ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[MusaPk]

There is always a reason for a loss but to be frank, I was expecting this match to be won by New Zealand. It's not that Pakistani team is weak but I had a gut feeling that they have won the last four consecutive ODI, so they may lose this one as winning five out of five matches needs a bit of luck too other than the hard work.

The way NZ stated their batting strongly and the way Pakistan lost early wickets was a clear sign that New Zealand would win today's match.
Anyways overall, it was a good series for the Home team, and also remember that they managed to top the ODI ranking due to these recent wins under their belt.

With this loss Pakistan slipped to number 3 in ICC ODI ranking. It was not a big target as Pakistan has chased target of 336 and 288 previously. Pakistan lost top 4 wickets for just 66 runs, 97 runs partnership between Agha and Iftikhar brought Pakistan back in the game. After Agha got out wickets once again started falling at regular intervals and that gave NZ a much needed victory. 

[laurenB7742]

It was unimaginable that Pakistan would perform so well in this series. Pakistan has batted exceptionally well in this series. I would say that the Pakistan team won 4 matches due to the great performance of the batsmen. Apart from Babar Azam and Rizwan, other Pakistani batsmen have returned to form. Almost every batsman has been able to play well. And now the Pakistan team has come to number 1 ranking in ODI. If the batsmen can continue this form then Pakistan will definitely fight for the title in the upcoming ODI World Cup.

Bowling of Pakistan was already good and we have seen very tight bowling in t20 world cup. There was big problem in batting for Pakistan and now they improved their batting also. Every batsmen are looking in good foam especially Fakhar Zaman, Rizwan and Babar azam. A new young star salman is very good all-rounder. he impressed me with both balling and bating while Iftikhar blow are available every time when need. This team can chase any target and can defeat any team.

Pakistan cricket team has become deadly in both batting and bowling. In every match of this series, Pakistan cricket team is giving mesmerizing game. Pakistani cricket team's performance in ODI series has made history in the world. The New Zealand cricket team has come under criticism after losing four consecutive matches against the Pakistan cricket team. The New Zealand cricket team could not perform well even in a single match despite trying hundreds of times. This is a big failure for the New Zealand team

I have seen Pakistan's performance in the previous few series. The performance of every player in the squad was erratic. I was very surprised by Pakistan's performance against Afghanistan. Pakistan team performed very badly. But against New Zealand, Pakistan is now much more organized and strong. They have performed well in every match against New Zealand. The batsmen are back in form. And almost the performance of Pakistan batsmen in this series has been quite stable. The Pakistan team was not dependent on the performance of Babar and Rizwan alone in this series. The other batsmen in the team played well enough so they won every match.

[Vaskiy]

There is always a reason for a loss but to be frank, I was expecting this match to be won by New Zealand. It's not that Pakistani team is weak but I had a gut feeling that they have won the last four consecutive ODI, so they may lose this one as winning five out of five matches needs a bit of luck too other than the hard work.

The way NZ stated their batting strongly and the way Pakistan lost early wickets was a clear sign that New Zealand would win today's match.
Anyways overall, it was a good series for the Home team, and also remember that they managed to top the ODI ranking due to these recent wins under their belt.

With this loss Pakistan slipped to number 3 in ICC ODI ranking. It was not a big target as Pakistan has chased target of 336 and 288 previously. Pakistan lost top 4 wickets for just 66 runs, 97 runs partnership between Agha and Iftikhar brought Pakistan back in the game. After Agha got out wickets once again started falling at regular intervals and that gave NZ a much needed victory. 

New Zealand tied the T20 series winning two matches each and one match ended no result. Once after that, loss of ODI series isn't an expected one.

New Zealand was strong at the first ODI making 288 runs. Pakistan team comfortably reached the target.

In the second match New Zealand played even better 336 runs. Pakistan reached the target with ease losing just 3 wickets and 10 balls left.

In the third match it was the bowling unit of Pakistan that stopped New Zealand team from reaching the target of 287 runs. It was a match that was completely in control of New Zealand and lost the match due to consecutive wicket fall at the tail end. Fourth match was a much comfortable win for Pakistan.

