Posted by admin on Oct 3, 2009

Pakistan vs New Zealand Highlights – Champions Trophy Semis

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Watch cricket highlights: Pakistan vs New Zealand – the 2nd semi final of the Champions Trophy.

Team Info: NZ – Redmond (had a great game in similar circumstances vs Ireland – T20 WC) for Ryder. Pakistan – Nazir back from injury for Misbah

Scoreline: Pakistan 233 Umar Akmal 55 | Ian Butler 10-44-4 Vettori 10-2-43-3
NZ get there with a couple of overs to go Grant Elliott 75 no, Vettori 41 Ross Taylor 38 | Aamer 10-2-32-1

NZ have been my personal favourites to make it out of their group and perhaps go further, but once Ryder was out, I doubt I genuinely felt they could go past the semis. So, super day for New Zealand cricket and its supporters.

The core of the NZ bowling attack is based on a combination of discipline and striking abilities (Bond, Butler, Vettori). So what was expected when Pakistan came out to bat was an effort to dismantle this discipline through attacking brilliance. Instead, what was on offer was a weak attempt at Younus Khan’s favourite cricket concept – partnerships – which he might well have stitched into the players’ pillows last night. Didn’t quite work. It has worked in the past (like the game vs India), so that’s the flipside to it. But it never really looked the right approach against this bowling attack.

The next was the assessment of a fair total on the track. To come up with 200 indicates – underestimation of the NZ batsmen/overestimation of the Pakistan bowling attack/a genuine case of misreading the pitch – or a combination of all three.

NZ on the other hand took the other approach. To start with, their bowling except at the death got it right – even Mills had his head screwed on for a change. And when they came out to bat, the glimmer boys looked to attack the Pakistani bowlers whenever possible, while the partnership kind of guys (Vettori, Elliott) put on a partnership. In the end I guess, it came down to the definition of roles for players and how only one side got it right today.

The controversial aspect of ball tampering was once again woken up in a Pak-NZ game with Simon Doull this time going nuts on air, ranting on without any attempt at subtlety.

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165 Responses to “Pakistan vs New Zealand Highlights – Champions Trophy Semis”

  1. imran says:

    good luck Pakistan.
    InshaAllah Pakistan win this match and
    final

  2. Afridi i want to see many sixs

  3. HAN says:

    BEST OF LUCK MAY ALLAH BE WITH U PAKISTAN .
    INSHALLAH HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF AS THE LAST T-20 WORLD CUP AND PAKISTAN WILL WIN BY THE GARCE OF ALLAH.

  4. Ahmad says:

    Cricket is a team game, be united be a team. Good luck Pakistan
    INSHALLAH jeet tumharay sath ho ge
    Ahmad
    Sharjah

  5. Asif Kamal says:

    inshallah pakistan will win the match.
    m.younas is an agrassive captain
    Afridi is the best if he plays carefully
    m.asif and m. aamir are also good with the ball our prayeres are with the pakistan teem and inshallah pakistani teem will win this semifinal as well as the final also good luck younas good luck pakistan

  6. main umeed karta hoon inshallah aaj hum hi jitain ge

  7. pakistar says:

    its too early to say that pakistan will win,, Because this is the same avenue where ireland beat pakistan in world cup,, and westindies also gave the tough time to paki team this CT, beileve me if wicket will be gree top.. then there will be so many difficulties for pakistani team, new ze land batting line is really good, franklin and mills also can bat,, its depend on toss, beileve me this wicket is really dangerous,, specially for asian players.dont expect alot from afridi’s batting, because he already said i am bowling all rounder now. if u want to expect then expect from shoaib malik. yousaf,and umar malik.. younas imran nazir and kamran akmal and afridi they all four batsmen are not in good form.
    anyway best of luck pakistan, my all prayers and best wishes are with u,,

  8. Riz Hameed says:

    Bohat mushkil hai k pakistan jeete
    sakht mehnat ki zaroorat he

    agar jeet b jain to Final me Australiya se jeetna mumkin nahe

  9. Gary says:

    Good luck to New Zealand :D

  10. Riz Ahmed says:

    Hamari duwain pakistani cricket team k sath hain or hum umeed karte hain k team hamari umeedo pe pora utre gi

  11. shah says:

    insahallah green shirts should be on top.amir &omer akmal good luck boys bright future is waiting for u

  12. A Pakistani says:

    InshAllah Pakistan will win. Main Allah Pak se dua karti hoon.

