T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[SaShiRaJaVu]

A one sided match we had seen in this first T20 match and all the top order batsman made min 50 and this has boosted the opening of the series and for the OZ specially. SL would like to break the opening stand quickly in the second match else they would lose the match again.

I missed the match and the sad part is that we will not be getting good odds in the upcoming matches because the Australians dominated the entire match with bat and ball and looking at the score board it looks like a club team facing a top team, the Australian bowlers destroyed them without giving away any free runs and i am yet to watch the highlights.

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[akhjob]

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When it comes to IPL, my support goes for Chennai kings under the leadership of MS Dhoni and i am guessing the next cup will be lifted by them. The defending champions, Mumbai looks strong too and high chances that they will reach last leg this time as well. My bets on finale between CSK and MI.

Here we go, another Cryptotalk spammer messing with ongoing discussion quoting the 10-month-old OP and completely being offtopic by talking about IPL when it's not even close and diverted the topic from ongoing qualifiers and the SL-AUS series. I hate it when such things happen.

A one sided match we had seen in this first T20 match and all the top order batsman made min 50 and this has boosted the opening of the series and for the OZ specially. SL would like to break the opening stand quickly in the second match else they would lose the match again.

I don't think the SL team will win any of the matches against Australia in their home ground even if they managed to get a few wickets. Because, all the top-notch SL players are retired except for maybe Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mattews. So we have only one top-notch player playing for the Srilankan side that is Lasith Malinga. I know that he can create some serious upsets with his bowling, but I highly doubt that his fellow teammates will able to counter them.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Just one more match remaining in the group phase of the T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019. This is the situation as of now:

Group A:

1. PNG : qualified for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup
2. Netherlands: to play semi-final playoff against UAE
3. Namibia: to play semi-final playoff against Oman
4. Scotland: to play 5th place playoff against winner of [Netherlands vs UAE]

Group B:

1. Ireland : qualified for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup
2. Oman: to play semi-final playoff against Namibia
3. UAE: to play semi-final playoff against Netherlands
4. HK: to play 5th place playoff against winner of [Namibia vs Oman]

[Avirunes]

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Certainly must be relieving for Australia for Warner to come back to his form again but we have yet to test out how he perform against side with good bowlers. Apart from Malinga I don't see bowlers who are quite good. We have seen Warner struggling in Ashes against England's bowlers so not quite sure if he can perform against good bowlers.

There are not much incredible bowlers in the world to terrorize batsman in the shorter format of the match, Warner was a bunny to Stuart Board and he is only playing in Test matches and the pitches made for T20 helps batsman and there is not time for swing too, so the format is made for batsman to play freely and only the best bowlers could contain the run flow.

Kinda agree with that. Shorter format is kinda favoured to batsman more than bowler. Also the fielding restrictions gives them more benefit since they are able to play more freely like you said.

With a huge score to chase it is not easy for any team and Srilanka admitted defeat after giving away that much runs.

You also should have hitting batsman to chase that score and I felt like Sri Lanka lacked aggressive players like a side should have in yesterday's clash.

[onrise]

A one sided match we had seen in this first T20 match and all the top order batsman made min 50 and this has boosted the opening of the series and for the OZ specially. SL would like to break the opening stand quickly in the second match else they would lose the match again.

I missed the match and the sad part is that we will not be getting good odds in the upcoming matches because the Australians dominated the entire match with bat and ball and looking at the score board it looks like a club team facing a top team, the Australian bowlers destroyed them without giving away any free runs and i am yet to watch the highlights.

It is true that now odds will not be a good one but more concerned is that SL team would be demotivated with the kind of loss they had and now they will need to recover and bounce back if they want to make any impact in the series.

[7788bitcoin]

Kinda agree with that. Shorter format is kinda favoured to batsman more than bowler. Also the fielding restrictions gives them more benefit since they are able to play more freely like you said.

If you notice the grounds are much smaller now and all the rules favor the batsman and it is really hard to be a good bowler in these situations as a miss hit will go over the ropes, i would like to see some equal playing field but the more commercialized cricket became more rules are favoring the batsman so that they could get more air time.

You also should have hitting batsman to chase that score and I felt like Sri Lanka lacked aggressive players like a side should have in yesterday's clash.

The Australians were on point and not giving away free space to launch these shots  .

[SaShiRaJaVu]

It is true that now odds will not be a good one but more concerned is that SL team would be demotivated with the kind of loss they had and now they will need to recover and bounce back if they want to make any impact in the series.

