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4101  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 25, 2023, 05:35:13 AM
SRH keeps sinking and I feel that they will end up at the bottom of the table at this rate. Harry Brook might be a superstar in international cricket, but he is playing like a complete amateur in the IPL.

DC bounced back in spectacular fashion despite struggling at 75/5 at one stage. However, they only won thanks to SRH's mediocre batting line-up.

Sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with the expectations. Happened to Kyle Jamieson in one of the previous seasons. Even then, he hasn't done that poorly. He scored an unbeaten 100 against the Kolkata Knight Riders two weeks ago, which enabled Sunrisers Hyderabad to win that match (one of their two wins so far in this season). But apart from that solitary innings, Brook doesn't have a single score in excess of 20. None of the Hyderabad batsmen have so far scored a total of 200 runs in this season. Agarwal, Brook and Tripathi have totals of 164, 163 and 160 runs respectively.
4102  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: April 25, 2023, 05:04:34 AM
Hyderabad lost an easy match yesterday. SRH lost in Satran where they needed 145 runs from 120 balls to win. SRH's two opening batsmen started well in the beginning but later the batsmen could not provide good support. SRH lost one wicket after another. If SRH wins this match, SRH will have 6 points in the points table, which will give Hyderabad a chance of playoffs if they do well in the next matches. But after losing this match, the distance of SRH from the playoffs increased a lot. Congratulations Delhi Capitals.

Sunrisers Hyderabad made the big mistake when they refused to retain Kane Williamson. He was like the backbone of their batting, and the other batsmen such as Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal and Heinrich Klaasen are clearly unable to fill the vacuum that was left by him. Poor batting is the no.1 reason why they are currently at the 9th place in the points table. And yesterday they lost to a team that is at the no.10 spot. And can someone please explain me why guys like Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad are in the squad despite not contributing anything with the bat?
4103  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers on: April 25, 2023, 03:10:36 AM
It is very difficult to say why such great soccer nations like Germany and Italy are in crisis. German and Italian clubs are very successful in European club competitions, but their national teams are not, with the exception of Italy at the last EURO.
For me, the main favorites at the EURO are France, England, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, but also Croatia as a hidden favorite.
The national team that has Modrić and won 2 medals at the last 2 world cups simply can't be underestimated.
However, in my opinion, France has the best chance.

Success of the clubs doesn't automatically translate to good performance by the national teams. Because a majority of the players will be ineligible to represent the national team due to foreign citizenship. Germany is in crisis for sure, although I am not that sure about Italy. But then the very fact that Italy failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup of 2022 tells a lot about the challenges they are facing. In case of Germany, they are simply unable to replace the star players who retired in the past few years. At this point they are heavily dependent on players like Thomas Müller and İlkay Gündoğan.
4104  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: April 25, 2023, 02:59:11 AM
Saudia Arabia Is a strong country and its league will definitely make alot of name in cricket world Arabs have alot of tendency to make their words real.
In my opinion Indians and Saudis will eventually end up together for growth of the cricket in Saudi Arabia. 
Indians have alot of skills as far as diplomatic relations are concerned.

The problem is that the market for cricket is already saturated. IPL takes away 3 months every year from the calendar and then there are bilateral tours by the Indian team and the ICC tournaments. There is simply not enough spare time available to accommodate the Saudi league. And the BCCI is not that stupid to allow the Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation to take control of the Indian market. It will negatively impact the popularity of the IPL, and in turn the BCCI revenues will nosedive. So in all probability, the Saudis are going to pour tons of money in to the new league and they are not going to get anything in return. 
4105  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's on! 2024 US Presidential Election Biden+Harris Vs Trump Bitcoin betting.... on: April 25, 2023, 02:49:49 AM
Absolutely. I bet on Kamala to be the nominee with pretty good outcome odds, 17.00



they will be lower int the future, I'm pretty sure of that, so, it's better to place your bet right now, if you believe she has a good chance. I placed a small bet on her just in case. Won't make a millionaire if I win my bet, but will be enough for a 4-pack of Guinness and a can of Pringles, I guess. Smiley

