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881  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Women's Cricket Prediction & Discussion - T20 & ODI on: January 18, 2024, 01:24:25 PM
Zimbabwe Women vs Ireland Women

The first ODI match of Ireland Women tour to Zimbabwe Women competition is playing on crease which is Ireland Women against Zimbabwe women sqaud. Zimbabwe women squad has started this match first batting inning by inviting of Ireland Women sqaud. If we see score dashboard of Zimbabwe women squad then their batting inning performance is not ongoing to be fantastic after playing almost 19 overs on crease Zimbabwe sqaud collected only 62 scores with lost of three batters. If their batting inning performance continues like this until last over they would not able to collect good scores and they will likely reach around 150 scores. Kelis Ndhlovu batter and Ashley Ndiraya batter both these are batting on crease and tried their good batting skills for accumulate good scores for sqaud victory.

The match is still on hold. Because there is a rain delay going on right now. Zimbability women have scored 170. I think they should have scored a lot more. Because in a 44 over match, it is going to be really hard for them to actually defend the target successfully. But again the opponent is Ireland women. So they might actually be able to defend the total.

Anyway, right now there is a rain delay going on. So it is still not sure if the match will actually be played or not. We might have a no result. But I hope that we do get a result. But at the same time, if at least 20 overs are not played, it is going to be pretty disappointing. We do not want to see a match being played for only 10/15 overs for the chase.
882  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 17, 2024, 11:24:39 AM
Australian batsmen are not batting well either. Australian batsmen are also facing a lot of trouble to score runs as the pitch is bowling friendly. Australia lost two wickets in 15 overs and managed to collect 43 runs. Australia team is still behind West Indies by 143 runs.
2 wickets gone in quick succession, looks like the pitch favors bowlers. Marnus Labuschagne was out for only 10 runs before Smith got out for 12 runs and both wickets were taken by Shamar Joseph. WI has got the initial breakthrough and two good batters are back in the pavilion now they need to continue their attack. Australia still trailing by 136 runs and it does seem that the Australian batting is struggling to get those runs. The betting odds favour Australia and they still have batters left to get those runs.

The pitch is not batting friendly, it was understood in the first innings of West Indies. At the end of the first day, Australia lost 2 wickets and collected 59 runs. The Australian team is still 129 runs behind the West Indies. Opener Usman Khawja is batting very responsibly. Usman Khawaja remains unbeaten with 30 runs. Also Cameroon Green is batting very carefully. He is unbeaten with 6 runs from 22 balls. If these two batsmen can do well in the early next day, I would say Australia can collect around 300. And if Australia start losing wickets at the beginning of the day, then maybe Australia will lose all wickets within 200-230. It will be very difficult to score 300 runs on this pitch.
883  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 17, 2024, 10:43:19 AM
If Liverpool want to win the title, they must win consistently. Liverpool is now only 2 points ahead of Manchester City. Losing a point in a match would also see Liverpool lose top spot in the table. This is why every match now is very important for Liverpool.
Changes in position from first to fifth can still occur because the difference in points is very small. Liverpool is under pressure from Manchester City with a difference of two points, a defeat suffered by Liverpool in the next match makes it lose first position if Manchester City manages to win the match in the same week. This season's EPL competition is more competitive than last season, Tottenham, who is in fifth place, has the same points as Arsenal, who is in fourth place. Arsenal must win the match in Week 21 to stay away from Tottenham and catch up with the points collected by Aston Villa.
Manchester City which is starting to find its best playing form, is trying to reach the top of the standings from Liverpool. The difference of two points with Liverpool makes the competition at the top of the standings even more exciting.

I agree with you. Every team from first  to fourth place in the  table has a chance to top the points table. Liverpool  at the top of the table  have collected 45 points from 20  games, and fourth placed Arsenal are now 5 points behind Liverpool. It's not a big gap.

