Cricket match prediction discussions

[Sithara007]

It was a very easy matter for Thailand women's team to win the match of Bangladesh women's team. I have been noticing that Thailand women's team has not always performed well. I think that the qualification of Thailand women's team to go to the World Cup is on the way to disappear.  Bangladesh women won this match very easily which is really positive for Bangladesh

Funding matters. Thailand hardly gets any funding from the ICC, since they are an associate nation. Failure to qualify for the world cup had a very negative impact on their finances. On the other hand, Bangladesh receives around $16 million per year and nowadays they have also started giving more attention to the women's game. On top of that, none of the Thai players feature in franchise T20 leagues such as WBBL and W100. The Bangladeshi players on the other hand have that advantage as well.

[coinerer]

It was a very easy matter for Thailand women's team to win the match of Bangladesh women's team. I have been noticing that Thailand women's team has not always performed well. I think that the qualification of Thailand women's team to go to the World Cup is on the way to disappear.  Bangladesh women won this match very easily which is really positive for Bangladesh

I don't think it's a big deal to get a win against a weak team. It doesn't matter whether the team is week or stronger in any tournament. But Bangladesh can defeat any of these three countries like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? if they able to do it that deserves respect. Whereas in men's cricket they have been fighting for a long time but not doing well.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

It was a very easy matter for Thailand women's team to win the match of Bangladesh women's team. I have been noticing that Thailand women's team has not always performed well. I think that the qualification of Thailand women's team to go to the World Cup is on the way to disappear.  Bangladesh women won this match very easily which is really positive for Bangladesh

I don't think it's a big deal to get a win against a weak team. It doesn't matter whether the team is week or stronger in any tournament. But Bangladesh can defeat any of these three countries like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? if they able to do it that deserves respect. Whereas in men's cricket they have been fighting for a long time but not doing well.

I dont follow women cricket but in men's cricket Bangladesh cricket is complete failure. They got test status 20 years back and since then they have very few wins in bilateral series. Indian women has recently started performing well in cricket by beating England women team 3-0 in ODI series.

[fuguebtc]

It was a very easy matter for Thailand women's team to win the match of Bangladesh women's team. I have been noticing that Thailand women's team has not always performed well. I think that the qualification of Thailand women's team to go to the World Cup is on the way to disappear.  Bangladesh women won this match very easily which is really positive for Bangladesh

Funding matters. Thailand hardly gets any funding from the ICC, since they are an associate nation. Failure to qualify for the world cup had a very negative impact on their finances. On the other hand, Bangladesh receives around $16 million per year and nowadays they have also started giving more attention to the women's game. On top of that, none of the Thai players feature in franchise T20 leagues such as WBBL and W100. The Bangladeshi players on the other hand have that advantage as well.

It is true. The funding is very different for Thailand women to Bangladesh women. In addition, this was supposed to be an easy match for Bangladeshi women. And that's what they did. When it comes to quality, Bangladeshi women are far superior to Thai women in terms of what they offer. Nonetheless, this was a very dominating performance on the part of Bangladesh women. However, it is going to be the next game where Bangladesh women will be tested to the fullest extent. They will play against Pakistan women. That is going to be the true test for Bangladesh women. Pakistan is better than Bangladesh and I think Bangladesh women will have to play really well to beat them.

[Sithara007]

It is true. The funding is very different for Thailand women to Bangladesh women. In addition, this was supposed to be an easy match for Bangladeshi women. And that's what they did. When it comes to quality, Bangladeshi women are far superior to Thai women in terms of what they offer. Nonetheless, this was a very dominating performance on the part of Bangladesh women. However, it is going to be the next game where Bangladesh women will be tested to the fullest extent. They will play against Pakistan women. That is going to be the true test for Bangladesh women. Pakistan is better than Bangladesh and I think Bangladesh women will have to play really well to beat them.

