ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[posi]

Netherland improved their batting and set a target of 244 in the last match which little better than previous match. Netherland all out at 244 as batting collapse happened, I can't imagine they went 203/3 to 244 all out. No wonder England will chase the total easily in a dominant way, so Netherland will be white-washed this ODI series.

It's a good change from England and this give them amazing result in shape of 3 - 0 even it's against minor Netherlands but good start for them after having too many problems on and off the field. In this series their batting lineup completely destroy Netherlands bowling attack and never allow them for having any positive response, all top order batsmen done very good batting with few hundreds which are going to help them in near future.

Now Morgan is some concern for them as he completely fails to give any positive stand in two matches and out on figure of 0 and they are going to another minor country for more practice matches which is going to help them before having big challenge in future against quality teams.

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

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[Sithara007]

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

Netherlands is a big zero, if they play without their premium bowlers such as Timm vd Gugten and Paul van Meekeren. For the last match, Paul van Meekeren was included in the playing XI and he made an immediate impact by getting out Phil Salt and Dawid Malan. Unfortunately he didn't got any support from the other bowlers (Logan van Beek and the spinners). That said, Gloucestershire is not very happy that van Meekern chose to represent the Netherlands when the county championship is going on. I have a feeling that if players such as van der Gugten and van der Merwe (Roloef) were available, then the Dutch could have been much more competitive.

[pakhitheboss]

Netherland improved their batting and set a target of 244 in the last match which little better than previous match. Netherland all out at 244 as batting collapse happened, I can't imagine they went 203/3 to 244 all out. No wonder England will chase the total easily in a dominant way, so Netherland will be white-washed this ODI series.

It's a good change from England and this give them amazing result in shape of 3 - 0 even it's against minor Netherlands but good start for them after having too many problems on and off the field. In this series their batting lineup completely destroy Netherlands bowling attack and never allow them for having any positive response, all top order batsmen done very good batting with few hundreds which are going to help them in near future.

Now Morgan is some concern for them as he completely fails to give any positive stand in two matches and out on figure of 0 and they are going to another minor country for more practice matches which is going to help them before having big challenge in future against quality teams.

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

You cannot expect a team to suddenly start performing well. Netherland were playing against England and in the past they have defeated the English side but that was a different format and a different team. At the moment they need more such games to improve themselves. I skipped all the matches as I knew there would hardly be any excitement watching them play.

[romero121]

You cannot expect a team to suddenly start performing well. Netherland were playing against England and in the past they have defeated the English side but that was a different format and a different team. At the moment they need more such games to improve themselves. I skipped all the matches as I knew there would hardly be any excitement watching them play.

Netherlands is one among the best team performing good, positioned on the bottom. These teams require regular matches versus the leading teams. This is how these teams can improve their performance. Throughout this series it looks like England is on an aggressive move. Because, in the first ODI England players were chasing the target of 500 runs. In the third ODI, the target of 244 runs were reached in 30 overs. On the other side Netherlands have got consistent performance, because in every game it managed to score around 250 runs.

[Sithara007]

Netherlands is one among the best team performing good, positioned on the bottom. These teams require regular matches versus the leading teams. This is how these teams can improve their performance. Throughout this series it looks like England is on an aggressive move. Because, in the first ODI England players were chasing the target of 500 runs. In the third ODI, the target of 244 runs were reached in 30 overs. On the other side Netherlands have got consistent performance, because in every game it managed to score around 250 runs.

It was a small ground and the curator went for a very flat surface. On top of that, the England bowling line-up was mostly comprised of their second-string players, such as David Payne, David Willey and Brydon Carse. If their regular bowlers such as Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Jamie Overton were included in the squad, then I really doubt whether the Dutch would have got this far. Overall this was a very disappointing series for the Netherlands. I couldn't find any positives at all. They chose a young squad this time, and things didn't went well for them.

[Naficopa]

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

England and Australia are among the top team, comparing Netherlands with England is unjust.
Here we all are so good in predicting that England will win - no matter what.

