T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[noormcs5]

India, Australia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in this group. Group B has England, South Africa, West Indies and the United States. This is the official fixture of the quarter finals. These matches will surely be very interesting. According to me, four good teams will play the semi-finals from here - India, Australia, West Indies and South Africa.

Talking about the Group B, I think that group B is not too much easy either but we can analyze the top 2 teams, England and South Africa according to me that can be go into the semi finals but there are also some chances for the West Indies team. By the way, group A is also good and it is a stupidity to talk about this because the two good teams and two weak teams are gonna be playing in each group, so as ICC announced the group so I think it is surely true because ICC is not any joke. They always decide after a full investigation of any decision.  

Anyway once we have the first few matches in each group, whereby each team plays their first matches in Super 8s, the situation will be very much clear as who is heading towards the semi finals. Also, teams are not carry forwarding their points from the group stages and it will be a fresh battle altogether.

[UmerIdrees]

India, Australia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in this group. Group B has England, South Africa, West Indies and the United States. This is the official fixture of the quarter finals. These matches will surely be very interesting. According to me, four good teams will play the semi-finals from here - India, Australia, West Indies and South Africa.

Talking about the Group B, I think that group B is not too much easy either but we can analyze the top 2 teams, England and South Africa according to me that can be go into the semi finals but there are also some chances for the West Indies team. By the way, group A is also good and it is a stupidity to talk about this because the two good teams and two weak teams are gonna be playing in each group, so as ICC announced the group so I think it is surely true because ICC is not any joke. They always decide after a full investigation of any decision.  

Anyway once we have the first few matches in each group, whereby each team plays their first matches in Super 8s, the situation will be very much clear as who is heading towards the semi finals. Also, teams are not carry forwarding their points from the group stages and it will be a fresh battle altogether.

Yes, but I think group B could be tough because the United States of America didn’t come slow in this World Cup but still it could be hard to play against them and also West Indies is a hard team and they have done a good performance in this World Cup until now.

So, let’s see what will happen but I still think it is a tough group and these matches had been close finish while group A is very easy and Australia and India too can qualify easily for the semi's. We should not underestimate Afghanistan as it is a stronger team than most of people think but still they have no history of victories when compared with Australia or India.

[ibuddy122505]

India, Australia, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in this group. Group B has England, South Africa, West Indies and the United States. This is the official fixture of the quarter finals. These matches will surely be very interesting. According to me, four good teams will play the semi-finals from here - India, Australia, West Indies and South Africa.

Talking about the Group B, I think that group B is not too much easy either but we can analyze the top 2 teams, England and South Africa according to me that can be go into the semi finals but there are also some chances for the West Indies team. By the way, group A is also good and it is a stupidity to talk about this because the two good teams and two weak teams are gonna be playing in each group, so as ICC announced the group so I think it is surely true because ICC is not any joke. They always decide after a full investigation of any decision.  

Anyway once we have the first few matches in each group, whereby each team plays their first matches in Super 8s, the situation will be very much clear as who is heading towards the semi finals. Also, teams are not carry forwarding their points from the group stages and it will be a fresh battle altogether.

Yes, but I think group B could be tough because the United States of America didn’t come slow in this World Cup but still it could be hard to play against them and also West Indies is a hard team and they have done a good performance in this World Cup until now.

So, let’s see what will happen but I still think it is a tough group and these matches had been close finish while group A is very easy and Australia and India too can qualify easily for the semi's. We should not underestimate Afghanistan as it is a stronger team than most of people think but still they have no history of victories when compared with Australia or India.

I have equal respect for all the Super 8s teams for making it to the second stage of the T20 World Cup. Success will depend on the effort they put in to win. This World Cup might not be the most exciting, but there will still be some madness and unexpected outcomes due to the rain, and anything can happen. All the Super 8s teams have a lot of experience, so it's hard to favor any one team. I hope we don't see any one-sided games and that we see strong fighting spirit from everyone. Personally, I'm looking forward to the USA, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan games.