I don't know what to say about these odds. They seem so far away from reality. At this point, Kamala is the second most probable Democrat nominee for the POTUS 2024 elections. Given this, odds of 17.00 for her sounds outright crazy. In case Biden decided to run again in 2024 (which he has done), then I don't believe that anyone form his party would challenge him (obviously Kennedy is an exception). But there is a real possibility that Biden would not be able to run in 2024, either due to ailing health, or due to scandals (Hunter Biden story?).
4106  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: April 25, 2023, 02:39:11 AM
I think that the quality of football in a competition does not depend on the organization of the tournament, but on the quality of the players and the teams.
Qatar invested a lot of money in new stadiums that they will no longer need, and have we so easily forgotten the difficult conditions in which foreign workers built those stadiums and how many were injured or lost their lives in the process?
Suspicions that Qatar won the organization of the world cup through corrupt practices have not yet been resolved.
Qatar was the most expensive host in history to watch live World Cup matches and largely inaccessible to ordinary fans.
I think that in this whole story, only FIFA was satisfied because of the big profits and Qatar because of the big promotion of an authoritarian and undemocratic country.

There are a few corrections. There is no suspicion that Qatar bribed the delegates during the vote for hosting rights. This is an established facts. Some of the delegates (especially those from the poor countries) received expensive gifts worth millions of USD from the Qatari delegation. And FIFA refused to take any action despite these facts being proved. And I am not sure whether FIFA gained anything by staging the tournament in Qatar. FIFA officials benefited in terms of kickbacks, but overall the revenues fell short of expectation due to the refusal from Qatari authorities to relax the anti-visitor regulations.
4107  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 25, 2023, 02:29:04 AM
New Zealand didn't get off to a good start but they had some good batting players. Their wickets fell during the powerplay but Chapman and Neesham were instrumental in the match-winners to ensure New Zealand victory. Pakistan started a good over at the start and later New Zealand got the win thanks to their fast bowlers. Pakistani bowlers scored the most runs in overs number 11, 12, 13, 14. Here E Chapman secures a century and their victory is assured. Out of five matches, Pakistan won two, New Zealand won two and one match was postponed.

The Pakistani bowlers needed just one more wicket, but they were unable to take it. When Daryl Mitchell got out, New Zealand needed 121 runs to win from 10 overs, at required run rate of more than 12 runs per over. Mark Chapman and James Neesham started smashing the Pakistani bowlers left, right and center from this point and apart from Imad Wasim all the other bowlers went for plenty. I have pointed this out many times in the past, but the absence of a quality spin bowler is still hurting Pakistan. Imad bowled well yesterday, but after all he is a part-timer.
4108  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 25, 2023, 02:19:30 AM
Ireland team haven't got big experience and have played only few test matches. This is really great innings from the Ireland team. Sri Lanka is a strong team, for sure the team will do its best. The best coming from Sri Lanka needs to be valuable, if not match could go into the hands of Ireland. Simple test series based on the first test match result have turned to be more interesting. Lets see what happens at the end of the match.

The problem with Ireland is consistency. Now they have performed really well in Day1, amassing a total of 319 runs. But they should not get carried away. 4 days remain in this match and they need to get to a total of at least 450-500. One challenge is that Paul Stirling may not be available as he got retired hurt yesterday. So essentially they are five down, although the total is 319/4. Anyway, the partnership between Lorcan Tucker and Curtis Campher is worth 87 runs till now and if they can add another 100 runs, then Ireland will be in a very comfortable position.
4109  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: April 25, 2023, 02:09:18 AM
If the match was held between Nepal and Saudi Arabia, I would have favored Nepal. Because I think Saudi Arabia has arrived in the world of cricket after Nepal. And Nepal team has been playing cricket since long time and they are always excited about cricket and research how to take the team forward.

That game has been abandoned because of rain. Nepal is much more experienced and strong team then Saudi. Saudi don't have any local player rather all there players belong to Pakistan or few from India. Nepal performance can be analysed from recent ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2.

