T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Indymoney]

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Check this:

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/channel-7-threatens-to-terminate-450-million-contract-with-cricket-australia/news-story/2e1e3d35ebda5cc0a9cb94e3de13f390

In a bombshell report, Channel 7 is threatening to terminate its $450 million contract with Cricket Australia. On Friday, The Daily Telegraph’s Ben Horne revealed Channel 7 chief executive James Warburton had delivered a scathing assessment of Cricket Australia’s management, calling it a “trainwreck” and the “most incompetent” administration he has ever worked with.

If Australia, which happens to be one of the Big 3 nations is faring so badly, then you can imagine how the other boards are going to survive this crisis.

Yeah, heard about it yesterday, they already reported loss couple of months back. In recent drama it seems CA going nuts in pandemic and pissing off their broadcasters.

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Eng vs Pak

61/2 - 7.2 overs

Surprisingly Babar got out early...

Pakistan done good in batting and now was doing good in bowling but suddenly things are sliping away from them through moeen ali as his 16th over riot can give England this series very good and attacking cricket from him after very long time.

Edit: What a match Wahab's 19th over change things for Pakistan otherwise Moeen was really on target but still good match by both teams.

[Haunebu]

Edit: What a match Wahab's 19th over change things for Pakistan otherwise Moeen was really on target but still good match by both teams.

Honestly, I did not expect this result. This is basically a consolation win for Pakistan at this point. England must be gutted since it went down to the last over. Hafeez is in prime form currently while Ali performed well too.

The English spinners performed horribly. Unpredictability is the beauty of the T-20 format. Looking forward to IPL 2020.

[onecall123]

Edit: What a match Wahab's 19th over change things for Pakistan otherwise Moeen was really on target but still good match by both teams.

Honestly, I did not expect this result. This is basically a consolation win for Pakistan at this point. England must be gutted since it went down to the last over. Hafeez is in prime form currently while Ali performed well too.

The English spinners performed horribly. Unpredictability is the beauty of the T-20 format. Looking forward to IPL 2020.

So T20I series finishes as a 1-1 draw! That's good from the side of Pakistan part, they can back to home with a consolation win. Super rescue by Wahab Riaz after nearly dropped match. Indeed A good contest, and well deserved victory for Pakistan.

[bryant.coleman]

Didn't expected Pakistan to win a T20 match against England, but they managed to do it somehow. Even after they made a total of 190, I was skeptical, because I knew the weakness of the Pakistan bowling attack. But the England batsmen (apart from Banton and Ali) failed to perform and they wasted a good opportunity to stay ahead with a series win.

[7788bitcoin]

Honestly, I did not expect this result. This is basically a consolation win for Pakistan at this point. England must be gutted since it went down to the last over. Hafeez is in prime form currently while Ali performed well too.

The English spinners performed horribly. Unpredictability is the beauty of the T-20 format. Looking forward to IPL 2020.

No one expected Pakistan defeating England, in the second T20 they scored more runs than they did this time and lost the match and here England chocked with a crucial run of Eoin Morgan changed the match upside down but then i was surprised to see Moeen Ali returning back to form and played a blistering knock but it was not enough in the end, either way it was a close match and Pakistan leveled the series.

[pakhitheboss]

Honestly, I did not expect this result. This is basically a consolation win for Pakistan at this point. England must be gutted since it went down to the last over. Hafeez is in prime form currently while Ali performed well too.

The English spinners performed horribly. Unpredictability is the beauty of the T-20 format. Looking forward to IPL 2020.

No one expected Pakistan defeating England, in the second T20 they scored more runs than they did this time and lost the match and here England chocked with a crucial run of Eoin Morgan changed the match upside down but then i was surprised to see Moeen Ali returning back to form and played a blistering knock but it was not enough in the end, either way it was a close match and Pakistan leveled the series.

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

[bryant.coleman]

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

Nope. Pakistan lost the first match and the second one was washed away. They won the third and last match. T20 is such an unpredictable format, and even teams such as Netherlands have defeated England in this version. It is like 50% skill and 50% luck. If luck is not favoring you, then you can go down even against minnows such as Scotland and Netherlands.