[laurenB7742]

Netherlands is one among the best team performing good, positioned on the bottom. These teams require regular matches versus the leading teams. This is how these teams can improve their performance. Throughout this series it looks like England is on an aggressive move. Because, in the first ODI England players were chasing the target of 500 runs. In the third ODI, the target of 244 runs were reached in 30 overs. On the other side Netherlands have got consistent performance, because in every game it managed to score around 250 runs.

It was a small ground and the curator went for a very flat surface. On top of that, the England bowling line-up was mostly comprised of their second-string players, such as David Payne, David Willey and Brydon Carse. If their regular bowlers such as Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Jamie Overton were included in the squad, then I really doubt whether the Dutch would have got this far. Overall this was a very disappointing series for the Netherlands. I couldn't find any positives at all. They chose a young squad this time, and things didn't went well for them.

I would say the Netherlands played well enough. No one thinks the Netherlands will win a match in a series against a strong team like England. However, the performance of the Dutch batsmen was very good. In the last match also, the players of Netherlands scored 244 runs. If their bowlers had been experienced, the match would have been competitive. But the Netherlands' bowling lineup is very weak.

[posi]

Netherlands did improve their batting but honestly, it is absolutely nothing in front of England. England reached the target of 245 in just 30 overs. All knew that this was not going to be a fair competition, to be honest. But it was good to see that Netherlands at least tried to give a competition to England. I have to say as an associate country they did really well. They could not win a single match but their performance was quite good.

Netherlands is a big zero, if they play without their premium bowlers such as Timm vd Gugten and Paul van Meekeren. For the last match, Paul van Meekeren was included in the playing XI and he made an immediate impact by getting out Phil Salt and Dawid Malan. Unfortunately he didn't got any support from the other bowlers (Logan van Beek and the spinners). That said, Gloucestershire is not very happy that van Meekern chose to represent the Netherlands when the county championship is going on. I have a feeling that if players such as van der Gugten and van der Merwe (Roloef) were available, then the Dutch could have been much more competitive.

I don't know if Netherlands could have won even at least one match in this series but I think the results could have been different if they had all the players available for them. And I think they could have restricted the England team to at least under 350 runs.

You cannot expect a team to suddenly start performing well. Netherland were playing against England and in the past they have defeated the English side but that was a different format and a different team. At the moment they need more such games to improve themselves. I skipped all the matches as I knew there would hardly be any excitement watching them play.

The only excitement that was in the series was actually if England was going to hit the 500 runs mark or not. It was really one-sided and not surprising at all. Netherlands is already a weak team and they also did not have a lot of important players available for them.

Netherlands is one among the best team performing good, positioned on the bottom. These teams require regular matches versus the leading teams. This is how these teams can improve their performance. Throughout this series it looks like England is on an aggressive move. Because, in the first ODI England players were chasing the target of 500 runs. In the third ODI, the target of 244 runs were reached in 30 overs. On the other side Netherlands have got consistent performance, because in every game it managed to score around 250 runs.

It was a small ground and the curator went for a very flat surface. On top of that, the England bowling line-up was mostly comprised of their second-string players, such as David Payne, David Willey and Brydon Carse. If their regular bowlers such as Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Jamie Overton were included in the squad, then I really doubt whether the Dutch would have got this far. Overall this was a very disappointing series for the Netherlands. I couldn't find any positives at all. They chose a young squad this time, and things didn't went well for them.

Well, that is also true and in that case, we honestly cannot say that the Netherlands have played well. But considering that they don't play cricket regularly as the top-level teams I think they have done a decent job at least with the bat. And the same thing goes for their bowling. They are not a great team and on a flat pitch, it was expected from them.

[savetheFORUM]

I would say the Netherlands played well enough. No one thinks the Netherlands will win a match in a series against a strong team like England. However, the performance of the Dutch batsmen was very good. In the last match also, the players of Netherlands scored 244 runs. If their bowlers had been experienced, the match would have been competitive. But the Netherlands' bowling lineup is very weak.

Netherlands is average associate team with some experienced players those playing in English counties, but sadly they have never been in better shape which give them some better intention which is important and like many other European county's soccer is premier game here and mostly peoples not like to waste their time here with this gentlemen game they need to invest some more for having better results because with current setup they are not able to have good results.

