World Cup: NZ v Pakistan

[Titanic]

Ross Taylor (131*) is quite literally murdering the Pakistan bowling.

The last 3 overs (from Akhtar Rehman and Razzaq) have gone:

4 6 6 1wd . 4 1wd 6 | 2 . 4 1wd 1 1 6 | 4 6 1wd 6 1wd 2 4 6

95 runs in the last 5 overs!

283-6 (49 overs)

 

[backson]

What odds could you get on that?

 

[Trigger]

Happy Birthday Ross Taylor, what a way to celebrate... This is absolutely stunning... 107 off the last 32 balls... 85 partnership off 21 balls.

(He also shares his birthday with my dear old mum).

 

[Titanic]

and the final over from Rehman...

6 6 W (Oram caught on the boundary) so far....

295-7 (49.3)

 

[Trigger]

175/5 off 42 overs... Finished on 302/7 off 50 overs.

Ross Taylor finishes on 131 not out after getting no strike in the final over.

 

[Titanic]

and the last three balls...

4 off the edge, 2 and 1

302-7 (50 overs)

100 runs added in the final 5 overs. WOW!

 

[Titanic]

Pakistan 23-4 (7.1)

The last 15 overs of this game have been pretty remarkable.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

In the 45th over, you could of had 100-1 New Zealand to score over 300.
I wonder how many Pakistanis were on that?

 

[Pavilionaire]

You may joke Hailsham, but is it any coincidence a record run explosion involves the Pakistan bowling attack in a game they can afford to lose?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Now five down. Odd.

O/T I see KP and Broad have been ruled out for the tournament, but Morgan might feature later -good job the tournament is so long..!

 

[keaton]

You may joke Hailsham, but is it any coincidence a record run explosion involves the Pakistan bowling attack in a game they can afford to lose?

I'm not sure England have a leg to stand on on that one after our four matches

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

You may joke Hailsham, but is it any coincidence a record run explosion involves the Pakistan bowling attack in a game they can afford to lose?

I wasnt joking, I was was completely serious.
Every match involving Pakistan raises elements of doubt.
Kamran Akmel is the worst wicket keeper in the world, drops more catches per game than Phil Tufnell did in his career, and still gets picked.
Did anyone see the two he dropped today, absolute dollies.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

An absolute nailed on bent match if ever I saw one! IMHO.

Money talks. Until thye kick Pakistan out of world cricket this will continually happen. IMHO.

TNBA

TTF

 

[The Wizard]

This talk of this game being 'fixed' is all a bit ridiculous really, granted Pakistani cricket in general is not exactly squeaky clean but to be fair some of the hitting from the NZ batting line up, Taylor specifically was immense, Pakistan tend to be a team that either excel or completely fall apart, I doubt foul play is involved, just poor cricket from the Pakistani team, think its slightly ridiculous to say its a fix with nothing to base it on and lets be honest the Pakistani team collapse quite a lot, their batting order is feeble once they lose the big hitters.