T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[hafiztalha]

Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team vs Thailand Women's Cricket Team. Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team won by 8 wickets against Thailand Women's Cricket Team in today's Quarter Final 3 Asia Cup Game Women's t20 match. Due to rain problems in this match, the 20 over game was reduced to 15 overs in a two-amp decider. We were deprived of enjoying the matches due to the previous matches also being affected by rain. But even though today's match was 15 overs, I was able to enjoy the match. In today's match, Thailand women's cricket team's batting and bowling were very bad

Yes, 6 out of 11 match of Asian Games T20I series between Thailand Women and Sri Lanka have already finished. Today's match was quite disappointing for Thailand Women team as both bowling and batting performances were worst. This was Thailand Women first T20 match in this series and it did not go well. They scored only 78 runs in 15 overs by losing 7 wicket. When Thailand Women's batting innings overd I already guessed that they lose this match easily because target was quite low and not to good and also Sri Lanka Women had a great chance of winning.

So, Sri Lanka Women won match with 8 wickets and 25 balls left and they easily chase down this target.

Today, there is another match between Bangladesh Women and Hong Kong Women which looking to be interesting. Hong Kong Women already played 2 matches winning one and losing the other. Now let's see how they perform in this match and if they can secure another victory or not?

[Patrol69]

Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team vs Thailand Women's Cricket Team. Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team won by 8 wickets against Thailand Women's Cricket Team in today's Quarter Final 3 Asia Cup Game Women's t20 match. Due to rain problems in this match, the 20 over game was reduced to 15 overs in a two-amp decider. We were deprived of enjoying the matches due to the previous matches also being affected by rain. But even though today's match was 15 overs, I was able to enjoy the match. In today's match, Thailand women's cricket team's batting and bowling were very bad

Sri Lanka women's team has done well in batting and bowling which is why we think Thailand women's team has done very poorly in batting and bowling. When one team's opponent does well, it is natural for that team to perform poorly because its poor performance is the reason the opposite team is doing well. Sri Lanka were very positive from the start in this quarter final match. The Sri Lankan girls looked very confident in this match which is not usually seen against big teams. The confidence that Sri Lanka women had in themselves that they could win against Thailand helped them to do so well in the match.

[rojan]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

[hafiztalha]

In the match of Malaysia vs Hong Kong team, Malaysia team came out to bat first and gave a target of 149 runs in 20 overs. Hong Kong team batsmen have to bat well in order to win beyond the run target given by Malaysia. Malaysia team batsman Virandeep Singh scored 84 off 59 balls.  runs. Virandeep Singh batted very well. Ahmad Faiz got out with 25 runs off 30 balls. On the other hand Anas Khan of Hong Kong team took 3 wickets with 29 runs off 4 overs.

4th match of 2023 Malaysia Tri Nation series between Malaysia and Hong Kong was quite interesting and it has already overed. In this series Malaysia team has performed well receiving praise for their performance in every match. This was third match in this series and Malaysia won all matches. Malaysia set a target of 149 runs in 20 overs in today match and lost 6 wicket. At the start of the match some players like A. Aziz, Z. Zulkifle and M. Amir did not perform well scoring only a few run and then out. But V. Singh batting performance  secure the win of Malaysia team. He scored an unbeaten 84 runs in 59 ball. If there had been some more overs he might have completed his century. Malaysia successfully won this match by 23 runs. The next match is also be quite interesting, as both PNG and Malaysia have strong teams and can give each other a tough competition.

[Minecache]

Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team vs Thailand Women's Cricket Team. Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Team won by 8 wickets against Thailand Women's Cricket Team in today's Quarter Final 3 Asia Cup Game Women's t20 match. Due to rain problems in this match, the 20 over game was reduced to 15 overs in a two-amp decider. We were deprived of enjoying the matches due to the previous matches also being affected by rain. But even though today's match was 15 overs, I was able to enjoy the match. In today's match, Thailand women's cricket team's batting and bowling were very bad

Sri Lanka women's team has done well in batting and bowling which is why we think Thailand women's team has done very poorly in batting and bowling. When one team's opponent does well, it is natural for that team to perform poorly because its poor performance is the reason the opposite team is doing well. Sri Lanka were very positive from the start in this quarter final match. The Sri Lankan girls looked very confident in this match which is not usually seen against big teams. The confidence that Sri Lanka women had in themselves that they could win against Thailand helped them to do so well in the match.

Sri Lanka was able to win the match without too many complications. And I think everybody knows that Sri Lanka women are superior when it comes to playing cricket compared to Thailand women. And that was pretty evident in the field as well. Sri Lankan women were able to win the match without even getting close to the 15 overs. And they were also able to do that with 8 wickets in hand. The opening partnership of Sri Lanka was really good and almost took Sri Lanka to the position from which it was almost impossible for them to lose. unlike Thailand, because the whole Thailand team got out having a single digit score, except for only one player.

