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New Zealand 315/7 (50 ov) - Pakistan 166/6 (30.1 ov)
New Zealand won by 61 runs (D/L method)
New Zealand won by 61 runs (D/L method)
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Pakistan suffer a familiar batting collapse as they slump to a 61-run (D/L) defeat in 1st ODI vs NZ
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Meanwhile Shadab now averages 90 
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Poor choice of winning the toss and choosing to bowl as the forecast showed rain. But apart from that this side needs some changes if they want to compete in NZ.
My lineup for the next game would be:
1. Azhar/ Imam
2. Fakhar
3. Babar
4. Sarfraz
5. Malik
6. Haris
7. Shadab
8. Aamer Yamin
9. Fahim
10. Hasan
11. Amir
My lineup for the next game would be:
1. Azhar/ Imam
2. Fakhar
3. Babar
4. Sarfraz
5. Malik
6. Haris
7. Shadab
8. Aamer Yamin
9. Fahim
10. Hasan
11. Amir
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Swap Haris with Sarfi. He looked all at sea against pace and bounce today, should stay in the lower order in this series.
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Kane Williamson’s tenth One-Day International century followed by a Tim Southee spell that took the heart out of Pakistan’s batting line-up gave New Zealand a 61-run win by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the opening ODI in Wellington on Saturday (January 6).
Pakistan will need to recalibrate their plans ahead of the second ODI in Nelson on Tuesday, but the first match on tour would have been a good learning experience. Perhaps the biggest lesson would be to not allow Williamson a reprieve. The New Zealand captain was dropped on 26 by his counterpart, Sarfraz Ahmed. Williamson went on to score a 117-ball 115, helping his side post 315/7, only being dismissed in the 48th over.
Southee then had two of the Pakistan batsmen back in the dressing room in five balls, in an excellent spell of swing bowling. Pakistan were reduced to 13/3, and then 37/4; from that point, it was always unlikely that they would threaten. Fakhar Zaman fought, and was unbeaten on an 86-ball 82, having taken his side to 166/6 in 30.1 overs when the umpires finally called off play due to rain.
Southee’s first victim was Azhar Ali. A full, straight delivery trapped the batsman plumb in front, and Ali reviewed, hoping it would be going down leg.
One ball later, Babar Azam followed him back for a golden duck, Southee getting this one to shape into Azam’s pads.
Trent Boult then got into the act, with Mohammad Hafeez playing a loose hook straight to the fielder.
Shoaib Malik became Southee’s third victim, caught behind after being forced to poke at one.
Pakistan were assiduous for a while thereafter, working to keep wickets intact. Boundaries were few and far between, and even singles were hard to come by. The 17-run fifth-wicket stand between Sarfraz and Zaman took 42 balls before Todd Astle got one to straighten and had Sarfraz rapped on the pads. Pakistan were 54/4.
It was then that Zaman decided to lift the anchor, and Mitchell Santner came in for a beating. Zaman pummelled him for consecutive sixes, Santner not helping things by bowling in his arc. Shadab Khan wasn’t hesitant to have a pop either, and the two added 78 runs for the sixth wicket. Zaman brought up his half-century off 63 balls.
Eventually, Shadab mistimed a pull, and was caught behind off Boult for a 32-ball 28.
Tim Southee's three-wicket opening spell set New Zealand on their way. Tim Southee's three-wicket opening spell set New Zealand on their way.
Faheem Ashraf swung his bat, scoring a 15-ball 17, before the rain came. The match was called off a little over an hour later.
New Zealand’s innings was a study in contrasts. Where Pakistan failed to put on partnerships, New Zealand excelled. They got off to an excellent start, with Colin Munro and Martin Guptill adding 83 for the opening wicket.
Munro was the aggressor; his 35-ball 58 was typically entertaining, but he always ran the risk of miscuing one. He did, to Hasan Ali, and Pakistan had the breakthrough in the 13th over.
There was no implosion though. Williamson and Guptill controlled the middle overs, aided by a slice of fortune when Sarfraz dropped Williamson off Ashraf. Guptill freed his arms slowly, finding the fence a few times, but the adventurousness came at a cost: he popped a catch to point off Zaman.
