Bangladesh lost their first wicket by 3 runs and their second wicket by 38 runs. The match has now been stopped due to lack of light. Perhaps the Bangladesh team will not get a chance to bat again today. I don't expect a good performance from Bangladesh's top order. But I expect good performance from middle-order Mushfiq, Mominul and Miraj today. If these three batsmen are able to bat responsibly then the Bangladesh team will be able to give a target of more than 220. And on such a pitch 220 runs would be enough to win.
220 is not needed. We saw how New Zealand batting collapsed during the second innings of first test match. I would say that a target of 150 should be enough and 170-180 should give Bangladesh a comfortable win. And if the Bangladeshi batsmen bat a bit more carefully, then it is achievable. But if they go in T20 mode, then there is a risk that they will lose quick wickets and their batting may collapse. Throughout the match, Bangladesh has maintained an upper hand and it will be disappointing if they flounder it as a result of carelessness. |
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The second T20I match between India Women and England Women will be played tomorrow at the Wankhede. The first match ended in a rout for the Indian women and they need to quickly recover from it. In order to salvage the series, they need to win both the remaining matches. And a series defeat at home would be humiliating for the Indian women, especially after all the progress that was achieved over the years. Anyway, the good news for India is that their strike bowler Renuka Singh Thakur is back in form. She picked up 3 wickets in the first match.
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I read in other media about these rumors and actually, it is not very clear what the problem is which makes the media reports about it, but I think if Lionel Scaloni leaves the Argentine national team he will do so after completing his contract and to be able to earn more money by coaching the club because currently his name is has started to be considered well after successfully bringing Argentina to win the Copa America and the World Cup, and it is reported that Real Madrid is interested in him, so I see that his decision to leave was pure because his contract and he wanted different things, and it is quite impossible that he will last long as Argentina's coach because we can see that there is no national team coach who can always lead the country to a title.
Well.. I also don't believe in these stupid rumors. At least on the outside it looks as if Lionel Scaloni and Lionel Messi enjoy excellent bonding. If Scaloni leaves for one of the UEFA clubs, then I am sure that it will be due to financial reasons. And the Argentine Football Association (Asociación del Fútbol Argentino), needs to think about it. This guy won them the world cup in 2022. There is no excuse in not rising his paycheck to match those offers from Real Madrid or any of the other clubs. He deserves it, IMO. |
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Afghanistan bowled out for 173, and Nepal bowled out for 152 against India and Pakistan respectively at the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup. For a moment I thought that Nepal would be able to put up a total in excess of 200, but once Dipesh Kandel got out, other batsmen were unable to provide any sort of support to Uttam Magar. Uttam finished with 51 from 76 balls. Players from Sino-Tibetan ethnic groups are quite rare in Nepal team, as it is mostly dominated by Indo-Aryans. In case of Uttam, he is the only Sino-Tibetan in the playing XI.
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Lol, I just realized there are different teams with same city name in BBL, like Melbourne stars and Melbourne Renegades; Sydney sixers and Sydney thunders. Do they not have enough cities to name teams after? That is not surprising. In Australia and New Zealand, a large share of the population is concentrated in a few cities. In large countries such as India and Pakistan, the population is move evenly distributed, but that is not the case with Australia. For example, out of the total population of 26 million, 5.3 million resides in Sydney and another 5.0 million in Melbourne. These two cities together account for around 40% of the Australian population. Then they have Brisbane (2.6 million), Perth (2.2 million) and Adelaide (1.4 million). And all of these cities have one or more BBL franchise. |
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Bangladesh needs to be cautious here. They have a lead of 30 runs and already they have lost two wickets. If the target for New Zealand is somewhere around 150 (Bangladesh made 172 in the first innings), then there is a real chance that the Kiwis will be able to chase it down. So far Tim Southee and Ajaz Patel have taken one wicket each and Zakir Hasan as well as Mominul Haque are at the crease. Even now I would say that Bangladesh is having the upper hand. But at the same time, they can't venture on any adventures.
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@Sithara007 Sometimes it's not a bad strategy when your defense is weak and why wait for the magic ball? Just swing it, have fun and add a few runs as well. You will live and die by the sword.
The pitch still looking good and reacting well for the spinners. Collapse or go for quick runs but don't play defensive because it won't be enough. Agreed. Anyway, the partnership is broken now. Kyle Jamieson has been picked up by Shoriful Islam and that is the end of the 8th wicket partnership which added 55 valuable runs for New Zealand (incidentally yesterday at the close of play they were at 55/5). Now the captain Tim Southee has come to join Glenn Phillips. New Zealand still needs another 21 runs to take the first innings lead, and if they can do it, then it will be a huge psychological boost. But then, Bangladesh just need two more wickets to wrap up this innings. |
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In Zimbabwe vs Ireland team match Zimbabwe team won by 1 wicket. It was a tough fight between two teams. Both team players tried to play very well to win the match. Ireland team could not win the match for a bit. I thought Ireland team will win this match. Ireland team. The batsmen did not bat very well in this match. However, the Ireland team started performing well in the bowling line in the first innings. The Zimbabwe team did a great performance in bowling and batting.
