T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[onecall123]

It is a complete whitewash, SL defeated by a comparatively new SA team. In just 20 overs they were able to score 120 runs, what happened to the SL batsmen. SL needs to find good bowlers as they had earlier. If this is the final team for the T20 WorldCup I doubt they will survive the knockout round.

It was really pathetic performance from the Sri Lankan team. They prepared pitches that provided unfair advantage to their spinners and yet got smacked by the South Africans. And look at the margin - 10 wickets!! Can there be a bigger humiliation? When part timers like Aiden Markram are picking up wickets, you know the quality of the track that they have prepared. Apart from Kusal Perera, none of the Sri Lankan batsmen contributed. And in the second innings, it was all Hendricks/de Kock show. 

Does we will never again see Sri Lankan cricket the original way? It is doubtful how long they will last with this squad. SL lost by 3-0, which is not a good result the way they've played. It looks like Sri Lanka is playing a warm-up match, so they are not performing. However, both Hendricks and De Kock have an absolutely fantastic batting partnership at the top. With Kock scoring runs, South Africa is slowly regaining their original touch.

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[Vishnu.Reang]

My doubt is whether they will be able to cross the qualifying group. As they are showing now, it is not surprising if they cannot qualify for the World Cup. Nevertheless, Sri Lankan management is experienced. They have legendary players like Sangakkara, Malinga. They will probably advise the team to play T20 in the World Cup to play better.

In the end, the performance depends on the players and not on the coaching or the management staff. Some of the players have been in good form, such as Wanindu Hasaranga and Avishka Fernando. If they play together as a team, then under favorable ground conditions they should be able to defeat others. But if they get complacent, then it may not be even possible to move past the qualifying stage, as you have posted. And T20 is such an unpredictable format. There is a higher chance of upsets from associate nations.

[Juggy777]

My doubt is whether they will be able to cross the qualifying group. As they are showing now, it is not surprising if they cannot qualify for the World Cup. Nevertheless, Sri Lankan management is experienced. They have legendary players like Sangakkara, Malinga. They will probably advise the team to play T20 in the World Cup to play better.

In the end, the performance depends on the players and not on the coaching or the management staff. Some of the players have been in good form, such as Wanindu Hasaranga and Avishka Fernando. If they play together as a team, then under favorable ground conditions they should be able to defeat others. But if they get complacent, then it may not be even possible to move past the qualifying stage, as you have posted. And T20 is such an unpredictable format. There is a higher chance of upsets from associate nations.

I second @Vishnu.Reang because good coaches can only advice, but if the player’s fail to execute the coaches plans on the the pitch then the team is destined to fail. Also Srilanka will need a miracle to qualify, because in their current form I don’t have any hopes from them and may consider wagering against them if I get good odds.

[bryant.coleman]

I second @Vishnu.Reang because good coaches can only advice, but if the player’s fail to execute the coaches plans on the the pitch then the team is destined to fail. Also Srilanka will need a miracle to qualify, because in their current form I don’t have any hopes from them and may consider wagering against them if I get good odds.

They should be able to qualify. The other teams in the group are Ireland, Namibia and Netherlands. These three are in decent form currently, but still defeating a test nation (which receives ICC funding of $15 million per year is going to be really tough). Ireland struggled against Zimbabwe recently and the Netherlands hasn't played against quality opposition for a long time. And I can't remember the last time when Namibia played against a test nation (that was in 2003 ODI world cup?). So it is going to be an uphill task for these teams.

[sarmrakib]

It is a complete whitewash, SL defeated by a comparatively new SA team. In just 20 overs they were able to score 120 runs, what happened to the SL batsmen. SL needs to find good bowlers as they had earlier. If this is the final team for the T20 WorldCup I doubt they will survive the knockout round.

It was really pathetic performance from the Sri Lankan team. They prepared pitches that provided unfair advantage to their spinners and yet got smacked by the South Africans. And look at the margin - 10 wickets!! Can there be a bigger humiliation? When part timers like Aiden Markram are picking up wickets, you know the quality of the track that they have prepared. Apart from Kusal Perera, none of the Sri Lankan batsmen contributed. And in the second innings, it was all Hendricks/de Kock show. 

