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[Sithara007]

The match between Nepal and Oman is going on at the Maple Leaf North-West Ground in Canada. It is a part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Nepal has got off to a very poor start and Arjun Saud is already back in the pavilion. Aasif Sheikh and Bhim Sharki are at the crease now, and this is again bad news for Nepal. Because Aasif is well known for his super-slow batting. At this point, Nepal has just one win from 5 matches. They need to win matches if they want to stay alive in this league.

[UmerIdrees]

Champions One Day Cup
In today's match, the Stallions (Pakistan) bowlers worked very hard as they picked all the wickets of Markhors at 232 runs. Shan Masood and Yasir opened the game. Yasir is not playing well, he has played 12 balls but made just one run. But on the other side, Shan Masood playing well and with a good strike rate as well.

Well today we have 6th match of champions odi cup between Markhor and dolphin and surprisingly Markhor continue his winning streak with 3rd victory against dolphin at huge margin and for that victory credit goes to consistent and leading scorer of the tournament Kamran ghulam who really proved his quality through second century of the tournament. Some of their other batter including Rizwan delivered handsome contribution but the way Rizwan use his quality bowlers at several pressure mounting situation and keep dominance on the opponent top order quality batter get that victory for them.
Now currently they have holding top of the table with a three consecutive victory out of three matches and I am sure if they continue it long definitely they will be the winner of the cup

Markhors (Pakistan) gave a very good target to the Dolphins (284 runs) in which Dolphins players had to struggle and they did as the Dolphins lost their 4 wickets on the score of 80. However, the start of Markhors (Pakistan) was so poor and it seems they would not win it but then Ghulam entered in the game and smashed a wonderful century that allowed Markhors (Pakistan) to pick the lead in the first innings.
Muhammad Rizwan who is the captain has scored 50, in this Champion One day, Rizwan's average performance. He's not scoring high, overall, no change in Rizwan's form as it was in the World Cup.

Dolphins (Pakistan) has lost the game and if we will do an overview on ther innings then their start in their innings was not as expected and their top order has not made good runs that effect to the game and their first three batsmen out early on low score. But after that, Saud Shakeel came and smashed 41 runs that allow them to create hype for their team but still, every body knows there is no chance for Dolphins but still they tried hard, eventually they lost the game by approximately 100 runs. Asif Ali also scored very well and did his responslibity as usual.

[lixer]

LOL.. extreme humiliation for South Africa. They got bowled out for just 106 against Afghanistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. It could have been much worse, if not for the 8th wicket partnership between Wiaan Mulder and Bjorn Fortuin. They took the Proteas from 36/7 to 75/8. Even after Fortuin was out, Nandre Burger offered support to Mulder and allowed the latter to complete his half-century. Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 4 wickets, while the remaining wickets were shared by Rashid Khan and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar. 

They should have wrapped this under 50-60 or at least under 90-100 but after 7th wicket, they got a little carried away with the excitement, which happens a lot to the Afghans and Wiaan Mulder cashed in but still, it's a commendable bowling performance from the Afghans.

It didn't look like a bowling pitch to me but again you have to see both innings to come to any conclusion. Hope, they chase this one down easily with no brain fade moment. 

In chase of 107 runs, currently we are having just 12 for 1 in 7 overs which mean pitch is not easy to batting even Sharjah pitch have twist in past as well but today as South African done batting I was not expecting them to bowled out like this.

Afghanistan batting is doing some slow but most chances they will be able to win this game and have led into series Fazalhaq Farooqi is getting good experience and now having good role at the top for his team with new spin sensation is also ready for his international role in this team which is not able to play any game at home due to security concerns.

Wiaan Mulder have good time in middle while Afghani's were excited about their first bilateral series against South Africa and have success like this, but now it's time for them to keep momentum and win.

[ibuddy122505]

LOL.. extreme humiliation for South Africa. They got bowled out for just 106 against Afghanistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. It could have been much worse, if not for the 8th wicket partnership between Wiaan Mulder and Bjorn Fortuin. They took the Proteas from 36/7 to 75/8. Even after Fortuin was out, Nandre Burger offered support to Mulder and allowed the latter to complete his half-century. Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 4 wickets, while the remaining wickets were shared by Rashid Khan and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar. 

They should have wrapped this under 50-60 or at least under 90-100 but after 7th wicket, they got a little carried away with the excitement, which happens a lot to the Afghans and Wiaan Mulder cashed in but still, it's a commendable bowling performance from the Afghans.

It didn't look like a bowling pitch to me but again you have to see both innings to come to any conclusion. Hope, they chase this one down easily with no brain fade moment. 

