Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025 3rd ODI

 

Pakistan lost the ODI series 3-0 to New Zealand by losing the third ODI by 43 runs. As compared to previous two matches this ODI was a closely fought one. Infact Pakistan lost all matches on tour because of their expensive bowling and that put too much pressure on their batting. 

Having said that even with the experienced duo in their batting of ODIs on this tour that is Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan, our twenty20 team played infact better cricket than our ODI team and were more successful than our ODI side by winning atleast one match. Babar Azam was the main stay in our batting of ODIs as we witnessed in the first ODI and Third ODI our batting collapsed whenever Babar Azam was dismissed.

In the end what I would like to say is that we atleast didnt have a winless tour as we won just one Twenty20 match in the entire tour.

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025 2nd ODI

 

 

Pakistan were outclassed by 84 runs in the 2nd ODI by New Zealand. Pakistan are clearly missing the services of Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayub and their batting is nothing without them. When Pakistan's tailenders can recover Pakistan from 32 for 5 to 208 all out then our top order batsmen should have performed a lot better. 

This wasnt a 292 run pitch and the Pakistani bowlers after having New Zealand at 170 for 5 at one stage should have restricted New Zealand to a much lower total. Pakistan also had better of the bowling conditions but they didnt take advantage of it. Our bowling has proved to be expensive in every match of the tour so far and there seems to be no respite from it. 

In the end what I would like to say that Pakistan will do well if they can avoid being whitewashed 3-0 in the ODI series.

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025 1st ODI

 

Pakistan once again lost to New Zealand by 73 runs in a match they looked like favourites to win on many occasions. When Pakistan had New Zealand at a low score with low run rate a 98 for 3 in 24 overs from then on Pakistan should have restricted New Zealand to a low total.  In batting when Pakistan were 246 for 3 in 37 th over they should have won the match and chased the total of 344 runs.

Mark Chapman seems to like Pakistani bowling as he more often than not likes to score against Pakistan. He scored a match winning century against Pakistan in this match as well. Babar Azam after being a set batsman at 78 runs should have carried on to win this match for Pakistan which he didnt and this resulted in a collapse with Pakistan having a long line of tailenders in this ODI.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan is talented enough to win atleast one match in the remaining two ODIs in the series.

Pakistan vs New Zealand 4th Twenty20 International 2025

 

Pakistan crashed to a 115 run defeat in the 4th twenty20 international against New Zealand. Pakistani bowlers once again proved to be very expensive and they can hardly control and get rid of New Zealand's explosive openers Tim Seifert and Finn Allen.

If Pakistan is to do well in the remaining match of the series that is the fifth Twenty20 international then they should better dismiss both Tim Seifert and Finn Allen as quickly as possible. If Tim Seifert and Finn Allen continue their innings in this fashion then I am pretty sure Pakistan will lose the fifth Twenty20 international as well.

In the end what i would like to say is that Pakistani youngsters showed plenty of promise in this twenty20 series as Abdul Samad was impressive in this match alongwith Hasan Nawaz in the third twenty20 international. 

Pakistan vs New Zealand third Twenty20 international 2025

 

Pakistan finally register a win in the Twenty20 international series which means they wont be whitewashed in the twenty20 series against New Zealand 2025. Hasan Nawaz proved the critics wrong and scored the fastest Twenty20 international century for Pakistan beating Babar Azam's record. 

The team selected for this Twenty20 was a good one and it was a good all round team with Abbas Afridi coming in for Mohammad Ali. Abbas is much better bowler than the innocuous bowler that Mohammad ali is who is a medium pacer with no pace and swing. Pakistan also won an important toss in this match as the dew factor ensured batting conditions were easy during Pakistan's run chase. 

In the end I would only say Pakistan is getting better and is not missing Babar Azam or Mohammad Rizwan when they will show consistency in their performance.

Pakistan vs New Zealand 1st Twenty20 International 2025

 

Pakistan's new look twenty20 international team really disappointed me in the First Twenty20 international losing by 9 wickets. It seems there is hardly any quality, talent and experience in this twenty20 team. The selection of Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan should have been made as this is a spineless batting line up missing in form and key batsmen. 

New Zealand has a formidable pace attack in the form of Kyle Jamieson and Jacob Duffy which can run through any batting lineup. We  have on the other hand have sent inexperienced, novice and batsmen with poor techniques to face these two deadly kiwi pacemen. How on earth can you expect Pakistan to beat an invincible side like New Zealand who are playing at home with these batsmen which doesnt include Babar azam and Muhammad Rizwan in the batting line up.

