Cricket match prediction discussions

[vella85]

Sri Lanka had a very poor test series against Australia, they didn't show much fight at all which was a shame as it would of been nice to see them fight a lot harder today and make Australia earn their wickets but that wasn't the case. Strac ripped through Sri Lanka in both innings taking 10 wickets for the match and deserved man of the match. Sri Lanka have a long way to go before they come good again, I just hope that it doesn't take too long.

This is a bigger challenge for the SL cricket board as this was one of the top sides when they had players like Dilshan, Sangakara, Jayawardhan, Murlidharan etc and with the retirement of their's the team has just not being able to get the right combination or player are just not upto the international standards.

I agree its going to be a challenge for Sri Lanka to get back to where they once were when these great players were playing for them. Its just going to take time as finding talent like they had is hard and when a team loses 3-4 top players its hard to recover from. Australia went through this after a few of their top players retired around the same time and so did India. I think they have a few good players but they still need to mature before we see the best of them.

[Little Mouse]

I agree its going to be a challenge for Sri Lanka to get back to where they once were when these great players were playing for them. Its just going to take time as finding talent like they had is hard and when a team loses 3-4 top players its hard to recover from. Australia went through this after a few of their top players retired around the same time and so did India. I think they have a few good players but they still need to mature before we see the best of them.

Srilanka will take a minimum of more 5+ years to get what they had in the previous. If you have a look, only Sangakkara, Mahela and Dilshan was playing good most of the time and they were carrying the whole team but Srilanka lost all 3 of them almost at once. It was a big lose. India has recovered its team since after Sachin, Sehwag gone. In fact, I think India is in better position than then.

[onrise]

T20 have begun between India vs NZ women cricket and batting first NZ made 159/4 in their 20 overs and India have started the chase well with 77/1 in 8 overs. After this match is over men T20 between India vs NZ will be played on the same ground. So it will  be a interesting day to watch the T20 of both men and women.

[Haunebu]

I agree its going to be a challenge for Sri Lanka to get back to where they once were when these great players were playing for them. Its just going to take time as finding talent like they had is hard and when a team loses 3-4 top players its hard to recover from. Australia went through this after a few of their top players retired around the same time and so did India. I think they have a few good players but they still need to mature before we see the best of them.

Srilanka will take a minimum of more 5+ years to get what they had in the previous. If you have a look, only Sangakkara, Mahela and Dilshan was playing good most of the time and they were carrying the whole team but Srilanka lost all 3 of them almost at once. It was a big lose. India has recovered its team since after Sachin, Sehwag gone. In fact, I think India is in better position than then.

I agree with you. Sri Lanka needs drastic changes in order to prepare themselves for the upcoming world cup since the current team has proven again and again why they are unfit as a team together. They sorely need bowlers like Chaminda Vaas and Murali in order to regain their form.

T20 have begun between India vs NZ women cricket and batting first NZ made 159/4 in their 20 overs and India have started the chase well with 77/1 in 8 overs. After this match is over men T20 between India vs NZ will be played on the same ground. So it will  be a interesting day to watch the T20 of both men and women.

Interesting. I feel that both the men and womens Indian cricket teams will win due to the current form of the Indian players. The recent victories over Australia and New Zealand will only help motivate them even further.

[Maady]

I would like to add Kulasekara too to that list , now that's the team with high caliber and could defeat anyone on any given day .

It happens actually , all national teams struggles at one point but the important thing is how they get back . Look at Australia ,they used to be one of the best teams across all formats but now , not much .

Never heard much about this player lol. that's a issue. they have so many forgotten players. yeah transition of team is very important. Indian cricket board did a very good job.

[Pffrt]

I would like to add Kulasekara too to that list , now that's the team with high caliber and could defeat anyone on any given day .

It happens actually , all national teams struggles at one point but the important thing is how they get back . Look at Australia ,they used to be one of the best teams across all formats but now , not much .

Never heard much about this player lol. that's a issue. they have so many forgotten players. yeah transition of team is very important. Indian cricket board did a very good job.

