Test cricket was exciting many decades ago, when we had players such as Brian Lara, Brett Lee, Glen McGrath, Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Wasim Akram, Muttiah Muralitharan, Alan Donald and Alistair Cook. But the current bunch of players don't have any test skills and they concentrate solely on limited overs cricket. Only a few fringe players such as Pujara and Rahane are considered as test specialists in India. The same is the case with other South Asian nations as well. Test cricket is in a better position in SENA nations though.
Test cricket is not appealing to people anymore. I remember I didn't even watch the match by which New Zealand won the WTC. I am quite sure that if a person is still watching test cricket, either he is a student or a retired person. Because people simply don't have the time right now to watch test cricket and basically waste a huge part of their life. And the players have also realized that the other formats are a lot more interesting and appealing to people than test cricket. We don't often find players who are better in especially test cricket. |
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Real Madrid have no record of any players injury and if that becomes the final situation they will become a perfect opponent for Liverpool, and the 90 minutes of the play will be an exciting moment for both clubs fans and spectators, I may not be able to have a good prediction of what the outcome of the match will be but am sure either the winning goals will come within the full time of the game and there won't be a penalty shootout. The match between Real Madrid vs Chelsea will be the most interesting match in this round. It is because both teams almost have the same strength or have almost the same players' quality in each line. That's why we will be difficult to predict the result of this match. I assume both teams have the same chances to win, Real Madrid 50% and Chelsea 50%.
Sure, if there are some key players of Real Madrid injured, it will be a big problem. Especially for Benzema, this man must play in this match because Real Madrid relies on him to score. If Benzema is injured, I bet Chelsea to win and qualify to the next round.
If Real Madrid doesn't end up facing Liverpool I think Liverpool is going to have the advantage. After all, you know that the Liverpool squad is stronger than Real Madrid. But that's still a long way to go. Real Madrid versus Chelsea will be the most interesting match indeed. in my opinion, this will be the only actual competitive match in this quarter-final. all the other matches can be a little predictable. but this is one match which is really going to be a 50-50. I think that Chelsea is better than Real Madrid but I also said that in the Real Madrid vs PSG match but Real Madrid proved me wrong. |
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Australia are going unchanged squad for the third series decider match against Pakistan in Lahore at the Gaddafi Stadium. Pakistan happy after making flat dead pitches against Australia as they're only looking draw! It would be possible the third match also ends in draw. What is the point in playing the series as both team are losing WTC percentage. Have a feeling another test draw is loading. 3 test draw will be quite boring, isn't it? If the match would end to a draw then Pakistan will slip to number 4 in test championship points table.
I really don't understand what's the point of playing if you are not going to go for the win! and the people of the whole world expected some great things to happen in this test series as it is a historical test series hosted by Pakistan. But, now I can say that everyone is disappointed saying the steps that Pakistan took. if the 3rd test match also ends in a similar way I think Pakistan is surely going to get a lot of hate from even the Pakistan fans, and this is obviously not good for test cricket itself. |
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Another match up and another surprise from Bangladesh but i would say the pitch was turning a lot and it was a difficult pitch to bat and Bangladesh was wrong in assessing the pitch as they won the toss and elected to bat. If they would have sent South Africa to bat after winning the toss, i think the situation would have been different. Toss was crucial in a pitch like this and Bangladesh ended up in the receiving end.
de Kock absolutely devastated the bowlers of Bangladesh. I agree that Bangladesh did not read the pitch well. It was a bowling pitch at first. And it was obvious that Parnell getting injured helped Bangladesh to get at least a few runs on the board, otherwise, it could have been a lot worse. Afif was the only one who tried to put up a fight and scored 72 runs. The top order of Bangladesh absolutely failed. South Africa had an easy victory of seven wickets. |
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No one has enough time to go through an entire test match. It takes 40 hours of your time. Only if you are a student, or a retired person, you have this much time available with you. And look at the ongoing test matches, such as the one between England and West Indies, and the one between Pakistan and Australia. What you will gain from watching these useless matches. Both the teams make 500 plus scores and then the match ends in a draw. You want to waste 40 hours of your time to watch such matches?
Test cricket is something that does require a lot of skill. ODI cricket also requires a good amount of skill. But, I feel like T20 is the format where you can go absolutely crazy as a Batsman and get rewarded for it. yes, T20 is the most important format of cricket right now in the whole world. To be honest, at this moment most people don't have enough time to watch even an ODI match, to see you down and watch cricket for 100 overs can hamper a lot of productivity. And in this matter test cricket is absolutely out of the question. T20 is probably the only format that can be enjoyed by maintaining other work. |
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Napoli 2 :1 udenise
I earlier predicted that Napoli will defeat Udinese and the score was how I predicted , Napoli performed very well and they deserved to win Udinese. Napoli made the game to be interesting and they dominated the game more, udenise were struggling in the game which made them to have two yellow cards.
