Cricket match prediction discussions

[Raja_MBZ]

A few days left in PSL drafting, and interestingly, Shahid Afridi has left Karachi Kings.

Shahid Afridi released by Karachi Kings ahead of PSL player draft

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25263337/shahid-afridi-released-karachi-kings-ahead-psl-player-draft

[onrise]

Second test match between Bangladesh and Zim has started and at the end of day 2, Zimb were 25/1 trailing by 497 runs. This would be huge task and the first task for Zimbabwe would be avoid follow on. Considering it is the Bangladesh home ground things would not be very easy for the Zim to score such huge total.

To be honest I can't see Zimbabwe avoiding the follow-on, that's also if Bangladesh decide to enforce the follow-on if it comes to that as not many teams now days enforce the follow-on. This test match could be over in 4 days, it all depends on how well Zimbabwe bat later today.

I don't think we can expect a big change from this Zimbabwe batting line-up. They have already lost the five batsmen and left only a couple of the main batsman and rest all bowlers so if Bangladesh bowl well then can take rest of the wickets in less than another 50 runs. Zimbabwe for a long time they didn't improve their performance and now their performance is worse than some of the new international teams.

Today Bangladesh done some good job and they are now on driving seat as Zimbabwe is going to face follow one just one wicket and they are short of well runs if Bangladesh came for batting again this could be more good as they can add 170 to 200 runs in less then 50 overs and then can give batting to Zimbabwe again as in last four sessions batting is never been easy for any team.

Zimbabwe  is all out and they trail by 218 runs at the end of second days play. I think Bangladesh would bat and add another 250 - 300 runs on the board and declare their innings and all out the Zimbabwe in their second inning and win this match easily. Bangladesh should be winning it on fourth day itself.

[UmerIdrees]

As expected, India Whitewashed West Indies in T20 series, many matches are turning into last ball endings, which makes me think that whether these matches are made like this or what... Anyways, it was an easy bet and won.

Even though this bet was easy and won by many people but the reward was not high as everyone knew the outcome of the match and if you select India as a winner, the reward was very less.

[JSRAW]

@vella85 is there any reason that CA do not consider Faulkner for ODI anymore?

As expected, India Whitewashed West Indies in T20 series, many matches are turning into last ball endings, which makes me think that whether these matches are made like this or what... Anyways, it was an easy bet and won.

Even though this bet was easy and won by many people but the reward was not high as everyone knew the outcome of the match and if you select India as a winner, the reward was very less.

Shitty bets if you ask me seasoned player didn't even bet on test series and ODI. except for T-20. according to me, this series was damage control. Read SA and Eng Test series. guess BCCI was already prepared for those lost.

[onrise]

Second test match between Bangladesh and Zim has started and at the end of day 2, Zimb were 25/1 trailing by 497 runs. This would be huge task and the first task for Zimbabwe would be avoid follow on. Considering it is the Bangladesh home ground things would not be very easy for the Zim to score such huge total.

To be honest I can't see Zimbabwe avoiding the follow-on, that's also if Bangladesh decide to enforce the follow-on if it comes to that as not many teams now days enforce the follow-on. This test match could be over in 4 days, it all depends on how well Zimbabwe bat later today.

I don't think we can expect a big change from this Zimbabwe batting line-up. They have already lost the five batsmen and left only a couple of the main batsman and rest all bowlers so if Bangladesh bowl well then can take rest of the wickets in less than another 50 runs. Zimbabwe for a long time they didn't improve their performance and now their performance is worse than some of the new international teams.

Today Bangladesh done some good job and they are now on driving seat as Zimbabwe is going to face follow one just one wicket and they are short of well runs if Bangladesh came for batting again this could be more good as they can add 170 to 200 runs in less then 50 overs and then can give batting to Zimbabwe again as in last four sessions batting is never been easy for any team.

As expected Bangladesh declared their inning on 224/6 and gave Zimbabwe the target of 443 runs to win. Zimbabwe started their inning and are now 76/2 and require another 367 runs to win the match . It seems difficult that they could draw the match or win the test match.

Zimbabwe  is all out and they trail by 218 runs at the end of second days play. I think Bangladesh would bat and add another 250 - 300 runs on the board and declare their innings and all out the Zimbabwe in their second inning and win this match easily. Bangladesh should be winning it on fourth day itself.

[vella85]

@vella85 is there any reason that CA do not consider Faulkner for ODI anymore?

As expected, India Whitewashed West Indies in T20 series, many matches are turning into last ball endings, which makes me think that whether these matches are made like this or what... Anyways, it was an easy bet and won.

Even though this bet was easy and won by many people but the reward was not high as everyone knew the outcome of the match and if you select India as a winner, the reward was very less.

Shitty bets if you ask me seasoned player didn't even bet on test series and ODI. except for T-20. according to me, this series was damage control. Read SA and Eng Test series. guess BCCI was already prepared for those lost.

