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Multan sultan vs Lahore Qalanders
Today we have Lahore vs Multan and shockingly again Lahore lose and it's Thier third consecutive defeat which is happening for a first time in last 3 season, but it's part of the game you have to face ups and downs, now after toss when Lahore took bat first and their in form opener batter farhan got dismissed at early stage without adding any significant contribution at that time I got idea that something bad has about to happening with Lahore lol, anyway it's thier baddest ever mistake to bat first because most of this season games won by chasing team. Later somehow Lahore scored 166 which was still not enough as we alredy know thier bowlers lose Thier rythm line and length but unfortunately things got out of thier reach and they back into their 4 season old form. While from Multan the lonely warrior Rizwan add a remarkable contribution later after his dismissal iftikhar add impactful innings through which the won the match one over before

[hafiztalha]

The match between Lahore and Multan is in last stage and the match is very tough. 17 runs are required in 10 balls for Multan. Rizwan perform betting very good and attained 82 runs. Lahore bet first and target 166 runs. Now 5 players of Multan Sultan are out and 146 runs has been scored by them. Iftekhar Ahmad and David are betting now and both players are good so they can the match.

7 th game of PSL  series was already ended and this game was held between Lahore Qalandar team and Multan Sultan team. Lahore Qalandar team won toss and they decided wrong decision to take first bat. Lahore Qalandar team set 166 runs target by losing 5 wickets and F.Zaman preformed well and scores 41 runs in 36 balls with two 4s and two 6s. R.Dussen also made 54 runs in 37 balls with four 4s and two 6s.  But Lahore Qalandar lost this game by 5 wickets and one over. Multan Sultan team chased down all target and won this game and in this game, M Rizwan got a player of game award due to this batting effort. Multan Sultan team won this match and promote into 1 st slot.

[Nazmul012]

Finally Afghanistan won 3rd T20I by 3 runs with Sri Lanka. This time Afghanistan won the toss and decided to Bat. And they did amazing start. Opener batsman Hazratullah Zazai scored 45 runs and Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 70 runs. Both of them did 88 run partnership and total collected 209 runs. Sri Lanka also did good batting as responsed. Pathum Nissanka scored 60 runs but after early out of Kusal Mendis, it was supposed to be Sri Lanka came in pressure for more runs. That's why rest of players try to made more runs and many of them got out. Kamindu Mendis did 65 runs and he tired till the last. Last over sri Lanka made 15 runs. They lost for only 3runs.

[Justin999]

New Zealand vs Australia, 1st T20I was end today. Australia won by 6 wkts. And this match was too much exciting to explain. New Zealand won the toss today and they opt to Bat. They did 215-3 in 20 overs. As a T20 match, the score was so big to win. Rachin Ravindra did 68 and Devon Conway did 63. I love Rachin Ravindra how early he did his half century. But still bad luck for them. Cause Australia also played too seriously. Mitchell Marsh was in another level, and Tim David was the legendary finisher. For their contribution, Australia won the match

[lixer]

New Zealand off to a flying start scoring 131 runs in 13 overs at a loss of 1 wicket. Pre-match odds were completely in favour of Australia, sitting at around 1.53x as Australia are playing with their first team. Now the odds suggest 1.53x for NZ.  NZ could score over 230 runs since they've barely lost any wickets and could accelerate and score 100 runs in the remaining 7.

New Zealand seemed to dominate the match in the first innings but the Australian team were equally better and were risen to the occasion to get a perfect start to the T20 series. Although the Australian team won by 6 wickets but the match was more close that then final scorecard suggests.



NZ vs AUS 1st T20 Reactions: Mitch Marsh 72 (44) & Tim David 31 (10) seals thrilling win for Australia

The reactions from the crowd was of course disappointment for the New Zealand fans as this match was played in Wellington, New Zealand and people expected from the host team to start of the series with a win. Devon Conway scored 63 runs and Rachin Ravindra scored 68 runs and both of these players batted at a good rate. Australian bowlers were not able to extract anything out of the wicket. Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh took one wicket each but they gave away way too many runs. The same story we see in the New Zealand innings. However here the captain Mitchell Marsh scored 72 runs but he was supported by some quick shorts runs made by Travis Head, David Warner and other players. The match went down to the last overs and when you know the batting team has to score the 15 runs in last over, you reckon that the batting team (Australia) will face some difficulties in this finish. However, a poor display of bowling from the New Zealand made them lose this first match. They will have regain their confidence and come back even stronger in the next match.  

