The fight for the Super 12 group is looking nice.
2 associates nations beating 2 previous world champions convincingly tell you the story. When it comes to associate nations, I would prefer such upsets any day in WC and it would be amazing if these guys continue this kind of performance in the next group as well and potentially beat more teams, especially BIG-3 (Ind+Aus+Eng), they could use some humbling.
And most importantly in this process, I hope ICC wakes up and starts funding em more at least for LOIs
Big 3 are not that weak! These new teams are not at all consistent and lack experience. As an example just go through the highlights of Ireland with Zimbabwe. They started well but fail to capatalize it. Next was Namibia with Netherlands, this was the same team that gave a humiliating defeat to Srilanka. Big 3s are far far away from these new teams. They need more time, bilateral, trilateral game and experience to defeat them. I still feel there are a bunch of players in these new teams who can get more experience and expertise if they get selected in franchise league which I think would happen after the T20WC. |
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Netherlands have won the match by 5 wickets and 3 balls left. The match was predicted to be a win for Netherlands, during the mid overs consecutive wicket fall happened. This gave little hope to Namibia to try their best. At the end it was Bas de Leede won it for Netherlands. There is good contribution from the openers Singh and O'Dowd. With this win Netherlands have increased its chances of reaching the Super 12. Namibia should've scored atleast 150 runs.
Namibia tried their level best to defend such a small target untill last over they were able to restrict the Netherlands batter with one and two runs but they couldn't hold it longer. Great effort by both the teams and excellent commitment by both the teams on the field. The next match is currently being played between Srilankan & UAE and I am expecting Srilankan to win this match. UAE won the toss and choose to bowl first. All Srilanka now need to don is to set a target of more that 150 runs for UAE to chase. |
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The thing is that the world we live in right now is fast-paced. Everyone wants everything to finish faster. People are way busier now compared to 20, or 30 years back. So people enjoy T20 more as it is more action-packed in a smaller amount of time which is more enjoyable than test cricket, as test cricket is a very slow-paced format which has become backdated. So, it can be said that T20 is the future now.
It's not just that the world has become fast paced. The ICC has also not been very successful in making test cricket more interesting to the audiences. They thought that the World test championship would do the trick, but so far it has been a failure. The main issue remains as such. A lot of matches end up in meaningless draws, even after 5 days of play. The fans get dejected as a result. Flat tracks in sub-continent nations and increased incidents of rain interruptions as a result of climate change further exacerbate this situation. A 5 days match cannot become appealing for cricket lovers in an era where T20 format dominates. You simply cannot spend an entire day watching cricket unless you have nothing to do on that day. I do not think ICC is in fault in any ways. It just that 5 days cricket is no longer the only option left for cricket fan. I also believe that this format will stay for sometime now and gradually will fade away. |
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Namibia V Netherlands
After a great performance against Sri Lanka in the first match, the Namibia team will play against the Netherlands today. But they are not able to bat well in today's match. la Cock and Jan Nichol returned to the dressing room by zero runs. At the end of 15 overs, Namibia's collection is only 81/4. I don't think victory is possible given a target of 140.
Bad start for Namibia. A target of 121 runs can be easily chased. Netherland were able to chase in their last match 111 runs but this time they need to chase 10 extra runs which I think will be difficult considering the bowling performance of Namibia against Srilanka where they were able to defeat Srilanka by 55 runs. |
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Sikander Raza is an asset for Zimbabwe but the problem with this all rounder is that he is not always consistent. If he hadn't performed today then Zimbabwe wouldn't have score the highest Target in T20WC history. Ireland started well but they lost their momentum because of Sikander Raza. Today's match is another classic case of psychological pressure faced by an inexperienced team.
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Watched the match from the very first ball to the end. With batting Scotland gave its best. Even when there is wicket fall, George Munsey stood strong and kept scoring. In between few players Berrington, McLeod, Greaves made little runs that adds to the total. When the second innings started it looked to be an easy win for West Indies, but no mistake coming out of Scotland fielders helped them win the match by 42 runs. No catch drops took place during the second innings which is really impressive. Big disappointment for the West Indies and all the matches that have got over is against the odds.
What a disappointing start for the WI team? They were literally struggling while facing the Scottish bowlers. Getting defeated by 42 runs shows how good the scotland bowlers bowled today. The target was not that tough to chase but Scotland were good in both field and bowling today. The next match between Ireland and Zimbabwe has already started and Zimbabwe has already lost a wicket with no score on the board. |
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India VS Australia (warmup match)
What a fantastic win for India in the warm-up match. Combined team effort from India.