Premier League teams are very strong. So it will not be possible for Liverpool and Manchester City to win every match consistently. It is normal that they will lose points in some matches. So Arsenal and Aston Villa have the potential to top the table. But for this, their overall performance needs to be strengthened. But I think Liverpool and Manchester City will stay in the title fight this season until the end of the season.
884  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 17, 2024, 07:26:20 AM
So true, de bruyne has magic to make city played very well even in only a half of game. We have seen that how big his contribution even when he was playing from the bench. Manchester city is just getting better and better. There are so many people are aware about this too.
Manchester city is always cooking it. I can expect city to be as good as last season once haaland and stones will be there. We are only waiting the recovery of haaland which is not time consuming like de bruyne.
Pep has been also telling us if haaland is likely to comback again next month. The hype for manchester city will be much bigger if haaland will rejoin in the club again. The chance to win the UCL in a row becomes even bigger too.
Liverpool needs to lost some points to make city to go up again. It's cuased by manchester city will never able to surpass liverpool if klopp's squad keeps get good result in EPL. The club needs to miss some matches.
Yes, De Bruyne is like the most important part of Manchester City because he has almost the same intelligence as Haaland and even though De Bruyne is only a midfielder, his talent for finishing is always precise and on the one hand De Bruyne is one of the players who has strong chemistry with Haaland So the last few matches without the presence of these two players made Manchester City look bad.
After De Bruyne returned everything got better and we are just waiting for the happy news after Haaland arrives and we will look again at the competition for first place and I am sure that the return of Haaland and De Bruyne can get rid of Liverpool and can even have a big chance again to get the title in the champions league .
Let's be Frank, KDB look like Haaland missing rib at Man City  Cheesy
I won't be surprised if Haaland bag an hat trick in the game both of them will play after his return since he is such an hungry player for goals and needs more for a player of his calibre.

Haaland is a fantastic player. He has a lot of scoring ability. Last season we saw great performances from the Haaland-De Bruyne duo. The consistent good performances of these two players led Manchester City to dominate the Champions League and Premier League last season to win the title. However, due to the injury of these two players this season, City's performance is a bit slow. With De Bruyne back from injury, Haaland now faces injury. Again, we don't know when we will see the performance of the Haaland-De Bruyne pair.


After De Bruyne returned everything got better and we are just waiting for the happy news after Haaland arrives and we will look again at the competition for first place and I am sure that the return of Haaland and De Bruyne can get rid of Liverpool and can even have a big chance again to get the title in the champions league .
Liverpool will be having the hit now and of they can continue to be consistent and avoid losing or drawing matches then it's all good for them though this won't be easy but if they really want to win the league title, this is want they need because as it seems City are no longer sleeping or struggling while Arsenal has already lost the race to me

If Liverpool want to win the title, they must win consistently. Liverpool is now only 2 points ahead of Manchester City. Losing a point in a match would also see Liverpool lose top spot in the table. This is why every match now is very important for Liverpool.
885  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 17, 2024, 06:37:55 AM
Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test
West indies has been playing the inning but But they have only one player left to bat and the score is still 187.

Australia is the father of cricket, Australia prefromance of batting and bowling both side are well . Australia two bowler took 8 wickets Hazlewood he took 4 wickets by giving 44 run in 15 overs and P Cummins he took also 4 wickets by giving 41 run in 17 overs .

West Indies batsmen could not stay at the crease for long against Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. West Indies' innings stopped at just 188 runs. McKenzie scored a maximum of 50 runs. Hazlewood and Cummins took 4 wickets each. I had higher expectations from the West Indies batsmen. I did not think that they will not be able to collect even 200 runs.

Australian batsmen are not batting well either. Australian batsmen are also facing a lot of trouble to score runs as the pitch is bowling friendly. Australia lost two wickets in 15 overs and managed to collect 43 runs. Australia team is still behind West Indies by 143 runs.
886  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: January 16, 2024, 04:08:10 PM
The performance of Girona players was not good from the start of this match. Everyone expected Girona to win. Because Almeria is the last team in the points table. And Girona is very strong this season. I wouldn't say Girona lost because of Aleix Garcia's red card. Girona's performance was poor from the start of the match. Garcia received a red card in the 80th minute. Even before 80 minutes we did not see a good performance from Girona players. Girona's performance in this match was very slow. We don't know why there is such a sudden decline in their performance. Have Girona's players lost confidence? That's what I think. Because this team performed well against Elche and Atletico Madrid. Suddenly their performance dropped against a weak team like Almeria.
It's crazy to see Girona humiliated by Almeria which currently at the bottom position in La Liga, but in terms head to head, Almeria is better than Girona. At least Girona didn't lose in this match, if they lose this match, it could be one of biggest upset in this year.

