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Finally, an iconic partnership has been back in order and once again we got the chance to see Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan as openers and playing together after a long time and it is such a long time since we have seen them as openers last time in 2023 before World Cup 2023. It means you can say that we are seeing them as openers together after 7 or 8 months which is such a long time.

Yes you are right. They were playing well at the start of the match but we saw that they both played well and made 59 runs. At 59 runs Pakistan lost first wicket means Babar Azam got out. And the partnership went down. And after 6 runs Muhammad Rizwan also got out. After them Usman Khan played little well and made 38 runs. Overall Pakistan collected 157 runs. Which I think not a good target and England easily chased it.

But one thing which is important to notice that is, if they both(Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan) open the match so they can make a good partnership and can give much surprises.

Babar Azam was out too early, he could have made too many runs and when Babar Azam was out then as usual, the all team lost their wickets but still at the end, Pakistan made a good score just because of Usman Khan effort otherwise, if instead of Azam Kahn, there must be Imad  Wasim then he could be a great finisher and they can take advantage with him at the end of the game and could give more score as a target.

Also, Shadab Khan lost his form and in this series, he is not in form, this we have seen in the batting but we cannot say about his bowling, because his bowling depends on his mood.

The England team won the toss and decided to bowl first. The England bowlers made good use of this decision. Pakistan's opener duo Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam both batted well but both of them could not prolong the game. After these two batsmen got out, no one else could bat well for the team due to which Pakistan team is in this condition. In yesterday's match, of course I put Pakistan ahead of England, unfortunately Pakistan could not win the match against England.  If the Pakistan team could have played 20 overs against England, it would have given England a bigger target and Pakistan would have had a chance of winning the match. The target of 159 runs given by Pakistan was not much of a problem for them to win by batting brilliantly. The England team won by 7 wickets and with this victory, the England team confirmed the series.

Pakistan and England played a last match of series and Pakistan team lost this match. The Pakistan teams needs to work very hard. Sacrifice then only will Pakistan win every time Pakistan loss. It's difficult for Pakistan to win. The team of Pakistan need to work hard and play with dedication in oder to win. England is a very good  and strong teambas compared to Pakistan team. They win every matches instead abandoned matches .  In Pakistan tour of England, England won the toss and England elected to filed first. England won by 7 wickets with 27 balls. The best match was played by phill salt in the England. The England team performed very well in every matches. The match between Pakistan and England played at country ground Kennington oval stadium. Pakistan runs 157 total but lost. England scored 158 runs and easily won the match. In Pakistan man team side, good performance was showed by adil Rashid bowled 4 conceded 27 runs and took 1 wicked. In Pakistan Muhammed Amir played the power match. The best batting performance in the England man team was by Jonny bairslow scored 28 runs of 17 balls hitting 1 fours and 3 sixs. Congratulations to England

Pakistan vs England 4th T20 I predicted if Pakistan team can bat responsibly then maybe win the 4th T20 against England. But I was proved wrong. The tricky T20 match was very important for Pakistan as two matches against England were abandoned due to rain but the Pakistan players did not perform well which resulted in losing the match against England. England did not perform very well in the 2023 world cup but the way the current England team is performing against Pakistan shows that England has improved a lot but Pakistan's game has deteriorated. Pakistan team must perform more responsibly in T20 World Cup otherwise they will lose the qualification to play in the main stage so they must play responsible batting and bowling.

[ZAINmalik75]

Has anyone seen the West Indies vs Australia warm up match? I enjoyed an extremely exciting match. Both teams played brilliantly. West Indies batting looks like I am watching Sunrisers Hyderabad batting in an IPL match .

I am really surprised from west indies team performance because they are properly utilizing Thier home ground opportunity and putting them all those below his feet who underestimate thier strength & potential and here same things happened with Australian team who were currently in next colour after getting handsome amount of ICC trophy under captaincy of pat Cummin in recent times, anyway still I believe they are one of the strongest contender of thier world cup winner too but west indies will give much more tough time to thier opponent this time and here are the first example of thier current momentum. Anyway according to scoreboard today they scored 250+ with huge contribution of Powell, pooran and Rutherford while Australian try hard to filled the gap but unfortunately unable to get the game and thus for a first time in this world cup they got beated and by West Indies one of unpredictable team

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Has anyone seen the West Indies vs Australia warm up match? I enjoyed an extremely exciting match. Both teams played brilliantly. West Indies batting looks like I am watching Sunrisers Hyderabad batting in an IPL match .

