Cricket match prediction discussions

[KennyR]

Did not expected the IPL first match could turn out to be the one sided match where CSK beating RCB easily by 7 wickets and started their winning game from the first match itself comprehensive win and winning by a huge margin too.

Everything happened because of that pitch,even CSK batsmen were struggling to score but when they know where to reach they just took the match all the way to end and won it comfortably.

RCB team didn't predict the pitch condition that is why they came up with one main spinner and one part time spinner whereas CSK played with 3 specialist spinner and 2 part time spinners.

Kohli and Dhoni were much aware about the pitch, but the winning of toss by Dhoni paved the way to the winning of the match. Prior to the match Dhoni stated clearly on choosing the bowling first. CSK on its home ground gives added advantage to its winning.

[JSRAW]

No world cup for New Zealand and South Africa? Are you sure about that? New Zealand were the runner ups during the last World cup and South Africa might lose their choking tag at some point.

Both teams are equally capable of lifting the World cup, but England and India stand a better chance in my opinion.

Being a runner up does not mean they won the world cup, winning the world cup and participating in it is an entirely different thing  . New Zealand came close to winning during 1992 and after that they are the dark horses in every world cup and South Africa had one of the best players in their squad and still they did not come close to winning the cup and 2003 was the closest they came and Gibbs dropped the catch of Steve Waugh and the world cup and Warne bowled a magical spell.

According to you, number 2 in a World cup tournament is nothing special which I completely disagree with. Anyone who underestimates New Zealand are fooling themselves especially with their current lineup.

South Africa will always be a formidable side to beat no matter how many times they choke or lose. Australia will always be the team to beat, but the current team is nowhere as amazing as the previous Australian lineups.

Bro, no one underestimating them, we all are just making an assumption based on their performance. Kiwis and Proteas both have a proven bad record when playing big matches in ICC tournament.

Would be great if they can make it in this World cup and break this long-lasting drought. Let's say Final between Kiwis and Proteas  

[absy]

Did not expected the IPL first match could turn out to be the one sided match where CSK beating RCB easily by 7 wickets and started their winning game from the first match itself comprehensive win and winning by a huge margin too.

Everything happened because of that pitch,even CSK batsmen were struggling to score but when they know where to reach they just took the match all the way to end and won it comfortably.

RCB team didn't predict the pitch condition that is why they came up with one main spinner and one part time spinner whereas CSK played with 3 specialist spinner and 2 part time spinners.

Kohli and Dhoni were much aware about the pitch, but the winning of toss by Dhoni paved the way to the winning of the match. Prior to the match Dhoni stated clearly on choosing the bowling first. CSK on its home ground gives added advantage to its winning.

You are right. Toss was crucial for this match and RCB were just unlucky to lose the toss ( as usual in IPL) , I just hope they come back strong in the next match .
Also congrats to CSK for posting the first win.

[Thanasis]

Did not expected the IPL first match could turn out to be the one sided match where CSK beating RCB easily by 7 wickets and started their winning game from the first match itself comprehensive win and winning by a huge margin too.

Everything happened because of that pitch,even CSK batsmen were struggling to score but when they know where to reach they just took the match all the way to end and won it comfortably.

RCB team didn't predict the pitch condition that is why they came up with one main spinner and one part time spinner whereas CSK played with 3 specialist spinner and 2 part time spinners.

Kohli and Dhoni were much aware about the pitch, but the winning of toss by Dhoni paved the way to the winning of the match. Prior to the match Dhoni stated clearly on choosing the bowling first. CSK on its home ground gives added advantage to its winning.

Definitely Kohli don't read the pitch,you can watch the speech of Kohli at the time of toss,he wanted to bowl fist just because of dew factor but he ever thought this is an extremely turning pitch.

[Pffrt]

Did not expected the IPL first match could turn out to be the one sided match where CSK beating RCB easily by 7 wickets and started their winning game from the first match itself comprehensive win and winning by a huge margin too.

Everything happened because of that pitch,even CSK batsmen were struggling to score but when they know where to reach they just took the match all the way to end and won it comfortably.

RCB team didn't predict the pitch condition that is why they came up with one main spinner and one part time spinner whereas CSK played with 3 specialist spinner and 2 part time spinners.

Kohli and Dhoni were much aware about the pitch, but the winning of toss by Dhoni paved the way to the winning of the match. Prior to the match Dhoni stated clearly on choosing the bowling first. CSK on its home ground gives added advantage to its winning.