  13. SL says:

    Pakistan gona looose …

  14. Qadeer Younas says:

    pakistan has to win even if they do win they are goin 2 play austrailia and it is going to b a hard match against austrailia but still they came up 2 da semi-final unlike india

  15. Qadeer Y says:

    yoyo new zealand watch out mah playa is cumin thru 2 do bare sixs in dis game.(inshallah pakistan will win )

  16. Talha says:

    admain i want to see the national anthem to of pakistan and new zealand, in your vidio link add the national anthem to

  17. Navid says:

    I hope Pakistan will play with the winning spirit and must win.

  18. Bilal says:

    i am 100 percent sure ke pakistan he jete ga

  19. frank says:

    __________ sab kuch allah karega to pakistan kya karegi? field par khade ho kar hilayegi kya

  20. dilshad says:

    pakistan will win inshallah and go too final ..

  21. Ali says:

    This Trophy belongs to Pakistan

  22. G - MUNDA says:

    INSHA-ALLAH we will win. :-) but don’t be upset win or lose is a part of the game :-)

  23. Antony Gonzalves says:

    Pakistan should rebirth from this situation. They have the potential.Best of Luck Pakistan.

  24. admin says:

    @Talha – for the second day running, the sound system at the ground screwed up on the vocals resulting in embarrassing anthems. So no, it won’t be included.

  25. JAWED H. KAPADIA says:

    IN MY OPINION PAKISTAN WILL WIN THIS TOURNAMENT. INSHALLAH

  26. JAWED H. KAPADIA says:

    WELL PLAYED LAST PAIR. THE SCORE OF LAST WICKET’S PARTNERSHIP WILL BE THE MARGIN OF WIN OVER NEW ZEALAND

  27. JAWED H. KAPADIA says:

    I think 233 will be too much for New Zealand against this world class Bowling line up of Pakistan

  28. umair says:

    Amir and Saeed ajmal did great,we are going to finals.

  29. npalibabu says:

    gud luck to newzeland……….

  30. Muhammad Khan says:

    Inshallah, Allah Pak kay Hukam say Pakistan win this match

  31. mateen says:

    Why Misbah every time out. What Capt: is doing, no good score only fun, right.
    good luck Pakistan

  32. zabi says:

    Hope Pakistan loose this game :)

  33. justin says:

    WTF SOMEBODY POST THE HIGHLIGHTS

  34. BK says:

    I am looking forward to the highlights. Apart from the wrong decision given to Umar Akmal, I suspect that Shoaib Malik’s catch had also touched the ground. I wan’t to have another look at that.

  35. justin says:

    Why is it that Pakistanis cant even post their games in time?? The england aus semi final had the first 25 overs posted b4 lunch!!

  36. admin says:

    @Justin – Neither was the Eng-Aus game posted before the innings break nor am I Pakistani.

  37. Jawaid Ahmed says:

    Saeed Ajmal is the key against NZ on this wicket. Even this low score is contestable.
    Best of luck, my beloved Pakistan !!
    Jawaid

  38. salim says:

    i want afridi got century best of luck afridi and pakistan

  39. justin says:

    yea it was…and it was posted wayyy sooner than this game

    So? – Admin

  40. both teams are strong only bond is big deferent

  41. khawaja atif says:

    there is no result untill now
    who is gonna win tonight
    pakistan ………..InshaAllah

  42. khawaja atif says:

    pakistna 234 ………..nz 45/2 whts next wait……….

  43. waris says:

    thrtrty5

  44. CakeHammer says:

    LOL@ these Pakistani fans praying for their team to win. When I was a child I used to also pray for my favourite basketball team to win the NBA championship. Then it hit me one day: Do you really think God gives a damn about who wins a sporting event? Is sport spiritually important? And even if God did care, surely God would not abuse his powers to force one particular team to make mistakes or give the other team supernatural strength.

  45. usman426 says:

    Pakistan!!!!!!!!!!!

  46. mhk says:

    i know pakistan can win as long as they keep their fielding tight and bowl lenght and line

  47. Hassan says:

    Pakistan you are the tigers you can win I know you can win this match.you are the best team shah bas Pakistan.Imran nazir I like you because you have long hair and you can hit sixes out of the ground like 114 meters.Best of luck for the hole team.mulik carry on the way you are playing and Imran nazir carry on the way you are playing.Imran nazir hit 80 runs in the final if you get to it inshala you will get to the final against Australia.

  48. binoy says:

    hopefully pakistan will win

  49. sukha89 says:

    All the best Kiwis Black cap gonna rock in this pitch today.

