ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[pakhitheboss]

I don't know what is going through the minds of Janneman Malan and Jon-Jon Smuts right now. The required run rate is almost 6 runs per over, and these guys are scoring at a rate of around 3 runs per over. And the funniest part is that the spinners are bowling right now, with leggie Adam Zampa and left-armer Ashton Agar going through the overs quickly.

Relax!!!
They are playing just fine they are trying to built up a partnership. Plenty of overs left nothing to worry. They only need good five overs to correct the duneate. The score is well within the reach. South Africa needs a good partnership at this stage.

The match is well poised as SA needs 108 runs in 90 balls and 7 wickets in hand . Malan is batting on 70 and Klassen is on 40 and if they stay on wicket for next 5-7 overs SA will inch closer to victory and if OZ can take this 2 wickets quickly match will come in their side . It’s going to be interesting how this 2 batsman take on from here. Will one start to hit and make quick runs it will just continue to take singles and two’s.

Well played by South Africa in start I was sure Australia will be on for 310 to 320 but batting collapes just because of Ngidi's good bowling and they restict them on some good chaseable target Malan playing his 2nd ODI complete all things for them with very good knock look like this is going to be whitewash.

It was a comfortable win by the South Africans. They won by six wicket. From the beginning they dominated the match with their balling and restricting the Australians from scoring big. They have won the series and now they will go for a complete white wash.

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[absy]

I think I saw the pre-series odds of 3.4 for SA to win the series . I wish I had taken it , but none the less I had a bet on SA for the second ODI and they didn't disappoint ( Although I am pretty sure Aussie fans will be kicking the chairs ) . I have seen on multiple sports forums that Cricket is dying in Australia , it was hard to believe that at first but after looking at the crowd in Big Bash and now , it seems true .
The fact that Aussies are playing like this doesn't help building fan base in Australia but none the less , kudos to SA for winning the series .

[onrise]

SA in the end won it comfortably by wickets . Malan 129 not out helped SA to ensure that he stayed till the last run is scored and help them to win the series of 3 match by 2-0. Final match is on Saturday and SA would want to make it a whitewash . Ngidi 6 wicket haul for 58 also ensured that OZ do not pose a big score on the board .

[akhjob]

Honestly I didn't expect SA to take 2-0 lead and winning the series. I didn't watch the match, but was only checking the scores. So when I saw that AUS were losing wickets at regular intervals and posted a score of 271 runs, I thought a good opening start is needed for SA to win the match. But then de Kock got out in the first over and Malan/Smuts were scoring at 3 runs per over. But they went on to build a beautiful partnership resulting in the win. It looks like the partnership was built up slowly and nicely, if they can build such a partnership in ODIs when can't they manage to do the same in Tests. I know it's a different ball game. But still why can't they be a bit more resilient in Tests.

[Vishnu.Reang]

SA in the end won it comfortably by wickets . Malan 129 not out helped SA to ensure that he stayed till the last run is scored and help them to win the series of 3 match by 2-0. Final match is on Saturday and SA would want to make it a whitewash . Ngidi 6 wicket haul for 58 also ensured that OZ do not pose a big score on the board .

The Australian total was not bad. They made 271 in 50 overs. The surface at Mangaung Oval was favoring batsmen and bowlers equally, and in such circumstances it was not a bad total. It was the weak bowling which cost Australia the match. None of their bowlers, including Starc and Cummins could trouble the South African batsmen after the initial success.

[onrise]

3rd ODI begins and Zimbabwe asked Bangladesh to bat and would be disappointed with this call as they have post the highest opening partnership of 182/0 before the rains interrupted the match .  33.2 overs have being bowled and Das has hit another century and batting on 102 and Tamim on 79. I think if match starts it may reduced the overs. Zimbabwe might just want to pick up quick wickets now so that even if DL come into picture later they can have advantage .

[pakhitheboss]

3rd ODI begins and Zimbabwe asked Bangladesh to bat and would be disappointed with this call as they have post the highest opening partnership of 182/0 before the rains interrupted the match .  33.2 overs have being bowled and Das has hit another century and batting on 102 and Tamim on 79. I think if match starts it may reduced the overs. Zimbabwe might just want to pick up quick wickets now so that even if DL come into picture later they can have advantage .

