Pakistan vs New Zealand | 2nd ODI | Abu Dhabi | 6/11/09 | Pak innings

[Daytripped]

I DONT FEEL AS HOPELESS ANYMORE!
and I'm glad butt is getting his confidence back.

 

[DonJee]

Did anyone MARK MY WORDS when I said Khalid Latif will score a century today?

 

[WNC]

First 50 run opening stand in the last 7 ODIs for us.

 

[Inswinger]

Khalid Latif loves planting his feet and meeting the ball with his arms extended.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Now time for a wicket

 

[Inswinger]

Oram bowling with the same pace as Razzler.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Did anyone MARK MY WORDS when I said Khalid Latif will score a century today?

Still 61 runs to go.

 

[Mohsin]

Dannu Morrison (badly) translating Urdu

 

[Seen Sheen]

The score would have been much better than 48 in 10 overs if Akmal came as opener.

I'll take 48 in 10 ovs without the loss of a wkt any time over 69-3 in 10 overs..With Akmal as an opener,you are not sure if he's gonna last long...We'll need him down the order..

 

[DonJee]

Still 61 runs to go.

Mark them anyway....!!

This guy reminds me of a certain VVS Laxman!

 

[Inswinger]

Now time for a wicket

Yaar, where did you pop in from?

 

[WNC]

Now time for a wicket

issed:

you may be right though

 

[Afridi_Fan]

55/0 after 12 overs.

 

[Inswinger]

Butt intent on rotating the strike but can;t find the gaps.

 

[Poison]

Keep consolidating to 100 in the 20th over; if we havent lost any wickets it would be IDEAL.

 

[iHammad]

i hate danny morrison!

 

[Da Best]

Just 2 of the last over it's 55 after 12.

 

[Inswinger]

Still 61 runs to go.

Which school did you go to?

 

[Da Best]

So far I would say it's decent from the openers. Could have been a lot worse you know.

 

[Poison]

Good call by Butt

 

[umarf76]

Which school did you go too?

haha!

 

[Da Best]

RR at 6.62. Might get very tight later in the game. Need to get that down a bit now.

 

[Poison]

:younis is here

 

[iafzal]

Latief got to have the worst feet movement of all Pak openers I have seen. Oh actuall he has not feet movement at all.

His moto seems to be stand and deliver.

 

[ahsan17]

Butt 4 dots of 4 balls

 

[Poison]

Latief got to have the worst feet movement of all Pak openers I have seen. Oh actuall he has not feet movement at all.

His moto seems to be stand and deliver.

Its working right now !

 

[Seen Sheen]

Latief got to have the worst feet movement of all Pak openers I have seen. Oh actuall he has not feet movement at all.

His moto seems to be stand and deliver.

I've said the same thing to my bro

 

[iZeeshan]

THEY DROPPED UMAR AKMAL!?

h

 

[Deewana Mastana]

4 for Latif

 

[Poison]

Waqar doesn't like this bowling.

Latif is effective.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

He has no feet movement but still is effective!

 

[mindless slogging]

Latif is just playing on his hand-eye coordination.

But what on earth is the Butt doing?

 

[iafzal]

Its working right now !

For now maybe for later we will have to wait and see.
The running between the wkt is quite poor they should be converting some of those one into 2 not the other way around

 

[Da Best]

He has no feet movement but still is effective!

He has a very ordinary technique Latif. But he can create nice pressure against the bowlers at times.

 

[SAM'S]

Butt is safely seeing off the powerplays

 

[iHammad]

GO openers!!

 

[Poison]

Going at about 4.5 rpo.

Waqar's commentary is lacking that zing, there's no more hilarious random moments of linguistic failure.

 

[cricwiz]

Butt is the ultra-sloMo version of Anwar

 

[iafzal]

Latief got to have the worst feet movement of all Pak openers I have seen. Oh actuall he has not feet movement at all.

His moto seems to be stand and deliver.

