ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[BALIK]

So today England team will play against Sri Lanka team. Boath teams have the equal stats. Sri Lanka won only one match and England also won one match. If we talk about the net run rate so both teams are almost equal in Net Run Rate too. Sri lanka has -1.048 and England has -1.248 according to this England is looking weak as compare to Srilanka. Today match will be an interesting match.

The condition of the England team is very bad now. Out of 4 matches they have won only 1 match. We have seen poor batting from England in most of the matches. England's batsmen are not doing well, the expected performance from the bowlers is also not available. Since most of the matches are played on batting-friendly pitches, the chances of winning are very low if the batsmen do not perform well. England team is definitely the favorite against Sri Lanka. I think England's players will get back on track by winning this match. However, there is no chance of England's victory if the expected good performance is not received from the batsmen. Sri Lanka's bowling order is weak but their batsmen are capable of playing well.

[Swordsoffreedom]

So today England team will play against Sri Lanka team. Boath teams have the equal stats. Sri Lanka won only one match and England also won one match. If we talk about the net run rate so both teams are almost equal in Net Run Rate too. Sri lanka has -1.048 and England has -1.248 according to this England is looking weak as compare to Srilanka. Today match will be an interesting match.

The condition of the England team is very bad now. Out of 4 matches they have won only 1 match. We have seen poor batting from England in most of the matches. England's batsmen are not doing well, the expected performance from the bowlers is also not available. Since most of the matches are played on batting-friendly pitches, the chances of winning are very low if the batsmen do not perform well. England team is definitely the favorite against Sri Lanka. I think England's players will get back on track by winning this match. However, there is no chance of England's victory if the expected good performance is not received from the batsmen. Sri Lanka's bowling order is weak but their batsmen are capable of playing well.

Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today.

[Sithara007]

Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today.

It is not realistic to expect England to win all of their remaining matches (which include matches against India and Australia). But today they do have a very good chance of winning, as Sri Lanka has been one of the weakest teams in the tournament so far. BTW, if Australia wins all of their remaining matches, then they will have 14 points. England will only have 12 points, even if they win all of their remaining matches. Also, after the match against Sri Lanka today, the next match for Poms is against India, which will take place at the Ekana stadium in Lucknow.

[BALIK]

So today England team will play against Sri Lanka team. Boath teams have the equal stats. Sri Lanka won only one match and England also won one match. If we talk about the net run rate so both teams are almost equal in Net Run Rate too. Sri lanka has -1.048 and England has -1.248 according to this England is looking weak as compare to Srilanka. Today match will be an interesting match.

The condition of the England team is very bad now. Out of 4 matches they have won only 1 match. We have seen poor batting from England in most of the matches. England's batsmen are not doing well, the expected performance from the bowlers is also not available. Since most of the matches are played on batting-friendly pitches, the chances of winning are very low if the batsmen do not perform well. England team is definitely the favorite against Sri Lanka. I think England's players will get back on track by winning this match. However, there is no chance of England's victory if the expected good performance is not received from the batsmen. Sri Lanka's bowling order is weak but their batsmen are capable of playing well.

Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today.

England must win today's match. They have no choice. The team has scored only 2 points in 4 matches. The England team is 4 points behind the fourth placed Australia in the table. So, if England does not win today's match, they will not be able to qualify for the semi-final. However, the way England have played in the last few matches, I don't think they will do very well in today's match. I have no confidence in the performance of England's batsmen. Sri Lankan batsmen are now in better rhythm than England batsmen. So I think if the Sri Lankan bowlers are able to bowl a bit better then Sri Lanka has a chance to win.

[Bd officer]

England vs Sri Lanka
According to past statistics, England is much stronger team than Sri Lanka. England is also ahead of Sri Lanka in the ICC rankings. But England has performed very poorly in this World Cup, doing well against Bangladesh in only one match which resulted in winning the match. England also lost by a big margin against Afghanistan. On the other hand, Sri Lanka is not doing well in this World Cup. A match was won against the Netherlands yet the match was full of competition. According to the current statistics, I see a 50% chance for both teams to win. Today's match will be full of rivalry. It is very difficult to make predictions for today's match. England have a lot of strong heart hitter batsmen if they shine Sri Lanka will not win. England's batting is not performing well at present, they will try to improve in today's match. On the other hand, the batting line in Sri Lanka is performing well, but the bowling line of Sri Lanka is not very good. However, today's match is expected to be full of competition.

[3kpk3]

Australia had a shaky start to the World Cup. In the first stage of the World Cup, it seemed that Australia would not make it to the second round. As people began to speculate, Australia slowly began to return to form. Australia is now fourth in the points table with +1.142 points despite being far down the points table. Australia secured their second round berth by beating Netherlands by 309 runs in Australia's crucial match yesterday. With that, the Netherlands went to the bottom of the points table.