I hope Girona can comeback in their good perform, I want to see a new champion in La Liga lol.

I will be very happy  if Girona can make a comeback. Because if Girona  can't make a comeback, then this season we will only see the  dominance of Real  Madrid. Atletico Madrid and  Barcelona are far behind in the title race. Now if the  Girona team goes down, Real Madrid will easily  win the title and La Liga will become completely one-sided. However,  Girona's attack and defense  are very strong. Let's see if Girona can make a comeback. I would say Girona's players need to work harder now. Then maybe they can play consistently well again. They have shown that Girona have the ability to perform well.
887  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 16, 2024, 03:32:32 PM
Sri Lanka are playing like crap at the moment. They are self-destructing since they already lost 3 wickets for 20 runs which is embarassing considering the fact that their opponent is Zimbabwe.

Looks like the underdog could end up winning the second T-20 as long as they continue putting pressure on the Lankans in this manner.
Although Sri Lanka were under a lot of pressure early on but Angela Mathews and Asalanka are trying to increase the score for Sri Lanka. However, Sri Lanka is trying to play a bit more aggressively after 10 overs. So far 78 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 13 overs without the fall of any more wickets. But with Angela Mathews facing the number of balls in a defensive mood, it's time for her to play an aggressive innings. Angela Mathews remains unbeaten on 20 off 32 balls while Asalanka remains unbeaten on 35 off 27 balls.
Sri Lanka are playing very well and have scored 145 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 17 overs.  This time P nissanka  and K perera  did not perform well with the bat and were dismissed for zero runs. Now C Asalanka  and Mathews are playing batting. Asalanka are playing well he made 69 run in just 38 balls they complete hafl century If Asalanka continues to perform like this, I hope he can give a target of 170 run plus which will be a very tough target for Zimbabwe.

Asalanka and Mathews showcased their skills in the match. Asalanka scored 69 runs off 39 balls, while Mathews unbeaten with 66 runs off 51 balls. Angelo Mathews played a crucial innings, lifting Sri Lanka to a solid total. Mathews has been a key player in the last matches and continued to carry the team's burden today. Without the impressive performances from Asalanka and Mathews, Sri Lanka might have struggled to reach even 100 runs.
Their comeback innings has set up Sri Lanka well with a total of 173/6, which should be sufficient to confirm the series tonight.

Sri Lanka team has given a big target of 174 runs today. Despite the poor performance of the top order players, they managed to collect 173 runs. Asalanka played an excellent innings of 69 runs off 39 balls. Mathews also collected 66 runs off 51 balls. Due to the responsible batting of these two batsmen, Sri Lanka has been able to provide a big target. Sri Lanka lost 4 of their batsmen to collect only 27 runs. Sri Lanka collected 118 runs from Mathews-Asalanka pair. It is very unlikely that Zimbabwe will win this big target. But the pitch is batting friendly. If the batsmen bat responsibly and stay at the crease, the match will be competitive.
888  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: January 16, 2024, 12:40:33 PM
Utah Jazz defeated Indiana at home and continues its superb performance. Match score 132-105
Indiana could only show resistance in the last period.
With this win, Utah rose to 9th place. The next victim will be Golden State in two days.
In the other match I was following, Los Angeles Lakers defeated Oklahoma on their home field. With a score of 112-105. The magnificent trio contributed well to the team in terms of scoring. (Lebron, Anthony, D'Angelo)
The match was competitive. The first half ended with a score of 50-50. The breaking point of the match was the 3rd period. When the Los Angeles Lakers opened the gap in the 3rd period, Oklahoma could not close the gap in the last period and the defeat was inevitable.

