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Pakistan bowled out for 239 at Stumps on Day 3 thanks to fightback by Faheem (91) and Rizwan (71)

MMHS said:
Well played - this innings might save the Test. Now, Kiwis will have to bat for 50 overs at least.
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two days to go means 180 overs.

Kiwis would want at least 90 overs crack at Pakistan, so that leaves Kiwis with 90 overs
 
Good resistance shown by Shaheen for 30 balls. He definitely has improved his defensive game
 
If that was Haris Rauf celebrating tailenders wicket then Pak fan would have been on his case
 
This is what’s wrong with Pakistan Cricket. There’s no grooming and it’s evident in the players. Why did Faheem take a single on the first ball there? He’s done it throughout this innings and has been incredibly lucky that Shaheen hadn’t fallen earlier 🤦🏽*♂️
 
Titan24 said:
Good resistance shown by Shaheen for 30 balls. He definitely has improved his defensive game
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Shaheen has batting potential. I see it in him. He could average around 18-20 if he works hard.
 
PakPremi said:
If that was Haris Rauf celebrating tailenders wicket then Pak fan would have been on his case
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Difference is that Rauf is a youngster bowling 145+ while Wagner is a middle-aged man huffing and puffing m to bowl 125 kph.
 
Rayyman said:
He is only better at defense.

Faheem is way better at hitting boundaries and he should bat at 6/7 in ODIs and T20Is.
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In the first T20 Shadab looked much better than Fahim who was hit and miss in his inning.
Shadab has become good at hitting as well and plays and misses less than Faheem. Both are improving their all round game.
 
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Justcrazy said:
two days to go means 180 overs.

Kiwis would want at least 90 overs crack at Pakistan, so that leaves Kiwis with 90 overs
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Depending on weather, I think they'll give themselves 135 overs, couple of sessions rain check. They need to win both Tests to have any hope of making WTC Final - India is winning at MCG.
 
PakPremi said:
In the first T20 Shadab looked much better than Fahim who was hit and miss in his inning.
Shadab has become good at hitting as well and plays and misses less than Faheem. Both are improving their all round game.
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Shadab has become good at hitting 60 m boundary lol
 
MMHS said:
Depending on weather, I think they'll give themselves 135 overs, couple of sessions rain check. They need to win both Tests to have any hope of making WTC Final - India is winning at MCG.
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I think Pakistan would not last more than 100 overs ,
 
Cake worthy celebration performance from Faheem.


One of the best innings by Pakistan lower order batsman
 
Well played Faheem - at least kept a chance to save this Test. Had PAK followed-on, absolutely no chance.
 
Faheem and Rizwan have helped Pakistan out of a deserved embarrassment.
 
Decent knocks by Faheem and Rizwan still well behind best hope is to grind out a draw after tea tomorrow and day 5.
 
Rayyman said:
Shadab has become good at hitting 60 m boundary lol
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Shadab's life time PSL achievement won't balance this Test innings - it's not even funny to compare such batting. Reminds me of Azhar's J'burg & Darbun innings.
 
Reckon NZ will be keen to give themselves 100 overs to bowl Pak out. And possibly 400 run target.
 
MMHS said:
Shadab's life time PSL achievement won't balance this Test innings - it's not even funny to compare such batting. Reminds me of Azhar's J'burg & Darbun innings.
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Shadab is no stokes but guy hit three similar fifties back to back in England, cut him some slack plz.
 
MMHS said:
This is foolish - now, Shaheen might get out. He did his job - that single of last ball tells about lack of match awareness. OK< he got another single - good job then.
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But this is exactly what he does in the next over.
Takes a single on the first ball and gives Kiwis an opportunity as Shaheen now has to face five balls.

Kiwis jump on the opportunity and the innings is over in 2 overs.
 
NZ 431
PAK 239 (102.2) CRR: 2.34
Day 3: Stumps - Pakistan trail by 192 runs

Pakistan have avoided the follow-on

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NZ should look to bat for 2 sessions tomorrow score 220-230 runs, set up a target of 400+ and go hard at Pakistan for 4 sessions. Pakistan is unlikely to survive for 100+ overs in the final innings unless rain intervention.
 
MMHS said:
Shadab's life time PSL achievement won't balance this Test innings - it's not even funny to compare such batting. Reminds me of Azhar's J'burg & Darbun innings.
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Shadab has also batted well in England the few chances he has got. His inning with Shan last tour nearly won Pak the first test match.
 
Well played Fahim Ashraf .im always like Rizwan,he has character to perform in every condition unlike sarfraz who is nothing infront of him .
 
Faheem? The legend we did not want or deserve :bhajji

Atleast we have avoided the follow on. Wish fielding was better in the first innings. Could have been closer.
 
New Zealand bowlers headlined the action on day three at the Bay Oval after ending Pakistan's resistance led by Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Rizwan.

An eventful final session saw New Zealand finishing the day on top after breaking the crucial 107-run partnership between Pakistan skipper Rizwan and Ashraf.

The visitors managed to make 82 runs over 47 overs in the first two sessions and lost five wickets, posting 112/6 with a deficit of 319, at tea. From a position of hopelessness, with a follow-on looming, Pakistan were led by a late fightback form the lower middle-order.

Rizwan along with Ashraf put on a crucial century partnership to keep the tourists afloat. Together, they lifted the team's total from 80/6 to 187/7 before a brilliant direct hit from Mitchell Santner ran the Pakistan skipper out for a well-made 71.

Yasir Shah was cleaned up by a toe-crushing yorker from Trent Boult in the next over. Soon Pakistan were all out for 239, with Ashraf missing out on a hundred. He made a solid 91, his career-best score in the format.

