🏏Champions Trophy: Pakistan vs New Zealand, Match 1, Gr A Karachi🏏 - Page 35

NZ have now won all four games against Pakistan in Champions Trophy

By 4 wickets, Nairobi, 2000 SF

By 51 runs, Mohali, 2006

By 5 wickets, Johannesburg, 2009 SF

By 60 runs, Karachi, today

I think SS will get best points today....

Ian Bishop is tooooo tall.

Originally posted by: Rosyme

I think SS will get best points today....

Yes

Getting 50 points

Only Kane for max 4s went wrong

Thats not confirmed

may be someone else did well too

Mohammad Rizwan: They made a good target, we didn't expect that. We were looking at something around 260. We tried our best and used all tactics, but they played well and put up a good target. We see the pitch conditions, earlier the pitch wasn't easy to bat but Will Young and Latham's time was easier. At the end time, we made the same mistake and they made a good target. Not sure yet, he hasn't got his result yet. He is in some pain. We lost the momentum twice - once while bowling in the death and then while batting in the powerplay. It is disappointing for us, we played it like a normal match. The match is gone now and hopefully we can do better in the rest.

Tom Latham | Player of the Match: Yeah, certainly helps when you played on a surface before. Felt nice to contribute, Will Young played exceptionally and then to get to 320 was just brilliant. When I came in, it was about building a partnership. We could do that and then improve the run rate, and then GP came in and played an exceptional hand once again. Gave us the momentum to get through to the second innings. At the back end, you want to get as many as you can. Glad we could today. There was a lack of dew today so the ball turned quite a bit, it was better to bowl second with conditions like that

Congrats NZ for the win

I forgot to send prediction anyways

Mitch Santner: Pleased with the way we went about it. Pakistan bowled well, so in the middle stage when Latham and Young could build a partnership was great, and then GP gave out and smashed it around. We were targetting around 260, but glad we could get more in the death overs. After the score we got, we were brilliant in the first 10 overs, and then we could put the squeeze in, keep that run rate pressure on them and get wickets. (On the Phillips catch) We kind of expect that from him now, and getting Rizwan out was a massive wicket. (On the importance of the previous tri-series) Understanding the conditions and the opposition was crucial. You have to hit a slightly shorter length out here and for spinners, it is about bowling slower. This win shows if we can do the hard yards with the bat, then we can carry on with the ball and put the squeeze on the opposition.

Plz bring Asif Ali to pak squad

We need more strong batsmen

A disappointing start for the defending champions as Pakistan slump to a defeat with some familiar patterns resurfacing. The bowlers are conceding far too many in the slog overs, and the batters are lacking the intent needed to keep up with ODI cricket in 2025. In the words of a famous coach from a different sport, maybe the time for ‘cosmetic changes’ is over, maybe it is time for ‘open heart surgery’ for Pakistan. But we’ll leave the hacky medical comparisons to sports teams for another time. Cheers!