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[BobK71]

Pakistan - Netherlands

I was quite surprised by Pakistan's batting today. Perhaps it is a bowling aid pitch. Pakistan is batting very carefully from the beginning of the innings. Pakistan lost the wicket of Imam ul Haque by just 10 runs. He returned to the dressing room after collecting 2 runs off just 19 balls. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan's collection was just 73 runs. But at the end of 45 overs, they collected 263 runs. Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam batted very responsibly. Pakistan will probably be able to give a target of 300. They will win this match by at least 100 runs margin.

Currently, the first test match is being played between Pakistan and Netherland is in progress and as per expectation, Pakistan is showing very good performance. Fakhar Zaman scored 109 runs not out and was the highest runs scorer. Baber Azam also played well and made 74 runs.
It is impossible for the Netherlands to chase these runs; they are already three wickets down under 100 runs.
If Ireland manages to win only one ODI in this series, it will be a bg achievement for them.

Pakistan did bat well but Netherlands team batted equally well. I don't care if Pakistan still wins this match but scoring around 300 runs in a chase against Pakistan bowlers is a big achievement for Netherlands team. For me , Netherlands  rocks in this match.

After 46 overs both Pakistan and Netherlands  teams were at 267-6 . This shows you that how well the Netherlands teams are trying to chase this one.

Pakistan cricket is definitely better teams in the world cricket. 298 runs against them is not very easy for any of the teams. Netherlands players playing relatively well. Even if they can't win the match, they are improving at a slow pace. If they keep continuous pressure against any teams, it will definitely be a big gain for the Netherlands. Last match Netherlands lost game by 16 runs. So If they could play a little better, they might have won.

[Minor Miner]

Pakistan VS Netherland was a serious moral disaster for the Pakistani side. Netherland were not playing with their main squad and still they managed to chase and we're defeated only by 16 runs. Pakistan needs more bowlers like Shaheen Afridi. This team is too much dependent on Babar Azam and Afridi. If one of them is not in the team they crumble very easily.

Although the margin of victory was small, at no point Netherlands looked to be in a position to win the match. Pakistan was playing under unfamiliar conditions, and without their strike bowler. We need to give them credit for winning the match. BTW, despite the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi, I thought that Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf bowled quite well. Mohammad Wasim was also quite good, although he was a bit unlucky not to get more wickets. In the batting department, Fakhar Zaman was amazing once again. The combination of Fakhar Zaman - Babar Azam always works for Pakistan.

We know that Pakistan bowlers are experienced. 298 against such a bowling line-up is not easy. Pakistani bowlers could not bowl well. At the same time, the Pakistani batsmen batted very slowly at the beginning of the innings. Imam ul Haque scored 2 runs off 19 balls. It was not a Test match. The batsmen should have batted more responsibly. But they did not do well. Their collection was only 73 runs in the first 20 overs. If they can't improve on this performance then it will be more difficult for them to win in the upcoming matches.

[pakhitheboss]

Pakistan VS Netherland was a serious moral disaster for the Pakistani side. Netherland were not playing with their main squad and still they managed to chase and we're defeated only by 16 runs. Pakistan needs more bowlers like Shaheen Afridi. This team is too much dependent on Babar Azam and Afridi. If one of them is not in the team they crumble very easily.

Although the margin of victory was small, at no point Netherlands looked to be in a position to win the match. Pakistan was playing under unfamiliar conditions, and without their strike bowler. We need to give them credit for winning the match. BTW, despite the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi, I thought that Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf bowled quite well. Mohammad Wasim was also quite good, although he was a bit unlucky not to get more wickets. In the batting department, Fakhar Zaman was amazing once again. The combination of Fakhar Zaman - Babar Azam always works for Pakistan.

Just to let you know that Netherland is ranked 15th in ODI ranking and Pakistan is ranked 4th. I expected far better performance from the Pakistani side considering Netherland was were not playing in full strength. If Pakistan would have been playing with the top 5 ODI teams the end result would have been completely different. There is a serious issue with the Pakistani side and the selectors should start working on it. 