Afghanistan put on an amazing bowling performance. In these conditions, they're becoming a tough opponent for any team. Afghan cricket is quickly rising and already challenging top teams—now it’s South Africa’s turn to face them!
They just need to chase the target and win this match. Looking at South Africa's squad, it seems like they underestimated Afghanistan.

[wiss19]

Today we have match no 27 in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 between the UAE vs USA which was won easily by USA thanks to impressive bowling by Jagdeep Singh and Saurabh Netravalkar both demolish the UAE batting lineup which ended on just 106 just three batsmen able to cross double figure all others gone cheaply.

In chase USA openers have no problem as their star batsman Andries Gous hits 66 on 54 balls and now with this win USA having 8 points from their last 6 games and good chance of jumping at the top due to their superior NRR.

Currently, we are having match no 28 between Nepal vs Oman where Nepal is having troubling time as their openers cheaply gone back and after 13 overs they are having 32 runs 2.

[noormcs5]

United Arab Emirates scored a total of 106 runs in 31.2 balls and lost 10 wickets. They generally failed to put up a patient batting performance, with Aryanash Sharma, Rahul Chopra, Ali Nasser all performing well and failing to collect any other batting runs. But the reverse team United State batting first they built a partnership.
 Smit Patel and Andrise Gaus scored 31 runs in three overs after entering the field as openers, United State needed only 73 runs to win. So it is more likely that the United Arab Emirates team will lose this match, because they could not create any pressure from the bowling side.

United Arab Emirates have not played well from the start of the game as they gave so poor target to the United States of America. When the United Arab Emirates lost their first wicket of Muhammad Waseem, I thought the team could still manage the target and game, but at the same time, thought it will be bad for the United Arab Emirates and it turned out to be bad.

However, still I had believe on Aryansh Sharma because he was scoring well, Then he was out too and Rahul Chopra scored well but there was no value I think at that time, their motive should be to control the game and calm down the situation instead of making runs fast. Anyways, USA chased this target without losing any wickets. Smit Patel and Andries Gous remained not out and win the game for their team.

[HelliumZ]

If an innings of 52 runs from 84 balls by Wiaan Mulder (52 Run) is excluded, the remaining 10 batsmen must have collected only 54 runs. At times South Africa presents matches where it is hard to believe that South Africa is playing cricket. To be bowled out for just 106 runs against Afghanistan today is a real surprise for a strong side in cricket especially South Africa. Four batsmen were dismissed for golden ducks today and there will be so much batting disaster especially after the fall of seven wickets for 36 runs that we thought South Africa might be all out for 80 runs.  But the score stalled at 106 and Wiaan Mulder played an innings of 52 runs.

[Cheema02]

Afghanistan vs South Africa will be the first ODI match between the two teams today. Although I would say to bet on South Africa in this match today, because South Africa is a much stronger team than Afghanistan. In that case, South Africa will definitely beat Afghanistan in this ODI match today and they will get a great win in the first match of the ODI series. Afghanistan have faced South Africa many times before but could not win any of the matches and they might lose in this match as well.  And South Africa team will definitely perform well and try their best to beat Afghanistan.

Afghanistan taking revenge from South Africa World Cup Semi Final lost 2024. In this T20 world semi-final Afghanistan team all out in just 56 runs. At one stage i am thinking South Africa All out in under 60 runs but they manage to cross 100 runs. Afghanistan bowling performance is outstanding especially Fazalhaq Farooqi who picked 4 important wickets by just giving 35 runs. Afghanistan current score is 43 runs in a loss of just theee wickets in first 14 over of the match. Afghanistan are very close to victory because they just need 64 runs from remaining 36 over and thy will eaisly won the first ODI match of series.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Afghanistan put on an amazing bowling performance. In these conditions, they're becoming a tough opponent for any team. Afghan cricket is quickly rising and already challenging top teams—now it’s South Africa’s turn to face them!
They just need to chase the target and win this match. Looking at South Africa's squad, it seems like they underestimated Afghanistan.

I knew we wouldn't see big scores on this pitch. The pitch was bowling friendly. Even then I did not think that the South African team would bat so badly and give such a small target. If Wiaan Mulder could not play the innings of 52 runs, the South African team would not have collected even 70 runs. None of the batsmen in the squad can bat well. South Africa lost 7 wickets in this match to collect only 36 runs. We have seen good batting from Wiaan Mulder at times of need for the team.



The South African batsmen could not bat well against Afghanistan's two bowlers, Fazalhaq Farooqi and AM Ghazanfar. Farooqi took four wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs. And AM Ghazanfar gave only 20 runs in 10 overs and took three wickets. Afghanistan batsmen batting is not bad. The team managed to collect 56 runs in 16 overs and lost 3 wickets. 51 runs needed to win in 34 overs. South Africans do not see any chance of victory.