[rojan]

Today team Cyprus vs Estonia match has already started.Estonia team came out to bat and gave a target of 145 runs for loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.Cyprus team now came out to bat.They scored 118 runs for loss of 5 wickets in 16.2 overs.Cyprus team will win this match.  Need 28 runs from 22 balls. Can't figure out whether Cyprus team will win this match or not. Have to enjoy the match to see which team will win this match.

[cozytrade]

The game of 41st match of United States vs South Africa team has already started. South Africa team came out to bat. In 4 overs South Africa team has lost 1 wicket so far. Today's match will be a tough fight between the two teams I think. In the previous matches South  Africa team performed very well so I think South Africa team will do well in today's match.

[Out of mind]

In today's match, USA decided to bowl to toss and South Africa team to bat. In this match, South Africa team will definitely try to score good runs and perform well enough to win. Although the South African team has already lost a wicket, two experienced batsmen Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram are holding the game at the moment. These two have built a partnership, Quinton de Kock is doing great as he is nearing his half century, surely he will achieve his goal very soon. The amount of runs that are being collected in today's match, if the South African team can survive like this at the end, then it will be possible to collect 200 plus runs in today's match.  And if this huge score gives USA a target then they will never be able to match South Africa and I think South Africa will win today's match.

[bitcoin_mining]

The official fixtures for the quarter finals have been made. Group A has India Australia Bangladesh Afghanistan and Group B has England South Africa West Indies and USA.  Every match in the quarter finals is sure to be interesting as the top 8 teams from all the teams qualify for the quarter finals. As the game hasn't started yet I'll put the four teams in the best position for the semi-finals. According to my prediction India, West Indies, Australia and South Africa will be among the four teams.

LOL.. India and Australia are in the same group. This means that things will get difficult for India. Defeating Bangladesh and Afghanistan maybe easy, but in order to finish at the top of the group they need to defeat the Aussies as well. The other group is relatively easier, with USA among the participants. From that group West Indies and South Africa are likely to qualify for the semi-finals. The pitches will be more supportive for batting, as from now onwards all the matches will be scheduled in West Indies.

The ICC may have created the groups in such a way that the strongest teams secure the semi-finals. According to ICC predictions, India and Australia will secure the semi-finals from this group and South Africa and England from another group will secure the semi-finals. If the eight teams played one match each in the quarter finals, the competition would have been tight and from there the top four teams in the points table would have qualified for the next round. If this was done, the tournament would have been a little longer, but there would not have been so much criticism of the ICC for making this schedule.

[Sithara007]

The ICC may have created the groups in such a way that the strongest teams secure the semi-finals. According to ICC predictions, India and Australia will secure the semi-finals from this group and South Africa and England from another group will secure the semi-finals. If the eight teams played one match each in the quarter finals, the competition would have been tight and from there the top four teams in the points table would have qualified for the next round. If this was done, the tournament would have been a little longer, but there would not have been so much criticism of the ICC for making this schedule.

Not sure about the other group. Instead of England, I would say that West Indies are the favorites to enter semi-finals. England pacers went for plenty whenever they faced quality batsmen. And their team as a whole looks unbalanced. On the other hand, West Indies has the home advantage and their players seems to be in great form. In Group 1, the other two teams apart from India and Australia are too weak and they don't stand any chance of qualification to the next round.

[Cheema02]

The first match of Group 2 of Super Eight USA vs South Africa will be played tomorrow. Although we are still uncertain which team will win this game, we can't say it correctly.  Although many of us will be betting on South Africa as per the match betting odds and expect them to win. But in the games that we have played, every batsman has played very disappointing batting in every game, if such batting performance is also in this match, then both the teams will try hard to win. But South Africa team is more likely to win, but I wouldn't say that they will win because USA team is also in good form. If the USA team can perform well in bowling, then they can hope to win against South Africa. And this match between the two teams will definitely be more interesting and exciting, as the team that wins will advance to the next round.

In this match United States won the toss and decided to bowl first that a good decision. South Africa batted well and scored 194 runs in a loss of 4 wickets in the first inning of the match. from South Africa, Quinton deKock batting performance is amazing scored 74 runs from just 40 balls and Aiden Markram also played well scored 46 runs from 32 balls, but unfortunately missed a good fifty by few runs short. United States bowels bowling well especially Netravalkar who picked 2 important wickets and Harmeet Singh also picked 2 wickets for his team. The United States batting well so far their current score is 34 runs in a loss of one wicket in the first 4 overs of the match. United Needed 161 runs from 97 balls to win this match against South Africa and their chances of winning the match are high according to the current situation.