Victor Osimhen was the hero in Napoli's match against Udinese, Although Napoli won this match, I'm not at all surprised by that, because they deserved the result, what surprised me was that they only won by a small score. With this result, the Serie A standings are increasingly exciting to continue to monitor, especially AC Milan, Inter Milan and Napoli, which team will be the champion of Serie A this season? if you ask me, I will answer AC Milan who will win the Serie A title this season  . I really think that the first goal should have been saved by David Ospina. I think he just reacted a little late and could not reach the ball. The red card was also an unnecessary challenge in my opinion. You cannot just go for a ball that is hip-high like that. I think Napoli could win by a bigger margin if Lorenzo Insigne got his shot on target and the ball did not bounce back off the post after it hit the goalkeeper. |
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Wow! Juventus going for Mohamed Salah is really surprising to me. And I really think that Liverpool should fix the problem with him about his contract. I think Juventus is just a start. If his contract does not get sorted out I think he will be approached by other bigger clubs as well. Real Madrid are losing hope of beating Manchester City to the signing of 21-year-old Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. It was obviously an unrealistic expectation that Real could bring both him and Mbappe.
Exactly! It was already seeming like a mission impossible for Real Madrid to sign these two stars both at the same time. I don't mean the money of course as Real Madrid would afford them both as well. They are one of the richest clubs in the world now. I mean that there will always be other teams after both of these players. Mbappe is a sure deal for Real Madrid maybe. But Haaland is not like that. His situation is not the same as Mbappe's. We might really see Haaland at Manchester City next season as the English club changed their route from Harry Kane to him now. I knew that if Real Madrid tries to bring both Mbappe and Haaland, it's not going to work out, and that's exactly what has happened. But Manchester City is going to be a good place for him. Lionel Messi does want to come back to Barcelona and I think everyone in Barcelona also wants that to happen but it seems highly unlikely because his salary is just too much for Barcelona right now. |
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-snip This are the officially he draws for the next rounds, three premier league teams, three Spanish teams, a German team, and lastly Portuguese. Who qualifies for the next round ?  The draw is looking simple to predict as the match is obviously between the strong and the weak or between the stronger and the strong. But football always has a way to surprise people. Every week has a special surprise to football lovers, every tournament has a shock. For champions league, it seems that Benzema has exhausted all the surprises of champions league against psg. It can be safe to predict that; Chelsea - out Villareal - out Benfica - out ATM - out. I don't know if I should bet to qualify with the options I predicted above, what is your stake? Do you think Chelsea and ATM might be stubborn and change the whole thing? It is ok in my opinion. I'm just not so sure about the Chelsea vs Real Madrid match. I feel like the match can go either way. And that is the most interesting match also. I think Real Madrid has the advantage if they don't face any injuries. By no means I am saying that Chelsea is a bad team or any less than Real Madrid, but you know, they have the additional pressure of thinking about the English Premier League. |
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Manchester City have lost points and Liverpool is playing well. As a result, the fight for the title is becoming more competitive. So far we have only seen Manchester City dominating the points table. Liverpool is now just one point behind of City. If City loses points in the next match then they will lose the top spot. They now need to win every match.
Yeah City do need to straighten things up for themselves. By dropping points against Crystal Palace , they welcomed Liverpool for competition in title race. But still it's good for us as viewers as I am sure that both teams will continue to maintain difference until their match in second week of April. So hang on tight...that one will be a crazy game..Liverpool vs City. Yes, Jurgen Klopp's men will travel to Manchester on April 10 to face Man City, and April 10 is the date and month I was born. and both teams still have nine amazing games to play this season without a doubt a lot of twists and turns they have to deal with which they have to win and be consistent in their game not to drop points, and but if we look at the table below they are Chelsea the difference between 10 and 11 points, which I think is a big difference. because both will try to win the rest of the matches and have to decide who is the champion. In my opinion, this Manchester City vs Liverpool match is a very interesting final because both will compete with their respective speed and strength. If Manchester City actually wants to hold on to their first position I think they really need to concentrate on the upcoming match against Liverpool which is probably a couple of weeks later. Because other than Liverpool they don't have much bigger opponents to face. And if they want to stay in the first position they need to start winning and at least draw against Liverpool. If they lose even one match I think they will be dethroned by Liverpool and it will be really hard to get back to 1st place. |
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What happened to Connell in the match between Bangladesh and west indies in women's world cup. She felt down while dottin was bowling to Nahida Aktar and I can see ambulance being called too now. Let's hope everything is ok ?
