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701  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 05, 2024, 05:55:42 AM
Pakistan got a psychological advantage here, after they seized the first innings lead. If they can get the lead to somewhere around 180-200, then they will have an upper hand in this match. Pakistani batsmen managed to put up a total of 300 plus in the first innings, so we can expect them to manage a good performance in the second innings as well. But then, it is Pakistan and therefore nothing is guaranteed. Babar Azam has so far made 6 runs from 23 balls. I am not expecting anything from him. Others like Mohammad Rizwan need to take the responsibility.
702  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread on: January 05, 2024, 03:04:12 AM
^^ These are just rumors and nothing is confirmed as of yet. José Mourinho, if he takes over as the coach for Brazil will be able to improve the performance of the Brazilian national team. But the big question is whether he is interested or not. For the last three years, he has been coaching AS Roma and I don't know whether Brazilian federation can offer a better compensation package. And the chances of Brazil performing well in 2026 World Cup is minimal, and therefore apart from monetary benefits there are few other attractions.
703  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 05, 2024, 02:08:19 AM
Apart from Sam Hain and Corey Anderson, Nikhil Chaudhary have been exceptional for Hobart Hurricanes so far in this season. He bats down the order so didn't got too many opportunities in the last few matches, but then he made up for that with his bowling. So far in this season, he has scored 72 runs, with an average of 36, and taken 3 wickets at 15.66. The contribution may seem insignificant, but everytime it came at crucial situations. Chaudhary moved to Australia very recently, and was participating in Indian domestic cricket until 2019. 
704  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 05, 2024, 01:57:18 AM
Once again Australia has lost the advantage which they had with them. They lost two quick wickets (those of Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith), and slumped from 187/2 to 187/4. Now Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh need to dig in and patiently build a partnership to make sure that Australia ends up with a first innings lead. So far a decent job by Pakistani bowlers, given the fact that Hasan Ali is the only experienced pacer in the lineup. Shaheen Shah Afridi is also absent for this match, in addition to the other unavailable players.
705  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 05, 2024, 01:46:04 AM
Looking at the performance in Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament, India will be one of the clear favorites to win the U19 World Cup, which starts in around 2 weeks from now. Yesterday they were flawless against Afghanistan. Left-arm seamer Naman Tiwari returned figures of 7-1-11-4, while Dhanush Gowda, Aaradhya Shukla and Priyanshu Moliya were also impressive. And most of these guys don't even have any first class experience. This is a sign of the recent improvements in the quality of age-group cricket in India.
706  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 04, 2024, 02:45:09 AM
Yes, The fourth match of the South Africa U19 Tri Nation series will be played today between Afghanistan U19 vs India U19. India U-19 has performed brilliantly since the start of this tri-nation series. India U19 team played two matches and won both matches. We saw Afghanistan U19 vs India U19 in the first match of this series, India U19 won by a big margin. I think the India U19 team has a very high chance of winning. Because India U19 team is much stronger than Afghanistan U19 team. Batting and bowling line is very good in India U19 team.

India U-19 performed better than expected. This time they had sent a relatively inexperienced squad, with no recognizable faces. Most of the players don't have any experience in Ranji Trophy. Anyway, this series will serve as a warmup tournament for the 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, which will start in around two weeks from now. India is placed in an easy group along with Bangladesh, United States and Ireland. But then, the Super 6 phase will be quite tough. This tournament will witness the rise of many of the future superstars.
707  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 04, 2024, 02:33:38 AM
Pakistani fielding is garbage again dropped David Warner in first over of the Aamer Jamal by debutant Saim Ayub look like he wants to give good farewell may be with another hundred or double hundred nothing positive for the Pakistan in fielding even their bowlers are doing good job on this pitch in this match for the positive result but fielders not supporting them.

A slow but steady start by the both Australian openers with the help of Pakistani fielders most chances they will do another whitewash, and we will keep our record for losing matches in Australia because of poor fielding and batting as well.