[7788bitcoin]

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

Nope. Pakistan lost the first match and the second one was washed away. They won the third and last match. T20 is such an unpredictable format, and even teams such as Netherlands have defeated England in this version. It is like 50% skill and 50% luck. If luck is not favoring you, then you can go down even against minnows such as Scotland and Netherlands.

The first T20 was washed out due to rain where England was on 131 for the loss of 6 wicket in the 16th over when rain stopped play and with the way Pakistan played in the next two matches there was a high possibility that they could have won the first match as they have the batting dept when Mohammad Hafeez shifted to be a stroke maker at 39 years of age. I do not remember him playing like this in the past and his performance was a big surprise as he was clearing the long boundaries with ease.

[BitSat19]

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

Nope. Pakistan lost the first match and the second one was washed away. They won the third and last match. T20 is such an unpredictable format, and even teams such as Netherlands have defeated England in this version. It is like 50% skill and 50% luck. If luck is not favoring you, then you can go down even against minnows such as Scotland and Netherlands.

First was washed out and second won by England third won by Pakistan I agree with you twenty/20 is all about luck and skill any team can do good on day and all this happen but one thing is sure never right off Pakistan as they can fight back on any day as they done even as Moeen start charging I was sure they can easily won but suddenly Wahab change things for them.

[bryant.coleman]

First was washed out and second won by England third won by Pakistan I agree with you twenty/20 is all about luck and skill any team can do good on day and all this happen but one thing is sure never right off Pakistan as they can fight back on any day as they done even as Moeen start charging I was sure they can easily won but suddenly Wahab change things for them.

Oh.. sorry for the mistake. So many matches going on and I am getting confused. Apart from the England vs Pakistan series, another T20 tournament is ongoing in the West Indies (the CPL). It is getting difficult to follow all these matches.  

That said, I am not sure whether Pakistan can take too many positives from this tour. They had a great opportunity to win the first test match, but they wasted it. Most of their team members are above the age of 30 and few of the younger players have performed well in this tour. Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah in particular were very disappointing.

[MFahad]

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

Nope. Pakistan lost the first match and the second one was washed away. They won the third and last match. T20 is such an unpredictable format, and even teams such as Netherlands have defeated England in this version. It is like 50% skill and 50% luck. If luck is not favoring you, then you can go down even against minnows such as Scotland and Netherlands.

First was washed out and second won by England third won by Pakistan I agree with you twenty/20 is all about luck and skill any team can do good on day and all this happen but one thing is sure never right off Pakistan as they can fight back on any day as they done even as Moeen start charging I was sure they can easily won but suddenly Wahab change things for them.

The match was interesting and worth watching. After a long time, we saw a close finish match. Although overall series was a disappointment because of the rain affecting the matches.

Next tournament to watch is IPL where most of the matches will be thrillers.  

[akhjob]

Next tournament to watch is IPL where most of the matches will be thrillers.  

You missing the 3 T20's and ODI's in the Australian Tour to England which starts this Friday till Sep 16th I think the Australian tour will be more interesting to watch than the recent Pakistan series and I really hope that there is no weather interference to ruin the fun.

[bryant.coleman]

Next tournament to watch is IPL where most of the matches will be thrillers.  

Don't get your hopes too high. There are multiple challenges. IPL involves 8 teams and that means a total contingent of 300-400 people. Already some of the CSK players have tested positive for COVID 19. There is a chance that more players may get infected during the course of the tournament. Things will get complicated if entire teams need to be quarantined. If that happens, then at least a few of the players may refuse to take part in the tournament any further.

[Indymoney]

Next tournament to watch is IPL where most of the matches will be thrillers.  

Don't get your hopes too high. There are multiple challenges. IPL involves 8 teams and that means a total contingent of 300-400 people. Already some of the CSK players have tested positive for COVID 19. There is a chance that more players may get infected during the course of the tournament. Things will get complicated if entire teams need to be quarantined. If that happens, then at least a few of the players may refuse to take part in the tournament any further.

Right now reports are not good about this as few players already feeling not good but quarantine is going on for few as CKS will resume training after few days but as I read few officials are still doing hard work for handling things in better way now this could be also factor for many players performance as they already feeling pressure specially after Raina announcement to leaving IPL this years addition.

[vella85]

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

Nope. Pakistan lost the first match and the second one was washed away. They won the third and last match. T20 is such an unpredictable format, and even teams such as Netherlands have defeated England in this version. It is like 50% skill and 50% luck. If luck is not favoring you, then you can go down even against minnows such as Scotland and Netherlands.

