ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[libert19]

Pakistan doesn't look like they are in mood to win the game, they are playing very slow, showing no intent whatsoever for what they are chasing, gonna likely succumb to required run rate pressure soon enough. The crowd is dead as well, expected better for home team.

Edit: Phillips just caught marvel of catch of Rizwan. Comms said he does 800 push-ups a day, that's absolutely insane.

[Popkon6]

The batting performance of the New Zealand team is definitely very strong, because they are top order batsmen, they have basically batted till the end. The New Zealand team has scored 320 runs for the ODI match. This target of 320 runs is very big for the Pakistan team. The Pakistan team lost a wicket early on, which has put the other players of the Pakistan team in more apprehension, because losing wickets in an ODI match is a bad sign.
The more wickets they can keep under control for a long time, the more chances they will have of winning, but the current partnership of the Pakistan team is made by Babar Azam and Rizwan. I think if this partnership is built strongly, they will definitely be able to score good runs.

[Marvell1]

hahaha, I am not surprised at all by the performance of Pakistan's batsmen. I am used to seeing such performances. On the contrary, I would have been more surprised if Pakistan's batsmen had performed well.

Pakistan has scored only 29 runs in 11.2 overs. Pakistan is not able to score even at an average of three runs per over. They may have forgotten that New Zealand has given a huge target of 321 runs. Batting against such a huge target, Pakistan has fallen behind early on. Moreover, Pakistan has already lost two important wickets in Saud Shakeel and Rizwan. I am not expecting to see a comeback from Pakistan in this match.

[noormcs5]

 
If the opening batsmen can produce good collections then the pressure on the later batsmen will be less.
Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure if New Zealand can drop multiple wickets quickly and every time they bat with pressure, defeat will slowly overtake them.

321 is a too big target for them and it is far from the reach of the Pakistan team. The pressure of these runs is too much that any team can become nervous in chasing this score and may lose early wickets. This is what happened here today when Saud Shakeel and the man in form, Muhammad Rizwan were out early. Babar Azam is still playing, but I don't think they are confident with their batting. Scoring at the rate of less than 3 overs after 12 overs will make things difficult for them as the run rate will quickly rise to 8 or 9 runs an over. Nothing is going in favor of the host team.

[Bd officer]

In the first opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, New Zealand has made a huge score of 320 runs. With such a good performance by New Zealand, the target of 320 runs today will be a real challenge for Pakistan. However, after watching New Zealand's play until the first 15 overs, I thought that New Zealand might not be able to score more than 300 runs today, but they have performed very well in today's match. However, this match will be very difficult for Pakistan because it will not be easy for Pakistan to meet the target of 320 runs. Let's see how far Pakistan can take the match result with their best performance in the end.

I also didn't think that New Zealand would score 300 plus today. Looking at New Zealand's batting, I thought they might be limited to 250-270. New Zealand ended up collecting 320 runs which was a huge target. Tom Latham and Will Young both batted brilliantly, both scoring centuries. Glenn Phillips contributed brilliantly towards the end of the innings.

Now Pakistan are under pressure losing two crucial wickets at the moment. Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel did not fare well, both getting out quickly. Now Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam are in batting now both of them need to bat well. So far Pakistan have scored 35 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 13 overs. If Pakistan keep losing wickets like this, it will be difficult for them to win. But I think it will be difficult for Pakistan to chase the target.

[cryptoWODL]

New Zealand team has given an incredible batting performance against Pakistan in their first match today which was really interesting. New Zealand team has given a huge target of 320 runs although it can be very challenging for Pakistan to meet this target. Will Young and Tom Latham both made a great batting performance in today's match and scored centuries which helped the team to score big. Tom Latham he remained unbeaten on 118 runs his batting performance was very good, if Pakistan team has to win in today's match then they will have to improve their batting performance from the beginning and they will have to be patient.

That is absolutely correct, and it is a matter of belief that New Zealand gave an incredible batting performance today. The number of runs New Zealand scored today is probably beyond the reach of even Pakistan, even the Pakistan team might get nervous about scoring these runs. I think Pakistan would not have been under pressure this match, but the way Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed was completely unimaginable.

The current record run rate for Pakistan is over 10, so it is becoming more difficult for them as time goes on in this match. We all wanted to see a surprise from the Pakistan team today, they really surprised everyone but not with a good performance.  