I miss the days when associate nations used to defeat test nations. Kenya's win over West Indies in 1996, Nepal's win over Afghanistan in 2014, and Bangladesh's defeat to Canada in 2003 were some of the most entertaining moments in cricket history. But we can't expect such upset nowadays, after Srinivasan-Pawar mafia destroyed Associate cricket during the second decade of this millennium. Women's cricket used to be competitive, but nowadays it is also moving towards big-3 centric. I just hope that cricket won't end up like baseball, which is essentially restricted to the United States.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

I miss the days when associate nations used to defeat test nations. Kenya's win over West Indies in 1996, Nepal's win over Afghanistan in 2014, and Bangladesh's defeat to Canada in 2003 were some of the most entertaining moments in cricket history. But we can't expect such upset nowadays, after Srinivasan-Pawar mafia destroyed Associate cricket during the second decade of this millennium. Women's cricket used to be competitive, but nowadays it is also moving towards big-3 centric. I just hope that cricket won't end up like baseball, which is essentially restricted to the United States.

As long as there is big 3 in cricket, New countries won't be able to join in since its against the interest of big 3 that new countries to join cricket. I see Afghanistan as only the country that has made its way to all three formats and i don't think ICC has any role in it.

[fuguebtc]

It is true. The funding is very different for Thailand women to Bangladesh women. In addition, this was supposed to be an easy match for Bangladeshi women. And that's what they did. When it comes to quality, Bangladeshi women are far superior to Thai women in terms of what they offer. Nonetheless, this was a very dominating performance on the part of Bangladesh women. However, it is going to be the next game where Bangladesh women will be tested to the fullest extent. They will play against Pakistan women. That is going to be the true test for Bangladesh women. Pakistan is better than Bangladesh and I think Bangladesh women will have to play really well to beat them.

I miss the days when associate nations used to defeat test nations. Kenya's win over West Indies in 1996, Nepal's win over Afghanistan in 2014, and Bangladesh's defeat to Canada in 2003 were some of the most entertaining moments in cricket history. But we can't expect such upset nowadays, after Srinivasan-Pawar mafia destroyed Associate cricket during the second decade of this millennium. Women's cricket used to be competitive, but nowadays it is also moving towards big-3 centric. I just hope that cricket won't end up like baseball, which is essentially restricted to the United States.

Right now there is actually no certainty. The way things are going right now I think it will certainly be restricted to some countries in the world. And a lot of big countries are not interested in cricket at all. And a lot of people think that cricket being time-consuming is one of the biggest reasons for that. I agree with that but I also think another reason why cricket is not popular is that ICC does not push the game to be popular. And the funding always seems to be unfair to the associate Nations. This is going to be funny to hear but ICC is racist the way they are found in the associate Nations. I am not saying that the associate Nations should be funded like India or Australia I am just saying that they should be funded well enough to improve.

[lixer]

Funding matters. Thailand hardly gets any funding from the ICC, since they are an associate nation. Failure to qualify for the world cup had a very negative impact on their finances. On the other hand, Bangladesh receives around $16 million per year and nowadays they have also started giving more attention to the women's game. On top of that, none of the Thai players feature in franchise T20 leagues such as WBBL and W100. The Bangladeshi players on the other hand have that advantage as well.

It is true. The funding is very different for Thailand women to Bangladesh women. In addition, this was supposed to be an easy match for Bangladeshi women. And that's what they did. When it comes to quality, Bangladeshi women are far superior to Thai women in terms of what they offer. Nonetheless, this was a very dominating performance on the part of Bangladesh women. However, it is going to be the next game where Bangladesh women will be tested to the fullest extent. They will play against Pakistan women. That is going to be the true test for Bangladesh women. Pakistan is better than Bangladesh and I think Bangladesh women will have to play really well to beat them.

Today we have two matches in Women's Asia Cup with first match just completed between Pakistan vs Bangladesh which easily won by Pakistan with a good bowling from their bowlers prevent Bangladesh to have any solid target and end 20 overs with just 71/8 which was achieved by high-flying Pakistani women's in just 12.2 overs with the lost of 1 wicket a good thumbing win for them with this now these women's are at the top of the table with 2 wins out of 2 matches.

In second match of the day India vs Malaysia India done good job and having solid target of 181/4 Sabbhineni Meghana and Shafali Verma completed a hundred runs stands which is good achievement for them in reply Malaysia were at 16/2 in 5.2 overs when rain ruined this match now we have positive for the Indian women's after amazing batting performance Indian Women's won by 30 runs D/L method.

