ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Rana590]

Sikandar Raza remember this guy! After watching his incredible batting. I think he might be someone whose name might pop up inthe next IPL auction. His whole innings today might rind us of some of the great legends of cricket. He single handedly destroyed every Indian bowler. If he had someone on the other side then this match would have had a different end result.

Another outstanding performance from Sikandar Raza and he was absolutely amazing today. Day by day he is improving his performance. I thought that Zimbabwe would the match against India but they didn't able to finish at the last moment.

[Vaskiy]

Zimbabwe vs India

This is today's ODI cricket game As the match is played I think India is more likely to win because India has won the last two matches. But India is much stronger in bowling than Zimbabwe. Shubman gill The target of a century has been reached but the run rate has been high compared to which I think it will be very difficult for Zimbabwe to win this match.

A fantastic performance by Shubman Gill as he made his maiden ODI century. His strike rate was good, and he finally got there. Zimbabwean team needs 290 runs to win, but the Indian team will take the series by 3-0. India's bowling side is much stronger than Zimbabwe's, so I think Zimbabwe will have trouble chasing the target.

India played full 50 overs and India played very well today . I thought India might score 200-220 runs today.  But they took 289 runs it is really amazing. Zimbabwe will never be able to get that many runs in their own verse . Today also I give 99% guarantee that India will win today match

We can't underestimate any team. With time the teams have begun to perform better. In today's match Zimbabwe have started good. In 15 overs Zimbabwe with its young team have managed to score 75-1. If they were able to maintain the runrate, this match will increase pressure on India at some point.

Everyone who underestimated Zimbabwe team could've known about their ability. The team missed the winning just by a small margin. Zimbabwe could've won the match, if they haven't lost few consecutive wickets in the middle order. It is a learning and this could've boosted them for the upcoming matches against other teams. Raza is good enough to play against every team and he's good with his natural game.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Sikandar Raza remember this guy! After watching his incredible batting. I think he might be someone whose name might pop up inthe next IPL auction. His whole innings today might rind us of some of the great legends of cricket. He single handedly destroyed every Indian bowler. If he had someone on the other side then this match would have had a different end result.

Another outstanding performance from Sikandar Raza and he was absolutely amazing today. Day by day he is improving his performance. I thought that Zimbabwe would the match against India but they didn't able to finish at the last moment.

Zimbabwe are heavily dependent on sikandar raza and if raza fails then all Zimbabwe team collapse. Other players of team must also take there responsibility and performing. Raza scored 100 but Zimbabwe still lost the game coz no other player played his part.

[NicNacCoin]

Big match for Zimbabwe and India. Both the team could've learnt many things from this match. Zimbabwe played really well, and better performance is a must from the opening order. Zimbabwe lost its 7^th wicket at 169 runs. From there the team developed good partnership and the 8^th wicket fell at 273 runs. Indian bowlers made good contribution, in between the pressure over the bowlers made them do mistakes and some midfields. Finally India won the series with lots of improvement on Zimbabwe.

You are right. Zimbabwe is a team that has been in the game for a long time but seems like they don't have existence. The condition of their cricket board is also not good. But it must be said that they have prepared a good team and selected some good players. This is an important role for cricket board. Today their performance was amazing. Two player in this match, Sean Williams with 45 runs he was a victim of lbw on the other Brad Evans was a victim of lbw with 28 runs. I think these players will do much better if they got better direction.

Undoubtedly we can say that Zimbabwe is a good team. But due to some mistake some time they get big punishment.But if they can improve their cricket board more, they can surely make a good position  They still have a lot of good players in their team who will give a lot of good things if they learn to appreciate them a little.I request you to appreciate the Zimbabwe cricket team a little more.Because these are all good players, they would likely do better with a little help.

[topman21]

Sikandar Raza remember this guy! After watching his incredible batting. I think he might be someone whose name might pop up inthe next IPL auction. His whole innings today might rind us of some of the great legends of cricket. He single handedly destroyed every Indian bowler. If he had someone on the other side then this match would have had a different end result.