[Out of mind]

I didn't imagine Pakistan would play so badly In today's match, only Babar Azam is still holding the game. If this legendary player gets out, the Pakistan team will be all out quickly.
in their first match, I noticed the weakness in their batting performance, the Pakistani batsmen did a lot of bad batting.
The Pakistan team did not get off to a very good start in their home ground against New Zealand in the first match of the Champions Trophy and failed to please the audience.
Pakistan still needs to score 184 runs to win, Pakistan has now scored only 137 runs after losing 5 wickets.
Today's match has a 20% chance of Pakistan winning, while New Zealand has a chance of winning.

[LDL]

New Zealand team has given an incredible batting performance against Pakistan in their first match today which was really interesting. New Zealand team has given a huge target of 320 runs although it can be very challenging for Pakistan to meet this target. Will Young and Tom Latham both made a great batting performance in today's match and scored centuries which helped the team to score big. Tom Latham he remained unbeaten on 118 runs his batting performance was very good, if Pakistan team has to win in today's match then they will have to improve their batting performance from the beginning and they will have to be patient.

That is absolutely correct, and it is a matter of belief that New Zealand gave an incredible batting performance today. The number of runs New Zealand scored today is probably beyond the reach of even Pakistan. Even the Pakistan team might get nervous about scoring these runs. I think Pakistan would not have been under pressure this match, but the way Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed was completely unimaginable.

The current record run rate for Pakistan is over 10, so it is becoming more difficult for them as time goes on in this match. We all wanted to see a surprise from the Pakistan team today, they really surprised everyone but not with a good performance.  

I might have thought that Babar Azam and Salman Agha would give Pakistan a big partnership and take the match very close to victory, but after Salman Agha was dismissed for 42 runs, that possibility is now virtually non-existent. It is not possible for Babar Azam to win this match alone, but with five Pakistani batsmen already out, Pakistan's chances are almost non-existent.

Now the only hope is on Babar Azam and Khushdil Shah. If these two batsmen can give Pakistan something miraculous, then maybe this match can go in Pakistan's favor. Although this seems unrealistic now, Pakistan is considered the losing team for now.

[virasog]

I might have thought that Babar Azam and Salman Agha would give Pakistan a big partnership and take the match very close to victory, but after Salman Agha was dismissed for 42 runs, that possibility is now virtually non-existent. It is not possible for Babar Azam to win this match alone, but with five Pakistani batsmen already out, Pakistan's chances are almost non-existent.

Now the only hope is on Babar Azam and Khushdil Shah. If these two batsmen can give Pakistan something miraculous, then maybe this match can go in Pakistan's favor. Although this seems unrealistic now, Pakistan is considered the losing team for now.

The chances for Pakistan in this match are now very low. Even when you look at the odds, you get 19.50 odds for Pakistan. Pakistan have lost six wickets for 154 runs. The last four players couldn't make 150+ more runs. Babar Azam did play a 64 runs innings, but there was just a disappointing batting by Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, and also by the captain Mohammad Rizwan.

As opposed to this, we saw two centuries by the New Zealand batsmen, one at the start by Will Young and then late in the innings Tom Latham played a 118 not out.

[WatChe]

It's the forth encounter of Pakistan with New Zealand in ICC CT and like previous three this match will also be in favor of New Zealand. Babar Azam should learn from Salman Agha that how to play with aggression when you are chasing target of 320 runs. Look at the innings of Babar Azam, played 90 balls and scored just 64 runs with a S/R of 71 runs and he has opneded the innings with for Pakistan. Pakistani pacers are punished by New Zealand batsmen today and 320 runs target tells how bad Pakistani bowling is.

[Haunebu]

Nothing surprising going on here chaps. Pakistan played like crap in their recent ODI series and they carried over that form to this big ICC tournament as expected. Their form wouldn't magically reverse in a matter of days.

The Kiwis are on a roll these days winning big tournaments left, right and center which is why they have become a safe bet for me personally. Go black caps!

[fuguebtc]

Nothing surprising going on here chaps. Pakistan played like crap in their recent ODI series and they carried over that form to this big ICC tournament as expected. Their form wouldn't magically reverse in a matter of days.

The Kiwis are on a roll these days winning big tournaments left, right and center which is why they have become a safe bet for me personally. Go black caps!

We have not seen good performance from Pakistan in the last ODI and T20 World Cup. We have seen irregular and weak performance from Pakistan in the last few series as well. So I do not expect Pakistan to do well in the Champions Trophy.

Pakistan, the opponent of New Zealand, has not done well in the Tri-Nation series either. And in today's match as usual, Pakistan's performance is weak. New Zealand team has given a huge target of 321 runs. Pakistan has lost all its wickets after collecting 260 runs.