Sri Lankan women are going to play against Pakistan women in the semi-final match. That match definitely going to be a lot more interesting than this one.

[MusaPk]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

In reply to Bahrain 150 runs, UAE were able to score 147 runs in there 20 overs. This is UAE fist defeat in this tournament and they are still at number 1 position on the points table. The 3 runs victory today has helped Bahrain to move to number 3rd position on points table. KSA is at 6th position as they have lost all the games.

[Sithara007]

Asian Games cricket competition has moved to the semi-final. India has moved into the semis, after the quarter-final match between them and Malaysia got washed out. In the first semi-finals, Indian women will take on Bangladesh women, while the second semis is between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Final match will be played on 25th September. Men's competition is about to start in 27th September. The first match is between Mongolia and Nepal, which is going to be one of the worst mismatches in the history of international cricket.

[HONDACD125]

In the match of Malaysia vs Hong Kong team, Malaysia team came out to bat first and gave a target of 149 runs in 20 overs. Hong Kong team batsmen have to bat well in order to win beyond the run target given by Malaysia. Malaysia team batsman Virandeep Singh scored 84 off 59 balls.  runs. Virandeep Singh batted very well. Ahmad Faiz got out with 25 runs off 30 balls. On the other hand Anas Khan of Hong Kong team took 3 wickets with 29 runs off 4 overs.

4th match of 2023 Malaysia Tri Nation series between Malaysia and Hong Kong was quite interesting and it has already overed. In this series Malaysia team has performed well receiving praise for their performance in every match. This was third match in this series and Malaysia won all matches. Malaysia set a target of 149 runs in 20 overs in today match and lost 6 wicket. At the start of the match some players like A. Aziz, Z. Zulkifle and M. Amir did not perform well scoring only a few run and then out. But V. Singh batting performance  secure the win of Malaysia team. He scored an unbeaten 84 runs in 59 ball. If there had been some more overs he might have completed his century. Malaysia successfully won this match by 23 runs. The next match is also be quite interesting, as both PNG and Malaysia have strong teams and can give each other a tough competition.

In my opinion, only two players have shown good batting performance in Malaysia's batting, the rest of the batsmen have shown very poor performance.149 runs is not a big score in T20 nowadays and it can be easily chased.More than half of the total score has been scored by Virandeep Singh  alone, and he has performed excellently and played a major role in bringing the score to this point.After this Virandeep Singh  also showed great performance in bowling and dismissed two players for just 18 runs in four overs.

I think Malaysia win this match only because of Virandeep Singh's performance. The Hong Kong team showed good bowling performance and did not allow Malaysia to score big, but Hong Kong's batting line-up completely flopped and none of the batsmen could perform well. However, I think Malaysia won this match not because of their good performance but because of Hong Kong's bad performance. Malaysia's next match is against PNG, it will be known how Malaysia performs in this match.

[hafiztalha]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

I feel disappointed because your team lost today. I  also believeed that UAE would win this match but it did not happen. Today match between Bahrain and UAE was quite intense and I really enjoyed it. Bahrain set good target of 150 run in 20 overs and lost 5 wickets and UAE team could not chase down this target. They came very close and they just need 3 runs to win. UAE scored 147 run in 20 overs and lost 7 wicket. If we look at score summary J. Aziz and H. Butt scored the most runs, and in terms of bowling lineup A. Dawood and I. Anwar both took 2 wicket each. I appreciate performance of both teams they played really well. Now let's see how the next match between Oman and Kuwait unfolds. Oman seems to be in great form today as they are batting impressively.

[GigaBit]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

In reply to Bahrain 150 runs, UAE were able to score 147 runs in there 20 overs. This is UAE fist defeat in this tournament and they are still at number 1 position on the points table. The 3 runs victory today has helped Bahrain to move to number 3rd position on points table. KSA is at 6th position as they have lost all the games.

In the 14th match, Bahrain show up an excellent match against the United Arab Emirates. They set a target of 150 runs to UAE but unfortunately UAE did not win the match by just a few runs. Bahrain team batted for 150 runs in 20 overs and UAE scored 147 runs for the loss of 7 wickets for some of that score. They lost by just 3 runs. At the moment, Bahrain team has won 3 matches and collected a total of 6 points to occupy the third place in the points table. UAE's Nilansh Keswani scored 8 from 13 balls as UAE lost the match by a narrow margin, adding some extra runs to his batting would have easily won the match.