Another outstanding performance from Sikandar Raza and he was absolutely amazing today. Day by day he is improving his performance. I thought that Zimbabwe would the match against India but they didn't able to finish at the last moment.

Abesh Khan's collection of 16 runs in the 48th over could have brought a different turning point.But as Evans got out on the last ball, the match was largely in India's pocket. More unfortunate Sikander Raja finally got out and India won the match completely.

[preikaler]

We can learn a lot by watching sports and from them we can know a lot about the rules of cricket but here we can take a lot of ideas and expect something.

[Sithara007]

Abesh Khan's collection of 16 runs in the 48th over could have brought a different turning point.But as Evans got out on the last ball, the match was largely in India's pocket. More unfortunate Sikander Raja finally got out and India won the match completely.

All credit for Zimbabwe for such a terrific fightback, but in the end overdependence on a few players never works. Sikandar Raza have been in terrific form this year. But unfortunately for Zimbabwe, hardly anyone else have contributed. Sean Williams and Craig Ervine were unavailable for the majority of the matches. Their bowling also suffered greatly, as Blessing Muzarabani was unavailable. Sadly, I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel for them. The quality seems to be going down with every passing year.

[CryptoBuds]

Abesh Khan's collection of 16 runs in the 48th over could have brought a different turning point.But as Evans got out on the last ball, the match was largely in India's pocket. More unfortunate Sikander Raja finally got out and India won the match completely.

All credit for Zimbabwe for such a terrific fightback, but in the end overdependence on a few players never works. Sikandar Raza have been in terrific form this year. But unfortunately for Zimbabwe, hardly anyone else have contributed. Sean Williams and Craig Ervine were unavailable for the majority of the matches. Their bowling also suffered greatly, as Blessing Muzarabani was unavailable. Sadly, I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel for them. The quality seems to be going down with every passing year.

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.

Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

[Sithara007]

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.

Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

If they retain their players, then this issue will not be there. Imagine a playing XI with Brendan Taylor in top order, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in the middle order and Muzarabani and Kyle Jarvis as bowlers. But players such as Taylor and Jarvis were forced to retire due to their differences with the cricket board. I am not sure what is the issue exactly. But the board receives around $12 million every year from the ICC and giving these players decent contracts won't put that much of a burden on the funds.

[Tony116]

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.

Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

If they retain their players, then this issue will not be there. Imagine a playing XI with Brendan Taylor in top order, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in the middle order and Muzarabani and Kyle Jarvis as bowlers. But players such as Taylor and Jarvis were forced to retire due to their differences with the cricket board. I am not sure what is the issue exactly. But the board receives around $12 million every year from the ICC and giving these players decent contracts won't put that much of a burden on the funds.

The Zimbabwe cricket world is another one that does not care about the players in the team. This is always a problem with smaller cricket boards. Especially those boards which have greedy people in them as personnel.

In smaller countries with smaller revenue being generated and greedy people being the ones who run the board it is always proving to be a problem for the players. That is a big reason why players don’t have the same opinion as the people running the cricket boards. Players start thinking about how cricket can be better and the cricket boards are thinking about how they can generate more money. What they don’t realize is that if the team is playing well the money is going to come eventually.

[Sithara007]

The Zimbabwe cricket world is another one that does not care about the players in the team. This is always a problem with smaller cricket boards. Especially those boards which have greedy people in them as personnel.

In smaller countries with smaller revenue being generated and greedy people being the ones who run the board it is always proving to be a problem for the players. That is a big reason why players don’t have the same opinion as the people running the cricket boards. Players start thinking about how cricket can be better and the cricket boards are thinking about how they can generate more money. What they don’t realize is that if the team is playing well the money is going to come eventually.

Well.. it looks as if the ICC has also given up on Zimbabwe. For a short period, they actually suspended the cricket board. But then, after some time they again re-instated the membership without any changes to the working structure of the board. I am eagerly looking towards the fund allocation for the next cycle (2024-31). There is no reason why Zimbabwe should receive a higher allocation when compared to Ireland and Afghanistan. And there is no justification to Nepal receiving 2% of the funds that Zimbabwe get.