Pakistan's main problem is their batting order. Every batsman in the squad is batting irregularly. If Saud Shakeel and Rizwan had batted a little better, maybe the result of the match would have been different.

[N.O]

I didn't imagine Pakistan would play so badly In today's match, only Babar Azam is still holding the game. If this legendary player gets out, the Pakistan team will be all out quickly.
in their first match, I noticed the weakness in their batting performance, the Pakistani batsmen did a lot of bad batting.
The Pakistan team did not get off to a very good start in their home ground against New Zealand in the first match of the Champions Trophy and failed to please the audience.
Pakistan still needs to score 184 runs to win, Pakistan has now scored only 137 runs after losing 5 wickets.
Today's match has a 20% chance of Pakistan winning, while New Zealand has a chance of winning.

Match was ended and The 1st match between New Zealand and Pakistan was played at National Stadium. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowling first. New Zealand won game by 60 runs. New Zealand set a record total runs for 320 and won the match. Pakistan played poor and chased a recordtotal runs for 260 and lost the match. I hope Pakistan they will play better in the next match but they disappointed in this game. The performance of New Zealand team in the match was full strength and energy. Pakistan also has the potential to win but they need more hardworking and fix errors. The best batting performance in New Zealand team was by Tom Latham scored 118 runs and 104 balls hitting 10 fours and 3 sixs. Congratulations to New Zealand for their upcoming matches.

[virasog]

Match was ended and The 1st match between New Zealand and Pakistan was played at National Stadium. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowling first. New Zealand won game by 60 runs. New Zealand set a record total runs for 320 and won the match. Pakistan played poor and chased a recordtotal runs for 260 and lost the match. I hope Pakistan they will play better in the next match but they disappointed in this game. The performance of New Zealand team in the match was full strength and energy. Pakistan also has the potential to win but they need more hardworking and fix errors. The best batting performance in New Zealand team was by Tom Latham scored 118 runs and 104 balls hitting 10 fours and 3 sixs. Congratulations to New Zealand for their upcoming matches.

At one time, Pakistan were six down at 153 runs when Baber Azam was out. It looked that they would find it hard to even reach to 200 runs in this match. But some of the late batsmen from the Pakistan team batted a little better in the end and manages to take the score to 260. Khushdil Shah played a very good knock of 69 runs, it was more confident batting by him as compared to the Baber Azam's 64 runs.

Pakistan bowlers did bowl well but they batted good.  Shaheen Shah Afridi , Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf who couldn't do much on bowling but they batted to make around 15-20 runs, each one of them, though with this effort they could not claim the victory in this match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

New Zealand team has given an incredible batting performance against Pakistan in their first match today which was really interesting. New Zealand team has given a huge target of 320 runs although it can be very challenging for Pakistan to meet this target. Will Young and Tom Latham both made a great batting performance in today's match and scored centuries which helped the team to score big. Tom Latham he remained unbeaten on 118 runs his batting performance was very good, if Pakistan team has to win in today's match then they will have to improve their batting performance from the beginning and they will have to be patient.

New Zealand has given a huge target. Considering the condition of the pitch, it is a big target. I thought New Zealand would score around 250-280 in today's match. And New Zealand's batting was also quite slow in the beginning of the innings. But New Zealand batted very aggressively in the last 10 overs. New Zealand scored 96 runs in the last 7 overs. And in these 7 overs, the whole scenario of the match has changed.

It is very difficult to win the target of 321 runs on this pitch. Also, Pakistani batsmen did not play well against New Zealand bowlers in the Tri-Nation series on batting friendly pitches. So, New Zealand has a high chance of winning today's match.

[cryptoWODL]

New Zealand team has given an incredible batting performance against Pakistan in their first match today which was really interesting. New Zealand team has given a huge target of 320 runs although it can be very challenging for Pakistan to meet this target. Will Young and Tom Latham both made a great batting performance in today's match and scored centuries which helped the team to score big. Tom Latham he remained unbeaten on 118 runs his batting performance was very good, if Pakistan team has to win in today's match then they will have to improve their batting performance from the beginning and they will have to be patient.

New Zealand has given a huge target. Considering the condition of the pitch, it is a big target. I thought New Zealand would score around 250-280 in today's match. And New Zealand's batting was also quite slow in the beginning of the innings. But New Zealand batted very aggressively in the last 10 overs. New Zealand scored 96 runs in the last 7 overs. And in these 7 overs, the whole scenario of the match has changed.

