Pakistan vs New Zealand

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Pakistan 346
New Zealand 65/2 (27.0 ov)

Full Scorecard
New Zealand trail by 281 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps - Day 2 New Zealand RR: 2.41





Batsmen: R B 4s 6s S/R
SP Fleming (LHB) 32 76 6 0 42.11 Striker
MS Sinclair (RHB) 28 77 3 0 36.36 Non-striker

Azhar Mehmood, Saeed Anwar and Waseem Akram not plaing due to injuries.

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DAWN
Selectors eat humble pie
KARACHI, March 8: Whether Younis Khan completes his third century on Friday or not, his innings on Thursday was still a slap on the faces of the selectors who had ignored him for the home series against England late last year.

Younis, whose last Test innings was 116 in Sri Lanka, was overlooked for three Tests while Pakistan lost 1-0 for unexplained reasons. Prior to the ongoing Test, Younis had scored two centuries and a half century in nine Tests.

Unfortunately, the selectors have been committing bloopers after bloopers but each time they get away scot-free. There is no accountability as what are their merits and demerits for selection.

It would not be out of context to mention here that in the post- Imran Khan era, the incompetent selectors have destroyed the careers of 21 promising players who were never given enough chance to prove themselves at the top level.

With the PCB constitution undergoing changes, it is time that an additional clause should be added which could allow only for one specifed term for a selector like other Test playing countries

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DAWN
Pakistan Wins First Test Match against New Zealand by 299 Runs : AUCKLAND, March 12: Pakistan won the first test match against New Zealand by 299 runs when the New Zealand team collapsed for 131 runs in their 2nd innings. In New Zealand’s second innings, Muhammad Sami captured 5 wickets while Saqlain Mushtaq took 4. Opener Richardson was the only successful batsman with 59 runs. Muhammad Sami was awarded the man of the match for taking 8 wickets in his career’s first test appearance.

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Way to go.

Managing to do that without the likes of Wasim, Saeed and Azhar Mehmood shows the depth of the Pakistan camp.

Congrats to them.

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New Zealand 476
Pakistan 561/7 (202.0 ov)

Pakistan lead by 85 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps - Day 4 Pakistan RR: 2.78

Youhanna 200, Inzi 130 and Saqi made 98* (I mean Saqlain, surprise surprise)

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This match is going to Draw I guess...
That is the reason I do not like Test matches much. One days is fun though ....


Faisal Aslam

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Let's see what happens.