Finally New Zealand have won the match, because the opening order didn't perform. In between the partnership of Iftikhar and Agha gave hope, but didn't fulfill the win. Atleast for a little someone could've partnered so that Iftikhar would've scored his maiden century in ODI.

[BobK71]

The reason for the loss of the Pakistan team is (those who batted well in the previous 4th ODI match did not score runs in the 5th ODI match) this is the main reason for the loss of Pakistan. In the 5th ODI match, you notice that Masood, Babar Azam, Rizwan have performed very poorly in batting form. If they could have scored some runs and then the pressure on the other players would have been much less. The good batsmen collapsed in the power play which put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure and at the end of the wicket. But if the over survived, Pakistan's victory was hidden in the survival of the wicket.
Meanwhile, New Zealand performed very well in terms of bowling due to which New Zealand's victory was assured. The small number of runs that New Zealand set was much lower than in other matches. That's why I think the biggest role behind New Zealand's victory is the bowling.

Pakistan won 4 matches but New Zealand was expected to win the 5th ODI match. In the match, New Zealand performed well in batting and bowling, although they did not perform well in the previous matches, they showed great performance in this match. Pakistan have won four matches in a row in their home games which may be why they didn't play the fifth match as hard and as hard. Pakistan's batsmen did not perform very well due to which they lost the match by losing a complete wicket. New Zealand's batting performance was excellent as they batted as well as bowled and eventually won by a huge margin of 47 runs.

In any cricket series continuous win is not impossible. There has been a lot of criticism about Pakistan cricket since the Pakistan T20 series has been drawn. In view of that, their major changes have been noticed in the ODI series. They have won the series on the one hand by winning four matches and on the other they are now in the top position in international cricket. Yesterday if the New Zealand team lost the match, it would have been a big shame for them, but by winning the last match, they would be relieved of that situation.

[keyscore44]

The reason for the loss of the Pakistan team is (those who batted well in the previous 4th ODI match did not score runs in the 5th ODI match) this is the main reason for the loss of Pakistan. In the 5th ODI match, you notice that Masood, Babar Azam, Rizwan have performed very poorly in batting form. If they could have scored some runs and then the pressure on the other players would have been much less. The good batsmen collapsed in the power play which put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure and at the end of the wicket. But if the over survived, Pakistan's victory was hidden in the survival of the wicket.
Meanwhile, New Zealand performed very well in terms of bowling due to which New Zealand's victory was assured. The small number of runs that New Zealand set was much lower than in other matches. That's why I think the biggest role behind New Zealand's victory is the bowling.

Pakistan won 4 matches but New Zealand was expected to win the 5th ODI match. In the match, New Zealand performed well in batting and bowling, although they did not perform well in the previous matches, they showed great performance in this match. Pakistan have won four matches in a row in their home games which may be why they didn't play the fifth match as hard and as hard. Pakistan's batsmen did not perform very well due to which they lost the match by losing a complete wicket. New Zealand's batting performance was excellent as they batted as well as bowled and eventually won by a huge margin of 47 runs.

In any cricket series continuous win is not impossible. There has been a lot of criticism about Pakistan cricket since the Pakistan T20 series has been drawn. In view of that, their major changes have been noticed in the ODI series. They have won the series on the one hand by winning four matches and on the other they are now in the top position in international cricket. Yesterday if the New Zealand team lost the match, it would have been a big shame for them, but by winning the last match, they would be relieved of that situation.

The batsmen of the Pakistan team lost wickets early on. Later the middle order batsmen failed to perform very well. As a result, this match became very difficult for Pakistan to win and eventually Pakistan lost the match. On the other hand, New Zealand secured victory in this match due to the extraordinary bowling of New Zealand.