This is really one of the most entertaining match in recent times we have two quality teams of the T20i format hit each other blindly and at the end we have better team as winner which is surely not other than any Australia after conceding 216 runs they have done amazing job and steal the victory from the Kiwis which was doing good job, but sadly they concede 35 runs in last two overs and lost first game of the series with Aussies captain Mitchel Marsh lead from the form and have all round performance which is surely another impressive work by them in presence of Pat Cummins with this we have no doubt Tim David is one of the best finisher of the game who done this all within just 10 balls is one of the best from him.

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New Zealand vs Australia, 1st T20I was end today. Australia won by 6 wkts. And this match was too much exciting to explain. New Zealand won the toss today and they opt to Bat. They did 215-3 in 20 overs. As a T20 match, the score was so big to win. Rachin Ravindra did 68 and Devon Conway did 63. I love Rachin Ravindra how early he did his half century. But still bad luck for them. Cause Australia also played too seriously. Mitchell Marsh was in another level, and Tim David was the legendary finisher. For their contribution, Australia won the match

I also think the New Zealand vs Australia 1st T20I match was very exciting and had a lot of runs scored. New Zealand scored 215-3 which was a good total. Australia batters Mitchell Marsh and Tim David showed their skills in chasing the target. Even though players like Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway did well for New Zealand. Australia teamwork and individual brilliance are good and helped them to win. Both teams played well.

[Bd officer]

Finally Afghanistan won 3rd T20I by 3 runs with Sri Lanka. This time Afghanistan won the toss and decided to Bat. And they did amazing start. Opener batsman Hazratullah Zazai scored 45 runs and Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 70 runs. Both of them did 88 run partnership and total collected 209 runs. Sri Lanka also did good batting as responsed. Pathum Nissanka scored 60 runs but after early out of Kusal Mendis, it was supposed to be Sri Lanka came in pressure for more runs. That's why rest of players try to made more runs and many of them got out. Kamindu Mendis did 65 runs and he tired till the last. Last over sri Lanka made 15 runs. They lost for only 3runs.

Yesterday I thought Afghanistan would not win, but Afghanistan's batsmen performed brilliantly and set a huge target. Afghanistan's opening batsmen Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai managed to score 209 runs due to excellent performances. The Sri Lankan batsmen put up a lot of competition and eventually lost by just 3 runs. Sri Lanka's target level was very high which forced them to bat with pressure from the start. Finally, Afghanistan managed to win yesterday's match between Test ODI and T20 series.

[dezoel]

Finally Afghanistan won 3rd T20I by 3 runs with Sri Lanka. This time Afghanistan won the toss and decided to Bat. And they did amazing start. Opener batsman Hazratullah Zazai scored 45 runs and Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 70 runs. Both of them did 88 run partnership and total collected 209 runs. Sri Lanka also did good batting as responsed. Pathum Nissanka scored 60 runs but after early out of Kusal Mendis, it was supposed to be Sri Lanka came in pressure for more runs. That's why rest of players try to made more runs and many of them got out. Kamindu Mendis did 65 runs and he tired till the last. Last over sri Lanka made 15 runs. They lost for only 3runs.

This is not improvement from the Afghanistan we call this consolation win for the Afghanistan because in this series we have nothing positive for them, they lost only test badly and then having clean sweep into ODI and in first two T20i games they also hammered badly by the Sri Lankan after this hard work they have on win which is surely good for them but still now things are going on negative side for them because their quality is suddenly on decline and their internal issues are also going to have problems for them so they needed to settle them as soon as possible otherwise they can face consequences which can bring more troubling time for them.

In this last game, Gurbaz and Zazai give them good stand which allow other batsmen to do better, and they are able to score 209 which was surely winning score, but their poor bowling allow Sri Lankan to have some good chase in last four overs 55 runs which was really entertaining for the fans but at the end Afghanistan won by 3 runs.

[Publictalk792]

7 th game of PSL  series was already ended and this game was held between Lahore Qalandar team and Multan Sultan team. Lahore Qalandar team won toss and they decided wrong decision to take first bat. Lahore Qalandar team set 166 runs target by losing 5 wickets and F.Zaman preformed well and scores 41 runs in 36 balls with two 4s and two 6s. R.Dussen also made 54 runs in 37 balls with four 4s and two 6s.  But Lahore Qalandar lost this game by 5 wickets and one over. Multan Sultan team chased down all target and won this game and in this game, M Rizwan got a player of game award due to this batting effort. Multan Sultan team won this match and promote into 1 st slot.

