T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Cheema02]

Today's match Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat first and scored only 147 runs in a loss of 6 wickets in the first innings of the match. From Peshawar zalmi Babar Azam played an outstanding inning of 51 runs from just 46 balls and Rovman Powell also scored 30 runs from 18 balls and reached the team total of 145 plus. Karachi Kings bowling performance is also amazing they restricted Peshawar Zalmi in low targets and have a good chance to win this match easily. Karachi Kings current score is 25 runs without any loss of wickets in the first four overs of the match they needed 123 runs from 96 balls to win this match.

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[kro55]

Opener George Munsey's excellent batting has led Scotland to a big collection. Scotland has collected 132 runs after 16 overs. Scotland lost 5 wickets, George Munsey remained unbeaten on 75 from 46 balls.

Scotland lost two wickets for just 13 runs. After losing wickets very quickly, I thought that maybe Scotland will not be able to provide a big target today. But now it seems that the team will be able to collect at least 170 runs today. And of course thanks must go to opener George Munsey. Munsey is slowly moving towards the century.

In UAE toss is the most important aspect of the match. The side winning the toss has more ratio of winning the game and the reason is dew factor. At later part of the game, dew jumps in and it becomes very easy to socre runs and that's why UAE decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Scotland struggling to complete there 20 overs, 8 wickets have gone down and still they have 2 more overs to play.

It is very difficult to predict the performance of teams like Scotland and UAE. In this match I also thought Scotland could provide a decent target. Because at the end of 15 overs, the team collected 127 runs after losing 4 wickets. Since the team lost only four wickets in 15 overs, I also thought that Scotland would score at least 40 runs in the last 5 overs. But the interesting thing is that Scotland have collected only 20 runs in the last 5 overs. The team scored 2 runs in the 17th and 18th overs. The target of 148 runs on this pitch was a small target. UAE had an easy win.

Batting with a target of 148 runs, the UAE openers collected 33 runs in the first two overs. Three batsmen of the top order batted soo well. So within 18 overs, the UAE team reached the target of victory by losing only two wickets.

[Popkon6]

Although Peshawar Zalmi team managed to win this match but the margin is small. Karachi Kings team was knocked out of the qualifier match, Karachi Kings team was performing very well in the beginning of this Pakistan Super League season. They came into this match and performed so badly towards the last that they only lost a few consecutive matches, but Karachi Kings team had a good chance of winning in today's match. If these two batsmen J Vince and Shoaib Malik could have collected a few runs then there was definitely a possibility. As they scored less runs than balls, but Peshwar Zalmi team captain Babar Azam gave the best batting performance, due to his intelligence and strategy the team managed to win.

[ZAINmalik75]

Today's match Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat first and scored only 147 runs in a loss of 6 wickets in the first innings of the match. From Peshawar zalmi Babar Azam played an outstanding inning of 51 runs from just 46 balls and Rovman Powell also scored 30 runs from 18 balls and reached the team total of 145 plus. Karachi Kings bowling performance is also amazing they restricted Peshawar Zalmi in low targets and have a good chance to win this match easily. Karachi Kings current score is 25 runs without any loss of wickets in the first four overs of the match they needed 123 runs from 96 balls to win this match.

Waoo what a drama especially at last few overs, I taught it gona be defeat for Peshawar zalmi but thanks GOD Finally Peshawar zalmi won thier last game of the PSL season 9 before move on to the playoff stage. To be honest after Peshawar zalmi innings things were looking in favour of Karachi because they didn't even lose a single wicket in power play and scored as much as possible without any trouble but later after dismissal of thier first two wickets dominance were shifted to Peshawar zalmi as thier bowler get thier confident of will and then they done extra ordinary and thanks to Jamal who saved an important runs against set batter at last stage and thus Peshawar show thier dominance on points table

[ThemePen]

Although Peshawar Zalmi team managed to win this match but the margin is small. Karachi Kings team was knocked out of the qualifier match, Karachi Kings team was performing very well in the beginning of this Pakistan Super League season. They came into this match and performed so badly towards the last that they only lost a few consecutive matches, but Karachi Kings team had a good chance of winning in today's match. If these two batsmen J Vince and Shoaib Malik could have collected a few runs then there was definitely a possibility. As they scored less runs than balls, but Peshwar Zalmi team captain Babar Azam gave the best batting performance, due to his intelligence and strategy the team managed to win.

