***Official***Match #35 - New Zealand vs Pakistan - November 4th - Bengaluru

[trundler]

Apparently Pakistan doesn't have any wild tigers either.

I'm starting to get upset over here!

Don't think a chakor would fare too well against a kiwi in 1 v 1

 

[trundler]

Ah it wasn't clear because I've never seen you make the semis before

Seem to recall putting NZ in their place about a year ago in one.

Sucks to suck.

#weakness

4 tons for Fakhar Zaman this year, all against NZ. Still need to see how he does against #strong sides.

 

[Athlai]

Seem to recall putting NZ in their place about a year ago in one.

This is cw. T20 doesn't count

 

[trundler]

I'm now genuinely curious what would happen in a fight between a kiwi and a chakor. Someone sim it already ffs

 

[social]

No doubt that the stats nerds will disagree but D/L often throws up calculations that don’t seem to make much sense

 

[Sunil1z]

Only reason D/L didn’t make sense because it didn’t take into consideration Pakistan’s tendency to collapse. But did the NZ attack vs Pakistan have quality in them to trigger a collapse. It looked extremely pedestrian.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

I don’t really think you could have not given it to Pakistan in that position, but equally I think it was more likely than not NZ would have won from there if it went to 50 overs. All that hitting and they were only on par, lose a wicket or two, have a few quiet overs and the pressure builds very quickly.

So I’m just annoyed at the rain, really.

In this context, there was a higher chance of Pak finishing it with a few overs to spare. The big difference was NZ going with 3 spinners on a smallish ground against a team that plays spin well. They had quite a few players who could go after spin including a well-set Babar and Rizwan to come in along with Zaman and Ifti. Had NZ gone with 3 pace bowlers, the result would've heavily depended on Zaman and Iftikhar staying at the crease and hitting those big sixes.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Only reason D/L didn’t make sense because it didn’t take into consideration Pakistan’s tendency to collapse. But did the NZ attack vs Pakistan have quality in them to trigger a collapse. It looked extremely pedestrian.

100% agree with this. Generally DL results are not quite there, but there was a very minimal chance of NZ turning this one around.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

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Don't think a chakor would fare too well against a kiwi in 1 v 1

Wanna eat this bird tbh

 

[ankitj]

That revised 41 over target after the first stoppage - Pak would have got it in a canter.

 

[trundler]

Wanna eat this bird tbh

iSR

You're lucky @Dan isn't a mod anymore

 

[Moss]

Great post but I'm still going to blame you personally for the loss.

Yikes. Now removing ‘grass banks at Basin Reserve test’ from my bucket list as we speak.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm now genuinely curious what would happen in a fight between a kiwi and a chakor. Someone sim it already ffs

No doubt that the stats nerds will disagree but D/L often throws up calculations that don’t seem to make much sense

I really thought the end of that sentence would be about the kiwi/chakor fight.

 

[Daemon]

What the **** is this discussion

(my money’s on the chakor who can simply fly away ftr)

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

That's not a fight you fool

 

[Daemon]

That's not a fight you fool

Fly is a 90 power 95% accuracy move you noob

 

[Adorable Asshole]

It's a 2 turn move so practically useless meganoob

 

[Moss]

Which stand were you in mate? We were in C stand. Also, you are a visiting Kiwi?

Oh nice, I was in the N stand. Not a kiwi, Longtime Bangalorean though I’ve also lived/worked in Chennai and Hyderabad at various points. NZ fan since ‘92 because, well, World Cup ‘92. Don’t contribute much to discussions on Indian cricket on this forum (though I probably would if i had more time), because I get to do that a fair bit within my everyday circle.