David Warner got out for 34 in his final test match and this maybe his final innings (in case Australia doesn't need to bat again). Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja are at the crease now and quite predictably the scoring rate has dropped. Ironically it was the part-time spinner Agha Salman who picked up the sole wicket to fall so far. Pacers (especially Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali) looked good, however they have been unsuccessful so far. Anyway, Pakistan managed to put up a 300 plus total, so things are not going to be easy for the Australians.
708  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 03, 2024, 11:00:40 AM
The South African team performed so poorly that they scored only 55 runs in the Test match for all the wickets exchanged. The pitch lasted till 2 balls in 23 overs, but in terms of runs, Verreynne, the wicket keeper of the South African team, managed to collect the maximum 15 runs.  But other batsmen were dismissed for short runs and none of the players could play patiently. If the bowling pitch is famous for it, then the Indian team is likely to lose wickets. In that case, Mohammad Siraj is famous for today's match as a wicket-taker in terms of bowling performance.

Mohammad Siraj can be deadly in pace-friendly conditions. Remember the Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, in which the hosts were dismissed for just 50 runs? Back then Siraj returned figures of 7-1-21-6. Back then also, it was the combination of Siraj-Bumrah who opened the bowling for India. All that said, it was appalling to watch South African batting crumbling. Neither the experienced batsmen (Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Kyle Verreynne.etc), nor the younger ones (Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs & David Bedingham) were able to score runs. 
 
709  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 03, 2024, 10:50:35 AM
In my personal opinion this match result will gonna be one-sided because I think Indian team is more stronger than Afghanistan team. It's seems that their previous performance says that their batting and bowling lineup is very perfect condition rightnow speciallly against the Afghanistan Under-19  team, I am sure that the Indian team gonna be winner once again.

We are talking about U-19 cricket. Afghanistan is quite strong in age-group cricket because they have quite a few teenagers who have experience with international cricket. Also, Indian domestic cricket at U-19 level is not that competitive. BCCI do organize the U-16 and U-19 competitions, but the quality of these matches are not very good. Anyway, India has won both the matches so far and looks like they will qualify for the final. Afghanistan is at the second place with one win, while the hosts have lost both their matches so far.   
710  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 03, 2024, 10:40:36 AM
Perth Scorchers taking on Adelaide Strikers today in the Big Bash League. Perth is in better position as far as points table is concerned, as they have won 3 out of 4 matches so far. Adelaide on the other hand has won just one out of the 5 matches played so far. Anyway, Perth has started well and they are 21/0 after 2.4 overs. Sam Whiteman and Zak Crawley are at the crease. They have a solid top and middle order, consisting of Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis and Laurie Evans. Adelaide bowlers on the other hand are mostly inexperienced.
711  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 03, 2024, 10:29:29 AM
What just happened to the South African team, won the toss then chose to bat first and in the end all out for 55 runs. Another incredible bowling by Shiraj, took 6 wickets all of them were important ones. Bhumrah as usual consistent took 2 wickets and the new guy Mukes too 2. India has the whole day left to bat and get some good runs as leas on the scoreboard. I hope that this time the top Indian batters do what they are meant to do, that is bat without losing wickets.