  50. danish from afghanistan says:

    so waht is up ? . i am waiting for hightlight. pakistan team is my team.

  51. sukha89 says:

    Hey admin you are doing a fantastic job guys out there nobody has any right to point your finger on admins work schedule he is doing his best to get us the highlights. Thankx again Admin

  52. danish from afghanistan says:

    i dont no where are playing from pakistan site but i mean pakistan must have two chang: umer gul and missbah are not in form. i think emran nazir and moh.asif shut play and replace these two persons

  53. danish from afghanistan says:

    i am from afghanistan but i am studing now in germany but here is no one to now abaut cricket and discuse. am waiting for update news abaut this semifinal, why no one ist upload the highlight?

  54. nauzaan says:

    good luck and try to beat Pakistan and reach to final

  55. steve says:

    australia already won this cup,only india could have stopped them,nz gonna win this game,yellow is hard to beat

  56. teak says:

    justin, chill out…
    its admins prerogative when and even if he/she posts these highlights… admin has no accountability to you or anyone else… you should be lucky and grateful that admin does this at all… how much are you paying admin to be at your beck and call?
    ive been watching highlights here for a while now and am truely astounded by some peoples attitude here…
    im over hearing people bitch and moan about something someone is giving them for free…
    serously have a look at yourselves, you should be ashamed of yourselves…

  57. teak says:

    by the way admin, you are doing a great job [keep it up]… you are the only way i can watch cricket videos and get my cricket fix here in germany… as most other players and news sites dont work for my location…
    thnaks again…

  58. teak says:

    @danish from afghanistan… where in germany are you? im in berlin and have the same problem…

  59. r3ubs says:

    Pak just LOST!!! YAY!!!

  60. Ram says:

    Kiwis VS Aussies for the final
    we love NZ but OZ will win
    Hard luck Pakistan u got a fine team and good cricket.
    Thank you admin for this website its amazing
    I love cricket… and I am enjoying this trophy big time

  61. Azhar says:

    if pak was playing with Razzak and misb haq pak was winning the match. i dont know why navid was in sad.
    i feal so bad for pak.
    but Mr aamir you did good.
    i dont know what should i say abut cap….

  62. Tooves007 says:

    Pakistan has lost. Come on you good thing. All Southern Hemisphere final. You beauty. Admin, thanks for all the highlights, you are truely a legend

  63. misbah-ul-haq says:

    Pakistan should win today…if they do not win today then afridi and younis khan should be dropped. rana should be made the captain.

  64. anis says:

    nz won.

  65. vel says:

    Hurrayyyyyyyyyy.. Pakistan out of the series.. Well done New Zealand, keep goin ‘n d cup is yours.. Crush Australia as well like u have crushed pakistan…

  66. Qadeer Younas says:

    unlucky pakistan atleast you came up to the semi-finals but still its just a game

  67. cakehammer says:

    Either _________ doesn’t care about Sports or one of the Pakistani players committed a grave sin before the game. Which do you think?

    Will be interesting to see Bond vs Aussie batsmen in the final. They haven’t seen Bond in a long time. Bond tore them apart in the VB series in 2001. NZ often seem to save something special for a game vs Aus. McCullum in particular has been belligerent against Aus. Aus should win but then again I thought Pak should win today.

  68. cakehammer says:

    Suddenly a profound feeling of sadness has hit me regarding Pakistan loss. I feel a bit sorry for Younus Khan. I really like Younus Khan. I hope Pakistan’s isolation ends soon. I want to see them back playing Test cricket again. Pakistan helped to make this tournament exciting. All the best for the future… 3 cheers for Pakistan!

  69. aligay says:

    paki lost..inshallah..

  70. deol says:

    f**king over confidence pakis lost the match hAHAHA go nz

  71. Rick says:

    Yussss! Comfortable 5-wicket win for the Kiwis. I hope they step up against the Aussies as well (they usually do).

    I guess Allah was backing the Black Caps today – sorry guys!

  72. mubee says:

    ed out of tournament forever

  73. Wasan says:

    nice

  74. teak says:

    hiphiphorray, hiphiphooray, hiphiphooray…
    wow… what a game… cant wait to see the highlights [not a hint to you admin]…
    totaly agree with cakehammer…
    thought pak would win… really feel for younus, i really like this current pak team… they have made this tournament… again…
    yep bond and mcCullum will be a problem for the aussies … bond had some time out with icl but he would be hungry to topple some yello caps… as always expect a hightened NZ team to take on the aussies…

  75. Ram says:

    One more thing does any know if jesse ryder will play in the finals? does the penalty include ban him from playing?

