Black Caps lose their groove
New Zealand tried two approaches in the 20-20 against Pakistan.
In the first, they went for the fire cracker approach. After the first couple of overs of their chase of 162 it looked like they’d get there in 10 overs. But, as happens when you burn brightly, they burnt out fast. In the end, they would have needed an extra 10 overs to get to the target. Actually, they would have needed an extra 10 batsmen.
In the second, they tried the slow smoulder. Starting slow and building. But in the end they built too slowly.
