T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Vishnu.Reang]

There is a T20 tri-series ongoing in Singapore, in which Zimbabwe and Nepal are participating in addition to the hosts. In the first T20 match today, Zimbabwe defeated Nepal by 5 wickets. Nepal had a great opportunity to upset the Africans, and had them at 4/37. But as usual with the smaller teams, they allowed the Zimbabweans to rebuild the innings. For Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane took 3/15. Tomorrow Singapore is playing against Nepal.

[ene1980]

There is a T20 tri-series ongoing in Singapore, in which Zimbabwe and Nepal are participating in addition to the hosts. In the first T20 match today, Zimbabwe defeated Nepal by 5 wickets.

Do we have a betting line for these games, have not seen any matches of Nepal but i can guess there is no way they are going to defeat Zimbabwe as they can even pose a challenge to teams like Afghanistan and Bangladesh even though they are weak in terms of the giants in the cricketing world. I am waiting for their next match to wage a bet to try my luck .

[Vishnu.Reang]

There is a T20 tri-series ongoing in Singapore, in which Zimbabwe and Nepal are participating in addition to the hosts. In the first T20 match today, Zimbabwe defeated Nepal by 5 wickets.

Do we have a betting line for these games, have not seen any matches of Nepal but i can guess there is no way they are going to defeat Zimbabwe as they can even pose a challenge to teams like Afghanistan and Bangladesh even though they are weak in terms of the giants in the cricketing world. I am waiting for their next match to wage a bet to try my luck .

Nepal has a small chance of defeating teams such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (in T20s). But I don't think that they'll be able to beat Afghanistan. The Afghans are a level higher up, when compared to the other teams mentioned here. And unfortunately Nepal will not be a part of the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, as they failed to qualify (lost to Singapore in the Asian qualifiers).

[Pffrt]

Nepal has a small chance of defeating teams such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (in T20s). But I don't think that they'll be able to beat Afghanistan. The Afghans are a level higher up, when compared to the other teams mentioned here. And unfortunately Nepal will not be a part of the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, as they failed to qualify (lost to Singapore in the Asian qualifiers).

I think your post is baseless, how do you think Afghan is up and Nepal will not be able to beat them? Nepal will be able to beat Zimbabwe, for your info Zimbabwe beat Afghan some days ago, you think it as a rare case? Well, in that case, Afghan beat Bangladesh is also the same. Bangladesh also beat Afghan in the 2nd match.

[ene1980]

I think your post is baseless, how do you think Afghan is up and Nepal will not be able to beat them? Nepal will be able to beat Zimbabwe, for your info Zimbabwe beat Afghan some days ago, you think it as a rare case? Well, in that case, Afghan beat Bangladesh is also the same. Bangladesh also beat Afghan in the 2nd match.

The possibility of Nepal beating Zimbabwe are slim as Zimbabwe players have played against top countries and i have not seen Nepal playing any top teams, if a player comes up with an outstanding performance then any team can be defeated even top teams and we have seen many upsets in the past, Ireland defeating England chasing 300 plus was one such case a long time back and they were not able to continue that performance consistently. Any team can be beaten if there is an extra ordinary performance and it is rare we see those often.

[romero121]

Nepal has a small chance of defeating teams such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (in T20s). But I don't think that they'll be able to beat Afghanistan. The Afghans are a level higher up, when compared to the other teams mentioned here. And unfortunately Nepal will not be a part of the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, as they failed to qualify (lost to Singapore in the Asian qualifiers).

I think your post is baseless, how do you think Afghan is up and Nepal will not be able to beat them? Nepal will be able to beat Zimbabwe, for your info Zimbabwe beat Afghan some days ago, you think it as a rare case? Well, in that case, Afghan beat Bangladesh is also the same. Bangladesh also beat Afghan in the 2nd match.

Most of the small teams are making themselves strong with the performance. Years back these teams weren't known to the world, now they've secured their places firmly. There is nothing as this team can't defeat the other, it is all about the performance by that time. Another thing even if a single player makes a massive performance it could change the entire match.

Among those teams mentioned, Zimbabwe is the one that was in the lead during the early days of cricket. Later when few popular faces got retired the team started to fall off. Now it is the time for them to rebuild as more small teams were giving hard competence.

[Little Mouse]

Any team can be beaten if there is an extra ordinary performance and it is rare we see those often.

It will be rarely happened which was the case in the last series, however, Afghan played well, it can no be denied. They have developed a lot since the previous. But still they are not as strong team as Bangladesh, I think. We were unfortunate that we lost the test.

[bryant.coleman]

Nepal has a small chance of defeating teams such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (in T20s). But I don't think that they'll be able to beat Afghanistan. The Afghans are a level higher up, when compared to the other teams mentioned here. And unfortunately Nepal will not be a part of the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, as they failed to qualify (lost to Singapore in the Asian qualifiers).