    Btw admin other sites are using ur highlights which is not nice at all…..

    This site is amazing if not for you, no way I could follow this trophy or any other cricket event. thank you indeed…….

  76. Salman Khan says:

    Just watached the two eposide and shocked to hear from Younis said “200 plus a good score to defend”.

    Other side Vitorri said “300 runs”.

    Winning match against India was just a luck.

    I’ll not count West Indies match because the WI players were in-experienced but they troubled pakistan alot.

    Conculsion: Younis is brainless person and I dont see any other player capable of taking captainship role.

    Bring Shoaib Akther and make him Captain.
    He’s Warrior and atleast have some brain.

  77. teak says:

    @misbah-ul-haq… nah dont drop younis or afridi… they are playing well [particulary afridi] at the moment and provide the substance and stability [wow stability and afridi in the same sentence, he has matured] to the team… i really like misbah-ul-huq but he has been underperforming of late, but i think he’ll be around for a while…
    id like yousuf to stand up and regain the form of a few years ago [i always thought he'd be bigger than javed miandad]…

  78. Krish says:

    It was a great game and in the end the team which played good won the match. The team selection of Pakistan made a difference to the result. Yonus Khan is a good and spiritual captain who united Pakistani team but he doesn’t deserve a place in the team. Even at the start of the game he laughed and said I am unfit and still playing. Pakistan team need to make few changes for future, need to drop Imran Nazir, he is a good player but not at Int’l level, he should be playing only at ICL. Salman Butt should be brought back and Misbah should be in the playing eleven. Rana Naved is also good for nothing. Since Asif is back he should be playing and the bowling compbination should be Aamer, Gul, Asif and Ajmal. Good luck Pakistan for future. An Indian but love both India and Pakistan. I know and understand it’s early days to say but I see another great Wasim Akram in Aamer Best of luck Aamer and don’t become part of dirty politics.

  79. BK says:

    Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik both given out wrong

  80. Salman Khan says:

    Yunis was unfit (Broken finger) but still playing.

    PCB says “No compromise on fitness, 100% fit player will only play”.

    Duble Standard!!!

  81. mubee says:

    cant believe pak got their ass kiked so bad. O well we be back to `to f*ck kiwis in no time.bye all u pak lovers .

  82. amol says:

    i am very glad to see pakistan loosing……

  83. Justafacefromthecrowd says:

    Aussiez will top the chart again. Another decade of shear domination coming around the corner.

  84. thuglordz says:

    pakos went home , i hope nz will win this icc cup , it’s a wonderful opportunity for vettori to do dat , im down with nz , shane bond is in great form , best wishes nz

  85. shiv says:

    Ha ha.. pak lost. happiest person now.. just look at the way ppl were commenting before. really crazy.. and @vel: asking NZ to crush AUS?? man.. u must be either an illiterate or a crazy chap.. AUS gonna win their 2nd champions trophy for sure

  86. saradhi. says:

    By Gods Grace NEWZEALAND have won the match against Pakistan.Hope they also will succeed in Final.

  87. ramudada says:

    To all Pak haters, Pak lost but atleast they are so strong to come to semi final and they had won twenty20 world cup too in which all the crappy teams lost.

  88. holy says:

    HEY I KNOW ITS VERY STUPID AND NOT FAIR TO request….WOULD U MIND UPLOADING ICC AWARDS CEREMONY 2009….MISSED IT :(

  89. Santa says:

    Congrats to Vettori & Co, some great bowling muted the Pakistan score, looking forward to NZ-Australia final.

    @Teak I agree, Admin is providing a sterling service – for free, gratitude is only polite!

    Thanks Admin!

  90. Alibaba says:

    Congratulations NZ!!!
    To Pakistan: Too much over confidence since the beginning of the tournament finished you.. Now it’s time to learn from mistakes..

  91. jaws says:

    insha allah pakistan will win

  92. Maulik says:

    PAKI has less chances of winning….

  93. afGHANsTAR says:

    well done NZ.

  94. khurram says:

    hardluck

  95. Rana says:

    Congrates Nz Team but I wants aus to win the champs.Go Australia.

  96. aman says:

    good luck new zeland

  97. INDIAN says:

    Bye bye……..unfit for cricket…..

    heheheheh

  98. AB Devil says:

    Thanks a lot admin. Bad luck Pakistan
    Have a look at 0:30 on clip 4. Never seen a cricketer kiss another cricketer (Rana and Afridi)

  99. whitey151 says:

    congrats vettori and team great bowling loved that bouncer from bond magnificent!

    also credit to grant elliot for his unbeaten 75*go hard in the final boys!!

