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241  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 30, 2023, 04:49:31 PM
Bazball seems to be hurting Poms here. I am not against this approach per se, i actually admire the fact that they are trying to do something new with their cricket, which was needed badly.
There is nothing wrong with the attacking style of Cricket but they need to play carefully when the situation is not in their favor and they are failing to adapt to the situation when they are facing tough competition. In the second innings in this match the England middle order tried to play a defensive innings but they failed to stay in the crease for a longer period and it is a matter of time Australia built a huge task and win the match if rain stays away.
242  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: June 30, 2023, 03:25:54 PM
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I don't think that infrastructural facilities should be given weightage in funding. If the member nation doesn't get funds from the ICC, then how they are supposed to get these facilities? IMO, one important metric is missing here. They need to differentiate teams with foreign players and native players. They are not incentivizing teams like Nepal and Namibia which plays with native players, and on the other hand a higher score is given to teams like Oman and UAE as a result of infra facilities and non-ICC funding.
One aspect i cannot understand is that, which sporting body will fund a country to build their basic infrastructure. All the basic infrastructure should be built by the respective boards and they should raise the funds with the help of private bodies and the funds provided by ICC should be used to help develop the players.

I do accept that everyone should get a fair share of the revenue and BCCI being a huge revenue generator could help other boards, other than that there is no way they are going to let go of the revenue model.
243  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 29, 2023, 06:56:50 PM
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Zimbabwe's 14-run win I think was a little bit because Oman's high number of wickets put the team under pressure.
I did not expect Oman to chase the total of 332 runs set by Zimbabwe but i was surprised when the Oman opener scored a century and stayed till the chase till the final few overs. I placed a bet on Zimbabwe to win but when the tail end Oman batsman Mohammad Nadeem started scoring freely, i thought they would chase down the total but the tight 49th over sealed the game for Zimbabwe.
244  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 29, 2023, 04:42:36 PM
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If we go by this rate then Bazball might turn into meme hehe
But still way too early as this is a long series.
It will eventually turn out to be a meme if they are not thinking properly and trying to provide only fast paced cricket, the first Test match was a testament, if they would have continued without declaring in the first innings, the match would be way tighter.

Their opener Zak Crawley getting out stumped in Test match and now Ben Duckett missing his century by 2 runs looking for an extravagant shot, interesting to see how long they will be playing the Baz.
245  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How does a whale sell its huge amount of bitcoins and change them into fiats? on: June 29, 2023, 03:39:37 PM
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Especially since I read that some have problems with incoming transfers. Unfortunately I don't have millions  Grin, I'm just wondering how it's possible (for example to buy a house or something like that)
Everything depends upon the country you are living, if your country completely banned cryptocurrency trading, then you will be forced to move out and search for a free heaven and if i am selling off millions worth of cryptocurrency, i would move to a country with low taxes or no taxes at all like GCC countries and would take my time and set up business in a free zone. The only reason i will move out is because the taxes are really high for cryptocurrency here in my country.
246  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have You Experienced Winning Bets By Upsets on: June 28, 2023, 11:53:24 PM
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There are really indeed times that there would be some inner voice which would telling you that you should be betting on the other side.  Cheesy
I have experienced some winnings bets on betting on underdogs but thats only once and the rest is a lost bet and i have stop on following those assumptions everytime i do feel it.
When placing bets, even i have experienced inner voices asking not to place a bet but i would not usually listen to them and ended up loosing  Cheesy.

I have won bets on fights where the heavy underdog went on to win the fight but i have not placed a bet on heavy underdogs in Football or Cricket but one surprising win i got was in Table Tennis as i was following a bet which was made by someone who made a huge 2 way bet with odds 39 and ended up winning which was surprising.
247  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 27, 2023, 04:17:48 PM
After watching the performance by West Indies, they do not deserve a spot after the match against Netherlands, the number of catches they dropped and majority of them were easy ones even a school kid could catch them, they were fumbling on the field. Really surprised by the ability by Netherlands to fight till the end and then to send out Logan van Beek for the super over and then to come out and bowl the super over was an incredible decision by Netherlands.
248  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 25, 2023, 05:07:10 PM
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Mooney and Alyssa Healy done good job for the Australia in second inning and scored fifties which bring them on good target now first inning double centurion Tammy Beaumont has good chance to score again and give her team win in this test match.
Tammy Beaumont's double century helped England post a good first innings total and England still need 179 more runs to win the match, the problem is that England lost their top 4 batsman and the reason is that Tahlia McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner are picking wickets and bowling a tight line and a couple of wickets here and the English tail will be exposed.
249  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 25, 2023, 03:07:11 PM
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Let's now watch to see how Ireland does during their batting innings. A fascinating match between Scotland and Oman is also taking place at the same time.
Expected Sri Lanka to score way above 325 but they lost wickets in the end and Ireland was somehow able to restrict them but then it was an impossible task for Ireland to chase against Sri Lanka and won the match comfortably.