Definitely Kohli don't read the pitch,you can watch the speech of Kohli at the time of toss,he wanted to bowl fist just because of dew factor but he ever thought this is an extremely turning pitch.

Moreover, it's a common fact for RCB to score lower. In last IPL, if I'm correct, they performed badly in some matches and got huge success in other matches, I mean no average was there.

[absy]

Did not expected the IPL first match could turn out to be the one sided match where CSK beating RCB easily by 7 wickets and started their winning game from the first match itself comprehensive win and winning by a huge margin too.

Everything happened because of that pitch,even CSK batsmen were struggling to score but when they know where to reach they just took the match all the way to end and won it comfortably.

RCB team didn't predict the pitch condition that is why they came up with one main spinner and one part time spinner whereas CSK played with 3 specialist spinner and 2 part time spinners.

Kohli and Dhoni were much aware about the pitch, but the winning of toss by Dhoni paved the way to the winning of the match. Prior to the match Dhoni stated clearly on choosing the bowling first. CSK on its home ground gives added advantage to its winning.

Definitely Kohli don't read the pitch,you can watch the speech of Kohli at the time of toss,he wanted to bowl fist just because of dew factor but he ever thought this is an extremely turning pitch.

Moreover, it's a common fact for RCB to score lower. In last IPL, if I'm correct, they performed badly in some matches and got huge success in other matches, I mean no average was there.

I agree to this . I feel that there is no good opening pair right now in RCB , natural position for Kohli is 1 down and RCB should have kept either Gayle or Rahul for opening without leaving them . Look at Uthappa , Rahul , Manish Pandey they are doing very well in other teams and the interesting fact is all these guys are Karnataka born .

[AB de Royse777]

Did not expected the IPL first match could turn out to be the one sided match where CSK beating RCB easily by 7 wickets and started their winning game from the first match itself comprehensive win and winning by a huge margin too.

Everything happened because of that pitch,even CSK batsmen were struggling to score but when they know where to reach they just took the match all the way to end and won it comfortably.

RCB team didn't predict the pitch condition that is why they came up with one main spinner and one part time spinner whereas CSK played with 3 specialist spinner and 2 part time spinners.

Kohli and Dhoni were much aware about the pitch, but the winning of toss by Dhoni paved the way to the winning of the match. Prior to the match Dhoni stated clearly on choosing the bowling first. CSK on its home ground gives added advantage to its winning.

Definitely Kohli don't read the pitch,you can watch the speech of Kohli at the time of toss,he wanted to bowl fist just because of dew factor but he ever thought this is an extremely turning pitch.

Moreover, it's a common fact for RCB to score lower. In last IPL, if I'm correct, they performed badly in some matches and got huge success in other matches, I mean no average was there.

I agree to this . I feel that there is no good opening pair right now in RCB , natural position for Kohli is 1 down and RCB should have kept either Gayle or Rahul for opening without leaving them . Look at Uthappa , Rahul , Manish Pandey they are doing very well in other teams and the interesting fact is all these guys are Karnataka born .

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By the way, we have Australia vs Pakistan ODI. Australia should have another easy win. What do you think? I am predicting this series will have a result of either 5 - 0 or 4 -1 for Australia. They are way better team than current Pakistan team.

[Raja_MBZ]

By the way, we have Australia vs Pakistan ODI. Australia should have another easy win. What do you think? I am predicting this series will have a result of either 5 - 0 or 4 -1 for Australia. They are way better team than current Pakistan team.

I agree. Aussies are looking too good for Pakistan's current batting line-up. Inzamam and Mickey should've at least added Babar Azam and Imad Wasim in the squad of this series; they're not making any sense when they say that the players need some rest before the big world cup. Even after this series, there's whole April for the rest before the world cup. Cricketers need to have "momentum" before the world cup, not "rest"!

[AB de Royse777]

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I agree. Aussies are looking too good for Pakistan's current batting line-up. Inzamam and Mickey should've at least added Babar Azam and Imad Wasim in the squad of this series; they're not making any sense when they say that the players need some rest before the big world cup. Even after this series, there's whole April for the rest before the world cup. Cricketers need to have "momentum" before the world cup, not "rest"!

Pakistan batsmen are doing very well in batting. In last match they were good, today they are looking better. I think they will be able to score 300+ runs but it's the Australians betting who are good too.