[Sithara007]

Right now there is actually no certainty. The way things are going right now I think it will certainly be restricted to some countries in the world. And a lot of big countries are not interested in cricket at all. And a lot of people think that cricket being time-consuming is one of the biggest reasons for that. I agree with that but I also think another reason why cricket is not popular is that ICC does not push the game to be popular. And the funding always seems to be unfair to the associate Nations. This is going to be funny to hear but ICC is racist the way they are found in the associate Nations. I am not saying that the associate Nations should be funded like India or Australia I am just saying that they should be funded well enough to improve.

When Srinivasan was the chairman of the ICC, he infamously proposed to reduce associate funding to zero. Finally a compromise was reached, and it was reduced from $56.25 million per year to just $20 million per year. If that was not enough, the changes to eligibility criteria made it more difficult for teams such as Thailand to receive ICC funding. Now majority of the funding goes to teams such as Oman, which are fully comprised of non-citizens. I am curious about the next funding cycle for 2024-31. Not expecting much, though.

[coinerer]

Right now there is actually no certainty. The way things are going right now I think it will certainly be restricted to some countries in the world. And a lot of big countries are not interested in cricket at all. And a lot of people think that cricket being time-consuming is one of the biggest reasons for that. I agree with that but I also think another reason why cricket is not popular is that ICC does not push the game to be popular. And the funding always seems to be unfair to the associate Nations. This is going to be funny to hear but ICC is racist the way they are found in the associate Nations. I am not saying that the associate Nations should be funded like India or Australia I am just saying that they should be funded well enough to improve.

When Srinivasan was the chairman of the ICC, he infamously proposed to reduce associate funding to zero. Finally a compromise was reached, and it was reduced from $56.25 million per year to just $20 million per year. If that was not enough, the changes to eligibility criteria made it more difficult for teams such as Thailand to receive ICC funding. Now majority of the funding goes to teams such as Oman, which are fully comprised of non-citizens. I am curious about the next funding cycle for 2024-31. Not expecting much, though.

Seems to better not to provide such fund in the country where the cricket team is organized with non-citizens. Especially in several countries like UAE or Oman. This trend has started which is a big threat for cricket in some cases for the future. I think if ICC bans this kind of practice completely then something good can be expected from them.

[doomloop]

When Srinivasan was the chairman of the ICC, he infamously proposed to reduce associate funding to zero. Finally a compromise was reached, and it was reduced from $56.25 million per year to just $20 million per year. If that was not enough, the changes to eligibility criteria made it more difficult for teams such as Thailand to receive ICC funding. Now majority of the funding goes to teams such as Oman, which are fully comprised of non-citizens. I am curious about the next funding cycle for 2024-31. Not expecting much, though.

Right now, as ICC system is working mostly giving impression we are still in colonial time because sadly they fail to have any solid system or way of spread this game which is more important and can increase income of this sports organization which is important here they are now working on having different bids for media rights which is good, but they need to work on other things as well which is surely needed of the time as well.

If they do work with better system then surely they can take good money from few other regions as well, and they can stop some blackmailing of big-4 but no one doing any better thing for this and just concentrating on their deep pockets profit which is coming from these puppets which are having own interests and never work on mutual way of this game right now franchise cricket is surely a big impact, but this is also going without any system which is surely needed to follow as we have in UEFA.

[fuguebtc]

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When Srinivasan was the chairman of the ICC, he infamously proposed to reduce associate funding to zero. Finally a compromise was reached, and it was reduced from $56.25 million per year to just $20 million per year. If that was not enough, the changes to eligibility criteria made it more difficult for teams such as Thailand to receive ICC funding. Now majority of the funding goes to teams such as Oman, which are fully comprised of non-citizens. I am curious about the next funding cycle for 2024-31. Not expecting much, though.

I am really not expecting any improvement in the funding for the associate countries. If anything I am actually expecting it to reduce. And that's because the ICC absolutely does not care about the funding of the associate countries. I heard that ICC was trying to decide whether they will give the money according to the success of the team. That is not bad because it will convince the team to perform better. But the problem is if that happens a lot of associate teams with native players are going to be ignored. And that really should not happen as it will destroy the improvement of the popularity of cricket. ICC should soon realize that cricket cannot be restricted to 10 or 12 teams from now on. To save cricket the number of teams has to increase and so does the funding of associate teams.