I also thought the 7th game of the PSL series between Lahore Qalandar and Multan Sultan was very exciting. Lahore Qalandar chose to bat first which might have looked like a bad idea at first. But they played well especially Fakhar Zaman and Dussen. However Multan Sultan did a great job chasing the score and Muhammad Rizwan excellent batting helped them to win and become the top team. That was really and interesting match.

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Team AFG is getting better and better in the white ball cricket, today  another exciting last over win for them just by 3 runs. They are pretty equipped to face the big team in the T20 WC for sure. Even though SL won the series by 2-1, AFG came very close in the first match too and lost only by 4 runs so they will toom all the positive and will start preparing their WC journey.

Yes Afghanistan team is improving day by day.The Afghanistan team is known more for its bowling than its batting. Rashid Khan Mujibur Rahman of Afghanistan they are world class spin bowler maybe Rashid Khan is the number one leg spin bowler in the world. In this series between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, Rashid Khan was not included in the Afghanistan team for which the Afghanistan team was quite weak. Afghanistan's batting and bowling performance in the third T20 against Sri Lanka boosted their confidence as they managed to win at least one match.

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Team AFG is getting better and better in the white ball cricket, today  another exciting last over win for them just by 3 runs. They are pretty equipped to face the big team in the T20 WC for sure. Even though SL won the series by 2-1, AFG came very close in the first match too and lost only by 4 runs so they will toom all the positive and will start preparing their WC journey.

Against Sri Lanka, Afghanistan's batsmen did brilliantly to avoid the whitewash, giving Sri Lanka a target of 210 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Batting with a target of 210 runs, Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis got off to a great start but Kusal Mendis was out after scoring only 16 runs. Kamindu Mendis batted brilliantly but in the end could not win the team lost by just three runs against Afghanistan. The last over was very exciting as 19 runs were required in an over Sri Lankan batsmen managed to score 15 runs. Due to which three runs were lost against Afghanistan, congratulations to the Afghanistan team.

[3kpk3]

What a crazy match! Australia and New Zealand ripped into each other and produced a sensational encounter with the Aussies ending up on the winning side and the Kiwis ending up on the losing side as usual.

Tim David is remarkably consistent these days which is amazing news for the MI since he most probably could be their key player in the upcoming season.

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What a crazy match! Australia and New Zealand ripped into each other and produced a sensational encounter with the Aussies ending up on the winning side and the Kiwis ending up on the losing side as usual.

Tim David is remarkably consistent these days which is amazing news for the MI since he most probably could be their key player in the upcoming season.

I felt while watching this game that a target of 200 wouldn't be defendable for the Kiwis as the pitch was just flat and good for batting. Conway started very late and if he had not wasted 10 odd balls and played the way Rachin did then they could have got 250 runs on the scoreboard. For Australia Mitchell Marsh was the key although I had a feeling that Maxwell would be the reason for Australia to win, he wasn't. Big scoring games are always worthy of watching in T20 and that is what happened between these two teams.

[JSRAW]

What a crazy match! Australia and New Zealand ripped into each other and produced a sensational encounter with the Aussies ending up on the winning side and the Kiwis ending up on the losing side as usual.

Tim David is remarkably consistent these days which is amazing news for the MI since he most probably could be their key player in the upcoming season.

Just before the World Cup, the batting lineup from both teams looked so dangerous but the bowling was pedestrian.

But again these are blips when looking at the big picture because when the time comes, both bowling lineups will come on top with an excellent bowling performance and bamboozle the opposition team.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Hasaranga slams umpire over non-no-ball call

Sri Lanka's T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has said outright that umpire Lyndon Hannibal should find another job, after Hannibal had deemed a high full toss as a legal delivery during a tense final over in the third T20I against Afghanistan in Dambulla.

Hasaranga's scathing comments came after Hannibal, the square-leg umpire, did not call a no-ball when a Wafadar Momand delivery passed batter Kamindu Mendis well above waist height without pitching. Kamindu had shuffled down the pitch, but the delivery nevertheless would have likely arrived higher than his waist had he been standing upright at the popping crease. This would constitute a no-ball as per the ICC's playing conditions.

Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wanindu-hasaranga-censures-umpire-lyndon-hannibal-over-no-ball-call-1422032

As a sportsman, Hasaranaga should always be polite and treat others well.
Umpires should definitely take decisions with caution. But Hasaranga should not have personally attacked the umpire if he made a mistake. We often see such extreme behavior from Sri Lankan players. ICC should be more strict.

[kro55]

Hasaranga slams umpire over non-no-ball call

Sri Lanka's T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has said outright that umpire Lyndon Hannibal should find another job, after Hannibal had deemed a high full toss as a legal delivery during a tense final over in the third T20I against Afghanistan in Dambulla.

Hasaranga's scathing comments came after Hannibal, the square-leg umpire, did not call a no-ball when a Wafadar Momand delivery passed batter Kamindu Mendis well above waist height without pitching. Kamindu had shuffled down the pitch, but the delivery nevertheless would have likely arrived higher than his waist had he been standing upright at the popping crease. This would constitute a no-ball as per the ICC's playing conditions.

Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wanindu-hasaranga-censures-umpire-lyndon-hannibal-over-no-ball-call-1422032

As a sportsman, Hasaranaga should always be polite and treat others well.
Umpires should definitely take decisions with caution. But Hasaranga should not have personally attacked the umpire if he made a mistake. We often see such extreme behavior from Sri Lankan players. ICC should be more strict.

I agree with you that ICC should be more strict with Sri Lankan players. Many times in the past we have seen Sri Lankan players misbehaving with the opposition players. But we considered it part of the game. But their bad behavior is increasing day by day. They are now misbehaving with the umpire as well. Now if the ICC and the Sri Lankan board are not strict then the Sri Lankan players will become more reckless. This is not good for cricket. We know cricket as gentleman's game. So Sri Lankan players should avoid such bad behavior.

[FinePoine0]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

[virasog]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

The third T20 match which was played at Dambulla was finally won by the Afghanistan team. Though it was a close 3 run victory but a victory is victory and Afghanistan team can celebrate this win.

In this match,  Rahmanullah Gurbaz made 73 runs in 43 balls. He was the man of the match because of his good batting performance. From Sri lankan team we had Pathum Nissanka  who was retired hurt on 60 while Kamindu Mendis remained not out at 65 runs. The strange thing is that Srilankan team were unable to chase this score even though I thought that they tried their best.

Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets while Fareed Ahmad, Noor Ahmad and Qais Ahmad took one wicket each. This was the first and only victory by the Afghanistan team. They lost 3 one days matches and the first two T20 matches also. But luck favors them this time and they were able to beat Srilanka in the last match of theT20 series.

[libert19]

I'm hearing Shami has been ruled out of IPL 2024, if it's real news then it's mighty blow to Titans and this lowers their probability to win trophy significantly, or should I say to get into qualifiers.

Hardik gone, Inexperienced captain (i.e, Gill) and now Shami.

[tsaroz]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

The third T20 match which was played at Dambulla was finally won by the Afghanistan team. Though it was a close 3 run victory but a victory is victory and Afghanistan team can celebrate this win.

In this match,  Rahmanullah Gurbaz made 73 runs in 43 balls. He was the man of the match because of his good batting performance. From Sri lankan team we had Pathum Nissanka  who was retired hurt on 60 while Kamindu Mendis remained not out at 65 runs. The strange thing is that Srilankan team were unable to chase this score even though I thought that they tried their best.

Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets while Fareed Ahmad, Noor Ahmad and Qais Ahmad took one wicket each. This was the first and only victory by the Afghanistan team. They lost 3 one days matches and the first two T20 matches also. But luck favors them this time and they were able to beat Srilanka in the last match of theT20 series.

A thrilling win for Afghanistan, a consolidatory too. Sri Lanka won the only test, clean swiped ODIs and was about to clean swipe the T20 too.
It was a high scoring innings from Afghanistan with Hazaratulla and Rahmanulla opening the batting with a good partnership. Sri Lanka nearly chased it but the retirement due to injury to Pathum Nissanka was a bad luck for them. He had scored 60 off 30 before voluntarily leaving the crease.
Anyway, Sri Lanka won't be disappointed as they had shown full dominance over the Afghan team and Afghan have reasons for their decreasing performance.