[cozytrade]

Estonia team won today's match by 31 runs.Estonia team came to bat and set a target of 186 runs in 20 overs.The run target given by Estonia team was the right run for Estonia team to win for which Estonia team won the match by 31 runs.Cyprus team 19.4  155 runs in the over and left the field all out. The batting line and bowling line of the Cyprus team were weak.

[Sithara007]

Estonia team won today's match by 31 runs.Estonia team came to bat and set a target of 186 runs in 20 overs.The run target given by Estonia team was the right run for Estonia team to win for which Estonia team won the match by 31 runs.Cyprus team 19.4  155 runs in the over and left the field all out. The batting line and bowling line of the Cyprus team were weak.

LOL.. they are Estonia and Cyprus in name only. I checked the list of players, and "Estonia" squad only had two native players (Marko Vaik and Kalle Vislapuu). A few years ago, more than half of their players were native, but then the expats took over the team. Cyprus was even worse. They just had one native player (James Chialoufas). But then Cyprus squad was always like that. It was always dominated by expats. BTW, I noticed that Estonia women's squad was almost entirely comprised of natives.

[libert19]

USA had good start with Taylor on crease but once he gone, it's downhill from there, right now 71-4 (10 ov), I have some hope on Gous but other than that it seems that USA has already lost this game.  

[cozytrade]

In today's match, USA decided to bowl to toss and South Africa team to bat. In this match, South Africa team will definitely try to score good runs and perform well enough to win. Although the South African team has already lost a wicket, two experienced batsmen Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram are holding the game at the moment. These two have built a partnership, Quinton de Kock is doing great as he is nearing his half century, surely he will achieve his goal very soon. The amount of runs that are being collected in today's match, if the South African team can survive like this at the end, then it will be possible to collect 200 plus runs in today's match.  And if this huge score gives USA a target then they will never be able to match South Africa and I think South Africa will win today's match.

Yes you are absolutely right, it can be said without a doubt that South Africa team has more chances to win this match. In this match, South Africa team batsmen have achieved a reliable enough score with responsible batting. The South African team has collected 194 runs after finishing the game in 20 overs. I think, in this match, the South African team has managed to give USA a big target.  Meeting this target is very difficult for the USA. Because South Africa team has many strong and experienced bowlers in the bowling site. They have already managed to pick up 4 wickets of the USA team for 71 runs in the second innings. Now if the bowlers of the South African team continue to make the USA's wickets fall like this, then the South African team will not have to work so hard in this match. Let's see what happens at the end of the game.

[Sithara007]

USA had good start with Taylor on crease but once he gone, it was downhill from there, right now 71-4 (10 ov), I have some hope on Gous but other than that it seems that USA has already lost this game. 

LOL.. you are talking about chasing down a target of 195, and that too against world class bowlers such as Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj. As long as Andries Gous is there, they would fancy their chances, but now the required run rate has climbed to 13.5 runs per over. And a win for the Proteas would also mean that they would remain unbeaten so far in this competition. And along with India and Australia, they are among the favorites to lift the trophy.

[bitcoin_mining]

South Africa VS United States

So for now the super 8 round has been started. And today these team will play the first match of super 8 round. And in both teams I am looking that South Africa is looking little stronger team so I hope they will play well. By the way we can't underestimate the USA team too because we are looking that they are taking the benifits of home ground so they have chances to qualify for the semifinals too. So let's wait for the match and let's see which team will perform well and sow a good performance to win the match. My best wishes are with South Africa. So let's hope they will win.

Basically I think United States of America team qualified to the Super 8 round due to team Pakistan. If Pakistan won that match so USA couldn't qualify. The Super was not good when Muhammad Amir gave 18 runs in a single over. And this was a huge target which they need to cover in a single over.
Well this is not the topic. Topic is that who can win the today match so their are 50 50 chances which I am looking because South Africa squad is not strong in my point of view. And we can't underestimate the USA too. So there are the chances that USA can win the match. By the way this too much earlier to guess but I am looking that USA can give a surprise.