Hasan then returned to knock Ross Taylor's off stump and Tom Latham followed suit shortly thereafter. Pakistan finally asserted themselves.
However, Williamson and Henry Nicholls combined to devastating effect. They complemented each other well – Nicholls took over run-scoring duties seamlessly when Williamson approached his century – and it was a fine mesh of traditional and unorthodox. The two added 90 runs for the fifth wicket, although Pakistan will be content with only allowing 38 runs in the last five overs.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/588603
Pakistan will need to recalibrate their plans ahead of the second ODI in Nelson on Tuesday, but the first match on tour would have been a good learning experience. Perhaps the biggest lesson would be to not allow Williamson a reprieve. The New Zealand captain was dropped on 26 by his counterpart, Sarfraz Ahmed. Williamson went on to score a 117-ball 115, helping his side post 315/7, only being dismissed in the 48th over.
Southee then had two of the Pakistan batsmen back in the dressing room in five balls, in an excellent spell of swing bowling. Pakistan were reduced to 13/3, and then 37/4; from that point, it was always unlikely that they would threaten. Fakhar Zaman fought, and was unbeaten on an 86-ball 82, having taken his side to 166/6 in 30.1 overs when the umpires finally called off play due to rain.
Southee’s first victim was Azhar Ali. A full, straight delivery trapped the batsman plumb in front, and Ali reviewed, hoping it would be going down leg.
One ball later, Babar Azam followed him back for a golden duck, Southee getting this one to shape into Azam’s pads.
Trent Boult then got into the act, with Mohammad Hafeez playing a loose hook straight to the fielder.
Shoaib Malik became Southee’s third victim, caught behind after being forced to poke at one.
Pakistan were assiduous for a while thereafter, working to keep wickets intact. Boundaries were few and far between, and even singles were hard to come by. The 17-run fifth-wicket stand between Sarfraz and Zaman took 42 balls before Todd Astle got one to straighten and had Sarfraz rapped on the pads. Pakistan were 54/4.
It was then that Zaman decided to lift the anchor, and Mitchell Santner came in for a beating. Zaman pummelled him for consecutive sixes, Santner not helping things by bowling in his arc. Shadab Khan wasn’t hesitant to have a pop either, and the two added 78 runs for the sixth wicket. Zaman brought up his half-century off 63 balls.
Eventually, Shadab mistimed a pull, and was caught behind off Boult for a 32-ball 28.
Tim Southee's three-wicket opening spell set New Zealand on their way. Tim Southee's three-wicket opening spell set New Zealand on their way.
Faheem Ashraf swung his bat, scoring a 15-ball 17, before the rain came. The match was called off a little over an hour later.
New Zealand’s innings was a study in contrasts. Where Pakistan failed to put on partnerships, New Zealand excelled. They got off to an excellent start, with Colin Munro and Martin Guptill adding 83 for the opening wicket.
Munro was the aggressor; his 35-ball 58 was typically entertaining, but he always ran the risk of miscuing one. He did, to Hasan Ali, and Pakistan had the breakthrough in the 13th over.
There was no implosion though. Williamson and Guptill controlled the middle overs, aided by a slice of fortune when Sarfraz dropped Williamson off Ashraf. Guptill freed his arms slowly, finding the fence a few times, but the adventurousness came at a cost: he popped a catch to point off Zaman.
Hasan then returned to knock Ross Taylor's off stump and Tom Latham followed suit shortly thereafter. Pakistan finally asserted themselves.
However, Williamson and Henry Nicholls combined to devastating effect. They complemented each other well – Nicholls took over run-scoring duties seamlessly when Williamson approached his century – and it was a fine mesh of traditional and unorthodox. The two added 90 runs for the fifth wicket, although Pakistan will be content with only allowing 38 runs in the last five overs.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/588603
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this is poor.. a good team have a strong middle order which lays the foundation of the batting but look at our middle order performance.. shameful! this hafeez guy is useless wdout bowling so no need to carry his burden in our lineup.. replace hafeez with haris and sarfi and babar needs to perform too otherwise there is no chance against boult n co..
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Kane Williamson may have been New Zealand’s hero in their dominant win over Pakistan in the opening one-day international in Wellington on Saturday, but he said it was not a game for heroics.
