Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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Danny is nothing like Marshall. Danny is super optimistic, doesn't whinge about the rules, and generally backs the umpire instead of trying to make bigs calls on any of the more controversial calls. He also doesn't do over the top cheerleading for the opposition in an attempt to appear unbiased.
He's pretty light on any kind of in depth analysis, but TBH none of the commentators around the world are exactly insightful - I get far better insights on here.
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Smart stumping by Watling, Ajaz Patel has his second wicket, and Pakistan 195/7.
Only five of this Black Caps team was born in New Zealand. Is this the fewest ever for NZ in a test match?
Raval - born Gujarat, India
Watling - born Durban, South Africa
De Grandhomme - born Harare, Zimbabwe
Sodhi - born Ludhiana, India
Wagner - born Pretoria, South Africa
Patel - born Mumbai, India -
@number-10 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Smart stumping by Watling, Ajaz Patel has his second wicket, and Pakistan 195/7.
Only five of this Black Caps team was born in New Zealand. Is this the fewest ever for NZ in a test match?
Raval - born Gujarat, India
Watling - born Durban, South Africa
De Grandhomme - born Harare, Zimbabwe
Sodhi - born Ludhiana, India
Wagner - born Pretoria, South Africa
Patel - born Mumbai, IndiaCool stat. Once upon a time that would have invoked an involuntary (and never thought through),"you fucken what?".
Kane runs a happy ship. The bowling and most fielding has been all about persistence and concerted effort today and the Pakis haven't blown the game away like many in the past .
Tea with 2 wickets to get and every run is sacred, 72 runs deficit. New ball 1 over old
Good game, hopefully all hinging on our 2nd innings
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@number-10 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Smart stumping by Watling, Ajaz Patel has his second wicket, and Pakistan 195/7.
Only five of this Black Caps team was born in New Zealand. Is this the fewest ever for NZ in a test match?
Raval - born Gujarat, India
Watling - born Durban, South Africa
De Grandhomme - born Harare, Zimbabwe
Sodhi - born Ludhiana, India
Wagner - born Pretoria, South Africa
Patel - born Mumbai, IndiaThe three best players are real kiwis though.
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@siam said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Tea with 2 wickets to get and every run is sacred, 72 runs deficit. New ball 1 over old
Great comeback to only be trailing by 18 runs and one wicket after the first innings debacle - though we could really have done without Tom Latham getting bowled first ball.
Need our batsman all to do a lot better than they did in the first innings.
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@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@siam said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@chris-b tough marker, fair bit of reverse first ball up. I can't condemn a man on that ball. Then again Ish did what you describe to a similar next ball
I've just found over the years that people like Tendulkar, Lara, Williamson etc tend to receive a lot less unplayable balls than lesser batsmen!
Ross Taylor's turn to be a lesser batsman today 😉
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@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Useful work from BJ and Nicholls - they got us to nearly 150 ahead and four wickets down, but when Henry got out...well, there was another handy 3 from CdG and then the tail didn't wag.
Ha, I thought you meant wickets for a sec
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@nzzp said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Three quick wickets for the Kiwis, and there's a sniff. 40-0 become 48-3; Ajaz a wicked and Sodhi two.
Tense few overs coming up I hope
... and now 81/3. 95 more to win - possible, but unlikely to roll them. Will take a miracle.
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@gunner said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Wagner gets Shafiq just before lunch.
130/4, 46 needed to win.
A couple of quick wickets after the break, we will have the slimmest bit of hope.
it's the heroic optimism of Black Caps fans that keeps us young.
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