[virasog]

Dolphins (Pakistan) has lost the game and if we will do an overview on ther innings then their start in their innings was not as expected and their top order has not made good runs that effect to the game and their first three batsmen out early on low score. But after that, Saud Shakeel came and smashed 41 runs that allow them to create hype for their team but still, every body knows there is no chance for Dolphins but still they tried hard, eventually they lost the game by approximately 100 runs. Asif Ali also scored very well and did his responslibity as usual.

Tomorrow is the match between Stallions and Dolphins and surely it is going to win by Stallions as they have performance in the last two matches that they played, having good players that keep them towards win. By the way, in the last match of Stallions, when they lost the game  their captain  "I am happy after losing their game because we understand what’s out weakness and we will try to improve it.” Strange Statement by the Captain 

So we assume that Muhammad Haris who is leading the Stallions are happy after losing a game. Let’s see what will he say tomorrow after winning or losing the game.

[Minecache]

Afghanistan put on an amazing bowling performance. In these conditions, they're becoming a tough opponent for any team. Afghan cricket is quickly rising and already challenging top teams—now it’s South Africa’s turn to face them!
They just need to chase the target and win this match. Looking at South Africa's squad, it seems like they underestimated Afghanistan.

I knew we wouldn't see big scores on this pitch. The pitch was bowling friendly. Even then I did not think that the South African team would bat so badly and give such a small target. If Wiaan Mulder could not play the innings of 52 runs, the South African team would not have collected even 70 runs. None of the batsmen in the squad can bat well. South Africa lost 7 wickets in this match to collect only 36 runs. We have seen good batting from Wiaan Mulder at times of need for the team.



The South African batsmen could not bat well against Afghanistan's two bowlers, Fazalhaq Farooqi and AM Ghazanfar. Farooqi took four wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs. And AM Ghazanfar gave only 20 runs in 10 overs and took three wickets. Afghanistan batsmen batting is not bad. The team managed to collect 56 runs in 16 overs and lost 3 wickets. 51 runs needed to win in 34 overs. South Africans do not see any chance of victory.

If the South African team could somehow muster 150+ then it would be competitive. But South Africa collected only 106 runs. Victory is not possible by giving such a small target. Also I will say that South Africa were very lucky to score 100+. After losing 7 batsmen for just 36 runs I thought South Africa's innings would end within 50 runs. However, the Afghanistan team now collects 86 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. As the team has lost just 4 wickets, and need 21 runs to win. Afghanistan will probably reach the target of victory within 30 overs.

[HelliumZ]

The South African batsmen could not bat well against Afghanistan's two bowlers, Fazalhaq Farooqi and AM Ghazanfar. Farooqi took four wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs. And AM Ghazanfar gave only 20 runs in 10 overs and took three wickets. Afghanistan batsmen batting is not bad. The team managed to collect 56 runs in 16 overs and lost 3 wickets. 51 runs needed to win in 34 overs. South Africans do not see any chance of victory.

Before I start my post, Afghanistan need only 17 runs to win.  However, in today's match, after Lungi Ngdi Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out in the third ball, Afghanistan was tensed, maybe a batting disaster like South Africa could happen to them. But though the target of 106 runs has not seen much of a batting disaster so far but very soon Afghanistan will get the desired win. Afghanistan's bowling was more important than batting in today's match, due to which a strong team like South Africa managed to bowl out just 106 runs.

[Sithara007]

Some sort of a recovery is going on for Nepal in their match against Oman. Rohit Paudel and Aarif Sheikh have added 60 runs for the 4th wicket so far. But Aarif Sheikh is playing like a carbon copy of his brother (Aasif Sheikh). While Aasif made 11 from 28 balls (strike rate of 39), Aarif is being slightly better with 28 from 69 (strike rate of 40). Not only he is slowing down the Nepal innings, but he is also preventing Rohit Paudel from having the strike. Paudel has so far faced just 40 balls.

[noormcs5]

Tomorrow is the match between Stallions and Dolphins and surely it is going to win by Stallions as they have performance in the last two matches that they played, having good players that keep them towards win. By the way, in the last match of Stallions, when they lost the game  their captain  "I am happy after losing their game because we understand what’s out weakness and we will try to improve it.” Strange Statement by the Captain 

So we assume that Muhammad Haris who is leading the Stallions are happy after losing a game. Let’s see what will he say tomorrow after winning or losing the game.

