T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Vishnu.Reang]

Even if it is short IPL it would be great as i would like to watch the series just to wage some bet, the situation in India is getting worse as per the corona virus update site and if they can conduct a mini IPL in Sri Lanka it would be great but will the international players participate in it is unknown and it is highly unlikely they will participate this season. I am certain that the T20 World Cup will continue as scheduled if the situation remains the same in Australia in the next two months.

Please check this link:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-to-see-covid-19-peak-by-mid-nov-study/articleshow/76377374.cms

It says that the COVID 19 pandemic situation in India may peak by mid-November. If that is the case, then I don't know how they can stage any tournament (either domestic or international) here. It would be safe to assume that the next edition of IPL will be played in April-May 2021. Let's just concentrate on the T20 World Cup for now.

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[JSRAW]

^^ Meanwhile Rugby has returned to NewZealand.
Shoulder to shoulder, New Zealand rugby fans cheer the return of crowds to live sport

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Even if the matches can be completed within 3-3.5 hours each, I am sure that there will be a lot of viewer fatigue. Even the die hard fans may not watch more than 2 matches. And that would mean that the audience would decline by at least 50%. And another thing is about the venues. Where are they planning to stage the matches? Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata.etc are out of the equation. And the other cities are not faring that well either.

Exactly... 2 games per day is tested plan so they should stick with it without any hesitation. Himachal, Chandigarh, Bangalore might give permission.

[AB de Royse777]

^^ Meanwhile Rugby has returned to NewZealand.
Shoulder to shoulder, New Zealand rugby fans cheer the return of crowds to live sport

And football already returned. Now, cricket left.

I checked in cricinfo and it seems we will start with New Zealand tour of Ireland?
https://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/19708/season/2020/new-zealand-tour-of-scotland,-netherlands-and-ireland-2020

[JSRAW]

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And football already returned. Now, cricket left.

I checked in cricinfo and it seems we will start with New Zealand tour of Ireland?
https://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/19708/season/2020/new-zealand-tour-of-scotland,-netherlands-and-ireland-2020

Not sure about this T-20 series as didn't get to see any official announcement from the NZC board. Although Test cricket is returning next month for sure (WI vs ENG).

Edit : One more month fellas....
ECB announces schedule of three closed-door Tests against WI

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It says that the COVID 19 pandemic situation in India may peak by mid-November. If that is the case, then I don't know how they can stage any tournament (either domestic or international) here. It would be safe to assume that the next edition of IPL will be played in April-May 2021. Let's just concentrate on the T20 World Cup for now.

The predictions on how the virus will spread and what about breaking the chain and testing, what is the progress. I understand the population is really huge to test everyone but you need to have a plan to contain the spread and it looks like no is seeing that opportunity as the best option.
Hopefully T20 World Cup will continue as scheduled as soccer and Tennis and other sports resumed.

[Vishnu.Reang]

^^ Meanwhile Rugby has returned to NewZealand.
Shoulder to shoulder, New Zealand rugby fans cheer the return of crowds to live sport

And football already returned. Now, cricket left.

I checked in cricinfo and it seems we will start with New Zealand tour of Ireland?
https://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/series/19708/season/2020/new-zealand-tour-of-scotland,-netherlands-and-ireland-2020

I think that this series is already postponed. The Irish board issued a statement last month. And it needs to be seen whether they will re-schedule these matches to a latter date. The international calendar is very crowded and it will be difficult to find enough time window for bilateral series such as this one. And NZC is not going to bother much, taking in to account the limited revenue potential from this tour.

[AB de Royse777]

I think that this series is already postponed. The Irish board issued a statement last month. And it needs to be seen whether they will re-schedule these matches to a latter date. The international calendar is very crowded and it will be difficult to find enough time window for bilateral series such as this one. And NZC is not going to bother much, taking in to account the limited revenue potential from this tour.

Circinfo needs to update things LOL

PS: I have very little information about cricket world from last few months. It is a good thing that you guys are still keeping this section active and the discussions are going on.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I think that this series is already postponed. The Irish board issued a statement last month. And it needs to be seen whether they will re-schedule these matches to a latter date. The international calendar is very crowded and it will be difficult to find enough time window for bilateral series such as this one. And NZC is not going to bother much, taking in to account the limited revenue potential from this tour.

Circinfo needs to update things LOL

PS: I have very little information about cricket world from last few months. It is a good thing that you guys are still keeping this section active and the discussions are going on.

I wouldn't blame them. First of all, the cricket boards are not clear with the schedules. They are trying hard to move ahead with the tours till the last minute, and the cancellation is being done only a few weeks before the matches are about to start. And another thing is that Espn Cricinfo isn't updating the schedules for some time. They have updated the dates for England vs West Indies series, but they haven't done that for the other series.

[JSRAW]

Interesting news Ladies...

South Africa trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat and experimenting with the new format called "3TeamCricket" 3 teams (8 players each) playing against each other in the same match hahaha seems fun.

Experimental three-team format to kick off South Africa's return to cricket

[Vishnu.Reang]

^^^ Now this is what we would call as innovation. Went through the details of the new format, and for me it looks very interesting. My only concern is about the duration. 12 overs is too low, IMO. It will be just like T10 cricket, which gives no space for the bowlers. The team can afford to lose 10 wickets in 12 overs, and all the time the batsmen would be trying to hit the bowler out of the ground. Let's have 20 overs per innings, for a total of 60.

