How it can the preparation of Border-Gavaskar trophy? That series will be between India and Australia starting from November 22. However, these matches are between the A teams and hardly anyone from the A team will be playing in the national team for the trophy mentioned above.
Also before that series, the Pakistan team will be visiting the Australian team to play 3 ODI and 2 T20 matches and the Australia team will get enough practice.
Coming into this match, India A have shown some poor performances, I do not know if they are unable to adjust to the conditions or whatever reason but when you will see the scorecard, you will be shocked. 99/9 is the current scorecard for the Indian team and they have failed badly in the batting.
There are a few players who have been included in both the squads, such as Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Anyway, India A got bowled out for just 107, with Brendan Doggett returning amazing figures of 11-6-15-6. But in return, Indians struck in the very first over and Sam Konstas is back in pavilion. Mukesh Kumar picked up the wicket. Doggett hasn't represented Australia yet, but he is a regular with South Australia in Sheffield Shield. Do you think that he will be picked for the Border-Gavaskar trophy? |
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Yes you are right Nepal won ODI match mainly because target of 156 runs was not too high. They faced pressure and lost some important wickets but they stayed strong and won before using up all their overs. If target had been 250 it would have been much harder. Nepal win shows they are getting better at international cricket. For tomorrow match between US and Scotland, Scotland has an advantage because of their experience and skills. But cricket can be unpredictable so US should not be counted out. So let's see who will win USA or Scotland.
I am not sure what happened to Scotland, but their recent form has been disappointing. The only batsmen who got a score of more than 20 was Mark Watt. They struggled against both pace and spin. And from what I heard, the pitch at Grand Prairie Stadium didn't offered any undue support for the bowlers. Scotland is in a difficult position, as they are 4th now in points table with just 11 points from 9 matches. Today they have a match with USA, and they need to win that one to stay alive in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. |
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Yes you are right Afghanistan team recently won Emerging Teams Asia Cup. This victory is still exciting news. It is huge achievement for Afghanistan and its cricket future. And we can say it among Asian teams after India Afghanistan is rising fast. And recently their A team won Asia Cup which is also a great achievement. These players will soon represent Afghanistan national team. It was historic moment for Team Afghanistan and Darwish Rasooli proudly lifted the cup.
Afghanistan became a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) back in 2001. And it took another two years for them to get the membership of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). So their cricket history is very short. And despite all this, they have made rapid strides in the sport. IMO, Afghanistan is now stronger than both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, two of the more established full member nations from Asia. And in the future, we can expect them to challenge India and Pakistan as well. |
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India A vs Australia A, 1st unofficial Test
I don't know if most people know that the India A and Australia A unofficial Test has started today at Mackay. India A hasn't been able to get a good start in this test. They lost four main players including the captain at 76 runs only. Ruturaj Gaikwad is leading the Indian side and he was out ona duck too. He usually plays for Chennai Super Kings but today he just looked out of touch. Devdutt Padikkal is batting on 35 and he is the last hope for the Indian A team to take them to a reasonable total.
Australian A are bowling on their home ground and all of them are doing a good job. Jordan Buckingham and Brendan Doggett were the two most successful bowlers who took 2 wickets each.
This one seems to be a preparation for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar trophy by both the teams. And right now, Australia has got a very good start. India A are struggling at 79/6, with Manav Suthar and Nitish Kumar Reddy at the crease. Brendan Doggett is the pick of the bowlers from the Australian side, as he picked up 3 wickets. For India, both Abhimanyu Easwaran and Ruturaj Gaikwad got out for single digit scores. Sai Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal got good starts, but they could not convert them to half-centuries. |
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What is the latest news update on the media polls? I reckon it will be a lead for Kamala with a very small percentage.
National polls for popular vote are essentially tied, which means that Trump has a big lead in electoral college. Kamala needs an advantage of 2-3% in popular vote to have an even chance at the electoral college. Out of the 14 polls for popular vote released in the past few days, Trump is leading in 6, Kamala in 5 and there is a tie for 3 polls. Among the swing states, Kamala has lead only in Michigan and Wisconsin. In the most crucial swing state (Pennsylvania) she is trailing by less than one point. |
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6th match of the Women's Big Bash League, between Brisbane Heat Women and Melbourne Renegades Women got completed a few hours back, with Heat winning by 28 runs. And this means that they are on top of the table with 4 points. None of the other teams have 4 points as of now. Georgia Redmayne, Jess Jonassen and Laura Harris helped Heat to post a competitive total of 169/8, which was going to be beyond the reach for Melbourne Renegades Women. Naomi Stalenberg tried hard towards the end, but then she ran out of partners (and eventually ran herself out).
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Also, Trump is leading in the betting with 65 percent against Kamala who has 35 percent. And you must admit, this is quite a big difference. I would explain this by the fact that only Internet and crypto lovers participate in such platforms, and almost all of them are for Trump, because he created his own crypto coin and NFT collection. And he said that about crypto. Although lately he has been silent about this topic. We need to be realistic and understand that when he comes to power, he may completely forget about the promises of the crypto industry.