Faulkner was one of the best all-rounders in the world when he was at his peak fitness, then injuries have set him back and since then he has never been able to get back into the Australian team. Maybe they feel they can't trust his body anymore, I'm not really sure why they don't consider him. I really think its time to inject some more young talent which we could see happen in the upcoming test series against India.

[JSRAW]

@vella85 Yeah I still remember his knock against Eng (2014) when he single-handedly won the match for Aus, when they were 9 down. I doubt that will see any young player getting test cap in upcoming series (specially fast bowler) that's a reason, a good number of players back into the shield squads before a test series. ( here I am hoping that Indian Test squad will play 1-2 warm-up match too before test series)

Aus struggling with their batting ( bowling not much) let's hope that we can see some fine innings from Khwaja and Marsh in a test match. if Khwaja is fit and ready to play then he can produce good runs for Aussie camp. Any new batsman's name popping in your mind? Finch can only play in top order but I have my doubt that he can effectively face Bumrah/ Shami in red ball cricket be it New or old ball. Mitchell Marsh is good but he's struggling in Red ball cricket with both bat and bowl.

[glowing10]

SL got a 46 run lead against the England in first inning of 2nd test match between SL and England. ARS Silva played a very vital inning to make 85 and helped SL to take the lead. At one point it was the situation where they could not reach the England total. But lower order did contribute form the bat to help the SL take precious lead.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Faulkner was one of the best all-rounders in the world when he was at his peak fitness, then injuries have set him back and since then he has never been able to get back into the Australian team. Maybe they feel they can't trust his body anymore, I'm not really sure why they don't consider him. I really think its time to inject some more young talent which we could see happen in the upcoming test series against India.

Faulkner is just 28 years old. There is a lot of international cricket left in him. Recently he had a few good games for Lancashire in the English county cricket championships. But I don't know whether he is 100% fit or not.

[chennappa121]

Faulkner was one of the best all-rounders in the world when he was at his peak fitness, then injuries have set him back and since then he has never been able to get back into the Australian team. Maybe they feel they can't trust his body anymore, I'm not really sure why they don't consider him. I really think its time to inject some more young talent which we could see happen in the upcoming test series against India.

Faulkner is just 28 years old. There is a lot of international cricket left in him. Recently he had a few good games for Lancashire in the English county cricket championships. But I don't know whether he is 100% fit or not.

The Faulkner is going 100% of Fight to opposite team with all rounder performance in batting, bowling and fielding but I also do not know about is fitness status, I think he will be back with his strong preference in coming matches if he is available.

[Raja_MBZ]

The first test match of the series between Pakistan and New Zealand will begin today in Abu Dhabi. IMO, the Pakistani team selectors made a good decision by dropping Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir (once again) for the series.

Shaheen Shah Afridi will probably be playing his first ever international test match tomorrow; let's see if his magic comes into action again.

[vella85]

@vella85 Yeah I still remember his knock against Eng (2014) when he single-handedly won the match for Aus, when they were 9 down. I doubt that will see any young player getting test cap in upcoming series (specially fast bowler) that's a reason, a good number of players back into the shield squads before a test series. ( here I am hoping that Indian Test squad will play 1-2 warm-up match too before test series)

Aus struggling with their batting ( bowling not much) let's hope that we can see some fine innings from Khwaja and Marsh in a test match. if Khwaja is fit and ready to play then he can produce good runs for Aussie camp. Any new batsman's name popping in your mind? Finch can only play in top order but I have my doubt that he can effectively face Bumrah/ Shami in red ball cricket be it New or old ball. Mitchell Marsh is good but he's struggling in Red ball cricket with both bat and bowl.

There is one player that has a chance of coming into the Australian team for the test series against India and that is Matthew Renshaw who is the forgotten Australian opening batsman. I still think Finch needs to prove himself as a test player so its going to be interesting to see what team the Australian board select for the first test match. I think the bowling line up is okay to take on India on home soil its just the batting line up that could see some changes. We will know more once a few more Shield games are complete. Yes I agree that India should at least have a couple warm up matches in Australia which I think they will like the last tour of Australia.

[JSRAW]

@vella85 Yeah I still remember his knock against Eng (2014) when he single-handedly won the match for Aus, when they were 9 down. I doubt that will see any young player getting test cap in upcoming series (specially fast bowler) that's a reason, a good number of players back into the shield squads before a test series. ( here I am hoping that Indian Test squad will play 1-2 warm-up match too before test series)

Aus struggling with their batting ( bowling not much) let's hope that we can see some fine innings from Khwaja and Marsh in a test match. if Khwaja is fit and ready to play then he can produce good runs for Aussie camp. Any new batsman's name popping in your mind? Finch can only play in top order but I have my doubt that he can effectively face Bumrah/ Shami in red ball cricket be it New or old ball. Mitchell Marsh is good but he's struggling in Red ball cricket with both bat and bowl.

