T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Nanga Parbat]

Yes in UAE vs. Oman game competition is tight as you thought it would be with UAE starting strong after Oman won toss and chose to bowl and according to the current situation UAE has made 83 runs in 10 overs and they did not lose any wicket yet.
In Sri Lanka vs. Hong Kong match it looks to be easy win for Sri Lanka just as you said since they are defending champions and are in good form. So let's see who will win in both matches.

Yes UAE is playing well, unfortunately they have already lost 2 wickets. I can see that their run rate is around 7.33 at present. And I can also see that Alishan Sharafu has scored a half century, and now I see that Muhammad Waseem has also scored 50+ runs. And the partnership between them was also great. So now we can expect UAE to score around 140 runs in the next 5 overs.

UAE has shown us a very interesting match by batting well in today's match, which is the best target in this entire league, which will be a very tough competition. Oman is the opponent of UAE which they will have to play well and victory this match. In this match, UAE batsmen have scored 172 runs which is a good and strong target, due to which we see UAE's victory very close in this match. Oman batsmen have scored 40 runs in just 6 overs, which they are playing very well, but they have lost five wicket with a carelessness. If UAE tries to be tough in their bowling then I hope Oman will not be able to victory the match, because UAE bowlers are keeping an eye on Oman wickets.

[WatChe]

None of them is interesting to any of us since the result won't affect any teams as of now. I don't think Hong Kong can beat Sri Lanka today. The UAE and OMAN match results won't affect India Pakistan at all since these two will surely qualify for the super four round. I think i will watch the match beween Bangladesh and Afghanistan since this match result will affect both teams ranking.

However, the ecuation became too hard for Bangladesh to qualify for the super four round. It won't be easy to win against Afghanistan especially when they are playing in UAE. I will also watch Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka and I think there will be some contest in that match.

From Group A, it's looks like Pakistan and India will qualify for the next round. But in Group B, the competition will be tough as Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have the capability to beat each other. Pakistan and India should be in separate group to maintain balance in both groups.

UAE clearly in a position to win the game against Oman at the moment. Oman has lost 5 wickets and they still need 118 runs on 77 balls. The game between Sri Lanka and Hong Kong just started but odds are in favour of Sri Lanka.

[Crypto Library]

The match is going as I expected between Oman and United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates has performed very well and has been able to set a good target and on the other hand Oman team has come out to bat and has performed a little better in the first three overs but is currently performing very badly. They have only 5 wickets left and their required run rate is above 11. Although if they had more wickets in their hand then the scenario could have changed a bit but I don't think Oman team will be able to win this match in this situation.

[LDL]

The match is going as I expected between Oman and United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates has performed very well and has been able to set a good target and on the other hand Oman team has come out to bat and has performed a little better in the first three overs but is currently performing very badly. They have only 5 wickets left and their required run rate is above 11. Although if they had more wickets in their hand then the scenario could have changed a bit but I don't think Oman team will be able to win this match in this situation.

Oman will not be able to compete with UAE because UAE has set a big score of 172 runs which is not possible for Oman to collect this big target of UAE at the moment. Oman has already lost 7 wickets and they still need to collect 69 runs. However, I thought there would be competition between the two weak teams, but the United Arab Emirates will win easily and by a large margin. If the United Arab Emirates wins today, it can definitely be said that they will surpass Pakistan.

[Emitdama]

Zimbabwe cricket is slowly improving. I can see the improvement in the batting order of the team especially. The team performed quite well in the last series against Sri Lanka. The players were confident. Zimbabwe is also able to play well in the 3-match T20 series against Namibia.
Zimbabwe scored a huge 211 runs today for the loss of just 3 wickets. The pitch is batting friendly though. Even then I have seen 200+ scores from Zimbabwe in very few matches. Opener Brian Bennett played a wonderful innings of 94 runs off 51 balls. Although Namibia was able to score 178 runs. Still it was an easy win for Zimbabwe

I am not agreed with this argument about Zimbabwe because they are full member with honour to have participation in all formats and also taking huge funds from ICC, but they have never been on track to have good consistency and quality performance against full member teams.

Their performance always good against associate countries which is surely not comparable I still strongly believe now it's time for ICC to think about their funds and other things for improvement in this game recently few African countries done good development in cricket which is encouraging sign and this can bring good fan base in this continent which will be helpful for the development of game but giving advantage to Zimbabwe has never been good and helpful.

[JSRAW]

So far Hong kong seems to be holding up nicely against srilanka, it doesn't look like a match up of associate vs test playing nations.

