Pakistan v New Zealand | 1st Test - Day 1 | Dunedin | 24/11/09

[srh]

ok the match is starting in 2.5 hours. It has been reported that its a greenish pitch. Inti has suggested that he would need 7 batsmen for this pitch. Both teams are sharing batting fears on this pitch.

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New Zealand: 1 Tim McIntosh, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Daniel Flynn, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Peter Fulton, 6 Grant Elliott, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Shane Bond, 10 Iain O'Brien, 11 Chris Martin

Pakistan: 1 Khurram Manzoor, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Fawad Alam, 4 Mohammad Yousuf (capt), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Kamran Akmal (wk), 8 Mohammad Aamer, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Asif, 11 Saeed Ajmal

Umpires RE Koertzen (South Africa) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire BR Doctrove (West Indies)

TV umpire noted as there are reviews

 

[Gollum]

Bowling lineup of Gul, Aamir, Asif along with Ajmal will look good.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Bowling lineup of Gul, Aamir, Asif along with Ajmal will look good.

Agree to that.

We don't want Danish "150+' Kaneria.

 

[itduzz]

Any body in NZ knows about the weather??

 

[Gollum]

Any body in NZ knows about the weather??

http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/localWeather/dunedin.html

 

[Syndrome]

Yaar Danish ko khilao...koi to century banaye team mein!

 

[Apnacricket]

Weather for dunedin nz. Partly cloudy. Temp 15(c)

 

[Gollum]

The weather is a little chilly and overcast at the moment. The ball will seam and swing. Whoever wins the toss will probably bowl.

 

[Sufian84]

im going to sleep. i expext pakistan to reach 340-3 at the stumps or get nz 90 all out ande be 140-1 at stumps.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

If its seam its Asif.

Asif = iSeam

 

[Apnacricket]

The weather is a little chilly and overcast at the moment. The ball will seam and swing. Whoever wins the toss will probably bowl.

Are you in New Zealand. )

 

[Afridi_Fan]

im going to sleep. i expext pakistan to reach 340-3 at the stumps or get nz 90 all out ande be 140-1 at stumps.

Sweet Dreams.

 

[Da Best]

The weather is a little chilly and overcast at the moment. The ball will seam and swing. Whoever wins the toss will probably bowl.

Will look forward to Pakistan's batting and bowling. Test how great of a team they can be on helpful bowling surfaces for once. Should swing big time with the new ball, once the ball gets old, a bit of nip and seam to offer I guess, spinners should also play a somewhat big role once the ball gets old.

 

[srh]

The weather is a little chilly and overcast at the moment. The ball will seam and swing. Whoever wins the toss will probably bowl.

definitely man. I read that Dunedin has a reputation as a seamer-friendly wicket on the first morning especially under cloud cover.

 

[Seen Sheen]

The weather is a little chilly and overcast at the moment. The ball will seam and swing. Whoever wins the toss will probably bowl.

if it is actually chilly....otherwise Pakistan team chasing a target..!!!!

 

[Apnacricket]

Pakistan should win toss and Bat bowl first.

 

[Gollum]

if it is actually chilly....otherwise Pakistan team chasing a target..!!!!

Even 20 celcius under cloudy skies is chilly by Subcontinental standards.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Pakistan should win toss and Bat bowl first.

Dono kaam aik saath.

Kiwis should sit in their dressing room and watch, right?

 

[Da Best]

Pakistan should win toss and Bat bowl first.

Interesting. Anyway they should bowl first will be a handful for the Kiwis.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Pakistan should win toss and Bat bowl first.

I dont think there are two pakistani teams playing at Dunedin.....

 

[Seen Sheen]

Even 20 celcius under cloudy skies is chilly by Subcontinental standards.

so you are comfortable with Pakistan team chasing the target.....

 

[saj001]

I dont think there are two pakistani teams playing at Dunedin.....

 

[cricketpassion]

Guys what time is match starting , according to zee's schedule they are showin 1st day's play tomorrow 2300.mean on tuesday night .which is I think wrong.I am confused

 

[Apnacricket]

its actually correct. match to start 11.00pm uk time.

 

[HuZi]

I hope we start the series well and a good begin for our new captain MoYo
Wisj him and his boyz good luck

btw

Here in the netherlands it'll be 00:00 when the match willl start and I need to go to school tomorrow but just want to see at least a houir of the match ;p

I know im addicted

 

[161]

Whats this thread doing up ?

Match doesn't start until TOMORROW !!!





















































Just kidding .. gotcha all

 

[Seen Sheen]

an interesting fact
Dan Vettori has 4 wkts against pakistan from 3 tests @100....so and co.should take heart from this stat.

 

[Shah]

Why is it cold in Dunedin? If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, isn't it supposed to be summer in N.Z.?

 

[Seen Sheen]

Guys what time is match starting , according to zee's schedule they are showin 1st day's play tomorrow 2300.mean on tuesday night .which is I think wrong.I am confused

we are just 1:50 hrs away from action.!!!!!!!!

 

[Ali888]

We will miss Younus Khan bowling in this match.

