Cricket match prediction discussions

[Sithara007]

Having an affair outside marriage is not breaking any rules and regulation, but sending nude picture to random girls is an offense  . Consider how harsh the punishment of Smith and Warner for scratching with sandpaper, sending nude picture is a worst offense .

I disagree with you here. What Smith and Warner did was somethin that was against the laws and regulations from the ICC (still debatable). But Cricket Australia doesn't have any say on the private lives of the players. It is something that the law enforcement authorities need to deal with. Since when cricket boards started to dictate the private lives of their players? And I don't really think that he sent pics to random girls. He sent the pic to someone whom he was having an affair with. I don't know why she leaked those pics.

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[galambo]

I disagree with you here. What Smith and Warner did was somethin that was against the laws and regulations from the ICC (still debatable). But Cricket Australia doesn't have any say on the private lives of the players. It is something that the law enforcement authorities need to deal with. Since when cricket boards started to dictate the private lives of their players? And I don't really think that he sent pics to random girls. He sent the pic to someone whom he was having an affair with. I don't know why she leaked those pics.

In Australia laws are strict and equal for everyone, they take every single offense serious. I think CA hasn't asked Tim to step down, it's Tim own decision to step down and take some break. I do agree that there is no such law in cricket rule book that is related to player personal life.

[RealMalatesta]

In Australia laws are strict and equal for everyone, they take every single offense serious. I think CA hasn't asked Tim to step down, it's Tim own decision to step down and take some break. I do agree that there is no such law in cricket rule book that is related to player personal life.

When there is an official complaint, there that would not be a personal any more. But, Tim Paine was judged with minor offence hence the punishments were not severe which included not forcing him to rule out of playing cricket or not leading their side. If the punishments were severe then that would definitely include life time ban from playing cricket as well. So, as long as the full process of verdict is not coming out to limelight we cannot conclude anything on why and how.

I guess Tim Paine must need psychological counselling right now hence not playing for his country must be good decision for him and team. The Ashes are going to be played on Australia hence this kind of things will not bother them the most against the home advantage even in a big tournament.

[Theones]

The Ashes are going to be played on Australia hence this kind of things will not bother them the most against the home advantage even in a big tournament.

Enough with Tim issue, let's move ahead. Australia have good record in home but this time there are not much strong name in there squad. Moreover Woakes is also back in England squad. In top and middle order batting England have upper hand. Only in terms of bowling we can compare both Australia n England.

[Sithara007]

Enough with Tim issue, let's move ahead. Australia have good record in home but this time there are not much strong name in there squad. Moreover Woakes is also back in England squad. In top and middle order batting England have upper hand. Only in terms of bowling we can compare both Australia n England.

During the last tournament, Australia was competent only because Smith/Labuschagne were in insane form. None of the other batsmen scored enough runs. This time Smith is not in good form and their bowlers are also not performing consistently. On the other hand, England players are in good form. Even their reserve players have proven the mettle. Australia may be having the home advantage, but my guess is that England is having the upper hand. Anyway, I just hope that Omicron won't play the spoilsport this time.

[og kush420]

During the last tournament, Australia was competent only because Smith/Labuschagne were in insane form. None of the other batsmen scored enough runs. This time Smith is not in good form and their bowlers are also not performing consistently. On the other hand, England players are in good form. Even their reserve players have proven the mettle. Australia may be having the home advantage, but my guess is that England is having the upper hand. Anyway, I just hope that Omicron won't play the spoilsport this time.

England always give there best in Ashes (regardless whether they have weak team or strong). This time as you said they have strong lineup, Australia chances are rear to me. I will defiantly place my bet on England since they have upper hand. Just as we were about to relax from covid19 its new variant surprise us. Chances are Omicron wont get success.

[mm2543363580]

I was looking for betting odds for Ashes and found this on Telegraph

Australia to win @ 1/3 with bet365
Draw @ 7/1 with bet365
England to win @ 9/2 with bet365

According to Telegraph Australia are favorites because of there bowlers Fast bowler Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood and Lyon. Has anyone come across betting odds for Ashes 2021?

[Sithara007]

England always give there best in Ashes (regardless whether they have weak team or strong). This time as you said they have strong lineup, Australia chances are rear to me. I will defiantly place my bet on England since they have upper hand. Just as we were about to relax from covid19 its new variant surprise us. Chances are Omicron wont get success.

Ashes is like life or death battle for both the Australian and England cricket teams since time immemorial. And since Australia is having the home advantage, I am not yet ready to write them off. Their players (Smith, Starc, Warner.etc) may be in poor form, but I hope that they will regain form against their arch enemies. One sided series will do quite a lot of harm to the sport. And it is very rare for Ashes to end up in a one-sided manner, unlike the majority of the bilateral series nowadays.

[og kush420]

England always give there best in Ashes (regardless whether they have weak team or strong). This time as you said they have strong lineup, Australia chances are rear to me. I will defiantly place my bet on England since they have upper hand. Just as we were about to relax from covid19 its new variant surprise us. Chances are Omicron wont get success.