Yes you are right Karachi Kings had a chance to win the match but Peshawar Zalmi and their captain Babar Azam played well. That was a pride moment for City Peshawar citizen. By the way cricket is a team sport so one player performance doesn't always decide the result. Karachi Kings missed some chances, but that's normal in the game. Well done to Peshawar Zalmi for winning, and both teams played well. But I was thinking that Karachi Kings will win this match but at the end the overall situation got totally changed.

[rojan]

In the 2nd match of Papua New Guinea vs Nepal team, Nepal came to bat and scored 198 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. I think the runs that Nepal team scored in today's match were the right runs to win. Papua New Guinea team did not perform well in the bowling line.  .Nepal team batsman Kushal Bhurtel got out with 59 runs in 39 balls.Sundeep Jora got out with 56 runs in 26 balls.Papua New Guinea team will come to bat in a short time.Papua New Guinea team has very little chance to win this match.

[Sithara007]

In the 2nd match of Papua New Guinea vs Nepal team, Nepal came to bat and scored 198 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. I think the runs that Nepal team scored in today's match were the right runs to win. Papua New Guinea team did not perform well in the bowling line.  .Nepal team batsman Kushal Bhurtel got out with 59 runs in 39 balls.Sundeep Jora got out with 56 runs in 26 balls.Papua New Guinea team will come to bat in a short time.Papua New Guinea team has very little chance to win this match.

Papua New Guinea are 67/3 now, and they need another 132 runs from 12 overs. If they perform like this, PNG will be soon thrown out of the first tier of associate cricket. And this is a pattern that has been continuing for quite some time now. Teams with native players, such as Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu are finding it hard to compete against teams that are comprised fully of foreigners (such as the United Arab Emirates, Canada and Oman). Nepal is the only country with native players, who have improved their position in recent times.

[libert19]

WPL: GG vs UPW

Another entertaining match.

GG opted to bat first. Opener Mooney and Wolvaardt had good opening partnership however after Wolvaardt got out it was downhill for GG as each new batter who came to the crease had short stay while Mooney stayed on one end, in end overs Mooney shifted gears and got GG to decent total of 152, with her sole contribution being 74 and second being Wolvaardt with 43.

UPW comes to chase and gets early blows, they quickly lose 5 wickets, then Deepti-Khemnar hold field until the very end and they lose the game by 8 runs. The single Deepti took and gave strike to Khemnar was very unnecessary, she should have stuck to her ground because she was the big-hitter here and big hits were required.

[Sithara007]

I have a soft-corner for the Gujarat Giants Women, because they are the only team with an associate player in the squad (Kathryn Bryce from Scotland). Previously we had Tara Norris from the United States playing for the Delhi Capitals, but she was released this year. Not very surprising, given the aversion towards associate players from the IPL franchises. Yesterday Giants were able to defend a sub-par total, thanks to some fine bowling from Shabnam MD. She returned spectacular figures of 4-0-11-3. Tanuja Kanwar also provided good support.   

[Farhan99]

Waoo what a drama especially at last few overs, I taught it gona be defeat for Peshawar zalmi but thanks GOD Finally Peshawar zalmi won thier last game of the PSL season 9 before move on to the playoff stage. To be honest after Peshawar zalmi innings things were looking in favour of Karachi because they didn't even lose a single wicket in power play and scored as much as possible without any trouble but later after dismissal of thier first two wickets dominance were shifted to Peshawar zalmi as thier bowler get thier confident of will and then they done extra ordinary

I placed my bet on Favour of Karachi kings but they lost the game In a nail-biting encounter Peshawar Zalmi emerged victory by a low margin of two runs. Peshawar Zalmi win securing the top spot on the points table. Peshawar Zalmi's overall performance left room for improvement but opener Babar Azam excellent half-century showcased batting power. Karachi Kings batsmen Seifert and Irfan khan displayed memorable contributions while Anwar Ali's standout performance in the last over added intensity to the game but Zalmi clinched the victory at last Over of the game and jumped to the top spot on the points table.

