Cricket match prediction discussions

[Farhan99]

MLC league
The Final game of MLC league was so crazy and enjoyable because there was lot of fun and suspense can be seen till the last ball of this game and finally LAKR becomes the champions of MLC by defeating WSF by just one run while defending the good target of one sixty five runs. LAKR opens the innings first and both the openers Fletcher's and Colin Munro was very brilliant and gives a very positive start to the team and also Mathew Tromp was very effective and LAKR ends the innings with a strong target. WSF has the strongest batting order and also they are the best team of this tournament but their top order completely flopped and in middle order Andries Gous and Obus Pienaar put great efforts and lead the run very near to chase but unfortunately they don't do it and WSF won the game by just one run.

[Bd officer]

Actually Bangladesh's batting line is very weak, if the top order fails then the middle order and lower order cannot contribute. Bangladesh batsmen failed in the first T20 match too but I am surprised that they scored 186 runs in the second match. Actually Bangladesh team lacks a good quality all-rounder and Bangladesh batsmen have to try to do well consistently. Anyway tomorrow will be the 3rd and final match of the series. I have no confidence in Bangladesh team. If Zimbabwe wins the series then I will not be surprised.

Bangladesh team has shown improvement in the match against Zimbabwe. They played first and scored 186 runs which was proved to be enough for them. They put immense effort for the win, especially Mahedi Hasan and Rishad Hossain contributed with massive wickets. Their spell was very good, provide helped in breaking the partnership of Zimbabwe team. Zimbabwe's batsman were failed to hit even more than 30 runs. That was clear indication that they couldn't handle their rivals pressure. It was truly surprising results for the audience that Bangladesh secured the win and they stopped their opponents on just 152 runs. The win basically helped to increases the morale of whole Bangladesh team. Now the game is on tied position so next game would be interesting for all. Both will fight for the win, but who will get success is still unpredictable.

Bangladesh won the 3rd match as well and won the series 2-1. Honestly I said if Bangladesh wanted to win then they would have to restrict Zimbabwe below 150 runs and Zimbabwe scored 143 runs which was not a big target. But if Zimbabwe could have scored 150+ then the result of the match could have been different. Anyway Tanzid Hasan Tamim played brilliantly in this series. I think if Tanzid Hasan Tamim could not have done well in the 3rd match then Bangladesh would have lost because it would not have been possible for the next batsmen to score so many runs. Bangladesh have lost Test and ODI series against a team like Zimbabwe so if they play against a strong team they will lose even worse, so Bangladesh's batting line should improve.

[ThemePen]

MLC league
The Final game of MLC league was so crazy and enjoyable because there was lot of fun and suspense can be seen till the last ball of this game and finally LAKR becomes the champions of MLC by defeating WSF by just one run while defending the good target of one sixty five runs. LAKR opens the innings first and both the openers Fletcher's and Colin Munro was very brilliant and gives a very positive start to the team and also Mathew Tromp was very effective and LAKR ends the innings with a strong target. WSF has the strongest batting order and also they are the best team of this tournament but their top order completely flopped and in middle order Andries Gous and Obus Pienaar put great efforts and lead the run very near to chase but unfortunately they don't do it and WSF won the game by just one run.

When you are defending target in an important knockout match, you must be perfect in stressful situations. Particularly when you are up against good batting lineup. If you put in great start by the pair of bats, but still need to defend chase by very edge then it is sign of very good planning sense in the final over. In contrast, middle order collapse puts pressure on middle order setup to make speedy turn of the game. Lack of early power play wickets, despite strong bottom end battle, is proof to how important early power play battle is in setting up the flow of the result.

[Ab de villiers]

What a brilliant performance England team showed in this inning. They gave a very tough time to the Indian team. They gave just 233 runs and dismissed all team in 44 overs. Now it was challenging for the Indians to win the match. So Indian tried very hard to won the match but they unsuccessful to win the match. In starting England team lost two main wickets very early but after that Joe Root had great comeback and he scored outstanding and played responsible and sensible inning. He scored 99 runs in 133 ball. So it was lowest total which they were chasing so by adding some runs they reached at their destination and they won the match.

It's truly a great achievement, setting 387 runs for just 3 wickets it was their life best performance. First three players of England set the strong tone for all. Indian bowlers were failed to build the pressure with the ball, that allows England's batsman to play the series fearlessly. When Indian team came on the ground for the chase their openers did well job especially Rohit Sharma who played brilliant knock of 138 runs. Shabman and Virat Kohli both supported him with solid runs. But after Virat Kholi's wicket match results was slipped from the hand of India. When Few balls were left situation becomes so depressing, because it becomes difficult to accept that the results was announced in the favour of England. No doubt England celebrated their well deserved triumph with full zeal and zest.