Scotland is playing a fairly good game and was impressed by the tight match against Ireland and Oman is a weaker side and there was no chance that we would see an upset.
250  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 1.7 billion people are still Unbanked; chances for bitcoin on: June 25, 2023, 11:56:44 AM
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Hence with 1.7 billion people staying unbanked, added to the increase of people who don't rely on banks, Bitcoin provides them with numerous options why they should use bitcoin for different purposes like sending money to relatives in different countries at a very low fee.
It is a novel theme that is being repeated for some years, the unbanked with the help of BTCitcoin sending money to relatives in different countries. Look around your neighborhood or meet people living in that kind of poverty, if any of their relatives are working or living abroad then they would be the bread winners and they will likely send money to the poor living without a banking account, if their surrounding is poor it is highly likely no one will accept BTCitcoin, only possible solution is to convert them to fiat and for that you need a bank account.
251  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Will you cheat in gambling? on: June 24, 2023, 09:20:37 PM
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Will you try a trick to win on casino game machines if you were told and it is a 100% working trick to cash out? Will you bet on fixed games if you get the tip early?
If anyone is claiming to have a trick that works 100% they will not be spreading them instead make money secretly rather than making it public, it is a simple logic and the amount of measures these casino's will implement to counter these malpractice will be higher. The same goes for fixed sporting events, there might be fixed events in sports but the general public will not be aware of that.
252  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 24, 2023, 06:40:55 PM
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The results of the both matches today were contrary to my expectations, on the one hand Zimbabwe won against the West Indies and the Netherlands against Nepal. If we see then Zimbabwe is stronger than West Indies and Nepal as stronger team than Netherlands.
I was surprised on seeing the result between Zimbabwe and West Indies as the target was not that huge and my expectation was that West Indies would chase them but once Sikandar Raza took the wicket of Shai Hope, i knew it is going to be a close match as they have a fairly young team and expected the pressure would consume them and that is exactly what happened in the end.

Props to Sikandar Raza for yet another all round performance.
253  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: MEME coins: thoughts on the future of PEPE? DOGE and SHIB? Which will be No.1? on: June 24, 2023, 05:08:36 PM
MEME coins: thoughts on the future of PEPE? DOGE and SHIB? Which will be No.1?
I have no idea about the project development of SHIB or PEPE. The only time i had SHIB was when one of the casino i was gambling gave a giveaway and i claimed them in SHIB other than that i never purchased them and the number of coins used as transaction charge is insane. The same with PEPE, never bothered to enter but then heard many made a fortune, the only meme coin i used is DOGE and after the rally during the last bull run i was able to make a lucky substantial profit and sold everything and i am yet to use them after that but in my mind it is the only meme coin that will last till the next decade.
254  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: June 24, 2023, 03:28:38 PM
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Cheteshwar Pujara has been dropped from the Test squad after the World Test Championship defeat against Australia. Cheteshwar Pujara is a Test specialist player but his poor performance in the World Test Championship against Australia forced the BCCI to take such a decision against him. Cheteshwar Pujara's performance in the final of the championship was not good at all but if his Test career is to be looked at, he is a shining star in the overall career of Test cricket. I don't think it is right for BCCI to take such a decision against him just for spoiling one match.
Cheteshwar Pujara is a Test specialist and this is not the one off performance by him. If you look at his performance in the past 3 years, he only scored a century and his average is below 27 which is not helping the team either as they have a lot of talented youngsters waiting to get an opportunity to play the match and hence it is the right time to give the opportunity for other players as Pujara is not getting younger Wink
255  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 23, 2023, 06:06:00 PM
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Shit piece of play from Oman Cricket team, I think they are not eligible to play with cricket teams as they need a lot things to learn, because such kind of techniques and strategy are not capable for them to survive in Cricket world, only Ayan Khan and Mr Singh add some significant runs to his total rather than him no one hold wickets and scored runs in front of SiriLankan bowlers, While on the other hand SiriLankan team chasedown such a small target without any trouble and loss of wickets. Hope Oman will prepare himself for next world cup with the help of some legendary coaches
You cannot expect Associate countries to challenge a full member team especially in ODI, they will be competitive against teams like UAE, Papua New Guinea, Namibia, Netherlands or United States but to expect them to play a competitive match against Sri Lanka or West Indies as these are the two full member teams looking for a World Cup spot and i am not expecting any upset from these associate nations.
256  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Who you betting on? on: June 23, 2023, 04:38:43 PM
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I followed a rather hilarious development between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Both billionaires want to have a fist show down on who is top boss or for other reason.
If a real fight takes place which is highly unlikely because of the size difference between them as Elon Musk must be weighing more than Market Zuckerberg, if the fight takes place i will gladly place a bet on Elon Musk because he has a martial arts background in Karate, taekwondo, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo while Mark Zuckerberg is not having that kind of extensive martial arts background but he has some skills in BJJ.
257  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: How quick do altcoins pump in bull run? on: June 22, 2023, 09:55:15 PM
Very fast! if the bullrun comes Altcoin will experience bullish and always increase in every correction,
so if you lose the moment to buy Altcoin like at a bearish time like now then it will be a regret,
because altcoin has fallen more than -90% from its peak and now the price very cheap, buy and hold is a good way.
The sentiment is same, always purchase the coins during the bear market but the most important thing is that, when you invest in alts make sure you select the coins that are technically sound rather than investing in any shitcoin created for pump and dump. In the mean time you can invest in hyped projects checking their team members and promoters just to ride the rally which will bring the most profit.
258  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: June 22, 2023, 07:57:22 PM
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Just tell me, how a team that was in the semifinals of the 2003 World Cup not play even a single match against full members before playing in the 2007 World Cup? The 2007 World Cup was the World Cup of surprises. If Kenya actually continued playing against full members of the ICC, I think they were also going to do well in the 2007 World Cup.
You are missing all the crucial aspects, New Zealand refused to play against Kenya in Kenya as they were the co host during the 2003 World Cup, match fixing had a huge impact and the conflict between the players and their Cricket board and they were not able to replicate that World Cup success after that tournament and they were given opportunities to face national A sides and they were not able to defeat them either and you think a full member team should play during that period.