Scoring at almost 7rpo and only 2 wicket went down, not bad. I thought they'd roll over against hasaranga and theekshana.

[Compromise me]

Zimbabwe cricket is slowly improving. I can see the improvement in the batting order of the team especially. The team performed quite well in the last series against Sri Lanka. The players were confident. Zimbabwe is also able to play well in the 3-match T20 series against Namibia.
Zimbabwe scored a huge 211 runs today for the loss of just 3 wickets. The pitch is batting friendly though. Even then I have seen 200+ scores from Zimbabwe in very few matches. Opener Brian Bennett played a wonderful innings of 94 runs off 51 balls. Although Namibia was able to score 178 runs. Still it was an easy win for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe national cricket team played very well in the last match which they played today and they made target of 212 runs in this match and opponent team could not chase that score and they gave wickets back to back and lost the match by 33 runs. Bennett was a person who did brilliant in this and he made 94 runs in this match  and made fast runs for the team when it was requirement of the match and we expected best from that team . We saw excellent partnership between two first players of the team and Marumani was a person who did brilliant job in today match and made half century in this match.Sikandar Raza gave all round performance because he took 2 wickets in this match and he also made 23 runs in this match by playing only 11 balls And he played with strike rate of 209 .

[fuguebtc]

So far Hong kong seems to be holding up nicely against srilanka, it doesn't look like a match up of associate vs test playing nations.

Scoring at almost 7rpo and only 2 wicket went down, not bad. I thought they'd roll over against hasaranga and theekshana.

Hong Kong's batting surprised me today. I didn't think the team would do so well. After 14 overs, Hong Kong lost only two wickets. And managed to collect 105 runs. Hong Kong players scored an average of 7.5 runs per over. Anshy Rath is unbeaten after scoring 41 runs in 38 balls.
There is no doubt that Sri Lanka is the favorite in this match. And even if Hong Kong gives a target of around 150, it will not be difficult for Sri Lanka to win the match. Firstly, Sri Lanka's batting order is experienced. Secondly, we have not seen Hong Kong's bowlers do well in any match of the Asia Cup. However, I am surprised to see such responsible batting by Hong Kong's batsmen.

[Crypto Library]

And at the end of the day UAE won by 42 run.

So far Hong kong seems to be holding up nicely against srilanka, it doesn't look like a match up of associate vs test playing nations.

Scoring at almost 7rpo and only 2 wicket went down, not bad. I thought they'd roll over against hasaranga and theekshana.

It's actually a bit surprising that Hong Kong is batting like this against the Sri Lankan bowlers. I thought they would be all out before they even scored 100 runs. But here we see that they have scored 105 runs in 14 overs and still have eight wickets left in their hand and their current run rate is 7.5.
They still have eight wickets in hand so they can hit more long and short balls in the last six overs to take their run past 170. But even then there is no guarantee that they will win because the Sri Lankan batsmen might be able to face the Hong Kong bowlers well.

[noormcs5]

Yes, you are right Pakistan disappointed batting performance after winning the toss and bowed out at just 127 runs. In T20 target below 150 runs is average total and if you are playing against strong india side then this total is very small. India chase down the this total by just loss of three wickets in 16th over of the match. Pakistan new youngster didn't start well saim ayub gift his wicket in very soft hand and Muhammad Harris also disappointed us that why Pakistan team under pressure in start of inning. The man of The Match is Kuldeep Yadav for his outstanding bowling efforts picking three important wickets by just giving only 18 runs in his spell and restricted Pakistan team under 130 runs. The next match of Asia cup will be played between Oman and United Arab Emirates and this is balance competition match because both team have quality batting and bowling line.

When Saim Ayub and Muhammad Haris and also Farhan were playing balls, they were being afraid and being fear with the Indian bowlers and that is why they were just trying to tip the ball and trying to hit in the gap but due to fear they cannot go with power and I think this is the reason why Pakistan lost that game. Lack of confidence was evident throughout the match. When Abhishek Sharma opened the innings, he directly smashed back to back two boundaries on two balls to Shaheen Shah Afridi and I think he was also playing his first game against Pakistan.

[Danica22]

And at the end of the day UAE won by 42 run.

We saw a perfect gameplay from UAE. The batsmen performed brilliantly. Especially the opening pair scored 88 runs. Alishan Sharafu scored 51 runs from 38 balls and Muhammad Waseem scored 69 runs from 54 balls. Due to such responsible batting of the opening pair, UAE was able to give a target of 173 runs.

