Pakistan v New Zealand | 1st Test | Nov 9-13, 2014 | Abu Dhabi | Day 1

[Sakss]

New Zealand Squad

BB McCullum*, CJ Anderson, TA Boult, DAJ Bracewell, MD Craig, TWM Latham, JDS Neesham, L Ronchi†, HD Rutherford, IS Sodhi, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor, N Wagner, BJ Watling†, KS Williamson

Pakistan Squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Imran Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Talha, Rahat Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shan Masood, Taufeeq Umar, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan, Zulfiqar Babar

 

[Yatoo]

Excited.

 

[hussain.r97]

Not sure who to support

The country I was born or the country I live in. I'll just support the winner

 

[Mamoo_cricket]

Not sure who to support

The country I was born or the country I live in. I'll just support the winner

where you born? And it's really one of the hardest pick.

 

[hussain.r97]

where you born? And it's really one of the hardest pick.

Born in Karachi, live in Auckland.

 

[Yatoo]

They should play azhar as opener, Asad at 3, Harris at 6.
No more Hafeez.
Azhar and Shehzad can bowl some overs to give respite to the main bowlers.

 

[Ikball]

NZ XI.
1 Tom Latham, 2 Brendon McCullum (capt), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Corey Anderson, 6 James Neesham, 7 BJ Watling (wk), 8 Tim Southee, 9 Mark Craig, 10 Ish Sodhi 11 Trent Boult.

 

[Ikball]

Just watching this series to see how many runs YK & Misbah score, And to see Misbah most successful test captain for Pakistan. No other interest in series.

 

[Square Drive]

Toss in a minute...

 

[Mr Consistent]

pak won the toss & bat first

 

[Aman]

Lost the toss damn it

 

[Canistani Hero]

Good toss to win

 

[Mr Consistent]

Pakistan are unchanged.

 

[Aman]

"Karthik, just to let you know that the weather in Abu Dhabi has changed considerably from last week and its a bit cold in the morning, morning session will be different from Aussie series "

Interesting

 

[NZcricketfan]

Interesting

When they say cold I am guessing they mean the hottest day in Auckland every 50 years.

 

[Sohaib011]

Another record broken !! rejoice PP Misbah won three tosses in a row after two years !!

 

[Aman]

When they say cold I am guessing they mean the hottest day in Auckland every 50 years.

Who knows, it could be a great toss to lose with Southee and Boult knocking over the top order?

 

[Ikball]

But 4th day batting is a worry for any team in UAE.

 

[leatherface58]

Batting last Here goes the game.

 

[godzilla]

Lots of complacency from the pakistan fans before this game, I'm not so sure it's going to be so easy...

 

[Asif321]

Misbah on fire with toss nowadays

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Lots of complacency from the pakistan fans before this game, I'm not so sure it's going to be so easy...

Exactly, whenever we are considered to win easy peasy we crumble to pressure.

 

[Asif321]

Nz have good spinners Pak wil not have easy passages like they had against Aussies

 

[Swanny]

Nz have good spinners Pak wil not have easy passages like they had against Aussies

Lol.

 

[zabalestmsm]

Good toss to win! NZ spinners are rubbish
Southee and Boult are their main weapons!

 

[Ikball]

A lead of 100+ runs in first innings, and we won the match.

 

[akamaka]

Misbah is on a roll, winning the toss for fun these days

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

Boult and Southe are one of the best new ball bowling pair and they are going to create problems and we all know how much successful Hafeez is against the moving ball

 

[Justcrazy]

Big toss to win , now Kiwis have to look to restrict Pakistan to 300.

 

[Arsal_AK]

So,Hafeez is playing again.

 

[Justcrazy]

Playing Hafez as opener again is awesome !!!!

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Here we go Boys !!!!!!!!

 

[Justcrazy]

So,Hafeez is playing again.

Yes , he cannot be dropped !!!

He is bigger than " cricket "

 

[Asif321]

Hafeez will.edge to.keeper or slips that is sure

 

[godzilla]

So how many overs do you think hafeez will take?

 

[Justcrazy]

The match to start

fasten your seat belts

 

[Asif321]

swing in

 

[godzilla]

Hafeez survives ball 1. MUBARAK.

 

[Mir jibran]

may hafeez fail again

 

[Aman]

Not much swing out there.

 

[Aman]

Pitching outside.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez....