Ashes is like life or death battle for both the Australian and England cricket teams since time immemorial. And since Australia is having the home advantage, I am not yet ready to write them off. Their players (Smith, Starc, Warner.etc) may be in poor form, but I hope that they will regain form against their arch enemies. One sided series will do quite a lot of harm to the sport. And it is very rare for Ashes to end up in a one-sided manner, unlike the majority of the bilateral series nowadays.

Ashes of late 90s and early 2000s were one sided, as English team was very much weak compared to then world champions Aus. Right now England are ahead of Aus and there is no way we will see one sided test series.  Aus batting is highly dependent on Smith and warner. They both need to perform well to give Aus a chance.

[eaLiTy]

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Ashes of late 90s and early 2000s were one sided, as English team was very much weak compared to then world champions Aus. Right now England are ahead of Aus and there is no way we will see one sided test series.  Aus batting is highly dependent on Smith and warner. They both need to perform well to give Aus a chance.

Australia dominated every team for over a decade and this is the first time i am seeing England having a strong team which could give a challenge any team. The greatest Ashes i watches was the 2005 version where Australia was dominating and England being an underdog was able to win really close matches and even then Australia was not having Glenn McGrath in the team due to injury.

Lets see how the series would go and i am expecting a good series than a one sided trashing.

[JSRAW]

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Ashes of late 90s and early 2000s were one sided, as English team was very much weak compared to then world champions Aus. Right now England are ahead of Aus and there is no way we will see one sided test series.  Aus batting is highly dependent on Smith and warner. They both need to perform well to give Aus a chance.

Australia dominated every team for over a decade and this is the first time i am seeing England having a strong team which could give a challenge any team. The greatest Ashes i watches was the 2005 version where Australia was dominating and England being an underdog was able to win really close matches and even then Australia was not having Glenn McGrath in the team due to injury.

Lets see how the series would go and i am expecting a good series than a one sided trashing.

Lol England recently got thrashed in 2 back to back series by Kiwis and Indians at their own backyard (Eng vs Ind series is not finished but India is leading 2-1, should have been 3-1 but rain saved the England in the first test). Not to mention Poms were humiliated in the India couple of months back. 

In white ball cricket they do have ridiculous team, they can even field 2 different teams in limited overs but they seems doomed as far as test cricket is concern. Poor Root is doing all heavy lifting for them.

[CDC AP]

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Ashes of late 90s and early 2000s were one sided, as English team was very much weak compared to then world champions Aus. Right now England are ahead of Aus and there is no way we will see one sided test series.  Aus batting is highly dependent on Smith and warner. They both need to perform well to give Aus a chance.

Australia dominated every team for over a decade and this is the first time i am seeing England having a strong team which could give a challenge any team. The greatest Ashes i watches was the 2005 version where Australia was dominating and England being an underdog was able to win really close matches and even then Australia was not having Glenn McGrath in the team due to injury.

Lets see how the series would go and i am expecting a good series than a one sided trashing.

Lol England recently got thrashed in 2 back to back series by Kiwis and Indians at their own backyard (Eng vs Ind series is not finished but India is leading 2-1, should have been 3-1 but rain saved the England in the first test). Not to mention Poms were humiliated in the India couple of months back. 

In white ball cricket they do have ridiculous team, they can even field 2 different teams in limited overs but they seems doomed as far as test cricket is concern. Poor Root is doing all heavy lifting for them.

In red ball cricket England has not done well since one year and their main issue is not having quality batsman in test side. Apart from Joe root and may be ben stokes no other batsman has been good consistently in the test side. Where as In one day international they have many destructive batsman but they should also groom some batsman for test cricket as well otherwise it will become very difficult for them.

[Sithara007]

Lol England recently got thrashed in 2 back to back series by Kiwis and Indians at their own backyard (Eng vs Ind series is not finished but India is leading 2-1, should have been 3-1 but rain saved the England in the first test). Not to mention Poms were humiliated in the India couple of months back.  

In white ball cricket they do have ridiculous team, they can even field 2 different teams in limited overs but they seems doomed as far as test cricket is concern. Poor Root is doing all heavy lifting for them.

Well... I have to agree. England performs poorly in test cricket when compared to the limited overs variety. On the other hand, Australia is one level ahead, when it comes to the longer format. Their players always perform the best in test, and especially so during Ashes. While I feel that England is having the upper hand due to the recent form, they will be digging their own grave in case they ignore the challenge. And as you said, they are a bit overdependent on Joe Root, similar to the case when Australia depended on Smith during the previous series.

[Juggy777]

Lol England recently got thrashed in 2 back to back series by Kiwis and Indians at their own backyard (Eng vs Ind series is not finished but India is leading 2-1, should have been 3-1 but rain saved the England in the first test). Not to mention Poms were humiliated in the India couple of months back.  

In white ball cricket they do have ridiculous team, they can even field 2 different teams in limited overs but they seems doomed as far as test cricket is concern. Poor Root is doing all heavy lifting for them.

