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*Official* Pakistan in New Zealand 2020/21
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nightprowler10
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Congrats to the Kiwi fans here. Such a nice well balanced team. Perfect to beat up on prank teams like us.
Fuller Pilch
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Also big thanks to Pakistan for coming here especially in a Covid world. The first test was wonderful and very competitive and if catches had been taken and/or no balls avoided, the 2nd one could've been very different.
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nzfan
International Vice-Captain
There were lots of positives for Pakistan. Rizwan, Azhar Ali, Afridi, Ashraf, fawad had reasonable outing. Comparing with the openers this season Abid Ali is not a bad investment. Abbas was quite good but unlucky.
Maybe if Pakistan had 2 or three more consistent players they could have put in better performance.
Catching I thought would be better from this Pakistan unit but nope lot of work to be done in that area. It was a huge let down for them.
Maybe if Pakistan had 2 or three more consistent players they could have put in better performance.
Catching I thought would be better from this Pakistan unit but nope lot of work to be done in that area. It was a huge let down for them.
trundler
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Think about this after having a w@nk
SillyCowCorner1
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Liton Kumar Das for you.
nightprowler10
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Rizwan will be, within a year. Right now I don't know if he's better overall than BJ.
straw man
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Agree, gotta be grateful that both the West Indies and Pakistan have gone through the rigmarole of quarantine in order to play in NZ; thanks guys.
When you're losing it sucks but it can be a silver lining to receive a strong signal about where some of your players stand, which happened here. e.g.
Strong positive: Rizwan, Faheem, SS Afridi
Strong negative: Haris Sohail, Naseem (right now)
(just as with WI I didn't include openers or spinners on the strong negative list, as NZ is a rough place to tour for those)
Athlai
Not Terrible
New Zealand being good wanes BJs powers.
Moss
International Vice-Captain
Yeah, the second big tour Pakistan undertook this year, must be quite tough being on the road (rather,, in a bubble) for extended periods of time. Competed pretty well I thought but most mistakes they made tended to prove very costly or turn into huge moments, happens when you're playing a well oiled machine like NZ at home.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah.
The frustrating thing about this is that regardless of the standings, arguably NZ would be favourites against either of those teams in English conditions. Arguably.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
2nd test in SL. (1-1 draw)
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
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James
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So Misbah is sacked as coach after their performances in NZ according to Shoaib Akhtar:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Andy Flower to take over as Head Coach.
Andy Flower will replace Misbah-ul-Haq as Pakistan's coach: Shoaib Akhtar | Cricket News - Times of India
Cricket News: Former Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Wednesday said Andy Flower will soon replace Misbah-ul-Haq as the coach of Pakistan's senior cricket team.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Andy Flower to take over as Head Coach.
ParwazHaiJunoon
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Misbah earns stay of execution, committee to meet again following SA tour
The committee expressed disappointment with recent results, but admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic had created a challenge
www.espncricinfo.com
Bahnz
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Waqar was blaming the covid isolation requirements as the reason for the bowler's poor performance. There might be something to it, but you have to assume that arrangements could be made to bring exercise equipment into the player's rooms to help them at least stay physically fit in the run-up to the series.
trundler
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Wasn't it. There was some promising bowling from the opening bowlers in the A game just before the tests. Picking a very very raw third seamer and dropping a dozen catches across 2 tests is a surefire way of nerfing the potency of any attack. Also Yasir Shah doing Yasir Shah Outside Asia things.