[Patrol69]

Bangladesh vs Ireland ODI Series Schedule

The three-match ODI series of Bangladesh vs Ireland is going to start from tomorrow. Bangladesh cricket team has already left for England only to play three ODI match series against Ireland.  When Ireland toured Bangladesh they lost the ODI series 2–0 to Bangladesh and one match was abandoned due to rain. As the game will be played in England, Ireland will have an added advantage and the Ireland series will be very challenging for Bangladesh. Three ODI matches will be held on 9th, 12th and 14th respectively,

Schedule,
Bangladesh vs Ireland

The date             Match         The venue.     Time(Local/Bang.)
May 9th.            1st ODI.      Chelmsford.  (10.45am/3.45pm)
 
May 12th.           2nd ODI.    Chelmsford.  (10.45am/3.45pm)
 
May 14th            3rd ODI.     Chelmsford.   (10.45am/3.45pm)

[bitgov]

Bangladesh vs Ireland ODI Series Schedule

The three-match ODI series of Bangladesh vs Ireland is going to start from tomorrow. Bangladesh cricket team has already left for England only to play three ODI match series against Ireland.  When Ireland toured Bangladesh they lost the ODI series 2–0 to Bangladesh and one match was abandoned due to rain. As the game will be played in England, Ireland will have an added advantage and the Ireland series will be very challenging for Bangladesh. Three ODI matches will be held on 9th, 12th and 14th respectively,

Schedule,
Bangladesh vs Ireland

The date             Match         The venue.     Time(Local/Bang.)
May 9th.            1st ODI.      Chelmsford.  (10.45am/3.45pm)
 
May 12th.           2nd ODI.    Chelmsford.  (10.45am/3.45pm)
 
May 14th            3rd ODI.     Chelmsford.   (10.45am/3.45pm)

I am sure Bangladesh will secure a 3-0 victory in the series between Bangladesh and Ireland. Because Bangladesh cricket is much better than Ireland. However, as the game will probably be played in England, it remains somewhat doubtful that Ireland will win even one match.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

The reason for the loss of the Pakistan team is (those who batted well in the previous 4th ODI match did not score runs in the 5th ODI match) this is the main reason for the loss of Pakistan. In the 5th ODI match, you notice that Masood, Babar Azam, Rizwan have performed very poorly in batting form. If they could have scored some runs and then the pressure on the other players would have been much less. The good batsmen collapsed in the power play which put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure and at the end of the wicket. But if the over survived, Pakistan's victory was hidden in the survival of the wicket.
Meanwhile, New Zealand performed very well in terms of bowling due to which New Zealand's victory was assured. The small number of runs that New Zealand set was much lower than in other matches. That's why I think the biggest role behind New Zealand's victory is the bowling.

Pakistan won 4 matches but New Zealand was expected to win the 5th ODI match. In the match, New Zealand performed well in batting and bowling, although they did not perform well in the previous matches, they showed great performance in this match. Pakistan have won four matches in a row in their home games which may be why they didn't play the fifth match as hard and as hard. Pakistan's batsmen did not perform very well due to which they lost the match by losing a complete wicket. New Zealand's batting performance was excellent as they batted as well as bowled and eventually won by a huge margin of 47 runs.

In any cricket series continuous win is not impossible. There has been a lot of criticism about Pakistan cricket since the Pakistan T20 series has been drawn. In view of that, their major changes have been noticed in the ODI series. They have won the series on the one hand by winning four matches and on the other they are now in the top position in international cricket. Yesterday if the New Zealand team lost the match, it would have been a big shame for them, but by winning the last match, they would be relieved of that situation.

Yesterday Pakistan openers failed to perform and that's the reason of their defeat,  iftikhar Ahmed tried his best to do something for winning but he was all alone in this struggle.  Agha Salman scored few runs but after him not a single player stayed on pitch for longer.
On other hand that was good for Newzealand to win and they avoided whitewash .

[Litzki1990]

Bangladesh vs Ireland ODI Series Schedule

The three-match ODI series of Bangladesh vs Ireland is going to start from tomorrow. Bangladesh cricket team has already left for England only to play three ODI match series against Ireland.  When Ireland toured Bangladesh they lost the ODI series 2–0 to Bangladesh and one match was abandoned due to rain. As the game will be played in England, Ireland will have an added advantage and the Ireland series will be very challenging for Bangladesh. Three ODI matches will be held on 9th, 12th and 14th respectively,

Schedule,
Bangladesh vs Ireland

The date             Match         The venue.     Time(Local/Bang.)
May 9th.            1st ODI.      Chelmsford.  (10.45am/3.45pm)
 
May 12th.           2nd ODI.    Chelmsford.  (10.45am/3.45pm)
 
May 14th            3rd ODI.     Chelmsford.   (10.45am/3.45pm)

I am sure Bangladesh will secure a 3-0 victory in the series between Bangladesh and Ireland. Because Bangladesh cricket is much better than Ireland. However, as the game will probably be played in England, it remains somewhat doubtful that Ireland will win even one match.