Bangladesh need just 13 runs now but the probelm is that they are nine down and one more wicket means a loss for them.
Edit: Bangladesh lost the match. WI wins.
It was a really moderate score of 140 and Bangladesh really played badly and failed to reach the total. But, I have to say that the West Indies team is really lucky in this tournament because they seem to be winning by runs of single-digit a lot. It should have been really easy for Bangladesh. Nahida Akter tried to hold on and play from one side of the wicket but on the other side, the Bangladesh Batmen could not do much. Still no info about the injury though. |
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I agree with you, Galatasaray is in the UEFA Europa League better than the Turkish league.
Yes, I think Barcelona will win tonight, but I don't want to say for sure. Because there are Galatasaray fans and they will create great pressure on Barcelona.
Better does not mean they will win Barcelona in the second leg. It is more risk for Barcelona when they have to play in Istanbul but they are still a stronger team. Barcelona still have greater opportunity to win but Galatasaray do have support from their home stadium and a draw in first leg gives them belief in themselves they they can do better than a draw. If they can win in the second leg, they will win in aggregated result that is enough. They just need to win minimally but Barcelona will not let Galatasaray get it too easily Have you seen Galatasaray's performance in the Super Lig? If you see their gameplay in this season, then you wouldn't call the team strong. Galatasaray are now 11th in the Super Lig. Their defense is very weak this season. They have conceded 42 goals in 29 matches. They will easily win if they play with some aggressive tactics of Barcelona. And Barcelona will score at least 2 more goals. I know that it's risky for Barcelona to play in the situation in the second leg. But you know, they have been showing good performance recently. I believe they have really good team chemistry right now. Simply put they are the better team. And it's quite the opposite for Galatasaray. They haven't played well in their own League. How they have drawn against Barcelona is still unbelievable to me!! I really don't think they are going to win in the second leg against Barcelona. |
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All the matches are very important for the teams that are still fighting for the title. If they lose points in any match, they will fall behind in the title race. However, none of the top 3 teams in the table is in good form now. AC Milan have drawn two of their last five matches. Napoli have drawn two and lost one. And Inter Milan's situation is even worse, they have drawn 3 out of 5 matches and lost one match. It is not possible to say that they will win this next match. Because the teams are not in good form now.
In final phase of season, any match is important for Scudetto competitors. Losing any point in final phase will be bad because there is less time to correct your mistake and if other competitors do their jobs well, you will be out of the competition. Recent performances of candidates make the race looks like choosing the best among bad teams. Anyway, it does not wipe out all great results three best teams have done so far in Serie A. They deserve to have top three positions on the table. In the Italian League, the top 4 teams are fighting for their own place in the league. And from the fifth spot starts a whole separate fight between the team. This League is quite interesting and certainly has taken a real competitive shape at the later stage. AC Milan seems to be in a good spot with three points lead but I still don't believe that they will be the winners of this League. I would much rather put my faith in Inter or Napoli. Opponents of both AC Milan and Napoli are very weak. And very close to the relegation zone. It is natural to think that Napoli and Milan will win against such a team. However, Udinese are unbeaten in their last 4 matches. They have drawn 3 of these matches. So Napoli must be careful, otherwise the match will be a draw. Cagliari, on the other hand, is not in good form, having lost the last two matches. And if they lose against AC Milan, they will probably move to the relegation zone.
AC Milan and Napoli are stronger than Udinese and Cagliari but don't forget Udinese just get a point from Roma and Roma only managed to keep 1 point with a very late penalty goal by Pellegrini. It seems AC Milan will have more challenge than Napoli so they will try harder in this week. However both opponents of Napoli and AC Milan are fighting for survival to stay in Serie A next season. They will play with all power they have and these matches won't be easy ones for Napoli and AC Milan. Actually, I disagree because I think AC Milan and Napoli are going to be much more focused to get 3 points out of these matches. Because they are fighting for the number one spot in the league standings. But obviously, they cannot underestimate their opponents because they will surely put up a fight. But, I don't see how they are going to beat teams like AC Milan and Napoli. Should be easy three points for both these teams. |
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What I'm worried happen eventually, the pattern goes as what the previous 2 CL matches where away team go the the next round. This week all 4 teams that played as away team are those who win the match and eligible for the next round. I was watching the match and I predicted that Juve will lose after the shoot from Vlahovic hit the bar. It is a well known myth in my country where there is a shot on goal but it hit the bar then it will be hard for the team to win. Juventus played well in the first half, but everything changed after the penalty by Gerard Moreno. Juventus were so frustrated because they tried hard but failed to score goal. Villareal's goalkeeper deserve to be man of the match obviously as he made many significant saves.