It is very difficult to win the target of 321 runs on this pitch. Also, Pakistani batsmen did not play well against New Zealand bowlers in the Tri-Nation series on batting friendly pitches. So, New Zealand has a high chance of winning today's match.

In the early stages of this match, I also thought that they might be able to score a maximum of 260 or 270 runs, but after that they have collected many runs. Moreover I do not think there was any fault in the pitch in this match, because both the Pakistan and New Zealand cricket teams have played on this same pitch. So in this case Pakistan's batsmen should not be given any excuses at all, they should definitely admit that they did not play properly.

Currently we are noticing that the Pakistan team has lost several consecutive matches against New Zealand. Another exciting match awaits tomorrow, we all believe that maybe that match will be much more interesting than today's match.

[Farhan99]

The batting performance of the New Zealand team is definitely very strong, because they are top order batsmen, they have basically batted till the end. The New Zealand team has scored 320 runs for the ODI match. This target of 320 runs is very big for the Pakistan team. The Pakistan team lost a wicket early on, which has put the other players of the Pakistan team in more apprehension, because losing wickets in an ODI match is a bad sign.
The more wickets they can keep under control for a long time, the more chances they will have of winning, but the current partnership of the Pakistan team is made by Babar Azam and Rizwan. I think if this partnership is built strongly, they will definitely be able to score good runs.

Yeah, In the most awaited match of the ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand began their innings with Will Young and Devon Conway, who made a partnership of 39 runs. Tom Latham further strengthened their position by scoring 118 runs till the fifth partnership, which put substantial pressure on the Pakistani team. New Zealand's outstanding performance culminated in a target of 320 runs after losing five wickets.
In response, Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam opened for Pakistan, putting together a partnership of only 8 runs that was quite disappointing. Khushdil Shah also stepped up, scoring some significant runs against New Zealand. It’s tough to see the team unable to seize the opportunity to defeat New Zealand. New Zealand won the match. Ultimately, Pakistan ended the match with 260 runs, losing all their wickets. It’s a disappointing start of defending champion.

[Smack That Ace]

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Yeah, In the most awaited match of the ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand began their innings with Will Young and Devon Conway, who made a partnership of 39 runs. Tom Latham further strengthened their position by scoring 118 runs till the fifth partnership, which put substantial pressure on the Pakistani team. New Zealand's outstanding performance culminated in a target of 320 runs after losing five wickets.
In response, Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam opened for Pakistan, putting together a partnership of only 8 runs that was quite disappointing. Khushdil Shah also stepped up, scoring some significant runs against New Zealand. It’s tough to see the team unable to seize the opportunity to defeat New Zealand. New Zealand won the match. Ultimately, Pakistan ended the match with 260 runs, losing all their wickets. It’s a disappointing start of defending champion.

It is unlikely that Pakistan will do well in the Champions Trophy. Because we have seen the team's irregular performance in the last few series. Especially if the batsmen's performance is not consistent, I do not expect anything good from Pakistan. Pakistan's main weakness at the moment is their batting order.

The New Zealand team is now very strong and in good form. It would not be wrong to say that New Zealand is the most favorite team for the Champions Trophy. New Zealand's batting was quite slow at the beginning of today's match. Even then, the New Zealand team was able to provide a huge target of 321 runs.

There was no possibility of Pakistan winning such a big target. Pakistan could not even start their innings well. Pakistan lost the wickets of Shakeel and Rizwan very quickly.

[UmerIdrees]

The second match of the ICC Champions Trophy will be play in between Bangladesh and India. As we know the previous match played between Pakistan and New Zealand, it was the first game, New Zealand had a very good lead from the start and hopefully will qualify for the Semi-Final but can tommorrow anyone from Bangladesh or India can make their place in the first number in the Group A and beat to New Zealand position on the table through better run rate ? Let's see, I am hoping well for the India team, the first game at the Dubai is there, after that India face to Pakistan on this Sunday.

[General_Bitcoin]

Nothing surprising going on here chaps. Pakistan played like crap in their recent ODI series and they carried over that form to this big ICC tournament as expected. Their form wouldn't magically reverse in a matter of days.

The Kiwis are on a roll these days winning big tournaments left, right and center which is why they have become a safe bet for me personally. Go black caps!

No strategy no vision three defeats at home against New Zealand shameful act of cricket by these players they are still playing into 90s which is not working for them with no chance of success against India as well.
Bowlers done worst job in last 8 overs which give them huge target and worst defeat in first game after this batting lineup was also completely bizarre specially Babar Azam who was playing like test match in this game.