Along with the batsmen, the bowlers of the UAE squad also performed well. Oman's innings was stopped at 130 runs. Junaid Siddique and Hider Ali bowled under control. Junaid Siddique took four wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. And Hider Ali took two wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. UAE's chances of qualifying for the Super 4 are very low, but the team will try their  best.

[LDL]

As a small team, Hong Kong China put up a very good performance against Sri Lanka in today's match where they scored 149 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Today was an opportunity for Hong Kong to break their team record by surpassing 155 runs but Hong Kong China failed to do so. Today, 149 runs was their third highest team score. Sri Lanka have been given a target of 150 runs, although this target is not a very difficult target for Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka will meet this target very easily. Still, it is really commendable that a weak team in Hong Kong managed to score 149 runs against a strong Sri Lanka.

[virasog]

From Group A, it's looks like Pakistan and India will qualify for the next round. But in Group B, the competition will be tough as Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have the capability to beat each other. Pakistan and India should be in separate group to maintain balance in both groups.

Next Sunday there is going to be another match between Pakistan and India if Pakistan beat to United Arab Emirates and qualify for the Super 4 and I think so this same is just overrated or over hyped match otherwise again it is going to be one sided match no matter how many times these two teams play.

It has been three years and Pakistan did not even won a single match so why it has a title of rivalry and suspense match.
The Indian team is so aggressive and having professional players but Pakistan players having random performance with no consistency.

[Marvell1]

As a small team, Hong Kong China put up a very good performance against Sri Lanka in today's match where they scored 149 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Today was an opportunity for Hong Kong to break their team record by surpassing 155 runs but Hong Kong China failed to do so. Today, 149 runs was their third highest team score. Sri Lanka have been given a target of 150 runs, although this target is not a very difficult target for Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka will meet this target very easily. Still, it is really commendable that a weak team in Hong Kong managed to score 149 runs against a strong Sri Lanka.

Hong Kong scored 149 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Maybe Hong Kong will lose this match. But their batting is definitely commendable. Hong Kong is a new team in cricket. Even then, they are able to perform quite well. Anshy Rath scored 48 runs in 46 balls and Nizakat Khan remained unbeaten with 52 runs in 38 balls. Hong Kong got a pretty good performance from the batsmen, now I am waiting to see if Hong Kong's bowlers can do better. But I do not expect much from the bowlers. Hong Kong's bowling order is inexperienced

[Bluedrem]

As a small team, Hong Kong China put up a very good performance against Sri Lanka in today's match where they scored 149 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Today was an opportunity for Hong Kong to break their team record by surpassing 155 runs but Hong Kong China failed to do so. Today, 149 runs was their third highest team score. Sri Lanka have been given a target of 150 runs, although this target is not a very difficult target for Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka will meet this target very easily. Still, it is really commendable that a weak team in Hong Kong managed to score 149 runs against a strong Sri Lanka.

It must be said that Hong Kong batted well in the first five overs. They scored fairly well in the middle overs as well, but if they could have increased their run rate a little bit towards the end, they would have scored more. To be honest, considering the way Bangladesh struggled against Sri Lankan bowlers in the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka match, Hong Kong batted well today and in the end they managed to score 149 runs for the loss of four wickets in their 20 overs. Although the target of 159 is not very big for a team like Sri Lanka, what Hong Kong did today was great. I hope Hong Kong will perform as well in bowling as in batting. Above all, we want to see a good contest in this match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

This match is likely to be competitive. Both UAE and Oman are almost equally strong. And I agree with you that UAE is a bit stronger. But I have also seen the performance of Oman player.  They are hardworking. The team will try their best to win. Oman has the ability to win this match. Anyway , since UAE batsmen are a bit more experienced, this team can be considered as the favorite. But it is not possible to predict the result of this match with certainty.

I would also agree with this that this match could be little bit competitive but I don't think Oman's ability to win especially in this current time because if we see the recent head to head match then we will find that United Arab Emirates have win most of the match against Oman. In this regard and also we know that the match has been going on United Arab Emirates so it will be also bring some benefit for United Arab emirate team.
And we'll see who wins the rest during the match.

Your guess was also correct. UAE won this match. UAE had given a target of 173 runs. The team got an easy victory due to the controlled bowling of UAE bowlers. It must be said that Junaid Siddique and Haider Ali bowled very well today. The bowling of these two bowlers made the road to victory easy for UAE. UAE won today by a big margin of 42 runs.

