T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[virasog]

Biggest Upset in T20WC - 2022

First of all I would like to humbly say one word for Pakistan team OVER CONFIDENCE . Getting defeated by Zimbabwe is the most humiliating event happened to them after getting their win  snatched  by India.

This is hilarious in my opinion as the important player of the Zimbabwe side named Sikander Raza was not at all productive today. I was accepting Pakistan to win this match but as always they are dependent on the opening pair.

Getting into semifinals is no more easy for Pakistan after what happened today. This defeat should make the Pakistani side understand that all mighty will never help you unless you work on the basic.

What an amazing moment is for the Zimbabwe team. They were an underdog but after this win they have become a contender to win this tournament.

I would not say that the Pakistan team was overconfident, I think they were depressed because they were denied the victory the other day against India when the umpires awarded the match to India, and this hurt the motions of the players.
Now in order to qualify for the semi finals, they needed to win all their matches and this created an extra pressure on us in the match against Zimbabwe. Also sometimes Pakistan players does not play well against small teams and make small target difficult for them. It was a bad day for Pakistan cricket but then it is still better to lose than to win by cheating like the Indian team.

Winning and losing is a part of the game but if you and your team take India too much on thier nerves, you wll never be able to come out of this shell.

Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe and it was indeed not expected from this team. Maybe you will not qualify further and this might be the end of your journey for this year's T20 world cup, but for god sake try to learn from your mistakes. If your team thinks like this and keep thier ego, you're never going to learn from the mistakes which Pakistan made which lead them to this situation.

[DanWalker]

Warriors vs Titans, 20th Match In the match Warriors won the toss and decided to bat first. Warriors scored 5 runs in 1 over. I think if Warriors bat well in this match they can score like 170 runs. And once Warriors can score 170 runs then Warriors  This match will be easily won. But I think Warriors will play very well in this match today.

Warriors will score 170 runs in this match, you guessed it.  But the Warriors could not score 170 runs. However, the runs that the Warriors scored, it seems that we will see a tough fight between the two teams.  However, I cannot say which team will win this match.  Which team will win?  If you want to see, you have to watch the game at the end.

Warriors vs Titans

The match is going on right now and the target is not very big at all. Only a 120 target is probably not going to be enough. Titans have scored 16 off 15 balls at the loss of 1 wicket. The required run rate is less than 6. With 9 wickets in hand, I don't think that should be a problem for the Titans. They should be able to win easily if they keep wickets in hand and use the powerplays effectively.

[kro55]

Warriors vs Titans, 20th Match In the match Warriors won the toss and decided to bat first. Warriors scored 5 runs in 1 over. I think if Warriors bat well in this match they can score like 170 runs. And once Warriors can score 170 runs then Warriors  This match will be easily won. But I think Warriors will play very well in this match today.

Warriors will score 170 runs in this match, you guessed it.  But the Warriors could not score 170 runs. However, the runs that the Warriors scored, it seems that we will see a tough fight between the two teams.  However, I cannot say which team will win this match.  Which team will win?  If you want to see, you have to watch the game at the end.

Warriors vs Titans
The match is going on right now and the target is not very big at all. Only a 120 target is probably not going to be enough. Titans have scored 16 off 15 balls at the loss of 1 wicket. The required run rate is less than 6. With 9 wickets in hand, I don't think that should be a problem for the Titans. They should be able to win easily if they keep wickets in hand and use the powerplays effectively.

Titans are now 72 for 4 after 10.4 overs but they now have 2 new batters in the crease which is a downside for them. They need 48 runs in 56 balls. I think this run chase is very doable for the batting side if they hold onto their wickets and play sensible cricket. There is a feeling that the pitch is going to slow down, as even a 120-run target now appears to be a pretty big one to me. I have to say that the Warriors' middle order played quite well as 3 players scored more than 20 runs which means there were no individual performers, rather the whole squad played pretty well. I think the death overs might be interesting in this game.

[wd1]

There have been a lot of washouts in this world cup unfortunately. England vs Australia today would have been a great match.

[ScamViruS]

International Cricket Council - has poor selection and poor management. They are all concerned about the rain issue, but no reserve match days have been scheduled. It was a total disaster in terms of planning and execution. An important tournament like World Cup, this should have reserve days in case of rainy days. This World Cup has provided so many thrilling matches, but the rain hasn't allowed it to do anything more. Feeling so sad, and disappointed that Afghanistan did not play a single game!