This is a perfect example of tailor-made pitches backfiring on the hosts. Usually it happens with spin-friendly pitches, but this time it happened on a pitch that offered a lot of support for the pacers. Perhaps the South African captain should have opted to bowl first. They could have got India out for a small total and it could have given them the psychological advantage. Anyway, all credit to Indian pacers (Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Mukesh Kumar) for getting the Proteas all out for just 55. And it was a dream debut for Mukesh, returning figures of 2.2-2-0-2.
712  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: who Want To Bet On 2024 USA elections? on: January 02, 2024, 03:33:34 AM
^^^ So as per the odds in Stake.com, Nikki Haley has now cemented herself as the alternative to Donald Trump. Even then, she will not get enough support to get past Trump during the primaries. The anti-Trump camp within GOP seems to be rallying behind Haley. DeSantis is down, and Ramaswamy is no longer relevant after he announced that it would be realistic for him to target the VP nomination. But the big question is if Trump somehow get disqualified, which candidate would be preferred by him. He is definitely not going to support either Haley or DeSantis.
713  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 02, 2024, 03:23:58 AM
Pakistan's main weakness now is their batting order. Batsmen's poor batting has led to poor performances in ODI and Test formats. We have seen Pakistan's performance in the Test match against Australia. Despite seeing good bowling from the bowlers, the batsmen were not able to bat well. This is the reason why Pakistan team lost badly against Australia. Pakistan team is still strong in T20 format. Because they have several hard hitting batsmen in their squad. But no batsman is able to bat responsibly. And they don't have the patience to stay at the crease for long. Pakistani batsmen need to be more diligent and patient.

It is not easy to face Australian pacers like Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in bouncy pitches down under. On top of that, Pakistani top order batsmen are not in great form at the moment. Babar Azam and Imam ul Haq are not scoring runs and they are overdependent on the middle order. Anyway, it will be wrong to blame any single department. Their pacers also failed to take wickets during crucial durations. Apart from encouraging performances from younger players like Khurram Shahzad and Aamer Jamal, Pakistan has so far performed below expectations. 
714  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 02, 2024, 03:04:42 AM
The match between the Australian Women and the Indian Cricket Women is looking good because the Indian team has doing their best and has already been in form and their openers are also ready for their 3rd and last match of their ODI series. Although the West Indies team are too good because they need a come back to win the match against the Indian Team in order to make their rank up.

Australian women are up 2-0 in the ODI series. A win today will be a consolation for the Indian women, but it is irrelevant as far as the outcome of the series is considered. Poor batting has cost India both the matches. Top order batters failed, putting enormous pressure on the middle and lower order. On top of that players like Harmanpreet Kaur have been behaving like monkeys on field. There is a thin line between showing aggression and trying to bully. And bullying doesn't work against a team like Australia who have some of the most experienced players in the world.
715  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 02, 2024, 02:54:39 AM
So today is the third and the final match of this series. We have seen how the United Arab Emirates team made a comeback in the last match Especially in bowling and in bowling especially Muhammad Jawadullah and Ali Naseer(man of the player) performed really great by collecting 4…4 wickets of Afghanistan. So today's match will be really interesting because both teams have won 1…1 match so this match will show who will win this series? So let's see who will perform well. I think Afghanistan will take revenge of the last match and will win. Smiley

It will be great if United Arab Emirates can win the series against Afghanistan. As of now, the T20I series is tied at 1-1, and if UAE wins today then they will carry the series by a margin of 2-1. But then we have to remember that the Afghan squad is a second string XI, which doesn't have superstars such as Rashid Khan and Mujeeb ur Rahman. So a win is not something like earth shattering for the UAE. Also, at some point they need to have native players in their squad. If they want to apply for test status, then the application won't be considered as long as they have a 100% foreigner squad.
716  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 01, 2024, 05:39:15 AM
UAE vs Afghanistan 2nd Twenty20 match won by UAE in a big way. Their batting and bowling performance was excellent as they beat a strong team like Afghanistan in no time. UAE batsmen Aryan Lakra and Muhammad Waseem have batted brilliantly due to which the two have formed a great partnership. Moreover, UAE scored 166 runs for the loss of 7 wickets, while Afghanistan were bowled out for 155 runs to meet the target set by UAE. Due to this poor batting performance by Afghanistan, UAE secured a remarkable win by 11 runs and they are currently tied 1-1 for the T20 series with both teams winning once.