[n0ne]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

In reply to Bahrain 150 runs, UAE were able to score 147 runs in there 20 overs. This is UAE fist defeat in this tournament and they are still at number 1 position on the points table. The 3 runs victory today has helped Bahrain to move to number 3rd position on points table. KSA is at 6th position as they have lost all the games.

In the 14th match, Bahrain show up an excellent match against the United Arab Emirates. They set a target of 150 runs to UAE but unfortunately UAE did not win the match by just a few runs. Bahrain team batted for 150 runs in 20 overs and UAE scored 147 runs for the loss of 7 wickets for some of that score. They lost by just 3 runs. At the moment, Bahrain team has won 3 matches and collected a total of 6 points to occupy the third place in the points table. UAE's Nilansh Keswani scored 8 from 13 balls as UAE lost the match by a narrow margin, adding some extra runs to his batting would have easily won the match.

UAE seems to be the strong team among the Gulf nation teams, and this time it had failed by a small margin getting close to the target. The last over of the match is interesting. UAE needs 11 runs to win and the players on the crease, Mohammed Faraazuddin and Akif Raja kept taking runs in singles and two and they were able to make 7 runs in the final over. Maybe a four could have leveled the match. Anyhow this is quite interesting and it is possible to see teams getting better in progress when more matches played.

[Cheema02]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

In reply to Bahrain 150 runs, UAE were able to score 147 runs in there 20 overs. This is UAE fist defeat in this tournament and they are still at number 1 position on the points table. The 3 runs victory today has helped Bahrain to move to number 3rd position on points table. KSA is at 6th position as they have lost all the games.

Bahrain won by 3 runs in a nail batting competition between UAE and Bahrain. Bahrain Posted a compatible total of 150 runs in loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Haider Butt amazing inning of 34 runs and Junaid Aziz brilliant 31 runs unbeaten helped Bahrain to post 150 total for UAE. Ali Naseer and Zahoor Khan both UAE bowlers picking 1, 1 wickets. The UAE team was unable to chase down the target and scored 147 runs in a loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and loss this match by 3 runs very heartbreaking for UAE to lose match in just 3 runs. Muhammad Waseem played an important inning of 31 runs but unable to win this match. Imran Anwar picked up 2 wickets by giving 33 runs in 4 overs and Ali Dawood also picked 2 wickets. The player of the match is Haider Butt for his amazing all-round performance score 34 runs in 36 balls.

[noormcs5]

In the match of Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates team, Bahrain team batted first and set a target of 150 runs in 20 overs. The runs scored by Bahrain team do not seem to be the right runs for them to win.  If the bowlers can perform well, maybe UAE batsmen will be under some pressure. I am betting in support of UAE team, so I want UAE to win this match.

In reply to Bahrain 150 runs, UAE were able to score 147 runs in there 20 overs. This is UAE fist defeat in this tournament and they are still at number 1 position on the points table. The 3 runs victory today has helped Bahrain to move to number 3rd position on points table. KSA is at 6th position as they have lost all the games.

In the 14th match, Bahrain show up an excellent match against the United Arab Emirates. They set a target of 150 runs to UAE but unfortunately UAE did not win the match by just a few runs. Bahrain team batted for 150 runs in 20 overs and UAE scored 147 runs for the loss of 7 wickets for some of that score. They lost by just 3 runs. At the moment, Bahrain team has won 3 matches and collected a total of 6 points to occupy the third place in the points table. UAE's Nilansh Keswani scored 8 from 13 balls as UAE lost the match by a narrow margin, adding some extra runs to his batting would have easily won the match.

UAE seems to be the strong team among the Gulf nation teams, and this time it had failed by a small margin getting close to the target. The last over of the match is interesting. UAE needs 11 runs to win and the players on the crease, Mohammed Faraazuddin and Akif Raja kept taking runs in singles and two and they were able to make 7 runs in the final over. Maybe a four could have leveled the match. Anyhow this is quite interesting and it is possible to see teams getting better in progress when more matches played.

Well, the big question is whether the United Arab Emirates will be able to win the final today. Will they beat Oman at Doha in the final today and will take the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship title?

They are batting first and are 65-2 in the 9th over.  A lot of hope from their captain Muhammad Waseem who is near his 50, playing at 42 in only 24 balls. Oman need to tighten things up else UAE could score a big total which may be difficult for Oman to chase batting 2nd.

In the previous game, UAE beaten Oman by 22 runs. So, their confidence will be high in this final too.