I broadly agree with the percentages given by Polymarket. Because most of the opinion polls now show a dead heat between Trump and Kamala for the popular vote. If the popular vote is even, then Trump has a higher chance to win the electoral college. Polls during the last two days have been good for Trump. He is leading most of the polls in swing states, and he is improving in nationwide polls. Just 6 more days remain. If Trump wins, then we can expect Bitcoin hitting ATHs and may even test the $80,000 level. |
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Bangladesh team is not performing well against South Africa team in this test match, those who are in the list of top batsmen of Bangladesh have been out in a very short time. 4 wickets fell in just 9 overs in power play, 38 runs scored, it is absolutely stupid to compete in Test match with such performance. Sadman Islam and Mahmudul Hasan, Zakir Hasan and Hasan Mahmud all these batsmen played a bad game. Bangladesh team will not be able to complete 100 runs if they keep losing wickets like this. Because at present, Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Mominul Haque are completely dependent on Bangladesh team, but they are not basically patient batsmen. These two batsmen will fail to form a partnership for long, as the whole team is now under a lot of pressure. The gap in skill set is too huge between South Africa and Bangladesh. I don't even think that Bangladesh deserves the test status. And yet, they were granted full member status 25 years ago, and since then they have received huge amount of funds from the ICC. And despite receiving all these funds, their performance hasn't improved a bit. They way they are performing in a home series is beyond pathetic. South Africa is not exactly the strongest team out there, and yet they are sweeping the floor with Bongs. |
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Once Trump wins the presidency, he should abandon the mail-in ballots through a federal law.
Can you explain to me what the problem is with voting by mail? It is something that is widely done in democratic countries without accusations of widespread fraud. At least here in India (which happens to be the largest democracy in the planet), we don't have the option either for mail-in voting or early voting. There is a national holiday on the day of voting and in case you can't get to the polling booth to cast your vote, then your chance is gone. And why we don't allow mail-in ballots? Exactly because in the past there were numerous instances of fraud performed through mail-in ballots. In low crime countries such as Japan and Korea it maybe a good idea to allow postal voting. But it has failed in most of the other countries. |
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In the 2nd Test match of Bangladesh vs South Africa team, Bangladesh team came to bat in the 1st Innings and scored 38 runs in 9 overs losing 4 wickets. Bangladesh team batsman Shadman Islam was dismissed for 0 runs from 6 balls. Mahmudul Hasan Joy was dismissed for 10 runs from 21 balls. Hasan Mahmud is out for 3 runs off 7 balls. South Africa team started to perform well in bowling and batting. Bangladesh team may be all out for 120 runs in 1st Innings.
Bangladesh is just being pathetic out there. They are inching towards yet another heavy defeat. And this is exactly the reason why I have argued in favor of a tiered test system. Teams like South Africa needs to be in the first division along with the pig-3, while Bangladesh need to be in the second division of test cricket. It doesn't make any sense to have lop-sided matches such as this one. And at the moment, these matches are mandatory, according to the schedule for 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. |
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Even though Messi is old, he is still the most important player of the whole Argentina team, even every player of Argentina team respects him. In fact, Messi is the most experienced player in the Argentina team. At the 2014 World Cup, Argentina were unexpectedly defeated by Germany in the final match and missing out on the title. However, Argentina continued their good performance which resulted in them qualifying for the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup as well.
Then in the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar, Argentina won their coveted FIFA World Cup, basically Lionel Messi's performance in that World Cup was unparalleled. Now a question on the minds of all football fans is whether Messi will play in 2026 FIFA World Cup. I think If he does not retire from football, he may be seen with the Argentina team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Messi is taking part in the CONMEBOL qualifiers, and he also took part in COPA America. So I guess he has plans to represent Argentina at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But the question is whether that is required or not. Argentina can easily replace Messi with some of the younger players. The case with Cristiano Ronaldo is a lot different. Portugal still doesn't have someone who can replace him in the squad. For sure they have promising youngsters such as Rafael Leão and João Félix. But the problem is that they are not at a level where they can replace Ronaldo. |
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The qualification scenarios for 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup are heating up. Most of the sub-regional qualifiers are now completed, and now the regional qualifiers are about to start. For the Europe Regional Final, Italy, Jersey and Guernsey will be joining Netherlands and Scotland. Asia–East Asia-Pacific is more complicated, with 9 teams taking part. Papua New Guinea and Samoa have qualified from the Pacific region. For the Africa qualifier, Zimbabwe will be competing with Uganda and 6 other teams. |
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So finally Afghanistan A team played very well and they won the match by 7 wickets . That was very interesting match and that was low score match . I like high score match but that was low score match. Sediqullah Atal was a top scorer from the Afghanistan A side and he completed his half-century and made 55 runs and Karim Janat also played well and made 33 runs in 27 balls. Sri Lanka A side Arachchige was a top scorer from and he made 64 runs in 47 balls . Afghanistan A team players comparatively played well but Sri Lanka A team could not perform well. I think , low quality players should be expell out from this team and that is best way to improve next time performance of Sri Lanka A team.
