Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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@tewaio said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
4 down at stumps. Amazing effort after we were 60/4.
Williamson and Nicholls finally come up big for the upper middle order on tour. Hopefully Kane can get his 150 and Nicholls past 100. We have gone a long way to taking the game away from Pakistan after only losing 2 wickets today, one of which was the night watchman. Gotta love test cricket
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I'll be truthful and say I wasn't expecting that scorecard when I heard it on the news this morning. Well done Kane and Nicholls.
I said earlier in the thread that we'd need to bat for 4 sessions to make the test safe, so 3/4 the way there. If all goes well I'd bat until lunch or maybe have a couple of overs to bowl at them before the break. Looking forward to watching more of the test tonight.
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@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
We'd have to lose 6 for 30 to be under real threat I reckon.
Someone had to say it didn't they?
Better than 9 for 40..
And even if we do now I reckon we're safe.
Currently 199 to win at 2.2 rpo.
Get Hank to his ton, add a few more and we'll be looing at defending 240-250 at 3s.
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I went to bed quite early and had two or three dreams that I checked the score and we were only 4 down and I was getting happier and happier and then I woke up and was gutted to realise it was a dream.
Checked my phone and saw we were only 4 down! Could not believe it.
Felt like a Soothsayer for a moment!
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
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@Hooroo if you could just have a dream about lotto and post the results on here that would be appreciated.
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@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
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@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
The lawn one is usually a nightmare.....
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@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
We'd have to lose 6 for 30 to be under real threat I reckon.
Someone had to say it didn't they?
Better than 9 for 40..
And even if we do now I reckon we're safe.
Currently 199 to win at 2.2 rpo.
Get Hank to his ton, add a few more and we'll be looing at defending 240-250 at 3s.
It all depends on how willing they are to risk losing to win. In these days of T20, if Pakistan retain wickets then they can just unleash with 15 overs to go and it could be tough to stop them making a hundred runs in that period.
If we're playing to win, I reckon bat for an hour tomorrow - the second half in T20 mode - if we can (Get the pads on Colin!).
That should get us close to 270 and leave five hours to have a crack at bowling them out.
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@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
Did you feed the chickens as well?
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@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Kane is an absolute legend, and I hope Nicholls gets his ton, he deserves it.
Elephant in the room: Taylor made 22. And Raval, Latham, and Somerville together made 14.
Elephant in the Room??? That's the zoo, silly! This is NZ cricket we are talking about. We rely on one or two to do awesome and the others a bit rubbish
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@mokey Yeah- Henry absolutely deserves a hundred.
A point that I've missed until looking just now is that Henry has actually been pretty bloody good for the past two years. He's averaging 49 across 12 tests and, even if he gets out first ball tonight, he'll average 46 in that period.
I'm wondering if Yasser Shah was turning the ball too much last night. Some of his stuff was going across the batsman from about two feet outside leg stump. Looked unplayable, but wasn't.
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It's funny to me that Ross Taylor's record is in complete contrast to how often i have felt he's let us down.
Kane is just ridiculously good, a pleasure to watch him work last night. Huge pressure on him, and he played beautifully.
Bat for an hour this morning, try and get another 50-60, and then make them fucking work for it.
Oh, credit to Nicholls too, who looked uncomfortable throughout, but is still there. His reverse sweeps to break up the spinners were pretty good to watch.
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@mariner4life Nicholls never looks completely comfortable to me, some definite work-ons in regards to technique. But from early on when he scored some good runs against the big boys it was clear he has mentel toughness in spades. Well worth his spot at the moment, lots of upside to his game.
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@mariner4life When Taylor is in the zone, he is magic to watch and makes it look effortless. But then he has these cold patches where it seems he couldn't hit a basketball. Just hope he snaps out of it before the home series.