As the group phase last game all eyes are on the pivotal clash between Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators. The Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators match holds the key to deciding whether Quetta after winning and secures the second spot or Multan Sultans wins and claims the top position with 14 points. I think any team win definitely affects Islamabad united standing in the knockout phase of PSL.

[doomloop]

WPL: GG vs UPW

Another entertaining match.

GG opted to bat first. Opener Mooney and Wolvaardt had good opening partnership however after Wolvaardt got out it was downhill for GG as each new batter who came to the crease had short stay while Mooney stayed on one end, in end overs Mooney shifted gears and got GG to decent total of 152, with her sole contribution being 74 and second being Wolvaardt with 43.

UPW comes to chase and gets early blows, they quickly lose 5 wickets, then Deepti-Khemnar hold field until the very end and they lose the game by 8 runs. The single Deepti took and gave strike to Khemnar was very unnecessary, she should have stuck to her ground because she was the big-hitter here and big hits were required.

Now we have just two matches remaining in this group stage with Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians are going to stay at the top and RCBW are needed to wait for their third spot because in case of win for the Gujarat Giants and lost of the RCB against Mumbai we will have some changes even these are not going to be easy with Delhi Capitals want to jump into final with their win against Gujarat Giants, and then we will have eliminator between second and third spotted teams.

UP Warriorz were terrible in this season while they fail to give anything good just 3 wins and 5 loses giving all details how their performance was with we have good from the both top teams which were doing good job and having quality at their best hopefully we will have improved things in coming season with now time for have one more team which could be good for the game.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Source- Espncricinfo

The match between Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea is taking place now. Both teams are relatively weak and new to cricket. Teams continue to put in good performances. These teams do not have experienced players. Papua New Guinea was beaten by 85 runs against Nepal in the previous match.

However, Papua New Guinea is likely to get an easy win against Hong Kong in today's match. Bowling by Papua New Guinea bowlers was quite good. Hong Kong cannot provide big targets. The Hong Kong team has given a target of only 122 runs.
Papua New Guinea's two openers are batting responsibly. Papua New Guinea's two openers collected 35 runs in 4 overs. As the team has not lost a single wicket yet, I do not see the possibility of them losing in this match. Collecting 87 runs in 16 overs is not a difficult task. Papua New Guinea team must collect an average of less than 6 runs per over.

[Bd officer]

Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. I thought Hong Kong would do well at home, but Hong Kong were bowled out for 121 runs in 18.3 overs. A target of 122 runs was not enough to win.

Papua New Guinea did not do well against Nepal in the last match. But in this match against Hong Kong has performed well. Papua New Guinea went into bat with the aim of winning and won by 10 wickets in 12.4 overs. Papua New Guinea's two opening batsmen both performed well Tony Ura was unbeaten on 51 off 33 balls and Sese Bau was unbeaten on 61 off 43 balls.

[libert19]

Rumors were already out that Pant was fit to play in IPL, but today we get official confirmation from BCCI [1] for the same. DC has few good players, rest meh, DC's fate still seems to be bottom of table.


[1] https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1767444671297646847

[virasog]

Opener George Munsey's excellent batting has led Scotland to a big collection. Scotland has collected 132 runs after 16 overs. Scotland lost 5 wickets, George Munsey remained unbeaten on 75 from 46 balls.

Scotland lost two wickets for just 13 runs. After losing wickets very quickly, I thought that maybe Scotland will not be able to provide a big target today. But now it seems that the team will be able to collect at least 170 runs today. And of course thanks must go to opener George Munsey. Munsey is slowly moving towards the century.

In UAE toss is the most important aspect of the match. The side winning the toss has more ratio of winning the game and the reason is dew factor. At later part of the game, dew jumps in and it becomes very easy to socre runs and that's why UAE decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Scotland struggling to complete there 20 overs, 8 wickets have gone down and still they have 2 more overs to play.

