Pakistan seal victory in final T20I against New Zealand to win series and reach #1 in T20I rankings

[Abdullah719]

 

[Aman]

Congrats to Pakistan on the deserved win.

Comprehensively beat us in all departments again.

Things going to get ugly against England and Aus in the tri series, probably best not to buy tickets for the Final early.

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Congrats to Pakistan on the deserved win.

Comprehensively beat us in all departments again.

Things going to get ugly against England and Aus in the tri series, probably best not to buy tickets for the Final early.

Not really NZ>>>>>Aus especially Australia away from Home.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Not really NZ>>>>>Aus especially Australia away from Home.

New Zealand will get smashed ruthlessly by England with this line-up. Australia will be a competitive match since the Aussies are a terrible T20 side.

 

[Aman]

Not really NZ>>>>>Aus especially Australia away from Home.

Nah, the squad we've selected is going to get belted.

Wouldn't surprise me if we go winless.

LOL we're playing in Sydney first up I believe, that should go great )

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Hopefully, the fluke brigade gets off of their high horse and appreciates this victory. Gaining the number 1 ranking by winning an overseas t20 series is no small matter. Alot of positives from this series.

 

[Aman]

New Zealand will get smashed ruthlessly by England with this line-up. Australia will be a competitive match since the Aussies are a terrible T20 side.

We're not making the Final either way as Aus will 100% beat us in Aus and will likely win at Eden Park because of a better balanced T20 side.

 

[Saeed]

Congrts to everyone. We were playing bit slow, last few overs bad the difference. Players like Hafeez need to be replaced and hopefully Sarfraz and others won’t get arrogant after this series like they did after the Champoins trophy.

 

[BlueDoritos]

Marvelous Performance by Pakistan team.

Well deserved number 1 rank.

Ended the series on a high note.

It's time to start the countdown for PSL.

 

[ethan hunt]

The t20 side under sarfraz has thrashed everyone in sight including so i was disspointed with their performance in the 1st t20 on a substandard pitch i have to say .

Well deserved victory and the number 1 Ranking .

 

[Rayyman]

Damn Shaddy with that English thoo!!! I'm impressed.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Congrats to Pakistan on the deserved win.

Comprehensively beat us in all departments again.

Things going to get ugly against England and Aus in the tri series, probably best not to buy tickets for the Final early.

Aus don't really have a better T20 team than NZ by any way. They have a good bowling attack that's about it. Maxwell has long been out of form, so has Warner. Finch is the only guy in their batting lineup who can win the game singlehandedly. Smith still hasn't found his feet in the shortest format. Faulkner looks done. Plus having Tim Paine at no.7 in t20is doesn't inspire much confidence either.

 

[Aman]

Aus don't really have a better T20 team than NZ by any way. They have a good bowling attack that's about it. Maxwell has long been out of form, so has Warner. Finch is the only guy in their batting lineup who can win the game singlehandedly. Smith still hasn't found his feet in the shortest format. Faulkner looks done. Plus having Tim Paine at no.7 in t20is doesn't inspire much confidence either.

We have Kane Williamson who will be playing 12th man for the opposition.

Then the other slow batsmen they've picked in the squad who are easy to tie down against good tight bowling.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Muhammad Amir Man of the Series. Gun LOI bowler. Needs to get his length right in the ODIs and he will pick up wickets. He has a skill level that far exceeds any bowler in Pakistan right now.

 

[boomboom6]

Amir did not deserve MoS, Fakhar did. Just bizarre decision! If not for Fakhar, we wouldn't be in position to win. Amir was bowling with scoreboard pressure.

 

[Aman]

Amir did not deserve MoS, Fakhar did. Just bizarre decision! If not for Fakhar, we wouldn't be in position to win. Amir was bowling with scoreboard pressure.

He throughly deserved it. He won you both games, scoring runs was easy here but Amir was exceptional in building pressure on our two best batsmen.

