Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan

[Damo]

I like that we are scoring quickly. Every so often a ball is keeping really low or spinning sharply. Eventually a ball will come that no batsman can defend. May as well score runs while they last.

[ACT Crusader]

The Man

[No Quarter]

GOAT NZ batsmen coming to the party when it counts. He is pure sex to watch.

[Chris B.]

Well done, Little Kane!

He's fucking good.

Nicholls playing an excellent hand as well.

Keep going boys - we need more from both of you!!!!

[Siam]

He's a fucken marvel !!

[Paekakboyz]

Yeow!! Great to get another hundy on the board. Nichols is hanging in there nicely too. Time to grind Pakistan into the dust, but at a reasonable clip please!!

[ACT Crusader]

We could really get into Pakistan’s confidence here if we bat out the day with these two.

[No Quarter]

That was a fucking amazing session from Kane and Nicholls. Game on motherfuckers.

[Paekakboyz]

Test cricket is a helluva drug 😁

[Chris B.]

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

That was a fucking amazing session from Kane and Nicholls. Game on motherfuckers.

Effectively 125/4 - that's pretty close to even-stevens in my book. Wonder who's more tired - our batsmen or their bowlers?!!

[Chris B.]

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

Doull trying to claim NZ pitches are green so hard to bat in the first innings, and easier on days 4/5. Absolute nonsense, NZ hasn't been producing green seamers like in his day for a long time now. Not to mention the immense pressure that comes with batting last.

You can't overstate how good that record is.

Whatever the reason is - playing at home Little Kane averages 44.26 in the first innings and 76.66 in the second.

Away from home he's 51.31 in the first and just 36.82 in the second.

He's had some big unbeaten second innings' on some of those NZ roads.

[No Quarter]

@Chris-B I'll thank you to leave stats like that out of this thread, my feelings don't care about your facts.

[No Quarter]

Lead over 150 with 6 wickets in hand. Off to bed. Whatever happens, Kane is a dead set fucking legend.

[Chris B.]

Safraz has gone on the defensive.

He's not taking the hard new ball - he's using Yassar Shah to bowl wide of leg stump and make Kane kick it away - slowing the scoring rate.

Already looking for a draw?

[Paekakboyz]

@chris-b seems premature to rule out us collapsing if either of these guys go. All it'd take is to open up one end. But if our tail got another 50+ on to of our 166 that's getting tough.
I'm thinking we need 250+, but that's looking viable at the moment.

[booboo]

So how do we play this?

Keep batting and ensure a draw?

Get Hank through to 3 figures asap and then go nuts?

Fall in a heap and try and defend 180 in a day?

I'm liking option 2. Nudge along a bit and set them a challenging total.

Don't think we'll pull out tonight.

But nudge along. If we lose a wicket give ColDGH licence to go.

We'd have to lose 6 for 30 to be under real threat I reckon.

170 to win from here. 3 sessions and half an hour left...

It's damn tight right now.

'Av a go ya mugs!

[MajorRage]

Most important thing now is ending the day with our scorecard showing XXX/4

[Crucial]

@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?

[TeWaio]

4 down at stumps. Amazing effort after we were 60/4.

[canefan]

@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