Last day of 2023, and it ended with a victory of an associate nation over a full member nation (although I usually don't consider the United Arab Emirates as one of the associate nations, due to their lack of native players). Overall this year was quite good for the associates. Netherlands did well in the ODI world cup, Nepal did well in Asia Cup, and then Namibia also had a great series against Zimbabwe. And this year witnessed the emergence of several promising associate nations with native players, such as Indonesia and Uganda.
717  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 01, 2024, 05:24:12 AM
I am surprised when I saw the Pakistani International test cricket  squad. The team which can't win match against strong club team Pakistani cricket board selected that team for test series against Australia. Australian International test cricket team is much stronger than Pakistani team.

Australia has good batters like David Warner ,Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh. David Warner is performing very well in all formats.Australian International team is at top in all formats . Labuschagne is also good batter ,he made 63 runs in first inning but he didn't play good in second inning. But he is good player.

This is not entirely true. David Warner is now back in form, after an extended period of poor run. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are not scoring runs and their poor runs continues to 2024. Situation is somewhat similar with Pakistan, where Babar Azam and other top order batsmen are not scoring runs. But the main difference between Pakistan and Australia is with their bowling. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are in prime form at the moment, while Naseem's absence has impacted Pakistani pace attack. And Australia has Nathan Lyon who can support the pacers. Pakistan doesn't have a quality spinner with them.
718  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 30, 2023, 02:26:07 AM
Let me recall it correctly, No shami, No Umesh and No Bumrah because all of them were injured and India managed to win the match at the Gabba the fortress of AUS with only available players and of course it's one that went down on the history, but we can expect every match to be like that. I would only want the Pujara because he may not score runs, but he always take time and face more balls so the chance of losing wickets in string is less.

Gabba test was pure gem. India won the match after conceding a first innings lead to Australia. And also, they were chasing a massive target (329) against top quality Australian bowlers like Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon. It was in this test match that T Natarajan and Navdeep Saini were brought in, as the first-line Indian bowlers were all unavailable. Washington Sundar was the sole option for spinner. And his partnership with Shardul in the first innings was the turning point. It took India from 186/6 to 309/7.
719  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: December 30, 2023, 02:00:51 AM
Bangladesh started very well in the second match. Very unfortunate for Bangladesh as the match was abandoned due to rain. A win is crucial for both teams in the third match. Because if New Zealand wins the third match then the series result will become a draw. Meanwhile, if Bangladesh wins the third match, then the series win will be assured. That is why the third match is very important for both teams. But Bangladesh would have won tomorrow's match if it was not abandoned due to rain. Because 72 runs after losing 2 wickets in 11 overs was not a very good collection, if the remaining 9 overs were played, the match would have ended with a total of 130-140 runs according to the run rate. From this it can be assumed that Bangladesh would have won the second T20 match.

Bangladesh always play better in shorter formats of the game. But you never know. During the first match, New Zealand made a good recovery after getting reduced to 20/4. Their lower order batsmen such as Mitchell Santner and Adam Milne are quite capable of making good contributions with the bat. Anyway, the New Zealand selectors went with an inexperienced side for this series and that is also one of the reasons for their poor performance. Players such as Ben Sears  have performed well in NZ domestic cricket, but transitioning to international cricket seems to be a bit hard for them.
720  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: December 29, 2023, 07:02:18 PM
In the political arena, he doesn't strike me as a bright one but I think in sports ministry he's okay-ish, most of the time he looks like a photo-op guy that's about it.

Corruption in BCCI at the top level is not a big issue anymore and we hardly hear anything nowadays but in State Boards, it's a different ball game and it has become such a well oiled machine that almost every party takes a cut.

Corruption was so prevalent earlier that the Supreme Court had to step in and kick out N Srinivasan as the BCCI president. Those who got to that post after him became a bit cautious. But many of the state boards are still refusing to become transparent and there is no audit or surveillance being conducted on them. BCCI revenues have gone up by almost 10x during the last 10 years or so, thanks to IPL media rights and increased allocation from the ICC. Given this, it is surprising that the level of corruption has gone down. Maybe this has something to do with NDA government taking over in 2014. During the 2004-14 UPA regime, corruption was at its peak.  
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