Not expecting any wonders from the Zimbabwe side. They made a weak team if I compare them with Bangladesh team. I doubt if they will be able to win this match. Bangladesh has already won the series.

[AB de Royse777]

Not expecting any wonders from the Zimbabwe side. They made a weak team if I compare them with Bangladesh team. I doubt if they will be able to win this match. Bangladesh has already won the series.

Just checked the score and it seems Bangladesh are cruising, 182 for no wickets and it's only 33.2 overs. In the 2nd ODI Bangladesh gave a target of 323 runs and Zimbabwe were very close to chase it down (318) so considering that, this cruising may not still safe if the total runs do not go over 320+.

Not sure if it's the pitch or the bowlers are bowling low quality in this series.

[absy]

Not expecting any wonders from the Zimbabwe side. They made a weak team if I compare them with Bangladesh team. I doubt if they will be able to win this match. Bangladesh has already won the series.

Just checked the score and it seems Bangladesh are cruising, 182 for no wickets and it's only 33.2 overs. In the 2nd ODI Bangladesh gave a target of 323 runs and Zimbabwe were very close to chase it down (318) so considering that, this cruising may not still safe if the total runs do not go over 320+.

Not sure if it's the pitch or the bowlers are bowling low quality in this series.

And there is a rain delay , if anyone has bet over 300 now it will be difficult even if the overs aren't reduced . This is why weather plays an important role in betting ( especially cricket ) . Bad luck for Zimbabwe in the 2nd ODI , I thought they would pull it off and make the this final ODI much more interesting . None the less , waiting for the T20 series now.

[Clement Kaliyar]

Just checked the score and it seems Bangladesh are cruising, 182 for no wickets and it's only 33.2 overs. In the 2nd ODI Bangladesh gave a target of 323 runs and Zimbabwe were very close to chase it down (318) so considering that, this cruising may not still safe if the total runs do not go over 320+.

Not sure if it's the pitch or the bowlers are bowling low quality in this series.

It is the bowling quality of Zimbabwe that are encouraging the Bangladesh batsman to become attacking players and Tamim Iqbal is back in form with back to back centuries and Liton Das posting his highest ODI score in this match, there is no way Zimbabwe will be reaching close to the score posted and if the Bangladesh batsman can showcase the same confidence against better teams then it would be great .

[AB de Royse777]

It is the bowling quality of Zimbabwe that are encouraging the Bangladesh batsman to become attacking players and Tamim Iqbal is back in form with back to back centuries and Liton Das posting his highest ODI score in this match, there is no way Zimbabwe will be reaching close to the score posted and if the Bangladesh batsman can showcase the same confidence against better teams then it would be great .

In recent times I think Bangladesh had bad experience against every team because of their batting department did not perform and on a sudden the unit has changed totally which was surprising too me. But now it make sense. So they are facing a weaker bowling unit.

The require rate of the match is now over 15 an over and there are still over 15 overs lefts. 2 wickets in hand so nothing much is going to happen for Zim team.

Whatewashed ?

[Indymoney]

It is the bowling quality of Zimbabwe that are encouraging the Bangladesh batsman to become attacking players and Tamim Iqbal is back in form with back to back centuries and Liton Das posting his highest ODI score in this match, there is no way Zimbabwe will be reaching close to the score posted and if the Bangladesh batsman can showcase the same confidence against better teams then it would be great .

In recent times I think Bangladesh had bad experience against every team because of their batting department did not perform and on a sudden the unit has changed totally which was surprising too me. But now it make sense. So they are facing a weaker bowling unit.

The require rate of the match is now over 15 an over and there are still over 15 overs lefts. 2 wickets in hand so nothing much is going to happen for Zim team.

Whatewashed ?

Simply current Zimbabwe side is worst side in cricket because they have many issues related to local based and board is also not doing any thing for improving quality quota system is also doing own trick feeling sad for Zimbabwe as once they was really one off emerging sides in cricket but fail to keep things as they need on time now they are going more down day by day without any porblem I am sure they need some good time and stronge management for solive these all things.