What a last over by Shami? He single handedly took the match away from Australia. The catch taken by Virat was excellent and those Yorkers were fast and spot-on. What a competitive warm-up match this was both teams trying their level best to win it. The next one will be between England & Pakistan and hopefully that should be also interesting to watch. |
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West Indies V Scotland
West Indies are now playing against Scotland. West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Will the West Indies start the World Cup with a defeat like Sri Lanka, or will they easily beat Scotland?
Scotland's players are playing well enough. At the end of 12 overs, they managed to collect 87 runs. Opener George Munsey remained unbeaten on 41 runs. I guess Scotland players will be able to give a target of 140-150. West Indies' batting line-up is strong. If West Indies don't face a batting disaster like Sri Lanka then they won't have any problem winning this match.
Scotland has set a target of 161 runs for Westindies. The way they were going after the WI bowlers before the rain halted the match I thought that they would score more than 170 runs. Now it all depends how well the can bowl to defend the target. |
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Anyone watchin the Scotland vs West Indies match? Scotland started amazingly, and got up to 52/0 from 5.3 overs, but then rain interrupted the play. In case the match gets washed out, then West Indies would be mad. They need at least 4 points from 3 matches to qualify to the next round. BTW, the West Indian bowlers looked pathetic, perhaps with the exception of Akeal Hosein. Alzarri Joseph went for 15 runs from his one over, while Kyle Mayers conceded a total of 24 runs from his two. Given the current situation, Scotland will be in an advantage if the match gets shortened.
I was watching the match. Scotland's batsmen were good enough to keep the run rate. West Indies bowlers were looking for wickets and the same makes them go for good shots. West Indies should focus on stop scoring, by the time automatically pressure will rise up going for big shots. This way can go for wickets. Rain is a big problem and surely throughout the tournament rain is gonna make a big change in the team points table. They started well but due to the rain they have lost a momentum. They will now struggle to bat and I hope rain doesn't interrupts this match anymore. Still a lot of wickets in hand for the Scottish side. |
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India VS Australia (warmup match)
Australia won the toss and choose to bowl first. If India wants to win this warmup match then they need to score more than 170 runs. Australia has been not playing well recently on their homeground. They lost badly to England in the bilateral series. Rain is not forecasted which is a good news.
India are batting now 4 runs in 4 overs. But till now they have not lost any wicket India. KL Rahul scored 47 runs in 21 balls in this match looks like he will run very well. Rohit Sharma scored 1 run in 3 balls so far Rohit Sharma in terms of runs There is a lot ahead. If India can play the whole match like this then it will be like 190 runs. Warm-up matches are not important for any team. It is a practice match before the World Cup. So I don't think any team player will perform very seriously in the match. Although Australia won the toss and took the field, the performance of the bowlers was not good. At the end of 7 overs, India scored 75 runs without losing any wickets. If this continues, India will give a target of more than 220 in 20 overs very easily. KL Rahul scored 55 runs off 30 balls and Rohit Sharma scored 14 runs off 11 balls. I am looking forward to seeing Virat Kohli's performance. If he continues his poor performance in this World Cup and is unable to return to form, he will likely be dropped from India's squad after the World Cup. I know this match is not that important but I do not think that players are taking it for granted. The way KL Rahul went after the Australian bowlers was an eye candy to watch. At the moment India has lost both the openers and have scored 111 runs in 12 with this pace they might easily reach 200. |
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India VS Australia (warmup match)
Australia won the toss and choose to bowl first. If India wants to win this warmup match then they need to score more than 170 runs. Australia has been not playing well recently on their homeground. They lost badly to England in the bilateral series. Rain is not forecasted which is a good news.
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Sri Lanka vs Namibia, 1st Match, Group A Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Now batting, Namibia scored 43 runs in 6 overs. And Namibia has lost 3 wickets so far. If Namibia can play the whole match like this, they will Can score like 150 runs in this match. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton he got out with 20 runs in 12 balls. I think he didn't play very well in this match.