It was a tough start for Pakistan as they added just nine runs in the first 12 overs of the day, with Mohammad Abbas finally getting off the mark after 37 deliveries.

Jamieson then came into the attack and found a way through Abid Ali's gate to get his and the Black Caps' second wicket while Trent Boult found Abbas' edge in the next over, only for it to squeeze past gully for four. However, Boult got his man just five balls later as Abbas nicked to Ross Taylor at first slip leaving the tourists reeling at 43/3.

Azhar Ali and Haris Sohail tried to repair the innings but both perished within the space of four Tim Southee deliveries. First, Ali was given not out but the review showed he'd nicked it to BJ Watling, and before the over was done, Sohail edged one to Henry Nicholls at gully to leave Pakistan in all sorts of trouble at 52/5.

The visitors headed into lunch at 62/5, having scored just 32 runs for the loss of four wickets in 26 overs in the opening session with Fawad Alam and skipper Mohammad Rizwan in the middle.

It was a slow start to the second session until the rain interfered in the 52nd over and the play was interrupted for almost 20 minutes. Shortly after the delay, Pakistan lost another wicket. Neil Wagner's short-ball did the job as Fawad Alam feathered it to Watling behind the wicket.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1956726
 
Two things can happen now. One is that New Zealand attack the ball and try to pile on massive amounts of runs. The other is that New Zealand try to bat for about 80 overs and make sure that Pakistan bat on Day 4 end and t hentire day 5.

Our bowling needs to be exceptional. If we can bundle NZ out for less that 150, which is hard, we can take control and bat on Day 4. Hopefully the pitch has cracks and spins.
 
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Highlights of Day 3 from NZC
 
I knew it. Faheem always has had potential.

Hopefully he will carry on like this.
 
Mueez said:
I knew it. Faheem always has had potential.

Hopefully he will carry on like this.
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He has a very good opportunity today. Rizwan needs to realize that our first change bowler should be Faheem, because he got some good seam movement and doesn't leak a lot of runs. Naseem should not bowl at all in my opinion, he's just a gateway to relieve pressure for the opposition.

Take out Naseem's bowling figures of 1-96 at an ER of 3.8 and you can see the difference it makes to the New Zealand total, really changes it from excellent to average at best. Of course, you can't just remove the figures like that, so replace them with something respectable like 1-60 after 25 overs and you can see the difference.
 
guldozer said:
If we hung on to our catches, the deficit would be under 50 I reckon.
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Exactly.

Our fielding has ruined our chances of winning the test match, but Faheem and Rizwan have ensured that we have a chance of drawing the match. I hope it's overcast conditions tomorrow as well, so that we can get some swing early on and trouble New Zealand.

On our bowling plans, I think that Latham is prone to edging the ball, and Shaheen should focus on him, though he can be vulnerable on the pads if Abbas is bowling. Blundell stands outside the crease, so it makes Abbas ineffective. Williamson needs to be tested by Abbas early on, not Shaheen. Abbas really troubled Williamson in the first innings but Shaheen was bowling a lot to him, and Williamson obliged by just defending everything. Ross Taylor should be targeted by Yasir Shah, he's gotten success over him. The lower middle order needs to be wrapped up very quickly.
 
Rana said:
New Zealand won’t follow on I think?
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Follow on option is available only if a team has a lead of at least 200 runs. New Zealand don't have the choice. They'll look to score as much as they can in the first two sessions tomorrow
 
ARK Rafay said:
Follow on option is available only if a team has a lead of at least 200 runs. New Zealand don't have the choice. They'll look to score as much as they can in the first two sessions tomorrow
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Ok so we need to limit damage as much as possible and take the innings as deep as we can
 
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I just see many blaming players or coaches while there are two major issues with Pakistan team.
- lack of mental strength.
- lack of modern gameplay/technique

Just on the basis of "talent" players are drafted into the team. Example Naseem.

The way Azhar Ali was playing he looked no better than a tailender.

Changing coaches will not help and only create marginal difference.

The difference in this match was shown by Williamson. Even NZ had slow start but they caught up. Pakistan had gone too defensive.
 
Dantheone said:
I just see many blaming players or coaches while there are two major issues with Pakistan team.
- lack of mental strength.
- lack of modern gameplay/technique

Just on the basis of "talent" players are drafted into the team. Example Naseem.

The way Azhar Ali was playing he looked no better than a tailender.

Changing coaches will not help and only create marginal difference.

The difference in this match was shown by Williamson. Even NZ had slow start but they caught up. Pakistan had gone too defensive.
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Who's picking these players when we already know they're no good?
 
Rayyman said:
He is only better at defense.

Faheem is way better at hitting boundaries and he should bat at 6/7 in ODIs and T20Is.
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Faheem may have a better power game, but Shadab is generally a better timer of the ball.
So in Test cricket Shabad will be a better boundary hitter, Faheem in ODI and T20
 
91 for Faheem? :virat

Terrific comeback by Pak from 80/6 to 240. Gave themselves a pretty good chance of drawing this test.

Looking at how things are going at the MCG, if this game ends in draw it'll pretty much be all over for NZ's Lords final chances. :)
 
Mesozoic said:
91 for Faheem? :virat

Terrific comeback by Pak from 80/6 to 240. Gave themselves a pretty good chance of drawing this test.

Looking at how things are going at the MCG, if this game ends in draw it'll pretty much be all over for NZ's Lords final chances. :)
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Lol. On one hand I want India to qualify. I also want Pakistan to do well.
Absolutely despise n.z
But I would rather n.z qualify than Aussies.

This is tough.

Hopefully India and saffers upset Aussies.
 
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