Pakistan v New Zealand | 5th ODI | December 19, 2014 | Abu Dhabi | New Zealand Innings

[Mr Consistent]

6 runs from the over

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Looks like NZ have no interest in 300.

They are targeting 260.

 

[Markhor]

Styris is a massive improvement on annoying Ramiz Raja and Morrison. Both are quite unbearable to listen to at times.

Styris and Bazid have been a winning combination. Their gentle ribbing of each other is great.

Styris: I remember that Shoaib Akhtar ball to Fleming. It was so fast he couldn't get his bat off the ground !
Bazid: Yes I remember...slower ball wasn't it ?

 

[Justcrazy]

5th bowler has done its job problem is with such low bowing resources we cant afford other main bowlers to have a bad game which happens more often then not.

But Pakistan cannot help that .Pakistan batting is so bad.

 

[Amjid Javed]

9 overs to go and we need some really good death bowling here!

 

[Justcrazy]

I think latham should bat a bit up.

 

[Hitman]

Styris and Bazid have been a winning combination. Their gentle ribbing of each other is great.

Styris: I remember that Shoaib Akhtar ball to Fleming. It was so fast he couldn't get his bat off the ground !
Bazid: Yes I remember...slower ball wasn't it ?

HaHa .... missed it. But was brilliant.

 

[Amjid Javed]

But Pakistan cannot help that .Pakistan batting is so bad.

Pakistan has itself to blame here we should have groomed other all-rounders in the team to offer the balance, we could have groomed players like fawad alam, babar azam etc... yet we have shown to much reliance on hafeez and now we have no balance. Also pickiing players like YK and shafiq offer nothing to team as batsmen in longterm.

 

[Justcrazy]

Cannot Believe Ali is leading bowler For Pakistan

 

[Mr Consistent]

200 up

 

[Amjid Javed]

KW approaching a well deserved 100 here... hes on 96.

 

[Mr Consistent]

202-2
42 overs

 

[rollingstoned]

NZ wanted their 2 best batsmen to bat for as long as possible so I can't fault them for their strategy. They would need to find the big shots from somewhere though without Anderson and Neesham.

 

[Mr Consistent]

wicket for lala

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan has itself to blame here we should have groomed other all-rounders in the team to offer the balance, we could have groomed players like fawad alam, babar azam etc... yet we have shown to much reliance on hafeez and now we have no balance. Also pickiing players like YK and shafiq offer nothing to team as batsmen in longterm.

PCB does not have any long term vision , just look at how Dhoni used Yuvi months before WC as bowler , despite going for runs. He had a plan.

 

[Markhor]

This is self-inflicted from Pakistan. Squad selection simply not good enough, left us with a completely imbalanced team. Going to be a hell of a lot to do for th batsmen.

 

[Vulcan]

Very selfish inning Williamson

 

[Mr Consistent]

No 100 for KW

 

[Amjid Javed]

) KW out! jinx worked

 

[Lords]

lucky wickut

 

[Mr Consistent]

Luke Ronchi IN

 

[Amjid Javed]

Ronchi in to blast a few it looks like...

 

[Markhor]

Top knock from Williamson, unfortunate not to get a hundred. Need to induce a NZ batting collapse now.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Need to get Taylor out and get kiwis in middle with new fresh batsmen to slow run flow down.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan will be hurt for years because of waqar , mark my words.

 

[Mr Consistent]

good bowling by Lala

 

[Justcrazy]

Its sad to see Pakistan get ruined by Waqar and Moin.

 

[Juansar_07]

Nice spell from Lala.Was on fire in that last over.

 

[Justcrazy]

Anything over 260 is going to be tough to chase.

 

[Asif321]

Sarfraz will make a good captain i feel he is pretty much helping afridi with field

 

[Justcrazy]

I hope Umar gets to bat up the order.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sarfraz will make a good captain i feel he is pretty much helping afridi with field

Yes only if Management had some sense.

 

[Mr Consistent]

 

[Bashira_taeli]

Useless trundler


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[Amjid Javed]

Poor ball from AA the death bowling has to be better then this...

6 overs to go....