I am really surprised from west indies team performance because they are properly utilizing Thier home ground opportunity and putting them all those below his feet who underestimate thier strength & potential and here same things happened with Australian team who were currently in next colour after getting handsome amount of ICC trophy under captaincy of pat Cummin in recent times, anyway still I believe they are one of the strongest contender of thier world cup winner too but west indies will give much more tough time to thier opponent this time and here are the first example of thier current momentum. Anyway according to scoreboard today they scored 250+ with huge contribution of Powell, pooran and Rutherford while Australian try hard to filled the gap but unfortunately unable to get the game and thus for a first time in this world cup they got beated and by West Indies one of unpredictable team

In the Australia vs West Indies T20 match, Australia's captain decided to bowl first after winning the toss, but his decision was not properly utilized by Australia's bowlers. Australian bowlers did not bowl well due to which West Indies batsmen batted with power. But West Indies opener duo Johnson Charles and Shai Hope started well but Shai Hope could not control his game for long and got out with 14 runs in just 8 balls. Johnson Charles also batted responsibly for the West Indies. Rutherford also R. Powell also N. Due to Pooran's responsible batting, West Indies scored 257 runs in the allotted 20 overs. But West Indies' batting against Australia impressed me. The way the West Indies team is performing in batting, it can be expected that the West Indies team will play well in the T20 World Cup. Australia batsmen started well in the target of 258 runs given by West Indies but in the end they did not win against West Indies. West Indies win by 35 runs against Australia Congratulations to the West Indies team.

[Haunebu]

Looking at Buttler's form, can't help but wonder, what if he had stayed back with the Rajasthan? Things could have been different for his franchise.

He's such a key player for Rajasthan and they surely missed his service.

I doubt it to be honest. He wasn't really in amazing form throughout the season though his exceptional century in one match against KKR was a sight to behold. His performances were pretty inconsistent especially against good bowlers.

On the other hand, KKR missed Salt way more in comparison since he is in stellar form these days though Gurbaz turned out to be a decent replacement for him.

[JSRAW]

Looking at Buttler's form, can't help but wonder, what if he had stayed back with the Rajasthan? Things could have been different for his franchise.

He's such a key player for Rajasthan and they surely missed his service.

I doubt it to be honest. He wasn't really in amazing form throughout the season though his exceptional century in one match against KKR was a sight to behold. His performances were pretty inconsistent especially against good bowlers.

On the other hand, KKR missed Salt way more in comparison since he is in stellar form these days though Gurbaz turned out to be a decent replacement for him.

Buttler went off color for a few matches but his replacement Tom Kohler-Cadmore was worse. The way Buttler turned up in bilateral, in hindsight, now we have an opportunity to entertain the idea of him clicking for RR as well, he's a big player and knockout could have been a good stage for him.

KKR won their knockout matches convincingly so Salt's absence didn't bother anyone, that's not the case with the Royals. 

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Once again, it’s clear that Pakistan relies too much on Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan. Despite a solid start, the middle order failed to capitalize. The batting was terrible, with wickets gifted to ordinary deliveries. A score of 157 is not competitive on a pitch where 200+ is expected. England easily chased the target it under 16 overs.
Congratulations to Pakistan on another series defeat. You've maintained your record.

Middle order collapsed because this was then the spinners were introduced (Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone). The scoring rate went down all of a sudden, and Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan and Azam Khan departed in quick time. Iftikhar Ahmed tried to stabilize the innings along with Usman Khan, and they were somewhat successful in doing that. But in the end, the target of 158 was not enough. Phil Salt and Jos Buttler are in terrific form, and they got to 82 runs in the first 6 overs.   

In my opinion, this is not the best run to fight with England team so if Pakistan could have made a score wall of 170+ then there would have been a fear of winning the match. England batting side is always strong and so are all-rounders. Compared to that Pakistan's batting site is not that strong so they could not score more runs. However in this match Pakistan bowling side could not bring a storm. However compared to England Pakistan bowling side is better but collapsed in this match. And the scoring rate suddenly drops after the opening pair is out.