Dolphins are on the last number in the point table and having no points, the most worst team in this league is the Dolphins. I hope but it is like impossible that they would come back in the game because the other teams are more powerful with their weapon means players. Tomorrow, once again there will be the match of Dolphins and tomorrow, they will face Stallions. I think tomorrow, the Stallions (Pakistan) got turn to beat Dolphins as the all team are doing in this tournament. Farhan, Faheem Ashraf, and Mir Hamza are the good players that the Dolphins have but all of them are the low experienced players except Faheem but he has not played many matches recently.

A glimpse of the points table and where the Dolphins stand at the moment.

[Compromise me]

The match between Nepal and Oman is going on at the Maple Leaf North-West Ground in Canada. It is a part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Nepal has got off to a very poor start and Arjun Saud is already back in the pavilion. Aasif Sheikh and Bhim Sharki are at the crease now, and this is again bad news for Nepal. Because Aasif is well known for his super-slow batting. At this point, Nepal has just one win from 5 matches. They need to win matches if they want to stay alive in this league.

Yes ,you are right. The performance of Nepal team is not satisfactory and they are not playing good cricket. In next match ,we are expecting good From that team. Nepal team has to focus on their batting lineup to win this match because that is necessary in this league if they want to win good position. But Oman team is looking very strong in next match and they can give hard time to Napal team . There are 60 percent chances of Oman team and Nepal team has only 40 percent chances to win this match.In the last match, we saw batters of Napal who could could not make a single half century in this match . The highest run maker was Karan KC who made  27 runs in 24 balls.

[N.O]

I had hope with Namibia in this match but due to poor performance of these batsmen they will lose the match.  Because Namibia has performance and strong team but USA bowler put a lot of pressure to stop runs and take wickets to get easy target of 199.  And their batsmen won the match by completing 200 runs in 41 overs with the fastest pace.  Had the Namibian batsmen given a good and tough target, they would have got the win.  But their batsmen also did not show courage and effort due to which they had to lose the match.  They should work hard, they are talking about their performance day after day.  If they don't make their comeback, they will turn into a weak team.  And will keep losing matches so they should work hard.

Namibia lost because their batsmen did not play well. They have strong team but the USA bowlers put too much pressure. USA easily reached the target of 199 runs in 41 overs. Namibia's batsmen didn't show bravery and determination.
To do better Namibia needs to Fix their batting strategy. And they should Be stronger under pressure. They should Work hard and turn promises into action. If Namibia does not improve they will keep losing.

Finally one more round has started of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 competition and today total two matches were fully competent and in first one, Nepal squad against Canada sqaud has joined for clash and in second match fight, USA squad against Namibia squad has participated. In first one Nepal squad against Canada squad, this match was totally one sided because Canada squad displayed awesome performance and today their sqaud members managed 253 big scores Defeating target to Nepal squad and Nepali batter have high burden of big scores and their batters just collected 150 scores and faced defeat with massive scores and easy victory for Canada squad. In other match USA squad against Namibia squad, USA squad defeated Namibia squad simply but achieving the scores of Namibia squad which they made in their first inning. This victory was also very massive difference  51 deliveries and 6 wickets. Monank Patel batter of USA squad he picked up 2 wickets with catch and displayed amazing performance in fielding and he also completed fantastic fifty and total he collected 72 scores.

Canada is a fantastic match and amazing playing after long break. It's great to hear that they are making good progress and wining the match. I hope they continue to play well and keep wining in the future. Nepal  is also a good team but this time they lost the match. Nepal won the toss and elected to batting first. Congratulations to Canada for their upcoming matches. The 26th match between Canada and Nepal was played at Maple leaf North West ground stadium. Canada won by 103 runs. Canada total runs for 253 and won the match. Nepal total runs for 150 and lost the match. They showed great skill and determination on the field. The lost batting performance in the Nepal team was by dipendra Singh airee scored 8 runs and 10 balls hitting 0 fours and 0 sixs.

[hafiztalha]

The South African batsmen could not bat well against Afghanistan's two bowlers, Fazalhaq Farooqi and AM Ghazanfar. Farooqi took four wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs. And AM Ghazanfar gave only 20 runs in 10 overs and took three wickets. Afghanistan batsmen batting is not bad. The team managed to collect 56 runs in 16 overs and lost 3 wickets. 51 runs needed to win in 34 overs. South Africans do not see any chance of victory.

Before I start my post, Afghanistan need only 17 runs to win.  However, in today's match, after Lungi Ngdi Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out in the third ball, Afghanistan was tensed, maybe a batting disaster like South Africa could happen to them. But though the target of 106 runs has not seen much of a batting disaster so far but very soon Afghanistan will get the desired win. Afghanistan's bowling was more important than batting in today's match, due to which a strong team like South Africa managed to bowl out just 106 runs.