No one expected Netherlands to qualify for the semi-finals, but they improved a lot by not only qualifying for the World Cup, but by defeating big teams like South Africa comfortably which is awesome.

Also, Australia will definitely qualify for the semi-finals as usual, but I am not expecting them to win the cup this time due to their over-dependence on certain players.

[synchronym]

It's not really strange. Cricket fans are not very tech savvy, they go to a field and lay down eating chips. It's not a gentleman's game it's a lazy spectator's sport. A lot has changed with the new formats limitations and the T20 mode, but its still a grill. And the only reason anyone talks about Cricket on Bitcointalk is because of signature campaigns. Not because of the game itself.
PS: Bangladesh's got nothing against a world cup winning team like SriLanka.

I understand your observation simply because your thought process is that SriLanka being a world cup winning team in 1996, Bangladesh have no chance to win against them . Have you seen any performance of Bangladesh and SriLanka recently and came to this conclusion, Yes Srilanka won the first match quite convincingly but Bangladesh was missing Shakib Al Hasan in the team and he is an integral part in the team.

Bangladesh once had the ability to beat all the teams in the world, maybe the 2023 World Cup is not performing so well. But that doesn't mean they can never play well again. If the players of Bangladesh can play well, it is definitely possible for Bangladesh to win against Sri Lanka. The fact that Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 does not mean that Bangladesh has never beaten Sri Lanka. Bangladesh team has defeated Sri Lanka many times before.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today.

It is not realistic to expect England to win all of their remaining matches (which include matches against India and Australia). But today they do have a very good chance of winning, as Sri Lanka has been one of the weakest teams in the tournament so far. BTW, if Australia wins all of their remaining matches, then they will have 14 points. England will only have 12 points, even if they win all of their remaining matches. Also, after the match against Sri Lanka today, the next match for Poms is against India, which will take place at the Ekana stadium in Lucknow.

England is a team that has the ability to win all the upcoming matches. India is very difficult to beat. But it is not impossible. This is possible if the England team players return to the truck. But the problem is that England team players are not in good form. Bad performance of the batsmen is why this team is lagging behind. Despite having a lot of talented batsmen in the squad, none of the batsmen are performing well with responsibility. It is not possible to win against Sri Lanka if the batsmen play so badly. But today I think England will win. And we will see a good performance from their batsmen today. Today's match will be held at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both Australia and Pakistan scored 300+ runs in the last match on this pitch. So, if England's batsmen do not play well, they have no chance of winning on this ground.

[Publictalk792]

India would prefer to play against the chokers (NZ or SA) and avoid the Aussies in the semi-finals. Australia has won the most world cups and when it comes to the semi finals, it will be hard to beat them.

In semifinal we are looking four teams New Zealand India South Africa and Australia at this time. South Africa has an excellent performance record. I am looking that South Africa can win the world cup. I can be wrong but at this time India and South Africa are looking much stronger teams as compare to others. South Africa beaten by Netherlands accidentally otherwise I was looking South Africa team on top.

[Patrol69]

Today's match is do or die match for England. They must win today's match. Even if England manage to win the next 5 matches, they have a slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. So England team will try hard today to win. In the last match, England lost by a huge margin of 229 runs against South Africa. We have seen very bad batting from England's batsmen. Although South Africa set a huge target of 429 runs against Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 326 runs. Since the pitches are batting friendly, England's batsmen have no chance of winning if they don't perform well. If England want to win, the batsmen will definitely need to do better, especially the top order players will have to bat more responsibly. If not, the England team will accept the fourth defeat today.

It is not realistic to expect England to win all of their remaining matches (which include matches against India and Australia). But today they do have a very good chance of winning, as Sri Lanka has been one of the weakest teams in the tournament so far. BTW, if Australia wins all of their remaining matches, then they will have 14 points. England will only have 12 points, even if they win all of their remaining matches. Also, after the match against Sri Lanka today, the next match for Poms is against India, which will take place at the Ekana stadium in Lucknow.

England is a team that has the ability to win all the upcoming matches. India is very difficult to beat. But it is not impossible. This is possible if the England team players return to the truck. But the problem is that England team players are not in good form. Bad performance of the batsmen is why this team is lagging behind. Despite having a lot of talented batsmen in the squad, none of the batsmen are performing well with responsibility. It is not possible to win against Sri Lanka if the batsmen play so badly. But today I think England will win. And we will see a good performance from their batsmen today. Today's match will be held at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both Australia and Pakistan scored 300+ runs in the last match on this pitch. So, if England's batsmen do not play well, they have no chance of winning on this ground.