[libert19]

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[noormcs5]

Pakistan cricket team did not do well in the preparatory T20 series before the World Cup. Only two matches were played and in both matches against England, England beat Pakistan by a big margin. Before the Pakistan T20 World Cup we saw that they underwent army training but did not see any effect on their performance. In the fourth and final T20 match against England, Pakistan's poor performance in both formats, batting and bowling, was largely the reason why they lost against England by a big margin. Having won two T20 matches against Pakistan by big margins, England team will definitely be positive enough in the World Cup and they will definitely do well in this World Cup.

In the powerplay, when the Pakistan team was performing batting I noticed that England’s fielding wasn’t good because if they had done good fielding then maybe they would have defended 4 fours, which counted as 16 scores.

In short, they had let Pakistan make 16 more runs just because of their fielding. I am talking about those fielders who are inside the white dots in powerplay while those who take place outside were doing very good but yes, the fastball also cannot stop by them. Now I think they have to focus on their fielding as well as possible in the upcoming World Cup.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Sri Lanka.  vs.  Ireland

I thought the Sri Lankan team is in pretty good shape now. But the team's performance in the two warm-up matches seems to be similar to the weaker teams in this team's condition. warm up Sri Lanka team performed badly in both the matches.

In the first warm up match, the Sri Lankan team lost against a team like the Netherlands. Netherlands team set a descent target of 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Sri Lankan bowlers are not bowling well. The batsmen collected only 161 runs. The Sri Lankan team lost by 20 runs.

Sri Lanka will probably not win against a team like Ireland today. Sri Lanka team collected only 163 runs in 20 overs. All 5 top order batsmen have batted badly. Given such a low target, victory does not seem possible for Sri Lanka today.

[FinePoine0]

Today saw the highest wicket fall of the Pakistan team, due to which Pakistan managed to collect 157 runs for the loss of all wickets. But England team thought this target of 157 runs too small and England team won very easily due to proper performance. However, Pakistan cannot win two matches in a row. So the players in the Pakistan team absolutely need to have more experience.

[Out of mind]

In today's match between Ireland and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team scored 163 runs in the first innings. Although the target of 164 runs must be met by the Ireland team to win the match, although the bowling performance of the Sri Lankan team is good, Ireland will have to play well accordingly. Although the Sri Lankan team will try hard enough to win, the runs they scored today and chances are high. If the Sri Lankan team can easily put Ireland under pressure, then Sri Lanka's victory will be assured today. Moreover, since the Ireland team has lost one wicket at the moment, if they are still under a lot of pressure, if they cannot overcome the pressure and give a good batting performance, then there is a possibility that Ireland will lose today. However, Sri Lanka are bowling well at the moment, so Ireland will need to bat well in today's match if they are to reach their target of victory. Ireland will have to play well now as they still need to score 125 runs from 92 balls to reach the win stage, although it will be tough but if they play well they can win.

[Tony116]

Sri Lanka.  vs.  Ireland

I thought the Sri Lankan team is in pretty good shape now. But the team's performance in the two warm-up matches seems to be similar to the weaker teams in this team's condition. warm up Sri Lanka team performed badly in both the matches.

In the first warm up match, the Sri Lankan team lost against a team like the Netherlands. Netherlands team set a descent target of 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Sri Lankan bowlers are not bowling well. The batsmen collected only 161 runs. The Sri Lankan team lost by 20 runs.

Sri Lanka will probably not win against a team like Ireland today. Sri Lanka team collected only 163 runs in 20 overs. All 5 top order batsmen have batted badly. Given such a low target, victory does not seem possible for Sri Lanka today.

Looking at the condition of the pitch, I don't think the target of 164 runs is a big target on this pitch. However, the performances of Ireland's players have been erratic. So I wouldn't be surprised if Ireland lose.

No Sri Lankan batsman can bat at a smart strike rate. All batsmen's batting was very slow. If Sri Lanka bats like this in the World Cup, it doesn't seem like they can win a single match. Ireland team has already lost 2 wickets. At the end of 6 overs, Ireland's collection is 40 runs. Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker are now at the crease. These two players are one of the two most important batsmen in Ireland's squad. If this pair plays well, Ireland has a chance to win.

