Cricket match prediction discussions

[Vishnu.Reang]

I don't think commercialization is a bad thing for a sports.
India is the largest market for cricket. IPL has increased the earning of a player by ten folds. If sports is an entertainment, they should deliver what the crowd wants. BCCI devises laws that would increase the number of viewers and advertisers.
Cricket is no longer a gentlemen game. They are just entertainers doing their job.

BCCI have been historically a money-minded organization which cared very little for the overall well being of the game of cricket. The BCCI, for most of the time was being headed by businessmen such as N Srinivasan or politicians such as Sharad Pawar, who never cared about cricket. The same happened to ICC, when these BCCI guys captured power in that organization.

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[SaShiRaJaVu]

Not sure about boundaries but it's true that these days they make dead flat pitches so that we can see high scoring matches and seems like this WC will not be a different.

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The boundaries are short buddy than we had in the past, if Viv Richards had these small boundaries i cannot imagine how he could kill every bowler out of the park, just take a look the matches post 2000 every miss hit is going over the boundary rope, earlier there is no way they could get away as it will land in the fielders hand.
Sure buddy i will be joining your prediction pool and glad to see many people in the cricket thread now a days.

I don't think commercialization is a bad thing for a sports.
India is the largest market for cricket. IPL has increased the earning of a player by ten folds. If sports is an entertainment, they should deliver what the crowd wants. BCCI devises laws that would increase the number of viewers and advertisers.
Cricket is no longer a gentlemen game. They are just entertainers doing their job.

If you think high scoring games are important rather than having a battle between bowlers and batsmen then your version is right, there was a time when i used to watch cricket as a battle between quality players and only quality players could perform consistently but now a days every rules favor batsman and i am sure the players who average 50 now will not average above 35 in the past and so is the reason i hate comparing players in different generation.

[AB de Royse777]

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The boundaries are short buddy than we had in the past, if Viv Richards had these small boundaries i cannot imagine how he could kill every bowler out of the park, just take a look the matches post 2000 every miss hit is going over the boundary rope, earlier there is no way they could get away as it will land in the fielders hand.
Sure buddy i will be joining your prediction pool and glad to see many people in the cricket thread now a days.

I had no idea before. I started to understand cricket from 1996 WC. I only heard about Viv Richards and West Indies glories but never seen them. Yeah, these days sixes seems to easy and may be you are right.

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[vella85]

Steve Smith looked good in Australia's warm up match against the WI, Smith didn't look like he has missed a beat scoring 76 from 82 balls. I'll be watching him closely to see how he goes in the next warm up matches before jumping on the band wagon but he does look good right now and will only add more strength to the Australian team.

[OneHash]

For them this is only a warm up, for you a chance for real win and even more real excitement!

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[OneHash]

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[AB de Royse777]

@OneHash: You have posted the same in two consecutive post :-)

By the way, two practice match today,

Pakistan vs Afghanistan
South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Easily predictable that Pakistan and South Africa should win however nothing is constant for Pakistan team. They had 60+ runs by losing only one wicket then in one over they lost two wickets. Now they are 3 wickets down and scored 97 after 19.3 overs. We need to wait till the end to see the winner I guess.

[Pffrt]

@OneHash: You have posted the same in two consecutive post :-)

Isn't it forbidden to post the same content in 2 separate post? I think so.

By the way, two practice match today,

Pakistan vs Afghanistan
South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Easily predictable that Pakistan and South Africa should win however nothing is constant for Pakistan team. They had 60+ runs by losing only one wicket then in one over they lost two wickets. Now they are 3 wickets down and scored 97 after 19.3 overs. We need to wait till the end to see the winner I guess.

In the other thread, as I mentioned chances of Pakistan being lost is high because their total is pretty lower.

[AB de Royse777]

In the other thread, as I mentioned chances of Pakistan being lost is high because their total is pretty lower.

If Pakistan had their previous glory of the bowling attach then I would say they would easily win this match defending 262 runs but looking at this inexperience bowling attack I am worried if they will be able to defend it.

I will hate to see them losing because in that case I will lose 15mBTC. Let's hope the best for them. Come on Pakistan :-P

[UmerIdrees]

@OneHash: You have posted the same in two consecutive post :-)

By the way, two practice match today,

Pakistan vs Afghanistan
South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Easily predictable that Pakistan and South Africa should win however nothing is constant for Pakistan team. They had 60+ runs by losing only one wicket then in one over they lost two wickets. Now they are 3 wickets down and scored 97 after 19.3 overs. We need to wait till the end to see the winner I guess.

Not so easy to predict that Pakistan will win  
I know many of us have put their money on Pakistan today as they were the favorites against Afghanistan but their batting have disappointed so far. If there bowling failed too, many will lose a lot of money today.

[onecall123]

In the other thread, as I mentioned chances of Pakistan being lost is high because their total is pretty lower.

If Pakistan had their previous glory of the bowling attach then I would say they would easily win this match defending 262 runs but looking at this inexperience bowling attack I am worried if they will be able to defend it.

I will hate to see them losing because in that case I will lose 15mBTC. Let's hope the best for them. Come on Pakistan :-P

Despite Afghanistan poor fielding they have restricted Pakistan just 262 runs. Here, what I expect some magical bowling figure by Mohammad Amir. It's look like Afghanistan will give a tough fight to Pakistan. Pakistan will upset if this inexperience bowling attack proceed.

