Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan hit top form in a timely fashion to propel Pakistan into the T20 World Cup final
2nd over: New Zealand 14-1 (Conway 9, Williamson 1) At the other end, Naseem Shah starts strongly – line and length, dot dot dot. Conway whips one away for four, then comes very close to playing on as his back-foot dab flirts with the stumps. Then another four! It’s all happening.
“No idea how the match will go,” says Alistair Connor, “but I’m backing our twirlers (I’m from NZ).” They’ve been so impressive. “My daughter went to work in /emigrated to (time will tell) Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. She is French but has lived in Scotland for the last six years. I suggested she should follow the creekit, as a factor of integration. She asked me for bullet points / conversation starters.” Brave woman. “My suggestion to her was, if she is presenting herself as a New Zealander, she’d best avoid the subject completely. If she’s being French, she can just let them explain it all to her. But her boyfriend’s mum is from County Down, so I suggested they should be Ireland fans.” Choices, choices. I’m hoping she lets them explain it all to her, then hits them with a killer stat.
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