So true. Matches in a tournament like World Cup are getting abandoned due to rain, which is very disappointing for cricket fans. I think more important than the reserve day is to schedule the tournament by reviewing the host country's weather, and the ICC needs to think seriously about this. Every match of this year's World Cup is exciting. Last year in UAE toss was the main result. As a result, I did not get the main thrill of the match.

Sad news just received from the Melbourne cricket ground that this match is also abandon because of the rain. So we did not had a single bowl bowled today and both matches today were effected by the rain. This is very bad for this world cup as now you need to be lucky in order to have a match and get the important two points. No team can be sure to qualify because it can rain on any day and spoil the journey to the Semi finals.

Can Australian cricket board and ICC could setup a reserve day for remaining matches 

After watching the Pakistan vs Zimbabwe match, I was waiting to watch this high voltage match since yesterday. But the England vs Australia match was also abandoned due to rain. Now the Australia's road to semi-finals has become tougher. In a tournament like the World Cup, if the match results are decided without a ball being played due to rain, then the excitement of the tournament is reduced and the morale of the teams is also broken.

[romero121]

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Can Australian cricket board and ICC could setup a reserve day for remaining matches 

With so many matches getting abandoned as a result of rain, it was a mistake from the part of the ICC not to have reserve days for Super-12 matches. The TV broadcasters and online streaming platforms are also unhappy because they are losing out on advertisement revenue.

The big question is can anything be changed now so that we do not get those matches abandoned? Or nothing can be changed now and we only just can admit or discuss these mistakes on the part of ICC.

They knew the weather conditions in Australia at this part of the year and still, they did not change the dates or venue. That's really strange on the part of a body as big as ICC.

It looks like the match schedule have been adjusted based on the IPL schedule. If not the matches should've taken place earlier. This time World Cup will be won by the luckiest team. ICC know well about the weather condition of Australia during this period. Even after that, organising the biggest tournament during this time period will make more teams loss though they're in an able position to win it's opponents.

[LordShanken]

There have been a lot of washouts in this world cup unfortunately. England vs Australia today would have been a great match.

Yes, I also think that we would have seen a beautiful game in this match, but due to rain, this match did not happen. However, I made a bet with my friend about this match, because of the match, we had to cancel the bet.

The really exciting matches are not being held due to rain. There is no extra day for these matches, which I think is a failure of ICC. If most of the matches are not held in this way, it is doubtful whether the qualified teams will be able to play the semi finals or finals.

[impulse709]

Warriors vs Titans. I am very happy to enjoy the 20th match. Both the teams fought hard to grab the win. Such a game is rarely seen in cricket. Although the Warriors batted a bit worse. The bowling performance was very good right from the start. Warriors bowling line-up was so strong. Even a strong team like Titans has struggled to meet the target. Titans won the match though. Titans had to win under heavy pressure.

[teosanru]

There have been a lot of washouts in this world cup unfortunately. England vs Australia today would have been a great match.

Yes, I also think that we would have seen a beautiful game in this match, but due to rain, this match did not happen. However, I made a bet with my friend about this match, because of the match, we had to cancel the bet.

The really exciting matches are not being held due to rain. There is no extra day for these matches, which I think is a failure of ICC. If most of the matches are not held in this way, it is doubtful whether the qualified teams will be able to play the semi finals or finals.

Exactly, world cup has become really biased with these matches being washed out. I mean especially if you see where big teams had their matches with associate nations. Teams would have thought those were brownie points like for South Africa. But now as match was washed out you can afford to lose only one match and even after that NRR might come into play somewhere. And such big matches like Aus vs ENG too could be deciders.  I think icc should have kept some reserve days for these matches.

[Mahdirakib]

The really exciting matches are not being held due to rain. There is no extra day for these matches, which I think is a failure of ICC. If most of the matches are not held in this way, it is doubtful whether the qualified teams will be able to play the semi finals or finals.

Spectators are losing their interest from this world cup as few many matches has been abandoned for the rain. Today's match was very important for both Australia and England, but rain is destroying the excitement of this world cup. ICC has kept reserve day for semi finals and final of this T20 world cup. Qualified teams will enter in the semi final if upcoming match doesn't get abandoned for the rain.

[Iranus]

The really exciting matches are not being held due to rain. There is no extra day for these matches, which I think is a failure of ICC. If most of the matches are not held in this way, it is doubtful whether the qualified teams will be able to play the semi finals or finals.

