T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[JSRAW]

^^ It was sarcasm ....

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Warner is basically one of the most entertaining left handed batsmen I have ever seen. The manner in which he strikes the ball with so much power is something else. This is why Pointing continues to bet on him despite his recent failures.

I still remember the first time i saw Warner coming into the team even without much experience in the domestic circuit and smashing the ball to all parts of the ground and before that Adam Gilchrist was wonderful Klusener and Jayasurya all fascinated me with their power hitting.

In the long term, both Warner and Smith are extraordinary. However, you are forgetting that the West Indian and Indian teams also have their fair share of hard hitters(MSD being one of them). It is going to be a fantastic tournament.

The problem with West Indies is that they lack consistency, they have huge players like Gayle, Pollard, Russel who could change a match in a few overs and Indian players also have great players.

[Sithara007]

OMG! It looks like I missed the first semi-final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier. I was thinking that the match is scheduled for tomorrow and not for today. I just checked espncricinfo.com and found that the first semi-final is over and Netherlands won that match in a comprehensive manner against Ireland. I really wanted to watch the match live... 

Anyway, the second match (Namibia vs Papua New Guinea) will start in around 45 minutes from now and it will be live on Star Sports 3 (in India). I was actually complaining about Star Sports not covering the matches on Sunday (when the reality is that tournament gets over tomorrow). I will make sure that I get to watch the second semi-final.

[Haunebu]

The problem with West Indies is that they lack consistency, they have huge players like Gayle, Pollard, Russel who could change a match in a few overs and Indian players also have great players.

I partially agree with you here. The West Indian team are very inconsistent when it comes to test and ODI tournaments though I feel that they are consistent when it comes to T-20 tournaments. They have many amazing batsmen, but they lack quality bowlers.

I just checked espncricinfo.com and found that the first semi-final is over and Netherlands won that match in a comprehensive manner against Ireland. I really wanted to watch the match live... 

You could always watch the highlights. I am impressed with Netherlands these days. Never would have expected them to defeat Ireland so easily.

[Avirunes]

BTW we have T-20 WC Men Qualifiers semifinals today:

(1) Papua New Guinea vs Namibia
(2) Ireland vs Netherlands

Nope.. not today.. these matches are scheduled for tomorrow and in India both the matches will be broadcast on Star Sports 3.

Its going on right now.

Netherlands won by 21 runs against Ireland and second semifinal between Papua New Guinea and Namibia is going right now.  Didn't followed the Australia vs Sri Lanka but despite the loss I woul say at least Sri Lanka gave a better performance than the performance in first two matches of the series.

[Sithara007]

BTW we have T-20 WC Men Qualifiers semifinals today:

(1) Papua New Guinea vs Namibia
(2) Ireland vs Netherlands

Nope.. not today.. these matches are scheduled for tomorrow and in India both the matches will be broadcast on Star Sports 3.

Its going on right now.

Netherlands won by 21 runs against Ireland and second semifinal between Papua New Guinea and Namibia is going right now.  Didn't followed the Australia vs Sri Lanka but despite the loss I woul say at least Sri Lanka gave a better performance than the performance in first two matches of the series.

My bad. I am sorry for the mistake. I was thinking that the matches were scheduled for tomorrow (I was under a lot of stress at the office today, and probably because of that made a mess with the dates). I am watching the Namibia vs Papua New Guinea match right now, and the former is off to a good start (despite losing the toss). At one point, PNG were 31/3, but now they are slowly rebuilding the innings. After 10.0 overs, they are at 56/3.

BTW, the latest news from Delhi is that a public-health emergency has been declared there. Here are the details:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27981083/pollution-related-emergency-delhi-t20i-go-ahead

Two days before the Delhi T20I between India and Bangladesh, the air quality in Delhi has plummeted to hazardous levels, and led to a public-health emergency. Schools have been shut, construction work stalled, and athletic activity advised against, but the two teams trained out in the middle and continued to shrug off the threat of playing in such poor air quality.

If the situation doesn't improve, then expect the match to be cancelled.

[FIFA worldcup]

NZ vs ENG

Big names are missing in the squad from both sides. feels like another tryout for WT-20

I was expecting some sort of firework from Kiwi batsmen but only Daryl Mitchell showed some character and other batsmen acted like a dud, hitting six then back to pavilion.

I thought New Zealand can take revenge from England through this series  but things did not turn out well for the Kiwi's. It was a very easy victory for  England at Christchurch. I was surprised that New Zealand were not able to take home advantage. Only MJ Santner was able to take 3 wickets and none of the other bowlers from NZ were able to make any impact.

[JohnBitCo]

BTW we have T-20 WC Men Qualifiers semifinals today:

(1) Papua New Guinea vs Namibia
(2) Ireland vs Netherlands

Nope.. not today.. these matches are scheduled for tomorrow and in India both the matches will be broadcast on Star Sports 3. The finals will be played on Sunday, and ironically the final match is not being shown on TV (Star Sports will be broadcasting highlights from some past matches instead). I am happy with the semi-final lineup, as all the four teams are close to 100% consisting of native players. Personally, I want Netherlands and Papua New Guinea to win their matches, as these two are the most deserving ones.