I am surprised how Nuwan Kulasekara has been disappeared. He was a good bowler. In fact, I have seen very little bowlers like him. He was one of the best bowlers for his time. Srilanka is missing a lot of players at the moment. One is the spin bowler, was the name Mendis? I can't remember. He was also in good form but don't know what happened.

[Maady]

I would like to add Kulasekara too to that list , now that's the team with high caliber and could defeat anyone on any given day .

It happens actually , all national teams struggles at one point but the important thing is how they get back . Look at Australia ,they used to be one of the best teams across all formats but now , not much .

Never heard much about this player lol. that's a issue. they have so many forgotten players. yeah transition of team is very important. Indian cricket board did a very good job.

I am surprised how Nuwan Kulasekara has been disappeared. He was a good bowler. In fact, I have seen very little bowlers like him. He was one of the best bowlers for his time. Srilanka is missing a lot of players at the moment. One is the spin bowler, was the name Mendis? I can't remember. He was also in good form but don't know what happened.

Kusal Mendis? he is wicket keeper batsman i think. the name you are looking for is Rangana Herath. he took retirement as well recently.
In 20-20 match between Ind vs Nz. Indian bowlers taking a beating from Nz batsmen.

[AB de Royse777]

T20 have begun between India vs NZ women cricket and batting first NZ made 159/4 in their 20 overs and India have started the chase well with 77/1 in 8 overs. After this match is over men T20 between India vs NZ will be played on the same ground. So it will  be a interesting day to watch the T20 of both men and women.

There are more T20 today. I have created a separate topic for T20 format. Here: T20 cricket prediction and discussion. If you wish we can hang up there.

India is responding well

[absy]

Nz crushed India . What a batting display by the kiwis , wonderful to watch . I was hoping for a century by the opener TIM SEIFERT , he deserved it .
It was just too much pressure for India in the second innings . They should have got a good opening partnership which they failed in and even Pant didn't play well .

Anyway I have a feeling NZ will win this series .

[AB de Royse777]

Nz crushed India . What a batting display by the kiwis , wonderful to watch . I was hoping for a century by the opener TIM SEIFERT , he deserved it .
It was just too much pressure for India in the second innings . They should have got a good opening partnership which they failed in and even Pant didn't play well .

Anyway I have a feeling NZ will win this series .

Yh they won in a fashion. India could not stand a chance against them. Win by 80 runs tell you the story. MS Dhoni tried but that was not enough. Well-deserved win for Kiwis. 1 - 0 lead sounds good.

[bitcoinisbest]

Indian man has lost the match by huge margin of 80 runs and this is a real worry as in  t20 match by 80 means it was one sided match in just 20 overs . With absence of Kohli middle order fall like a deck of cards and bowling was not up to the mark as well.

[romero121]

Indian man has lost the match by huge margin of 80 runs and this is a real worry as in  t20 match by 80 means it was one sided match in just 20 overs . With absence of Kohli middle order fall like a deck of cards and bowling was not up to the mark as well.

Yes, the match was one sided. 219 was really a big score in t20. If the partnership was good at the starting with a good run rate, New Zealand bowlers would have staggered. But Indian batsmen didn't develop a strong partnership, and that's the reason for the loss in the match from my opinion.

[Thanasis]

Nz crushed India . What a batting display by the kiwis , wonderful to watch . I was hoping for a century by the opener TIM SEIFERT , he deserved it .
It was just too much pressure for India in the second innings . They should have got a good opening partnership which they failed in and even Pant didn't play well .

Anyway I have a feeling NZ will win this series .

Yh they won in a fashion. India could not stand a chance against them. Win by 80 runs tell you the story. MS Dhoni tried but that was not enough. Well-deserved win for Kiwis. 1 - 0 lead sounds good.

India is shuffling their team to find their best for worldcup tournament so they will make positive from this match and will come up with best performance on the upcoming matches.

[Indymoney]

Indian man has lost the match by huge margin of 80 runs and this is a real worry as in  t20 match by 80 means it was one sided match in just 20 overs . With absence of Kohli middle order fall like a deck of cards and bowling was not up to the mark as well.