Although this is not much talked about but Scotland team is touring UAE to play with the Dubai cricket team. In the first match that was played yesterday, Scotland scored 148 runs. George Munsey scored 75 runs in 49 balls and this was an innings where he should have made Scotland won this match but unfortunately he was not supported by any other batsmen.  Junaid Siddique from UAE destroyed their innings and took four wickets giving away only 14 runs.

This target was chased easily by United Arab Emirates team. They have their captain, Muhammad Waseem who have a brilliant 68 runs and made sure UAE won the match as he remained not out. He was well supported by Tanish Suri and Alishan Sharafu and they United Arab Emirates team chased this score in 17.4 overs.

I wish that Scotland team learn from their batting mistakes so that we may see some competitive matches in this series.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. I thought Hong Kong would do well at home, but Hong Kong were bowled out for 121 runs in 18.3 overs. A target of 122 runs was not enough to win.

Papua New Guinea did not do well against Nepal in the last match. But in this match against Hong Kong has performed well. Papua New Guinea went into bat with the aim of winning and won by 10 wickets in 12.4 overs. Papua New Guinea's two opening batsmen both performed well Tony Ura was unbeaten on 51 off 33 balls and Sese Bau was unbeaten on 61 off 43 balls.

I am very surprised by the performance of the two openers of Papua New Guinea today. I have never seen such a great performance from these two batsmen.
The Hong Kong team set a target of 122 runs. Looking at Papua New Guinea's batting, I was sure they would win. But I did not think that Papua New Guinea would pull off such a great victory. Papua New Guinea collected 124 runs in 12.4 overs, and the interesting thing is that Papua New Guinea did not lose a single wicket today.


Source: espncricinfo

Tony Ura scored 51 runs off 33 balls and Sese bau scored 61 runs off 43 balls. Hong Kong bowlers could not take a single wicket in today's match. Responsible batting by the two openers easily won Papua New Guinea. This group is progressing quite rapidly. They have found several talented players.

[Compromise me]

Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. I thought Hong Kong would do well at home, but Hong Kong were bowled out for 121 runs in 18.3 overs. A target of 122 runs was not enough to win.
 

This was a low score match and Papua New Guinea team shocked Hong Kong team and Hong Kong all team out on 121 runs . Papua New Guinea team won the match I 12 overs. This was bowling friendly pitch and bowlers played very well on this pitch S. Bau took 2 wickets by giving 10 runs in 2 overs and he also made a score for his team and was awarded as a player of the match.K. Morea also took 2 wickets by giving 35 runs in 4 overs and he performed an excellent bowling .From Zimbabwe batting side , z Ali played very well and made 55 run in 29 balls.

[Publictalk792]

I am very surprised by the performance of the two openers of Papua New Guinea today. I have never seen such a great performance from these two batsmen.
The Hong Kong team set a target of 122 runs. Looking at Papua New Guinea's batting, I was sure they would win. But I did not think that Papua New Guinea would pull off such a great victory. Papua New Guinea collected 124 runs in 12.4 overs, and the interesting thing is that Papua New Guinea did not lose a single wicket today.

Tony Ura scored 51 runs off 33 balls and Sese bau scored 61 runs off 43 balls. Hong Kong bowlers could not take a single wicket in today's match. Responsible batting by the two openers easily won Papua New Guinea. This group is progressing quite rapidly. They have found several talented players.

Yes you are right the Papua New Guinea openers did really well in today match. Tony Ura and Sese Bau batted really they both helped their team win the match without losing any wickets. They chased the target almost in 13 overs. The target wasn't high but the performance of PNG was admirable.
On the other hand the Hong Kong team did not played well they only made a target of 122 runs which I think not a good target and PNG chased it easily. Congratulations to PNG on their winning.

[jasonjm]

I placed my bet on Favour of Karachi kings but they lost the game In a nail-biting encounter Peshawar Zalmi emerged victory by a low margin of two runs. Peshawar Zalmi win securing the top spot on the points table. Peshawar Zalmi's overall performance left room for improvement but opener Babar Azam excellent half-century showcased batting power. Karachi Kings batsmen Seifert and Irfan khan displayed memorable contributions while Anwar Ali's standout performance in the last over added intensity to the game but Zalmi clinched the victory at last Over of the game and jumped to the top spot on the points table.

