Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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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?
@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. -
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!
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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!
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@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
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I'll be truthful and say I wasn't expecting that scorecard when I heard it on the news this morning. Well done Kane and Nicholls.
I said earlier in the thread that we'd need to bat for 4 sessions to make the test safe, so 3/4 the way there. If all goes well I'd bat until lunch or maybe have a couple of overs to bowl at them before the break. Looking forward to watching more of the test tonight.
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@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?
@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@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?
Better than 9 for 40..
And even if we do now I reckon we're safe.
Currently 199 to win at 2.2 rpo.
Get Hank to his ton, add a few more and we'll be looing at defending 240-250 at 3s.
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I went to bed quite early and had two or three dreams that I checked the score and we were only 4 down and I was getting happier and happier and then I woke up and was gutted to realise it was a dream.
Checked my phone and saw we were only 4 down! Could not believe it.
Felt like a Soothsayer for a moment!
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
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@Hooroo if you could just have a dream about lotto and post the results on here that would be appreciated.
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I went to bed quite early and had two or three dreams that I checked the score and we were only 4 down and I was getting happier and happier and then I woke up and was gutted to realise it was a dream.
Checked my phone and saw we were only 4 down! Could not believe it.
Felt like a Soothsayer for a moment!
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
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@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
The lawn one is usually a nightmare.....
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@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@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?
Better than 9 for 40..
And even if we do now I reckon we're safe.
Currently 199 to win at 2.2 rpo.
Get Hank to his ton, add a few more and we'll be looing at defending 240-250 at 3s.
@booboo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@crucial said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@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?
Better than 9 for 40..
And even if we do now I reckon we're safe.
Currently 199 to win at 2.2 rpo.
Get Hank to his ton, add a few more and we'll be looing at defending 240-250 at 3s.
It all depends on how willing they are to risk losing to win. In these days of T20, if Pakistan retain wickets then they can just unleash with 15 overs to go and it could be tough to stop them making a hundred runs in that period.
If we're playing to win, I reckon bat for an hour tomorrow - the second half in T20 mode - if we can (Get the pads on Colin!).
That should get us close to 270 and leave five hours to have a crack at bowling them out.
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@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
Did you feed the chickens as well?
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@chris-b said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@hooroo said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
(On a weird coincidence the other night I dreamt they were going to abandon a highway upgrade and then yesterday they cancelled the upgrade from Cambridge heading south)
Wow - that's even wilder than the dream I had about mowing my lawn, where I mowed my lawn.
That one's coming true as well!
Did you feed the chickens as well?
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Kane is an absolute legend, and I hope Nicholls gets his ton, he deserves it.
Elephant in the room: Taylor made 22. And Raval, Latham, and Somerville together made 14.
@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Kane is an absolute legend, and I hope Nicholls gets his ton, he deserves it.
Elephant in the room: Taylor made 22. And Raval, Latham, and Somerville together made 14.
Elephant in the Room??? That's the zoo, silly! This is NZ cricket we are talking about. We rely on one or two to do awesome and the others a bit rubbish
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Kane is an absolute legend, and I hope Nicholls gets his ton, he deserves it.
Elephant in the room: Taylor made 22. And Raval, Latham, and Somerville together made 14.
@mokey Yeah- Henry absolutely deserves a hundred.
A point that I've missed until looking just now is that Henry has actually been pretty bloody good for the past two years. He's averaging 49 across 12 tests and, even if he gets out first ball tonight, he'll average 46 in that period.
I'm wondering if Yasser Shah was turning the ball too much last night. Some of his stuff was going across the batsman from about two feet outside leg stump. Looked unplayable, but wasn't.