Need to correct Latief's moto is stand and nudge or poke and if you bowl on the leg I will hit a boundary.

btw Butt is anchoring the inning literally not in a good way. I guess that is what a duck does to you.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

4 more for Latif

Good stuff! Keep on going now InshahAllah!

 

[Da Best]

RR is creeping up nicely. 6.74.

 

[sagar]

I don't know what kind of mindset Butt has. Consumes too many deliveries without being effective.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Eased away on the legside for 1 now for Latif

 

[iZeeshan]

Er, Latif has done the job 2/2 times.

What's so bad about him?

 

[Da Best]

Butt is the ultra-sloMo version of Anwar

Nah that would have to be Gambhir.

 

[Poison]

Butt just struggling a little bit, he'll be ok after a boundary.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Butt comes down the track and gets 2 runs

 

[iHammad]

Latif!!!!!!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

7 runs off 4 balls so far this over

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Wristy stuff for 1 by Butt

 

[sagar]

Butt showing some intent WOW!!

 

[Poison]

Er, Latif has done the job 2/2 times.

What's so bad about him?

He's impressed me by his temperament and persistence the most...and the fact that when he sees a bad ball, he puts it away 9/10. Good solid opening player, at least on these types of tracks.

 

[Daytripped]

Good over. Butt & Latif are playing pretty well.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Latif looking classy. Butt keep rotating the strike and no run outs. We are cruising so don't mess it up.

 

[masterblaster]

who was saying latif is a leg side player!?

 

[sagar]

Latif playing really well. At least he is consistently finding the odd boundery as well as taking singles.

 

[iHammad]

drinks

 

[mindless slogging]

How can Butt be on 28 off 45 on this track?

Umar Akmal would have been good in this kind of match, but then again he did need a rest for being our best batsman.

 

[sagar]

Lets hope Latif brushes some of that class onto Butt.

 

[iZeeshan]

I'd stick with Latif.

When was the last time we had an opener score 50 in consecutive games.

Also, last game, yes he played slow, but after an 0/2 start, you couldn't expect anything more from a youngster. He's perfect.

 

[Inswinger]

PM me please

PMs are disabled, yaar.

 

[mindless slogging]

Latif looking classy. Butt keep rotating the strike and no run outs. We are cruising so don't mess it up.

Required run-rate is 6.7, so New Zealand keeping them in means they are cruising.

 

[Da Best]

Drinks. Just worried about that RR as of now. Still above 6 an over.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Vettori comes on now

 

[Inswinger]

Drinks. Just worried about that RR as of now. Still above 6 an over.

Anything around 6.5 to 7 is okay with wickets in hand.

 

[Mohsin]

Here we go, Vettori on

 

[Cover Drive]

Again Khalid Latif loses his wicket to Vettori

 

[SAM'S]

powerplays are safely negotiated by Butt, now field is well spread and Butt can play big shots now. Because its highly unlikely that any of Butt's big shot will reach the fielders in the deep!

 

[Mohsin]

See, here we go. Latif out

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Latif out LBW to Vettori

Gone for 45

 

[iHammad]

Latif gone

 

[iZeeshan]

Couldn't he have gotten Butt out!?

Latif was playing beautifully.

 

[SAM'S]

1 down 9 to go

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Out. Our nemesis left arm spin, can we overcome it to win this match.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan 77-1 in 16.2 overs

First casualty and YK the skipper walks in!

 

[shabbu1]

Danger man Vettori strikes straight away

 

[Inswinger]

I'd stick with Latif.

When was the last time we had an opener score 50 in consecutive games.

Also, last game, yes he played slow, but after an 0/2 start, you couldn't expect anything more from a youngster. He's perfect.

Great job with the jinx.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Latif was looking on course of getting his 2nd successive ODI 50 today!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Wide

 

[Gollum]

A 100-ball 40 by Butt will be worse than the duck he scored on Tuesday.