Utah Jazz has been performing really well in recent times. They have shown great performance. And if we talk about the last match, I have to say that they have shown a great performance. And they have been able to win this match pretty easily. Indiana Pacers have also shown a below per performance in this match. They had to do better. At least one player had to perform really well in this match for Indiana Pacers.  But that was not the case. None of them had an explosive performance which could save them.  And let's be honest, Indiana Pacers were pretty disheartened by the time they had reached the 4th quarter.  They were already so much behind in terms of points, that it was almost impossible for them to recover. And the third quarter made the difference a lot more before going to the 4th quarter.
889  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: January 16, 2024, 12:11:26 PM
In the match between Almería and Girona, neither team could score any goals. But Girona team player A. García got 1 red cards in 80 minutes. However, both teams played very well. I thought Girona team would win the match but Girona team won the match.  Couldn't score a goal. Girona team is in 1st position on the points table while Almería team is in 20th position. Girona team's players had a bad performance in the match for which Girona team didn't succeed in scoring any goals.
Everyone thought Girona will won the match, but after the red card i gave up on Girona. The both teams play well, in fact, Almeria played so well against Girona that I can't even recall that they are currently in 20th place in the table. Girona was given a difficult time and failed to score any goals, but Almeria played so well that they had a chance to win the game if they hadn't missed their first half opportunities. I believe Almeria may escape the relegation zone if they play like that in their coming games.

The performance of Girona players was not good from the start of this match. Everyone expected Girona to win. Because Almeria is the last team in the points table. And Girona is very strong this season. I wouldn't say Girona lost because of Aleix Garcia's red card. Girona's performance was poor from the start of the match. Garcia received a red card in the 80th minute. Even before 80 minutes we did not see a good performance from Girona players. Girona's performance in this match was very slow. We don't know why there is such a sudden decline in their performance. Have Girona's players lost confidence? That's what I think. Because this team performed well against Elche and Atletico Madrid. Suddenly their performance dropped against a weak team like Almeria.
890  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 15, 2024, 04:51:34 PM
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op I agree with you because of the way Australia performed in the Test series against Pakistan it is certainly expected that Australia is going to be the best team to play Tests. Since the start of the 2023 World Cup, Australia has performed brilliantly and they have returned home as champions. As soon as the World Cup ended, India played a T20 series, but India won that series. But if we talk about the test series against Pakistan then no doubt Australia batsmen batted well and bowled well due to which they won the three test series against Pakistan. If this win can be maintained and play well, Australia will definitely be the best team in Test cricket in the future.

I don't think even India is actually as good as Australia in the test format to be honest.  Because Australia is the best team when it comes to test cricket in my opinion. Of course India wins matches when they play home matches against almost any team. However Australia is probably the only team that has the most consistent performance in the test format against any team and in both home and away matches. And in recent times australia is also playing really well. I personally don't think Australia is actually the most powerful team in the world right now. I think that might be India. But Australia is better when it comes to team performance. And in test format team performance is the thing that counts the most.
891  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 15, 2024, 04:27:00 PM
In yesterday's match, when Babar Azam completed his 32nd half-century which was never made by any player in cricket but Babar Azam completed his 32 half-centuries but when he completed it, he didn't celebrate it because he knew that the match was in a tough situation.

In this inning, the Pakistan team breaks their own records, but cannot win the matches of this series. Thats the only good outcome of this series otherwise the Pakistan batting was a big disappointment.

In the first match, Saim Ayub broke the record of a player from Pakistan who played in the past and now he was retired it was the record for the most catches in an inning and now it goes to Saim Ayub, he took 4 catches in an inning, and in yesterday's match, Rizwan broke a record of Muhammad Hafeez to hitting most sixes in T20I on his career, Rizwan hit 76 sixes in his career and M.Hafeez hit 76 sixes in past when he was playing cricket.