1 st odi series game was concluded today and this game was played between South Africa and Afghanistan team. I fully shocked when i see the result of 1 st game between Afghanistan team and South Africa team. South Africa team won the toss and got a chance to take first bat or bowl and South Africa team chose bat first and gave bowl lineup to Afghanistan team. South Africa team set only 106 runs in 50 overs by losing all wickets and Afghanistan team performed great in bowling and their bowlers took down all wickets of South Africa team for 106 runs and make their game very easy for win. Afghanistan team chased down all runs in almost half inning 26 overs and easily win the game. F.Farooqi bowlers took down 4 wickets in 7 overs and gave 35 runs at last of game he got a player of game award. Ghazanfar bowled 10 overs and he took down 3 wickets and showed good help in bowling. First game was very easy for Afghanistan team ton win the game congratulations Afghanistan team and best of luck to next games.

[ZAINmalik75]

Afghanistan Vs South Africa
Afghanistan vs South Africa is going to be the most challenging full game today, this game is most likely to be won by South Africa team, because South Africa team has bowlers with the most experienced full and good batsmen. I think South African team will have the most chances to win today's match, who have proven performance all the time.

Wow what a surprising performance by Afghanistan team after a very long time in ODI format because usually they were known best in shorter format due to his aggressive behavior and quality spinner while on the other hand south African team  as usual chocked and with a with a four Golden duck and some minor contribution of thier vital player they combinely scored 106 and lose his entire wicket almost 20 overs before. It's true that pitch really support bowling side but it's a very low target to score in ODI for a team like south Africa. While during target chased Afghanistan lose some of his important wicket too at the very early stage but they filled the required with lose of his four wicket in just 26th overs. Hope such performance will really help them to raised their moral for upcoming champion trophy in ODI format

[Sithara007]

The match between Nepal and Oman is going on at the Maple Leaf North-West Ground in Canada. It is a part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Nepal has got off to a very poor start and Arjun Saud is already back in the pavilion. Aasif Sheikh and Bhim Sharki are at the crease now, and this is again bad news for Nepal. Because Aasif is well known for his super-slow batting. At this point, Nepal has just one win from 5 matches. They need to win matches if they want to stay alive in this league.

Yes ,you are right. The performance of Nepal team is not satisfactory and they are not playing good cricket. In next match ,we are expecting good From that team. Nepal team has to focus on their batting lineup to win this match because that is necessary in this league if they want to win good position. But Oman team is looking very strong in next match and they can give hard time to Napal team . There are 60 percent chances of Oman team and Nepal team has only 40 percent chances to win this match.In the last match, we saw batters of Napal who could could not make a single half century in this match . The highest run maker was Karan KC who made  27 runs in 24 balls.

With less than 10 overs remaining, Nepal batsmen are still continuing with their test-mode batting. Apart from the captain Rohit Paudel, no one is even trying to lift up the run rate (which is around 3 runs per over at the moment). They have enough wickets in hand, and quality lower order batsmen such as Sompal Kami, Karan KC and Sandeep Lamichhane are to come next. I believe that it is time to take a few risks. They need to get to a total of at least 220-230 to have any chance of winning this game.

[Insanity]

The South African batsmen could not bat well against Afghanistan's two bowlers, Fazalhaq Farooqi and AM Ghazanfar. Farooqi took four wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs. And AM Ghazanfar gave only 20 runs in 10 overs and took three wickets. Afghanistan batsmen batting is not bad. The team managed to collect 56 runs in 16 overs and lost 3 wickets. 51 runs needed to win in 34 overs. South Africans do not see any chance of victory.

Before I start my post, Afghanistan need only 17 runs to win.  However, in today's match, after Lungi Ngdi Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out in the third ball, Afghanistan was tensed, maybe a batting disaster like South Africa could happen to them. But though the target of 106 runs has not seen much of a batting disaster so far but very soon Afghanistan will get the desired win. Afghanistan's bowling was more important than batting in today's match, due to which a strong team like South Africa managed to bowl out just 106 runs.

Yes, in this match, I never imagined that the bowlers of the Afghanistan team will cause such a disaster to a strong team like South Africa. In today's match, the suicide bowling of the Afghanistan team forced the South African team to end the innings with a score of 106 runs. In fact, a score of 106 runs is very rare in women's T20 too. It is truly unbelievable that a team as strong as South Africa would achieve such an undisclosed score. In today's match, South African team players have given such a shameful performance both in terms of batting and bowling, it is not really acceptable.