Pakistan vs New Zealand | 4th T20I | Lahore | 25th April, 2024 | Match Thread

[Nikhil_cric]

With New Zealand's second XI having pulled back a win, this series moves to Lahore where the last 2 matches will be played.

 

NZ's young talents - Tim Robinson and Will O Rourke were impressive and there's more opportunity for them to impress selectors and push their cases for the World T20.

 

Relevant match ups 

 

Seifert is strong against left arm spin. But Robinson and Dean Foxcroft are weak against both left arm and leg spin.  

 

So, PAK can target them with Imad and maybe even Shadab in the powerplay. 

 

Mark Chapman is a thorn in Pakistan's flesh but he is a pretty weak player of finger spin.   Off spin is key against Chappers , so Iftikhar should be a good match up 

 

 

For NZ,  they can comfortably start with Bracewell since Saim has a poor strike rate and Babar has a weak average against off spin 

 

Apart from Fakhar, there are no great players of leg break, so Sodhi can be used liberally as long as Fakhar is not at the crease. 

[Vickydev]

LMAO 

[New guy]

4 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

With New Zealand's second XI having pulled back a win, this series moves to Lahore where the last 2 matches will be played.

 

NZ's young talents - Tim Robinson and Will O Rourke were impressive and there's more opportunity for them to impress selectors and push their cases for the World T20.

 

Relevant match ups 

 

Seifert is strong against left arm spin. But Robinson and Dean Foxcroft are weak against both left arm and leg spin.  

 

So, PAK can target them with Imad and maybe even Shadab in the powerplay. 

 

Mark Chapman is a thorn in Pakistan's flesh but he is a pretty weak player of finger spin.   Off spin is key against Chappers , so Iftikhar should be a good match up 

 

 

For NZ,  they can comfortably start with Bracewell since Saim has a poor strike rate and Babar has a weak average against off spin 

 

Apart from Fakhar, there are no great players of leg break, so Sodhi can be used liberally as long as Fakhar is not at the crease. 

It's 3rd, 4th string team my dude.

[Nikhil_cric]

18 minutes ago, New guy said:

It's 3rd, 4th string team my dude.

Just being respectful :)

[Sgattick10]

Pak lost again 

[Frustrated]

LMAO

Pak surrendering to NZ C team again & again.   That too at home.  @badmashStill hiding under your bed ?

Edited April 25 by Frustrated

[cricketfan28]

Bring in asif ali ..

[TheWall]

What happened to all those military training?

[Chaos]

This made my day finally 

[Chaos]

5 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Just being respectful :)

 Nikhil thats their d, e , f teams mixed. Pak at home 

[jf1gp_1]

Pak was in final of last t20 wc and knocked us out in the earlier edition.

 

Also the garbage team we plan to send will get hammered in June

 

Please continue mocking them.

 

Edited April 26 by jf1gp_1

[Nikhil_cric]

9 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Pak was in final of last t20 wc and knocked us out in the earlier edition.

 

Also the garbage team we plan to send will get hammered in June

 

Please continue mocking them.

 

This is true as well. If we send a snail paced batting lineup to the World T20, even they can hammer us. 

[mani sha]

45 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Pak was in final of last t20 wc and knocked us out in the earlier edition.

 

Also the garbage team we plan to send will get hammered in June

 

Please continue mocking them.

 

Nay . Indian accumulators out bat the pak accumulators . Virat has higher strike rate then baber . 
 

it will be a clash of two hero worshiping cultures . We have more money and resources - we shouldn’t compare with Pak . 
 

 

[Chaos]

36 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

This is true as well. If we send a snail paced batting lineup to the World T20, even they can hammer us. 

How r our neighbors feeling nikhil? They always have a positive even against losses against maldives x11. 

[Chaos]

49 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Pak was in final of last t20 wc and knocked us out in the earlier edition.

 

Also the garbage team we plan to send will get hammered in June

 

Please continue mocking them.

 

no never will happen.

[Chaos]

3 hours ago, TheWall said:

What happened to all those military training?

pak military itself cant run 3km, imagine babar, uncle asif ali and legendary azam khan.  

[Nikhil_cric]

11 minutes ago, Chaos said:

How r our neighbors feeling nikhil? They always have a positive even against losses against maldives x11. 

Nah. No positives this time. Most not happy with the squad going to be selected. 13 out of their 15 players are mostly known .  Maybe just 2 spots left. 

[Chaos]

1 minute ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Nah. No positives this time. Most not happy with the squad going to be selected. 13 out of their 15 players are mostly known .  Maybe just 2 spots left. 

legend azam khan in squad? Cant wait for him to catch a skier from kela

[Nikhil_cric]

1 minute ago, Chaos said:

legend azam khan in squad? Cant wait for him to catch a skier from kela

Left to be seen .  Azam, Niazi, Haris Rauf should be in contention for those 2 spots.  Still think they might be tempted to throw in a fast allrounder like Aamer Jamal to balance that squad.  

 

Hard to see too many changes now though. 

[RajBan]

1 hour ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Pak was in final of last t20 wc and knocked us out in the earlier edition.

 

Also the garbage team we plan to send will get hammered in June

 

Please continue mocking them.

 

This is the ultimate truth.

 

For one I will absolutely love Kohli, Pandya, Jadeja, KL getting smashed by Pak team. Those paindoos are literally India D team given the young talent pool that we have. Yet they will represent the Indian team in the world cup because they have more money and backed by corporate mafia.