Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan
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@virgil said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
As I wrong in saying Pakistan had never lost a Test series in the UAE before?
Quick look back I can see most series either won or drawn.Even we drew last time we played there
Sri Lanka won their series there last year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_cricket_team_against_Pakistan_in_the_UAE_in_2017–18 -
As I wrong in saying Pakistan had never lost a Test series in the UAE before?
Quick look back I can see most series either won or drawn.Even we drew last time we played there
@virgil possibly more noteworthy than 2 losses in about 12 years was how they smashed into submission quality teams. Aus and Eng would rock up all keen and by half way through the series the writing was on the wall. Lesser teams were a mere formality
To people that know cricket, this was a win well worth celebrating
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Just watched that Day 5 highlights package (nice work, Pakistan cricket, 20 mins is good.) Really good bowling effort, and have to say, good use of the review. Umps got a lot of calls wrong. Ross had some dropsies he will not want to re-watch, and you could just see Stead's pulse rate accelerate when Raval dropped that catch.
My only complaint, not nearly enough shots of the Pakistan coach watching his team implode. Again.
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Just watched that Day 5 highlights package (nice work, Pakistan cricket, 20 mins is good.) Really good bowling effort, and have to say, good use of the review. Umps got a lot of calls wrong. Ross had some dropsies he will not want to re-watch, and you could just see Stead's pulse rate accelerate when Raval dropped that catch.
My only complaint, not nearly enough shots of the Pakistan coach watching his team implode. Again.
@mokey said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Just watched that Day 5 highlights package (nice work, Pakistan cricket, 20 mins is good.) Really good bowling effort, and have to say, good use of the review. Umps got a lot of calls wrong. Ross had some dropsies he will not want to re-watch, and you could just see Stead's pulse rate accelerate when Raval dropped that catch.
My only complaint, not nearly enough shots of the Pakistan coach watching his team implode. Again.
Mick Arthur must be sick of coaching teams that choke like dogs
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There's some top quality talk back ( is that an oxymoron) from Devlin calling this one of the great NZ test series wins.
The Black Caps were behind Pakistan in every single stat.. ..except the one that mattered. Shah took 29 wickets and his team still lost the series !
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There's some top quality talk back ( is that an oxymoron) from Devlin calling this one of the great NZ test series wins.
The Black Caps were behind Pakistan in every single stat.. ..except the one that mattered. Shah took 29 wickets and his team still lost the series !
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
There's some top quality talk back ( is that an oxymoron) from Devlin calling this one of the great NZ test series wins.
The Black Caps were behind Pakistan in every single stat.. ..except the one that mattered. Shah took 29 wickets and his team still lost the series !
One of the articles posted above makes the point that the difference was that almost all of our players chipped in through out the series, whereas Pakistan were reliant on a couple of guys going big. That gave us the strength to recover after earlier failures while Pakistan were boom or bust.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
There's some top quality talk back ( is that an oxymoron) from Devlin calling this one of the great NZ test series wins.
The Black Caps were behind Pakistan in every single stat.. ..except the one that mattered. Shah took 29 wickets and his team still lost the series !
One of the articles posted above makes the point that the difference was that almost all of our players chipped in through out the series, whereas Pakistan were reliant on a couple of guys going big. That gave us the strength to recover after earlier failures while Pakistan were boom or bust.
@cyclops said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
There's some top quality talk back ( is that an oxymoron) from Devlin calling this one of the great NZ test series wins.
The Black Caps were behind Pakistan in every single stat.. ..except the one that mattered. Shah took 29 wickets and his team still lost the series !
One of the articles posted above makes the point that the difference was that almost all of our players chipped in through out the series, whereas Pakistan were reliant on a couple of guys going big. That gave us the strength to recover after earlier failures while Pakistan were boom or bust.
That's pretty much what Craig McMillan said. We also only got 2 centuries to their 5.
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@mn5 said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
There's some top quality talk back ( is that an oxymoron) from Devlin calling this one of the great NZ test series wins.
The Black Caps were behind Pakistan in every single stat.. ..except the one that mattered. Shah took 29 wickets and his team still lost the series !
One of the articles posted above makes the point that the difference was that almost all of our players chipped in through out the series, whereas Pakistan were reliant on a couple of guys going big. That gave us the strength to recover after earlier failures while Pakistan were boom or bust.
There's quite an interesting pattern in the run scoring figures.
Kane...and Nicholls
Four Pakistanis
Four New ZealandersThen Safraz, CdG, Imam and Hafeez who all had awful series.
And then all the bowlers who batted 8-11, none of whom scored many runs.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12620;type=series
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Raval is a shit house catcher. Every time I watch the Craps he seems to drop one.
@crazy-horse said in Cricket - NZ vs Pakistan:
Raval is a shit house catcher. Every time I watch the Craps he seems to drop one.
He started off in the slips before being banished to the outfield.