[posi]

In the 14th match, Bahrain show up an excellent match against the United Arab Emirates. They set a target of 150 runs to UAE but unfortunately UAE did not win the match by just a few runs. Bahrain team batted for 150 runs in 20 overs and UAE scored 147 runs for the loss of 7 wickets for some of that score. They lost by just 3 runs. At the moment, Bahrain team has won 3 matches and collected a total of 6 points to occupy the third place in the points table. UAE's Nilansh Keswani scored 8 from 13 balls as UAE lost the match by a narrow margin, adding some extra runs to his batting would have easily won the match.

UAE seems to be the strong team among the Gulf nation teams, and this time it had failed by a small margin getting close to the target. The last over of the match is interesting. UAE needs 11 runs to win and the players on the crease, Mohammed Faraazuddin and Akif Raja kept taking runs in singles and two and they were able to make 7 runs in the final over. Maybe a four could have leveled the match. Anyhow this is quite interesting and it is possible to see teams getting better in progress when more matches played.

Well, the big question is whether the United Arab Emirates will be able to win the final today. Will they beat Oman at Doha in the final today and will take the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship title?

They are batting first and are 65-2 in the 9th over.  A lot of hope from their captain Muhammad Waseem who is near his 50, playing at 42 in only 24 balls. Oman need to tighten things up else UAE could score a big total which may be difficult for Oman to chase batting 2nd.

In the previous game, UAE beaten Oman by 22 runs. So, their confidence will be high in this final too.

Right now UAE is batting. I think they are doing a decent job. Definitely a little behind in terms of run rate. They should pick up the pace. Otherwise, they are not going to be able to perform well enough/put on a good enough score on the board. Right now 16.3 overs have been played. And they have scored 125 runs so far. they still have six wickets in hand. So they should not worry about getting out too much. They should start smashing the ball or at least trying to smash the ball. Because otherwise, the target might not be big enough.

[GigaBit]

In the 14th match, Bahrain show up an excellent match against the United Arab Emirates. They set a target of 150 runs to UAE but unfortunately UAE did not win the match by just a few runs. Bahrain team batted for 150 runs in 20 overs and UAE scored 147 runs for the loss of 7 wickets for some of that score. They lost by just 3 runs. At the moment, Bahrain team has won 3 matches and collected a total of 6 points to occupy the third place in the points table. UAE's Nilansh Keswani scored 8 from 13 balls as UAE lost the match by a narrow margin, adding some extra runs to his batting would have easily won the match.

UAE seems to be the strong team among the Gulf nation teams, and this time it had failed by a small margin getting close to the target. The last over of the match is interesting. UAE needs 11 runs to win and the players on the crease, Mohammed Faraazuddin and Akif Raja kept taking runs in singles and two and they were able to make 7 runs in the final over. Maybe a four could have leveled the match. Anyhow this is quite interesting and it is possible to see teams getting better in progress when more matches played.

Well, the big question is whether the United Arab Emirates will be able to win the final today. Will they beat Oman at Doha in the final today and will take the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship title?

They are batting first and are 65-2 in the 9th over.  A lot of hope from their captain Muhammad Waseem who is near his 50, playing at 42 in only 24 balls. Oman need to tighten things up else UAE could score a big total which may be difficult for Oman to chase batting 2nd.

In the previous game, UAE beaten Oman by 22 runs. So, their confidence will be high in this final too.

Right now UAE is batting. I think they are doing a decent job. Definitely a little behind in terms of run rate. They should pick up the pace. Otherwise, they are not going to be able to perform well enough/put on a good enough score on the board. Right now 16.3 overs have been played. And they have scored 125 runs so far. they still have six wickets in hand. So they should not worry about getting out too much. They should start smashing the ball or at least trying to smash the ball. Because otherwise, the target might not be big enough.

The final match of Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023 is taking place where UAE and Oman have qualified as participants. In today's match, UAE won the toss and elected to bat. The team has batted 18 overs so far and they have scored 137 runs. If they can collect 15 more runs in the remaining 2 overs then the team will have a good collection. But this score of the match is not safe because Oman team has the ability to score 150 runs. Both teams will be under a lot of pressure as the final match. Three UAE batsmen managed to score well, among them team captain Muhammad Waseem scored 46 runs, Asif Khan 38 and one is Basil Hameed who scored 36 runs and still batting. If we predict according to the current condition of the team,  UAE is ahead from Oman team.

[Cheema02]

The final match of the Tournament is played between UAE and Oman. UAE won the toss and decided to bat first that was a good decision. UAE scored 163 runs in a loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Muhammad Waseem Captain of the UAE team batting well scored 46 runs in 31 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixs, Asif Khan also played a 38 runs inning in 33 balls and Basil Hameed played an outstanding scored 36 runs unbeaten in just 23 balls. From Oman Bilal Khan bowled well picked up 2 wickets by giving 30 runs and Aqib Ilyas also took 2 Crucial wickets by giving 24 runs and the restricted UAE team didn't score a big total. Oman is a good team and has the ability to chase down the 164 runs target and win the trophy of Gulf T20 Championship.