I agree that when it comes to T20 cricket any team can win on the day, it can be said for most sports but I think T20 in more unpredictable then most sports as I think its an even playing field for all teams. In the longer forms of the game teams can recover but in T20 it is more difficult for this to happen unless its very early on but normally once a team gets the momentum its hard to stop whether its batting or bowling. Congrats to Pakistan on winning and at least tying the series.

[JSRAW]

Next tournament to watch is IPL where most of the matches will be thrillers.  

Don't get your hopes too high. There are multiple challenges. IPL involves 8 teams and that means a total contingent of 300-400 people. Already some of the CSK players have tested positive for COVID 19. There is a chance that more players may get infected during the course of the tournament. Things will get complicated if entire teams need to be quarantined. If that happens, then at least a few of the players may refuse to take part in the tournament any further.

Everyone who came positive recently had another test and results came negative so that's a good news.

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Lasith Malinga pulled out from the IPL due to personal reasons   and Sri Lanka starting their own T-20 tournament league from 14th Nov.

[bryant.coleman]

Lasith Malinga pulled out from the IPL due to personal reasons   and Sri Lanka starting their own T-20 tournament league from 14th Nov.

The SLCB came up with a franchise cricket league sometime ago, and this was a disaster in financial terms. They need to understand that Sri Lanka is a small country, which doesn't have enough resources to independently run a franchise league on its own. This is one of the reasons why New Zealand never tried their luck with the T20 league. CPL is a success only because the West Indian players have huge fan following in the sub-continent. Expect another loss making venture this time.

[pakhitheboss]

Missed yesterdays match, I had no clues that Pakistan won the first T20 against England. This why this team is truly unpredictable. You do not know what will happen next when these guys play. I will be waiting for the next match and hope to see them repeat the same performance.

Nope. Pakistan lost the first match and the second one was washed away. They won the third and last match. T20 is such an unpredictable format, and even teams such as Netherlands have defeated England in this version. It is like 50% skill and 50% luck. If luck is not favoring you, then you can go down even against minnows such as Scotland and Netherlands.

First was washed out and second won by England third won by Pakistan I agree with you twenty/20 is all about luck and skill any team can do good on day and all this happen but one thing is sure never right off Pakistan as they can fight back on any day as they done even as Moeen start charging I was sure they can easily won but suddenly Wahab change things for them.

OOPS!!!

I had no clue about the other two, my bad I got confused with so many matches happening suddenly it is hard to keep a track of all of them. Thanks for the heads up.

[teosanru]

Lasith Malinga pulled out from the IPL due to personal reasons   and Sri Lanka starting their own T-20 tournament league from 14th Nov.

The SLCB came up with a franchise cricket league sometime ago, and this was a disaster in financial terms. They need to understand that Sri Lanka is a small country, which doesn't have enough resources to independently run a franchise league on its own. This is one of the reasons why New Zealand never tried their luck with the T20 league. CPL is a success only because the West Indian players have huge fan following in the sub-continent. Expect another loss making venture this time.

I think every cricket board is trying to copy this idea to gain something now. And the enthusiasm has mostly come after the grand success of the Bangladesh premier league because Bangladesh being such a small nation has been practically able to make it a great success this is why Sri Lanka tried it too. But yes Sri Lanka has much lower fan following. I think a better idea for Sri Lanka could be to try and pitch Bangladeshi to merge their league with them and take profit sharing out of that league.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I think every cricket board is trying to copy this idea to gain something now. And the enthusiasm has mostly come after the grand success of the Bangladesh premier league because Bangladesh being such a small nation has been practically able to make it a great success this is why Sri Lanka tried it too. But yes Sri Lanka has much lower fan following. I think a better idea for Sri Lanka could be to try and pitch Bangladeshi to merge their league with them and take profit sharing out of that league.

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is more like a moderate success. Very few of the international superstars take part in BPL, and there were financial issues during the last edition. But to their credit, the BCB has managed to stage the tournament on a continuous basis since 2012. One thing to remember here is that the population of Bangladesh is almost 10 times that of Sri Lanka. That gives them a fairly big advantage. On top of that sizable Bangladeshi expat communities exist in nations such as UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, USA, UK.etc.