[posi]

Pakistan VS Netherland was a serious moral disaster for the Pakistani side. Netherland were not playing with their main squad and still they managed to chase and we're defeated only by 16 runs. Pakistan needs more bowlers like Shaheen Afridi. This team is too much dependent on Babar Azam and Afridi. If one of them is not in the team they crumble very easily.

Although the margin of victory was small, at no point Netherlands looked to be in a position to win the match. Pakistan was playing under unfamiliar conditions, and without their strike bowler. We need to give them credit for winning the match. BTW, despite the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi, I thought that Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf bowled quite well. Mohammad Wasim was also quite good, although he was a bit unlucky not to get more wickets. In the batting department, Fakhar Zaman was amazing once again. The combination of Fakhar Zaman - Babar Azam always works for Pakistan.

Just to let you know that Netherland is ranked 15th in ODI ranking and Pakistan is ranked 4th. I expected far better performance from the Pakistani side considering Netherland was were not playing in full strength. If Pakistan would have been playing with the top 5 ODI teams the end result would have been completely different. There is a serious issue with the Pakistani side and the selectors should start working on it. 

I don't know if we should actually give Pakistan credit for winning against the Netherlands by a quite close margin. Obviously, Fakhar Zaman scored a century in this match. That's a positive sign for Pakistan and Babar Azam also played well. But I don't think that justifies why Pakistan had to work so hard against the Netherlands to win this match. And what I like about the Netherlands is that they took the match really deep. We all expected Pakistan to win this match comfortably. But Netherlands made a game out of this first ODI against Pakistan. I also think that this is a big moral victory for the Netherlands.

[BobK71]

Pakistan VS Netherland was a serious moral disaster for the Pakistani side. Netherland were not playing with their main squad and still they managed to chase and we're defeated only by 16 runs. Pakistan needs more bowlers like Shaheen Afridi. This team is too much dependent on Babar Azam and Afridi. If one of them is not in the team they crumble very easily.

Although the margin of victory was small, at no point Netherlands looked to be in a position to win the match. Pakistan was playing under unfamiliar conditions, and without their strike bowler. We need to give them credit for winning the match. BTW, despite the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi, I thought that Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf bowled quite well. Mohammad Wasim was also quite good, although he was a bit unlucky not to get more wickets. In the batting department, Fakhar Zaman was amazing once again. The combination of Fakhar Zaman - Babar Azam always works for Pakistan.

Just to let you know that Netherland is ranked 15th in ODI ranking and Pakistan is ranked 4th. I expected far better performance from the Pakistani side considering Netherland was were not playing in full strength. If Pakistan would have been playing with the top 5 ODI teams the end result would have been completely different. There is a serious issue with the Pakistani side and the selectors should start working on it. 

Yes, comparatively Pakistan should have done better as they are one of the better teams in the world. On the other hand, it is also true that sometimes the big teams are in danger of losing to the smaller teams. As happened in Ireland vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI match. New Zealand won by just 1 run. So this kind of situation can happen.

[TheGreatPython]

Just to let you know that Netherland is ranked 15th in ODI ranking and Pakistan is ranked 4th. I expected far better performance from the Pakistani side considering Netherland was were not playing in full strength. If Pakistan would have been playing with the top 5 ODI teams the end result would have been completely different. There is a serious issue with the Pakistani side and the selectors should start working on it. 

Oh, dear! Right now, ranks are not working for any team as we already have few good examples in Ireland vs New Zealand and India they are giving their best against top ranked teams because they have few players those are playing in England counties and have good experience same happening here in Netherlands case as well but still it's a good entertaining match between these two teams with Pakistan needs to improve as always.

Good thing their bowlers squad is again doing good and many youngsters are already had quality to join good ranks no Afridi and Hassan Ali but still they are restricting them under 300 is also good achievement because once I was feeling they can win, but Naseem Shah last few overs were exceptional even he was playing his first ODI.

[Sithara007]

Just to let you know that Netherland is ranked 15th in ODI ranking and Pakistan is ranked 4th. I expected far better performance from the Pakistani side considering Netherland was were not playing in full strength. If Pakistan would have been playing with the top 5 ODI teams the end result would have been completely different. There is a serious issue with the Pakistani side and the selectors should start working on it.  