I don't understand how these things are actually something that Pakistan is going to be very happy about. Because they have lost 2 matches in the series so far. And now they will have to win all the 3 matches that are left in the series if they want to win the series. And I think Pakistan really needs to work on their batting. It was a very good pitch in my opinion.  They could not have wickets in hand to actually accelerate. And they could not play out the whole 20 overs as well. That is another problem for them. They will have to give importance to making big partnerships consistently. I honestly don't think they will be able to win three matches in a row.
892  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 15, 2024, 04:13:04 PM

Yes, you're right about Zimbabwe's long-standing presence in international cricket since 1992. They've had their share of national-level matches and even qualified for the T20 World Cup a couple of times. However, it's true that they haven't been part of mega-events like the World Cup for several years, which can impact their performance.
If they can't qualify for the major ICC tournaments, then what we can do about it? Despite all the funding from the ICC, they failed to qualify for both the ODI and T20I world cups. In ODI world cup qualifiers, they lost out to associate nations such as Netherlands and Scotland. And their performance in T20 qualifier was even worse. They lost matches to Uganda and Namibia, and ended up at the third position in Africa qualifiers. I am feeling bad for the Zimbabwean players. They are getting punished for the incompetence of the cricket board.

Actually what do you want to mean by saying "despite all the funding from the ICC"? It can be said without any doubt that the amount of money ICC gives to Zimbabwe cricket board they are not using with full potential. Also, the cricket board is not competent. They are thinking about how to steal as much money as they can. It is 100% sure they are not concerned about the performance of the team.  Otherwise, the team could have been in a very different and better position compared to where they are right now. And Zimbabwe was actually really good at a time.  But because of the cricket board, the team actually have been destroyed.
893  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Don't only pray for mass adoption, start HODLING!! on: January 15, 2024, 01:33:38 PM


I'm not saying anyone should go on start telling people about how much bitcoin they have accumulated, all I'm saying is start your own bitcoin journey if you haven't, stop praying for good things when your not planning on beign a partaker
That's it , people keep talking about bitcoin here and there actually even in this forum there
are lots of talk that we need to Buy and hold bitcoin but ask them how much bitcoin they owned for
 sure their answers are just fake because the truth is they even choose to buy and hold shitcoins t
han bitcoin because they do believe in easy money than a working proress.

Buy bitcoin now and thank us later guys , be a HODL even with small amount to start with.
I believe that majority of people in the cryptospace are here for profits, no wonder why there are still people who choose to risk on shitcoins that are proven to be trash and unsustainable, it is just because the profit potential they can get holding or trading it is much much better than holding bitcoin. It's their money and life, we can't do anything about their investment. The best thing we can do when they somehow failed is to help them recover and educate them well on things that they should be doing.

I don't know what coins your definition of shitcoin includes, but if you want to say that all altcoins are shitcoins and trash then I would disagree. I completely agree that bitcoin is the best coin we have, but stubbornly investing only in bitcoin while ignoring many potential altcoins is not necessarily a good thing when it comes to profits. I don't know what the future will be for altcoins like ETH, BNB, SOL, DOGE...but they brought me huge profits many years ago and I believe they will continue to bring great profits significantly higher than bitcoin during next bull run. We should have the majority of bitcoin in our portfolio but it would be a waste not to have any potential altcoins.
894  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin as P2P currency vs Bitcoin as an asset on: January 15, 2024, 01:01:13 PM
Bitcoin is a currency/ payment option as well as an asset. You can send money anywhere in the world using Bitcoin, and you don't need to worry about carrying a load of cash to the bank.  
Bitcoin price is continuously increasing, and you can consider Bitcoin as an asset because you can earn huge profits by just holding your Bitcoin for the long term. This way, Bitcoin can serve as an asset with exceptionally good ROI compared to other classes of assets. At the moment, I think Bitcoin is more of an asset than a payment method.

In my opinion, whether bitcoin is an asset or a payment method depends on how each person uses it , there is no regulation that says if bitcoin were an asset its P2P feature would disappear . But what we need to accept is that the majority of people prefer to use bitcoin as an investment asset rather than using it as a currency . But this is understandable because making money is considered the top task for all of us in today's world .