Well.. plenty of matches remaining in this tour. Let's see whether Ireland can make a comeback or not. The problem with Ireland is that they don't have much depth in their player pool. If you look at what happened in the match yesterday, you can find that their main players (Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Craig Young and Josh Little). But the younger players failed completely (Gareth Delany for example). I don't know the exact reason. Maybe the weak first-class domestic structure within Ireland is the reason for this. |
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New Zealand looks comfortable so far. On day 1, at the close of play they were 55/5. Now they have crawled to 84/5. Daryl Mitchell is batting carefully, but from the other end Glenn Phillips is playing in T20 mode. Just now he managed to hit Mehidy Hasan Miraz for a six over square leg. He seems to have realized that under these conditions, defense is not the best strategy. BTW, the Bangladeshi captain is sustaining with his two strike bowlers - Taijul Islam and Taijul Islam. They have now bowled continuously for 18 overs in this spell.
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Looks like Nepal is in some sort of trouble against their match with Pakistan. They are 32/2 and Dev Khanal is at the crease along with Arjun Kumal. Amir Hassan and Ubaid Shah have so far taken one wicket each for Pakistan. Nepal should be happy if they are able to reach to a total of around 200. That would be a decent score against a strong Pakistan squad, which features many players with first class experience. BTW, Afghanistan has got a good start in their match against India U-19. They are at 40/1. Tomorrow we have Japan in action, as they will be facing Sri Lanka.
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The 2023 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup is underway at the United Arab Emirates, and matches will be played in Dubai. Apart from the 5 full member nations from India, 3 additional associate nations have qualified from the ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup (Nepal, United Arab Emirates and Japan). The fact that Japan qualified for this tournament is very surprising, as they managed to get the cut ahead of more well established teams such as Oman, Singapore and Malaysia. That said, they have an immigrant dominated squad, with only one or two natives.
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Bangladesh scored 172/10 in 2nd test match in first day where i haven't found any mentionable batsman who is worth mentionable for good score while Mushfiqur Rahim's unusual (obstructing the field) result disappointed most of bd supporters and Mitchell Santner & Glenn Phillips fot 3 wickets each but i wonder how Bangladesh took wickets and stop new Zealand within 55/5 where Mehidy Hasan Miraz got 3 wickets. I think Bangladesh could stopped rest of batsmans within low score but today match abandoned due to rain. Even there is possiblity to rain tomorrow all the day. It seems rain want to keep interfering for change the final result.
Probably by today the outcome will be clear. If New Zealand can get to somewhere around 200 (that looks outright impossible as of now), then they have a chance to remain alive in this match. Rain is not a concern as of now, as the weather forecast is quite clear for the next 3 days. Don't forget the fact that Bangladesh is already leading the series by 1-0. They don't need to take any unwanted risk. I am sure that 1-0 result for the series would be much more palatable for them compared to 1-1. Therefore I would like them to play safe, when they come to bat. |
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It would be strange if Germany, as the number 1 seeded team, ended up in a difficult group. Since the number of groups was increased by 50% (from 4 to 6), half of the groups are extremely easy and such an event as a death group almost never occurs. Moreover, if you consider that not only the first two places get to the 1/8 finals, but also four teams that took third place in the groups, it turns out that the entire group stage is a farce.
They increased the number of teams from 16 to 24 from the 2016 tournament onwards. And this means that now there is a PQF round ahead of the Quarter-finals. Germany may qualify for the PQF stage, as it is not a very difficult task for them. But to proceed to the QF stage will be difficult. As of now, given their current form I am not expecting any miracles from Germany. I will be very surprised if they reach the semis. IMO, France and England have the maximum probability to win the Euro Cup this time. |
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Good to see a very close match between Ireland and Zimbabwe. This was a match that Ireland would have won. In the last ball, 2 runs were required to win, and no.11 batsman Blessing Muzarabani was on strike. But Barry McCarthy couldn't win the match for his team and allowed Muzarabani to take two runs and thereby win the match for Zimbabwe. The two top pacers of Ireland returned combined figures of 8-0-37-4 (Craig Young and Josh Little), while the other two (Mark Adair and Barry McCarthy) returned 8-0-73-4. And then the spinners were wayward (Gareth Delany and George Dockrell) and conceded crucial runs.