Also, there is another edition of the T20 World Cup in 2021. There will be no global qualifier for that tournament. Instead the Super 12 teams would be gaining automatic entry, and the remaining 4 teams will be selected from the five regional qualifiers (one each from Asia, Europe and Americas, and the fourth team from the winner of the playoff between East Asia Pacific and Africa). The ICC is claiming that there is not enough time available to conduct a global qualifier tournament for the 2021 world cup.  

I just do not get it. Only 1 team will qualify from T-20 WC Men Qualifiers directly to the ICC world cup T20 ?
I think they should select more than 1 team to the qualifiers as these teams have played so many matches and more than 1 teams deserves to be in the world cup matches.

[UmerIdrees]

Pakistan team beat CA XI in the warm up match in Australia. This may not be a big news for many of you but for the Pakistanis this is the big news considering the past performance of them. Fakhar and Babar played well on the seaming wickets and Shadab took 3 wickets , look like all of them are coming back in form at the right time.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Pakistan team beat CA XI in the warm up match in Australia. This may not be a big news for many of you but for the Pakistanis this is the big news considering the past performance of them. Fakhar and Babar played well on the seaming wickets and Shadab took 3 wickets , look like all of them are coming back in form at the right time.

I know it is a great news for all the Pakistan cricket fans, they have a decent bowling line up and if the batsman put some runs on the board then we will see some competitive matches and that is what we want to see rather than one sided match, Pakistan must improve their fielding too as majority of the teams have improved the fielding aspect but even now Pakistan is messy in the field.

[Sithara007]

PNG has scored a total of 130/5 after 20.0 overs, which is a good total considering the fact that they were struggling at 31/3 after 6 overs. Netherlands have already qualified for the finals and now we need to see which team out of these two will get the second slot. I would say that a slight advantage is with Namibia right now. But this is T20 and noting can be said with certainty.

Also, there is another edition of the T20 World Cup in 2021. There will be no global qualifier for that tournament. Instead the Super 12 teams would be gaining automatic entry, and the remaining 4 teams will be selected from the five regional qualifiers (one each from Asia, Europe and Americas, and the fourth team from the winner of the playoff between East Asia Pacific and Africa). The ICC is claiming that there is not enough time available to conduct a global qualifier tournament for the 2021 world cup.  

I just do not get it. Only 1 team will qualify from T-20 WC Men Qualifiers directly to the ICC world cup T20 ?
I think they should select more than 1 team to the qualifiers as these teams have played so many matches and more than 1 teams deserves to be in the world cup matches.

Are you talking about the 2021 World Cup? There will be a total of 16 teams, which means that at least 4 Associate nations will be there (could be more). But the format is slightly different for that tournament, as only one team will get qualification from each of the regional qualifiers. There are five regional qualifiers, one each for Asia, Africa, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Americas. Nothing unfair in that, as per my opinion.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I am watching the Namibia vs PNG match, and it looks very suspicious. Namibia just needed 130 to win and they were cruising comfortably until the 10th over, when they made 55 or so with the loss of two wickets. But then the batsmen were just wasting ball after ball and even when the required run rate got to 12, the batsmen were just blocking the ball. Very suspicious. 

[JohnBitCo]

Are you talking about the 2021 World Cup? There will be a total of 16 teams, which means that at least 4 Associate nations will be there (could be more). But the format is slightly different for that tournament, as only one team will get qualification from each of the regional qualifiers. There are five regional qualifiers, one each for Asia, Africa, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Americas. Nothing unfair in that, as per my opinion.

So this tournament in Dubai is for the Asia qualifiers ?
When and where will be the other qualifiers like Africa, Europe and Americas ?

I am watching the Namibia vs PNG match, and it looks very suspicious. Namibia just needed 130 to win and they were cruising comfortably until the 10th over, when they made 55 or so with the loss of two wickets. But then the batsmen were just wasting ball after ball and even when the required run rate got to 12, the batsmen were just blocking the ball. Very suspicious. 

So are you saying that this comes under match fixing ?  If Namibia did lose deliberately then it will be harmful for their own cricket future.

[eaLiTy]

I am watching the Namibia vs PNG match, and it looks very suspicious. Namibia just needed 130 to win and they were cruising comfortably until the 10th over, when they made 55 or so with the loss of two wickets. But then the batsmen were just wasting ball after ball and even when the required run rate got to 12, the batsmen were just blocking the ball. Very suspicious. 

We are in a time when people are getting banned for not informing the ICC that bookies approached them in the past and you are telling that the match is fixed because they were defending the ball, i did not watch the match but if there is any misconduct then they will get into trouble and get banned for life but you never know unless there is an investigation and someone is convicted.

[Sithara007]

Are you talking about the 2021 World Cup? There will be a total of 16 teams, which means that at least 4 Associate nations will be there (could be more). But the format is slightly different for that tournament, as only one team will get qualification from each of the regional qualifiers. There are five regional qualifiers, one each for Asia, Africa, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Americas. Nothing unfair in that, as per my opinion.

