*Official* Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2018

[Dan]

What a ****ing win.

But holy **** Azhar choked hard at the end there. Brilliant ball from Ajaz and I don't want to take any credit away from him or the fight of the rest of the NZ team, but fmd Azhar did not look confident trying to get those last few runs.

 

[Burner]

Damn shame I missed this match. Looked at scores today morning and Pakistan were 3 down for 120 or something, thought they were going to cruise. Should have known right then that they were going to Pakistan it.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

In the previous test vs Pakistan, their collapse to lose was even worse:

2nd Test, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Nov 25-29 2016 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

Am I right in thinking that we've won the last 4 tests in a row vs Pakistan (3rd test 2014, 2-0 in the 2 match series at home in 2016/17 and now today)? Is that a record for consecutive NZ wins vs a non-minnow, or do we have a bigger run v SL/WI?

 

[lockton2skipper]

Fantastic unlikely win , great bowling by Patel and Wagner, Nz still a bit light in batting thanks to cdg total loss of form lack of technique , sodhi earned another go but can't see any obvious replacements in the squad 2 frontline seamers are enough.

 

[smash84]

Wow, well played NZ. Great victory. Wasn't expected after the first inning showing but superbly played. Pakistan ****ting all over themselves in the 4th innings again.

 

[Gomez656]

Test crickets narrow victory


http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/215342.ht

Smallest victories

Winner Margin Opposition Ground Match Date
West Indies 1 run v Australia Adelaide 23 Jan 1993
England 2 runs v Australia Birmingham 4 Aug 2005
Australia 3 runs v England Manchester 24 Jul 1902
England 3 runs v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1982
New Zealand 4 runs v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 16 Nov 2018
South Africa 5 runs v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 1994
Australia 6 runs v England Sydney 20 Feb 1885
Australia 7 runs v England The Oval 28 Aug 1882
South Africa 7 runs v Sri Lanka Kandy 30 Jul 2000
New Zealand 7 runs v Australia Hobart 9 Dec 2011
England 10 runs v Australia Sydney 14 Dec 1894
Australia 11 runs v England Adelaide 16 Jan 1925
England 12 runs v Australia Adelaide 1 Feb 1929
England 12 runs v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1998
Pakistan 12 runs v India Chennai 28 Jan 1999
England 13 runs v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887
India 13 runs v Australia Mumbai 3 Nov 2004
England 14 runs v Australia Nottingham 10 Jul 2013
Australia 16 runs v India Brisbane 2 Dec 1977
Pakistan 16 runs v India Bengaluru 13 Mar 1987
Australia 16 runs v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 17 Aug 1992
South Africa 17 runs v England Johannesburg 15 Feb 1957
England 18 runs v Australia Leeds 16 Jul 1981
South Africa 19 runs v England Johannesburg 1 Jan 1910
England 19 runs v Australia The Oval 21 Aug 1997
Bangladesh 20 runs v Australia Dhaka 27 Aug 2017
Sri Lanka 21 runs v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 28 Sep 2017
Pakistan 22 runs v England Multan 12 Nov 2005
England 22 runs v Bangladesh Chittagong 20 Oct 2016
England 23 runs v South Africa Leeds 6 Aug 1998
Pakistan 24 runs v England The Oval 12 Aug 1954
Zimbabwe 24 runs v Pakistan Harare 10 Sep 2013
England 25 runs v Pakistan Leeds 8 Jul 1971
England 26 runs v West Indies Port of Spain 30 Mar 1974
Australia 27 runs v Sri Lanka Kandy 16 Mar 2004
New Zealand 27 runs v West Indies Auckland 9 Mar 2006
South Africa 28 runs v England Johannesburg 24 Dec 1930
Australia 28 runs v England Melbourne 22 Dec 1950
India 28 runs v England Kolkata 30 Dec 1972
England 29 runs v Australia Birmingham 30 Jul 1981
Pakistan 29 runs v South Africa Durban 26 Feb 1998
West Indies 30 runs v Australia Sydney 27 Feb 1931
South Africa 30 runs v New Zealand Durban 8 Dec 1961
England 30 runs v West Indies Leeds 10 Jul 1969
England 31 runs v India Birmingham 1 Aug 2018
England 32 runs v South Africa Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899
Australia 32 runs v England Melbourne 28 Feb 1902
New Zealand 32 runs v Pakistan Dunedin 24 Nov 2009
Pakistan 33 runs v New Zealand Hamilton 2 Jan 1993
New Zealand 34 runs v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 1 Nov 2011
West Indies 35 runs v Zimbabwe Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000
Australia 35 runs v West Indies Perth 16 Dec 2009
Australia 36 runs v Pakistan Sydney 3 Jan 2010
India 37 runs v West Indies Port of Spain 19 Apr 2002
South Africa 38 runs v Australia Adelaide 7 Jan 1911
England 38 runs v Australia Sydney 17 Dec 1954
England 38 runs v New Zealand Nottingham 7 Jun 1973
Australia 38 runs v India Adelaide 25 Jan 1992
West Indies 38 runs v India Bridgetown 27 Mar 1997
Australia 39 runs v India Brisbane 19 Jan 1968
Australia 39 runs v Pakistan Brisbane 15 Dec 2016
New Zealand 40 runs v South Africa Port Elizabeth 16 Feb 1962
West Indies 40 runs v Pakistan Providence 12 May 2011
New Zealand 40 runs v India Auckland 6 Feb 2014