In last three matches they completely ruined by English boys and their bowling attack completely fail to give them any positive point just batting having something, but this is also not suitable for this ODI format.

[Sithara007]

Netherlands is average associate team with some experienced players those playing in English counties, but sadly they have never been in better shape which give them some better intention which is important and like many other European county's soccer is premier game here and mostly peoples not like to waste their time here with this gentlemen game they need to invest some more for having better results because with current setup they are not able to have good results.

In last three matches they completely ruined by English boys and their bowling attack completely fail to give them any positive point just batting having something, but this is also not suitable for this ODI format.

Netherlands qualified for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League, because they were at the 13th position as per the ranking. But I would have liked if some of the other promising teams were given the chance instead of them. Netherlands is one of the teams that have shown constant decline during the past many years. A number of cricket clubs have closed down recently and the number of active players have gone down. A decade or two ago, 70% of the club players were native Dutch and 30% were foreigners. Now the ratio has just reversed.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Sri Lanka vs Australia

The fifth and final ODI will be played today between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka is already leading the series 3-1 and they have won the series. So the last match is not important for them. Since this match is not important, my guess is that Australia will win today. But even today, if Australia loses and the series loses 4-1, it will be a great shame for Australia.

[onecall123]

Sri Lanka vs Australia

The fifth and final ODI will be played today between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka is already leading the series 3-1 and they have won the series. So the last match is not important for them. Since this match is not important, my guess is that Australia will win today. But even today, if Australia loses and the series loses 4-1, it will be a great shame for Australia.

There has already been a win in the series. There has already been a batting collapse in 17 overs, 62-7 for Sri Lanka since this match isn't as important for them. Aussies have a great chance to humiliate them and lose the series 3-2. Let's hope that Chamika Karunaratne will play well and post a fighting total.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Sri Lanka vs Australia

The fifth and final ODI will be played today between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka is already leading the series 3-1 and they have won the series. So the last match is not important for them. Since this match is not important, my guess is that Australia will win today. But even today, if Australia loses and the series loses 4-1, it will be a great shame for Australia.

There has already been a win in the series. There has already been a batting collapse in 17 overs, 62-7 for Sri Lanka since this match isn't as important for them. Aussies have a great chance to humiliate them and lose the series 3-2. Let's hope that Chamika Karunaratne will play well and post a fighting total.

This match is not important for Sri Lanka though. But I don't think their batting will be ruined in such a bad way. However, despite losing 7 wickets for just 62 runs, they were able to collect 100 runs. Karunaratne is unbeaten on 28 runs. And this is the highest collection among Sri Lankan batsmen. Waiting for an easy win for Australia.

[BobK71]

Sri Lanka vs Australia

The fifth and final ODI will be played today between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka is already leading the series 3-1 and they have won the series. So the last match is not important for them. Since this match is not important, my guess is that Australia will win today. But even today, if Australia loses and the series loses 4-1, it will be a great shame for Australia.

There has already been a win in the series. There has already been a batting collapse in 17 overs, 62-7 for Sri Lanka since this match isn't as important for them. Aussies have a great chance to humiliate them and lose the series 3-2. Let's hope that Chamika Karunaratne will play well and post a fighting total.

Sri Lanka was playing some great matches. But today's match did not go well at all. The fall of the wicket has been seen from the beginning. No one is able to collect good score as a result, their collected runs are much less 117 at the moment. Chamika Karunaratne is performing very well in this difficult situation of the team. He has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in this match. There are still fifteen overs left. Let's see how far they can reach in the remaining overs.

[JSRAW]

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This match is not important for Sri Lanka though. But I don't think their batting will be ruined in such a bad way. However, despite losing 7 wickets for just 62 runs, they were able to collect 100 runs. Karunaratne is unbeaten on 28 runs. And this is the highest collection among Sri Lankan batsmen. Waiting for an easy win for Australia.

Is that a same pitch as last match? Looks like pitch is really hostile against batters, which is rare but also nice to see in white ball.

Aussie are also 3 down so pitch do have some sort of demons. Spin doing a fine job for Lankans.