Actually, I have to say I don't believe in superstitions. If we think about this tecnically, Juventus lost because of having a bad midfield and panicking at the wrong moment. I expected there to play better and also have better results. But credit goes to Villarreal. They played really smart and weighted for the right opportunity. But you are right about the home/away prediction though. -snip
Wow! That's some accurate and notable prediction. I just got curious after finding that on your comment and the pattern is exactly as you said. All away teams winning there games this week and qualifying for the next round but, what is also more surprising is that last week, all home teams although not all of them scored or won in the second leg but, the teams got to qualify for the next round. Interestingly it seems to be a home against away side on consecutive weeks, lol... I think this could be an option in sports betting of the book markers takes note of this events and your sure bettors will bet and its going to come with a lot of money too. I agree that was some really good prediction. All the away teams seem to be ready and have done their homework correctly to win against the side that is playing in home conditions. Without this comment, I actually probably wouldn't have noticed that. |
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That was a good win for England-Women after losing three of there opening games. Indian-Women just made 134 runs in in 36.2 over, nothing noticable in there batting, Smriti Mandhana was top scorer with 35 runs. From England side Charlie Dean took 4 wickets in 8 overs and was also women of the match. England lost 6 wickets to chase this small total of 134 runs.
I think it’s fair to say that England women team dominated the Indian women team right from the start till the very end, and honestly I felt that team India could have performed much better. Lastly @blatchcorn you’re right England women team needed this win badly, and maybe it’ll revitalise their tournament because so far they had been underperforming in their previous matches. I was completely amazed by the performance of the Indian women's team. India managed to score only 134 runs. I don't think they will lose all their wickets in such a short run. In the previous match against West Indies, India Women's are managed to collect 317 runs. The next match of the Indian women's team is against Australia. Australia is a very strong team. The idea is that the Indian women's team will lose this match as usual. The Indian women's batting card is a really sorry-looking one. They had no big partnership throughout the whole innings and lost wickets at regular intervals. India did score a lot more runs against the West Indies but I think we have to realise that England is a far better team than the West indies. England just played badly in this tournament. But in this match, the target for England was really small and they were not going to miss out on it. The next match is against Australia and it will be a much harder match for India to win. |
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@blatchcorn BCCI does allows player’s to play in county cricket outside India, hence it’s not at all surprising to see that they have allowed these player’s to participate in DPL as these player’s will get valuable match experience. Lastly as far as I remember each Indian team player needs to take permission from BCCI for participating in any league outside India, and I don’t have any particular link for this, but I’m 100% confident that they need BCCI permission before signing for any county or T20 league outside India. I actually didn't know that. but I think this is a really good Step taken by the BCCI. This will certainly be allowed the players to have a lot more playtime who are not regular in the Indian team. And I am quite sure that this is happening with the consent of BCCI otherwise I don't see how these players can play outside India. These players will also play against players like Mohammad Hafeez and Sikandar Raza so they will Be able to gain a lot of experience too. |
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So, because Messi couldn't make it to the finish line of the champions league, it has made him become less of a man while Ronaldo remains greatest  Don't be surprised if Manchester gets eliminated by Atletico today, Ronaldo was privileged in their visit to Metropolitano and it was a shame to draw with them, to even say they Atletico scored in less than 7 minutes of the march until Man United struggle to equalize in 79 minutes. It shows that Atletico is prepared and are ready for Manchester United. I honestly I don't think Ronaldo and Messi, especially Messi has anything to prove again in football. Ronaldo always trying to prove a point is understandable because that's his nature. He loves to compete, he want to be respected as the greatest football football player of all time but to be frank? He has surpassed expectations and even if he doesn't qualify, it won't change anything but again, it's Ronaldo! He love the Uefa champion league stage a lot and as for Athletico Madrid, they looked like a team that's having a major crisis. I doubt if they can withstand Manchester United at moment. I think the only thing that Messi might need to prove is that he has a World cup. But like all the great who ever lived, Messi will also have the black mark of the Moon, the only thing which will be incomplete, a little crack in the armor. It does look like Messi is not going to be able to win the World cup. But, even then he doesn't have anything to prove to anyone. He is the best in the world and when we talk about the best in the world Ronaldo also comes to mind inevitably. I actually want Cristiano Ronaldo to do very well in the match against Atletico Madrid and I don't care if Manchester United loses the match. |
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If Pakistan wants to draw this match then Babar Azam must play well today. And they have to survive at the crease. If Babar Azam is out today, I don't think there is any other player who has the experience to build a big partnership or a big innings. Mohammad Rizwan is quite experienced. If Baabar Azam and Rizwan can form a big pair then maybe Pakistan will escape the shame of defeat. However, the chances are low. Australian bowlers are experienced.