“You’re always thinking about the role you need to play and the situation of the game, and it certainly didn’t require something silly,” Williamson said after New Zealand beat the Champions Trophy holders by 61 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system.
New Zealand made 315 for seven in their 50 overs and had the tourists at 166 for six when rain stopped play in the 31st over.
Pakistan had arrived on a nine-match winning streak but fresh from playing in more accommodating conditions than the 120 kilometre an hour (75 mph) winds and rain that greeted them in Wellington.
After being sent in to bat, Colin Munro (58) and Martin Guptill (48) gave New Zealand a flying start with 83 for the first wicket before Williamson went to the middle with the dismissal of Munro in the 13th over.
While the openers plundered the boundaries, Williamson’s 115 off 117 deliveries came from a diet of ones and twos with only eight fours and one six.
“It was holding in the wicket a little bit, and you come to a point in your innings where you either address it sensibly and accept that’s what it is doing, or you do something silly,” Williamson said.
“Today I was a little bit more sensible and accepting of the fact that they did bowl well for a long time there, and I felt we were perhaps fortunate to get that above 300 score. They did execute their plans well, the wind was tough to deal with, and maybe that’s where we gained an upper hand, but you do ebb and flow through an innings.”
Williamson, who was dropped on 26 by Pakistan wicketkeeper and captain Sarfraz Ahmed, also featured in a 90-run partnership off 80 balls with Henry Nicholls before he was caught by Hasan Ali off Rumman Raees in the 48th over.
Ali was central in most of the key New Zealand wickets with the dismissals of Munroe, Nicholls (50) and Ross Taylor (12) to finish with three for 61.
Pakistan were in trouble in the very first over of their reply when Tim Southee took the wickets of Azhar Ali and Babar Azam, both lbw.
Fakhar Zaman battled bravely to try to restore the Pakistan innings and was unbeaten on 82, the only innings of note, when rain stopped play and Southee had the figures of three for 22.
“It’s a setback for us, especially after losing two wickets in the first over,” said Sarfraz who also shouldered part of the blame for his own fielding lapse. “The New Zealand batsmen batted well, especially Kane Williamson. If you drop catches, it becomes tough. Hopefully we will sit together and come up with a better performance next time.”
The second match in the five-match series is in Nelson on Tuesday.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/crick...vs-pakistan/story-96nNXUNAwttOIClB9wLRDJ.html
“You’re always thinking about the role you need to play and the situation of the game, and it certainly didn’t require something silly,” Williamson said after New Zealand beat the Champions Trophy holders by 61 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system.
New Zealand made 315 for seven in their 50 overs and had the tourists at 166 for six when rain stopped play in the 31st over.
Pakistan had arrived on a nine-match winning streak but fresh from playing in more accommodating conditions than the 120 kilometre an hour (75 mph) winds and rain that greeted them in Wellington.
After being sent in to bat, Colin Munro (58) and Martin Guptill (48) gave New Zealand a flying start with 83 for the first wicket before Williamson went to the middle with the dismissal of Munro in the 13th over.
While the openers plundered the boundaries, Williamson’s 115 off 117 deliveries came from a diet of ones and twos with only eight fours and one six.
“It was holding in the wicket a little bit, and you come to a point in your innings where you either address it sensibly and accept that’s what it is doing, or you do something silly,” Williamson said.
“Today I was a little bit more sensible and accepting of the fact that they did bowl well for a long time there, and I felt we were perhaps fortunate to get that above 300 score. They did execute their plans well, the wind was tough to deal with, and maybe that’s where we gained an upper hand, but you do ebb and flow through an innings.”
Williamson, who was dropped on 26 by Pakistan wicketkeeper and captain Sarfraz Ahmed, also featured in a 90-run partnership off 80 balls with Henry Nicholls before he was caught by Hasan Ali off Rumman Raees in the 48th over.
Ali was central in most of the key New Zealand wickets with the dismissals of Munroe, Nicholls (50) and Ross Taylor (12) to finish with three for 61.
Pakistan were in trouble in the very first over of their reply when Tim Southee took the wickets of Azhar Ali and Babar Azam, both lbw.
Fakhar Zaman battled bravely to try to restore the Pakistan innings and was unbeaten on 82, the only innings of note, when rain stopped play and Southee had the figures of three for 22.