    -Matt Doran
    Blenheim, Marlborough
    New Zealand

  100. abe says:

    thats a clever disclaimer admin

    good work

  101. Sallam Danish brother,
    You may sometime visit BBC (English) home page to get updated about the matches. Unfortunately, Pakistan lost the match, and gave a chance to New Zeland to play in the final with Australia.

  102. Yash says:

    NZ will definitely win this tournament.First time they are in final for any big tournament and its theirs.

  103. ajay says:

    bad umpiring 2nd semi final

  104. ajay says:

    good luck new zealand.and good luck ross 100 in final

  105. Azhar says:

    after looking the highlight i can say one of the umpire was realy not fare he was not fare he was in faver of nuz team. bad luck for pak i rally feal bad for pak. i realy dont like that umpire.

  106. henly says:

    all r paki palyers r gay kissing eachother
    stupid team i ever see gay team

  107. Babar says:

    Simon Taufel gave two wrong decision against Umar Akmal and Mohammad Ammer but anyway Part of the game
    NewZealand best of luck in the Final
    Good figh from both sides
    Pakistan Zindabad ;-)

  108. ajay says:

    icc should provide good and experienced umpire in this kind of crucial matches umpires r not for laughing in the ground.

  109. a user says:

    haha! inshaallah, pakistan will win. my foot! they lost!! allah cannot grant wishes all the time. you gotta work too, man!

  110. Philip says:

    Well, a lot of commentators and writers will have egg on their faces – New Zealand is always a danger in ODIs, and to write them off shows a lack of cricketing knowledge. I still like Pakistan as a team; they lack the arrogance of the Indians and English, and they will do well over the next few years. NZ, PAK and SL will continue to battle for position after the big three (AUS, IND, SA), while ENG, WI and BAN will continue to make up the numbers in 7th, 8th and 9th. Looking forward to the final.

  111. Bazz says:

    It is amazing that Pak supporters are blaming the umpire.

    Pak was constantly appeal for all strikes on the pads all game, the VAST majority of which were stricking well outside the line.

    Don’t blame the Umpire. Read the definition of the laws of cricket. The batman can not be out if the ball strikes outside the, when playing a shot.

    Well done kiwis. Showing once again that a champion team will always beat a team of champions.

  112. anotherfan says:

    @Yash: NZ has won the Champions Trophy in the past. In fact they beat India in the Final that time. If I recall correctly, that was played in Kenya. Cairns hit a century.

    India and Sri Lanka were the joint winners when it was held in Sri Lanka two years later.

  113. kasam says:

    I don’t think umpire made any mistake .. if you bloody consider this is cause of your defeat then suresh raina was also vitim of umpire .. otherwise he alone can win the game.. This positivelly …

  114. Kashif says:

    WORSE EMPIRING DISPLAY EVER!!!!!

  115. ahmed says:

    i am really happy that Pakistan lost,this team is one of the worst team of the world,no consistency what so ever….no discipline in the team as well

  116. Kashif says:

    You must be BLIND to say UMPIRING has nothing to do with Pakistan loosing the match. I have seens hundreds of matches in my life time and have played professional cricket and I can tell you for sure these were extremly satanic umpires out there…

  117. kasam says:

    now chidiya chuk gai khet to aab puch tanay say kya milay ga … at the end of day better team win the game .. Best Luck to New zealand..

  118. voluble78 says:

    OH God !!
    I don’t think that “NO CHANCE” is such a complex word to understand. By reviewing the highlight i could not believe that in semi final match sooo much opportunity for run out, a drop catch, bowling line has been left to go in vain. As an international team you just can’t afford these mistakes. The reason for loss of todays match
    *-Rana Naveed (Poor bowling and batting)
    *-Omar Gul (Poor bowling and batting)
    *-Yonus Khan (Which one to explain)
    *-Imran Nazir (Needs to play more game)
    *-Shoaib Malik(More improvement)
    *-A good game plan and player selection.
    You cant expect a good performance from every player but the mentioned one seriously needs to be considered.
    Although some players may not have been very well “GLAMORIZED” but they indeed deserve appreciation.
    *-Kamran Akmal (A gemstone for Pk)
    *-Mohd. Yousuf (Ok! lets be positive)
    *-Shahid Afridi(Can never find like him)
    *-Umar Akmal (Pk deserve him)
    *-Saeed Ajmal (Much better)
    *-Aamer (No words, a solid wall)
    *-Misbah (Nxt Afridi i wud suggest)
    *-Salman Butt (Very well)
    *-Asif (Oh! man where is he)
    *-Imran Farhat (Where is he)
    *-Mohd. Sami (Plz know him)
    *-taufeeq Umar (Dont ignore him)
    *-Abdul Razaq (Put him in)
    I mean look at Aamer and his age hats off for him for his strength and passion..
    Come on now dont ask how auzzies are such a tough team watch their previous games. Believe it or not they actual study each players style bowling and batting. Google it and make your self aware of. There is no such thing such as fear of a strong team,good players etc. It depends how you measure strength and defeat the odds. Trust me if you really see a “INTERNATIONAL TEAM DEFEAT” then it has to be an “INTERNATIONAL TEAM”. This is no offense for Pk team but a simple logic to be considered for all teams. And yes! if someone says or thinks what would i do or he(you) will do?? A simple answer either u didnt understand what i just said or it belongs to those who runs the business….
    Sorry to be so lengthy but a defeat has really has to be a defeat for an international team.

  119. AK says:

    Yeah.. i knew NZ will pull it off…The way they are playing its all about hard work. Unlike other team who depends on the luck for most of their matches.

  120. Philip says:

    Having watched the videos, the only poor decision was the inside edge which was adjudged LBW during Pakistan’s innings. The Pakistanis were appealing for a lot of balls that were landing outside leg or hitting outside off – they were all quite rightly given not out, and the replays confirmed that. Face it: NZ stepped up and outplayed Pakistan in all aspects of the game today, and were deserving winners.

  121. Robin says:

    Australia will win because new zealand is going to collapse.

  122. real pakistani says:

    its nice to see this pakistan side come back losing. they were very overconfident. younis before this match discussed about playing against australia by underestimating nz as they hav mostly beaten them but that thing only made them to lose. i hope nz win this cup just to show that they are not as*holes

  123. a user says:

    blame it on the umpire if you lose! haha! don’t want to accept blame for your loss. just give excuses! appealing with all the might and high-pitched voices of all the paki players each and every seemingly lbw call!! you think you are such fantastic bowlers. you have forgotten that cricket is a gentleman’s game. good you lost! hahaha!!!

  124. Anand_jhoj says:

    what to say at last 15 over getting both the sides are tention, nervous, temper pak really bowled well but some small did by pak i mean the catches (catches-Malik, younis- Runout – missed by Afridi) its all in the game anyway final new zeland has won the match best of luck for finals to newzeland…

  125. steve says:

    nothing w rong with praying for ur team to win, but maybe god said today pakistan gonna lose.I told u, they could not beat aussies in the final anyway,only india could have stopped the australians,so dont get mad and disappointed paki fans, accept defeat.I love argentina to death but when they lose i accept defeat,but i still support them,cause im south american to the bottom of my heart,soccer and cricket means the world to me. NZ gonna play well, but they cannot beat australia, especially if ponting gets going,i said before, yellow is hard to beat,love ur cricket

  126. New Zeland played well today against Pakistan, but I don’t think if they can defeat Australia. It is the best team.

  127. nizakia says:

    Philip I think you are true NZlander as you do not even noticed some biased decisions from umpires today. Pakistan was playing against NZ+ two umpires and you should admit it. NZ has no chance against Pakis.

  128. JIGAR says:

    ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………pakistan lost………
    i think they practiced so well to loose the match against australia to kick india out……..
    that was the key thing……..they continue their practice as it can be seen when younis khan missed d catch……i loved it…keep loosing pakistan………
    best of luck NZ……….go taylor……

  129. Daveo says:

    Cheers Admin.

    A lot of the Pakistani appealing for LBW was over the top. Yes a couple unlucky decisions for Pakistan, but most games have that. And Akmal’s shot was high risk and pretty poor – so he didn’t help himself.

    In the end Pakis just didn’t get enough runs. (though the last 2 bolwers batted very well – esp. the young bloke – what a champ!) Younis’s dropped catch off Elliott was a critical one.

    I think all these calls blaming the Umpires are a bit narrow minded.

    NZ better on the day – deserved to win. Thought NZ bowled very well.

    Looking forward to Aus vs NZ final. Bit of the old trans-Tasman rivalry ey? Will be great.

    I thought Rana had a pretty good series – he’s a tricky bowler. Thought Gul played well this series too – yet some of you are calling for their heads? I like the Pak team – they play exciting cricket.