Does we will never again see Sri Lankan cricket the original way? It is doubtful how long they will last with this squad. SL lost by 3-0, which is not a good result the way they've played. It looks like Sri Lanka is playing a warm-up match, so they are not performing. However, both Hendricks and De Kock have an absolutely fantastic batting partnership at the top. With Kock scoring runs, South Africa is slowly regaining their original touch.

I have seen for long time that the Srilanka team are really struggling .They have good player but most of them are not performing well .Most of the player are not experienced but it is t20 where any team can win in this reason they are really playing bad cricket continuously .If they continue like this it will be so tough for them in upcoming world cup .On the other hand South Africa always a strong team they always play good cricket .I hope SL will improve their ability and come strongly on world cup.

[virasog]

Sri Lanka wins the toss and elects to bat first. We're just minutes away from start the game. Sri Lanka is desperate to win at least one of the T20Is after losing two in a row. This series offers them one more opportunity to find form in the shortest format. It is more rewarding for Sri Lanka to make the series 1-2 rather than end it 3-0, even though they lost the series.

Hahaha. I also thought Sri Lanka would try to win. But he is still showing a terrible performance. Sri Lanka gave a target of only 121 runs. South Africa has scored 102 runs and has not lost a wicket yet. South Africa needs just 19 runs off 45 balls to win. I know Sri Lankan bowlers don't bowl well, but I didn't think they would do so poorly today. Sri Lankan bowlers need to be more experienced if they want to perform well in the T20 World Cup.

South Africa dominated in the whole match and they won by 10 wickets. Both openers Reeza Hendricks and Quinton de Kock remain not out. Although the target was very easy but the way they chase this score was amazing. Srilanka need to groom themselves before the start of T20 else they will be easily eliminated if they showed similar performances in world cup.

[bryant.coleman]

Anyone watching the T20I match between Scotland and Zimbabwe? The match is live on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lKExvsYBt8w

Scotland batted first, and at one point they were struggling at 30/4.  But then Richie Berrington with some help from the lower order batsmen guided them to a decent total (Berrington made 82 n.o, and the second highest score was 14 made by the keeper Matthew Cross). Zimbabwe need 142 to win, but they lost opener Wessley Madhevere for a golden duck on the very first ball of their innings. Right now it looks as if Scotland is at an advantage. But you never know.. experienced batsmen like Craig Ervine and Sean Williams are yet to come.

[sovie]

Anyone watching the T20I match between Scotland and Zimbabwe? The match is live on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lKExvsYBt8w

Scotland batted first, and at one point they were struggling at 30/4.  But then Richie Berrington with some help from the lower order batsmen guided them to a decent total (Berrington made 82 n.o, and the second highest score was 14 made by the keeper Matthew Cross). Zimbabwe need 142 to win, but they lost opener Wessley Madhevere for a golden duck on the very first ball of their innings. Right now it looks as if Scotland is at an advantage. But you never know.. experienced batsmen like Craig Ervine and Sean Williams are yet to come.

Thanks for sharing the link. Zim need 85 in 60 balls with 7 wickets remaining. Match is still very much balanced though Zim have done quite good in last 5 overs.
Zim used to be quite a competitive test side in 90s and early 2000s since then it's quite a dry period for Zim. From a test playing side status to now restricted to playing against associate teams.

[LittleBitFunny]

My doubt is whether they will be able to cross the qualifying group. As they are showing now, it is not surprising if they cannot qualify for the World Cup. Nevertheless, Sri Lankan management is experienced. They have legendary players like Sangakkara, Malinga. They will probably advise the team to play T20 in the World Cup to play better.

In the end, the performance depends on the players and not on the coaching or the management staff. Some of the players have been in good form, such as Wanindu Hasaranga and Avishka Fernando. If they play together as a team, then under favorable ground conditions they should be able to defeat others. But if they get complacent, then it may not be even possible to move past the qualifying stage, as you have posted. And T20 is such an unpredictable format. There is a higher chance of upsets from associate nations.