 

[boomboom6]

He throughly deserved it. He won you both games, scoring runs was easy here but Amir was exceptional in building pressure on our two best batsmen.

He wouldn't have those runs to play with if not for Fakhar's contributions up front last 2 matches.

 

[Aman]

He wouldn't have those runs to play with if not for Fakhar's contributions up front last 2 matches.

180 and 200 were chaseable on those pitches.

Had he not shut down Guptill and Munro (first match), Guptill, Taylor and Kane in the second match. We would have pushed both matches a lot closer.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

We have Kane Williamson who will be playing 12th man for the opposition.

Then the other slow batsmen they've picked in the squad who are easy to tie down against good tight bowling.

Williamson needs time to get going which is the only problem in the team. I do believe he should step aside from T20i cricket as there are better options than him. Nz also need to bring back Corey Anderson and maybe Jesse Ryder for t20is.

 

[Aman]

Williamson needs time to get going which is the only problem in the team. I do believe he should step aside from T20i cricket as there are better options than him. Nz also need to bring back Corey Anderson and maybe Jesse Ryder for t20is.

Seriously feels like our innings are 16-17 overs with him in the team.

Anderson is injured and Ryder is out of favor because of his issue despite everyone full well knowing he's a certain starter in LOIs.

 

[Markhor]

Well NZ fans were asking for some competition and they got it.

Amazing turnaround after six consecutive defeats and we return home on a positive note.

Sarfraz and a few other players answered the critics but this win shouldn't paper over the cracks. We still need to add a couple of powerhitters to the side - I'm not sure Haris Sohail is a T20 batsman whilst the jury is still out on Ahmed Shehzad.

 

[R3verse Swing]

Mubarek ho!

Great achievement.

As Nasser Hussein would say "Pakistan cricket at it's best; one minute down, next minute up!"

Love it!

 

[pakistani pride]

Fantastic!

Looking forward to the PSL which includes players from the number 1 ranked team in the format...

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

 

[PakHammer]

Boys played well. Good experience for the younger players, but planning must start now for test series against England in May.

 

[hadi123]

Awesome win! Youth done well for Pakistan. Delighted with this turn around. Hopefully PSL unveils some more players.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Want more LOL series!! Not that excited for the Test match, hope we win though

 

[Hamstead_joy]

Congratulations Pakistan, after a forgettable ODI tour, Pakistani young guns and their captain Sarfaraz fought and got us the T20 series win and making Pakistan No#1 T20 team in the world, not t home but in a tough tour in New Zealand, well done boys. Faheem, Fakhar, Harris, Shadab, Yamin.
This is called self-belief and fighter captain without Hassan ali and Hafeez, Pakistan clinched the series.
Thanks to the coach Mickey Arthur also for his contribution, he has my vote to throw the senior bums out and make the best team for 2019 World Cup.

 

[asadee]

Congrats all don't we have this insane record of defending over 150 in T20 everytime except for 2 matches??

 

[EliteCynical]

Congrats to Pakistan and all the fans. Great end to the tour. Credit where due. Fantastic comeback after 1-0 down.

 

[CadPakFan]

Congrats to all Pakistan supporters! What a series win, Pakistan will have their heads up high going into the SA series.

 

[LegendAli]

Congrats to all Pakistan supporters! What a series win, Pakistan will have their heads up high going into the SA series.

Pak is not facing Saffers this year, where is it on the schedule?

 

[CadPakFan]

Pak is not facing Saffers this year, where is it on the schedule?

Oh, they're not? Oh yes, I forgot we're verusing them at the end of the year (Dec 2018 - Jan 2019).

 

[CadPakFan]

Here's the schedule

 

[GrandMaster]

Congratulations... well deserved victory.

 

[saadibaba]

Cornered tigers....that's all I can say.

Congrats to Pakistani team on a very well deserved victory!

Cheers!

 

[Syed1]

Funny how the fluke brigade never shows up when Pakistan wins.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Funny how the fluke brigade never shows up when Pakistan wins.

They avoid it like the plague.