[JSRAW]

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.

Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

If they retain their players, then this issue will not be there. Imagine a playing XI with Brendan Taylor in top order, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in the middle order and Muzarabani and Kyle Jarvis as bowlers. But players such as Taylor and Jarvis were forced to retire due to their differences with the cricket board. I am not sure what is the issue exactly. But the board receives around $12 million every year from the ICC and giving these players decent contracts won't put that much of a burden on the funds.

Not forced but Banned for some drugs and bookie controversy in Mumbai. Brendan Taylor was excellent bat tho bt that's a full stop to his international career as he's already 35-ish.

Sikandar Raza is earning praise nowadays and rightly so, not sure if he's into franchise cricket but he should attract some new contract soon. This would help his game and Zimbabwe cricket as well. 

[ibuddy122505]

Abesh Khan's collection of 16 runs in the 48th over could have brought a different turning point.But as Evans got out on the last ball, the match was largely in India's pocket. More unfortunate Sikander Raja finally got out and India won the match completely.

All credit for Zimbabwe for such a terrific fightback, but in the end overdependence on a few players never works. Sikandar Raza have been in terrific form this year. But unfortunately for Zimbabwe, hardly anyone else have contributed. Sean Williams and Craig Ervine were unavailable for the majority of the matches. Their bowling also suffered greatly, as Blessing Muzarabani was unavailable. Sadly, I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel for them. The quality seems to be going down with every passing year.

Among any remaining players Sikandar Raza were excellent. He remained in strong form against India, however none have contributed, sadly.Their bowling endured significantly, their squad missed talented bowlers. Zimbabwe would have certainly won, if they bowled and filled well. This team will make a significant setback in World Cup without a doubt.

[rugrats]

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.
Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

If they retain their players, then this issue will not be there. Imagine a playing XI with Brendan Taylor in top order, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in the middle order and Muzarabani and Kyle Jarvis as bowlers. But players such as Taylor and Jarvis were forced to retire due to their differences with the cricket board. I am not sure what is the issue exactly. But the board receives around $12 million every year from the ICC and giving these players decent contracts won't put that much of a burden on the funds.

Not forced but Banned for some drugs and bookie controversy in Mumbai. Brendan Taylor was excellent bat tho bt that's a full stop to his international career as he's already 35-ish.
Sikandar Raza is earning praise nowadays and rightly so, not sure if he's into franchise cricket but he should attract some new contract soon. This would help his game and Zimbabwe cricket as well. 

Sikandar Reza is a good player. He is just like a silver lining for Zimbabwe cricket. I wish he would be able to play in franchisee cricket because we all know what he did against Bangladesh recently. And it is just sad what happened with Brendan Taylor, he is already 36 years old.

So even if he tries to make a comeback after his ban is lifted, I don’t think he will be able to play very well. If Zimbabwe didn’t have these types of problems it would still be one of the best teams in the world.

[tami40]

Zimbabwe is a very easy team for India if Zimbabwe could have kept their wickets played a little more carefully then Zimbabwe could have reached the target of victory India played well from the start its win was for India overall the game was enjoyable

[NicNacCoin]

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.
Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

If they retain their players, then this issue will not be there. Imagine a playing XI with Brendan Taylor in top order, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in the middle order and Muzarabani and Kyle Jarvis as bowlers. But players such as Taylor and Jarvis were forced to retire due to their differences with the cricket board. I am not sure what is the issue exactly. But the board receives around $12 million every year from the ICC and giving these players decent contracts won't put that much of a burden on the funds.

Not forced but Banned for some drugs and bookie controversy in Mumbai. Brendan Taylor was excellent bat tho bt that's a full stop to his international career as he's already 35-ish.
Sikandar Raza is earning praise nowadays and rightly so, not sure if he's into franchise cricket but he should attract some new contract soon. This would help his game and Zimbabwe cricket as well. 