As the group phase last game all eyes are on the pivotal clash between Multan Sultans and Quetta Gladiators. The Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators match holds the key to deciding whether Quetta after winning and secures the second spot or Multan Sultans wins and claims the top position with 14 points. I think any team win definitely affects Islamabad united standing in the knockout phase of PSL.

PSL is peaking at the right moment. The last 3 or 4 matches were a last-ball thrillers. Finally, a bowler has defended runs in the last over. On a slow pitch, Peshawar put a competitive score on the board. Karachi batters fought hard for the victory, but Jamal was too good for them on the last ball. PZ secured a place in the top 2.
In today's match, I think Multan will win against Quetta. Multan only needs to pick the wickets on QG's openers. If the pitch behaves like the last match, I will favour QG, as they have outstanding spinners in the team.

Although this is not much talked about but Scotland team is touring UAE to play with the Dubai cricket team. In the first match that was played yesterday, Scotland scored 148 runs. George Munsey scored 75 runs in 49 balls and this was an innings where he should have made Scotland won this match but unfortunately he was not supported by any other batsmen.  Junaid Siddique from UAE destroyed their innings and took four wickets giving away only 14 runs.

This target was chased easily by United Arab Emirates team. They have their captain, Muhammad Waseem who have a brilliant 68 runs and made sure UAE won the match as he remained not out. He was well supported by Tanish Suri and Alishan Sharafu and they United Arab Emirates team chased this score in 17.4 overs.

I wish that Scotland team learn from their batting mistakes so that we may see some competitive matches in this series.

Beating UAE on these pitches will be a tough ask for Scotland, but they are very much capable of doing this. George Munsey fought well, but, in the end, it was not enough because there was no support from the other end, whatsoever. Seven of their batters scored in single digits. Siddique was exceptional in his spell. In the end, it was an easy chase for the UAE. Their captain led the team from the front and scored an unbeaten fifty. UAE's top order looked solid against Scotland. In the next match, I think Scotland should rethink their strategy against UAE.

Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. I thought Hong Kong would do well at home, but Hong Kong were bowled out for 121 runs in 18.3 overs. A target of 122 runs was not enough to win.
 

This was a low score match and Papua New Guinea team shocked Hong Kong team and Hong Kong all team out on 121 runs . Papua New Guinea team won the match I 12 overs. This was bowling friendly pitch and bowlers played very well on this pitch S. Bau took 2 wickets by giving 10 runs in 2 overs and he also made a score for his team and was awarded as a player of the match.K. Morea also took 2 wickets by giving 35 runs in 4 overs and he performed an excellent bowling .From Zimbabwe batting side , z Ali played very well and made 55 run in 29 balls.

Hong Kong was not in the game from ball one. PNG bowled beautifully and got 4 wickets inside the powerplay. Zeeshan Ali was the only batter able to score some runs and his onslaught helped HK to a below-par score on this pitch. Other lower order also showed some resistance and stayed at the crease which helped Zeeshan in his onslaught. PNG openers started their inning with all guns blazing. They took HK bowlers to the cleaners and chased down the total in 12.4 overs. Both the batters scored their respective fifties.

[Nalain420]

In the 2nd match of Papua New Guinea vs Nepal team, Nepal came to bat and scored 198 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. I think the runs that Nepal team scored in today's match were the right runs to win. Papua New Guinea team did not perform well in the bowling line.  .Nepal team batsman Kushal Bhurtel got out with 59 runs in 39 balls.Sundeep Jora got out with 56 runs in 26 balls.Papua New Guinea team will come to bat in a short time.Papua New Guinea team has very little chance to win this match.

Nepal batsmen have set a target of 198 in 20 overs.  And this is a very good goal.  Their batsmen have given this target with hard work and struggle.  Their batsmen have played the match with interest.  Now their bowler has worked and struggle even more than them.  Their bowler stop the run of the opposing team and took wickets and won the match.  My congratulations to the Nepal team for their win and may they continue to play like this and keep winning matches.