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He is not even a decent test batter. He has good PR otherwise cant see him playing for pakistan
 
shah_1 said:
Salman needs to stick to test cricket, looks so out of shape trying to strike the ball.

He is a rubbish T20 batsman, and we are playing him at 6 in ODIs. Hopefully the new coach chucks him out
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Yeah poor selection need a power hitter at 6
 
Salman ends it in style. Pretty comfortable chase for Pakistan.

Naseem should be MOTM.
 
Haris looked in very good touch.
Babar played well
Rizwan was also superb.

All this toxic negativity is nauseating.
 
Snowflake said:
Rizwan will always do the bare minimum, most of the times even less than that... but because someone else will come in and clean up the mess, he'll get the appreciation.

Our lot judges innings just by looking at the scorecard. Context doesn't really mean much for these fanboiz!
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ArabKnight said:
Had Haris not played. Pakistan would’ve lost. Naseem set this low target. This was a very cheap 50.
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You guys are jaahils and dark days ahead for evening questioning Saint Rizwan. :))
 
Fantastic work by Sohail to provide impetus to the innings.
 
IMMY69 said:
Haris looked in very good touch.
Babar played well
Rizwan was also superb.

All this toxic negativity is nauseating.
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These negative posters created more drama than Rizwan's injuries exagerrating Rizwan's struggles early on.
 
Congratulations to Pakistan

NZ 255/9 (50)

PAK 258/4 (48.1)

Pakistan won by 6 wkts
 
It is so frustrating that we're making all other batsmen adjust their games just to accommodate the way Babar and Rizwan play. Absolutely infuriating!

Harris shouldn't be the one slogging or being forced to play at a 120+ strike rate! But just because Babar and Rizwan want to stay within their comfort zone, everyone else will moved around and forced to adjust.
 
I have said it before Salman Ali agha is a very poor bat against fast bowling. The sooner we get rid of him the better.
 
Salman Ali Agha is not solution at all, I have more trust in Shadab and Nawaz in last 10 overs Very poor against fast bowling
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kane Williamson "credit to Pakistan, they were very clinical and adapted better to the conditions" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1612503865416421383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kane Williamson "we always know that whenever we come up against Pakistan it's a tough challenge and they showed their quality today" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</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/1612504311350628368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Snowflake said:
Last 15 ODIs, 9 scores of less than 20.

That's a little too much winning for King Riz!
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I'm not a fan of Rizwan in the ODI format but today he did his job. Was slow early on but recovered well. Can't fault him today at least.
 
Unnecessary hate for Rizwan. It wasn't a challenging total to begin with. Pakistan batting will be tested. Not sure why Shadab Khan is not in the team.
 
Asif321 said:
Harris is class looks fluent than rizwan lol
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Delighted to see Harris Sohail perform. For over a year Pakistan has been struggling to find someone reliable in the middle order and they kept denying Haris Sohail a chance.
Haris Sohail is so much better than Khushdil, Chacha and Asif Ali. Genuine Batsman who can hit it when needed. I hope Pakistan persist with him now.
 
Rizwan at 4 doesn't seem to make sense against quality spin atteck like India,srilanka,bangla,Australia,England.The team will find it difficult in world cup at crunch situations..I think Pakistan should make Rizwan open in ODI cricket.salman Agha at 6 also doesn't make much sense..He should be replaced by shahdab in near future..Nawaz should be promoted in batting.
My ODI team for next match shall be
Rizwan
Fakhar
Babar
Haris
Kamran ghulam
Tayyab
Nawaz
M.wasim jnr.
Osama
Naseem
Haris
 
1st ODI, at Karachi: New Zealand 255-9 (Michael Bracewell 43, Tom Latham 42, Glenn Phillips 37, Daryl Mitchell 36; Naseem Shah 5-57) lost to Pakistan 258-4 in 48.1 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 77no, Babar Azam 66, Fakhar Zaman 56; Bracewell 2-44) by six wickets.

The old firm of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan guided Pakistan to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in their opening match of the ODI series.

Batting at No.3, Babar made 66 from 82 balls before being stumped down the leg-side by Tom Latham off the part-time off-spin of Glenn Phillips to offer a glimpse of hope for the tourists.

But No.4 Rizwan – who was dropped by Latham on 31 the ball befor Babar’s dismissal – kept the hosts on track with an unbeaten 77 from 86 deliveries despite suffering from cramp late to end as Pakistan got home with 11 balls to spare.

Batting first after being sent in by Babar, New Zealand struggled for momentum throughout their 50 overs, ending on 255-9.

The tourists had seven players score more than 20, but the individual top score was just 43 from Michael Bracewell.

Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson admitted his side were a little short of what was required with the bat.

“We would have liked a few more [runs] – Pakistan were very clinical with the ball.

”Having said that, it was competitive enough if we got things right in that second half.”

Left-arm pace bowler Naseem Shah took 5-57 for the hosts, but the tone of New Zealand’s innings was dictated by spin bowlers Usama Mir and Mohammad Nawaz.

Pakistan’s two specialist slow bowlers conceded just 80 runs of their 20 combined overs while taking three wickets, with debutant legspinner Mir grabbing the prized scalp of Kane Williamson for his first ODI wicket.