[AB de Royse777]

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Not so easy to predict that Pakistan will win  
I know many of us have put their money on Pakistan today as they were the favorites against Afghanistan but their batting have disappointed so far. If there bowling failed too, many will lose a lot of money today.

Hate to say that there bowling is failing too.
I think Pakistan will have a bitter experience today. I hope not many people placed much bet in this match. Surely everyone was going after Pakistan. Now look at the score of Afghanistan: 61-0 over 9.1 where their target is only 263 runs in 50 overs.

[sujonali1819]

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Not so easy to predict that Pakistan will win  
I know many of us have put their money on Pakistan today as they were the favorites against Afghanistan but their batting have disappointed so far. If there bowling failed too, many will lose a lot of money today.

Hate to say that there bowling is failing too.
I think Pakistan will have a bitter experience today. I hope not many people placed much bet in this match. Surely everyone was going after Pakistan. Now look at the score of Afghanistan: 61-0 over 9.1 where their target is only 263 runs in 50 overs.

At this moment the score is
AFG 111/1 (18.4)  CRR: 5.95  REQ: 4.85
Afghanistan need 152 runs

Only 152 more runs needed from rest of 31 overs where 9 wkts still on Afghanistan hands. So I think the match will go to Afghanistan if any miracle will not  happen by the Pakistan team.

[AB de Royse777]

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At this moment the score is
AFG 111/1 (18.4)  CRR: 5.95  REQ: 4.85
Afghanistan need 152 runs

Only 152 more runs needed from rest of 31 overs where 9 wkts still on Afghanistan hands. So I think the match will go to Afghanistan if any miracle will not  happen by the Pakistan team.

Afghanistan now 200/4 after 38 overs. They should win this match, the commentators are saying the same. Unless Pakistan is able to take some quick wickets, there are no hope for them.

Pakistan team is in their worse shape I think.

[UmerIdrees]

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At this moment the score is
AFG 111/1 (18.4)  CRR: 5.95  REQ: 4.85
Afghanistan need 152 runs

Only 152 more runs needed from rest of 31 overs where 9 wkts still on Afghanistan hands. So I think the match will go to Afghanistan if any miracle will not  happen by the Pakistan team.

Afghanistan now 200/4 after 38 overs. They should win this match, the commentators are saying the same. Unless Pakistan is able to take some quick wickets, there are no hope for them.

Pakistan team is in their worse shape I think.

I don't have words to explain how bad  Pakistan team performed  in this match and that too against one of the weak team of the tournament.
Their body language is too much down now  

In the other thread, as I mentioned chances of Pakistan being lost is high because their total is pretty lower.

If Pakistan had their previous glory of the bowling attach then I would say they would easily win this match defending 262 runs but looking at this inexperience bowling attack I am worried if they will be able to defend it.

I will hate to see them losing because in that case I will lose 15mBTC. Let's hope the best for them. Come on Pakistan :-P

You must have lost your 15mBTC today along with majority of the people who bet in favor of Pakistan. I am sad for you too bro.

[sujonali1819]

Finally, Afghanistan won the match by 3 wickets with 2 ball remaining. So My prediction was correct. The match was really interesting where Pakistan tried their best to stop Afghanistan but they couldn't.

[AB de Royse777]

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You must have lost your 15mBTC today along with majority of the people who bet in favor of Pakistan. I am sad for you too bro.

Yes you are right. Damn Pakistan team.
There is a reason that they say it's the most unpredictable team. In the world cup I guess I will think twice before placing a bet in favor of Pakistan. This team has no good use. I think they have lost 9 consecutive match?

In the other match as expected, South Africa won it. Congrats to both South Africa and Afghanistan. I loved the spirit of the Afghanistan captain.

Finally, Afghanistan won the match by 3 wickets with 2 ball remaining. So My prediction was correct. The match was really interesting where Pakistan tried their best to stop Afghanistan but they couldn't.

I the entire match Afghanistan was in the driving seat. One or two wickets in an over was not enough to beat them.

[UmerIdrees]

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You must have lost your 15mBTC today along with majority of the people who bet in favor of Pakistan. I am sad for you too bro.

Yes you are right. Damn Pakistan team.
There is a reason that they say it's the most unpredictable team. In the world cup I guess I will think twice before placing a bet in favor of Pakistan.

Well i have a suggestion for placing the bet in the matches which involves Pakistan team. Since Pakistan can perform good in any match on any given day, we should delay our bet and place the bet later when 25 - 40 overs are done of the 1st innings. In this way we might get the low odds but our losing chances will be less.

[Vishnu.Reang]

It could have been an easy victory for the Afghanistan team, but they were made to struggle by the Pakistanis. This is why I get frustrated with these lower ranked sides (Afghanistan, Ireland.etc). They show a lot of enthusiasm in the field and put in a lot of hard work. But their finishing is horrible. Ireland can be classified as the choker team, but Afghanistan would come close.

[eaLiTy]

If Pakistan had their previous glory of the bowling attach then I would say they would easily win this match defending 262 runs but looking at this inexperience bowling attack I am worried if they will be able to defend it.

I will hate to see them losing because in that case I will lose 15mBTC. Let's hope the best for them. Come on Pakistan :-P

Pakistan always had a great bowling attack in the past but that cannot be said about them now, they still have great bowler who performed in the past but they are just mere images of their prime form, i remember how lethal Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz and Junaid Khan used to be in their prime long time ago and Pakistan is the worst team to bet as they are the most unpredictable team in this world cup, one day they will surprise everyone and the next day the same old story as they will play as a sub par team.