You need to know that Netherlands was also playing without their regular bowlers such as Paul van Meekeren, Roloef van der Merwe and Timm van der Gugten as they busy with county cricket. Even Fred Klaassen is playing the Hundred in England. So the absence of players was more of an issue for Netherlands when compared to Pakistan. But that also meant that they could offer chances to some of the promising youngsters, such as Aryan Dutt, Tim Pringle, Vikramjit Singh and Vivian Kingma. And at least Dutt and Kingma made an impression during the first match.

[tomos81]

There is an ODI match between West Indies and New Zealand on 18th. I think West Indies are a very strong team on their own ground. And Nicholas Pooran is likely to lead the way for the West Indies. The West Indies team has already developed a lot under his leadership. West Indies team has already won many matches But New Zealand team is very strong in ODI cricket. New Zealand has a balanced and strong team that can compete with any country.Hope we enjoy the match between West Indies and New Zealand

[Sithara007]

There is an ODI match between West Indies and New Zealand on 18th. I think West Indies are a very strong team on their own ground. And Nicholas Pooran is likely to lead the way for the West Indies. The West Indies team has already developed a lot under his leadership. West Indies team has already won many matches But New Zealand team is very strong in ODI cricket. New Zealand has a balanced and strong team that can compete with any country.Hope we enjoy the match between West Indies and New Zealand

OK... these three matches are going to be part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League. And more importantly, they will be the last matches in ODI super league for West Indies. At this point they have 80 points from 21 matches. I guess they need at least one more win, to stay comfortably at top-8 position in the super league. Sri Lanka has 62 points with 6 matches left. And their remaining matches are against New Zealand and Afghanistan. If Sri Lanka manages to win 3 out of 6, then they will qualify instead of West Indies.

[BobK71]

There is an ODI match between West Indies and New Zealand on 18th. I think West Indies are a very strong team on their own ground. And Nicholas Pooran is likely to lead the way for the West Indies. The West Indies team has already developed a lot under his leadership. W

West Indies is really passing through bad times. They have not seen any good performance in the last few matches or series. But they won the last T20 match against New Zealand. Their ODI series starts tomorrow. Let's hope they try to recover from their mistakes. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran expect that their performance will be better.

[wiss19]

There is an ODI match between West Indies and New Zealand on 18th. I think West Indies are a very strong team on their own ground. And Nicholas Pooran is likely to lead the way for the West Indies. The West Indies team has already developed a lot under his leadership. West Indies team has already won many matches But New Zealand team is very strong in ODI cricket. New Zealand has a balanced and strong team that can compete with any country.Hope we enjoy the match between West Indies and New Zealand

OK... these three matches are going to be part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League. And more importantly, they will be the last matches in ODI super league for West Indies. At this point they have 80 points from 21 matches. I guess they need at least one more win, to stay comfortably at top-8 position in the super league. Sri Lanka has 62 points with 6 matches left. And their remaining matches are against New Zealand and Afghanistan. If Sri Lanka manages to win 3 out of 6, then they will qualify instead of West Indies.

A tricky situation for both teams as West Indies need to win this series if they want to be comfortable, but it's not easy for them because recently they have the worst result with white ball against all teams like Bangladesh, India and now New Zealand, but I am feeling they can win one match from New Zealand but still this is not good enough for them because Sri Lanka is also not bad at all in white ball, and they can win against Afghanistan and New Zealand their required matches even they can lose series against New Zealand but still this is good enough for them, and they can go through into top 8.

Both teams West Indies and Sri Lanka former World Champions in this format are now struggling badly for avoiding qualifying round is surely a serious concern as both are badly going down in quality and need some serious changes which are indeed if they want to stay in good shape otherwise this is going to be disaster for them in near future.

[TheGreatPython]

There is an ODI match between West Indies and New Zealand on 18th. I think West Indies are a very strong team on their own ground. And Nicholas Pooran is likely to lead the way for the West Indies. The West Indies team has already developed a lot under his leadership. W

West Indies is really passing through bad times. They have not seen any good performance in the last few matches or series. But they won the last T20 match against New Zealand. Their ODI series starts tomorrow. Let's hope they try to recover from their mistakes. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran expect that their performance will be better.