I am looking forward to a good chase hoping that Pakistan will score 300+ runs.

[susila_bai]

~snip~

I agree. Aussies are looking too good for Pakistan's current batting line-up. Inzamam and Mickey should've at least added Babar Azam and Imad Wasim in the squad of this series; they're not making any sense when they say that the players need some rest before the big world cup. Even after this series, there's whole April for the rest before the world cup. Cricketers need to have "momentum" before the world cup, not "rest"!

Pakistan batsman are doing very well in batting. In last match they were good, today they look better. I think they will be able to score 300+ runs but it's the Australians betting who are good too.

I am looking forward to a good chase hoping that Pakistan will score 300+ runs.

I dont think that the score will cross 300+ if this partnership is broken then they will score below 280, even then they should bowl well and take quick wickets in starting so that they can put pressure on Australia batsman.

[JSRAW]

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Pakistan batsmen are doing very well in batting. In last match they were good, today they are looking better. I think they will be able to score 300+ runs but it's the Australians betting who are good too.

I am looking forward to a good chase hoping that Pakistan will score 300+ runs.

Actually, Pakistani batsmen played bad on patches in the last match that's why they couldn't reach 300 runs in the end and in the start they were all set up for 320+ runs.

[eaLiTy]

According to you, number 2 in a World cup tournament is nothing special which I completely disagree with. Anyone who underestimates New Zealand are fooling themselves especially with their current lineup.

I am not judging anything here, i just said the facts, a causal fan might not know nor care about looking at who all played in the world cup finals, but they might know who all won the world cup till now, that is not the case with cricket alone, just take any major sporting events, no one remembers who came second and third, take athletics, football, tennis, just try to remember all the final matches you have seen or in the past, i bet you wont remember everything, but you might know who became the champion.

South Africa will always be a formidable side to beat no matter how many times they choke or lose. Australia will always be the team to beat, but the current team is nowhere as amazing as the previous Australian lineups.

You really do not need the best team always to win matches, when it comes to a world tournament like world cup, if you can perform to the best for 8 matches you are the champion and Australia have done that many times consistently and so is the reason they were champions more than any other country.

I will site examples for you, when India won in 1983, they did not have the best team but they performed really well when it mattered and hats off to Kapil for his 175 when they were down for 17 for 5 something like that, it was a collective effort and that is how they won the world cup, in 1992 Pakistan was not the best team and they lost to India but under Imran Khan they played as an unit after those defeats and won the world cup, in 1996 world cup Srilanka came up with the tactics to open with Jayasurya and Romesh Kaluwitharana both explosive players and Aravinda de Silva to stablize the innings if they loose early wickets and they carried out that game play and won the tournament defeating Australia in the final.

[AB de Royse777]

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Actually, Pakistani batsmen played bad on patches in the last match that's why they couldn't reach 300 runs in the end and in the start they were all set up for 320+ runs.

They could not make it. 285 is the target and I hope Australia chase it easily. I have risked hell lot of money for Australia LOL

Earlier I lost a 4 fold because of SRH :-(

[Raja_MBZ]

~snip~

I agree. Aussies are looking too good for Pakistan's current batting line-up. Inzamam and Mickey should've at least added Babar Azam and Imad Wasim in the squad of this series; they're not making any sense when they say that the players need some rest before the big world cup. Even after this series, there's whole April for the rest before the world cup. Cricketers need to have "momentum" before the world cup, not "rest"!

Pakistan batsmen are doing very well in batting. In last match they were good, today they are looking better. I think they will be able to score 300+ runs but it's the Australians betting who are good too.

I am looking forward to a good chase hoping that Pakistan will score 300+ runs.

"Looking better"? I don't think so. The whole time, the players looked like as if they were playing for "themselves", not for the team. It seems like the selfish inning played by senior players like Faheem Ashraf and Shoaib Malik is going to make Pakistan lose again, until and unless the new fast bowler (Husnain) can pull out some exceptional tricks in his debut in this match.

Ramiz Raja, in his tweet, summarized the last match very well, and same could be said (again) for this one:

Pakistan insipid like a flat cola! No fizz no energy. The bunch of players who are being tried out in the series need to understand that  runs or wickets will count for nothing if you lose contests.