Sikandar Reza is a good player. He is just like a silver lining for Zimbabwe cricket. I wish he would be able to play in franchisee cricket because we all know what he did against Bangladesh recently. And it is just sad what happened with Brendan Taylor, he is already 36 years old.

So even if he tries to make a comeback after his ban is lifted, I don’t think he will be able to play very well. If Zimbabwe didn’t have these types of problems it would still be one of the best teams in the world.

Currently, India is one of the most talked about and popular cricket team in the world.We have been watching every game of India very well, it shows that India plays very well But Zimbabwe is not bad but a very good team. However, due to some mistakes of Zimbabwe, they could not ensure the victory of the match. They lost to India by just 13 runs which was Zimbabwe's biggest failure.I congratulate the Zimbabwe team, they will surely do well and win every match from now on.

[SirLancelot]

Zimbabwe has a number of talented players in its squad. And they are consistently performing well. I would say Zimbabwe's main weakness is in its top order. Top orders or openers are not playing well. A win against a strong team is impossible if the top-order players cannot bat responsibly.

Zimbabwe will also need to strengthen their bowling line-up. They have to select the bowlers after checking the pitch condition. I don't know if Zimbabwe's coach is experienced. But right now Zimbabwe needs an experienced coach. Only then will Zimbabwe's overall performance improve somewhat.

Few decades back there was a golden chance for them as they can emerge as one of the best team in Africa and able to fight for their best results against other top teams but sadly due to Boards inner politics and having poor management they lost too many quality players those leave cricket and now Zimbabwe is in dilemma with most chances they can't recover and will stay on this level for long time because corruption is main issue for them and authorities are doing nothing for this even they are not caring about players and their domestic set up which need some good backup and better infrastructure for having good players in their main stream.

In last ODI I was eagerly watching they will win and have some good confidence but sadly in last two overs they lost this match and good chance for having 10 points in league table.

[Rana590]

Zimbabwe is a very easy team for India if Zimbabwe could have kept their wickets played a little more carefully then Zimbabwe could have reached the target of victory India played well from the start its win was for India overall the game was enjoyable

Match was so tough to win for both teams at a certain time. If Zimbabwe played without losing wickets specially the wicket of Sikandar Raza, they had good chance to win over India. Brilliant performance from India at the end of that match and finally they managed to win perfectly.

[edgycorner]

Zimbabwe is a very easy team for India if Zimbabwe could have kept their wickets played a little more carefully then Zimbabwe could have reached the target of victory India played well from the start its win was for India overall the game was enjoyable

Match was so tough to win for both teams at a certain time. If Zimbabwe played without losing wickets specially the wicket of Sikandar Raza, they had good chance to win over India. Brilliant performance from India at the end of that match and finally they managed to win perfectly.

Yea, these matches are getting awfully close. Zimbawe played really well.

Maybe it's home advantage? They definitely feel more comfortable than Indian players do. I really wanted to see an upset here

I am guessing this was the end of the tour? Surprised that there aren't any T20 matches

[JSRAW]

Zimbabwe is a very easy team for India if Zimbabwe could have kept their wickets played a little more carefully then Zimbabwe could have reached the target of victory India played well from the start its win was for India overall the game was enjoyable

Match was so tough to win for both teams at a certain time. If Zimbabwe played without losing wickets specially the wicket of Sikandar Raza, they had good chance to win over India. Brilliant performance from India at the end of that match and finally they managed to win perfectly.

Yea, these matches are getting awfully close. Zimbawe played really well.

Maybe it's home advantage? They definitely feel more comfortable than Indian players do. I really wanted to see an upset here

I am guessing this was the end of the tour? Surprised that there aren't any T20 matches

Only last match comes into being "close" category, previous 2 matches were one-sided and looked dead to me even by checking just scoreboard. Yeah would've been great if there was some sort of upset in the last game, 1 bad over here n there and things could've been gone in favor of Zimbabwe.

Small teams need these kinds of win against big teams every now n then but it'll be only possible if they play regularly.