Quite surprised with the bench strength of Afghan team. Even their second string players maintains very high quality. And this is something that both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka lacks. Afghanistan A managed to lift the trophy, thanks to splendid performances from Sediqullah Atal and Bilal Sami. I would say that Afghanistan is rapidly emerging as the third strongest team from South Asia, behind India and Pakistan. The only thing that holds them back is the embargo which was imposed after the Taliban takeover. |
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Two batsmen entered the field for stronger batting against Bangladesh in the second day's game and they are batting superbly. Coming to the second day, South African batsman Tony de Zorzi is batting more excitedly, the way he is batting, it will definitely be possible to cross 200 runs. Moreover, if the Bangladesh team's bowling performance is not good, there is no doubt that South Africa will be able to score a big score in today's match. If David Bedingham and Tony de Zorzi can't break the pair, South Africa will have a target of 600+ runs in today's match.
Both are gone. Tony de Zorzi was so close to his double century, but in the end he fell to Taijul Islam for 177. David Bedingham was also nabbed by the same bowler after he got his half-century. And after that there was a slide, with Kyle Verreynne getting out for a duck. For now Proteas have lost 5 wickets, and all of those wickets went to Taijul Islam. The other spinners (Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mominul Haque) are not having any success and that puts additional burden on the shoulders of Taijul. |
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Go out and vote people. Trump needs you. We need you. If you think “he already won I don’t need to vote” then you are making a huge mistake. Trump shouldn’t win by 51%, he needs to win by a landslide. Otherwise these crooks will steal the election one more time. If you think you can afford that that’s your choice but don’t feel sorry later on when you see Kabala making her victory speech.
You have one job at the moment. Get out of your comfort zone and vote TRUMP!
This is exactly the point. Once Trump wins the presidency, he should abandon the mail-in ballots through a federal law. At the same time, House and Senate elections are important as well. He should be the POTUS to have sensible judges to be appointed to the SCOTUS. Look at the judges who have been appointed by Biden and Obama - Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. All three of them incompetent and not suitable for the job, selected only because they are far-left lunatics. |
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Yesterday Nepal had their second win during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, when they defeated Scotland at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. They are still at the bottom of the points table with just two wins from 10 matches. On the other hand, Scotland is slightly better, but they also have only 5 wins from 9 matches. A win during yesterday's game was crucial for Scotland to move up (currently they are at the 4th position behind Canada, USA and Netherlands).
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Another piece of bad news comes in. After the exclusion of cricket from next edition of the Asian Games, the sport has been excluded from the 2026 Commonwealth Games as well. Australia was supposed to host the Games, but they pulled out at the last minute and Scotland had to step in. But Scottish government approved only a miniature version of the Games, with just 10 disciplines. And this means that cricket will not be a part of the 2026 edition, despite featuring in the 2022 edition (which was hosted at Birmingham).
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India Women's dramatic comeback in the last match and victory to seal the series win will really make the men's Test series loss go away at the moment.
For the time being, it looked as if the New Zealand women's team would win the ODI series as the New Zealand men's team did. However, Smriti Mandhana's century innings contributed significantly to the victory in today's match.
Overall, it was a disappointing series for the Indian women. They were playing at home and New Zealand is not exactly the strongest opponents they can get. Some of the controversies (such as the one related to Jemimah Rodrigues) seems to have impacted the performance of the team. Anyway, they did well to win the third match. The new ball combination of Renuka Singh and Saima Thakor is now pairing up well, and then the always reliable Deepti Sharma is showing her continued expertise in terrorizing the batters. |
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Yes this Chittagong stadium seems good for South Africa batting but may favor Bangladesh bowling. South Africa is batting very well causing worries. If they score over 500 runs can Bangladesh catch up in two innings? I don't think so. Bangladesh bowling is struggling with only Taijul Islam getting wickets. TD Zorzi 141 not out hints at double century. South Africa is close to 500 runs putting big pressure on Bangladesh. And I hope they will cross 500 or may get declare earlier. So let's see what will South Africa do?
Irrespective of the nature of the pitch, I don't think that Bangladeshi batsmen can catch up with South Africa. The Proteas are strong in both the bowling and batting departments. They have very good spinners in Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Muthusamy and Dane Paterson. Then they have pacers like Wiaan Mulder and Kagiso Rabada who can bowl well even in flat tracks. And combined with poor performances from Bangladeshi batsmen recently, the picture on the wall is very clear for me. |
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Next week, at this time we will probably get to know who will be the next president of the United States. Not much has changed as per the opinion polls. Outliers here and there are giving slight edge to Kamala in some of the swing states, but apart from that Trump is leading in all of the swing states. Polls from Susquehanna and Quinnipiac are putting Kamala in the lead in Michigan, but majority of the polls are giving advantage to Trump. This seems to be a very tight contest, and we will get to know about the winner only when the votes are counted.
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