Pakistan suffer another defeat against New Zealand Board President’s XI
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LINCOLN (New Zealand): Pakistan lost its second tour game against New Zealand Board President’s XI by one wicket as Kiwi opener MA Pollard made 153 runs off 132 deliveries helping the Black Caps reach their target on the penultimate ball of the innings.
Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan scored 267 for the loss of seven wickets in their allotted 50 overs.
Pakistan's top-order failed once again and the team managed to score only 53 for the loss of four wickets.
Green-shirts captain Misbah-ul-Haq was the top scorer scoring 88 runs off 89 deliveries wile Umar Akmal score 77 off 82 balls.
Shoaib Maqsood scored 25 runs, Bilawal Bhatti scored 23 runs while the Kiwis also gave away 23 runs in Extras.
MA Pollard was the highest scorer of the match with 153 runs while the rest of the team failed to make a significant contribution.
The middle and lower order chipped in the last few runs crossing the target on the fifth delivery of the last over.
Read: Pakistan start World Cup preparations on losing note
This is the second consecutive defeat suffered by the Pakistan team. Earlier on Jan 25, New Zealand Board President’s XI had managed to secure a six-wicket victory as the Green-shirts faltered in defending a total of 313.
Captain Misbah, returning from a hamstring injury, was also the highest scoring batsman in the first match with 107 runs.
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Jan 27, 2015 12:13pm
The New Zealand Board President’s XI is not the "black caps" - black caps and Kiwis are terms reserved for the New Zealand national side.
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Jan 27, 2015 12:13pm
Hahhahahhaha never mind, thats typical Pakistani team !
Mr. Waqar Yunus, you cannot wash away the un-predictible charecteristics of Pakistan team. Its in our genes and you will see, the whole team will excel in the world cup as usual.
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Jan 27, 2015 12:26pm
This team has no chance of winning any game against any big team, forget about winning WC.
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Jan 27, 2015 12:28pm
This is giving me serious chills now!
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Jan 27, 2015 12:28pm
Expected.. Its very bad planning by PCB as every team of the world is playing ODIs in Australia and NZL before start of World Cup in order to have some flair of the wickets and atmosphere of the arena. Unfortunately for Pakistan Cricket Team, most of their time was spent in playing in UAE which would be little help for them compared to bouncy wickets of Aussies and NZL... keep your fingers crossed
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Jan 27, 2015 12:43pm
A mediocre bowling unit.. i shudder to think what kohli will do to the paki bowlers in the opening match..
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Jan 27, 2015 01:02pm
With proven ODI failures like Younis Khan, the team cannot do well.
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Jan 27, 2015 01:11pm
@A true Fact on the average Kohli should score 23 of 32 balls before he gets out meanwhile he will survive a confident LBW appeal and enjoy a dropped a catch!!
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Jan 27, 2015 01:16pm
Junied should be in team if he is 50% fit... later matches he can do well. Unless this toothless bowling do nothing in WC
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Jan 27, 2015 01:29pm
@A true Fact
don't worry the Indian bowling is also pathetic and expect a thrilling opener
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Jan 27, 2015 01:37pm
This team had only 5 first class players. Inexperience and mediocrecity of Sohail khan, Ehsan Adil and Yasir is obvious. Shail has gone for 145 runs in two matches and got a couple of useless wickets. Moin and his sponsor sethi should be fired now for this joke selection. UAE and Ireland are much better teams than this president XI
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Jan 27, 2015 01:42pm
Younis Khan should retire and give opportunity to Fawad.
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Jan 27, 2015 01:48pm
Injury during these types of matches are more important than loosing or winning the match. There is a concern about senior players fitness.
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Jan 27, 2015 02:04pm
@A true Fact : Don't worry about Pakistan, look what Australia & England team with your team
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Jan 27, 2015 02:06pm
well done team pakistan keep it up !!!
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Jan 27, 2015 02:15pm
why eshan adil was playing in new zealand team?
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Jan 27, 2015 02:25pm
@A true Fact why are you bringing Kohli in every topic. We damn care about him. You only have Dhoni who will make the difference being the best player in the world who prefer to perform rather than making comments like you or Kohli.
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Jan 27, 2015 02:36pm
Every common fan raised his/her voice on this selection of a whole bunch of mediocre and inexperienced bowlers and a baggage Younis and Hafeez as they are. Younis insisted and used his test records goodwill to get on board for New Zealand while the deserving player Fawad could only bite his nails and cry over this injustice. Then in presence of a decades experience in Umar Gul and Sohail Tanveer you select some non-starters as bowling unit which was the greatest joke of Pakistan cricket history. This is all sponsored by Najam Sethi and selected by Moin Khan. I am just imagining what the real batsmen will do to our Ehsan Adil and Sohail Tanveer.
Pakistan should have selected this team: Ahmad Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Sohaib Maqsood, Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal, Misbah, Fawad Alam, Sarfraz, Afridi, Balawal Bhatti, Irfan, Junaid, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz and Zulfiqar Baber or Raza Hassan.