Nepal was probably expecting 2 points from the match against Saudi Arabia, but as a result of rain interruption they got only one. In order to secure the semi-final spot, they need to win their last match, which is against Qatar. In case Nepal loses this match, and Oman wins theirs against Saudi Arabia, then Oman will top the group instead of Nepal. Group B looks set BTW. Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates are leading with 5 and 4 points respectively and the other teams are far behind. IMO, these 4 teams may qualify for the semi-finals: Nepal, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. 
4110  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: April 25, 2023, 01:59:47 AM
Delhi Capitals are still at the bottom of the points table, but they have got two consecutive wins now. David Warner's tactics worked well yesterday and Delhi was able to defend a very low total of 144/9. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, the star batsmen remain out of form (Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi & Aiden Markram), and in bowling department only Bhuvneshwar Kumar performed well yesterday. BTW, I was surprised to see that Umran Malik bowled just 2 overs yesterday. Is he injured? There is no other excuse not to fully use the main strike bowler for SRH.
4111  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: April 24, 2023, 03:38:02 AM
Dhoni doesn't want to reach the crease earlier. Most of the time his entry is just to cheer the audience, because a huge crowd comes for him and this can be disappointing. Just the two balls made the crowd feel happy. He lets the players have their freedom and perform at the right position. As said it is too early to think about lifting the trophy, because the competition is at its high and every team is performing well. With yesterday's match CSK have scored 200+ runs in 26 matches and it is the team to have such a record. In IPL 2023 it the team to score maximum number of sixes. Chennai have got best opening that is much helpful for the middle order to perform without much pressure. On the bowling line-up, improvement is needed.

Nowadays Mahendra Singh Dhoni is mostly playing in the role of specialist wicket-keeper. But he has made crucial contributions when it mattered. Remember the 32 from 17 balls for Chennai Super Kings during the match against Rajasthan Royals? Despite his age, he is still capable of lighting up the fireworks towards the end overs. The reason why he bats so down the order is because CSK do have a very strong middle order. Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali and Ravindra Jadeja are capable of scoring 10-12 runs per over during the final powerplay. Dhoni hardly gets a chance to bat because of them. 
4112  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: April 24, 2023, 03:17:37 AM
There is some bad news for Nepal. The match between Nepal and Saudi Arabia has been delayed as a result of rain interruption. Nepal currently leads Group A with 4 points from 2 matches, but probably they were expecting 2 points from this match, as KSA is a very weak team. Oman is also having 4 points and there is a good chance that they may overtake Nepal if they are able to win the next match. The other match is between Bahrain and Hong Kong in Group B. Currently Hong Kong is leading Group B with 4 points, but once again the match has been delayed as a result of rain.
4113  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: April 22, 2023, 02:13:54 AM
Nepal is improving alot interms of cricket and there game they are not defeating many opponents .
Looking forward to see Nepal in world cup and their competition with big teams .

The ICC did their best in sabotaging Nepali cricket over the years. If you look at the funding structure, Nepal is receiving only 20% of the amount that they used to receive a decade ago. But now the Cricket Association of Nepal has become more or less self-sufficient. They are generating significant amount of revenues within Nepal and are not overdependent on the ICC. And among the full members, Nepal hasn't received support from anyone except Pakistan. But now the ICC doesn't have any choice other than to increase the funding, since their performance has been exceptional in the recent past.
4114  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: April 22, 2023, 01:59:22 AM
Hyderabad managed to score 200 plus runs only against KKR. Hyderabad have played 6 matches so far scoring only 150 plus runs in two matches.. Hyderabad's batting line is not very good. Hyderabad have got two wins from 6 matches so far. 9 position in the ranking.

As a team, they are overdependent on Harry Brook. And he hasn't been very successful so far in this season. From 6 matches, he has made a total of 153 runs. He scored an unbeaten 100 against the Kolkata Knight Riders, but apart from that he hasn't scored more than 20 in any of the matches. And the other Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen have been in very poor form, including Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen. Tripathi had a few decent scores, but Agarwal has so far scored just 115 runs from 6 innings.
4115  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 22, 2023, 01:49:40 AM
No doubt that funding does play a big role here and tbh we can't even blame associate nations if they are tiptoeing on this road because rules are already set, which clearly need a fresh eye and then followed by reform but i suppose it's a fool's errand.

ICC on the other hand won't give full status to any new country, at least for a decade or so.

I am keenly awaiting the ICC funds distribution formula for the cycle 2024-27. Their revenues have increased by 3 times and now they can allot a higher share to smaller nations. I don't really have a problem with BCCI getting a larger share of the funds. But then what is the justification for Zimbabwe getting 100 times the funds compared to Nepal or Namibia? As per current formula, Zimbabwe gets $12 million per year from the ICC, while Nepal receives $200,000. This lop-sided distribution structure needs to be changed.
4116  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 21, 2023, 07:50:24 AM
Full member actually means test status and on paper or at least in their public statements almost everyone wants to play test cricket and display their love for test cricket. It could be due to the romanticization of test cricket or funding or it could be both.

Personally, I'm not in favor of test status for new countries due to various reasons but in case they get the tag then they must play the red ball and it's ICC's duty to facilitate them.