If Srilanka is able to win the toss and able to score runs then we can expect a good match as they could put pressure on the Aussie batsman if they are able to score a huge total but with the way in which the Aussies bowled today i find it difficult to see any upset, there was a time when they had power hitters but they lack that and they are not even experimenting as they have power strikers like Thisara Perera who have a really high strike rate and if they allow him to open in an innings we might see some explosive starts for Srilanka, not sure whether he is in the team.

[Vishnu.Reang]

It is true that now odds will not be a good one but more concerned is that SL team would be demotivated with the kind of loss they had and now they will need to recover and bounce back if they want to make any impact in the series.

The 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will be played at Australia and the results from today's match is not very encouraging for Sri Lanka. First of all, they could not directly qualify for the Super-12 because of their low rank. So they need to play the preliminary round, unlike the other big teams. And if they lose to the big 3 teams by this much huge margins, then I am afraid that they'll become irrelevant in international cricket.

[sureshnsnet]

A one sided match we had seen in this first T20 match and all the top order batsman made min 50 and this has boosted the opening of the series and for the OZ specially. SL would like to break the opening stand quickly in the second match else they would lose the match again.

Yes mate the first T20 match between Australia VS SriLanka was disappointed to me because one sided match and I never expected from SriLanka team, but Australian did really well thought the match in batting and bowling, I hope that SriLankan team will get come back to winning track next match.

[7788bitcoin]

The 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will be played at Australia and the results from today's match is not very encouraging for Sri Lanka. First of all, they could not directly qualify for the Super-12 because of their low rank. So they need to play the preliminary round, unlike the other big teams. And if they lose to the big 3 teams by this much huge margins, then I am afraid that they'll become irrelevant in international cricket.

Are you sure that Srilanka is not confirmed for the next world cup while non international teams playing for qualification can get into the world cup and i am certain that Srilanka will destroy all the teams with ease and if this is true this will be another blunder by the ICC and i really wish that what you say is not true as there is no logic behind that as they can accept who are not at all in the rankings but they will reject top teams playing international cricket .

[vella85]

A one sided match we had seen in this first T20 match and all the top order batsman made min 50 and this has boosted the opening of the series and for the OZ specially. SL would like to break the opening stand quickly in the second match else they would lose the match again.

I missed the match and the sad part is that we will not be getting good odds in the upcoming matches because the Australians dominated the entire match with bat and ball and looking at the score board it looks like a club team facing a top team, the Australian bowlers destroyed them without giving away any free runs and i am yet to watch the highlights.

The odds were never all that good from the start of the first game. Its best to bet live in betting when it comes to T20 as the game can change quickly and that's when you can make some good money betting live. I normally don't touch T20 when it comes to betting but I do like live betting for this format.

[eaLiTy]

The odds were never all that good from the start of the first game. Its best to bet live in betting when it comes to T20 as the game can change quickly and that's when you can make some good money betting live. I normally don't touch T20 when it comes to betting but I do like live betting for this format.

I share the same sentiment when it comes to T20 as you never know who will perform on a given day and it is hard to analyze before the match, even in this match Srilanka was touring Australia but i never expected a one sided game as they were coming from an impressive series in Pakistan where they white washed the first ranked team and now this performance is not what i expected from them.

[Sithara007]

The 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will be played at Australia and the results from today's match is not very encouraging for Sri Lanka. First of all, they could not directly qualify for the Super-12 because of their low rank. So they need to play the preliminary round, unlike the other big teams. And if they lose to the big 3 teams by this much huge margins, then I am afraid that they'll become irrelevant in international cricket.

Are you sure that Srilanka is not confirmed for the next world cup while non international teams playing for qualification can get into the world cup and i am certain that Srilanka will destroy all the teams with ease and if this is true this will be another blunder by the ICC and i really wish that what you say is not true as there is no logic behind that as they can accept who are not at all in the rankings but they will reject top teams playing international cricket .

That is how the format for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup works.

The top 8 teams have been granted automatic entry to the Super-12 stage. The remaining 4 teams comes from qualification phase, and this phase includes a total of 8 teams (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and 6 teams from the T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019) . I am not sure why you are so surprised about it. Even during the last T20 world cup, the format was the same (back then, it was Super-10 instead of Super-12).

When the direct qualification slots were decided, Sri Lanka was ranked 9th as per the official ICC T20 rankings, and therefore missed the slot. Bangladesh was ranked 12th. On the other hand, Afghanistan was ranked 7th and they gained direct entry.

[Haunebu]

The odds were never all that good from the start of the first game. Its best to bet live in betting when it comes to T20 as the game can change quickly and that's when you can make some good money betting live. I normally don't touch T20 when it comes to betting but I do like live betting for this format.