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Jan 27, 2015 02:58pm
Imagine, if we had won both games, the comments would read as: Oh! this is just practice. we beat a club side.. No, credits at all.
Now, that we have lost, panic is all over. Wait, guys. I think, there is more learning in these practice games. Early batting collapse continues? Sarfraz's batting position? Bowlers are performing despite the loss, Umar akmal's batting position, Bilawal??
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Jan 27, 2015 03:11pm
This is the trend we should expect from Pskistan team. They will never come close to the world cup finals
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Jan 27, 2015 03:19pm
two weakest team in this world cup india and pakistan....!!!
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Jan 27, 2015 03:22pm
@Chaudhary because it was a practice match and result doesn't even matter.
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Jan 27, 2015 03:23pm
Great news for manager and his team..I say get rid all of them
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Jan 27, 2015 03:45pm
@Shahid
I agree with you. its too late for this. Corruption is eating Pakistan not only on the cricket level but as country whole.
Were thinking Waqar will do some thing special but nothing.
You can't beat them join them !!!!
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Jan 27, 2015 04:09pm
Give it a rest all you armchair critics. This is not the full team. Will get more concerned if we start to lose to the NZ team when both sides will be at full strength. So till than take a chill pill.
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Jan 27, 2015 04:34pm
Dejavu of 1992
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Jan 27, 2015 04:43pm
@A true Fact - You mean the same Kohli who was owned by Junaid in all ODI games when Pakistan visited India not too long ago?
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Jan 27, 2015 05:04pm
Well done lads. A credible performance keep it up and better days are round the corner.there is a small margin and most of it got to be made up with a bit of grit .
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Jan 27, 2015 05:08pm
Does anybody know why the Sky spots do not show Pakistan team matches ? It shows all other major teams regularly.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:14pm
Booooooooooooooo!!
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Jan 27, 2015 05:15pm
PCB PLS If there is an option to replace 1 player before Feb-7 from the WC 15 Squad , bring Anwar ali or Fawad alam in place of sohail khan , take the decision as soon as possible before its too late as we have seen the performance of Sohail khan in 2 warm up matches in NewZealand.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:19pm
Very good. If we are not going to take deserving players, this is exactly what would and should happen. Moreover, the salary contracts issue created by the PCB is a very strange thing.
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Jan 27, 2015 05:21pm
PCB PLS If there is an option to replace 1 player before Feb-7 from the WC 15 Squad , bring Anwar ali or Fawad alam in place of sohail khan , take the decision as soon as possible before its too late as we have seen the performance of Sohail khan in 2 warm up matches in NewZealand.Als please make sure Junaid is fit and flying to Australia for WC because he along with Irfan can win matches for Pakistan
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Jan 27, 2015 05:47pm
Inexperienced mediocre bowlers have been picked to play in the most prestigious tournament of the sport.
Yasir Shah 1 ODI, Bilawal Bhatti, 8 ODI, Sohail Khan 5 ODI, Haris Sohail 9 ODI.
We are relying on miracles instead of planning to win.
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Jan 27, 2015 06:18pm
So what? Is that a news very threadbare and predictable results so far!
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Jan 27, 2015 06:25pm
Pakistan has the option to replace one player before the 7th of February. Bring in Abdul Razzak in place of Sohail Khan or Ehsan Adil. Bilawal Bhatti has passed the test so he should stay. Remember the nation loves its performers.
The selection of the team was bad. If Hafeez and Ajmal cannot bowl Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzak and Fawad were a must. Sohail Tanvir is a better bowler in Australian and N. Land conditions than Wahab Riaz. Mohammad Sami, Rahat Ali and Imran Khan were far better than Ehsan Adil. This selection will come to haunt Moin Khan and company.
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Jan 27, 2015 06:26pm
This is what happens to teams who put $ before them instead of not playing when the Peshawar incident happened.
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Jan 27, 2015 06:39pm
@Shafiq khan Do Pakistanis deserve for it?
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Jan 27, 2015 07:33pm
Meh, the tournament only starts at the QF stage.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:06pm
What about contract revision?
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Jan 27, 2015 08:07pm
Replace Hafeez with another opener
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Jan 27, 2015 08:19pm
@Gina Younis plays one down and fawad plays at no.5 or 6. Remove from your head that fawad should replace Younis.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:24pm
Hafeez , sohail khan and ehsan adil shoiuild Be out.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:54pm
@imran Fawad can play one any number... check his record.
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Jan 27, 2015 08:55pm
Go Team GREEN. I Know you guys can to better.
Pakistan all the way.
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Jan 27, 2015 09:06pm
Each team is allowed to change one player before the tournament starts. Whom will you like to change, (1) Yasir for Saeed Ajmal (2) Sohail Khan with Umar Gul (3) Younis with Fawad Alam or (4) Hafeez with any one who can hold a bat.