Performance depends on the players, the coach will not come on the field and perform. But after a coach plays a very important role for a good result of a match. Moreover, most of the players in the Sri Lankan team are inexperienced. They have no experience in how to perform well on a platform like the World Cup. Experience is needed for good results in the game. Moreover, I agree with you that the T20 format is invalid, the result of which can be changed at any moment of the match. And this is why the need for experienced players is high.

[bryant.coleman]

Thanks for sharing the link. Zim need 85 in 60 balls with 7 wickets remaining. Match is still very much balanced though Zim have done quite good in last 5 overs.
Zim used to be quite a competitive test side in 90s and early 2000s since then it's quite a dry period for Zim. From a test playing side status to now restricted to playing against associate teams.

Last year, they were asked by the ICC to play in a tri-series with Singapore and Nepal, and there also they lost a few matches. And this time, Scotland has beaten them in a resounding manner. The defeat is more humiliating this time around, because they had several experienced players in their squad such as Craig Ervine and Sean Williams. Both of them got good starts, but got out before they could get to 30. Then it was left to Milton Shumba, and he ran out of partners in the end. Scotland bowlers, especially the seamers bowled well. 

[7788bitcoin]

Anyone watching the T20I match between Scotland and Zimbabwe? The match is live on YouTube:

I thought about placing a bet on Zimbabwe to win the match as i was making a parlay and since the match started the odds were really not that great to take a risk and hence i neglected adding that to my parlay and now i feel like i dodged a bullet as Zimbabwe lost the match. I never thought Scotland would win as i am not aware of their team strengths and it thought Zimbabwe could win against teams like Scotland but i was wrong  .

[teosanru]

Hey, where are Royse777 & JSRaw these days? There are just 5 days left for IPL Aren't we going to continue that IPL Prediction pool which was pending when IPL was postponed? I was on number 3 I remember would love to see that being continued, or at least we need to make another discussion thread to ensure that this doesn't get spammed with only IPL discussion. If he isn't available do you guys want me to make a thread or maybe you bryant.coleman can create one or let's just continue posting in this old thread as I don't see it's locked : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5114470.0

[JSRAW]

Hey, where are Royse777 & JSRaw these days? There are just 5 days left for IPL Aren't we going to continue that IPL Prediction pool which was pending when IPL was postponed? I was on number 3 I remember would love to see that being continued, or at least we need to make another discussion thread to ensure that this doesn't get spammed with only IPL discussion. If he isn't available do you guys want me to make a thread or maybe you bryant.coleman can create one or let's just continue posting in this old thread as I don't see it's locked : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5114470.0

I did bumped the thread but no one was active there lol

@Royse777

[pakhitheboss]

It is a complete whitewash, SL defeated by a comparatively new SA team. In just 20 overs they were able to score 120 runs, what happened to the SL batsmen. SL needs to find good bowlers as they had earlier. If this is the final team for the T20 WorldCup I doubt they will survive the knockout round.

It was really pathetic performance from the Sri Lankan team. They prepared pitches that provided unfair advantage to their spinners and yet got smacked by the South Africans. And look at the margin - 10 wickets!! Can there be a bigger humiliation? When part timers like Aiden Markram are picking up wickets, you know the quality of the track that they have prepared. Apart from Kusal Perera, none of the Sri Lankan batsmen contributed. And in the second innings, it was all Hendricks/de Kock show. 

Does we will never again see Sri Lankan cricket the original way? It is doubtful how long they will last with this squad. SL lost by 3-0, which is not a good result the way they've played. It looks like Sri Lanka is playing a warm-up match, so they are not performing. However, both Hendricks and De Kock have an absolutely fantastic batting partnership at the top. With Kock scoring runs, South Africa is slowly regaining their original touch.

I have seen for long time that the Srilanka team are really struggling .They have good player but most of them are not performing well .Most of the player are not experienced but it is t20 where any team can win in this reason they are really playing bad cricket continuously .If they continue like this it will be so tough for them in upcoming world cup .On the other hand South Africa always a strong team they always play good cricket .I hope SL will improve their ability and come strongly on world cup.

I am surprised to see the South African team performing so well against Srilanka. Most of the players in this team are young and less experienced and after what all has happened with South African cricket and its board the team played well against all odds. It would be interesting to watch them play with other better teams in the upcoming worldcup.