After losing Twenty/20 series now West Indies and New Zealand heading for ODI series first match is in progress after winning toss West Indies put New Zealand into bat and start is not good for the visitors they lost few early wickets with good bowling from Akeal Hosein3/20 after seven overs and right now New Zealand is struggling 99/4 after 25 overs a good chance for West Indies to tight screws around them and have first won and lead in this series.

Kane Williamson and Daryl Mitchell both at crease it's a long way for both teams if visitors able to have some good target around 250+ then surely a test for West Indian batting against quality bowling Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult are not easy to handle in any conditions.

[eaLiTy]

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West Indies is really passing through bad times. They have not seen any good performance in the last few matches or series. But they won the last T20 match against New Zealand. Their ODI series starts tomorrow. Let's hope they try to recover from their mistakes. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran expect that their performance will be better.

West Indies is not fielding their best team and hence they are struggling but the surprise in today's match up is that New Zealand is really struggling with the bat as they lost their 6th wicket for 126 runs and all of their top order batsman are back in the pavilion and Michael Bracewell along with Mitchell Santner is in the crease and they need to play a longer innings to rescue New Zealand to a respectable score, if not West Indies will win the match without much struggle.

[Rigon]

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West Indies is really passing through bad times. They have not seen any good performance in the last few matches or series. But they won the last T20 match against New Zealand. Their ODI series starts tomorrow. Let's hope they try to recover from their mistakes. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran expect that their performance will be better.

West Indies is not fielding their best team and hence they are struggling but the surprise in today's match up is that New Zealand is really struggling with the bat as they lost their 6th wicket for 126 runs and all of their top order batsman are back in the pavilion and Michael Bracewell along with Mitchell Santner is in the crease and they need to play a longer innings to rescue New Zealand to a respectable score, if not West Indies will win the match without much struggle.

West Indies vs New Zealand Fast ODI Match.New Zealand scored 190 runs in 45.2 overs and lost all wickets.But New Zealand's 190 runs is not perfect for ODI matches. If a good team can score 300 plus runs in ODI matches, they have the highest chances of winning.West Indies set a target of 191 runs and lost 3 wickets by 86 runs in 17 overs.If the West Indies want to win, they must play with wickets in hand, but the victory will be a little difficult.

NZ 190 (45.2)
WI 86/3 (17)

West Indies need 105 runs.

[topman21]

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West Indies is really passing through bad times. They have not seen any good performance in the last few matches or series. But they won the last T20 match against New Zealand. Their ODI series starts tomorrow. Let's hope they try to recover from their mistakes. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran expect that their performance will be better.

West Indies is not fielding their best team and hence they are struggling but the surprise in today's match up is that New Zealand is really struggling with the bat as they lost their 6th wicket for 126 runs and all of their top order batsman are back in the pavilion and Michael Bracewell along with Mitchell Santner is in the crease and they need to play a longer innings to rescue New Zealand to a respectable score, if not West Indies will win the match without much struggle.

West Indies vs New Zealand Fast ODI Match.New Zealand scored 190 runs in 45.2 overs and lost all wickets.But New Zealand's 190 runs is not perfect for ODI matches. If a good team can score 300 plus runs in ODI matches, they have the highest chances of winning.West Indies set a target of 191 runs and lost 3 wickets by 86 runs in 17 overs.If the West Indies want to win, they must play with wickets in hand, but the victory will be a little difficult.

NZ 190 (45.2)
WI 86/3 (17)

West Indies need 105 runs.

Since Nicholas is batting pooran Markut has the batsman only if he can bat just ten overs, the game will surely go in favor of West Indies. New Zealand have chased few runs so it will not be too difficult for West Indies to target this small capital. Today's match will definitely go in favor of West Indies.

[Sithara007]

There is good news for West Indies. They managed to win the ODI match against New Zealand. And with this win, they have 90 points in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League and are now almost guaranteed of a position in top-8. And what this means is that it will be very difficult for both Sri Lanka and South Africa to qualify for the ODI World Cup in 2023. South Africa also forfeited the ODI series against Australia and this puts them in a very difficult position. Sri Lanka has 6 matches remaining and South Africa has 8. Now it will be almost impossible for them to catch up to West Indies.