 

[12thMan]

Why is it cold in Dunedin? If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, isn't it supposed to be summer in N.Z.?

It is a seaport island and on high altitude which means surrounded by water and cool breeze. The barometic pressure never goees above 31.3 and clouds are always near by causing a cylonic thunderstorm conditions

 

[161]

We will miss Younus Khan bowling in this match.

I know .. YK was our star test seamer in Lanka.

He would have plenty of success on these pitches.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

We will miss Younus Khan bowling in this match.

True

 

[PakPassionate]

Pakistan time 4 AM
http://www.tensports.com/tvschedule/?d=20091124&c=1021

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Pakistan time 4 AM
http://www.tensports.com/tvschedule/?d=20091124&c=1021

Will it be on web tv of tensports?

 

[dhump]

whyyy whyyy this time I had to go to office in the morning and it starts at 12:00 here.
Anyways I am not missing first session.

 

[Seen Sheen]

^^12 am na?

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Cant wait, still have to do home work, and read quran, also pray for pakistan!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Cant wait, still have to do home work, and read quran, also pray for pakistan!

You still got 1 hour and 18 minutes.

 

[sali]

Mulana sahab needs to win the toss. I want to see Pakistan bowl first else we have a disaster in our hand.

 

[Nazir_ Rules]

Mulana sahab needs to win the toss. I want to see Pakistan bowl first else we have a disaster in our hand.

Yes, agreed, lets wait and see, inshallah pakistan will win the toss!

 

[HuZi]

zee cinema is soo P**P it sais that till 00.30 their will be something else so it means ill miss 30 ins of the match...

 

[azfar wali]

How long before the match starts?

 

[saeed-sohail]

We will miss Younus Khan bowling in this match.

100% mate! He had the best seam position in SL and moved it both ways.

 

[HuZi]

please pay a lil attention on me gel

zeecinema says it'll start on 00.30 so ill miss 30 mins..

 

[choclate]

please pay a lil attention on me gel

zeecinema says it'll start on 00.30 so ill miss 30 mins..

unless zeecinema is showing Indian time(remember they are 30 mins off the hour from the rest of the countries around them)

 

[Afridi_Fan]

47 minutes to go.

 

[Fawad_Bhai]

WAT!! i thought it was starting tomorrow! they changed it on the homepage too... approximately 45 mins left until start...

 

[HuZi]

i live in the netherlands the different between time is that in netherlands the time is 1 hour forrward to uk time..

 

[Hash]

we are 0 for 4 after 4 balls.

 

[iHammad]

34 mins to go!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

we are 0 for 4 after 4 balls.

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

issed:

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Pakistan Won the Toss and will bowl 1st

 

[D]

we're bowling first.

 

[On_the_up]

Pak win toss and will bowl

 

[saj001]

Good morning and welcome to Cricinfo's coverage of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand at the University Oval in Dunedin.

Toss: Pakistan have won the toss and they will bowl first.

BALLE BALLE

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Toss: Pakistan have won the toss and they will bowl first.

 

[Hash]

damn goes my Pakistan 0 for 4 prediction

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Shukar hai Allah ka beizzti sey bach gaye.

 

[On_the_up]

might be a good toss to win

 

[Seen Sheen]

So We'll chase the target
i hope we bat once in the match

 

[srh]

Great news for Pakistan: They have won the toss.

 

[Seen Sheen]

Shukar hai Allah ka beizzti sey bach gaye.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Farhat.Manzoor.Fawad.MoYo.Malik.Umer.Kamran.Gul.Aamir.Ajmal.Asif.

 

[CricnPak]

Is the Willow coverage working for anyone here? My screen's been saying loading for over 10 minutes now.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Coverage started on Zee cinema?

 

[iHammad]

Ten Sports showing highlights!

 

[afzaal1988]

Coverage started on Zee cinema?

no

 

[CricnPak]

AAG assembled for the first time. Here we go!

 

[HuZi]

YESS theyre playing the team I wanted:

Pakistan team
Khurram Manzoor, Imran Farhat, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Yousuf*, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal†, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal

 

[Afridi_Fan]

New Zealand: 1 Tim McIntosh, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Daniel Flynn, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Peter Fulton, 6 Grant Elliott, 7 Brendon McCullum (wk), 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Shane Bond, 10 Iain O'Brien, 11 Chris Martin

 

[HuZi]

no

smelly channel,,


when will it start??

45 mins ?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Good to see O`Brian

 

[Afridi_Fan]

13 minutes reh gaye hain.

Ijtimai dua ki jaye

 

[Seen Sheen]

Umpires S Taufel and R Koertzen..3rd ump.B Doctrove.

 

[rash]

buttah and bhanja not playing

 

[pak4life]

How weak does our batting line up look. Pressure will be on our bowlers a score below 250 is a minimum.

 

[itduzz]

Any body willow stream started??

 

[sali]

Why no Butt?

 

[legslip]

How weak does our batting line up look. Pressure will be on our bowlers a score below 250 is a minimum.

not really