Can Pakistan win the 3rd Test match against New Zealand?

Both Pakistan and New Zealand are playing their last and final Test match of the 3-match Test series. This match is now being played at Napier. You may have known that both teams are 1-1 equal. So, 3^rd test match is the golden opportunity for them to seal the victory. However, third day of the five-day test match has already been played. Only two days is left to go. Touring side Pakistan is now in good form. It is thought that only miracle can help them to win the series. Pakistan cricket team is now batting in their second innings. They are still trailing by 66 runs. After trailing this run they will have to put a huge chasing score in front of the home team.

I want to give you another information about sports is that both Pakistan and New Zealand hockey team is going to play a final match of Champions Challenge Cup 2009. This match will be shown live on Ten Sports.

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Pakistan and New Zealand are going to play in the first one day international match tomorrow in Abu Dhabi. It is a day night match and it is good for the players because UAE is a desert country. You know that because of security concerns, no foreign team is interested to visit Pakistan and that is why, Pakistani cricket team is playing the matches in UAE and next year, Pakistan will play home matches in England. The security condition in Pakistan is volatile and no one really knows when Pakistan can host a cricket match again. Anyway, it is gong take place on a weekday (Tuesday) 3^rd November 2009 and I am not expecting a huge crowd.

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi is the venue and the match would start at 15:00 local 11:00 GMT and 16:30 IST. It should be 4 PM in Pakistan and that is why, it will be an ideal time for the TV viewers in the country. Both the two teams have a lot to prove. Pakistan was out of Champions Trophy 2009 at the semifinal and they lost to New Zealand. As a result, many people became very angry in the country and even there was an allegation of some kind of match fixing. Cricket is still the most popular sports in Pakistan and the people here are very emotional about their national team.

A series against New Zealand should not have been that much important to the cricket fans in Pakistan. However, because they lost to New Zealand in the semifinal of ICC Champions Trophy 2009 in October 3, the cricket fans are now dying to see a total demolition of the Kiwis in this series. Of course, it will not be easy because New Zealand players also want to win the series.

The bad news for New Zealand is that Kyle Mills may not play tomorrow. Cricinfo wrote:

"Kyle is a doubt for the game as he's got a side strain or shoulder injury," said captain Daniel Vettori. "I think everyone knows he's the No. 1 bowler in the world in one-day cricket so if he misses out it'll be a big loss for us."

New Zealand came into the series without opener Jesse Ryder, fast bowler Daryl Tuffey and allrounder Grant Elliott. In fact, they may also be without another pace bowler with Ian Butler picking up a knee injury while playing for Otago in the recently-concluded Champions League Twenty20.

Thus, you can see that New Zealand team is suffering from injuries and that can cause a lot of problems for them. In the current series between Australia and India, we have seen team Australia suffering from injury problems and that is why, they have become very weak in every field.

Pakistan captain Younis Khan has perhaps fewer problem than his Kiwi counter part but the main problem is that Pakistan is weak in fielding. Younis Khan has requested all his team mates to focus on fielding. Times of India reported:

Fielding let Pakistan down when the two teams met in last month's semi-final of the Champions Trophy in South Africa, where Younis himself dropped a sitter off Grant Elliott which cost his team dearly.

"We need to field very well, and this is one area where we need improvement as New Zealand have a clear edge on us in this department," said Younis during the unveiling of the series on Monday.

Historically, Pakistan is one of the lower ranked teams when it comes to fielding, and Younis was quick to point out the grey area.

Andy Moles resigned as the coach of New Zealand cricket team recently. As a result, there will be a lot of pressure on the captain Daniel Vettori. Well, recently, Pakistan captain also resigned and then he was reinstated.

BBC reported:

As the 'home' team, however, Pakistan will be under greater pressure, not least because of the row which saw Younus offer his resignation after match-fixing allegations by a member of the National Assembly's standing committee on Sports.