A player without form is worthless, England came to India with the strongest team in this World Cup but most of the players in their strong team are out of form. England won't do much to announce such a good team where most of the players are out of form. I'm not saying that England's semi-final dream is over, but losing three of their first four matches has made the semi-finals difficult for them. They must win the next matches but their opponents in the next matches are very tough. They have to play against teams like India Pakistan India and they have to win against these teams. All the teams I have mentioned are in great form so it is very difficult to beat them and get 2 points. England may have to leave without playing the semi-final if they do not give their best very quickly.

[onecall123]

Australia had a shaky start to the World Cup. In the first stage of the World Cup, it seemed that Australia would not make it to the second round. As people began to speculate, Australia slowly began to return to form. Australia is now fourth in the points table with +1.142 points despite being far down the points table. Australia secured their second round berth by beating Netherlands by 309 runs in Australia's crucial match yesterday. With that, the Netherlands went to the bottom of the points table.

No one expected Netherlands to qualify for the semi-finals, but they improved a lot by not only qualifying for the World Cup, but by defeating big teams like South Africa comfortably which is awesome.

Also, Australia will definitely qualify for the semi-finals as usual, but I am not expecting them to win the cup this time due to their over-dependence on certain players.

Australia confirmed a record breaking 309-run victory against the Netherlands. Following this win top 4 for the Semi Finals has confirmed for Australia, as seen on the table. Top 4 teams rightfully deserve their spots in the semi-finals, where they will provide tough competition. India, New Zealand, and South Africa appear to have the best chance to clinch the title.

[jasonjm]

Australia had a shaky start to the World Cup. In the first stage of the World Cup, it seemed that Australia would not make it to the second round. As people began to speculate, Australia slowly began to return to form. Australia is now fourth in the points table with +1.142 points despite being far down the points table. Australia secured their second round berth by beating Netherlands by 309 runs in Australia's crucial match yesterday. With that, the Netherlands went to the bottom of the points table.

Also, Australia will definitely qualify for the semi-finals as usual, but I am not expecting them to win the cup this time due to their over-dependence on certain players.

Well, I think Australia is not dependent on a single player like you are saying; look at their past matches in this World Cup almost all players have contributed to their success. Their combination is excellent, and they are a very dangerous side when you look at their performance in World Tournaments. In the last match, Maxwell scored the fastest 100 in World Cup history. Their bowling is also performing at crunch moments. We are halfway to the World Cup, and I think we have our semi-finalists for this tournament. The chances of India winning the World Cup are on the higher side as South Africa often choked in the knockout matches, and hopefully, India doesn't encounter NZ in the semi-finals.

[Antonil]

Speaking about England and Sri Lanka match,
 England, who won the last World Cup, are in the worst form of their time, Sri Lanka and not the exception.  As a result, both the teams lost 3 out of 4 matches badly.
 However, it is easy to keep England ahead by calculating the equation between today's match Sri Lanka vs England.  Because, they have star players like Jonny Barristro, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes in their team.  Sri Lanka are improving in the bowling department as compared to their batting department.  But to win the match, not only the bowling but also the ball and the bat have to be good in both departments.  England is far ahead in that direction.
 The ground in Chennai is very much a batting friendly ground.  So the toss will become very valuable.  Both the teams will want to win the toss and bat, because it will be very easy to collect 300 to 350 runs in the first innings on these grounds.  I think both the toss and the match will be in England's hands and England will win the toss and give Sri Lanka a target of 300 to 350.  Sri Lanka will also perform at their best and try to win the match.
 Hope you enjoy a very nice match.  The match will definitely be a high-voltage match.

[Sithara007]

England must win today's match. They have no choice. The team has scored only 2 points in 4 matches. The England team is 4 points behind the fourth placed Australia in the table. So, if England does not win today's match, they will not be able to qualify for the semi-final. However, the way England have played in the last few matches, I don't think they will do very well in today's match. I have no confidence in the performance of England's batsmen. Sri Lankan batsmen are now in better rhythm than England batsmen. So I think if the Sri Lankan bowlers are able to bowl a bit better then Sri Lanka has a chance to win.

I would not say that Sri Lankan batsmen are in better form. If that was the case, then they would have been in a much better position in the points table. Even against the Netherlands, the Sri Lankan batsmen struggled to get to a relatively modest total. But I agree that for them, the bowling is a major concern, when compared to batting. Hasaranga's absence has impacted them negatively. And then Pathirana and Theekshana are out of form. Pathirana has been leaking too many runs ever since the tournament got going. The management should consider dropping him.

