Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan

[voodoo]

I thought we were screwing that royally into a slow death, shows what I know!

[NTA]

Watching that on the Cricinfo commentary. Tense stuff!

[voodoo]

Always have preferred cricket over rugby
..😜

[Donsteppa]

YEAH BABY!!!

Sir Ajaz Patel now with a test average of 17.57.

[Chris B.]

Woo hoo! Just when I was thinking they were going to make it.

Shades of revenge for Coney and Chats, but they don't make it to the line!

[canefan]

I turned over 5 down with 22 to win. Lucky I was monitoring the fern and came back to see the last 3 wickets cheers boys!

[Donsteppa]

Loved Danny's interview with Patel

[Cyclops]

Feel for Azhar Ali though. Did everything he could while they selfdestructed at the other end.

But whata come back. This team has heart.

[No Quarter]

@donsteppa said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

Loved Danny's interview with Patel

Finished the interview with "go hard and give it plenty". He's certainly a unique character.

[Baron Silas Greenback]

Loved that speech from Patel, you can tell he is a very proud Kiwi.

[canefan]

@cyclops said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

Feel for Azhar Ali though. Did everything he could while they selfdestructed at the other end.

But whata come back. This team has heart.

I think he left his run too late, they got really negative and their luck ran out

[Mokey]

Gees that last wicket from Patel couldn't have been more plum. What an implosion from Pakistan. 40-odd runs needed, 7 wickets in hand...and they lost.

[Siam]

Classic Black Caps. Great win after posting the lowest 1st innings total at that venue ever.

Took a fair old jaffa too!

Ali quite conceivably could have continued milking till 3 to get and force Kanes hand.

Good start for Stead

Oh, and that spin vision camera being slightly offskew during the review didn't help the heart any...

[MN5]

Wake up for a piss and see this.....God bless.

The ghosts of Mark Craig/Jeetan Patel are laid to rest forever....

[Gunner]

@no-quarter unfreakingbelievable!
Went to bed at lunch.... as much as I hoped, I DID NOT expect us to get the job done.

[nzzp]

@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

it's the heroic optimism of Black Caps fans that keeps us young.

What the fark does that guy know - clearly we were a lock to win

[Donsteppa]

Never in doubt.

Just a strong need for caffeine this morning.

[Mokey]

For anyone who missed the extraordinary final day - Pakistan Cricket has a neat 20 min highlights package for each day of the test on Youtube. (Mostly Morrison commentating with Younis.)

The expression on the face of the Pakistan coach will crack you up. And seriously...the way the team manage to lose this test is something to behold. A few pearls from Patel and Wagner aside, some of the wickets were just plain stupidity.

[No Quarter]

Just awesome, and bodes well for the summer. Really thought this tour would be a tough ask to get even one W given what happened to Aus over there, but we nabbed an ODI and now a test win which is incredible given how hard that is to achieve in the UAE. As mentioned, what a start for Stead. Great to see Boult in the wickets too, he's set for a big summer in NZ.

[canefan]

@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:

Just awesome, and bodes well for the summer. Really thought this tour would be a tough ask to get even one W given what happened to Aus over there, but we nabbed an ODI and now a test win which is incredible given how hard that is to achieve in the UAE. As mentioned, what a start for Stead. Great to see Boult in the wickets too, he's set for a big summer in NZ.

With Patel, Boult and Wagner we have some really nice weapons. I wasn't paying attention so don't know how Sodhi went, but judging by the conditions it will be spin twins all the way in the next matches