NZ v Pakistan 2022/23
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@Dan54 said in NZ v Pakistan:
@Damo said in NZ v Pakistan:
Great test match.
I feel like we let a few tricks go with our slow batting last night and the delay in taking the new ball today.
2 draws but 2 very enjoyable games.
Agree completely Damo, Have really enjoyed the series, and am happy that test cricket can still get me interested.
And kind of proof that for all some say , draw is still a result that you can have in sport without it diminsihing game.Yeah, it’s odd isn’t it? 5 days but still a draw and yet compelling. There is much dullness in Test Cricket but at its best, it is the best.
Of course it helps if you have two teams playing positively.
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@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
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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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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
