Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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Classic Black Caps. Great win after posting the lowest 1st innings total at that venue ever.
Took a fair old jaffa too!
Ali quite conceivably could have continued milking till 3 to get and force Kanes hand.
Good start for Stead
Oh, and that spin vision camera being slightly offskew during the review didn't help the heart any...
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@no-quarter unfreakingbelievable!
Went to bed at lunch.... as much as I hoped, I DID NOT expect us to get the job done. -
For anyone who missed the extraordinary final day - Pakistan Cricket has a neat 20 min highlights package for each day of the test on Youtube. (Mostly Morrison commentating with Younis.)
The expression on the face of the Pakistan coach will crack you up. And seriously...the way the team manage to lose this test is something to behold. A few pearls from Patel and Wagner aside, some of the wickets were just plain stupidity.
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Just awesome, and bodes well for the summer. Really thought this tour would be a tough ask to get even one W given what happened to Aus over there, but we nabbed an ODI and now a test win which is incredible given how hard that is to achieve in the UAE. As mentioned, what a start for Stead. Great to see Boult in the wickets too, he's set for a big summer in NZ.
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Just awesome, and bodes well for the summer. Really thought this tour would be a tough ask to get even one W given what happened to Aus over there, but we nabbed an ODI and now a test win which is incredible given how hard that is to achieve in the UAE. As mentioned, what a start for Stead. Great to see Boult in the wickets too, he's set for a big summer in NZ.
With Patel, Boult and Wagner we have some really nice weapons. I wasn't paying attention so don't know how Sodhi went, but judging by the conditions it will be spin twins all the way in the next matches
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@canefan I haven't been able to catch much of the first three days as have been busy, but Patel had it on a string in that final session, was really high quality bowling, making them play at everything without giving them any half trackers or half volleys to relieve the pressure.
Wags provides all the heart, passion and just raw fucking emotion that you want in a fast bowler. I fucking love that guy.
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Wags provides all the heart, passion and just raw fucking emotion that you want in a fast bowler. I fucking love that guy.
It's almost as though nobody has been brave enough to tell him he is only just above medium.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Gonna be an interesting Summer. Hard to see the BCs go for two spinners in NZ. Exceptional start for Patel and good on him but maybe we need to realise we are BC fans and reserve judgement til around Feb/March
Fuck that! being a Black Caps fan means to hell with the future, revel in the now.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Gonna be an interesting Summer. Hard to see the BCs go for two spinners in NZ. Exceptional start for Patel and good on him but maybe we need to realise we are BC fans and reserve judgement til around Feb/March
Fuck that! being a Black Caps fan means to hell with the future, revel in the now.
He is one of our better openers of late
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Great result. As always with a Pakistan collapse there is a little whisper in the back of your mind but hallelujah. The grim days of the 70's and to a lesser extent the early 90's are a fading memory.
This is our 26th test victory this decade. We didn't achieve our 26th test victory in history until 1986!
Test cricket has it all
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@mariner4life Especially the victories where a spell of bowling brilliance papers over a fucking shambolic batting effort...
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@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mariner4life Especially the victories where a spell of bowling brilliance papers over a fucking shambolic batting effort...
Well yes Mokes but don't forget we have two of our top three best test batsmen playing at the moment, reliable openers and an ever improving Henry Nichols. Gone are the embarrassing days when Dan Vettori at 8 had more hundreds than any of his teammates. The symbolic batting efforts are no where near as common as the past.....
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@no-quarter said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@canefan I haven't been able to catch much of the first three days as have been busy, but Patel had it on a string in that final session, was really high quality bowling, making them play at everything without giving them any half trackers or half volleys to relieve the pressure.
Wags provides all the heart, passion and just raw fucking emotion that you want in a fast bowler. I fucking love that guy.
He's fuelled on anger, real or usually imagined
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@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mariner4life Especially the victories where a spell of bowling brilliance papers over a fucking shambolic batting effort...
aaahhh, isn't that like, all of them? Certainly the memorable ones.
Being rolled by Pakistan over there is hardly a black mark though, they are lethal.
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@mariner4life said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mariner4life Especially the victories where a spell of bowling brilliance papers over a fucking shambolic batting effort...
aaahhh, isn't that like, all of them? Certainly the memorable ones.
Being rolled by Pakistan over there is hardly a black mark though, they are lethal.
Yeah for all the criticism of the first innings performance, some of it was brought into context through the rest of the match. 153 went from abysmal to probably not far below par.