In the second  match of the day, Hongkong played much better than we expected. The team was able to deliver the target of 150 runs. This is definitely a big collection for a team like Hong Kong. Hong Kong scored 149 runs for the loss of only 4  wickets. Nizakat Khan scored 52 and Anshy Rath scored 48 runs.
Sri Lanka could not bat well in the power  play. Sri lanka scored only 35 runs in the first 6 overs , and lost one wicket. Sri Lanka needs to  score 115 runs in 84 balls to win.

[Nothingtodo]

I am impressed by Hong Kong's performance, especially the way they have kept a team like Sri Lanka under pressure so far. Even though Sri Lanka will win, they are still under pressure after losing one wicket for 26 runs to Hong Kong. Hong Kong scored 149 runs with the loss of four wickets. Sri Lanka are now batting at a target of 150 runs and are again at the end with the loss of one wicket for 35 runs. However, Sri Lanka has been playing defensively so far, but as the overs go by, Sri Lanka will become more aggressive.

[Crypto Library]

As a small team, Hong Kong China put up a very good performance against Sri Lanka in today's match where they scored 149 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Today was an opportunity for Hong Kong to break their team record by surpassing 155 runs but Hong Kong China failed to do so. Today, 149 runs was their third highest team score. Sri Lanka have been given a target of 150 runs, although this target is not a very difficult target for Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka will meet this target very easily. Still, it is really commendable that a weak team in Hong Kong managed to score 149 runs against a strong Sri Lanka.

To be honest it was really an unexpected performance from the Hong Kong batters, I was actually expected that they would be stop below 100 but how they batting on their innings that make me feel like that they will gonna cross over the 150 run anyway they took 149 run and target is now 150 it was also a excellent performance from Hong Kong team.

And on the other hand Sri Lanka is also doing good they have more eight wickets in their hands and need 5-4 run from 42 balls even then a few minutes ago it seems like Sri Lanka is under pressure but currently I think they were moving on and at the end of the day we will see Sri Lanka winner.

[Jaksonhard]

As a small team, Hong Kong China put up a very good performance against Sri Lanka in today's match where they scored 149 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Today was an opportunity for Hong Kong to break their team record by surpassing 155 runs but Hong Kong China failed to do so. Today, 149 runs was their third highest team score. Sri Lanka have been given a target of 150 runs, although this target is not a very difficult target for Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka will meet this target very easily. Still, it is really commendable that a weak team in Hong Kong managed to score 149 runs against a strong Sri Lanka.

Hong Kong, despite being a weak team, has managed to collect a good run for their team against Sri Lanka. If we look at the last match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Bangladesh, despite being in a good position, could not collect a very good run against Sri Lanka or they were defeated by Sri Lanka by a large margin. However, a weak team like Hong Kong was able to score 149 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs against that Sri Lanka. However, it is true that Sri Lanka can win this match very easily because it will not be very difficult for them to cross 150 runs. Sri Lanka has managed to save 119 runs for the team at hand by losing 3 wickets in 15 overs at the moment. But anyway, let's see how much bowling performance Hong Kong can show for their team.

[DanWalker]

Zimbabwe cricket is slowly improving. I can see the improvement in the batting order of the team especially. The team performed quite well in the last series against Sri Lanka. The players were confident. Zimbabwe is also able to play well in the 3-match T20 series against Namibia.
Zimbabwe scored a huge 211 runs today for the loss of just 3 wickets. The pitch is batting friendly though. Even then I have seen 200+ scores from Zimbabwe in very few matches. Opener Brian Bennett played a wonderful innings of 94 runs off 51 balls. Although Namibia was able to score 178 runs. Still it was an easy win for Zimbabwe

I am not agreed with this argument about Zimbabwe because they are full member with honour to have participation in all formats and also taking huge funds from ICC, but they have never been on track to have good consistency and quality performance against full member teams.

Their performance always good against associate countries which is surely not comparable I still strongly believe now it's time for ICC to think about their funds and other things for improvement in this game recently few African countries done good development in cricket which is encouraging sign and this can bring good fan base in this continent which will be helpful for the development of game but giving advantage to Zimbabwe has never been good and helpful.

You are right. Zimbabwe has been associated with cricket for a long time. And if we compare this , zimbabwe's performance is still quite weak. We can see that the overall performance of teams like UAE and Oman is stronger than  Zimbabwe. Even though these teams are quite new, they are improving quite fast. So  comparatively Zimbabwe is still far behind.
But let's not forget that zimbabwe's performance was even weaker in the past years. They are trying to improve. But they do not have enough talented and experienced players in their squad. Zimbabwe's cricket  management should find new talented players.