There is one player that has a chance of coming into the Australian team for the test series against India and that is Matthew Renshaw who is the forgotten Australian opening batsman. I still think Finch needs to prove himself as a test player so its going to be interesting to see what team the Australian board select for the first test match. I think the bowling line up is okay to take on India on home soil its just the batting line up that could see some changes. We will know more once a few more Shield games are complete. Yes I agree that India should at least have a couple warm up matches in Australia which I think they will like the last tour of Australia.

Okay so if Matthew Renshaw manages to get in the Test squad then that's means finch is out? Because i don't see him playing in middle order because it doesn't suit his gameplay. Tbh both teams struggling with their batting combination right now but for entirely different reasons.

According to me, Aus's bench strength doesn't look very strong atm and not to mention haunting memories of Sandpaper gate. On another hand, Indian bench strength is good, but still, we are struggling to find right batting combination in Test. In our top order, Murli Vijay and KL Rahul both struggling with their form. Prithvi Shaw is a new but very promising talent ( i am excited to see Prithvi Shaw and Rishab Pant). Ajinkya Rahane is not performing as well despite being a solid Batsman.

I think the Indian team will ask for at least one practice match because right now Ind A is playing 3 test series with NZ A in New Zealand.

Just checked South African's schedule and surprisingly they even played a practice match before ODI and T-20. And there is no mention of any practice match in Indian team's schedule right now.

[onrise]

The first test match of the series between Pakistan and New Zealand will begin today in Abu Dhabi. IMO, the Pakistani team selectors made a good decision by dropping Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir (once again) for the series.

Shaheen Shah Afridi will probably be playing his first ever international test match tomorrow; let's see if his magic comes into action again.

NZ won the toss and elected to bat . NZ are 111/4 and Williamson was playing a captain's innings and batting at 57. First 2 wickets fell off quickly and NZ were 35/2 and just now 4th wicket has fallen. Pakistan is coming back strongly in this match and they would like to wrap up NZ below 250 so that they have advantage right in the first innings.

[Indymoney]

The first test match of the series between Pakistan and New Zealand will begin today in Abu Dhabi. IMO, the Pakistani team selectors made a good decision by dropping Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir (once again) for the series.

Shaheen Shah Afridi will probably be playing his first ever international test match tomorrow; let's see if his magic comes into action again.

NZ won the toss and elected to bat . NZ are 111/4 and Williamson was playing a captain's innings and batting at 57. First 2 wickets fell off quickly and NZ were 35/2 and just now 4th wicket has fallen. Pakistan is coming back strongly in this match and they would like to wrap up NZ below 250 so that they have advantage right in the first innings.

New Zealand all out very cheaply score on board just 153 all bowlers done good job now Pakistani batsmen on but not good start as both openers back with just 27 runs this is going to be good and interesting match as we can say these Kiwis can done good job against Pakistan's unpredictable battling line up.

[Thekool1s]

Yeah, Good bowling from Pakistan. I mean dismantling New Zealand on day 1 isn't bad. They should try to bat the next 2 days out. Try to get to 350-400 on the board and bury new zealand from there. This will give them ample time to bowl New Zealand out.

[bitcoinisbest]

Yeah, Good bowling from Pakistan. I mean dismantling New Zealand on day 1 isn't bad. They should try to bat the next 2 days out. Try to get to 350-400 on the board and bury new zealand from there. This will give them ample time to bowl New Zealand out.

NZ all out at 153 is unbelievable and what a bowling by Pakistan to get all the top batsman form the team with such a low score. Pakistan needs to take at least 200 lead so that they can win this match easily if they can repeat the same performance in NZ second innings as well.

[vella85]

Pakistan are really making the UAE a very hard place for touring teams to win as they won against Australia not long ago and now they are also dominating New Zealand which has a very good test team. That was a great bowling performance by Pakistan and they deserve to take the first day honours, lets see if they can now make a big total and at least get a 200+ run lead which I think will be very tough for New Zealand. This test match could end in 3 days depending on how well Pakistan bat tomorrow.

[Vishnu.Reang]

New Zealand is really struggling, in both the departments. The absence of Brendon McCullum is being felt. And it doesn't help that Ross Taylor is not in the best of form right now (when was the last time that he scored a century?).

[Juggy777]

Pakistan are really making the UAE a very hard place for touring teams to win as they won against Australia not long ago and now they are also dominating New Zealand which has a very good test team. That was a great bowling performance by Pakistan and they deserve to take the first day honours, lets see if they can now make a big total and at least get a 200+ run lead which I think will be very tough for New Zealand. This test match could end in 3 days depending on how well Pakistan bat tomorrow.

I'll agree Pakistan have made UAE like a strong fortress, each visiting team has struggled there and lot of credit goes to their bowlers for neutralising the opposite side batting line up. While so far Pakistan has been the dominant team, let's not forget their batting department has been poor, and I wouldn't be surprised if it starts to crumble again. I feel Pakistan needs to made at least 300 - 350 runs on board to put pressure on the kiwis, anything less than that will give Kiwis a chance to bounce back.