So this tournament in Dubai is for the Asia qualifiers ?
When and where will be the other qualifiers like Africa, Europe and Americas ?

Nope. These are global qualifiers. These qualifiers are for the 2020 world cup. I was saying that for the next T20 world cup (2021 edition), there will be no global qualifiers. The ICC is saying that there is not enough time to conduct them, and therefore they will be selecting the teams from various regional qualifiers rather than doing that from a global qualifier.

We are in a time when people are getting banned for not informing the ICC that bookies approached them in the past and you are telling that the match is fixed because they were defending the ball, i did not watch the match but if there is any misconduct then they will get into trouble and get banned for life but you never know unless there is an investigation and someone is convicted.

I was watching that match. At first the target looked very much achievable for Namibia, but the PNG bowlers tied them down. Stephen Baard and Craig Williams could not score runs quickly and by the time JJ Smit and Erasmus arrived at the crease, the RRR was already close to 10. I would say any allegations of match fixing are outrageous.

[JSRAW]

Pakistan team beat CA XI in the warm up match in Australia. This may not be a big news for many of you but for the Pakistanis this is the big news considering the past performance of them. Fakhar and Babar played well on the seaming wickets and Shadab took 3 wickets , look like all of them are coming back in form at the right time.

Just watch out for Warner, he is in beast mode in the T-20 format this year. Sri Lankan team failed to get his wicket in the recent games so my best wishes to Pakistan but i am counting on Pak's unpredictable reputation, let's not embarrass me. 

PS : Not Sarcasm

[Avirunes]

Pakistan team beat CA XI in the warm up match in Australia. This may not be a big news for many of you but for the Pakistanis this is the big news considering the past performance of them. Fakhar and Babar played well on the seaming wickets and Shadab took 3 wickets , look like all of them are coming back in form at the right time.

Just watch out for Warner, he is in beast mode in the T-20 format this year. Sri Lankan team failed to get his wicket in the recent games so my best wishes to Pakistan but i am counting on Pak's unpredictable reputation, let's not embarrass me. 

PS : Not Sarcasm

Considering the squad that they played against CA XI, I think they should be able to beat Australia 1-2 matches. Amir is really good in bowling in T-20's. He is known for building pressure and economical bowling.

Will be good to watch Amir vs Warner. Not only Warner , there is Smith and the other batsman in top order. Will be a good series, not like Aus vs SL one :p

[Sithara007]

The 3rd place match between Namibia and Ireland (ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier) is about to start in 45 minutes from now. This match doesn't have any significance, as both the teams have qualified for the next year's T20 world cup. But I expect Namibia to perform better today, after their horrific display yesterday. Ireland also needs to win their last match in this tournament, as they are the only test nation taking part in these qualifiers.

The final is scheduled for later today, between Papua New Guinea and the Netherlands. Both of them would be looking to win this tournament, as it will ascertain their dominance over the other associate sides. Netherlands in particular wants to prove that they are better than the other two European Associate powerhouses (Scotland and Ireland). 

[eaLiTy]

Considering the squad that they played against CA XI, I think they should be able to beat Australia 1-2 matches. Amir is really good in bowling in T-20's. He is known for building pressure and economical bowling.

Will be good to watch Amir vs Warner. Not only Warner , there is Smith and the other batsman in top order. Will be a good series, not like Aus vs SL one :p

Pakistan does have a better bowling line up than Srilanka and if they could pick a couple of wickets at the top then they could build pressure as the Australian middle order is yet to be test as they have a few young players and if Pakistan could pick up some early wicket then there is a chance for them to win a match or two in their upcoming series and coming to the unpredictability of the Pakistan side, Srilanka white washed Pakistan, Australia white washed Srilanka and if Pakistan win the series against Australia then it will be fun  .

[Avirunes]

Considering the squad that they played against CA XI, I think they should be able to beat Australia 1-2 matches. Amir is really good in bowling in T-20's. He is known for building pressure and economical bowling.

Will be good to watch Amir vs Warner. Not only Warner , there is Smith and the other batsman in top order. Will be a good series, not like Aus vs SL one :p

Pakistan does have a better bowling line up than Srilanka and if they could pick a couple of wickets at the top then they could build pressure as the Australian middle order is yet to be test as they have a few young players and if Pakistan could pick up some early wicket then there is a chance for them to win a match or two in their upcoming series and coming to the unpredictability of the Pakistan side, Srilanka white washed Pakistan, Australia white washed Srilanka and if Pakistan win the series against Australia then it will be fun  .

True there is a whole lot of difference if we compare the SL squad and Pakistan squad. Atleast Pakistan have better chances of beating Australia than Sri Lanka. They have good young bowling talent . They already gave chances to Shadab Khan but there was another young bowler Shaheen Afridi who bowled exceptionally well in WC, I am looking forward to watch him again in this series.

Inclusion of him will put Pakistan with much better chances. At the point Australian top order has a good depth with experienced batsman and T-20 is all about rattling top orders as soon as possible.