[romero121]

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This match is not important for Sri Lanka though. But I don't think their batting will be ruined in such a bad way. However, despite losing 7 wickets for just 62 runs, they were able to collect 100 runs. Karunaratne is unbeaten on 28 runs. And this is the highest collection among Sri Lankan batsmen. Waiting for an easy win for Australia.

Is that a same pitch as last match? Looks like pitch is really hostile against batters, which is rare but also nice to see in white ball.

Aussie are also 3 down so pitch do have some sort of demons. Spin doing a fine job for Lankans.

Australia have lost its fourth wicket for 50 runs. Marsh who took responsibility and started scoring have lost his wicket. Labuschagne and Carey are in the crease. Losing two more wickets will confirm the win of Sri Lanka. The pitch is much supportive to the bowlers than batters. Possibly this match will end as the previous match with a small score difference.

[Mahdirakib]

Is that a same pitch as last match? Looks like pitch is really hostile against batters, which is rare but also nice to see in white ball.
Aussie are also 3 down so pitch do have some sort of demons. Spin doing a fine job for Lankans.

Australia won the match by 4 wickets, but it wasn't an easy victory for them. The venue is same, and the pitch condition was almost same. It was the 3rd match at this field of this series. Both teams batted well in the first match (3rd ODI). Then we have seen some poor batting performance in the second match (4th ODI). Both team got all out in that match. And today we have seen more difficult pitch for the batsman. Anyway, Sri Lanka team is happy as they have won the series. I didn't expect that Sri Lanka will win this series.

[Tony116]

Is that a same pitch as last match? Looks like pitch is really hostile against batters, which is rare but also nice to see in white ball.
Aussie are also 3 down so pitch do have some sort of demons. Spin doing a fine job for Lankans.

Australia won the match by 4 wickets, but it wasn't an easy victory for them. The venue is same, and the pitch condition was almost same. It was the 3rd match at this field of this series. Both teams batted well in the first match (3rd ODI). Then we have seen some poor batting performance in the second match (4th ODI). Both team got all out in that match. And today we have seen more difficult pitch for the batsman. Anyway, Sri Lanka team is happy as they have won the series. I didn't expect that Sri Lanka will win this series.

First of all, I think Sri Lanka did not give enough importance in the last match because it was not a decider or anything like that. The pitch was really favoring the bowlers. It was a really small target of  160 runs and Australia also had its fair share of struggles trying to get to the target.

But Australia did win the match but I think they are not going to be happy as their lost against Sri Lanka in the series. I also did not expect Sri Lanka to win the series as well. I have to say it was quite a surprise for me.

[Naficopa]

First of all, I think Sri Lanka did not give enough importance in the last match because it was not a decider or anything like that. The pitch was really favoring the bowlers. It was a really small target of  160 runs and Australia also had its fair share of struggles trying to get to the target.

But Australia did win the match but I think they are not going to be happy as their lost against Sri Lanka in the series. I also did not expect Sri Lanka to win the series as well. I have to say it was quite a surprise for me.

Winning against Aussie is a real victory.
For Sri Lankans cricket fans while the whole country is going through the political turmoil - this win is a way of joy for everyone!

[Webetcoins]

First of all, I think Sri Lanka did not give enough importance in the last match because it was not a decider or anything like that. The pitch was really favoring the bowlers. It was a really small target of  160 runs and Australia also had its fair share of struggles trying to get to the target.

But Australia did win the match but I think they are not going to be happy as their lost against Sri Lanka in the series. I also did not expect Sri Lanka to win the series as well. I have to say it was quite a surprise for me.

After having win in last ODI with series as well they were relaxed and not done any special performance for this match, so all out cheaply with just 160 runs on board which is surely not good enough target for visitors. But they also lost few early wickets and reach on target with lost of four wickets after winning T-20 series they lost ODI series which is surely good performance from home team in difficult conditions but still win is win.

Now they are going to for preparing as they are going to face Australia and Pakistan in next few weeks for four test matches which are also very important but in this format they are having serious issues and playing against top teams are giving them big setbacks they need to do some effort for having positive results from this format as well.