[JSRAW]

^^ Its in experimental phase so everything goes... I didn't gave much thought on over limit yet but man 3 teams competing in the same match is fun to imagine and real treat for spectators, will try my best to watch this match..

[Haunebu]

South Africa trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat and experimenting with the new format called "3TeamCricket" 3 teams (8 players each) playing against each other in the same match hahaha seems fun.

What in the world? I tried reading the rules 2-3 times and then understood it partially. This is some complicated mashup of ideas which I doubt anyone would enjoy.

Cricket is itself a complicated sport with the current rules which is why these new rules make it far more complicated. I don't see this experiment ending successfully to be honest though I could be wrong.

[7788bitcoin]

Interesting news Ladies...

South Africa trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat and experimenting with the new format called "3TeamCricket" 3 teams (8 players each) playing against each other in the same match hahaha seems fun.

Now everyone is experimenting with the sport, it seems to be funny to see three teams battling out in the same match, football too needs to make these changes with 3 goal post and 3 teams .

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Cricket is itself a complicated sport with the current rules which is why these new rules make it far more complicated. I don't see this experiment ending successfully to be honest though I could be wrong.

It is true, the rules we have for cricket is really complicated to introduce to a new person and if cricket needs to see more nations playing the game on the highest level they need to simply things rather than complicating things.

If they can evolve and make things interesting it is well and good, i would like to see how this will go.

[verita1]

This new format will allow cricket matches to be played again and the players to return to bring us good cricket. Sometimes we feel nonconformity but it is worse than nothing.
The team that achieves the highest aggregate until the end of the game will be the winner. I see it as it works in each competition the team that achieves the most scores must be the winner.

[JSRAW]

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What in the world? I tried reading the rules 2-3 times and then understood it partially. This is some complicated mashup of ideas which I doubt anyone would enjoy.

Cricket is itself a complicated sport with the current rules which is why these new rules make it far more complicated. I don't see this experiment ending successfully to be honest though I could be wrong.

Oh c'mon bro, don't be a party pooper  and don't tell me that you never fancy the idea of one batsman batting alone in any international cricket, just like gully cricket hahaha.

Its one-off exhibition event anyway and all the raised money going to charity.

[Haunebu]

Oh c'mon bro, don't be a party pooper   and don't tell me that you never fancy the idea of one batsman batting alone in any international cricket, just like gully cricket hahaha.

Its one-off exhibition event anyway and all the raised money going to charity.

Hmm. Since it's just an exhibition event for the sake of charity, I agree with you. I just found it difficult to understand the rules of this new format even though I have been following Cricket for years now.

I do remember the feeling of playing Cricket solo though without any batsman on the other end. I wonder how many runs the batsman would be capable of scoring on their own without depending on anyone.

PCB chairman Mr Ehsan said yesterday that T20 World Cup in Australia in this year does not look feasible and it could get postponed to the next year .Though the final decision on this matter might be taken in the coming months.  But this may just be the hint for all about the world cup .

Almost everyone including me foresaw this from a mile away. Even if Australia and NZ have controlled the pandemic properly, they still can't risk allowing foreign players from COVID affected countries since they would prioritize their own people first.

[AB de Royse777]

Interesting news Ladies...

South Africa trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat and experimenting with the new format called "3TeamCricket" 3 teams (8 players each) playing against each other in the same match hahaha seems fun.

Experimental three-team format to kick off South Africa's return to cricket

Here comes complexity in cricket :-P
Unique idea but not sure many people will understand it. I do not find any excitement though.

Did anyone notice that PL has already started from yesterday?

[BitSat19]

Interesting news Ladies...

South Africa trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat and experimenting with the new format called "3TeamCricket" 3 teams (8 players each) playing against each other in the same match hahaha seems fun.

Experimental three-team format to kick off South Africa's return to cricket

Here comes complexity in cricket :-P
Unique idea but not sure many people will understand it. I do not find any excitement though.

Did anyone notice that PL has already started from yesterday?

Good news is now we have Soccer in all European countries and Cricket is also going to start after 20 days in England but sad news we will not able to have these sports in 2020 as Corona is doing his own business and its not going to end in near future.

[JSRAW]

^^ Have some faith, papi. This too shall pass...

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I do remember the feeling of playing Cricket solo though without any batsman on the other end. I wonder how many runs the batsman would be capable of scoring on their own without depending on anyone.

Even number, mentioned in the screenshot (6th point), similar to gully cricket. Hit the ball and take 2,4 runs if possible.

I do not find any excitement though.

Did anyone notice that PL has already started from yesterday?

I am up for every weird innovation so i am excited for this one as well. I don't follow football so nope 

[Vishnu.Reang]

Yes, this would only mean that unless vaccine is available things may not look really good for the 2 very big tournament which was supposed to happen this year like IPL and T20 world cup tournament. This would only mean postponement of T20 world cup and cancellation of IPL, unless some magic happens with the vaccine and patients recover quickly.

AstraZeneca is currently conducting the 3rd and final phase of human trials for the COVID 19 vaccine and it should be available in the market in a few months from now. That said, the Australian government says that it is doing whatever it takes, so that the T20 World Cup can go ahead as per the plan. But today there was bad news from that country. The Cricket Australia chairman (Earl Eddings) said that it will be unrealistic to stage the world cup at this point.

And there is more bad news. Check this:

https://emergingcricket.com/news/cricket-scotland-matchup-with-australia-cancelled-due-to-covid-19/

It is confirmed that the T20I between Australia and Scotland is cancelled.