Live betting is still risky when it comes to T-20 format. Test cricket seems to be the best option followed by ODI format in my opinion. T-20 Cricket has too many dynamic variables which is why I avoid them unless I am 99% confident.

When the direct qualification slots were decided, Sri Lanka was ranked 9th as per the official ICC T20 rankings, and therefore missed the slot. Bangladesh was ranked 12th. On the other hand, Afghanistan was ranked 7th and they gained direct entry.

Afghanistan has come a long way while Sri Lanka seems to be in tatters(Excluding the recent Pakistan tour). If Sri Lanka does not continue winning, I do agree that they might become irrelevant in the coming years.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Afghanistan has come a long way while Sri Lanka seems to be in tatters(Excluding the recent Pakistan tour). If Sri Lanka does not continue winning, I do agree that they might become irrelevant in the coming years.

Afghanistan is ranked 7th as per the ICC T20I rankings, but their ranking for the other two formats are not that good. They have a few players who have excelled in the T20 format during the past few years, such as Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Mohammed Nabi. Playing in the T20 leagues around the world has definitely helped the Afghan players.

[Haunebu]

They have a few players who have excelled in the T20 format during the past few years, such as Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Mohammed Nabi. Playing in the T20 leagues around the world has definitely helped the Afghan players.

All 3 players that you mentioned honed their skills through the IPL and became criticial components of their respective teams which is why it makes sense why I like to call them as the MRM trio.

Rashid Khan is my favorite one among them and I observed that he is a superstar in SRH. If Afghanistan batsmen also improve their game dramatically, this team will surely rise in both the ODI and test rankings in the future.

[UmerIdrees]

The 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will be played at Australia and the results from today's match is not very encouraging for Sri Lanka. First of all, they could not directly qualify for the Super-12 because of their low rank. So they need to play the preliminary round, unlike the other big teams. And if they lose to the big 3 teams by this much huge margins, then I am afraid that they'll become irrelevant in international cricket.

Are you sure that Srilanka is not confirmed for the next world cup while non international teams playing for qualification can get into the world cup and i am certain that Srilanka will destroy all the teams with ease and if this is true this will be another blunder by the ICC and i really wish that what you say is not true as there is no logic behind that as they can accept who are not at all in the rankings but they will reject top teams playing international cricket .

SriLanka are confirmed to be playing in T20 Worldcup next year however SriLanka and Bangladesh will play in the group stage of the tournament.
You can read the details here. https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/963607

[Vishnu.Reang]

SriLanka are confirmed to be playing in T20 Worldcup next year however SriLanka and Bangladesh will play in the group stage of the tournament.
You can read the details here. https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/963607

There are two stages in the T20 World Cup. The main tournament is being called the "Super 12". It includes the 8 top ranking T20 sides and an additional 4 teams from the qualifying phase. And this qualifying phase consists of 8 teams (including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), and out of them the top 4 will qualify for the Super 12 stage. I wouldn't consider the qualifying phase as a part of the main tournament.

[UmerIdrees]

SriLanka are confirmed to be playing in T20 Worldcup next year however SriLanka and Bangladesh will play in the group stage of the tournament.
You can read the details here. https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/963607

There are two stages in the T20 World Cup. The main tournament is being called the "Super 12". It includes the 8 top ranking T20 sides and an additional 4 teams from the qualifying phase. And this qualifying phase consists of 8 teams (including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), and out of them the top 4 will qualify for the Super 12 stage. I wouldn't consider the qualifying phase as a part of the main tournament.

Even if we see in this prospective, the Srilanka and Bangladesh can easily outclass the last four teams out of eight. Do you think these two teams will fail to even reach the top 4 when playing against the non-test playing nations ?

In reality, it will be only the competition of the two teams who would qualify along with SriLanka and Bangladesh.

[Sithara007]

Even if we see in this prospective, the Srilanka and Bangladesh can easily outclass the last four teams out of eight. Do you think these two teams will fail to even reach the top 4 when playing against the non-test playing nations ?

In reality, it will be only the competition of the two teams who would qualify along with SriLanka and Bangladesh.

Don't be so sure. It is T20 format and the smaller teams do have a much better chance of causing an upset. If you remember, one of the Associate nations (Netherlands) had humiliated one among the big 3 teams (England) in the T20 world cup not once, but twice. The first time that happened was in 2009, when the Dutch pulled off a last ball thriller. The second time was in 2014, and the victory margin for Netherlands was very comprehensive this time.

The Associate nations don't get much chances against the big teams... but whenever they get such opportunities, they make the maximum use out of them. I can list several upsets from the associate nations against the test playing teams, and it is not just limited to England. One example is the victory by Hong Kong against a strong Bangladesh side in 2014.