 

[Gomez656]

Cong Bombay born Leg spinner A Patel 7 for 123 on debut, not remember any kiwi spinner did that good on debut, he also put on 22 in partnership with Sodhi

I hope NZ keep him when Santner returns

 

[Gomez656]

Sodhi Foxed Babar on Full toss twice and Azhar (62 odd) throw Babar (run out) under bus was tragedy for pakistan

 

[Flem274*]

went to black caps facebook for the comments. first one i see listed under the new cover photo does not disappoint

Fluke victory NZ is minnow in test format outside home.
won the match because of luck(toss).
It was difficult for any team to chase 150+ in 4th inning
and for randian Stop crying in comment section

 

[straw man]

Wow, just wow. Didn't have the chance to watch this tonight and I had to stop checking cricinfo once the score got down to 15 required with 3 wickets in hand. This has to rate up there as one of the best NZ wins ever. Ajaz Patel... we've all sat round for years watching him slowly masticate his way through plunket shield batting lineups like a python swallowing a drunk fat guy, and we all thought the same thing: '...nah, he's a fat **** who puts no work on the ball, lets give Ish/Jeets/Craig/Tastle/Santa/****ing Sommerville a punt instead'. Well he proved us all wrong today. What a legend. Also looks like Wags did his usual thing of pulling vital wickets out of his arse just as all looked lost. 5th best NZ bowler of all time behind only Hadlee, Bond, Cowie and Boult.

This must be close to NZ's biggest come from behind win in terms of runs conceded in the first innings?

Wagner was very important - started the first innings a little average without the bumpers, but as he so often does he built up a head of steam and got into the contest, complete with all our favourite slow-mo facial expressions. Aside from the bouncer specialty, he was also very good at bowling dry across the right-hander so that they found it hard to score, and drew a couple of edges.

Ajaz is in perfect shape for a left arm spinner I'll have you know.

 

[Howe_zat]

This'll be the second impressive overseas win this week.

^^^

 

[Bahnz]

In the previous test vs Pakistan, their collapse to lose was even worse:

2nd Test, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Nov 25-29 2016 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

Am I right in thinking that we've won the last 4 tests in a row vs Pakistan (3rd test 2014, 2-0 in the 2 match series at home in 2016/17 and now today)? Is that a record for consecutive NZ wins vs a non-minnow, or do we have a bigger run v SL/WI?

Pretty sure we've won 5 on the bounce v SRL (2nd test 2012, 2-0 in 2014/15, 2-0 again in 2015/16).

 

[cnerd123]

First time a team has ever won a Test by 4 runs

Records | Test matches | Team records | Smallest margin of victory (by runs) | ESPNcricinfo

Nice

 

[vcs]

This result sets up this series quite perfectly. Fortunately it isn't two matches.

 

[Days of Grace]

What a great victory!

Decided to watch once we had three wickets. Watched for 90 minutes and didn’t see us take any more. Going to work, I followed updates on cricinfo. I didn’t see any wickets. So you can thank me for not watching! In my English conversation class, I told my students to talk about their weekends in pairs as I followed the last few updates. Very similar thing happened during Hobart 2011.

Pakistan certainly choked but I also don’t like the body language of Mickey Arthur. Not exactly a calming presence.

 

[Daemon]

Brilliant. Test cricket is just the best.

Good thing NZ have so many more games lined up for this decade.

 

[Borges]

It is all very well for Sarfraz to talk about not being able to handle the pressure in the last innings. It shouldn't have come to the last innings; a reasonable team would have buried the opposition once they were twenty runs ahead in the first innings with six wickets and oodles of time in hand.

 

[OverratedSanity]

They've been missing Younis and Misbah's 4th innings heroics big time recently. Several bad losses chasing small totals in the last few months.

 

[vcs]

They were 15-3 or something against Ireland as well, but managed to get home then.

 

[hendrix]

I find it hard to call it a great victory.

Certainly Patel and Boult had excellent games. But I think most of the test wasn't characterised by greatness. Pretty much a bunch of who-collapsed-worse...