Spectators are losing their interest from this world cup as few many matches has been abandoned for the rain. Today's match was very important for both Australia and England, but rain is destroying the excitement of this world cup. ICC has kept reserve day for semi finals and final of this T20 world cup. Qualified teams will enter in the semi final if upcoming match doesn't get abandoned for the rain.

One of the most important matches of this World Cup group stage was England vs Australia match. I would say England vs Australia was the most exciting match of this World Cup after India vs Pakistan. I was eagerly waiting to enjoy this match. But the match was abandoned. Thus, if the match is abandoned due to rain, the general audience will lose interest in the World Cup. Also eligible teams may not qualify for the next round.

[mm2543363580]

The really exciting matches are not being held due to rain. There is no extra day for these matches, which I think is a failure of ICC. If most of the matches are not held in this way, it is doubtful whether the qualified teams will be able to play the semi finals or finals.

Spectators are losing their interest from this world cup as few many matches has been abandoned for the rain. Today's match was very important for both Australia and England, but rain is destroying the excitement of this world cup. ICC has kept reserve day for semi finals and final of this T20 world cup. Qualified teams will enter in the semi final if upcoming match doesn't get abandoned for the rain.

That is correct - two matches today have been cancelled due to rain. And there are a lot of rain prediction about rain and there were a lot of predication about the rain which went wrong. And India won the match!

[Swordsoffreedom]

New Zealand VS Sri Lanka

I am very interested in the New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match. New Zealand is a very strong team. They also defeated a strong team like Australia by a huge margin. Compared to Sri Lanka, New Zealand will undoubtedly be far ahead. But Sri Lanka is a team whose performance cannot be predicted. They have some very talented players in their team. Every player in the team is capable of playing well, but no player is consistent. And this is Sri Lanka's only weakness. Sri Lankan players have the ability to defeat the New Zealand team. But the players are not in good form.
I will put this New Zealand team ahead in this match, and I will bet for the victory of New Zealand. However, if they want to win, New Zealand's bowlers must perform well. New Zealand batsmen are in good form, I think they will perform well

[justdimin]

there was a prediction of rain in Pakistan and India match too. But the match was won by India
I think this rain prediction creates so much uncertainty. And I am sure they might be affecting the mind and moral of the the players too.

First of all, the timeline was shifted because of reasons related to COVID pandemic. That is the reason why we are having the tournament in October-November. Ideally in Australia, the cricket season is December-February. But another reason why we are getting many more incidents of rain interruption is due to climate change. And so far ICC has ignored this issue. One solution would be to have stadiums with retractable roof. But due to cost concerns, none of the national boards have taken up this issue seriously.

But, in my opinion now cricket is in advance stage and all boards are having good profit from franchise leagues which can cover the cost of stadiums with rooftops, and we can do this all in better way because right now we have the biggest event in cricket sport and this all is ruined by ran with top teams are having more frustration with this like we have today Australia vs England is surely the biggest event for millions specially after first entertaining match of Pakistan vs India now it's time to bring fast changes and secure this game in better way.

If I am not wrong mostly Australia has ODI or t20 matches during January/February and March because this is going to be end of the season for them but this time they are doing this all in unusual time which is well known raining season in this part of the world.

[dezoel]

I would not say that the Pakistan team was overconfident, I think they were depressed because they were denied the victory the other day against India when the umpires awarded the match to India, and this hurt the motions of the players.
Now in order to qualify for the semi finals, they needed to win all their matches and this created an extra pressure on us in the match against Zimbabwe. Also sometimes Pakistan players does not play well against small teams and make small target difficult for them. It was a bad day for Pakistan cricket but then it is still better to lose than to win by cheating like the Indian team.

Your this statement is completely wrong because these are professional players, and they are playing this game for long time with many wins and defeats are happening in every event if they are feeling depressed with this lost then surely they need to be work on mentality of their players because we need strong and professional players those can fight back very quickly and have new energy and mindset for every game.

From my side please accept this lost and try to enjoy this event which is currently ruin by ran and peoples are losing their interest just because of this we have many upsets like Ireland win against England was also the biggest upset and no one talking about this now they are preparing for next game because they want to do positive for next games.