I think your post is baseless, how do you think Afghan is up and Nepal will not be able to beat them? Nepal will be able to beat Zimbabwe, for your info Zimbabwe beat Afghan some days ago, you think it as a rare case? Well, in that case, Afghan beat Bangladesh is also the same. Bangladesh also beat Afghan in the 2nd match.

According to the ICC T20 rankings, Afghanistan is among the top-8 T20 sides (they are currently ranked #7), and therefore they qualify for a direct slot to the T20 world cup. They don't need to play the qualifier tournament. On the other hand, Bangladesh is ranked 10th and Zimbabwe is at the 14th position. They don't get a direct entry to the world cup. The ranking suggests that Afghanistan is a far better side when compared to both these teams, at least as far as the T20 format is considered. And Nepal is currently ranked 11th, just below Bangladesh, but above Zimbabwe. Also, Zimbabwe is unable to field its star players such as Kyle Jarvis and Brendan Taylor, as they don't have enough funds after their termination from the ICC.

[teosanru]

Nepal has a small chance of defeating teams such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe (in T20s). But I don't think that they'll be able to beat Afghanistan. The Afghans are a level higher up, when compared to the other teams mentioned here. And unfortunately Nepal will not be a part of the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup, as they failed to qualify (lost to Singapore in the Asian qualifiers).

I think your post is baseless, how do you think Afghan is up and Nepal will not be able to beat them? Nepal will be able to beat Zimbabwe, for your info Zimbabwe beat Afghan some days ago, you think it as a rare case? Well, in that case, Afghan beat Bangladesh is also the same. Bangladesh also beat Afghan in the 2nd match.

According to the ICC T20 rankings, Afghanistan is among the top-8 T20 sides (they are currently ranked #7), and therefore they qualify for a direct slot to the T20 world cup. They don't need to play the qualifier tournament. On the other hand, Bangladesh is ranked 10th and Zimbabwe is at the 14th position. They don't get a direct entry to the world cup. The ranking suggests that Afghanistan is a far better side when compared to both these teams, at least as far as the T20 format is considered. And Nepal is currently ranked 11th, just below Bangladesh, but above Zimbabwe. Also, Zimbabwe is unable to field its star players such as Kyle Jarvis and Brendan Taylor, as they don't have enough funds after their termination from the ICC.

I think Zimbawe's main problem is the intervention of their politics in cricket which is making them a bad team despite of having some good players. Afghanistan on the other hand has some great bowling attack which has helped them climbed upto spot 7. Bangladesh due to their overconfidence are moving down the road.

Any team can be beaten if there is an extra ordinary performance and it is rare we see those often.

It will be rarely happened which was the case in the last series, however, Afghan played well, it can no be denied. They have developed a lot since the previous. But still they are not as strong team as Bangladesh, I think. We were unfortunate that we lost the test.

Test Cricket requires a lot of patience and calm head which I think is a bit lacking in this young Afghanistan team as of now and this is pretty natural as they haven't been playing a lot of first class cricket at this level.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Test Cricket requires a lot of patience and calm head which I think is a bit lacking in this young Afghanistan team as of now and this is pretty natural as they haven't been playing a lot of first class cricket at this level.

The Afghan players don't play the 4-day format very often. A large number of them have signed for various T20 leagues around the world (such as GT20, CPL, BPL, BBL.etc), and most of the time they will be concentrating on that format. They have a 4-day domestic tournament (2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali Cup), but I don't think that their top players have enough spare time to take part.

[AB de Royse777]

Well Afghanistan's Test performance is not that bad at all. Recently the won against Bangladesh: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19449/game/1197138/bangladesh-vs-afghanistan-only-test-afg-in-bangladesh-2019

Some may say that Bangladesh is not very good at test but record book is not going to count like that. The record book will say Afghanistan won.

[Vishnu.Reang]

If anyone is interested in watching the Nepal vs Singapore T20 match, then the online live streaming has been made available by the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) for free. It can be viewed in YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZGC8CrgHWM

This is the second match of the series. Yesterday, Zimbabwe had defeated Nepal by 5 wickets. These matches will be having the international status, as per the latest communique from the ICC.

[bryant.coleman]

Well Afghanistan's Test performance is not that bad at all. Recently the won against Bangladesh: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19449/game/1197138/bangladesh-vs-afghanistan-only-test-afg-in-bangladesh-2019

Some may say that Bangladesh is not very good at test but record book is not going to count like that. The record book will say Afghanistan won.

Their performance may not be bad, but they are not getting enough opportunities to compete against the big teams. The biggest blow for them came when they were excluded from the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship. That means that they need to negotiate with the other test playing nations on a one to one basis, in order to have matches against them. I don't understand the logic behind this. We have a total of 12 test playing nations, and the ICC has included just 9 of them in the Test Championship.