[BTC FutureKing]

Actually Bangladesh's batting line is very weak, if the top order fails then the middle order and lower order cannot contribute. Bangladesh batsmen failed in the first T20 match too but I am surprised that they scored 186 runs in the second match. Actually Bangladesh team lacks a good quality all-rounder and Bangladesh batsmen have to try to do well consistently. Anyway tomorrow will be the 3rd and final match of the series. I have no confidence in Bangladesh team. If Zimbabwe wins the series then I will not be surprised.

Bangladesh team has shown improvement in the match against Zimbabwe. They played first and scored 186 runs which was proved to be enough for them. They put immense effort for the win, especially Mahedi Hasan and Rishad Hossain contributed with massive wickets. Their spell was very good, provide helped in breaking the partnership of Zimbabwe team. Zimbabwe's batsman were failed to hit even more than 30 runs. That was clear indication that they couldn't handle their rivals pressure. It was truly surprising results for the audience that Bangladesh secured the win and they stopped their opponents on just 152 runs. The win basically helped to increases the morale of whole Bangladesh team. Now the game is on tied position so next game would be interesting for all. Both will fight for the win, but who will get success is still unpredictable.

Bangladesh won the 3rd match as well and won the series 2-1. Honestly I said if Bangladesh wanted to win then they would have to restrict Zimbabwe below 150 runs and Zimbabwe scored 143 runs which was not a big target. But if Zimbabwe could have scored 150+ then the result of the match could have been different. Anyway Tanzid Hasan Tamim played brilliantly in this series. I think if Tanzid Hasan Tamim could not have done well in the 3rd match then Bangladesh would have lost because it would not have been possible for the next batsmen to score so many runs. Bangladesh have lost Test and ODI series against a team like Zimbabwe so if they play against a strong team they will lose even worse, so Bangladesh's batting line should improve.

Bangladesh made all the fans happy by winning the T20 series and Bangladesh fulfilled the hopes that were attached to the Bangladesh team.I also say that if Bangladesh tries everything is possible and Bangladesh showed that in the third match they made the impossible victory possible because Bangladesh did not come under the pressure of Zimbabwe strength at all. Two batsmen from Zimbabwe tried hard to strengthen the team score but they could not hold on to Bangladesh bowlers for long. If one more wicket of Bangladesh had fallen Bangladesh could have lost this winning.But Bangladesh batsmen showed strength and answered the true criticism. But then again Bangladesh needs a lot of practice to become stronger.

[Sithara007]

What do you guys think about the new format for 2027 ODI World Cup? Initially the ICC had stated that it will be a 14-team event, but now it looks like the number of participants will be reduced to 12. There will be a super-series between the teams ranked 12th to 14th and from that one team will qualify for the main tournament. Also, the Super-6 has been changed to Super-7, in order to provide more matches for India. Despite all this, Star Sports hasn't yet signed the deal. Star paid $3 billion for the 2023-27 cycle, and suffered massive losses. They are OK with a fee of $1.5 billion (50% reduction) for the 2028-31 cycle, but the ICC is not happy with that.

[ThemePen]

What do you guys think about the new format for 2027 ODI World Cup? Initially the ICC had stated that it will be a 14-team event, but now it looks like the number of participants will be reduced to 12. There will be a super-series between the teams ranked 12th to 14th and from that one team will qualify for the main tournament. Also, the Super-6 has been changed to Super-7, in order to provide more matches for India. Despite all this, Star Sports hasn't yet signed the deal. Star paid $3 billion for the 2023-27 cycle, and suffered massive losses. They are OK with a fee of $1.5 billion (50% reduction) for the 2028-31 cycle, but the ICC is not happy with that.

To drop from 14 to 12 teams is step back for the growth of smaller cricket nations in all honesty. Entire reason for 14 was to provide more countries with some World Cup experience. Super-7 change is so clear that casual fan knows what it is, to make more money for Indian matches in the name of the schedule. From ICC, not so hidden. More serious long term issue is the Star Sports situation, however. There is big effect on ICC income sharing to member boards worldwide if broadcasting fees will be cut by 50% during next cycle. If, as the reports suggest, Star really did lose great deal on $3B offer, that will scare other broadcasters when making their next offers. ICC should work out whether it is running a sport or a TV product, for now they are going in opposite directions.

[Farhan99]

What do you guys think about the new format for 2027 ODI World Cup? Initially the ICC had stated that it will be a 14-team event, but now it looks like the number of participants will be reduced to 12. There will be a super-series between the teams ranked 12th to 14th and from that one team will qualify for the main tournament. Also, the Super-6 has been changed to Super-7, in order to provide more matches for India. Despite all this, Star Sports hasn't yet signed the deal. Star paid $3 billion for the 2023-27 cycle, and suffered massive losses. They are OK with a fee of $1.5 billion (50% reduction) for the 2028-31 cycle, but the ICC is not happy with that.