[Sithara007]

I am surprised to see the South African team performing so well against Srilanka. Most of the players in this team are young and less experienced and after what all has happened with South African cricket and its board the team played well against all odds. It would be interesting to watch them play with other better teams in the upcoming worldcup.

Sri Lanka thrashed them in the ODI series, and that matters more. A 3-0 win against Sri Lanka, and that too in extremely tough ground conditions will boost the confidence of the South African team. But the defeat in the ODI series can't be ignored. And long term problems persist for South Africa. Only 3-4 months remain for the next transformation target, which will reduce the number of white players in the team to 4. It is hard to imagine people like Anrich Nortje and Quintin de Kock getting kicked out of the playing XI, just because they have the wrong skin color. I will be closely tracking their progress in the T20 World Cup.

[Vaskiy]

I am surprised to see the South African team performing so well against Srilanka. Most of the players in this team are young and less experienced and after what all has happened with South African cricket and its board the team played well against all odds. It would be interesting to watch them play with other better teams in the upcoming worldcup.

Sri Lanka thrashed them in the ODI series, and that matters more. A 3-0 win against Sri Lanka, and that too in extremely tough ground conditions will boost the confidence of the South African team. But the defeat in the ODI series can't be ignored. And long term problems persist for South Africa. Only 3-4 months remain for the next transformation target, which will reduce the number of white players in the team to 4. It is hard to imagine people like Anrich Nortje and Quintin de Kock getting kicked out of the playing XI, just because they have the wrong skin color. I will be closely tracking their progress in the T20 World Cup.

On the ODI series the losses for South Africa is unexpected. Maybe if the T20 series were played prior to the ODI, they might've got a winning streak. Anyhow the T20 series win and the last match thrashing 10 wicket win will surely keep the players boosted for the upcoming T20 world cup. By the time I want to mention South Africa as the best team, but the performance used to happen unexpected and goes down in no time. A stabilized game is a must for South Africa.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Did anyone watched the Scotland vs Zimbabwe match yesterday? It is a three-match series and Scotland has gone up 1-0. It was a close match though. Zimbabwe was without their strike bowler (Blessing Muzarabani), and yet the seamers (Luke Jongwe/Richard Ngarava) kept Scotland in check. But they leaked too many runs in the last 2-3 overs and that handed over victory to Scotland. The Scottish batting looked very weak. Apart from Berrington, none of the other batsmen could make a score of 20.

[onecall123]

Did anyone watched the Scotland vs Zimbabwe match yesterday? It is a three-match series and Scotland has gone up 1-0. It was a close match though. Zimbabwe was without their strike bowler (Blessing Muzarabani), and yet the seamers (Luke Jongwe/Richard Ngarava) kept Scotland in check. But they leaked too many runs in the last 2-3 overs and that handed over victory to Scotland. The Scottish batting looked very weak. Apart from Berrington, none of the other batsmen could make a score of 20.

Although I missed the Scotland vs Zimbabwe match yesterday, I was able to watch the highlights. Scotland displayed a sensational performance against Zimbabwe. A brilliant bowling display from Safyaan Sharif seals a thrilling win. As a result, Scotland is now 1-0 up in the three-match T20I series after beating Zimbabwe by seven runs. During the post-T20WorldCup stage, they significantly enhanced their preparation process.

[bryant.coleman]

Although I missed the Scotland vs Zimbabwe match yesterday, I was able to watch the highlights. Scotland displayed a sensational performance against Zimbabwe. A brilliant bowling display from Safyaan Sharif seals a thrilling win. As a result, Scotland is now 1-0 up in the three-match T20I series after beating Zimbabwe by seven runs. During the post-T20WorldCup stage, they significantly enhanced their preparation process.

Zimbabwe is just a team on the decline, and especially so after the retirement of Brendan Taylor. Scotland on the other hand is benefitting from the presence of many players who are active in the England county scene (the same goes for Netherlands and Ireland as well). And from yesterday's play, it was clear that Zimbabwe is still over-dependent on a select set of players like Craig Ervine and Sean Williams, who are mostly based out of Zimbabwe. They are unable to find enough young players who can replace them.

[JSRAW]

Kohli stepping down from captaincy (T-20) after WC.

https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/1438478585518456832