NZ v Pakistan 2022/23
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@Catogrande said in NZ v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in NZ v Pakistan:
I hate ‘bad light’ as a reason to stop play.
If it’s pissing down fair enough, but bad light irks me to no end
I’m guessing you were a bowler
To label me a cricketer of any sort is very presumptuous
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@MN5 said in NZ v Pakistan:
@Catogrande said in NZ v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in NZ v Pakistan:
I hate ‘bad light’ as a reason to stop play.
If it’s pissing down fair enough, but bad light irks me to no end
I’m guessing you were a bowler
To label me a cricketer of any sort is very presumptuous
There are degrees my dear boy. I was a specialist long on fielder that could fill in as a number 11 batsman.
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@Catogrande said in NZ v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in NZ v Pakistan:
@Catogrande said in NZ v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in NZ v Pakistan:
I hate ‘bad light’ as a reason to stop play.
If it’s pissing down fair enough, but bad light irks me to no end
I’m guessing you were a bowler
To label me a cricketer of any sort is very presumptuous
There are degrees my dear boy. I was a specialist long on fielder that could fill in as a number 11 batsman.
Yeah I’m probably selling myself short. I was a specialist big hitting low order batsman that could occasionally fire down innocuous full tosses when needed.
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thoroughly enjoyable test, probably fitting result.
I applaud Southee for his ballsy declaration it really did ensure an exicting 5th day..unfortunately we came up just short while being fortunate enough not to lose.
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The nature of this pitch is a disgrace. The Pakistan bowler is bowling at 147kmh and the ball’s hardly bouncing above the stumps.
The fact they are playing on the same pitch as the last test is a shocker.
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@Canes4life as in, they haven't rolled in another pitch that wasn't played on?
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@Canes4life said in NZ v Pakistan:
The nature of this pitch is a disgrace. The Pakistan bowler is bowling at 147kmh and the ball’s hardly bouncing above the stumps.
The fact they are playing on the same pitch as the last test is a shocker.
Pitch gripes can always be countered with the fact that both teams have to play on it.
I still think we would have won if we played better ( that’s some deep philosophising for a Tuesday morning )
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Our batting was patchy as. Any little momentum we started to garner was undone by either a poor shot or good bowling that we failed to read.
A few of the Pakistani batters made it look easy.
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Noone watching tonight's game?
Not watching but quick score update...
Just lost Conway (boo) for 101 (yay).
Kane 82 not.
191/2 after 31.4.
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Finn Allen goes early doors then Conway/Williamson partnership for 180 odd.
Major Rage turns on the telly and Conway goes after 3 balls. Nice.
Going to stick with it though, as Mitchell in now with Williamson which is a great, exciting partnership if ever there was one.
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@booboo said in NZ v Pakistan:
Noone watching tonight's game?
Not watching but quick score update...
Just lost Conway (boo) for 101 (yay).
Kane 82 not.
191/2 after 31.4.
Scary that nobody posts at all for 2 hours then we post within a minute of each other.
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Blow me down, we got there.
Absolute collapse by NZ after Conway went. Moved from a position of certainty of 300+ to all gone for 261. 180 run partnership, followed by last 8 wickets gone for 80 runs.
Still, Pakistan kept losing wickets in their chase and couldn't keep up with.
1-1 going into the final match. Perfect.
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I am surprised people are surprised at the Black Cap collapse. We are a few good old players away from being quite poor. Apart from Conway and Williamson (and to a lesser extent Latham) none of the other bats can be relied on for consistency.
I have watched a bit of Super Smash recently and the quality of player on display is quite a worry. I suspect we are not far off the dark old days again.
One of the online newspapers speculated about a Black Caps under 30 team the other day. God help us if that team ended up playing.
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@Crazy-Horse said in NZ v Pakistan:
One of the online newspapers speculated about a Black Caps under 30 team the other day. God help us if that team ended up playing
And as a contrast, last night a guy made his debut for the Heat. Bowling left arm with a super efficient action and got it up to late-140s with huge bounce off a length. That guy would be in our test team already and he's bowled 3 and a half overs of Big Bash cricket at 27 years old. NZ is a cricketing backwater with dog bowl depth and it is astounding we have had any success
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@ARHS said in NZ v Pakistan:
Went to bed at Conway 100. Expected 350 target. What a collapse. Good time to go to bed.
I thought Nawaz bowled brilliantly in the middle overs. Slowed the runs and took wickets. He was getting the ball to move. Kane got done by a pearler. He had Latham all at sea.
SatNav’s batting in the last couple of overs was very good.
I think it was a pretty good score given the bowling. Gave our bowlers something to be confident to defend and bowl aggressively which I thought we did.
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@mariner4life current world test champions. It's a miracle... We are under funded and the sport it's poorly coached compared to overseas
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@mariner4life said in NZ v Pakistan:
@Crazy-Horse said in NZ v Pakistan:
One of the online newspapers speculated about a Black Caps under 30 team the other day. God help us if that team ended up playing
And as a contrast, last night a guy made his debut for the Heat. Bowling left arm with a super efficient action and got it up to late-140s with huge bounce off a length. That guy would be in our test team already and he's bowled 3 and a half overs of Big Bash cricket at 27 years old. NZ is a cricketing backwater with dog bowl depth and it is astounding we have had any success
We will look back and realise that the Baz/Kane era was a golden generation for NZ cricket that will be very difficult to emulate. If it is repeated it will be in spite of NZC not because of their governance
