Black Caps v Pakistan

Gunner

@mimic is this what you mean? Quote from Cricinfo

46.6

Sohail Khan to de Grandhomme, no run, ah that wasn't very wise, de Grandhomme came down the pitch a bit too early and the bowler shortened his length and seamed the ball away from the right-hander, beating the outside edge of his attempted drive

Gunner

Mimic called it, CdG with a very BMac like innings.

An almost run a ball 30 odd, scored mostly in boundaries, out caught off a top edge at long leg.

Was good while it lasted.

Lets see what Astle can do.

Gunner

@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Lets see what Astle can do.

Fuck all it seems.

Hold onto your hats, here is Southee.

Donsteppa

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@Virgil said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

@Virgil said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Debut boys having a pretty good day

follow the fucking script!!!!

See it was all fine, debut 100 coming up around lunchtime tomorrow.

That blur you see out the window is the mob moving into place in case Raval is out before 100.

@Virgil .............

Gunner

What did I tell ya...

52.6 Sohail Khan to Southee, FOUR, and again! No top edge this time though. Southee swivels and pulls the short of a length ball wide of the fielder at fine leg. Sohail's ninth consecutive over this morning is an expensive one
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52.5 Sohail Khan to Southee, FOUR, another short ball, and another pull shot, this time the ball flies over the keeper off the top edge for four more ... Southee isn't holding back here and New Zealand's lead is growing
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52.2 Sohail Khan to Southee, FOUR, short of a length this time and Southee winds up and smashes it over midwicket, it nearly carries all the way. He had cleared his front foot before pulling that
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52.1Sohail Khan to Southee, FOUR, Southee stays beside the line of the ball again, not getting behind it, and steers it wide of the slip cordon for a boundary

Classic Southee

booboo

Well Southee has licence now with Watling gone. 8 down.

40ish ahead

Chris B.

Bowl a team out for 133 and not putting up at least a 100 run lead borders on criminal negligence unless the pitch is an absolute minefield (which this one isn't).

Unfortunately, the backbone of our batting - Latham, Williamson, Taylor - made 16 between them.

A 40 run first innings lead is not enough. I'd back Pakistan to be better in their second innings - we will certainly need Kane and Tom to be.

mariner4life

Well the players have fucked this up, so it's down to us. We've got some pretty heavy jinxing to do today.

Unfortunately it's not a work day. Advantage Pakistan

booboo

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Well the players have fucked this up, so it's down to us. We've got some pretty heavy jinxing to do today.

Unfortunately it's not a work day. Advantage Pakistan

I've written it off now.

Pakis will rack up 450 run lead and we'll fizzle for 90.

Donsteppa

@mariner4life said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Well the players have fucked this up, so it's down to us. We've got some pretty heavy jinxing to do today.

Surely DeGrandhomme's 6-for was beginners luck and he can't take six again. Anyone got anything to add on Southee?

ACT Crusader

@Gunner are you watching it?

Because I thought the Pakistan bowlers were pretty good. They built pressure but attacked. It cost them a few boundaries to the lower order but overall the strategy was good.

canefan

Southee draws a poor shot from Misbah who holes out hooking to Boult, now Boult gets Azhar bowled, the pendulum swings back to us

canefan

I still expect them to mount a tail end stand of 100 or so then bundle us out

booboo

Hmmm... whenever i turn on the telly we have either just git a wicket or we get one within two deliveries. Well it's happened last three times.

This time booboo strikes first ball. Boulter grabs Misbah on the boundary off Timmah.

Then Boulter gets another.

Like this game... so far ...

booboo

BTW there is still time for their 450 lead ...

BOULT!!!

booboo

Great ball. 6 down.

Going to be bloody embarrassing when their last five batsmen rack up 4 hundy between them ...

canefan

Astle getting some turn. That's a concern for us batting

Gunner

@ACT-Crusader nope, wasn't watching. Was following on cricinfo this morning while at work. Too bloody busy actually working after work to follow the cricket.
They may have bowled to a plan, but without watching I believe we batted pretty fucking poorly as well.

I see we've bowled well again though, and all going to plan in the morning, we'll be chasing no more than 150 to win, which is no walk in the park.

Game on.

nzzp

@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

I see we've bowled well again though, and all going to plan in the morning, we'll be chasing no more than 150 to win, which is no walk in the park.

Game on.

I'd say esaier than that. It's a Day 3 pitch effectively - shouldn't be destroying itself yet. 150 should be a walk, 200 getting tough, and let's not talk about our batting collapses again oh god why do we keep doing this to each other

OK, that off my chest, IF we don't collapse, we should still be red hot favourites to win this. Leading by 62 with only 3 wickets left - hard to see a 150 lead at that point unless we bowl really badly.

canefan

@nzzp said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

@Gunner said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

I see we've bowled well again though, and all going to plan in the morning, we'll be chasing no more than 150 to win, which is no walk in the park.

Game on.

I'd say esaier than that. It's a Day 3 pitch effectively - shouldn't be destroying itself yet. 150 should be a walk, 200 getting tough, and let's not talk about our batting collapses again oh god why do we keep doing this to each other

OK, that off my chest, IF we don't collapse, we should still be red hot favourites to win this. Leading by 62 with only 3 wickets left - hard to see a 150 lead at that point unless we bowl really badly.

We are the Black Caps, total collapse is infinitely possible

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Black Caps v Pakistan