Black Caps v Pakistan
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The only times a team has scored more than 369 in the 4th innings in New Zealand ere both by New Zealand against England and both were lost. There was the famous Astle double century test in 2002. Then there was Southee's debut test in Napier where he also went crazy. The best score by a foreign team was India's 366 in Auckland in early 2014. The highest successful chase was by the West Indies in Auckland in 1965. They chased down 348 to win. We have also chased down plus 300 vs Pakistan in 1994 and England have done it to us. Both of those latter two games were in Christchurch.
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@hydro11 Yeah - I'm pretty doubtful that Pakistan will get close - and they probably won't be trying - at least initially. But if they can get well past lunch with no more than a couple of wickets down, they'll doubtless re-assess the prospects and balance of drawing the series compared with not losing the test - and think about having a bit of a slog for a while.
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@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
How's the pitch playing? If Rosco got a ton I'm assuming it has settled into being a good batting track
Yes it is a bit easier to bat on now. Still a bit there for the bowlers with the new ball but as Latham showed, if your defence is solid early on then there are runs to be made.
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No problem with the weather tomorrow and there should be some cloud cover around to assist the bowlers. Henry must be due some luck.
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@canefan said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Wagner will make life uncomfortable for the batters
Yup, no major demons in the pitch but it's far from a road, some variable bounce at times which Wagner will exploit. Will take a huge effort from Pakistan to save this game.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.
All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.
They play all their tests overseas
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@African-Monkey said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.
All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.
They play all their tests overseas
Ha. Was waiting for someone to mention that.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.
All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.
You talking about the number 2 test side in the world who haven't lost a series in their last 12 and drew 2 all in England?
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@Siam said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.
All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.
You talking about the number 2 test side in the world who haven't lost a series in their last 12 and drew 2 all in England?
Yep I am. They lost soundly in the last test and sure as shit won't win this one so it's looking at least 1-0 to the BCs comfortably.
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@Donsteppa said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Pakistan have done a good job of parking the bus mid-pitch.
Had no idea Savea was back in country already..
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@Siam said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.
All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.
You talking about the number 2 test side in the world who haven't lost a series in their last 12 and drew 2 all in England?
Yep I am. They lost soundly in the last test and sure as shit won't win this one so it's looking at least 1-0 to the BCs comfortably.
Barely a run an over to date, going to be a long day at this rate. Least there's a chance of the day being called off early if there's no chance of bowling them out.