For me, I know that bitcoin was originally created to be a P2P currency but I feel more comfortable considering it as an investment because of the benefits I mentioned . Those who say they don't want to profit from bitcoin, they just want bitcoin to be a stable currency are trying to be blatant liars, IMO.
895  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: We dont own enough bitcoin on: January 15, 2024, 12:31:33 PM

For me personally, Bitcoin (and crypto) is not the main source of my savings, but only one of the methods. I had a period in my life when I thought it was a whole cult and was very fanatical about it, but this time has passed since I have been in this industry.
Of course, now is a good opportunity to buy more bitcoins for yourself while the price is more affordable. And in the topic they correctly said it is important not to forget to just live and not focus all your free time on bitcoin, everything should be in moderation and there should be a balance in these things.

You should never concentrate all your money in any one asset, you should always remember that diversification will help preserve your funds if one of the assets causes losses. Bitcoin is a great opportunity that is definitely worth taking advantage of, but I agree that it should not be your number one goal in life. It may be too late to buy now, at least I wouldn’t do it now, perhaps if a correction happens, but not now.

But I think there is nothing wrong , and too bad when we focus on a single asset like bitcoin. I mean, there are a lot of people who have a lot of difficulties and hardships in life and they don't have too much money to diversify their assets and diversification will reduce their profits . Therefore, they need to accept risks and step out of their comfort zone to find ways to change their fate . Because sometimes if we are always scared and fearful we will never change our lives . Or until we change our lives, we are too old and our parents no longer have enough time to wait for us to succeed .

As long as you always get up after every fall , always dare to face challenges and know what you are doing , you can accept risks with bitcoin. It's worth a try .
896  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 14, 2024, 05:40:13 PM
I think Australia after winning the World Cup has become a formidable team they win against any team in the wolrd. Their outstanding performance in the Test matches against Pakistan demonstrates their batting power and helps them secure victories. Australian team balanced strength in both batting and bowling, the upcoming series against the West Indies appears promising and beat him if consistency played like against recently test series. Australia is set to qualify for the World Test Championship as long as they maintain their dominance and win against west Indies.

It is only natural that the team with the best 4-day domestic cricket setup in the world (Sheffield Shield) is dominating test cricket. County cricket of England and Plunkett Shield of New Zealand comes next, but they rank lower. Quality of Ranji Trophy cricket in India has seen some improvement in recent times, but the problem is that there are too many teams taking part (38 in total) and the national players almost never participate in these matches. For example, Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently played a match for Uttar Pradesh, after a long gap of 6 years. 

Of course, Australia is going to be the best team in test cricket because they have the best setup in domestic cricket. But I think this is going to matter less and less in the future. Especially because shorter formats of cricketers getting more and more popular. I already do not think that just cricket should be a thing in this day and age. But for some reason, ICC believes that it is going to be good to keep test cricket alive. But nothing is as long as just cricket is alive, having a good domestic setup is going to be great for every test-playing nation. And Australia is doing that the best.
897  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 14, 2024, 05:30:51 PM
The first T20 match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe today was very exciting but Zimbabwe lost at the last moment. Where 14 runs were needed in the last over but despite taking the wicket of Angela Mathews, Zimbabwe had to be defeated at the last moment. Here the Zimbabwean bowlers could not bear the nervousness rather they lost control while bowling. Although Luke Jongwe controlled the over with only 8 runs in the 18th over, Ngarava gave away 12 runs in the 19th over too but 12 runs in the 19th over with two extra wides and two boundaries. But if Muzarabani could have controlled the ball in the last over and bowled smartly, Zimbabwe might have won today's match as Angela Mathews took the wicket only to lose due to erratic bowling.