[SirLancelot]

New Zealand VS Sri Lanka

I am very interested in the New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match. New Zealand is a very strong team. They also defeated a strong team like Australia by a huge margin. Compared to Sri Lanka, New Zealand will undoubtedly be far ahead. But Sri Lanka is a team whose performance cannot be predicted. They have some very talented players in their team. Every player in the team is capable of playing well, but no player is consistent. And this is Sri Lanka's only weakness. Sri Lankan players have the ability to defeat the New Zealand team. But the players are not in good form.
I will put this New Zealand team ahead in this match, and I will bet for the victory of New Zealand. However, if they want to win, New Zealand's bowlers must perform well. New Zealand batsmen are in good form, I think they will perform well

Right now New Zealand is strong side and have good players which are performing good but here we have to praise Sri Lanka as well because they are also doing amazing job in last few weeks specially win in Asia Cup in presence of Pakistan and India is big achievement, so we can expect good fight from both sides even history and current situation both favoring New Zealand but still it's not going to be easy game for both sides.

Match going to be play at Sydney where New Zealand already won against Australia surely favorable for them as Sri Lanka needs to be adjusted with mostly playing their matches on other venues if Sri Lankan able to have some good runs on board then surely this is going to be exciting match after frustrated days of rain effected matches.

[eaLiTy]

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Against Zimbabwe Sikandar Raza was the man between Pakistan winning and loosing and then they only needed 3 runs to win the match from the last 3 balls and they messed that completely.

The odds for Zimbabwe winning were over 13 at this point and who would have thought Pakistan would loose the match  .

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But, in my opinion now cricket is in advance stage and all boards are having good profit from franchise leagues which can cover the cost of stadiums with rooftops, and we can do this all in better way because right now we have the biggest event in cricket sport and this all is ruined by ran with top teams are having more frustration with this like we have today

Having a roof top stadiums is expensive to maintain to begin with and even the richest clubs are not able to maintain them and then the main issue is that a cricket ball is hit a long way and with T20s you will see many boundary balls touching the roof as there is a limit on how high the roof can be. Then there is the climate aiding the bowlers, if there is no wind assistance there wont be any swing and with the modern bats it will be a bowlers hell.

Rain is spoiling the interest for sure and at the end of the day net run rate will be taken into account if matches are washed away like this and we might not see the best team facing in the semi finals.

[KennyR]

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Against Zimbabwe Sikandar Raza was the man between Pakistan winning and loosing and then they only needed 3 runs to win the match from the last 3 balls and they messed that completely.

The odds for Zimbabwe winning were over 13 at this point and who would have thought Pakistan would loose the match  .

No one could've thought that Zimbabwe will make such a big comeback and win the match. It was big history and Pakistan will be in pressure to win rest of the matches. Surely some violence of throwing stones over player's properties could've happened in Pakistan.

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But, in my opinion now cricket is in advance stage and all boards are having good profit from franchise leagues which can cover the cost of stadiums with rooftops, and we can do this all in better way because right now we have the biggest event in cricket sport and this all is ruined by ran with top teams are having more frustration with this like we have today

Having a roof top stadiums is expensive to maintain to begin with and even the richest clubs are not able to maintain them and then the main issue is that a cricket ball is hit a long way and with T20s you will see many boundary balls touching the roof as there is a limit on how high the roof can be. Then there is the climate aiding the bowlers, if there is no wind assistance there wont be any swing and with the modern bats it will be a bowlers hell.

Rain is spoiling the interest for sure and at the end of the day net run rate will be taken into account if matches are washed away like this and we might not see the best team facing in the semi finals.

Roof top settings could affect the real play. Once again the cricket boards need to frame separate rules for the matches played on such ground. In simple terms when we play in a closed area we used to specify runs if it hits a particular wall. Same as that ICC needs to frame runs for the balls hitting the roof. It won't be interesting.

[Sithara007]

Today we have the match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Fortunately the weather prediction is all clear, with no downpours predicted for today. And that will make up for the recent matches that got washed away to some extent. TV broadcasters will be mad at the abandonment of England vs Australia match. This was one of the main attractions in this tournament, and probably the broadcasters suffered a loss of at least $10 million in the form of lost advertising slots.

[virasog]

Today we have the match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Fortunately the weather prediction is all clear, with no downpours predicted for today. And that will make up for the recent matches that got washed away to some extent. TV broadcasters will be mad at the abandonment of England vs Australia match. This was one of the main attractions in this tournament, and probably the broadcasters suffered a loss of at least $10 million in the form of lost advertising slots.

Today's match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is equally important for both teams. New Zealand are on the top of the table with 3 points and a win will further strengthen their position. Sri Lanka are at the number fifth position with 2 points however a win for them would mean that they will be at the top of the table. Considering the fact that we never know which matches would be rain effected, this match would be very critical for both teams.