  130. Kanwal says:

    Cool Match. Hope a ggod final. Good Luck NZ.

  131. SYMOND TOFFEL says:

    I have taken money form Newzeland (my home country). Pakistan was not giving me money.

  132. CHUTIAPA says:

    @least Pakistan made it in Semi Finalz unlike INDIANS! LMAO

  133. sandy says:

    jab tak vittori captain hai nz best team hai if vittori retire from cricket nz position will become like zimbabwe.
    vittori- no 1 captain
    – infact batter than dhoni,ponting
    – he is coolest

  134. Fraz says:

    Two main reasons why Pakistan lost this match:

    *Poor Batting display once again; wrong decision to send Malik early. Pakistan lost last six wickets without much contribution with some help from Simon Taufel (Commentators were wrong; There was enough doubt in it but since it was not Ponting or Sachin batting at the other end and it was Vettori who was appealing not Rana Naveed and in view of all this umpires are humans enough to make such mistakes).

    *Pakistan fielded poorly; missed numerous run out chances at very crucial moments and missed couple of difficult chances Younis himself dropped an easy catch (Trying to catch it like an Australian but had no clue that this is poor technique for a knee high catch.)

    PAKISTAN APPEALING:

    Pakistan appealed excessively that prevented a couple of close calls to go their way.

    ^To Pakistan’s credit everyone of you now saying that NZ will beat Australia since they beat Pakistan … i think NZ can do it but only if Australia play below their usual standard otherwise it looks like another all Australian final.

    Lastly i would like to say a few words about most of Indian fans here and some Indian commentators in this competition who think that India or SA would have been better opposition for Australia … I am sorry guys I don’t agree with you as far as Indian team against Australia is concerned. Don’t forget that Australia was cruising to a mammoth total before rain spoiled that Aus vs Ind game, otherwise it was most likely an Australian game and a rather shameful exit for Indian team from this tournament.

  135. black caps says:

    Younis is brainless and a useless captain.

  136. s.mALIK says:

    I am very happy with pakistanis perfomence one player you can blame on is younis khan becuse he droped elliot and afridi done a great job he have to run out vettori but pakistan is a better side an nz aus gonna win over nz

  137. s.mALIK says:

    Simon taufel an Ian gould mother f**kers :@

  138. danish from afghanistan says:

    Hi Guys,

    what do think, is umer gul a good bowler? i think he must out! pakistan team need razaaq, taufiq, and fahat and they shud replace umer gul, missbah and younus khan. What do think abaut these choice!?

  139. danish from afghanistan says:

    hi teak,

    i am also in berlin i am getting my master degree in the technical uni of berlin, we shut visit us and find other guys to play cricket!. this is my email: samie_rockers@yahoo.com i am also in facebook. i am waiting for u r answere

    by

  140. danish from afghanistan says:

    Thank u miss Shenwari,

    the thing is, that i want to see the match(hightlight) not to see the scoreboard.

  141. Nabi Afridi says:

    Hello
    we are Proud that pakistan play the semifinal and we should agree that pakistan is not a magician that pakistan will win all the tournamnets so the playing very very well

    Geo Pakistan

    Pakistan Zindabad

  142. removed says:

    pak won the toss against india, and elected to bat on a good batting field, that’s one main reason pak won. playing chase, india lost sachin and gambir.
    on a good day, india can beat aust anywhere. pak LOST to aust AND new zealand, and now all the pakis are crying foul. the pak bowling had 2 byes, 6 leg byes, 6 wides, and 4 no balls. in other words, aside from the poor fielding, their bowling was atrocious.

  143. obaid says:

    Match is already over. Some lbw decisions for and against went against Pakistan and also some sloppy fielding lead to their demise. I think Asif should have been played instead of Raja.Ranam a good run giving machine. Pakistan should protest for not having Mr- Tufael as umpirem since Australia was in the finals.

    Good luck to NZ and congratulations for beating Australia.

  144. patrick says:

    a very nice game! realy enjoyed it…. keep uploading the highlights. even when pakistan lose or win……..

  145. cricket lover says:

    I belive the main pakistan lost because of yunis khans captainship. he picked the wrong bowlers to bowl at the wrong time. he should not have bring naved ul hasan so early. he should have stick with ajmal and put in shhaib malik untill 46 over than ha shuld put in gul and navedd ul hasan.

    it was bad captainship by younis that is why we lost. if you need to take a wicket put in spinners in a batting pitch not fast bowlers. bringing naved ul hasan was bigg mistake. spinners are pakistan’s strength.

    pakistan needs a new captain.