In ODI cricket, Bangladesh will undoubtedly be ahead in this series against Ireland but Ireland will get the advantage of home conditions and home advantage. And it will be very challenging for the Bangladeshi batsmen to face the Irish pace bowlers in Irish conditions.
Regardless of the condition home advantage, Bangladesh have been performing well in ODI cricket recently. Looking ahead to the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup, I think the best warm-up match series for Bangladesh could be against Ireland. As every player of the squad has already joined the team, we hope that Team Bangladesh will do well against Ireland tomorrow.

[Negotiation]

Today New Zealand batted well and scored 299 which is good total to defend. Will Young was in good touch and made 89. unfortunately he was out while eleven runs short for his third ton in ODI. Lithum also made fifty but other failed to make big score. NZ middle orders performance are not good and they should improve for next series.

Pakistan batting today totally failed and all big scorers Rizwan, Babar, Fakhar went to pavilion earlier and now the real test for Iftikhar and Shadab, how they handle this match. I think NZ will win this Match with 70-100 margin. Pakistan has still 6 wickets remaining but NZ  today bowling is good enough to restrict them under 220.

What a balling performance by Newzealand they crushed all Pakistan main batting lineup and now Pakistan is in tough position. Honestly now Pakistan cannot win today's match as target is good and they have less batsman left .

Pakistan New Zealand played 6 matches Pakistan won four of those six meetings. New Zealand won twice. Pakistan and New Zealand have met three times in the past in the ODI and T20 World Cup semi-finals. Pakistan won the crucial match in the past by dominating it single handedly. The two teams faced each other in the series. New Zealand lost the final of that series as well. New Zealand balance team considering team combinations. Pakistan is ahead of the Kiwis considering the past matches and the recent performances of the two teams.

[Naficopa]

Today New Zealand batted well and scored 299 which is good total to defend. Will Young was in good touch and made 89. unfortunately he was out while eleven runs short for his third ton in ODI. Lithum also made fifty but other failed to make big score. NZ middle orders performance are not good and they should improve for next series.

Pakistan batting today totally failed and all big scorers Rizwan, Babar, Fakhar went to pavilion earlier and now the real test for Iftikhar and Shadab, how they handle this match. I think NZ will win this Match with 70-100 margin. Pakistan has still 6 wickets remaining but NZ  today bowling is good enough to restrict them under 220.

What a balling performance by Newzealand they crushed all Pakistan main batting lineup and now Pakistan is in tough position. Honestly now Pakistan cannot win today's match as target is good and they have less batsman left .

Pakistan New Zealand played 6 matches Pakistan won four of those six meetings. New Zealand won twice. Pakistan and New Zealand have met three times in the past in the ODI and T20 World Cup semi-finals. Pakistan won the crucial match in the past by dominating it single handedly. The two teams faced each other in the series. New Zealand lost the final of that series as well. New Zealand balance team considering team combinations. Pakistan is ahead of the Kiwis considering the past matches and the recent performances of the two teams.

In my personal opinion the last match also could have ensured victory for Pakistan if Pakistan's opening batsmen had not got out early. New Zealand was able to secure victory in this match due to the excellent bowling performance of the team.

[ThemePen]

What a balling performance by Newzealand they crushed all Pakistan main batting lineup and now Pakistan is in tough position. Honestly now Pakistan cannot win today's match as target is good and they have less batsman left .

Exactly! I was surprised when I saw the bowling of New Zealand team. In the last two matches New Zealand won the toss and elected to ball first but unfortunately they didn't won these two matches. But in the last match they played the first turn and made only 299 runs. And bowl really well and got all wickets of Pakistan and the series now end with 4-1.

