‘The Bradmans from one to six were in single digits’: Basit Ali slams Pakistan after performance against New Zealand | Cricket News

Chasing 293 runs Pakistan was reduced to 32/5 on Wednesday. It was Tayyab Tahir who would come in at eight and would score 13 which would be the first double-digit contribution for Men in Green in the chase. Throughout the tour of New Zealand Pakistan’s batting would collapse time and again meekly handing over the T20I series 4-1 and ODI series the hosts are already 2-0 with a game to go.

“The Bradmans from one to six were in single digits apart from Tayyab Tahir. I feel that instead of playing the third match, Pakistan should say, ‘You win, so let us go back to our home; we are homesick.’ This is New Zealand’s C team. I am surprised Naseem Shah didn’t play. Pakistan shouldn’t have scored 200-plus; we should have packed at 140,” said Basit Ali on his YouTube channel

“Pakistan team has betrayed us. I don’t know what era of cricket we are playing. Pakistan made a strong comeback after Mitchell’s dismissal but poor captaincy. This is not a Pakistan team; that’s all I can say,” he added.

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Ben Sears takes five

Mitchell Hay just missed out on a hundred before Ben Sears took five wickets as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 84 runs in their second one-day international in Hamilton.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Hay reignited New Zealand after a lull midway through their innings, smashing 22 runs in the final over bowled by Mohammad Wasim with two sixes and two fours to finish on 99 not out off 78 balls.

It was the 24-year-old’s highest score and his pyrotechnics late on guided New Zealand to 292-8, with Muhammad Abbas scoring 41, after the top-order batsmen all got good starts but failed to make significant scores.

Pakistan then struggled in windy, overcast conditions during their innings and lost five wickets for 32 runs as pace bowlers Sears (5-59), Jacob Duffy (3-35) and Will O’Rourke (1-19) extracted plenty of bounce from the wicket.

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