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Ireland is off to a flying start, despite losing the toss and being asked by Zimbabwe to bat first. They are at 52/1 after 6 overs, with Andy Balbirnie batting at 32. Two Zimbabwean players are making their international debut today - Brian Bennett and Trevor Gwandu. Craig Ervine is not playing as a result of injury. Ireland has a near-full strength side with the pace attack to be led by Craig Young and Josh Little with Barry McCarthy and Mark Adair to backup. Spin will be handled by George Delany, with some support from George Dockrell.
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The way the weather conditions are so far, there may be rain till tomorrow, so if tomorrow's game is not played on the field, then the win or loss of the match for the next two days cannot be confirmed, in which case the match will be more likely to be a draw. If Bangladesh could have given a target of more than 250 runs in the first innings, then it would have been possible to defeat New Zealand if Bangladesh had set a target of 300 runs in the second innings. But if tomorrow is left out, it will be impossible to get all out in 2 innings i.e. collect 20 wickets in two days. In this case, the second test is abandoned if there is rain and if there is no rain, there is a possibility of a draw. There is only 2% chance of rain tomorrow and that is excellent news for Bangladesh. Same is the case for 4th and 5th day. That means that Bangladesh has an excellent opportunity to win this series by a margin of 2-0. But I don't see much benefit from this series win for Bangladesh. They are still pathetic in SENA conditions and against pig-3 teams. And they are overdependent on a few players who are nearing retirement. Younger players are not coming through, probably due to the low quality of domestic cricket. |
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Esat west africa cup 2nd match Mali won toss and gave Cameroon to batting CMR made 144/5 in 17 overs. DLS method three overs reduced and 17 overs match have been played. Mali bowlers was not good in bowling they gave 31 extras runs to CMR team only Theodore Mody takes 23/3 wickets in 4 overs. The target for Mali team is 152 (DLS method) and they make only 112/8 runs in 17 overs Excellent bowling by Bruno Toube takes 13/3 wickets in 4 overs also Atangana and dipita loic takes 2, 2 wickets and Cameroon team won this match by 39 runs.
This tournament (North-West/East Qualifier) is one of the regional qualifiers for the 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup. A total of 7 teams are taking part - Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. The other regional qualifier is the Southern Africa Cup, in which 5 teams are taking part - Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Eswatini and Botswana. The previous edition (2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup) was won by Uganda, and Tanzania was the runners up. It is being organized by the African Cricket Association (ACA). BTW, Ireland has been asked to bat first in their T20I match against Zimbabwe. |
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Sam Curran is the man of the match against the West Indies cricket team in yesterday's match. He took 3 wickets and gave too low runs in 7 overs which made him man of the match and because of their bowling he out the three best and important batsmen of West Indies.
He also did a no ball but we don't count it because he has cleared his loss by taking wickets and with dots balls, so he did very good bowling but from somewhere he is not good but still, he is a good asset for the team. Sam Curran is the main player in this match.
Went for 98 runs from 9.5 overs in the first match. A bit more consistency is expected from a senior player like him. Also, Sam Curran is one of the most sought out players in the IPL. Given this, his performance during the first match was quite disappointing. BWT, Rehan Ahmed picked up a total of 4 wickets in these two matches (including those of Romario Shepherd and Sherfane Rutherford). I am sure that he will play a significant role in the third ODI as well. A series win is much needed for both the teams, at this point. |
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Bangladesh are used to playing in their own stadium, on the other hand, their preparation for Test matches is very good, so they can play well against New Zealand. Meanwhile, New Zealand could not bat due to rain. The target given by Bangladesh in the first innings is very small but New Zealand is losing wickets fast in this direction so it seems that New Zealand will not be able to score more runs than Bangladesh. So of course I agree with you that New Zealand is going to lose the second match as well
Three days are remaining and the weather forecast is not looking that good. If New Zealand can get to a decent score, then things will get tricky for Bangladesh. Remember that their first innings score is too low and there is no chance of New Zealand following on. When they came out to bat again, especially if there is rain interruption, then Bangladesh batsmen will be in a dilemma. They need to score runs quickly, but then the pitch is not that supportive of that style of batting. And New Zealand do have some good spinners. |
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There is a match between South Africa A and West Indies A going on at Bloemfontein. South Africa looks like they are going to win the ongoing match, as West Indies need another 386 runs with 9 wickets in hand. In the first innings, West Indies was bowled out for just 126 runs. And they actually have a star studded side for this match, which includes players such as Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Joshua Da Silva, Kevin Sinclair and Jayden Seales. On the other hand, South African squad is led by Neil Brand, and only Hardus Viljoen and Duanne Olivier are known to me.
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