[Sithara007]

Anyone following the Caribbean Premier League? Final match will be played tomorrow, between Trinbago Knight Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors. TKR have heavyweights such as Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Martin Guptill playing for them. Guyana is mostly dependent on Dwaine Pretorius for bowling and Shai Hope for batting. Both the champions and runners up from last year's tournament failed to qualify for the final this time (Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Royals respectively).

[noormcs5]

Oman is a good team and has the ability to chase down the 164 runs target and win the trophy of Gulf T20 Championship.

I thought that the United Arab Emirates was a better team as compared to the Oman. In the pool stage too, the United Arab Emirates topped with 8 points. But in this match, Oman remain dominant in the match. First, they did not let the UAE team run away with a lot of first innings runs.
Secondly, when they come to chase, they remain calm and do not panic anywhere in the innings. Though they lost 5 wickets but made sure that the required run rate never exceeded 8 or beyond. Anything under 8 runs per over is achieved if you have wickets in hand.

Oman finished the game as the WINNER and they really outplayed the UAE team today.

[HONDACD125]

I thought that the United Arab Emirates was a better team as compared to the Oman. In the pool stage too, the United Arab Emirates topped with 8 points. But in this match, Oman remain dominant in the match. First, they did not let the UAE team run away with a lot of first innings runs.
Secondly, when they come to chase, they remain calm and do not panic anywhere in the innings. Though they lost 5 wickets but made sure that the required run rate never exceeded 8 or beyond. Anything under 8 runs per over is achieved if you have wickets in hand.

Oman finished the game as the WINNER and they really outplayed the UAE team today.

First of all, congratulations to the Omani team for winning the final match. I think the UAE team is a good team, but today's performance was not good, and UAE failed to give Oman a good target. Due to this, Oman team played without any pressure. Oman's first two wickets fell very quickly and they lost the second wicket for 11 runs, but after that Aqib Ilyas and Ayan Khan showed great performances.

Especially Aqib Ilyas' brilliant innings of 67 runs off 33 balls, which included four sixes and eight fours, played an important role in Oman's victory.Of course, Oman's performance was very good, but a target of 163 runs cannot be considered a big target.Five players of both teams were out, and Oman won the match on the second ball of the last over. Which shows that the performance of both teams was almost equal. If UAE had scored 20 or 25 more, surely it would not have been easy for the Oman team to win the match.However, the Omani team proved itself to be a better team than the UAE team by winning the final.

[n0ne]

I thought that the United Arab Emirates was a better team as compared to the Oman. In the pool stage too, the United Arab Emirates topped with 8 points. But in this match, Oman remain dominant in the match. First, they did not let the UAE team run away with a lot of first innings runs.
Secondly, when they come to chase, they remain calm and do not panic anywhere in the innings. Though they lost 5 wickets but made sure that the required run rate never exceeded 8 or beyond. Anything under 8 runs per over is achieved if you have wickets in hand.

Oman finished the game as the WINNER and they really outplayed the UAE team today.

First of all, congratulations to the Omani team for winning the final match. I think the UAE team is a good team, but today's performance was not good, and UAE failed to give Oman a good target. Due to this, Oman team played without any pressure. Oman's first two wickets fell very quickly and they lost the second wicket for 11 runs, but after that Aqib Ilyas and Ayan Khan showed great performances.

Especially Aqib Ilyas' brilliant innings of 67 runs off 33 balls, which included four sixes and eight fours, played an important role in Oman's victory.Of course, Oman's performance was very good, but a target of 163 runs cannot be considered a big target.Five players of both teams were out, and Oman won the match on the second ball of the last over. Which shows that the performance of both teams was almost equal. If UAE had scored 20 or 25 more, surely it would not have been easy for the Oman team to win the match.However, the Omani team proved itself to be a better team than the UAE team by winning the final.

Everyone had the same thought of UAE being the strongest and the team to win the final. Oman rocked the final as Aqib Ilyas gave the momentum and the same is continued by Ayan Khan scoring 53*runs in 38 balls at the crucial situation. More 5 wickets left, but missing the required runrate could have increased the pressure on the batsman. Finally great day for Oman to finish with 4 balls left chasing the target of 163 runs. Oman lost its earlier match against UAE while chasing a target of 191 runs and ended the innings 169/7. Similar tournaments will help these nations to play better and keep them active than playing in long intervals.