[jasonjm]

England won the toss and chose to bat first on a batting paradise in Bengaluru; finally, they chose to bat first . Three changes for the England side. England's batting lineup looked solid and threatening with the arrival of Livingstone and Moeen, and they will try to attack Sri Lankan bowlers from bowl one. If Sri Lanka bowls in the right areas, they might get early wickets. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara are back in the Sri Lankan team. Angelo will give them a big boost in the match because of his experience.

It is important to note that whoever loses the match today will be out of this competition.

[Patrol69]

England won the toss and chose to bat first on a batting paradise in Bengaluru; finally, they chose to bat first . Three changes for the England side. England's batting lineup looked solid and threatening with the arrival of Livingstone and Moeen, and they will try to attack Sri Lankan bowlers from bowl one. If Sri Lanka bowls in the right areas, they might get early wickets. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara are back in the Sri Lankan team. Angelo will give them a big boost in the match because of his experience.

It is important to note that whoever loses the match today will be out of this competition.

England's two opening batsmen have not been out so far and they are batting in fluent form which means a big target awaits Sri Lanka today. After playing six overs, England managed to score 45 runs. If this wicket pair can be played from 15 to 20 overs then England's first innings total will go beyond 330 to 340 plus. We have seen before how well England perform in pressure matches. Today's match is very stressful for England because if they lose today there is a possibility of being eliminated from the tournament so they will try to beat Sri Lanka today anyway. England fielded with three changes today and Sri Lanka fielded with 2 changes today.

[Sithara007]

England won the toss and chose to bat first on a batting paradise in Bengaluru; finally, they chose to bat first . Three changes for the England side. England's batting lineup looked solid and threatening with the arrival of Livingstone and Moeen, and they will try to attack Sri Lankan bowlers from bowl one. If Sri Lanka bowls in the right areas, they might get early wickets. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara are back in the Sri Lankan team. Angelo will give them a big boost in the match because of his experience.

It is important to note that whoever loses the match today will be out of this competition.

Moeen has been out of form for some time, so I am not sure whether his addition will give any boost for England. At this point, England is really struggling, with a score of 85/5 on board. Ben Stokes is still there, and he is like the last hope for England at this point. The pitch at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru doesn't seems to be very supportive of bowlers. A total of more than 300 will be enough, but at this point it looks as if England would really struggle to reach even a total of around 200.

[Publictalk792]

Moeen has been out of form for some time, so I am not sure whether his addition will give any boost for England. At this point, England is really struggling, with a score of 85/5 on board. Ben Stokes is still there, and he is like the last hope for England at this point. The pitch at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru doesn't seems to be very supportive of bowlers. A total of more than 300 will be enough, but at this point it looks as if England would really struggle to reach even a total of around 200.

Very very bad performance by England team today. The current situation is saying that England will not cross 150 runs in today match. At this time they have played almost 20 overs and lost 5 of their batsman and at this time I think the SriLanka will win today match easily. Really disappointed England team today.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

England won the toss and chose to bat first on a batting paradise in Bengaluru; finally, they chose to bat first . Three changes for the England side. England's batting lineup looked solid and threatening with the arrival of Livingstone and Moeen, and they will try to attack Sri Lankan bowlers from bowl one. If Sri Lanka bowls in the right areas, they might get early wickets. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Kumara are back in the Sri Lankan team. Angelo will give them a big boost in the match because of his experience.

It is important to note that whoever loses the match today will be out of this competition.

England's two opening batsmen have not been out so far and they are batting in fluent form which means a big target awaits Sri Lanka today. After playing six overs, England managed to score 45 runs. If this wicket pair can be played from 15 to 20 overs then England's first innings total will go beyond 330 to 340 plus. We have seen before how well England perform in pressure matches. Today's match is very stressful for England because if they lose today there is a possibility of being eliminated from the tournament so they will try to beat Sri Lanka today anyway. England fielded with three changes today and Sri Lanka fielded with 2 changes today.

Already losing 5 wickets, England is under a lot of pressure. They have collected 116 runs in 22.5 overs by losing 5 wickets. Looking at England's performance today, it seems that they will not be able to score 250 runs. England are definitely going to lose today as they have lost five wickets at this crucial time. And if England loses to Sri Lanka today, England will leave this World Cup forever. Do you think Sri Lanka can beat England today? I am sure Sri Lanka will beat England today to pull off an unimaginable win.

[Popkon6]

England team is very strong but has performed so badly in the current season that the cricket loving fans are not optimistic at all. Although the Sri Lankan team did not perform well in terms of bowling, the players of a team like the England team lost 7 wickets for 123 runs. Only three players who have played somewhat well in England team i.e. Bairstow (30 runs), Malan (28 runs) and Stokes are still in the field so how well can they perform if other players are not able to collect runs. In this way, if the England team's wickets continue to fall, there is no possibility of more than 200 runs. Here I can see that England team players have very little patience.