[CPNpr]

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West Indies is really passing through bad times. They have not seen any good performance in the last few matches or series. But they won the last T20 match against New Zealand. Their ODI series starts tomorrow. Let's hope they try to recover from their mistakes. Under the leadership of Nicholas Pooran expect that their performance will be better.

West Indies is not fielding their best team and hence they are struggling but the surprise in today's match up is that New Zealand is really struggling with the bat as they lost their 6th wicket for 126 runs and all of their top order batsman are back in the pavilion and Michael Bracewell along with Mitchell Santner is in the crease and they need to play a longer innings to rescue New Zealand to a respectable score, if not West Indies will win the match without much struggle.

West Indies vs New Zealand Fast ODI Match.New Zealand scored 190 runs in 45.2 overs and lost all wickets.But New Zealand's 190 runs is not perfect for ODI matches. If a good team can score 300 plus runs in ODI matches, they have the highest chances of winning.West Indies set a target of 191 runs and lost 3 wickets by 86 runs in 17 overs.If the West Indies want to win, they must play with wickets in hand, but the victory will be a little difficult.

NZ 190 (45.2)
WI 86/3 (17)

West Indies need 105 runs.

Since Nicholas is batting pooran Markut has the batsman only if he can bat just ten overs, the game will surely go in favor of West Indies. New Zealand have chased few runs so it will not be too difficult for West Indies to target this small capital. Today's match will definitely go in favor of West Indies.

I am amazed when I watch some New Zealand games, sometimes I see New Zealand players playing very well and now after a while I see bad games which are beyond imagination but I never miss a game of New Zealand New Zealand.

[CPNpr]

78 says 119 runs to be taken but it is not too difficult for Netherlands team.But they have already lost five wickets, if they had two more wickets and one good wicket they could have won the match more confidently.But it is not very difficult for Netherlands to win the game, if they play with a little focus, they can win this game.If Pakistan can give a good bowling performance then Pakistan will be able to secure victory in today's match.But I feel today's match can be in favor of Netherlands if the batting performance and wickets can hold up.

NED 196/5 (37)
PAK 314/6 (50)

Netherlands needs 119 runs in 78 balls

I would like to say that Netherland is not absolutely out of the competition in this match against Pakistan. Even though I really do not believe Netherland will be able to win this match. Because the required rate is more than nine and the Netherlands only have four wickets in hand. But as long as Edwards is in the middle I think Netherland have hope. Lets see what will happen.

I think Pakistan today is so addicted to swinging, I think Netherlands is like that girl. If you say that the players of Netherlands play very well, who is better than Pakistan, you have better bowling and batting than Pakistan.

[Smack That Ace]

There is good news for West Indies. They managed to win the ODI match against New Zealand. And with this win, they have 90 points in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League and are now almost guaranteed of a position in top-8. And what this means is that it will be very difficult for both Sri Lanka and South Africa to qualify for the ODI World Cup in 2023. South Africa also forfeited the ODI series against Australia and this puts them in a very difficult position. Sri Lanka has 6 matches remaining and South Africa has 8. Now it will be almost impossible for them to catch up to West Indies.

Bad, really bad performance from New Zealand. West Indies took the best decision of bowling first after winning the toss. New Zealand put on a very low score Which was very easy for West Indies to Chase.

And about the World Cup, I think all of them will be able to qualify for the World Cup 2023 But now it seems like West Indies is going to be ahead. I believe we are talking about direct qualifications for the World Cup. It will be interesting to see West Indies getting qualified and South Africa and/or Sri Lanka have to wait. And South Africa not playing against Australia has made it harder on themselves.


Regards

Duke

[kro55]

India VS Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe vs India series is going to take place shortly. Zimbabwe played well against Bangladesh in their last series and won the series. But I don't think Zimbabwe will win any match against India. India will win this series very easily.

I thought Virat Kohli would be given a chance in this series. And it will take an effort to bring him back to form, as Zimbabwe's bowling line-up is weak. But the Indian management did not keep Virat Kohli in the squad.