It was turned down by the Pakistan Cricket Board, who insist Younus will remain as skipper until the 2011 World Cup.

He has now turned his attention back to cricket and will lead a squad showing a number of significant changes to that which took part in the Champions Trophy, including the return of all-rounder Abdul Razzaq and opener Imran Farhat.

As for live score, several web sties will provide it:

Cricinfo

action8cricket

Stickiewicket

Cricketworld

Cricket Next

Cricket Updates

Hopefully, it will not be a one sided match.

Pakistan in FInal of Twenty20 World Cup 2007

Pakistan has entered in to the final of Twenty20 world cup 2007. Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. Throughout the match Pakistan could show sheer dominance over New Zealand. Pakistan played very well and it is good that their key players are performing consistently. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. Their openers started very well putting on 50 runs in the opening pair. However, from then on, New Zealand started losing wickets at regular interval. So, at the end, they could throw a big total to Pakistan. After 20 overs New Zealand scored 143 runs losing 8 wickets. In the middle order, Ross Taylor scored innings highest 37 facing 23 balls. Opener Lou Vincent scored 28 and another opener Brendon McCullum 26 runs. Umar Gul came up with a match winning spell that propelled Pakistan to claim a convincing win over New Zealand. Umar Gul took three wickets conceding 15 runs in his four overs. Umar Gul won the man of the match award.

Pakistan openers also gave a good start to Pakistan making a 60 run partnership within 7.1 overs. However, there was a slight slip off in the middle order. However, Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq guided Pakistan to win leaving 8 balls at hand. Opener Imran Nazir played a superb innings of 59 facing 41 balls in which he hit five over boundaries and three boundaries. Opener Mohammad Hafeez also played very well scoring 32 runs from just 21 balls. Shoaib Malik scored 26 runs and Misbah-ul-Haq scored 16 runs. So, Pakistan has got an excellent victory over New Zealand.

Pakistan will face the winner of India vs Australia match in the final of Twenty20 world cup 2007. The second semi final match between India and Australia will also take place today. Now, let us see who are going to face Pakistan in the final of the tournament.

Source:
Cricinfo

Pakistan vs New Zealand Twenty20 World Cup: Live Scores and Updates

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Pakistan target is 144 runs.

Pakistan has won the match leaving 7 balls at hand and enters into the final of Twenty20 world cup.

Now, 3 runs needed from 8 balls

18.2 Overs: Pakistan 138/4

After 18 Overs: Pakistan is 132/4 Pakistan needs 12 runs from 12 balls

14 runs needed from 14 runs

17 Overs: Pakistan is 127/4

After 16 Overs: Pakistan is 119/4

15 Overs: Pakistan is 115/4

Pakistan has lost another wicket. Now, Pakistan needs 33 runs from 33 balls to win the match.

14 Overs: Pakistan is 106/3

Pakistan needs 38 runs from 38 balls. Pakistan lost

11.3 Overs: Pakistan is 83/1

New Zealand missed an easy catch. Pakistan looks to win the match easily unless something dramatic happens.

9 Overs: Pakistan is 69/1

8 Overs: pakistan is 62/1

2 Overs: Pakistan is 20/0

1 Overs: Pakistan is 6/0

0.2 Overs: Pakistan is now 4/0

Pakistan will start batting now.

come back after few minutes for Pakistani batting updates.

20 Overs: New Zealand is 143/8

19.1 Overs: New Zealand is 136/8

18.4 Overs: New Zealand is 125/7

18 Overs: New Zealand is 120/7

17.3 Overs: New Zealand is 118/7

16 Overs: New Zealand is 106/6

13.3 Overs: New Zealand is 87/2 No doubt, New Zealand is now under pressure

11.2 Overs: New Zealand is 75/2

After 11 Overs: New Zealand is 75/2 New Zealand lost the wicket of Brendon McCullum this over

After 7 Overs: New Zealand is 47/0