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

The color themes for the scoreboard is pretty cool. Grey for NZ and Green of Pak

 

[godzilla]

I don't mind hafeez playing to be honest, as a bowling all rounder which essentially is what he is, averaging almost the same as mccullum- it's just Id rather he didn't open.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Their Going too fast for my liking.

 

[Genghis]

Already the NZ attack looks like they are pitching it up unlike the Aussies

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Just survive 5-8 overs only. Things will ease by then

 

[mmkextreme_1]

NZL attack looks more potent then Aus already, in terms of the new ball bowling

Southee has 24 wickets in 6 tests in the SC

 

[Bullet Drive]

Please guys get through new ball.

 

[godzilla]

First false stroke - ahmed

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Pace is mid 130ish and decent swing. These NZ bowlers could be a handful - we need to play carefully right now, blunt them and then go for their spinners

 

[Aman]

First false stroke - ahmed

He nicked one earlier.

Hafeez looks to be being set up by Boult.

He's only bowled inswingers to him so far.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Grant has surely worked with Hafeez, his feet have been moving from ball 1. Anyone else notice this ???

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Hafeez he will never learn

 

[mmkextreme_1]

There was the false shot from Hafeez, almost gone..needs to stop fishing outside off-stump

 

[zabalestmsm]

NZ spinners would be fun to face for our batsmen
Especially YK

 

[Anfield]

Boult to get Hafeez and Shehzad soon.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Grant has surely worked with Hafeez, his feet have been moving from ball 1. Anyone else notice this ???

I think Hafeez is a lost cause, he will never learn..you can hire any coach in the world to try to teach him

 

[talha3]

Hafeez has started surprisingly well against the swing of Boult.

 

[Fastandfurious]

Grant has surely worked with Hafeez, his feet have been moving from ball 1. Anyone else notice this ???

Yes, both have tightened their techniques and long it may continue. inshaAllah

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

I think Hafeez is a lost cause, he will never learn..you can hire any coach in the world to try to teach him

why are we playing him as an opener against probably the 2nd best swing bowling attack in the world

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Damn look at Southee's average in Asia 21.75 with a S/R of 42

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Southee going for the Short Stuff.............. keep it swinging

 

[Justcrazy]

Damn look at Southee's average in Asia 21.75 with a S/R of 42

He is really good , very much under rated.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

why are we playing him as an opener against probably the 2nd best swing bowling attack in the world

The team management is stubborn and so is Hafeez, don't know why he doesn't think of the big picture and just move down the order

 

[Justcrazy]

I hope hafeez gets out cheap here

 

[Abhilash93]

Damn look at Southee's average in Asia 21.75 with a S/R of 42

He has an average of 13.83 in SL and 29.66 in India. dunno why the Lankans struggled so much against him!

 

[Justcrazy]

The team management is stubborn and so is Hafeez, don't know why he doesn't think of the big picture and just move down the order

Team management has inflated his ego beyond measure.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

He is really good , very much under rated.

Yes he is, I remember when he used to average 40-45 in test cricket, credit to NZL in nurturing his talent

PCB could learn a thing or two from them

 

[Justcrazy]

He has an average of 13.83 in SL and 29.66 in India. dunno why the Lankans struggled so much against him!

Probably , they played on pitches where it swung.

 

[Asif321]

Hafeez looking good

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Wow, interesting observation..no left handers in the Pakistan XI

 

[Justcrazy]

Yes he is, I remember when he used to average 40-45 in test cricket, credit to NZL in nurturing his talent

PCB could learn a thing or two from them

He worked hard got right guidance.

Pakistan players do not work hard enough , they satisfied with what they are , you need to challenge yourself to get to next level.

 

[Suleiman]

Southee's got some serious stats here in Asia. NZ pacers already looking more threatening in these few overs than the Aussie pacers in the whole series.

 

[world cup captain]

Not a bad start for Pakistan.

 

[Justcrazy]

Wow, interesting observation..no left handers in the Pakistan XI

That is another lack of Tactical planning. That is why you need Dean Jones / Tom Moody as coach , not Waqar

 

[Bullet Drive]

I hope YK can score another 2 tons this series.

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Openers need to play out cautiously another 6-8 overs

 

[Bullet Drive]

Unbelievable how Haris cannot make the team

 

[Abhilash93]

Probably , they played on pitches where it swung.

Galle and Colombo? NZ got 400 odd in Colombo.