Black Caps opener Devon Conway made his second consecutive golden duck, following on from his dismissal in the second innings of the second test at the same venue.

The left-hander tried to flick a delivery off his pads to the boundary, only to miss it and have it rebound off his pad into the stumps off the last ball of the first over of the match from Shah.

Fellow opener Finn Allen looked dangerous when hammering six fours in the space of eight balls, but perished to a sharp diving catch from Agha Salman off Mohammad Wasim in his first over.

Williamson’s 39-ball stay ended on 26 when he was bowled by a beauty from Mir, which drifted in the air and pitched on middle and leg before turning to beat Williamson's bat and hit the top of middle.

A run of 54 balls without a boundary led to Daryl Mitchell's dismissal as New Zealand were unable to pick up the pace during the middle of the innings and even the normally dynamic Phillips was subdued, striking just two boundaries in his 37 from 53 balls.

Bracewell, batting at No.7, contributed 43 from 42 balls, with four fours and a six before falling in the 46th over.

He also featured with the ball, making the initial breakthrough to remove Imam-ul-Haq in the sixth over.

But New Zealand were punished for not employing a slip for Lockie Ferguson, whose pace occasionally troubled the batters despite the sticky surface, when Fakhar Zaman edged him through the vacant space when on 29 in the 10th over.

Fakhar had another escape when dropped by wicketkeeper Tom Latham off Bracewell on 39, before the opener eventually fell to the offspinner for 56 when missing an ungainly heave.

Black Caps debutant Henry Shipley made a golden duck with the bat before bowling six tidy overs without a wicket.

Big moment

Babar seemed a goner when given lbw to Santner when on 24 in the 16th over of his side’s chase.

The skipper looked plumb and his request for a review appeared overly optimistic, but he got the reprieve he was seeking when the DRS ball-tracking system indicated the ball would have missed leg stump, much to Santner’s amazement.

Babar’s new year in ODIs simply followed on from his phenomenal form in 2022.

The right-hander made three centuries and five fifties in nine one-dayers last year, tallying 679 runs and averaging 84.87. He struck five fours and a six from 82 balls to keep the score ticking over against NZ’s spinners when the visitors struggled to do so at the same stage.

Best with the ball

Naseem Shah now has two five-wicket bags in ODIs before turning 20.

The 19-year-old set New Zealand back in the first over by removing Conway before halting any planned late charge by the visitors with four wickets in the last seven overs of the innings.

Big picture

The three-match series is effectively an opportunity for both teams to fine-tune their games – and for coaches and selectors to trial players – with the World Cup in India in October the big goal. Game two starts at the same venue on Wednesday night (NZ time).

Stuff Cricket
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Babar and the entire team for an outstanding effort. performance! Today we were well led and outplayed NZ in all departments. Great day for Babar, Naseem, Usama, Haris and Rizwan. Fakhar also gave a good start. Hope we continue the same way in 2nd ODI. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvNZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvNZ</a></p>— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/1612505069651431467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Naseem Shah speaking in presser:

"Your performance only becomes satisfactory when your team wins"

"I followed the given plan and Alhumdulillah it worked well for me"

"Pitch was good and assisting us for sure. But, our bowlers bowled really well. We were getting reverse swing and we made the most of it"

"It was a team work overall to win this game"
 
ask_analyse_act said:
you might change it after the next 50 overs or at the end of this series..

Need to wait and watch, but i hope things will be alright with the middle order problem on paper looks sorted out by now having proper batsman compared to the KIA bretheren..
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I said the same thing the middle order is much better than we previously had.
 
Ahmed216 said:
Agha has far better temprament than iftikhar. Also agha can play spin well. What is iftikhar’s strength as a batsman?
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Iftikhar is a better player of pace and can get quicks 30s and can bowl same amount of overs Agha can bowl
 
Savak said:
Babar was struggling as the pitch was spinning. His game against spin is shockingly bad, no sweep shot
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Without looking at stats I reakon he's average against spin is close to 50 and he was playing the sweep shot.
 
Good performance by Pakistan bowlers and Rizwan.
Haris looked absolutely class effortless.
 
Is there a way we can have both Sarfraz and Rizwan in the odi team for World Cup . Rizwan as the main keeper , have him opening and Sarfraz at 4. We need a batsman that can attack the spinners and Sarfraz in those conditions is still one of the best players of spin. Wel be facing tough spinners in the World Cup
 
Highlights of 1st ODI

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Tom Latham in presser:

"We didn't have quite enough runs, I think. When we threatened to look for a big partnership, we managed to look for wickets at crucial times. If we were close to the 300-run mark, then things would've been different. The fight that we showed with the ball was really good, to keep that run rate up, but credit to the way Babar, Rizwan, and Haris came out and played exceptionally well in that situation"
 
Nado_ said:
Is there a way we can have both Sarfraz and Rizwan in the odi team for World Cup . Rizwan as the main keeper , have him opening and Sarfraz at 4. We need a batsman that can attack the spinners and Sarfraz in those conditions is still one of the best players of spin. Wel be facing tough spinners in the World Cup
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We have Tayyab in the back up positions and proberly even better player of spin.
 
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