[n0ne]

Right now there is actually no certainty. The way things are going right now I think it will certainly be restricted to some countries in the world. And a lot of big countries are not interested in cricket at all. And a lot of people think that cricket being time-consuming is one of the biggest reasons for that. I agree with that but I also think another reason why cricket is not popular is that ICC does not push the game to be popular. And the funding always seems to be unfair to the associate Nations. This is going to be funny to hear but ICC is racist the way they are found in the associate Nations. I am not saying that the associate Nations should be funded like India or Australia I am just saying that they should be funded well enough to improve.

When Srinivasan was the chairman of the ICC, he infamously proposed to reduce associate funding to zero. Finally a compromise was reached, and it was reduced from $56.25 million per year to just $20 million per year. If that was not enough, the changes to eligibility criteria made it more difficult for teams such as Thailand to receive ICC funding. Now majority of the funding goes to teams such as Oman, which are fully comprised of non-citizens. I am curious about the next funding cycle for 2024-31. Not expecting much, though.

Seems to better not to provide such fund in the country where the cricket team is organized with non-citizens. Especially in several countries like UAE or Oman. This trend has started which is a big threat for cricket in some cases for the future. I think if ICC bans this kind of practice completely then something good can be expected from them.

I don't know how far this has affected cricket. Just think of yourself getting immigrated into another country. After spending specific number of years, you'll be given support from the government in all needs same as the country's native citizen. Here also the players have got support and playing for those countries. I don't find anything wrong and degrading cricket.

[Sithara007]

I don't know how far this has affected cricket. Just think of yourself getting immigrated into another country. After spending specific number of years, you'll be given support from the government in all needs same as the country's native citizen. Here also the players have got support and playing for those countries. I don't find anything wrong and degrading cricket.

The key word in your post is "after spending specific number of years".

In cricket anyone will become eligible to play for a country if they reside there for 6 months. Most of the sports allow naturalized citizens to represent a country (some, like FIBA are exceptions). But in cricket, citizenship is not needed and there comes the problem. If you look at the UAE team, you can find that almost everyone has some first-class experience in India or Pakistan. They migrated to UAE after getting assurances about getting a central contract. These people can't be compared to someone like Usman Khawaja, who migrated to Australia when he was just five years old.

[Juggy777]

I don't know how far this has affected cricket. Just think of yourself getting immigrated into another country. After spending specific number of years, you'll be given support from the government in all needs same as the country's native citizen. Here also the players have got support and playing for those countries. I don't find anything wrong and degrading cricket.

The key word in your post is "after spending specific number of years".

In cricket anyone will become eligible to play for a country if they reside there for 6 months. Most of the sports allow naturalized citizens to represent a country (some, like FIBA are exceptions). But in cricket, citizenship is not needed and there comes the problem. If you look at the UAE team, you can find that almost everyone has some first-class experience in India or Pakistan. They migrated to UAE after getting assurances about getting a central contract. These people can't be compared to someone like Usman Khawaja, who migrated to Australia when he was just five years old.

@Sithara007 I don’t really blame those player’s because it’s probably very difficult to get into their country’s playing 11, and when they get an opportunity to show their talent they’re right in taking that opportunity. Lastly I understand you feel that country’s who have their own citizens participating should get more funding, but I feel that countries who outsource should also get some funds if not equal funds otherwise it’s quiet possible that we may never get to see those player’s talents.

[Minecache]

I don't know how far this has affected cricket. Just think of yourself getting immigrated into another country. After spending specific number of years, you'll be given support from the government in all needs same as the country's native citizen. Here also the players have got support and playing for those countries. I don't find anything wrong and degrading cricket.

The key word in your post is "after spending specific number of years".
In cricket anyone will become eligible to play for a country if they reside there for 6 months. Most of the sports allow naturalized citizens to represent a country (some, like FIBA are exceptions). But in cricket, citizenship is not needed and there comes the problem. If you look at the UAE team, you can find that almost everyone has some first-class experience in India or Pakistan. They migrated to UAE after getting assurances about getting a central contract. These people can't be compared to someone like Usman Khawaja, who migrated to Australia when he was just five years old.

@Sithara007 I don’t really blame those player’s because it’s probably very difficult to get into their country’s playing 11, and when they get an opportunity to show their talent they’re right in taking that opportunity. Lastly I understand you feel that country’s who have their own citizens participating should get more funding, but I feel that countries who outsource should also get some funds if not equal funds otherwise it’s quiet possible that we may never get to see those player’s talents.