[Unknown Op]

The reason for the loss of the Pakistan team is (those who batted well in the previous 4th ODI match did not score runs in the 5th ODI match) this is the main reason for the loss of Pakistan. In the 5th ODI match, you notice that Masood, Babar Azam, Rizwan have performed very poorly in batting form. If they could have scored some runs and then the pressure on the other players would have been much less. The good batsmen collapsed in the power play which put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure and at the end of the wicket. But if the over survived, Pakistan's victory was hidden in the survival of the wicket.
Meanwhile, New Zealand performed very well in terms of bowling due to which New Zealand's victory was assured. The small number of runs that New Zealand set was much lower than in other matches. That's why I think the biggest role behind New Zealand's victory is the bowling.

It is accurate to say that the crucial Pakistani batsmen subpar performance in the fifth ODI match contributed significantly to their defeat. The failure of Masood Babar Azam and Rizwan to repeat their batting performance from the previous game put a lot of pressure on the other players. Recognising New Zealand great bowling effort which made it challenging for Pakistan to score runs is nevertheless crucial. When it mattered most the New Zealand bowlers were able to stop Pakistan from scoring by getting wickets. New Zealand was able to defend the modest total they had posted more easily as a result. In the end, the result of the game was determined by a mix of Pakistan's subpar batting and New Zealand's superb bowling.

[tusandii]

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I am sure that many people will support and predict that Bangladesh will win because they are a team that cannot be underestimated, even in the last meeting Bangladesh could win the match against Ireland.
Even though Ireland will have the advantage because the match will take place in England, I still believe that Bangladesh can win like in the previous match.
So far Bangladesh has always been a good team in every match of the ODI series.

[onecall123]

What a balling performance by Newzealand they crushed all Pakistan main batting lineup and now Pakistan is in tough position. Honestly now Pakistan cannot win today's match as target is good and they have less batsman left .

Exactly! I was surprised when I saw the bowling of New Zealand team. In the last two matches New Zealand won the toss and elected to ball first but unfortunately they didn't won these two matches. But in the last match they played the first turn and made only 299 runs. And bowl really well and got all wickets of Pakistan and the series now end with 4-1.

I would like to say except the last match of the series, New Zealand team was struggling with their performance on the ball. While, Pakistan batsmen were not showing much responsibility, except for Iftikhar Ahmed who performed quite well. Following this win New Zealand managed to finish the five match ODI series with a consolation win. But New Zealand managed to finish on a high note, considering that their regular players were absent in this tour.

[SirLancelot]

The top order failed and Pakistan have lost the match. In the previous matches, even at the failure of one player the other contributed. In one match each and everyone contributed. In today's match bowling from New Zealand is good, particularly Shipley and Rachin bowled really well and took important wickets. Ifthikhar tried and continued his play, but there isn't a supporting player. These situations shouldn't arise, because it disappoints the good performer. Anyhow with the win New Zealand had avoided the series whitewash.

After win of series by four zero and having rank of ODI no 1 team they were relaxed so not give their best specially top order completely fail which cause for this defeat, and now they are also down at third spot as well but good thing with this series both teams have few good youngsters which can give them better performance in future as well in yesterday match kiwis batting line-up done good job and have target of 300 which was never been easy to achieved in these difficult conditions but Iftikhar and Salman done good job which helps them for having better end of this match even there was chance for the Iftikhar to reach his century but sadly controversial run-out not allow achieving this milestone now we have no updates about Asia Cup with long rest for the Pakistani team.

[justdimin]

In any cricket series continuous win is not impossible. There has been a lot of criticism about Pakistan cricket since the Pakistan T20 series has been drawn. In view of that, their major changes have been noticed in the ODI series. They have won the series on the one hand by winning four matches and on the other they are now in the top position in international cricket. Yesterday if the New Zealand team lost the match, it would have been a big shame for them, but by winning the last match, they would be relieved of that situation.

In sports everything is possible but as we have recently few things about Pakistan we can expect results like these specially when we have 4 - 0 then we can expect performance like this from winning team, but sad part is now just after 46 hours Pakistan is third ranked team in ICC which is surely needed to be clarified from them because they were aware about this all but still give performance like this.

New Zealand done good job in throughout the series as they were here with their reserve players but still have T20i series draw and at the end ODI series lost but at high note good results from few youngsters as well which can help them for their preparations for the ODI world cup which is also going to be played in India after five months.