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Jan 27, 2015 09:23pm
The team Pakistan played two practice matches against is not NZ's A team. In this team there were only 5 first class players. UAE and IRELAND are twice as strong teams as this president eleven. Pollard who scored 150+ yesterday has played a few first class matches and his average in first class is about 27. Yet they scored 3 centuries in these two matches and they milked Ehsan Adil and Sohail Khan in both the matches. One should also know that because Bhatti and Irfan were taking regular wickets, Sohail was spared by new coming batsmen in the middle overs otherwise he could easily have gone for 100 runs. In the ending overs, he was hammered for 18 runs in one over and the 13 in the next.
It is very clear that Pakistan bowling is toothless and inexperienced. It horrifys me to just imagine what MacCullum, Kohli, Maxwell and Warner type batsmen will do to Ehsan, Sohail and Yasir. Moin Khan has done a blunder and these couple of officials have destroyed pakistani fan's dreams and Shaharyar has played a dummi to Najam Sethi by seconding everything Moin wanted. No one knows what Shaharyar's basis are for securing place for Younis and Hafeez long before the selection was done. At least 4 players in this team can't justify their selection; Younis, Hafeez, Ehsan and Sohail Khan.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:23pm
This is going to be ugly.
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Jan 27, 2015 10:58pm
Yet another blessing in disguise.
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Jan 27, 2015 11:23pm
May be change of weather affecting their performance.
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Jan 27, 2015 11:58pm
Am I missing something here - Hafeez is not allowed to bowl in the ICC games, what these guys are try to prove here, why they gave Hafeez 7 overs to bowl in this match. Misbah is showing some sense of desperation to win in this warm-up match!
Mohammad Hafeez 7 0 36 0 5.14 (1w)
Those over should be given to some deserving bowler who will be bowling in the WC matches. Total rubbish.
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Jan 28, 2015 12:08am
lozers
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Jan 28, 2015 12:50am
Asian teams stand no chance this time. It will be RSA/Australia/NZ/England semi finals. Indian bowling is pathetic. Pakistani batting is mediocre at best. Sri Lanka is in same boat.
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Jan 28, 2015 02:25am
@A true Fact First allow Kohli to survive next match.The way his recent scores has been,he should be lucky to be in 11.He is becoming liability for India which is good for Pakistan :-)
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Jan 28, 2015 02:45am
My only worry is Pakistani bowlers. They could be the downfall.
Misbah makes me happy-as always!
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Jan 28, 2015 03:10am
what the author/reporter has failed to mentioned is that Ehsan adil was the pick of the bowlers for nz presidents xI( yes he was part of their team) with 10 overs 46runs for 1 wicket getting the all important wicket of umer akmal ...it was a very close match....y isn't the whole match being reported or shown on pk TV channels ...it was a very close game ...except for sohail khan who has been a disaster in both games ..this match he was Sohail Khan 9.5 overs 81runs 2wickets while in the previous one he was again 10 overs 66runs 1 wicket
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Jan 28, 2015 03:12am
@John Young well that's cause its a practice=ce match and he wanted all his batsmen to play(actually had 8 batters if u count bilawal bhatti as one while ehsan adil played for the other team....
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Jan 28, 2015 03:15am
If YK has some shame he should opt out of the team.
Hafeez
Shehzad
Sarfraz
Misbah
Akmal
Sohaib Maqsood
Harris
Afridi
Yasir
Bhatti
Irfan
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Jan 28, 2015 03:26am
@ABL but we didn't even beat the club side
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Jan 28, 2015 03:47am
@A true Fact I'd shudder too. Except I just realized it's not the Indian pitches, it's NZ. So relax the only one shuddering will be Indian batsmen.
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Jan 28, 2015 04:22am
@someone_else It will be Australia and New Zealand or Australia and South Africa
in the finals. Australians are hot favourites to lift the 2015 World Cup. Asian Teams
are just like arbitrary constants, will be eliminated one by one.
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Jan 28, 2015 06:40am
Pakistan should take some comfort as India has also lost two matches in tri series and all at sea on these bouncy pitches.
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Jan 28, 2015 06:56am
Nasir Jamshed should open , Hafeez should bat at 3
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Jan 28, 2015 08:20am
@waqas
Pakistan is NOT England and Australia...don't be delusional
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Jan 28, 2015 02:43pm
@Last Word But thaey won all the warm up matches against teams made up known players. Pak played matches against C team
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Jan 28, 2015 02:48pm
@Calcutta Man .. Pakistan is the country who beat India 72 times in One internationals...... Yes they are not Australia and England.
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Jan 28, 2015 05:48pm
@A Pakistani Yeh true in 1846
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Jan 28, 2015 05:50pm
@A Pakistani India is the country who beat Pakistan 28 times in world cups!
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Jan 28, 2015 06:35pm
@Mahen any reference????? a good friend of mine and yours is Google.com. please check the records to find it is 5 or 28...
For your information 72 is almost 15 times bigger than 5.
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Jan 29, 2015 01:41pm
only younus khan can help pakistan to win this world cup..... he has to retire now
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