I think that ICC is the only one to blame here. Because if there was no option like this those players wouldn't be able to play for other countries. The countries are also going to use this as a way to make some money. As a cricket fan, it hurts to see that cricket is just being used as a way of doing business and that also by some people who probably don't even care about the improvement of cricket.

Well, to be honest I think there are a lot of teams that do not care about the improvement of cricket (big-4) but that's another story. I think cricket can only be played by a person for a certain team if he is a resident of that country for at least 6 years. Or if he has citizenship from that country. I still don't think that is the best solution but I think they can implement this one first and make improvements going into the future.

[Sithara007]

@Sithara007 I don’t really blame those player’s because it’s probably very difficult to get into their country’s playing 11, and when they get an opportunity to show their talent they’re right in taking that opportunity. Lastly I understand you feel that country’s who have their own citizens participating should get more funding, but I feel that countries who outsource should also get some funds if not equal funds otherwise it’s quiet possible that we may never get to see those player’s talents.

Why should a country such as UAE get equal funds as someone like Scotland? UAE just imports players from India and Pakistan, and refuse to include any native players in their squad. And there is no logic in saying that players from sub-continent are moving to these countries because they don't get opportunity. Most of the players don't have the quality to get selected even to the domestic sides. And if these teams are provided with more funds, then rather than using them to popularize cricket among the natives, they will just use it to purchase more players.

[BobK71]

It was a very easy matter for Thailand women's team to win the match of Bangladesh women's team. I have been noticing that Thailand women's team has not always performed well. I think that the qualification of Thailand women's team to go to the World Cup is on the way to disappear.  Bangladesh women won this match very easily which is really positive for Bangladesh

Although there is not much progress in world women's cricket, major changes are being noticed in some teams. India women are performing extremely well at the moment. Besides, Australia and England are also in fairly good position. Some of the women's cricket teams are in a very weak position but the ICC is still giving a lot of importance to women's cricket. I think women's cricket teams will do better in the future. If we look at the last match result of the Asia Cup, Thailand women's team beat to Pakistan women's team.

[Sithara007]

Although there is not much progress in world women's cricket, major changes are being noticed in some teams. India women are performing extremely well at the moment. Besides, Australia and England are also in fairly good position. Some of the women's cricket teams are in a very weak position but the ICC is still giving a lot of importance to women's cricket. I think women's cricket teams will do better in the future. If we look at the last match result of the Asia Cup, Thailand women's team beat to Pakistan women's team.

From now onward, it will get difficult for Thailand. Previously they were on a level paying field. Even teams from test nations such as Pakistan and Sri Lanka were facing a shortage of funds. But that is not the case now. PCB and SLCB are trying really hard to boost the women's game in their respective nations. Thailand women are at a disadvantage, due to lack of funds. And rather than helping them, the ICC is just hurting them in whatever way they can by adding strange clauses to the qualification criteria.

[kro55]

@Sithara007 I don’t really blame those player’s because it’s probably very difficult to get into their country’s playing 11, and when they get an opportunity to show their talent they’re right in taking that opportunity. Lastly I understand you feel that country’s who have their own citizens participating should get more funding, but I feel that countries who outsource should also get some funds if not equal funds otherwise it’s quiet possible that we may never get to see those player’s talents.

Why should a country such as UAE get equal funds as someone like Scotland? UAE just imports players from India and Pakistan, and refuse to include any native players in their squad. And there is no logic in saying that players from sub-continent are moving to these countries because they don't get opportunity. Most of the players don't have the quality to get selected even to the domestic sides. And if these teams are provided with more funds, then rather than using them to popularize cricket among the natives, they will just use it to purchase more players.

Actually, the rule of "A player can play for a certain country if he is living in the country for more than 6 months" does not make sense at all.

This rule should be fixed or changed. Otherwise, it will have a significant negative impact in the future. That impact is going to be much uglier compared to what it is now. In turn, this is going to always have the effect of making the poor teams who are trying to come forward with native players feel as if they don't even deserve a chance to play this game at all. The rule I think should be either play with native players in the team, and by playing with native players, I mean that all the 11 players must either be native players or citizens or don't have to play at all.