 

[Amjid Javed]

Irfan has 3 overs left and needs to bowl better then he has so far in match!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Irfan never seems to bowl well at end of an inns

 

[Madplayer]

lol looks like haris has bowled better than anwar here. just checked the statistics

 

[Mr Consistent]

224-3
45 overs

 

[Mr Consistent]

good shot

 

[Shafi]

Ramiz always gets excited of opposition!!!!

 

[Mr Consistent]

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Zulfiqar Babar is really not good.

We should be investing in Raza Hasan.

 

[Mr Consistent]

phainta time

 

[Bashira_taeli]

lol looks like haris has bowled better than anwar here. just checked the statistics

Anwar is a nothing bowler. Medicore domestic record, no pace, no bounce.

Cant understand how he made it to the national side.


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[Mr Consistent]

wicket for Irfan

 

[Bilal7]

Irfan has bowled really well in this series without picking up wickets. The other bowlers are not good enough to take advantage of the pressure that he creates.

 

[DarkKnightRisesAgain]

Zulfiqar Babar is really not good.

We should be investing in Raza Hasan.

Thats what I have been thinking, if you have quality young talent available at your disposal, why would you go with a 2nd class 35+ mediocre spinner?

 

[jib13673]

But Pakistan cannot help that .Pakistan batting is so bad.

with asad and yunis in line up we cant afford half bowlers.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez, Younis, Shafiq, Tanvir, Anwar & Babar. Will cost us the World Cup.

 

[Lords]

I am afraid not enough runs on the board for NZ. They batted pretty slow

 

[Shafi]

Match is over for us when player like YK and Shafiq in the playing 11.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

This is the worst bowling attack I have ever seen from Pak.

 

[Yaasir]

Afridi is such stupid and clueless captain.

 

[Markhor]

That was a total hit me ball to end the over.

 

[asyed]

Awais Zia, Umer Amin and now Anwar Ali. What an eye for talent.

lol indeed

 

[Shafi]

Hafeez, Younis, Shafiq, Tanvir, Anwar & Babar. Will cost us the World Cup.

Can not expect better when you bunch of retards as selectors and corrupted manager and Head coach.

 

[Bilal7]

270 wouldn't be the most difficult target to chase.

 

[Markhor]

Remember when Pakistan was one of the best death bowling sides in the world ? Good times.

 

[jib13673]

Afridi is such stupid and clueless captain.

He has pretty low class bowlers..with part timers as well

 

[Juansar_07]

This is the worst bowling attack I have ever seen from Pak.

Their is no Bowling attack as such.Only Irfan and Lala are saving Pak bowling from embarrassment and the rest of them are just fillers.

 

[Bashira_taeli]

Anwar really lucky in his last over so far.


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[Bashira_taeli]

Lol..out of luck. Hit for a four!


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[Markhor]

What rubbish bowling is this from Anwar Ali ? Hit me ball after hit me ball. Ball going on his pads, flicked away on the leg side, easy as you like.

If there's nothing in the pitch, Anwar Ali is a nothing bowler. He's still living off his reputation from the U19 World Cup.

 

[ssuhaide]

New Zealand have this game won, Pakistan are dreadful chasers.

 

[Juansar_07]

Hoping that was the last ball we saw Anwar ali bowl.

 

[Vulcan]

300+ pitch. Poor selfish inning by captain

 

[JibranAnsari]

So three specialist bowlers have gone over 6rpo .. I dont consider anwar ali an allrounder.

 

[habibi hayya]

This is chase-able, it could have been a lot worst.

 

[Sherlock]

NZ have done extremely well to get 275. It's a slow pitch and they're in the driving seat. 70-30 towards NZ at this moment.

 

[rollingstoned]

You will have to bat well to chase this I reckon. Don't see why you are so bullish about this being in the bag.

 

[Bilal7]

Please send Akmal in at #4 and hold Shafiq back until we need him.

 

[leatherface58]

Man Brownlie ensuring his spot for the WC by scoring against popgun attacks like these.

 

[JibranAnsari]

NZ should have scored more, there were only two decent bowlers and only one of them bowled well.

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

I hope Misbah and Afridi spare us their inane happy, high fiving posturing today and just focus on winning the game. The series is on the line.

 

[Swanny]

Pak have this in the bag. NZ are 20-30 runs short.