Pakistan in New Zeland

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Squads
Tests: Salman Butt, Khurrum Manzoor, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan (capt), Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Alam, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Danish Kaneria, Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Abdur Rauf, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmad


One-dayers: Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Khalid Latif, Younis Khan (capt), Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Wahab Riaz

Twenty20: Khalid Latif, Imran Nazir, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi (capt), Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Farhat, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir

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New Zealand's captain Daniel Vettori has been declared fit for the first Test against Pakistan but there was no such good news for Kyle Mills, who needs shoulder surgery and is expected to miss at least four months. Vettori will lead the side for the opening Test in Dunedin, starting next Tuesday, after missing the two Twenty20s in the UAE due to concussion.

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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has named a 12-man squad to face Pakistan in a three-day warm-up game in Queenstown starting November 18. The squad will be captained by Grant Elliott, who has recovered from his thumb injury, and includes a fit Daryl Tuffey and Test hopefuls Tim McIntosh and Daniel Flynn.
New Zealand Invitation XI squad: Grant Elliott (capt), Craig Cumming, Tim McIntosh, BJ Watling, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Reece Young (wk), Daryl Tuffey, Tarun Nethula, Tim Southee, Iain O'Brien, Brent Arnel.

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NZ Invitational XI vs Pakistanis
Queenstown

STUMPS DAY ONE

NZ Invitational XI 234
RA Young 75
DR Flynn 49
JEC Franklin 43
Abdur Rauf 4/43

Pakistanis 1/14

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NZ Invitational XI vs Pakistanis
Queenstown

STUMPS DAY TWO

NZ Invitational XI 234
Pakistanis 286
Fawad Alam 77
Imran Farhat 52
DR Tuffey 2/47
NZ Invitational XI 1/24

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New Zealand vs Pakistan
FIRST TEST
Dunedin

STUMPS DAY ONE

New Zealand 6/276
LRPL Taylor 94
MJ Guptill 60 (First Test 50)
DL Vettori 40*
Mohammed Asif 3/76
Saeed Ajmal 1/49 (26 overs)

DEBUT - Umar Akmal

- Kiwis still cant score off spin bowling

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BROD if the NZ bowlers dont perform young Tim Southee will come in next test match after taking 7/27 today for his state side.

Also, not sure if you watched the game, but Ajmals field was that defensive it was not funny. Having 3-4 boundary riders the entire day was extremely boring. Unless taylor attacked, they simply did not have to try and score. They worked 1/2 singles an over and that was it.

Was pretty poor captaincy in this game by Mohammad Yosuf. And good to see Umar Akmal debuting, i think this bloke is going to be something special in all forms of the game! Younger brother of Kamran aswell

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I cant see how Grant Elliott is a number 6 test batsman, averages less than seven in his three test and only thirty in FC cricket

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BROD if the NZ bowlers dont perform young Tim Southee will come in next test match after taking 7/27 today for his state side.Also, not sure if you watched the game, but Ajmals field was that defensive it was not funny. Having 3-4 boundary riders the entire day was extremely boring. Unless taylor attacked, they simply did not have to try and score. They worked 1/2 singles an over and that was it.

Was pretty poor captaincy in this game by Mohammad Yosuf. And good to see Umar Akmal debuting, i think this bloke is going to be something special in all forms of the game! Younger brother of Kamran aswell

It was EVEN better than that it was 8/27 off 25 overs.
Could think of worse things that NZ cricket have done than to have Bond and Southee opening the bowling

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I cant see how Grant Elliott is a number 6 test batsman, averages less than seven in his three test and only thirty in FC cricket

As the paki's did with Ajmal and dropping Kaneria, they looked solely on ODI form instead of First class form i would suggest.
Thanks Brod, last i heard he had 7 fa but struth thats an amazing effort.

On debut he took a 5 fa and then smashed 70 odd off around 40 balls. With their side, why continue to play Martin when you can look to the future with Southee with ball and bat?

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Neil Broom (last seen causing riots when playing for New Zealand A by giving money to homelss people) is a player that the Kiwis have tried in ODI and T20I cricket, with minimal/no success, but not in test cricket. Strange given that his List A, is nothing special (ave 29, 0 100s), yet his FC record is pretty good (ave 38 6 100s)
He is only 26 and in form (he is unbeaten on 159 for Otago today)

If the Kiwis are picking Elliott at number 6 on the basis he can bowl, its no wonder they are down the wrong end of the Test Championship

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Neil Broom (last seen causing riots when playing for New Zealand A by giving money to homelss people) is a player that the Kiwis have tried in ODI and T20I cricket, with minimal/no success, but not in test cricket. Strange given that his List A, is nothing special (ave 29, 0 100s), yet his FC record is pretty good (ave 38 6 100s)
He is only 26 and in form (he is unbeaten on 159 for Otago today)

If the Kiwis are picking Elliott at number 6 on the basis he can bowl, its no wonder they are down the wrong end of the Test Championship

Well i understand why after seeing him in those ODI games. He doesnt look international quality at all. Altho it could be different in the test arena. His average of 38 probably doesnt deserve a go in the test arena either.
Peter Fulton has just been recalled and will probably get the 3 tests to prove his worth.
If he can, i would suspect that NZ may end up going with 5 batters (no elliot), mccullum at 6 and vettori at 7 (he has improved big time) with southee at 8. This giving them 4 quicks and a spinner, and vettori IMO can be a world class number 7

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Vettori was just caught behind of Gul for 99.