  146. raiders says:

    take umar gul out? if you want to take him out you must really not know your cricket very well. Gul is one of the best bowlers around thesedays and pakistans batsmen just couldnt help support their fantastic bowling. As for bad decisions go, yes there were some bad decisions and the U. Akmal one was the worst and i was expecting much better from simon taufel as he is probably the most experienced and best umpire in cricket today. All in all, tough luck for pakistan but good performance (we’ll get nz in the series coming up :D ) and best of luck to NZ.

  147. chand says:

    Well tried Pakistan and good to reach semi final. it was just not your day today. every dog has a day and it was NZ today.

  148. khan says:

    NZ is one of the best team after australia in the world, Pakistani team and captain really under estimate the Kiwies, Pakistani players were so overconfident to beat india but thats not the end of the game Pakis need to do more hard work and stay away from politics this is the humble request from every Pakistani citizen, plz no politics and no match fixing. we love pakistan and we don’t want to let down the flag of Pakistan by involving in the politics and match fixing.

    I wish NZ win this CP Trophy, my prayers are with the Kiwies and especially with one of my favorite player named Shane Bond (James Bond of the Cricket)

    BEST OF LUCK KIWIES.

  149. wigiman says:

    sorry admin but is the nz batting going to be posted?

  150. wigiman says:

    ah…… just found it …..sorry all good

  151. zan says:

    shame on u simon tuffel for giving akmal wrong LBW u need to wear some fuk big glasses,fuc racist and not giving out NZ players plum LBW

  152. pooja says:

    what a game n zealand good luck finel

  153. Khan A Khan says:

    the umpires fu*ed it up for the pakistani team ..pak played well n made it to the semi atleast n the best part of the tournment was wen they lost to autralia by purpose to kik india out
    PAKISTAN ZINDABAD

  154. lahore says:

    drop catch by younis..was the turning point of the match!

  155. Jackson says:

    Pakistan fielding guide:

    1) Did the ball hit the pads? Yes – go to 2.
    2) Appeal. Doesn’t matter if it was straight, pitched outside leg – just appeal, then look astonished when turned down.
    3) Did the ball hit the bat? Yes – go to 4. No – go to 5.
    4) Appeal
    5) Appeal

    If you appeal every second ball regardless of the merits, you get what you deserve, fellas.

  156. tom says:

    Admin are you a pakistani? Coz whn ever a pakistani makes a bad comment about other teams you dont ask them to SHUTUP. But when others are replying to pakistanis bad comment you say ‘do not make anti-pakistani comments’.
    Play it fair Mr. Admin. if you scroll-up you find many anti-newzeland or anti-indian or etc………….. You need to delete such comments first. Be a fair moderator!!!!!!

    I’m Indian firstly. The anti-Pakistani team comments are allowed as long as they don’t drag religion in an extreme way, just as with comments involving India. Personally, am an atheist, but I can empathize with the feelings of believers and so have requested users in the past to not comment thus. Similarly when India was knocked out, I posted a similar comment asking users to tone down their anti-India rants, which I subsequently removed cos the comments toned down (either on their own or in response to the appeal).
    Moderating comments is a burden I don’t particularly enjoy, but being Indian, it’s likely that I take users who are also Indian for granted. Sorry about that. As for other teams, what I’ve observed is users belonging to nationalities outside of the subcontinent are less touchy about their sport. So I maintain less strict moderation in their comments
    Hope this clarifies.
    P.S. – Just noticed my comment about the anti-Pakistan thing. I should have taken it off as comments are hardly coming in, but truth is I forgot about it being there. Will do so now

    - Admin

  157. Parth says:

    Lol Pakistan lost….. in Semi Final

  158. Pkbonbon says:

    Hella proud of the Pakistan team over the past few months… New zealand were the better team on the day.

    Would have been nice to see them lift the cup, they were on a great roll

  159. syed ramzan says:

    i hope pakistan will beat Newzland badly

  160. raju says:

    DAMN!!! what a match man
    cant wait for ICC world cup
    its going to be a huge blast
    just cant wait :)

  161. pakistan lover says:

    tom yh admin is a pakistani

    pakistan rocks even though they lost

    pakistan zindabad!!!!!!!!
    allah is the greatest!

    Does it make a difference whether I’m Pakistani or Indian or a Plutonian? – Admin

  162. pakistan lover says:

    i swear to god the empires are bloody racist!!!!!!!!!!!!!