[Insanity]

Once again, it’s clear that Pakistan relies too much on Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan. Despite a solid start, the middle order failed to capitalize. The batting was terrible, with wickets gifted to ordinary deliveries. A score of 157 is not competitive on a pitch where 200+ is expected. England easily chased the target it under 16 overs.
Congratulations to Pakistan on another series defeat. You've maintained your record.

Middle order collapsed because this was then the spinners were introduced (Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone). The scoring rate went down all of a sudden, and Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan and Azam Khan departed in quick time. Iftikhar Ahmed tried to stabilize the innings along with Usman Khan, and they were somewhat successful in doing that. But in the end, the target of 158 was not enough. Phil Salt and Jos Buttler are in terrific form, and they got to 82 runs in the first 6 overs.   

In my opinion, this is not the best run to fight with England team so if Pakistan could have made a score wall of 170+ then there would have been a fear of winning the match. England batting side is always strong and so are all-rounders. Compared to that Pakistan's batting site is not that strong so they could not score more runs. However in this match Pakistan bowling side could not bring a storm. However compared to England Pakistan bowling side is better but collapsed in this match. And the scoring rate suddenly drops after the opening pair is out.

I agree with you, Pakistan team should have paid special attention to batting site to fight against strong England team. I saw yesterday in the match where Pakistan team's batting site was very bad. You can never expect to win a match with such a bad performance. Babar Azam, Mohammad Rezwan and Fakhar Zaman played unexpected games in yesterday's match. But it is true that if the Pakistan team could have scored 170+ runs in yesterday's match then it could have done something different for the Pakistan team.

[Mahdirakib]

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[rojan]

The match of Leicestershire vs Yorkshire team has already started.Yorkshire team came out to bat and scored 44 runs for 2 wickets in 7 overs.Adam Lyth was out for 13 runs in 15 balls.Dawid Malan was out for 8 runs in 8 balls.Leicestershire team balls in the bowling line.  Very good performance started. Can't predict which team will win today's match yet so we have to enjoy the game fully.

[Crypto Library]

In today's match between Ireland and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team scored 163 runs in the first innings. Although the target of 164 runs must be met by the Ireland team to win the match, although the bowling performance of the Sri Lankan team is good, Ireland will have to play well accordingly. Although the Sri Lankan team will try hard enough to win, the runs they scored today and chances are high. If the Sri Lankan team can easily put Ireland under pressure, then Sri Lanka's victory will be assured today. Moreover, since the Ireland team has lost one wicket at the moment, if they are still under a lot of pressure, if they cannot overcome the pressure and give a good batting performance, then there is a possibility that Ireland will lose today. However, Sri Lanka are bowling well at the moment, so Ireland will need to bat well in today's match if they are to reach their target of victory. Ireland will have to play well now as they still need to score 125 runs from 92 balls to reach the win stage, although it will be tough but if they play well they can win.

As an expected result of match, the Sri Lankan team won this match without having much fighting with Ireland team. Ireland team make just 122 run and they get all out at 18.2 Over. Dasun Shanaka was great at his bowling he took 4 wickets and without Angelo Mathews every bowlers of Sri Lankan team get wicket today and I think this is the key to success today's match and from batting side sirlankan team performance was an average performance today and what is why I think winning credit goes to bowlers today.
By the way the next warmup match is going to be Bangladesh vs India on tomorrow at 2.30pm GMT. And I will tell you guys bet on India without opening your eyes because this time the Bangladesh team was quite enough eligible to face loss.

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Sri Lanka.  vs.  Ireland

I thought the Sri Lankan team is in pretty good shape now. But the team's performance in the two warm-up matches seems to be similar to the weaker teams in this team's condition. warm up Sri Lanka team performed badly in both the matches.

In the first warm up match, the Sri Lankan team lost against a team like the Netherlands. Netherlands team set a descent target of 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Sri Lankan bowlers are not bowling well. The batsmen collected only 161 runs. The Sri Lankan team lost by 20 runs.

Sri Lanka will probably not win against a team like Ireland today. Sri Lanka team collected only 163 runs in 20 overs. All 5 top order batsmen have batted badly. Given such a low target, victory does not seem possible for Sri Lanka today.