[AB de Royse777]

~snip~

"Looking better"? I don't think so. The whole time, the players looked like as if they were playing for "themselves", not for the team. It seems like the selfish inning played by senior players like Faheem Ashraf and Shoaib Malik is going to make Pakistan lose again, until and unless the new fast bowler (Husnain) can pull out some exceptional tricks in his debut in this match.

Ramiz Raja, in his tweet, summarized the last match very well, and same could be said (again) for this one:

Pakistan insipid like a flat cola! No fizz no energy. The bunch of players who are being tried out in the series need to understand that  runs or wickets will count for nothing if you lose contests.

You are right however my judgement was after seeing the betting. The time I made the last post they could easily pass 300 runs but they could not do that. They made it hard.

I was not actually watching the match ball by ball but just changing the channel because I was watching KKR vs SRH match. Recent times I did noticed that Malik plays like he is not caring much.

[JSRAW]

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I will site examples for you, when India won in 1983, they did not have the best team but they performed really well when it mattered and hats off to Kapil for his 175 when they were down for 17 for 5 something like that, it was a collective effort and that is how they won the world cup, in 1992 Pakistan was not the best team and they lost to India but under Imran Khan they played as an unit after those defeats and won the world cup, in 1996 world cup Srilanka came up with the tactics to open with Jayasurya and Romesh Kaluwitharana both explosive players and Aravinda de Silva to stablize the innings if they loose early wickets and they carried out that game play and won the tournament defeating Australia in the final.

That's why English and old cricket legend from SENA countries ( Including Windies) consider 1983 and 1992 are the biggest upset in World cricket hehe.

India was a shitty touring team back then despite having good players.

Kinda sad that no one has a recording of that majestic inning played by Kapil Dev (175) against Zimbave. British Media didn't cover that match.

[tanvir232]

When i am writing post on that time,  in indian premier League Mumbai vs Delhi played in wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.Mumbai need 214 run to win.my prediction Mumbai win the match today.   

[vella85]

Not too long ago no one here gave Australia any chance at this years World Cup but now they must be in the top 3-5 teams to win it. If they get Smith back into the team then that just adds even more fire power as now I'm not sure if Warner can get back in as Finch is on fire right now and has come good at the right time as he was certain to be dropped for Warner if he didn't perform in this Pakistan series. The thing is that Finch plays well against Pakistan like he did in the ODI series last year so I just don't know however he is in form while Warner hasn't played international cricket for 1 year so the Australian selectors will have a tough decision on whether Warner comes back in or not. But smith will come back in for sure as Australia need to stabilise the top to middle order and I think Smith can help do that.

[JSRAW]

Not too long ago no one here gave Australia any chance at this years World Cup but now they must be in the top 3-5 teams to win it. If they get Smith back into the team then that just adds even more fire power as now I'm not sure if Warner can get back in as Finch is on fire right now and has come good at the right time as he was certain to be dropped for Warner if he didn't perform in this Pakistan series. The thing is that Finch plays well against Pakistan like he did in the ODI series last year so I just don't know however he is in form while Warner hasn't played international cricket for 1 year so the Australian selectors will have a tough decision on whether Warner comes back in or not. But smith will come back in for sure as Australia need to stabilise the top to middle order and I think Smith can help do that.

If Bangladesh or Srilanka started playing like this then we all say same thing about them too.  Everyone want to bet on winning horse hehe

Warner getting along with team management well? he can be the back-up opener for Oz. 100 times better than our KL Rahul lol. if possible you guys are up for trade

[eaLiTy]

India was a shitty touring team back then despite having good players.

The lack of genuine fast bowlers was the main problem for having earned the name of shitty touring team, back in the day the pitches were tailor made for fast bowling and India rely on spin bowling during those times and so does all the Asian countries, when Sourav Ganguly took over as captain he rebuilt the team and took the team to a new level and the reason we are seeing a strong team right now is simply because he had made the foundation.
 

Kinda sad that no one has a recording of that majestic inning played by Kapil Dev (175) against Zimbave. British Media didn't cover that match.

Those days BBC was having the telecast rights and no other broadcasting teams were interesting in telecasting cricket and on that particular match between India and Zimbabwe they had a strike and hence it was not captured which is very sad.

Not too long ago no one here gave Australia any chance at this years World Cup but now they must be in the top 3-5 teams to win it.

With Warner and Smith coming back they will be a formidable team and it is likely that Warner will open the innings with Finch, to have left hand right hand combination and Usman coming down at no 3 and Smith following him and it will be a really strong team when it comes to batting power.