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But I don't know why the teams like Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe refused to play against them. On the other hand, Bangladesh was provided with tons of opportunities at the same time. Anyway, Kenya cricket is now almost defunct.
I explained the reason above and in other Cricketing threads as well and on top of that the Kenyan Cricket board also got dissolved during that period and without a Cricket board there is no national team and you cannot blame the ICC for that.

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ICC is to blame for everything bad that has happened in cricket in my opinion. I said that because they simply couldn’t actually hold that authority that they should have. What is the point of having a sports body if they are controlled by the big four teams? ICC should have taken a firm step in this situation.
England was controlling Cricket from its inception till the late 80s, India literally forced them to move the World Cup out of England in 1987 and then only Australia got the opportunity to host them in 1992 and other countries got the opportunity to host because of that tactical move and by that time India became a huge revenue generating market for the ICC and other countries can aspire to do the same and never expect to get these opportunities in a golden platter.
259  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: June 22, 2023, 05:36:35 PM
Funny how Dana white is jumping off his pants to get more attention to UFC. He always claims that his fighters will either fight in UFC, or wont fight anywhere else. However in past, he and Chuck Liddell went to Pride for a participation in tournament, where Chuck beat young and doping free Overeem, but was badly beaten by Rampage. Then we got Conor vs Floyd. Now he tries to organize Bones vs Fury Cheesy A man of double standards.
Does Dana White and the UFC needs more attention in 2023, the things you mentioned earlier was true. UFC was a dying brand and the best fighters were in Japan and hence they wanted to collaborate and according to their agreement first the UFC fighters would fight in Japan and then they will travel to the US and fight in the UFC but they did not complete that promise and hence he took the decision not to do cross promotion fights.

Dana White accepted the proposal from Conor McGregor because the hype he was able to generate to Box Mayweather and with the way he was performing at that point there was a consensus that Conor could upset an aging Mayweather but that is not the case with Tyson Fury who is the best Boxer of this generation. Francis Ngannou who is holding the Heavyweight title wanted to Box for the bragging rights for the baddest man on the planet and if Dana White or any Boxing fans knows that there is no way anyone in the Boxing world could challenge Tyson Fury and for someone to expect that someone from another sport would defeat him is living in an imaginary world and that would hamper the UFC Heavyweight title and their brand in the future.

Dana White would always welcome anyone to fight in the Octagon because he knows that it will boost his brand and anyone who is focused on one aspect of the fight game wont match a MMA fighter as there are different aspect to the fight game. Now to the Jones Vs Fury, Dana White will not allow him to fight in a proper Boxing match, unless he vacates his belt.
260  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: June 21, 2023, 08:41:13 PM
What a match! Scotland looked to be down when Chris Greaves got out (they were 152/7). But then the amazing partnership between Michael Leask and Mark Watt added 82 runs for the 8th wicket. And then Leask and Safyaan Sharif added another 50 runs for the 9th wicket. The no.11 batsman Chris Sole did his best by managing to give strike to Leask for the final ball. One of the most exciting ODI matches I have ever seen and in the end Scotland managed to scrape through with a last ball boundary. Ireland's chances are almost zero now, to qualify for the Super-6.
One of the best matches i have seen played by associate teams, Ireland lost 4 wickets before reaching 50 runs and lost half the side once they reached 70 and from that situation to reach 286 was an incredible comeback. Scotland started well but then lost their middle order and was struggling at one point and the betting odds were over 13 when they lost their 7th wicket needing 137 more runs to win and then to resurrect and win the match is incredible.
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