T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

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South Africa Women vs New Zealand Women

South Africa Women won the toss and chose to bat first in second T20 match and put up good score of 177/5 in their 20 overs. Current lead of five match series 1-0 after huge 80 runs win in first game has made New Zealand now chase this goal and has already started very fast making 51/2 in only 4 overs. Amelia Kerr, who got most runs in last game with 78 runs, is again at front with fast 29 runs while captain Sophie Devine is also at pitch with run rate  over 10.5. Though South Africa have lost their best player Laura Wolvaardt due to zero in the first game, they did much better today to make scary goal on this high scoring ground. The leftover 16 overs need a more 127 runs by New Zealand team, to win match and lead the series.

[Sithara007]

Looks like New Zealand will get to a strong position in today's match. They are 147/6 after 18.4 overs, with Cole McConchie and Josh Clarkson at the crease. The advantage for Proteas is that New Zealand is down to the lower middle order and tail, and also Wiaan Mulder may bowl the final over. Devon Conway made 60 from 49 balls, but he hardly got any support from the other end. Nick Kelly and Mitchell Santner got to 20s, but they failed to convert these knocks to 40s or 50s. The scoring rate dipped once Nick Kelly was nabbed by Mulder. Still they should get to somewhere around 160.

[Cheema02]

South Africa Women vs New Zealand Women

South Africa Women won the toss and chose to bat first in second T20 match and put up good score of 177/5 in their 20 overs. Current lead of five match series 1-0 after huge 80 runs win in first game has made New Zealand now chase this goal and has already started very fast making 51/2 in only 4 overs. Amelia Kerr, who got most runs in last game with 78 runs, is again at front with fast 29 runs while captain Sophie Devine is also at pitch with run rate  over 10.5. Though South Africa have lost their best player Laura Wolvaardt due to zero in the first game, they did much better today to make scary goal on this high scoring ground. The leftover 16 overs need a more 127 runs by New Zealand team, to win match and lead the series.

New Zealand made a good comeback in today's match and set a good score for South Africa. New Zealand scored 175 runs in first inning of match by loosing sux wickets and give a fighting total South Africa. Devon Conway scored a wonderful inning of scoring a well deserved half century scored 60 runs from 49 balls and Josh Clarkson tailander play a aggressive inning of 26 runs from just 9 balls and assited New Zealand to scored 175 plus runs total on board. South Africa bowler George Linde bowl a classic spell picking three crucial wickets for his team but his economy rate is high 11 runs per over. I think New Zealand will win this match if they picked some opening wickets of South Africa batters

[Smack That Ace]

Looks like New Zealand will get to a strong position in today's match. They are 147/6 after 18.4 overs, with Cole McConchie and Josh Clarkson at the crease. The advantage for Proteas is that New Zealand is down to the lower middle order and tail, and also Wiaan Mulder may bowl the final over. Devon Conway made 60 from 49 balls, but he hardly got any support from the other end. Nick Kelly and Mitchell Santner got to 20s, but they failed to convert these knocks to 40s or 50s. The scoring rate dipped once Nick Kelly was nabbed by Mulder. Still they should get to somewhere around 160.

New Zealand batted very badly in the first match. But  today their batsmen performed very well. They were able to make a  decent total of 175 runs. Considering the  condition of the pitch, this is a big total.

Devon Conway played the biggest innings. He scored 60 runs from  49 balls. Josh clarkson played a great innings of 26 runs from just 9 balls in the last moment. The last over was very important for New zealand. New zealand scored 24 runs in the last over. Keshav Maharaj gave away only 21 runs in the first three overs. But  he gave away 24 runs in the last over.

[Sithara007]

New Zealand batted very badly in the first match. But  today their batsmen performed very well. They were able to make a  decent total of 175 runs. Considering the  condition of the pitch, this is a big total.

Devon Conway played the biggest innings. He scored 60 runs from  49 balls. Josh clarkson played a great innings of 26 runs from just 9 balls in the last moment. The last over was very important for New zealand. New zealand scored 24 runs in the last over. Keshav Maharaj gave away only 21 runs in the first three overs. But  he gave away 24 runs in the last over.

Keshav Maharaj's captaincy was extremely poor in this match. Wiaan Mulder had two more overs remaining and he was having figures of 2-0-14-2. But rather than tossing the ball to Mulder, Maharaj decided to bowl himself during the 20th over. And he conceded a total of 24 runs in that over, as Josh Clarkson and Cole McConchie made optimal use of his wayward deliveries. Having a spinner bowling the last over of the match can be extremely risky. Maharaj thought that since two tail-end batsmen were batting, he had the chance to pick a couple of easy wickets. Things didn't worked that way unfortunately for him.

[Bd officer]

South Africa Women vs New Zealand Women

South Africa Women won the toss and chose to bat first in second T20 match and put up good score of 177/5 in their 20 overs. Current lead of five match series 1-0 after huge 80 runs win in first game has made New Zealand now chase this goal and has already started very fast making 51/2 in only 4 overs. Amelia Kerr, who got most runs in last game with 78 runs, is again at front with fast 29 runs while captain Sophie Devine is also at pitch with run rate  over 10.5. Though South Africa have lost their best player Laura Wolvaardt due to zero in the first game, they did much better today to make scary goal on this high scoring ground. The leftover 16 overs need a more 127 runs by New Zealand team, to win match and lead the series.

In the end, New Zealand women were all out for 159 runs and South Africa women won by 18 runs and tied the series 1-1. Honestly, I thought New Zealand women would win but my expectations were wrong. In fact, both the opening batsmen of New Zealand women got out quickly due to which New Zealand women came under pressure, although Amelia Kerr started well but she could not play a big innings. On the other hand, New Zealand men team lost in the last match but won today. We saw that New Zealand batting line was very bad in the last match but South Africa batting line was very bad today. Since the series is tied 1-1, the next matches will be interesting and competitive.

[MusaPk]

New Zealand batted very badly in the first match. But  today their batsmen performed very well. They were able to make a  decent total of 175 runs. Considering the  condition of the pitch, this is a big total.

Devon Conway played the biggest innings. He scored 60 runs from  49 balls. Josh clarkson played a great innings of 26 runs from just 9 balls in the last moment. The last over was very important for New zealand. New zealand scored 24 runs in the last over. Keshav Maharaj gave away only 21 runs in the first three overs. But  he gave away 24 runs in the last over.

NZ batting was much batter today after getting bowled out for 91 runs in first T20I. Today NZ batesmen showed responsibility and thats the reason NZ scored 177 runs while batting first. Today its SA batting that was not able to perform and whole team got out in just 15.3 overs for just 107 runs. Lockie Ferguson and Sears picked 3 wickets each. Devon Conway was given man of the match award for scoring 60 runs. Both teams have now won one match each.   

[bryant.coleman]

NZ batting was much batter today after getting bowled out for 91 runs in first T20I. Today NZ batesmen showed responsibility and thats the reason NZ scored 177 runs while batting first. Today its SA batting that was not able to perform and whole team got out in just 15.3 overs for just 107 runs. Lockie Ferguson and Sears picked 3 wickets each. Devon Conway was given man of the match award for scoring 60 runs. Both teams have now won one match each.   

Rather than New Zealand batting getting better, it was actually the South African bowling getting worse. And poor captaincy tactics and misfields didn't help the cause either. Among the Protean bowlers, only Nqobani Mokoena had an economy of less than 6. Keshav Maharaj went for 15 runs per over (why this guy is not getting dropped?), while George Linde went for 33 in his three overs.