Bad luck! This bloke could nearly make us unbeatable if he was an Aussie at this point in time. He is probably the most important player to any one side in international cricket

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Vettori was just caught behind of Gul for 99.

Bad luck! This bloke could nearly make us unbeatable if he was an Aussie at this point in time. He is probably the most important player to any one side in international cricket

Agree. Vetorri is one of the best players in the world and the best all-rounder going around. Absolute superstar.

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Vettori was just caught behind of Gul for 99.

Bad luck! This bloke could nearly make us unbeatable if he was an Aussie at this point in time. He is probably the most important player to any one side in international cricket

Agree. Vetorri is one of the best players in the world and the best all-rounder going around. Absolute superstar.

This score has now taken him past 'someone' (not sure who) as the most prolific run scorer at number 8 in test match history. Just another record the NZ skipper/coach/mentor/assistant coach/manager/vice captain/legend racks up

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Vettori was just caught behind of Gul for 99.

Bad luck! This bloke could nearly make us unbeatable if he was an Aussie at this point in time. He is probably the most important player to any one side in international cricket

Id agree with that if you took one word out...probably!

He is BY FAR the single most influencial player on a teams success in world cricket, not just today, but in recent history
303 wickets
3492 runs @ 29.59 (4 100s, 20 50s)

Even with a middle name like Luca..he is a SUPERSTAR and does not get the recognition that he deserves

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New Zealand vs Pakistan
FIRST TEST
Dunedin

STUMPS DAY THREE

New Zealand 429
DL Vettori 99
LRPL Taylor 94
BB McCullum 78
MJ Guptil 60
CS Martin 0 (26th duck in test cricket)
Mohammah Asif 4/108
Pakistan 8/307
Umar Akmal 129
Kamran Akmal 82
SE Bond 4/93


- Pakistan used only four bowlers even though they sent down 131.5 overs
- Akmal's 129 in the 4th highest score on debut by a Pakistani, and the highest since Yasir Hameed hit two centuries on debut against Bangladesh in 2003

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Vettori was just caught behind of Gul for 99.

Bad luck! This bloke could nearly make us unbeatable if he was an Aussie at this point in time. He is probably the most important player to any one side in international cricket

Agree. Vetorri is one of the best players in the world and the best all-rounder going around. Absolute superstar.

This score has now taken him past 'someone' (not sure who) as the most prolific run scorer at number 8 in test match history. Just another record the NZ skipper/coach/mentor/assistant coach/manager/vice captain/legend racks up

Correct..overtook our very own SK Warne. has now scored 2018 runs @ 43.86 batting at number 8 with 3 hundreds and 13 fifites.
Noones average comes within 10 runs of his, Warnies is 19.09

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Thanks Brod for those stats.

BROD if the NZ bowlers dont perform young Tim Southee will come in next test match after taking 7/27 today for his state side.

Also, not sure if you watched the game, but Ajmals field was that defensive it was not funny. Having 3-4 boundary riders the entire day was extremely boring. Unless taylor attacked, they simply did not have to try and score. They worked 1/2 singles an over and that was it.

Was pretty poor captaincy in this game by Mohammad Yosuf. And good to see Umar Akmal debuting, i think this bloke is going to be something special in all forms of the game! Younger brother of Kamran aswell

As said earlier by me, Umar Akmal is a gun as his 129 on debut proves. What a star this boy could be! And not only was it an easy 129 but it was one under pressure with his country at 5 fa 80 odd chasing a big total. great effort by the young lad

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Thanks Brod for those stats.

BROD if the NZ bowlers dont perform young Tim Southee will come in next test match after taking 7/27 today for his state side.

Also, not sure if you watched the game, but Ajmals field was that defensive it was not funny. Having 3-4 boundary riders the entire day was extremely boring. Unless taylor attacked, they simply did not have to try and score. They worked 1/2 singles an over and that was it.

Was pretty poor captaincy in this game by Mohammad Yosuf. And good to see Umar Akmal debuting, i think this bloke is going to be something special in all forms of the game! Younger brother of Kamran aswell

As said earlier by me, Umar Akmal is a gun as his 129 on debut proves. What a star this boy could be! And not only was it an easy 129 but it was one under pressure with his country at 5 fa 80 odd chasing a big total. great effort by the young lad

Well called there CK