In the end what i would like to say is that Pakistan will do well even if they compete against New Zealand in this Twenty20 international series.

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025

 

Pakistan will tour New Zealand for Twenty20 and ODI series tour. New Zealand are the overwhelming favourites this time but Pakistan cricket team is capable of upsetting new zealand in one game or two in either Twenty20 series or ODI series. 

Pakistan are in a rebuilding phase after the Champions Trophy loss and Pakistani fans shouldnt keep their expectations as high. Shadab khan has been recalled to the Pakistani twenty20 team and i think it is a good move as he is an experienced campaigner. New Zealand are tough opponents as was witnessed in Champions Trophy and they are particularly invincible at home.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan teams of the present and past have always been talented enough to cause an upset or two against the favourites.

Pakistan in Champions Trophy 2025

 

I wasnt disappointed by Pakistan's performance in the champions trophy as good luck deserted Pakistan in this tournament. I am saying this because Pakistan lost Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman both key hitters and clean strikers of the ball as openers. With our opening combination disturbed how can you expect Pakistan to come up with big totals in this tournament. 

Not to forget this was the same team which defeated mighty teams like Australia and South Africa in their own home conditions. On those conditions our bowling won us the matches. Sadly against New zealand and to a lesser degree against India our bowling flopped completely.  If we had restricted New Zealand to a score of less than 300 runs who knows there might have been less pressure on our batting and we might have won against them. Against India both our batting and bowling failed. Against india i agree we were totally outplayed.

In the end what I would like to say is that no drastic changes are needed in the team and In Sha Allah this current Pakistan cricket team will bounce back.

Pakistan vs india Champions Trophy 2025

 

Pakistan face India in the Champions Trophy match in Dubai on Sunday. My gut feeling is that Pakistan will bounce back against India and they might beat india to reach the semi finals of the tournament. i am saying this because Pakistan always raise their game whenever they face India and their intensity level increases.

For this to happen pakistan will need to drastically improve their bowling and the Pakistani batsmen will need to improve their strike rates. Among the Pakistani batsmen only Khushdil Shah and Salman Ali agha played with iimpressive strike rates. Babar azam will need to play a selfless innings and increase his strike rate.

In the end what I would like to say is that if our bowling can restrict India to a total of below 300 runs then I would say Pakistan will be favourites to win against the mighty and favourites India.

Final of the tri-nation series 2025

New Zealand won the trinations series in Pakistan by defeating Pakistan in the final of the Cup also featuring South Africa. New Zealand were by far the best team in the tournament and thoroughly deserved to win the tournament.  Pakistan have been outclassed by New Zealand in this tournament and signs are not good for Pakistan in the upcoming Champions trophy. 

Pakistan are sure to lose against New Zealand in the tournament opener on 19th February in Champions trophy judging their performance in the Tri nation series. In recent times India also start as favourites against Pakistan so thing arent looking good for Pakistan's prospects in the Champions Trophy.

In the end what i would like to say is that if Pakistani batsmen played with sense of urgency and score 40-50 runs more against New Zealand in the Final they would have won the title for sure.

Pakistan tri - nation series 2025 1st match

 

The first match between Pakistan and New Zealand in the tri-nation series was a one sided affair. New Zealand crushed Pakistan by 78 runs in this match and I have no hope from Pakistan to perform well in the rest of the tournament. 

The way our bowling performed against New Zealand batsmen give me little hope that Pakistan will perform well in the Champions Trophy as well as in the Champion's Trophy the matches will be played on similar flat pitches. Our batting is dearly missing Saim Ayub with Babar Azam at his worst possible form of his life. Only Fakhar Zaman gives me a little bit of hope.

In the end what I would like to say is that we need to improve our bowling on these flat pitches in Pakistan and UAE.

Pakistan Tri-nation series 2025

 

Pakistan trination series begins in February 2025 featuring Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa. Both New Zealand and South Africa will provide tough opposition to the Pakistan cricket team and Pakistan will find it tough beating both the opposition. 

The flat pitches in Pakistan will negate their bowling and their batting seldom scores in the excess of 300 runs which is essential on these type of pitches. But its gonna be interesting how Pakistan's bowling performs on these pitches as the bowling was mainly the reason why Pakistan have won three ODI series in a  row that  is against Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. 

In the end what I would like to say is that this tournament will prove a catalyst to upcoming Champions Trophy later on starting on 19th February.

Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd test 2025

 

Pakistan lost this test match by 120 runs and hence the 2 match test series has tied by 1-1 scoreline. Pakistan should have won this test match too when they had West Indies first at 38 for 7 then at 54 for 8 which included Noman Ali's hat trick. But they let West Indies get to a total at 163 runs which proved vital in the end and made a huge difference to the result in the end.

After tailor making spinning tracks in this second test also Pakistani batsmen failed themselves infact West Indies batsmen batted better than Pakistani batsmen in this test match having scored a respectable score of 242 runs in their sceond innings. This shows that the toss plays a vital role in these conditions with the team batting first having a great advantage. 

In the end what I would like to say is that Shan Masood has a made a habit of tailenders scoring runs heavily under his captaincy. First against Banagladesh when Bangladesh recovered from having been at 26 for 6 at one stage then against South Africa with South Africa winning the test match against Pakistan at Centurion having them at 99 for 8 only for the tailenders to score the winning runs. Lastly in this test match when Shan Masood didnt go for the kill after having West Indies at 38 for 7 at one stage. Shan Masood should reverse this trend if Pakistan are to do well in the 2025-2027 World Test Championship Cycle.

Pakistan vs West Indies 1st test 2025

 

 

Pakistan won the first test against West Indies by 127 runs which wasnt surprising as Pakistan on these kind of pitches are invincible at home. Sajid Khan and Noman Ali are deadly exponents and experts of spin in these conditions at home. Sajid Khan in particular is almost unplayable on these pitches which turn square right from day one of the test and especially the soil and turf of Multan suits these kind of pitches.

On the otherhand Pakistan's batting was poor throughout the test match with only the partnership of 141 runs between Saud Shakeel and Muhammad Rizwan impressing me. If that partnership was broken a lot earlier Pakistan might have found themselves in trouble in this test match.

In the end what i would like to say is that Pakistan shouldnt take West Indies lightly and become complacent. If they dont become complacent they should be able to whitewash West Indies 2-0 in this test series played at home.

West Indies tour of Pakistan 2025

 

Pakistan although having home advantage should be the favourites over West Indies which is lying at the bottom of the table but I think totally the opposite of that. I am saying this because Pakistan bowling has proved itself to be unreliable and lacking penetration especially their pacemen.

I am not sure the Pakistani bowlers are capable of getting twenty wickets required in test cricket in order to win a match. If their one dimensional spin bowling attack of Sajid Khan, Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed fail then their pace attack is bound to fail too. Also our batting has proved to be fragile from time to time. West Indies team are no push overs as they have quite a decent pace attack as they proved themselves on the tour of Australia which ended in a 1-1 draw.

In the end what I would like to say is that if Pakistan prepare the same kind of pitches as they prepared against England then I expect Pakistan to beat the West Indies in this test series.

Pakistan vs South Africa 2nd test 2025

 

Pakistan went down fighting against South Africa by 10 wickets in Cape town. where the pitch was flat. Having conceded a mammoth total of 615 runs against South Africa in the first innings Pakistan should have batted with responsibility in their first innings having scored a total of just 194 runs.

Pakistan were unlucky as Saim Ayub got injured if Saim Ayub hadnt been injured he and the century maker Shan Masood would have set South Africa a target of atleast 200 runs which might have sent jitters amongst the South African batsmen in their second innings. 

Our bowling was totally pathetic with only Mohammad Abbas and Salman Agha making significant contributions to the wickets column for Pakistan with three wickets apiece. Mir Hamza, Khurram Shehzad and Aamer Jamal proved to be ineffective on the benign Cape Town pitch.

In the end what i would like to say is that had good luck gone our way in the Centurion Test we might have drawn this test series against South Africa 1-1 instead of being whitewashed 2-0. 

Pakistan bounces back in 2024

 Pakistan after having a terrible year of 2024 in which they lost to USA in the twenty20 World Cup of 2024 in USA and West Indies. After that loss they lost 2-0 to Bangladesh in tests in Rawalpindi. As soon as England arrived for tests in October Pakistan's fortunes in 2024 changed.

In October Pakistan's year of 2024 changed with England losing the test series in Pakistan. Then onwards they won the ODI series against Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa which means Pakistan is in great form for the Champions Trophy to be held in 2025 later in Pakistan. After such success in ODI cricket in 2024 they are definitely the only favourites for the Champions trophy in 2025. 

In the end what i would like to say is that after defeating top international teams like Australia and South Africa in ODI cricket I am saying this with confidence that Pakistan are no. 1 ODI side in the World at present.