Ireland was getting around $500,000 per year from the ICC before they became a test nation and their funding increased to $5 million (10x) after they got the full member status. Now other teams such as United Arab Emirates, Scotland, Netherlands and Nepal also want to become test playing nations, because they want the increased funding from the ICC. This need to be stopped. These teams don't have any genuine love for test format. If the gap in funding between full members and top ranking associates get reduced, then there will be no need for these teams to demand test status.
4117  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL on: April 21, 2023, 07:39:18 AM
After many days later Delhi Capitals got their desired win. It is really a big achievement for them. But I am not very optimistic about their win as they have lost 6 wickets while playing a target of just 127 runs which raises questions about their quality of play. Kolkata Knight Riders decline is the main reason for Delhi Capitals victory in this match. Otherwise this team could not win. If Kolkata Knight Riders could have given the target of 160 runs Delhi Capitals would have lost this match too.

Well.. let's first look at the positives. David Warner's fine form continues, and during the last game his strike rate improved quite a bit. Anrich Nortje was exceptional with the ball, and this time around he received good support from Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. The only negative that I could notice was that Delhi Capitals bowlers failed to take the last wicket quickly, which allowed the two tailenders from Kolkata Knight Riders (Andre Russell and Varun Chakravarthy) to build a 31 run partnership. Kolkata Knight Riders managed to bat the full quota of 20 overs.
4118  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: It's on! 2024 US Presidential Election Biden+Harris Vs Trump Bitcoin betting.... on: April 21, 2023, 07:29:49 AM
You have to keep remembering the reasons why people vote for who they vote for. People who are republicans end up voting because they like Trump, and people who are democrats do not vote for Biden because they like him, they vote for him because they dislike Trump.

You think Biden managed to get the highest ever voter turnout for him? Of course not, it was "vote whoever against Trump" that got that many people out of their homes. Looking at how Trump still could be the candidate, and likely one at that, I say Biden still has a chance if he was dead, let alone dementia. I say at least 50-60 million would vote for a dead person or a dog or a parrot, rather than vote for Trump, so when you have a very old Biden, he still gets most of the votes.

Not very sure about whether your arguments are applicable to 2024. It was definitely a major factor in 2020. Trump was in power back then and he created a lot of controversy by appointing a number of right-wing judges (Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett). Obama during his 8 years could nominate just two (Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan), but Trump managed more than that in his 4 years. And this in turn resulted in some controversial judgements against abortion and in the end it got the female voters fired up. But situation in 2024 will be different. Trump has been out of power for too long and the people are no longer polarized against him (at least not in the same degree as they were in 2020).
4119  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 21, 2023, 07:19:11 AM
Despite low target DC's batting lineup has been struggling, except David Warner, Axar Patel, and Manish Pandey. DC's bowling unit was the real star of yesterday's match and deserves praises. Yesterday's match, both teams seemed to have difficulty, but ultimately KKR was unable to come out on top. Despite some tough competition from KKR's spinners, Delhi Capitals managed to break their five-game losing streak and got the win. DC should bounce back from here.

Manish Pandey has also not scored a lot of runs in this season. He has just 97 runs to his name from 4 matches. And in case of Axar, the excuse is that he bats a lot down the order. But what about the other batsmen such as Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh? They are also not scoring runs. There are complaints about Warner batting slowly. But during the last match, his strike rate was close to 140. He scored 57 runs from 41 balls, while all the other batsmen scored a grand total of 64 runs from 73 balls at a strike rate of 87. Still Warner gets the blame. 
4120  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 21, 2023, 05:46:15 AM
Yesterday's 4th T20 match between Pakistan vs New Zealand was postponed due to rain and there was no match result.  But I was pretty sure in my prediction that if the match had ended well then Pakistan would have won. However, if New Zealand had won this match, Pakistan and new New Zealand  will same score. because Pakistan had won 1st and 2nd match and New Zealand was won 3rd match against Pakistan.

Again, how can you be so sure? Did you watched the 3rd T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan? Apart from Iftikhar Ahmed at no.8 (who scored a valuable 60 runs from 24 balls) none of the Pakistani batsmen were able to make significant contributions. At one point, they were 88/7. And remember that this is against a second string New Zealand attack that is lacking Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner. On paper, Pakistan is much stronger than New Zealand. But consistency is a big problem, as it has been in the recent past.
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