Babar Azam is playing well. He is collaborating with Abdullah Shafique. Both are collecting over 50. Shafique's batting is fascinating to me. He is playing great. Looking at the batting of these two batsmen, it seems that Pakistan will do well in this match. Because now the game of the third session is going on. Pakistan scored 119 runs. They need 387 runs to win. If Pakistan does not lose any wicket today, then Australia will lose this match. Captain Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique got their test fifties as Pakistan hold strongly their ground without losing wickets. It's a nice come back, they need another 350 runs to win. The problem is their intention to beat Australia or just save the defeat against Australia. The pitch still batting friendly and Pakistan have the ability to do surprise us. Hope both batters avoid the unnecessary shots. Babar Azam has reached his hundred. He is playing really well along with Abdullah Shafiq who is on 71 not out. I am not that many people might say I am daydreaming but I think it is possible for Pakistan to win this match if they can survive the first session tomorrow. But, I am not sure that Pakistan will go for the win because a draw seems to be a more logical result for Pakistan and if they do go for the win they might actually lose the match. |
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I think it would be wrong to say that Bangladesh has not enough experienced players, in the three formats of cricket they have a few players those who have been playing cricket for 10-15 years and have played a lot of matches but now they are not able to run regularly and some of player's they are not in the test format. Actually, there are a lot of problems in the Bangladesh cricket team and the board. There were even some problems in recent times between the coach and the players. You know, that the way Mashrafe Bin Mortaza had to give away the captaincy of Bangladesh cricket was just shameful. I know this will sound like I am just saying negative things about the Bangladesh cricket board but it's true that the board does not care about the players. The only thing that they care about is money and being in power. Bangladesh has some experienced players and they are really good assets for the Bangladesh cricket team. but I think they are not being utilized properly to get the best out of them. And that's why the board has so many problems with most of the senior players. |
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There is an important game tonight between Crystal Palace and Manchester City. This is one of the must-win games for Manchester City indeed. Because Liverpool didn't make any mistake against Brighton this week by winning by a 2-0 score. Manchester City will have to win this game to keep the six point gap with Liverpool. And I know that they are much stronger than their competitor now. And in this kind of a situation, I don't even give any chance to them to lose any point in a comfortable game like this. It is just wonderful to watch this title race.
Yes at least winning has become the target of Manchester City and Liverpool because there's not much time left every mistake can be detrimental both teams must take advantage of all remaining matches. Meanwhile I don't see Chelsea on the title track they are already 7+ points behind so not included in the calculation. I don't think City is going to lose this match because they will be really determined to hold on to their first place in the league standings. and I think they also know that Liverpool is knocking at their door. Only three points difference does not give Manchester City much breathing space. But, I think Crystal Palace is not a very strong opponent and they should win the match against Crystal Palace quite easily in my opinion. |
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Ronaldo played really well in that match and actually single-handedly carried the team to the victory. Now I think a lot of the shit talks are going to be stopped by the seasonal fans. But, I was disappointed to see the own goal by Harry Maguire. At that moment the match just took a big turn because of that. Anyway, it was really great to see e Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the best in the business getting a hat-trick.
Don't worry, the seasonal fans will start their nagging again if Ronaldo stops scoring again This is human nature, and even more so if the team's results are also not so good, then be sure to expect this, also considering that Ronaldo is expected to have special results in any case. It's no secret that the absence of Ronaldo on the bench in a crucial match, bearing the status of a derby, with Manchester City and a flight in Portugal generated a great resonance, which, coupled with a major defeat, became a major cause of discontent for some of the club's fans. But as the match showed, this break for treatment turned out to be useful and contributed to the accomplishment of new feats on the part of Cristiano. I think some of the people just have no regard for Cristiano Ronaldo's age. They just think he is a machine and he needs to score no matter what. And I also have seen that if Cristiano Ronaldo scores, it's the team's fault, and if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't score well obviously it's His fault. WTF! There are also some other great players in the team and at times people seem to just forget that and blame Cristiano Ronaldo for everything. Anyway, Manchester United needs to play as a team otherwise it's not long before they start losing again and the blame game will also start |
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