Srilanka can easily win this match. They have been in great form which we saw when they won the Asia cup. I have no doubts that they will dominate today's match. In Srilankan group the only team that can give them some tough time is UAE. In T20 cricket we can't predict the outcome that easy. Namibia scoring 164 runs is a big thing. This is chaseable run for Sri Lanka, but they aren't doing the best. Already Sri Lanka have lost 3 wickets scoring 21 runs. Shikongo got an opportunity to take a hat trick. Anyhow this is going to be hard for Sri Lanka to win the match with this match situation. You are correct I thought it would be an easy game for Srilanka to win and I never imagined that Srilanka would lose to Namibia. The target was not that much and still, they were not able to chase this target. I believe Srilanka became overconfident after winning the Asia cup and did not take this match seriously resulting in this loss. |
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Sri Lanka vs Namibia, 1st Match, Group A Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Now batting, Namibia scored 43 runs in 6 overs. And Namibia has lost 3 wickets so far. If Namibia can play the whole match like this, they will Can score like 150 runs in this match. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton he got out with 20 runs in 12 balls. I think he didn't play very well in this match.
Srilanka can easily win this match. They have been in great form which we saw when they won the Asia cup. I have no doubts that they will dominate today's match. In Srilankan group the only team that can give them some tough time is UAE. |
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In the 3rd T20I England went into bat already Malan was dismissed for 23 runs off 19 balls, returning for zero runs England so far scored 97 runs for 2 wickets after 9.2 overs the weather turned bad and the match was rained out. 12 overs are played
I doubt this match will get completed! Rain is playing a spoil sport. Already the overs have been reduced and now it has again started to rain. I hope such situation doesn't happen in the upcoming T20WC. Australia again had a bad start they have lost 3 wickets for just 30 runs if the match would have continued then I reckon they would have lost more wickets by now. Rain interruption is worse that changes the outcome of the result. It should not disturb the T20 World Cup. Finally the match have come to an end with no result. Butler has been handed with the trophy. This match could've been a win for Australia, if the match got over. As expected this match ended with no result. I would have love to see the result but the way it was raining I knew this match would end without any result. Still, this can be assumed as a whitewash by England. As a practice series this defeat might haunt Australian team psychologically. |
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In the 3rd T20I England went into bat already Malan was dismissed for 23 runs off 19 balls, returning for zero runs England so far scored 97 runs for 2 wickets after 9.2 overs the weather turned bad and the match was rained out. 12 overs are played
I doubt this match will get completed! Rain is playing a spoil sport. Already the overs have been reduced and now it has again started to rain. I hope such situation doesn't happen in the upcoming T20WC. Australia again had a bad start they have lost 3 wickets for just 30 runs if the match would have continued then I reckon they would have lost more wickets by now. |
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New Zealand vs Pakistan, Final match Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. Now New Zealand is batting. New Zealand scored 46 runs in 5 overs. And New Zealand lost 1 wicket. Finn Allen was first out for 12 off 6 balls. It is not yet known which team will win this match.
Although the target for Pakistan is small Even after that, Pakistan has struggled to meet this target Pakistan team did very well in bowling but there was some weakness in batting The backbone of the Pakistan team is Babar Azam and Rezwan When these two wickets fell is Then a panic arose in my mind Pakistan team may fail to meet the target in this match The next batsmen allayed that fear And Pakistan won by 5 wickets against New Zealand Good thing we saw today is Haider and Nawaz played well and contributed there part in winning the game. Pakistan badly need someone who can take responsibility in middle order. Asif Ali failed once again today. Pakistan need to replace Asif Ali with some new talent. More than Nawaz I would say Haider played very well. He went after Sodhi at a crucial juncture of the game. Because of his quick 31 in just 15 balls the game completely went in favour of Pakistan. This performance would help in the upcoming T20WC. Before this match he was struggling to score runs. |
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Australia VS England
The last T20 match of this series will be played today. England has already won the series and is looking as a major contender of winning the upcoming T20WC. I would be really disappointed if Australia doesn't win today's match. They need to seriously work on their batting order. England would also be trying to win today's match and if they do then this series will be a whitewash.
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New Zealand vs Pakistan, Final match Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. Now New Zealand is batting. New Zealand scored 46 runs in 5 overs. And New Zealand lost 1 wicket. Finn Allen was first out for 12 off 6 balls. It is not yet known which team will win this match.
Newzealand wasted the first half of the innings which resulted in a target of 163 runs. The Pakistani bowlers were very good today and hopefully the batters now should easily chase this target. This is a easy win situation for Pakistan. |
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