BTW, now coming back to the T20 format, the match between Malaysia and Vanuatu is ongoing now (can be watched LIVE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBfVt7qK1c). Vanuatu is off to a very good start. This match is a part of the Vanuatu tour of Malaysia, which includes a total of 5 T20 matches.

Vanuatu was recently involved in a power struggle between the associates at the ICC, when they managed to oust the representative of Netherlands (Betty Timmer was voted out, to be replaced by Mark Stafford). 

[eaLiTy]

If anyone is interested in watching the Nepal vs Singapore T20 match, then the online live streaming has been made available by the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) for free. It can be viewed in YouTube here:

I have not watched any of their games, i am sure majority of these countries have players from Indian and Pakistan origin. Any players to watch out in their ranks, if so that would be great even if i want to wage any bet.

I think Zimbawe's main problem is the intervention of their politics in cricket which is making them a bad team despite of having some good players.

The political system ruined their cricket, earlier cricketers from South Africa and other countries used to migrate and play for Zimbabwe in the past and hence they had a better team, now none of these players are coming through and there is no much support for them from the ICC too because of their political intervention.

[akhjob]

If anyone is interested in watching the Nepal vs Singapore T20 match, then the online live streaming has been made available by the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) for free. It can be viewed in YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZGC8CrgHWM

BTW, now coming back to the T20 format, the match between Malaysia and Vanuatu is ongoing now (can be watched LIVE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBfVt7qK1c). Vanuatu is off to a very good start. This match is a part of the Vanuatu tour of Malaysia, which includes a total of 5 T20 matches.

Do you guys even watch these matches  I thought I was a cricket fan who always checked the scores when an international match is played. I have never watched such underdog matches. Are they even worth it to watch? 

[Vishnu.Reang]

Do you guys even watch these matches  I thought I was a cricket fan who always checked the scores when an international match is played. I have never watched such underdog matches. Are they even worth it to watch? 

I watched the Nepal vs Singapore match, and it was pretty exciting. Nepal is one of the emerging powers and their captain (Paras Khadka) slammed a century that day. And their leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is quite popular across the globe, in the T20 format. I don't know much about Vanuatu or Malaysia, and I haven't heard about any of their players.

[akhjob]

I watched the Nepal vs Singapore match, and it was pretty exciting. Nepal is one of the emerging powers and their captain (Paras Khadka) slammed a century that day. And their leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is quite popular across the globe, in the T20 format. I don't know much about Vanuatu or Malaysia, and I haven't heard about any of their players.

Lol. I haven't even heard of the country Vanuatu, had to Google it  Anyways since you said it was exciting, I'll try to catch up today's Singapore-Zimbabwe match and maybe bet on Zimbabwe to win the match.

[Indymoney]

I watched the Nepal vs Singapore match, and it was pretty exciting. Nepal is one of the emerging powers and their captain (Paras Khadka) slammed a century that day. And their leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is quite popular across the globe, in the T20 format. I don't know much about Vanuatu or Malaysia, and I haven't heard about any of their players.

Lol. I haven't even heard of the country Vanuatu, had to Google it  Anyways since you said it was exciting, I'll try to catch up today's Singapore-Zimbabwe match and maybe bet on Zimbabwe to win the match.

I watch many matches and mostly they are very good for watching too much excitement but for purpose of betting its not good enough as Zimbabwe vs Singapore odds are very low for Zimbabwe just @1.12 so its not worth to take any risk.

[AB de Royse777]

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Vanuatu was recently involved in a power struggle between the associates at the ICC, when they managed to oust the representative of Netherlands (Betty Timmer was voted out, to be replaced by Mark Stafford).  

Vanuatu, is this a country? I never heard about them before.
This is the good thing about sports. It connects nations. I remember when I first heard about country like Bangladesh. You learn about a new culture new nation.

Taking about Afghanistan Test team, I think they wanted some soft of competition in the World cup test championship that is why they ignored team like Afghanistan and Ireland if I am not wrong.

[onrise]

I watched the Nepal vs Singapore match, and it was pretty exciting. Nepal is one of the emerging powers and their captain (Paras Khadka) slammed a century that day. And their leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is quite popular across the globe, in the T20 format. I don't know much about Vanuatu or Malaysia, and I haven't heard about any of their players.

Lol. I haven't even heard of the country Vanuatu, had to Google it  Anyways since you said it was exciting, I'll try to catch up today's Singapore-Zimbabwe match and maybe bet on Zimbabwe to win the match.

I watch many matches and mostly they are very good for watching too much excitement but for purpose of betting its not good enough as Zimbabwe vs Singapore odds are very low for Zimbabwe just @1.12 so its not worth to take any risk.

Not at all worthy with such low odds beacuse it is quite possible that Singapore could even beat Zimbabwe as now Zimbabwe is totally a new team and does not play much cricket and does not even feature in top 10 teams of the world cricket .