[Pffrt]

Although the opponent is Zimbabwe, the knock from Liton Das was amazing. It has been the highest individual score for him and Bangladesh team followed by Tamim Iqbal 158 scored in the last match.
Masrafee is going rest from tonight. As a captain, he was doing great to be honest. We will be missing him as a captain.

[onrise]

Zimbabwe could not sustain their last innings good form and just could not even reach anywhere close to the target . They lost again by big margin. Also did any one noticed that in last 3 matches Bangladesh scores 321, 322 and 322 again in today’s match . What a coincidence this is that they scored almost same runs in 3 three matches.

[BitSat19]

Zimbabwe could not sustain their last innings good form and just could not even reach anywhere close to the target . They lost again by big margin. Also did any one noticed that in last 3 matches Bangladesh scores 321, 322 and 322 again in today’s match . What a coincidence this is that they scored almost same runs in 3 three matches.

Zimbabwe form is very poor for many years they never produce any good and lethal bowler and fielding is also not good just batting have some talent but in recent time they also fail to have some big score because batsmen not going to play as plan feeling they will lost this all in coming few years.

[pakhitheboss]

It is the bowling quality of Zimbabwe that are encouraging the Bangladesh batsman to become attacking players and Tamim Iqbal is back in form with back to back centuries and Liton Das posting his highest ODI score in this match, there is no way Zimbabwe will be reaching close to the score posted and if the Bangladesh batsman can showcase the same confidence against better teams then it would be great .

In recent times I think Bangladesh had bad experience against every team because of their batting department did not perform and on a sudden the unit has changed totally which was surprising too me. But now it make sense. So they are facing a weaker bowling unit.

The require rate of the match is now over 15 an over and there are still over 15 overs lefts. 2 wickets in hand so nothing much is going to happen for Zim team.

Whatewashed ?

What were you expecting?

Zimbabwe will fight back and claim the match.

They hardly play any International series nowadays. This was just a practice match for Bangladesh and nothing more.

[Vishnu.Reang]

For Zimbabwe, 3 of their professional players were included in the playing XI (Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza), and still they lost the match by a big margin. The mix of these professionals with amateurs is not turning out well for Zimbabwe. They need to convince more of their professionals, such as Kyle Jarvis, Craig Ervine and Ryan Burl to play for the national team.

[Indymoney]

Today South Africa whitewashed Australia really good return for them before Indian tour as they have some confidence and ability to fight against big teams after very bad time bowlers doing very good job and batting is also going with Klaasen and Malan doing good job for their team hopefully they will do more better in near future.

[onrise]

Today South Africa whitewashed Australia really good return for them before Indian tour as they have some confidence and ability to fight against big teams after very bad time bowlers doing very good job and batting is also going with Klaasen and Malan doing good job for their team hopefully they will do more better in near future.

What a fantastic ODI series SA had and just whitewashed OZ by 3-0. Inspite of Labuschagne 108 runs innings OZ could just post 254/7 in 50 overs and in reply SA started well and all batsman contributed and made the chase easy for them and won by 6 wickets and 27 balls to spare. Smuts was Man of the match was picking 2 wickets and making 84 runs.

[pakhitheboss]

Today South Africa whitewashed Australia really good return for them before Indian tour as they have some confidence and ability to fight against big teams after very bad time bowlers doing very good job and batting is also going with Klaasen and Malan doing good job for their team hopefully they will do more better in near future.

What a fantastic ODI series SA had and just whitewashed OZ by 3-0. Inspite of Labuschagne 108 runs innings OZ could just post 254/7 in 50 overs and in reply SA started well and all batsman contributed and made the chase easy for them and won by 6 wickets and 27 balls to spare. Smuts was Man of the match was picking 2 wickets and making 84 runs.

WOW!!

Another whitewash, South Africans are back. They won by 6 wickets with 27 balls still left. Australian bowlers were struggling to get wicket and stop the run chase. The target was not at all big for the South Africans to chase. Overall a good match