Pakistan In New Zealand

Yes, It pretty much seems like Ind,Eng,SA and WI at the moment.In ODI's there is alwasys a chance for unexpected once in a while.BD might win agaisn't one of the big team, but can they make it like 3 against good teams.

Originally posted by sam_ahmed THRASHED, good that I was appearing for a quiz competition today and didn't saw the second innings. anyways, this was sort of expected, actually there are still another 5 matches Raj, it is a 6 match series (so please revise your wish), I'd be happy if PAK can win 4-2. They should really.   Raj, just wanted to know, based on your posts I got an impression that after PAK the team that you don't like is Bangladesh. I can understand with PAK not having good political relations, wars and all that right, but what have poor bangladeshi's done? let them win na, poor country, they will be happy...

Nah mate. I reckon it will be the other way round, Nz to win the series 4-2. Yes the NZ team has been playing some terrible cricket...11 one day losses in a row but with the new coach, the new feeling in the camp, it will do wonders for the 1day team. Very impressed with Southee. Franklin needs to swing the ball more at the pace he bowls, Oram bowled good, he's been out with injury for a long time...again. I like the look of the team much more with McCullum batting down the order, Guptill and Ryder are more than capable of opening the batting together.

I am with you here buddy - I dont expect Pakistan to win this one. Pakistan does not have the swing and seam bowlers - they just have fast bowlers and this doe snot suit them in the one day games on such grounds in such conditions.

I'm so so disappointed that it got raine off, apparently last three days were sunny, the last game was held on saturday so ideally this game should have been played yesterday and we would have had a 100 over game.

The forecast started off with thunderstorms turned to partly cloudy and now it says sunny, so hopefully rain will stay away for the 3rd ODI Daz, lets keep our fingers crossed.

Maiden ODI ton for Mohammed Hafeez, good confidence booster ahead of the WC and the way Afridi played today, 65 off 25 balls, it makes you wonder how powerful PAK can be if their top and middle order stes up a good platform. Umer Akmal, Afridi and Razzaq are impossible to be controlled if they have a decent platform to build on, but if they are asked to buold an innings after early setbacks then they can't do it.

McCullum is gone now at 182/6 PAk should win it from here, Oram there and Mills is a good bat but looking at the RRR PAK should not mess it now.

What I like about Shahzad is that he is quite fearless Zuhair. PAK needed someone like him at the top.

Asad is more suited for the longer format I think Zuhair. I'd persist with Shahzad, he looks talented to me but then so many Pakistanis look so talented, only a few actually make it big. I hope Shahzad makes an impact on those flat tracks.  

Edited by sam_ahmed - 29 January 2011 at 2:53pm

Pakistan made a remarkable recovery, thought they would have only got about 250 but then I realise it had the likes of Umar, Afridi and Razzaq left in the hut.  Umar started it but Afridi stole the show to the end.

He possibly couldn't be including Umar Akmal in that comparison because no batsman for Pakistan at the moment bar Younis and Yousuf seems better than Umar Akmal.

He is only good forslogging. You cant call umar akmal a batsman. We made him a big star after just a few games. Hehas the talent, but we cant have much expectations on him. He is as reliable as Afridi or Imran Nazir.

No doubts about his talent, but then he was just good talent.

Maybe i'm seeing a different Umar Akmal bat than you guys see bat.

Roscoe takes a blinder to remove Hafeez - the pitch is good to bat on and I expect Pakistan to chase this down. Pakistan is not the best chasing team but this batting line has depth. This will go down to the wire methinks.