Looking at the condition of the pitch, I don't think the target of 164 runs is a big target on this pitch. However, the performances of Ireland's players have been erratic. So I wouldn't be surprised if Ireland lose.

No Sri Lankan batsman can bat at a smart strike rate. All batsmen's batting was very slow. If Sri Lanka bats like this in the World Cup, it doesn't seem like they can win a single match. Ireland team has already lost 2 wickets. At the end of 6 overs, Ireland's collection is 40 runs. Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker are now at the crease. These two players are one of the two most important batsmen in Ireland's squad. If this pair plays well, Ireland has a chance to win.

Ireland have opted to bowl first against Sri Lanka. The Ireland bowlers put pressure on the Sri Lankan batsmen from the start which saw the Sri Lankan team amass 163 runs in the allotted 20 overs. If their batsmen could have batted responsibly the way Ireland bowlers have bowled, they would have easily won against Sri Lanka. Ireland's bowlers against Sri Lanka have shown a good performance by the batsmen. If Ireland's batsmen could have batted a little more responsibly against Sri Lanka, Ireland could have easily won the match against Sri Lanka. However, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled quite aggressively and Ireland were bowled out for 122 runs due to their aggressive bowling. And the Sri Lankan team won by 41 runs against Ireland.

[tsaroz]

Two warm up matches for the T20 world cup today and both resulted in expected team winning it.
The match between Sri Lanka and Ireland could have been closer than the result if the Irish lower order batting had not collapsed. Sri Lanka batting first made 163 and Ireland chasing the target, lost 5 of their last wickets for just 14 runs.
Afghanistan and Scotland was too similar but Afghanistan won by a larger margin. Afganistan batting was led by Gulabdin Naib and Azmatullah Omarzai, other than them, the batting lineup had been disappointing. For Scotland chasing a target of 179, Mark Watt, a bowler was the highest scorer. 5 of its batsmen not reaching a double digit score.

[ZAINmalik75]

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Sri Lanka.  vs.  Ireland

I thought the Sri Lankan team is in pretty good shape now. But the team's performance in the two warm-up matches seems to be similar to the weaker teams in this team's condition. warm up Sri Lanka team performed badly in both the matches.

In the first warm up match, the Sri Lankan team lost against a team like the Netherlands. Netherlands team set a descent target of 182 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Sri Lankan bowlers are not bowling well. The batsmen collected only 161 runs. The Sri Lankan team lost by 20 runs.

Sri Lanka will probably not win against a team like Ireland today. Sri Lanka team collected only 163 runs in 20 overs. All 5 top order batsmen have batted badly. Given such a low target, victory does not seem possible for Sri Lanka today.

Yeh absolutely they lose some of thier early warmup matches but it doesn't mean they lose the potential to won any important matches, it's true that mostly sirilankan team has shown bad performance in ICC competition especially in recent time but I still believe they has potential to get any stronger side on their day. Anyway they firstly scored 168 runs which isn't look strong target to defend but thier potential bowler make it happen and through thier phenomenal deliveries especially shanaka they get thier opponent before the required target and thus they got a handsome victory with a margin of more than 40+ runs.

[MrNata]

Two warm up matches for the T20 world cup today and both resulted in expected team winning it.
The match between Sri Lanka and Ireland could have been closer than the result if the Irish lower order batting had not collapsed. Sri Lanka batting first made 163 and Ireland chasing the target, lost 5 of their last wickets for just 14 runs.
Afghanistan and Scotland was too similar but Afghanistan won by a larger margin. Afganistan batting was led by Gulabdin Naib and Azmatullah Omarzai, other than them, the batting lineup had been disappointing. For Scotland chasing a target of 179, Mark Watt, a bowler was the highest scorer. 5 of its batsmen not reaching a double digit score.

Sri Lanka won this match by 41 runs. Sri Lanka bowled very well on the slow wicket, because of which Sri Lanka restricted Ireland to just 122 runs. Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana look like their bowling line can stop any team in the World Cup.
Afghanistan won by 55 runs against Scotland. Afghanistan used nine bowlers to chase down the target of 179 runs and seven of them claimed wickets. Before the start of the main phase, Afghanistan's batsmen and bowlers indicat that Afghanistan could cause the biggest disaster in this World Cup.