[mm2543363580]

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I am sure that many people will support and predict that Bangladesh will win because they are a team that cannot be underestimated, even in the last meeting Bangladesh could win the match against Ireland.
Even though Ireland will have the advantage because the match will take place in England, I still believe that Bangladesh can win like in the previous match.
So far Bangladesh has always been a good team in every match of the ODI series.

Bangladesh has been really good in last couple of series and now this is their test that they have improved to that entend or as speculations home ground advantages .
Ireland have one more  chance to prove themselves.

[fuguebtc]

The reason for the loss of the Pakistan team is (those who batted well in the previous 4th ODI match did not score runs in the 5th ODI match) this is the main reason for the loss of Pakistan. In the 5th ODI match, you notice that Masood, Babar Azam, Rizwan have performed very poorly in batting form. If they could have scored some runs and then the pressure on the other players would have been much less. The good batsmen collapsed in the power play which put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure and at the end of the wicket. But if the over survived, Pakistan's victory was hidden in the survival of the wicket.
Meanwhile, New Zealand performed very well in terms of bowling due to which New Zealand's victory was assured. The small number of runs that New Zealand set was much lower than in other matches. That's why I think the biggest role behind New Zealand's victory is the bowling.

It is accurate to say that the crucial Pakistani batsmen subpar performance in the fifth ODI match contributed significantly to their defeat. The failure of Masood Babar Azam and Rizwan to repeat their batting performance from the previous game put a lot of pressure on the other players. Recognising New Zealand great bowling effort which made it challenging for Pakistan to score runs is nevertheless crucial. When it mattered most the New Zealand bowlers were able to stop Pakistan from scoring by getting wickets. New Zealand was able to defend the modest total they had posted more easily as a result. In the end, the result of the game was determined by a mix of Pakistan's subpar batting and New Zealand's superb bowling.

Disappointing performance from Pakistan in the last match. I thought they are going to whitewash New Zealand. The batting performance from Pakistan was not good at all in this match.

Well, we all saw that we actually thought Pakistan easily win. But Pakistan had a collapse in the batting lineup. Only two individual scores to speak of. Agha and Iftikhar played well for Pakistan. There is actually nothing much to speak of. I wouldn't say it was something outstanding from New Zealand. It was actually a shitty performance from Pakistan.

[sovie]

The reason for the loss of the Pakistan team is (those who batted well in the previous 4th ODI match did not score runs in the 5th ODI match) this is the main reason for the loss of Pakistan. In the 5th ODI match, you notice that Masood, Babar Azam, Rizwan have performed very poorly in batting form. If they could have scored some runs and then the pressure on the other players would have been much less. The good batsmen collapsed in the power play which put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure and at the end of the wicket. But if the over survived, Pakistan's victory was hidden in the survival of the wicket.
Meanwhile, New Zealand performed very well in terms of bowling due to which New Zealand's victory was assured. The small number of runs that New Zealand set was much lower than in other matches. That's why I think the biggest role behind New Zealand's victory is the bowling.

It is accurate to say that the crucial Pakistani batsmen subpar performance in the fifth ODI match contributed significantly to their defeat. The failure of Masood Babar Azam and Rizwan to repeat their batting performance from the previous game put a lot of pressure on the other players. Recognising New Zealand great bowling effort which made it challenging for Pakistan to score runs is nevertheless crucial. When it mattered most the New Zealand bowlers were able to stop Pakistan from scoring by getting wickets. New Zealand was able to defend the modest total they had posted more easily as a result. In the end, the result of the game was determined by a mix of Pakistan's subpar batting and New Zealand's superb bowling.

Disappointing performance from Pakistan in the last match. I thought they are going to whitewash New Zealand. The batting performance from Pakistan was not good at all in this match.

Well, we all saw that we actually thought Pakistan easily win. But Pakistan had a collapse in the batting lineup. Only two individual scores to speak of. Agha and Iftikhar played well for Pakistan. There is actually nothing much to speak of. I wouldn't say it was something outstanding from New Zealand. It was actually a shitty performance from Pakistan.

In this match, New Zealand was not able to give a big target. But Pakistan could have won the match if their opening batsmen had formed a good partnership. Later the middle order batsmen could not stay on the pitch for long. The New Zealand bowlers managed to take the wickets of Pakistan's opening batsmen in the early stages, making the match very easy for New Zealand to win.