According to ICC management plans there are 14 teams can be selected for ICC World cup 2027 but then this figure was bounded to 12 but an extension can be added by ICC that is the other two teams comes through process the ICC and a super series can be held by ICC for the selection of two qualifiers around the corner. ICC making plans about it from the last two years and ICC makes many opinions about how many teams become the part of this tournament.

In my opinion the actual blunder done by ICC is that they may making changes for Super-8 to some other figure by reduction and Addition to create more wealth by increasing the games of the Indian team by forcing the Star Sports. The reason is that Star Sports is the main media streamer of the event and if the broadcasting fees cut by fifty percent then a huge loss can be faced by this Indian Chanel and about billions dollars deals can be signed between ICC and Star Sports so they also moves for other options if Star Sports trying to build more pressure on ICC.

[Unknown Op]

MLC league
The Final game of MLC league was so crazy and enjoyable because there was lot of fun and suspense can be seen till the last ball of this game and finally LAKR becomes the champions of MLC by defeating WSF by just one run while defending the good target of one sixty five runs. LAKR opens the innings first and both the openers Fletcher's and Colin Munro was very brilliant and gives a very positive start to the team and also Mathew Tromp was very effective and LAKR ends the innings with a strong target. WSF has the strongest batting order and also they are the best team of this tournament but their top order completely flopped and in middle order Andries Gous and Obus Pienaar put great efforts and lead the run very near to chase but unfortunately they don't do it and WSF won the game by just one run.

There is no doubt that this match was truly exciting and I was not very attached to this competition but I watched entire final and Los Angeles Knight Riders innings was quite amazing but after top order batters lost their wickets my hopes for Los Angeles Knight Riders squad kept fading at least until I watched Washington Freedom squad batting innings. Los Angeles Knight Riders squad was begun this final battle first with batting and batters were managed to collect 164 scores after playing 20 overs inning. Andre Fletcher  and Colin Munro  batters were built strong batting partnership in final match and both were played impressive inning and collected 40 and 47 scores respectively. Washington Freedom innings was badly affected after top order batters lost their wickets early and they ended up losing this crucial final by narrow difference 1 score.

[Zaka1221]

MLC league
The Final game of MLC league was so crazy and enjoyable because there was lot of fun and suspense can be seen till the last ball of this game and finally LAKR becomes the champions of MLC by defeating WSF by just one run while defending the good target of one sixty five runs. LAKR opens the innings first and both the openers Fletcher's and Colin Munro was very brilliant and gives a very positive start to the team and also Mathew Tromp was very effective and LAKR ends the innings with a strong target. WSF has the strongest batting order and also they are the best team of this tournament but their top order completely flopped and in middle order Andries Gous and Obus Pienaar put great efforts and lead the run very near to chase but unfortunately they don't do it and WSF won the game by just one run.

This final match was between the Washington Freedom and Los Angeles Knight Riders teams and both the teams were under a lot of pressure. They set a target of 164 runs with great difficulty in which their players worked hard. Andre Fletcher and Colin Munro both of them are the openers of the first team. They showed a little better performance than the rest of the player but the target they set was enough for them to win. If their bowlers could not do it like the other team or if the batsmen of the other team, which is the Washington Freedom team, had shown a good performance, they could have won this match. Obus Pienaar worked hard for his team but could not do as much as his team because the score he scored while chasing the target was 163 runs. They faced failure in this final match by just one run and the Los Angeles Knight Riders team won.

[Sithara007]

To drop from 14 to 12 teams is step back for the growth of smaller cricket nations in all honesty. Entire reason for 14 was to provide more countries with some World Cup experience. Super-7 change is so clear that casual fan knows what it is, to make more money for Indian matches in the name of the schedule. From ICC, not so hidden. More serious long term issue is the Star Sports situation, however. There is big effect on ICC income sharing to member boards worldwide if broadcasting fees will be cut by 50% during next cycle. If, as the reports suggest, Star really did lose great deal on $3B offer, that will scare other broadcasters when making their next offers. ICC should work out whether it is running a sport or a TV product, for now they are going in opposite directions.

The FIFA World Cup has expanded from 24 teams to 32, then to 48. And for the 2030 edition, they are planning a total of 64 participants. This is to make sure that every nook and corner of the world is adequately represented. The ICC is moving in the reverse direction. We had 16 participants in 2007, which got reduced to 12 in 2027. If India is so important, then why can't the ICC field multiple teams from India? In addition to the India senior team, they can have the India A and India U-23. The short-sighted approach that they are following will just cause the death of the sport in long term.