“It’s a setback for us, especially after losing two wickets in the first over,” said Sarfraz who also shouldered part of the blame for his own fielding lapse. “The New Zealand batsmen batted well, especially Kane Williamson. If you drop catches, it becomes tough. Hopefully we will sit together and come up with a better performance next time.”
The second match in the five-match series is in Nelson on Tuesday.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/crick...vs-pakistan/story-96nNXUNAwttOIClB9wLRDJ.html
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Compulsorily we need to change the playing 11, with this current 11, i sense a whitewash.
Mohammed Hafeez out
Haris sohail in
Ruman Rayees also look ordinary, i have a feeling that pak is lacking a third pacer as Aamir Yamin also won't make any difference.
To be honest Azhar Ali is also not an odi opener but we don't have any other options so should be persisted with. We need to find an another dynamic opener like Fakhar Zaman (only one comes to mind i.e Sharjeel but unfortunately he is serving his ban). Imam too lack the dynamic approach, could partner Azhar in tests. Shahzad is out of favour so does Sami Aslam.
Time to induct Sahibzada Farhan or Umar Amin to partner Fakhar Zaman.
Mohammed Hafeez out
Haris sohail in
Ruman Rayees also look ordinary, i have a feeling that pak is lacking a third pacer as Aamir Yamin also won't make any difference.
To be honest Azhar Ali is also not an odi opener but we don't have any other options so should be persisted with. We need to find an another dynamic opener like Fakhar Zaman (only one comes to mind i.e Sharjeel but unfortunately he is serving his ban). Imam too lack the dynamic approach, could partner Azhar in tests. Shahzad is out of favour so does Sami Aslam.
Time to induct Sahibzada Farhan or Umar Amin to partner Fakhar Zaman.
Disappointing start to the series. Opting to bowl first on a flat deck and with the winds backfired.
The batting also got exposed against a quality attack on a pitch with a bit of pace and bounce. Azhar is not dynamic enough as an ODI opener, Malik struggles against quality pace, and Hafeez doesn't merit a place as a specialist batsman.
Raees bowled poorly with the new ball, bowling into the wind or not. He seems more of a T20 specialist where his variations of pace are more useful. If he continues to play, then Hasan Ali should open the bowling with Amir. Shinwari's injury has turned out to be a bigger blow than initially thought.
The batting also got exposed against a quality attack on a pitch with a bit of pace and bounce. Azhar is not dynamic enough as an ODI opener, Malik struggles against quality pace, and Hafeez doesn't merit a place as a specialist batsman.
Raees bowled poorly with the new ball, bowling into the wind or not. He seems more of a T20 specialist where his variations of pace are more useful. If he continues to play, then Hasan Ali should open the bowling with Amir. Shinwari's injury has turned out to be a bigger blow than initially thought.
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malik is good for leagues.
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The reason I'm putting Sarfi so high up in the order is because he preformed really well in England there and also I feel that today he was intimidated by the NZ bowlers and couldn't do well so I believe if he goes out there in the next game with more of a Fakhar mind set he will be able to do good.
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To have such a shameful batting performance against this NZ bowling is really embarrassing. Apart from Boult and Southee the Kiwis bowling was pretty ordinary.
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One again it is there for all to see, the years of experience of our senior players amounts to nothing when the team most needs it. While once again it's the new and fresh batch of players who stood up and showed some resistance.
When will we have the courage to get rid of such assets. I don't imagine us being worse off if we chose to replace all the seniors with a bunch of new players.
When will we have the courage to get rid of such assets. I don't imagine us being worse off if we chose to replace all the seniors with a bunch of new players.
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The key is to get through new ball. Our lower-order/Fakhar showed it yesterday and so did BD in CT.
Always felt that Tim Southee with the movement he gets will cause great trouble for our batsmen. He is a very under rated bowler. After that disastrous review by Azhar when he was clearly out it was all downhill. Fakhar should have told him to "keep walking" instead allowing him to waste a review that could have been used by Babar. Sarfaraz also got it wrong by asking NZ to bat first on a sunny albeit windy day. More then experience it is our poor batting technique that is not up to the standard of other sides. May be we should consider safely playing out Southee's first spell in the upcoming matches.
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