Well... I have to agree. England performs poorly in test cricket when compared to the limited overs variety. On the other hand, Australia is one level ahead, when it comes to the longer format. Their players always perform the best in test, and especially so during Ashes. While I feel that England is having the upper hand due to the recent form, they will be digging their own grave in case they ignore the challenge. And as you said, they are a bit overdependent on Joe Root, similar to the case when Australia depended on Smith during the previous series.

@Sithara007 I clearly remember it was @JSRAW who had pointed out that England were weak in test cricket, and after digging further I realised he was right about their test team. However when it comes to ashes tensions run high, and even Australia will be under tremendous pressure to perform, hence we may see a very competitive series too don’t you’ll think?.

[JSRAW]

Lol England recently got thrashed in 2 back to back series by Kiwis and Indians at their own backyard (Eng vs Ind series is not finished but India is leading 2-1, should have been 3-1 but rain saved the England in the first test). Not to mention Poms were humiliated in the India couple of months back.  

In white ball cricket they do have ridiculous team, they can even field 2 different teams in limited overs but they seems doomed as far as test cricket is concern. Poor Root is doing all heavy lifting for them.

Well... I have to agree. England performs poorly in test cricket when compared to the limited overs variety. On the other hand, Australia is one level ahead, when it comes to the longer format. Their players always perform the best in test, and especially so during Ashes. While I feel that England is having the upper hand due to the recent form, they will be digging their own grave in case they ignore the challenge. And as you said, they are a bit overdependent on Joe Root, similar to the case when Australia depended on Smith during the previous series.

Only benefit England could claim over Australia is that they have international match practice. Australia played their last series against India, on the other hand England has played almost 4 test series. Both team are vulnerable but Australia looks more balanced team to me.

England's new opener Haseeb is good, more like Pujara so i'm expecting few good knocks from him. Stokes addition might help their middle order along with Root.

Burns, Malan, Buttler are miss or hit for their team, in last 1-2 years they looked even worst batters to me. Bad news for Root if he comes to bat at 20/2 every time, that's a English scorecard since 3-4 years.

Btw There is no Jofra and they are resting Jimmy for the first test. English bowlers are good.

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For Australia Smith-Marnus duo is key but if by any chance Warner gets into the form then they are set to pile up loads of runs.

Based on Sheffield performance Oz middle order doesn't look that bad when comparing to England.

For bowling point of view i hope they rotate their fast bowlers. Playing 5 back to back test is very hard for the fast bowlers, they might ran out juice till they reach 4th-5th match, we have witnessed this from the Australian bowlers when they were up against Indians.



Note : Guys would be better if we move this discussion into test thread.

[JohnBitCo]

Note : Guys would be better if we move this discussion into test thread.

Since we have a separate thread for test matches, one day and T20, then what is the purpose of this thread.
I can see this thread was created in 2015 and is the oldest cricket thread created 6 years ago but now it's time that we lock it. Any opinion on this?

[galambo]

Note : Guys would be better if we move this discussion into test thread.

Since we have a separate thread for test matches, one day and T20, then what is the purpose of this thread.
I can see this thread was created in 2015 and is the oldest cricket thread created 6 years ago but now it's time that we lock it. Any opinion on this?

Let this thread live, don't lock it. The other three threads are about T20, ODI and Test. While here we discuss incidents other then these three formats. Recent news about H Pandaya and Tim were shared here. of course we cant discuss them in other three threads. So I am of the opinion that just this thread live.

[JohnBitCo]

Note : Guys would be better if we move this discussion into test thread.

Since we have a separate thread for test matches, one day and T20, then what is the purpose of this thread.
I can see this thread was created in 2015 and is the oldest cricket thread created 6 years ago but now it's time that we lock it. Any opinion on this?

Let this thread live, don't lock it. The other three threads are about T20, ODI and Test. While here we discuss incidents other then these three formats. Recent news about H Pandaya and Tim were shared here. of course we cant discuss them in other three threads. So I am of the opinion that just this thread live.

Just curious to know why that news about Pandaya and tim can't be shared in other three threads made for the all three formats of cricket.
On those threads every cricket match and news can be discussed according to the relevant format.

[romero121]

Note : Guys would be better if we move this discussion into test thread.

Since we have a separate thread for test matches, one day and T20, then what is the purpose of this thread.
I can see this thread was created in 2015 and is the oldest cricket thread created 6 years ago but now it's time that we lock it. Any opinion on this?

OP isn't active. The last active session was during the year 2019. This is the thread that has the common discussion about cricket as there are other threads for different formats of cricket. As the discussions were taking place often, let the thread be active.

[galambo]

Just curious to know why that news about Pandaya and tim can't be shared in other three threads made for the all three formats of cricket.
On those threads every cricket match and news can be discussed according to the relevant format.

On other three threads live cricketing discussion were taking place and general cricket discussion cant be done there, since they cant be done in environment where scores and match results were being discussed. There are so many threads for football and they all are Active. Cricket has just 4 active threads, let this one live.