NZ v Pakistan 2022/23

canefan

I think I'd rather be in Pakistan's position in the game, at the moment.

Still, probably NZs best performance for about a year.

I disagree. Pakistan realised they were going to be played out of the game so they slowed the pace of play with their negative tactics. If we can bat for half of day 4 at a reasonable pace we will have all but played them out of the game. Even more so if we bat 3 sessions, but I'm not sure we have the firepower to bowl them out to win in 5 sessions

mariner4life

i get what he's saying. 2 in front, 4 in hand, and starting the day, with the prospect of batting 4th is a precarious spot

It all hinges on the first hour. If we are still in that's great. If we make it to lunch i reckon were in the box seat.

Rapido

Yeah. 50 to 60 run lead, we lose.
80 to 100, it will be interesting.
120 plus we are in box seat.

Sodhi is actually a quite reasonable batter v spin.

MN5

@Rapido said in NZ v Pakistan:

Yeah. 50 to 60 run lead, we lose.
80 to 100, it will be interesting.
120 plus we are in box seat.

Sodhi is actually a quite reasonable batter v spin.

Yeah one thing I will say about our spinners is most of them are pretty handy tailend batsmen.

Damo

What is the strategy this morning? I would have thought reasonably quick runs were in order but it seems we are just batting time?

Donsteppa

My guess is we're trying to avoid batting last, and they're not bothered whether that's by weight of runs, or weight of time...

Damo

@Donsteppa said in NZ v Pakistan:

My guess is we're trying to avoid batting last, and they're not bothered whether that's by weight of runs, or weight of time...

I'd say if we we'd do well to lose from here. I think we could be pushing a bit.

Damo

I hate to belabour the point, and I appreciate I am speaking to myself mainly; but this is just wasting time.

Sodhi is 22 off 101 balls. That's barely above 1 an over.

Surely to goodness we cannot lose from here and we should be trying to score some runs in quick succession so that we might win.

nzzp

@Damo he heard you! 27 off 106, new ball here

mariner4life

it does feel pretty negative, like we are currently playing to take the loss out of the equation. which is bitch cricket in only the 2nd innings

Donsteppa

Only hope is that it’s a bit like yesterday’s morning session, and that the arrival of the new ball makes scoring a lot easier

Damo

I guess a declaration at tea tomorrow should be safe enough.

nzzp

We're batting ourselves into a position to really apply pressure and g6ave a good crack at Pakistan. I'm ok with this... Just need some time, but the longer they're in the field the harder is to bat

nzzp

Plus Tim in next. Going to move the game on quickly

nzzp

@Damo and since you posted, 18 off 20

Damo

@nzzp said in NZ v Pakistan:

@Damo and since you posted, 18 off 20

2.47 run rate for the session is slow. When the team is 450+ surely 3.5 is the minimum rpo.

Are we going to bat past tea?

No Quarter

I think we should aim to bat until halfway through the final session today then give ourselves 3 and a half sessions to bowl them out on a day 5 pitch.

sparky

NZ lead building nicely.

ACT Crusader

@No-Quarter said in NZ v Pakistan:

I think we should aim to bat until halfway through the final session today then give ourselves 3 and a half sessions to bowl them out on a day 5 pitch.

I’m not sure this day 5 pitch will offer a great deal to our bowlers.

Chris

@ACT-Crusader said in NZ v Pakistan:

@No-Quarter said in NZ v Pakistan:

I think we should aim to bat until halfway through the final session today then give ourselves 3 and a half sessions to bowl them out on a day 5 pitch.

I’m not sure this day 5 pitch will offer a great deal to our bowlers.

It’s not breaking up as yet,once you get in it’s hard to get out as you get the pace of the pitch.
It is staying a bit low but that’s just normal.
It will not be easy to get 10 wkts in 3 or 3 1/2 sessions.

The Silver Fern

NZ v Pakistan 2022/23