NZ v Pakistan T20 series

[ioppolo]

How long can Chapman be persisted with?

 

[Plugger35]

We've got some Santner magic here with a couple of sixes.

How long can Chapman be persisted with?

He has talent but he needs to start delivering on it.

 

[Plugger35]

Rauf on a hat trick.

And he bowled a wide on his hat trick ball.

 

[NYRB]

Feels like Pakistan pegged NZ back in the back end of that innings.

 

[Plugger35]

Normally you would be pretty happy with a score of 194 but we should have made at least 200 from the position we were in.

Horrible collapse at the end which would have been even worse if it wasn't for that great cameo knock from Santner.

 

[madjoe]

i get his a kid but that's a terrible shot to get out too (ayub)

 

[NYRB]

Sears drops Fakhar. He will be swearing to himself there.

 

[Plugger35]

Pakistan in trouble losing 2 early wickets, it should have been 3 wickets if Sears didn't drop a sitter off Milne.

 

[Plugger35]

Chapman dropping Babar now, have we been getting catching tips from Pakistan?

 

[Plugger35]

That drop off Fakhar looking costly with him smashing Sodhi like he did in the World Cup.

I can't understand the decision to drop Henry instead of Sodhi for Santner., I would be bowling Mitchell and Phillips now ahead of Sodhi.

 

[Plugger35]

Milne bowling Fakhar for 50 to keep us in it.

 

[Plugger35]

Pakistan collapsing losing 3 wickets for 11 runs.

It's now up to Jamal to provide some support for Babar.

 

[The 747]

Azam Khan out for a disappointing 2, given that he averages 4.

 

[Plugger35]

Another new ball needed after Jamal sends Santner out of the ground, that's 3 news balls needed now by my count.

I hope they don't run out of them.

 

[The 747]

70 off 33 needed with no real batting to come. Think it's all over.

 

[Plugger35]

Sodhi has fought back well getting a couple of wickets but he owes Milne a beer for getting rid of his bogeyman Fakhar.

It looks like a lost cause for Pakistan now with Babar batting with the tailenders but they still have some hope while he is still there.

 

[Plugger35]

Sears getting the big wicket of Babar again and it's all over.

 

[Plugger35]

NZ win by 21 runs to go 2 nil up in the series.

Milne should be the MOTM with his 4 wickets, a matchwinning bowling performance from him.

It looks like Finn Allen has got the MOTM instead, T20 really is a batsman's game.

 

[NYRB]

In terms of the regular Asian nations eg Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Pakistan easily have the worst fielders of the lot.

You have to wonder if they are borderline fixing matches.

 

[NYRB]

Game 3:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Tim Seifert(w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner(c), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan(w), Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi(c), Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[Plugger35]

After losing the first 2 games fielding first I thought Pakistan might have given batting first a try.

 

[NYRB]

Didnt understand much of what Umar Gul was saying .

 

[NYRB]

Allen 50 up in 26 balls

 

[Plugger35]

Another fifty for Finn Allen to back up his fifty in Hamilton, he is having a good series and has been NZ's best batsman so far.

 

[NYRB]

Rauf is way too overrated as a player in the BBL. Pakistan pacers are nothing special .