Luck was largely not in Pakistan's favor in the last match and was abandoned due to rain which allowed the USA to qualify for the quarter finals of the World Cup. America has not only reached this stage of the World Cup tournament due to luck but they have performed brilliantly in the early matches and they have won against stronger opponents than them and this is where they are far ahead of Pakistan. Since Pakistan has already exited this World Cup tournament, the main discussion should now be on the match between South Africa and USA. This match will be played today and South Africa will be ahead as the favorites but USA can do well as they have good quality bowlers and good quality batsmen in their team.

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USA had good start with Taylor on crease but once he gone, it's downhill from there, right now 71-4 (10 ov), I have some hope on Gous but other than that it seems that USA has already lost this game.  

United state of America did a great performance today even they are going to lose this message because in the last over they need 26 run they have enough wicket but I don't think there can able to reach this run at the end of the day. But hats of their batsman they played against one of the stronger team South Africa

[Sithara007]

Why South Africa is constantly struggling against the associate nations? Back in group stage, they had a close match against Nepal and just scrape through by a margin of 1 run. And then they had a close match against the Netherlands. And today, they setup a massive target of 195 against the USA, but then the Americans really fought hard and lost the match only by a small margin of 18 runs. Given this, I am not sure whether we can consider them as one of the favorites, although they have remained unbeaten so far.

[Essential10]

USA had good start with Taylor on crease but once he gone, it's downhill from there, right now 71-4 (10 ov), I have some hope on Gous but other than that it seems that USA has already lost this game.  

United state of America did a great performance today even they are going to lose this message because in the last over they need 26 run they have enough wicket but I don't think there can able to reach this run at the end of the day. But hats of their batsman they played against one of the stronger team South Africa

South Africa set USA a target of 195 runs which was a huge target for USA. South Africa Quinton de Kock and Markram put on a 110-run stand in 60 balls for the second wicket which saw South Africa go for a big total. USA started well in the second innings but fell under run rate pressure due to middle order failure. The sixth-wicket partnership of Harmeet Singh and Andries Gous put on a 43-ball 91-run partnership almost to take the team to victory, but Rabada broke the sixth-wicket partnership in the 19th over. In the end, the United States lost by 18 runs.

[Sithara007]

USA had good start with Taylor on crease but once he gone, it's downhill from there, right now 71-4 (10 ov), I have some hope on Gous but other than that it seems that USA has already lost this game.  

United state of America did a great performance today even they are going to lose this message because in the last over they need 26 run they have enough wicket but I don't think there can able to reach this run at the end of the day. But hats of their batsman they played against one of the stronger team South Africa

South Africa set USA a target of 195 runs which was a huge target for USA. South Africa Quinton de Kock and Markram put on a 110-run stand in 60 balls for the second wicket which saw South Africa go for a big total. USA started well in the second innings but fell under run rate pressure due to middle order failure. The sixth-wicket partnership of Harmeet Singh and Andries Gous put on a 43-ball 91-run partnership almost to take the team to victory, but Rabada broke the sixth-wicket partnership in the 19th over. In the end, the United States lost by 18 runs.

They needed 28 runs from 12 balls. When Andries Gous and Harmeet Singh managed to score a massive 22 runs from the 18th over which was bowled by Tabraiz Shamsi, I thought for a few seconds that there was actually a chance that USA would win this match. Shamsi ended up with figures of 4-0-50-1. But in the first ball of the next over bowled by Kagiso Rabada, Harmeet Singh got out and that effectively ended the US chase. Andries Gous stayed till the end, but he ran out of support from the other end.

[Mahdirakib]

I agree this record looks unbreakable right now, but as the saying goes, "records are made to be broken" — so this too will be broken by somebody in due time.

But this record isn't breakable if you look into the main thing here. No-one will be able to give more than 4 maidens over in T20 as this is the maximum number of overs a player can ball in this format. If anyone wants to break his record, then the player needs to take at least four wickets. I believe it isn’t going to happen in T20 world cup anytime soon.

USA has really fought well against SA even though they have lost the match. I won't be surprised if they win the match against England or West Indies.