Yes, the match was one sided. 219 was really a big score in t20. If the partnership was good at the starting with a good run rate, New Zealand bowlers would have staggered. But Indian batsmen didn't develop a strong partnership, and that's the reason for the loss in the match from my opinion.

New boys going to have some good lesson from this series and this is very good decision by Board ad they are going to work for world cup hopefully this defeat will help them and they will fight back by good and positive cricket in next match.

[vella85]

Indian man has lost the match by huge margin of 80 runs and this is a real worry as in  t20 match by 80 means it was one sided match in just 20 overs . With absence of Kohli middle order fall like a deck of cards and bowling was not up to the mark as well.

Yes, the match was one sided. 219 was really a big score in t20. If the partnership was good at the starting with a good run rate, New Zealand bowlers would have staggered. But Indian batsmen didn't develop a strong partnership, and that's the reason for the loss in the match from my opinion.

New boys going to have some good lesson from this series and this is very good decision by Board ad they are going to work for world cup hopefully this defeat will help them and they will fight back by good and positive cricket in next match.

It looks like India will be using this T20 series to try out different players which I think is a good decision. The World Cup is the most important tournament in world cricket and teams would want to put their best teams out there once it starts and also see which players can perform well under pressure situations. Next T20 match will be interesting to see what team India selects.

[swetas0707]

Indian man has lost the match by huge margin of 80 runs and this is a real worry as in  t20 match by 80 means it was one sided match in just 20 overs . With absence of Kohli middle order fall like a deck of cards and bowling was not up to the mark as well.

Yes, the match was one sided. 219 was really a big score in t20. If the partnership was good at the starting with a good run rate, New Zealand bowlers would have staggered. But Indian batsmen didn't develop a strong partnership, and that's the reason for the loss in the match from my opinion.

It is obvious to come under pressure when a team have to chase 220. This is the cricket. let's watch the next match when Bhartiya team will be back in action...

[SaShiRaJaVu]

It looks like India will be using this T20 series to try out different players which I think is a good decision. The World Cup is the most important tournament in world cricket and teams would want to put their best teams out there once it starts and also see which players can perform well under pressure situations. Next T20 match will be interesting to see what team India selects.

If they want to test the players they should have done that during the one day series and not in the shorter format, may be the team has given rest to the main players who will make the world cup team so that new players will get some opportunity and if someone can perform really well and take the team to victory they will be getting more opportunity.

[Thanasis]

It looks like India will be using this T20 series to try out different players which I think is a good decision. The World Cup is the most important tournament in world cricket and teams would want to put their best teams out there once it starts and also see which players can perform well under pressure situations. Next T20 match will be interesting to see what team India selects.

If they want to test the players they should have done that during the one day series and not in the shorter format, may be the team has given rest to the main players who will make the world cup team so that new players will get some opportunity and if someone can perform really well and take the team to victory they will be getting more opportunity.

When they want to give rest then they may not pick the players to the squad and they will definitely will give rest to MSD but he is playing so their reason is testing on my assumption.

[Pffrt]

If they want to test the players they should have done that during the one day series and not in the shorter format, may be the team has given rest to the main players who will make the world cup team so that new players will get some opportunity and if someone can perform really well and take the team to victory they will be getting more opportunity.

They did in the one day series too. Subman Gill and Vijay Shankar played in the last ODI. So, it's not a big deal. India give rest to a little players only. There was no big chances.

[glowing10]

If they want to test the players they should have done that during the one day series and not in the shorter format, may be the team has given rest to the main players who will make the world cup team so that new players will get some opportunity and if someone can perform really well and take the team to victory they will be getting more opportunity.

They did in the one day series too. Subman Gill and Vijay Shankar played in the last ODI. So, it's not a big deal. India give rest to a little players only. There was no big chances.

India actually doing well by giving the chances and to get experience with the one of the best team and considering the ODI series being already won then the changes did took place. So it is actually not a bad idea and might be we will see 1-2 changes again to happen as they lost T20 match badly.