Zimbabwe definitely should have done better. Especially the top order from Zimbabwe could have scored a lot quicker compared to what they have done. Having a strike rate of 55, 62, and 70 is just not good enough. If they could have scored a little more, they could definitely have been the winner of this match. If they could even give anything above 150 as a target, they could have won. But I have to say I did not expect to Sri Lanka to actually face so much trouble to reach the target. Zimbabwe made Sri Lanka work for the win for sure.
898  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 14, 2024, 05:20:30 PM
Yesterday, almost all the warmup matches in the U19 World Cup got washed out. Both India and Pakistan performed poorly in these matches. India Under-19s got bowled out for just 171 against Australia, with just Uday Saharan making any significant contribution with the bat. Australian pacers Charlie Anderson and Callum Vidler made life difficult for the Indian batsmen. However when rain interruption came, Australia was also in a spot of bother. They were 53/4, after Saumy Pandey and Dhanush Gowda picked up crucial wickets.
Really, both India sqaud U19 and Pakistan U19 sqaud performance in these warm up matches was not too good as we expected. But Australia U19 sqaud performance was also very bad in against India U19 squad match. India U19 sqaud collected 171 scores after playing 40 overs all batters of their sqaud cleared out and against sqaud Australia U19 sqaud also collected low quality scores when they played 16 overs out of 50 overs and collected 54 scores with lost of 4 batters and I see there was difficult job for Australia U19 sqaud to get victory in this match. I feel that all squads of ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Matches competition are not taking these matches seriously and also they are not displayed actual performance in overall innings in these matches.

Ireland U19 squad against Zimbabwe U19 squad match is ongoing on crease and Ireland U19 sqaud has started this match begin batting inning and almost they finished their batting inning only few deliveries remained. Currently, Ireland U19 sqaud collected good scores as compare to other squads like India, Pakistan Australia etc

I am not very much worried about the warm-up matches, to be honest. I am much more interested in the group stage matches. You just going to start from 19th January. The group stage matches are going to be very interesting. At least a lot more interesting compared to the warm-up matches. And I honestly do not think anyone actually cares about warm-up matches. There will be too much is on 19 January. Among them, I am interested in the South Africa versus West Indies match. But I have to say something interesting caught my eye, there is no India versus Pakistan match in the group stage.
899  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Succeeded in introducing Bitcoin to a friend on: January 14, 2024, 02:25:10 PM
It is like declaring your asset which I believe should be only for public office holders, in this case it does not look as if its a public job so I frankly do not see the need for it.

If you want to let him in as a friend and confidant then its ok but to show him your holding is a bit risky from a security stand point.  It is also not necessary as you are not trying to prove any point.

For me, when it comes to bitcoin hodlings, it should be confidential just like in your salary amount or savings because anything that you will share to other people possible will be using against you. I'm not a negative thinker type of person but I usually trust no one, even if you're my friend unless you're a part of my family. I realized that no matter how well you know someone, when it comes to a point where they are having a big problems financially, it's still possible for them to do something bad especially if they know you have such a large amount of investment or savings, they may come to you for a loan, rob you and worst is manipulating and cheat you.

Bitcoins, savings books, bank account balances... all of these are not public under any circumstances. I don't see this as a negative thought and I'm the same as you . No matter how close friends we are, we are still not family and sometimes family members also have unreliable people, so there is no reason for us to easily trust people who are not our family .

To me, money can be said to be the most sensitive thing in our lives, it can bring us a happy life but can also create dangers for us . Therefore, sharing or revealing your assets to others is like putting yourself in danger .
900  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What would it be like owning a Bitcoin in 2024? on: January 14, 2024, 01:40:07 PM


Although I have not yet owned Bitcoin, I understand that investing in Bitcoin is a great idea but as like others, it is not a 100% guarantee. And if owned should be stored in a non custodian wallet for safety, I would love to begin my Bitcoin journey and appreciate lots of ideas and advice from this family.

So what is your take about this, would you advise on owning Bitcoin in 2024 or do you see it as a total risk?



If you don't own bitcoin yet, how can you say that investing in bitcoin is a great idea and if you think investing in bitcoin is a great idea then why don't you invest in it? What are you waiting for?

If you really don't have enough faith in bitcoin, you should spend more time learning about it but you shouldn't waste your time either. Because as many people have told you, bull season is coming and if you don't own bitcoin until the bull season actually arrives. You won't know what you missed and will regret it a lot.
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