Black Caps vs Pakistan T20Is

[Bovidae]

After Southee withdrew a few weeks back Bracewell has been named captain today. This could get ugly with so many players out.

[Chris B.]

@Bovidae I read your post before looking at the list and thought "Doug Bracewell is the captain? I'm surprised he made the team".

Looking at the team, I'm surprised he didn't!

[SouthernMann]

Really exciting squad. Looking forward to seeing Robinson open with Allen. Hopefully Foxcroft can shake the form issues he had with Otago. We may get smoked, but always good to see some young talent.

[Chris]

A few players in that squad are going to get found out in Pakistan, some just not up to it.

[Donsteppa]

Feels like there's a decent XI of about 7-8 there, and then the rest is scratching/hoping/aiming for development.

[Canes4life]

Happy for Tim Robinson, he was having a sublime T20 season for the Firebirds before injury struck.

[Cyclops]

Given our top 7 players are unavailable, I'm actually pleasantly surprised at the strength of that squad. Pakistan will basically be full strength for this, so we'll get pumped, but with basically an entire top order unavailable (Conway, Ravindra, Williamson, Mitchell, Phillips) about as good as iswe could have hoped for.

[Donsteppa]

About to really test the depth now with Allen and Milne out...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350243659/zac-foulkes-and-tom-blundell-called-black-caps-t20-series-pakistan

[Rapido]

Well deserved for Foulkes, actually.

but, yeah, will definitely be a severe test of depth. Particularly batting depth.

[nzzp]

Ugh.
all at 2am.
FRI SUN MON
FRI SUN

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-vs-new-zealand-2024-1424827

[Donsteppa]

The timing for watching from here is about as brutal as the scorecards will be...

[Daffy Jaffy]

Live now on YouTube - Edit: Well that was a waste of time. Abandoned to rain after two balls with NZ 2 for 1 wicket.

[MN5]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Black Caps vs Pakistan T20Is:

Live now on YouTube - Edit: Well that was a waste of time. Abandoned to rain after two balls with NZ 2 for 1 wicket.

That’s a hell of a lot of action for two balls I have to say

[Donsteppa]

Unfortunately no surprises - our batting is as poor as it looked like on paper.

[nzzp]

Holy shit we win one! Successful tour!

[MN5]

@nzzp said in Black Caps vs Pakistan T20Is:

Holy shit we win one! Successful tour!

Match fixing

[Canes4life]

Comfortable win, never in doubt.

[nzzp]

Chapman outstanding, match winning knock.

[Donsteppa]

That's a very pleasant surprise!

Chapman certainly has the talent to succeed at the very top level. It's just about turning it into consistency I guess.

[Daffy Jaffy]