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[romero121]

Netherlands vs Oman
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It is fascinating to watch this cricket match between Oman and the Netherlands develop. Netherlands made it clear that they were the dominate team by displaying their strength and tenacity. You were right on the money with your prediction the Netherlands won this match by an incredible 74 runs. I would like to congratulate the Netherlands on a job well done and also Vikramjit Singh performed a spectacular innings of 110 runs off 109 balls and Wesley Barresi came close to a century with 97 runs off 65 balls both of which were outstanding batting efforts. Your confidence in the Netherlands' superior qualities was strengthened by the way they actually displayed their prowess in this match

Netherlands scored 362 runs and on the other hand, Oman scored 246 runs in 44 overs left to play and only 6 overs were played in their remaining 6 overs, it was not possible to complete the target of 362 runs. Netherlands won the DLS method by 74 runs. To be honest I have never seen Oman do well in cricket they are not good at cricket. And Netherlands is very good at cricket so nothing impossible happened here. The victory of the Netherlands was natural and fair

I would say both the Netherlands and Oman teams have performed well. The Netherlands team was in pretty good shape. Oman's inexperienced bowlers batted well. In 48 overs they managed to collect a huge total of 362. Oman's chances of winning against the Netherlands were slim. And they can't even win. Still, the Oman team managed to perform well. The team collected 246 runs in 44 overs. The Oman team is new and inexperienced. That is why their performance can be considered as very good performance.

Addition of more teams in the world cup will give opportunity for these teams in the next season of World Cup. It is always important that the small teams should have matches between small teams as well as qualified teams. Only through regular match schedule these teams could get better experience and perform well. Even without much of experience these teams are at their best. Both the teams have got foreign players which too a reason for its better performance.

[Bd officer]

Zimbabwe vs Scotland
Today is the Super Sixes 6th match of World Cup Qualifier Zimbabwe vs Scotland. Today's match is an important match for Zimbabwe. Today the game will be full of rivalry between the two teams. It cannot be said for sure which team will win today. If Zimbabwe win today's match, they will qualify for the main stage of the World Cup. If Scotland win the match today, they will also have a chance to play in the main stage. Zimbabwe bowling batting line is better than Scotland. The chances of Zimbabwe winning today's match are slightly higher. Which team do you think will win today?

[Sithara007]

Addition of more teams in the world cup will give opportunity for these teams in the next season of World Cup. It is always important that the small teams should have matches between small teams as well as qualified teams. Only through regular match schedule these teams could get better experience and perform well. Even without much of experience these teams are at their best. Both the teams have got foreign players which too a reason for its better performance.

In case of Netherlands, they have got a few players of foreign origin, such as Aryan Dutt, Vikram Singh and Shariz Ahmed. But everyone has Dutch citizenship. The KNCB has a policy of including only citizens in their national squad. Players like Teja Nidamannaru were asked to get a Dutch passport before being considered for national team selection. Oman is not like that. Out of the 11 players in their XI for yesterday's match not a single one had Omani citizenship and none of the players were born in Oman. Even when the Omani national anthem was being sung, the players looked confused and none of them were signing it.

Today we have the match between Scotland and Zimbabwe. If Zimbabwe wins this match, they are through to the ODI world cup. On the other hand, in case Scotland wins, then they can qualify to the world cup if they defeat Netherlands in their next match.

[ThemePen]

Zimbabwe vs Scotland

I am also in the favor of Zimbabwe team. Because if we take a look on the over all performance of Zimbabwe team so we will see a great performance. Zimbabwe lost its match against Srilanka otherwise this team won all the matches so today again they will win.

Another match of ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 7th Place Play Off between Ireland vs Nepal . Both teams ar on same place but Nepal is looking strong. By the way now we can't say anything about the match so let see what will happen.?

[WatChe]

I am also in the favor of Zimbabwe team. Because if we take a look on the over all performance of Zimbabwe team so we will see a great performance. Zimbabwe lost its match against Srilanka otherwise this team won all the matches so today again they will win.

Another match of ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 7th Place Play Off between Ireland vs Nepal . Both teams ar on same place but Nepal is looking strong. By the way now we can't say anything about the match so let see what will happen.?

Zimbabwe after a long time had made a come back and its to see them Shining in international cricket. Today match will be a good contest as Scotland have recently beaten West Indies. Zimbabwe need to be careful in today's match. 

There is a set back for PCB as BCCI refused to change venues for Pakistan matches with Afghanistan and Australia. Pakistan vs Afghanistan will take place in Chennai while Pakistan vs Australia will be at Bengaluru. PCB want these two venues to be swapped. I don't know whats the reason for this request. PCB must have guts to take a bold decision but they are still confused about this World Cup.

[Sithara007]

Zimbabwe vs Scotland

I am also in the favor of Zimbabwe team. Because if we take a look on the over all performance of Zimbabwe team so we will see a great performance. Zimbabwe lost its match against Srilanka otherwise this team won all the matches so today again they will win.

Another match of ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 7th Place Play Off between Ireland vs Nepal . Both teams ar on same place but Nepal is looking strong. By the way now we can't say anything about the match so let see what will happen.?

So far toss has played a very important role in most of the matches in this tournament. And for today's matches Zimbabwe and Ireland have won the toss (and both the teams selected fielding first). This give them an advantage. Scotland has started very cautiously, with Christopher McBride and Matthew Cross taking them to 24/0 after 7 overs. The pitch is very supportive for batting and any total of less than 300 would be cakewalk for Zimbabwe. For the 7th Place Playoff, Nepal is also in a similar situation. Arjun Saud and Kushal Bhurtel are at the crease and Nepal is at 26/0 after 7.3 overs. 

[Bitcoin_people]

The Zimbabwe vs Scotland match was a tight battle between the two teams, Scotland batting performance was not very good. Scotland did not score too many runs against Zimbabwe today, it will be very difficult for Scotland to beat Zimbabwe by this few runs. Scotland lost their 7 wickets due to which their runs did not increase much. Bowling from Zimbabwe Sean Williams bowled brilliantly which took three wickets in the match. Scotland might end up with 220 if they play and if they lose wickets it will be game over. Scotland did not perform very well in the match and they got overs and runs out.  It is not sure which team will win today's match but Zimbabwe will be more likely to win.

[Popkon6]

Zimbabwe vs Scotland

I am also in the favor of Zimbabwe team. Because if we take a look on the over all performance of Zimbabwe team so we will see a great performance. Zimbabwe lost its match against Srilanka otherwise this team won all the matches so today again they will win.

Another match of ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 7th Place Play Off between Ireland vs Nepal . Both teams ar on same place but Nepal is looking strong. By the way now we can't say anything about the match so let see what will happen.?

The reason why the players of the Scotland team did not score more runs was because of the high number of wickets falling first. Scotland's batting is helpless against the Zimbabwean bowlers as the most wickets have fallen since the power play and the performance of the Zimbabwean bowlers is high. And today's ground is famous for the bowling pitch that allowed the Scotland team to amass 234 runs and a small score against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe must perform well to win today's match.  Leask, meanwhile, was at his best in Scotland's last but a stroke of luck fell short of the half-century. But today's match in Zimbabwe will surely be full of competition.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

The Zimbabwe vs Scotland match was a tight battle between the two teams, Scotland batting performance was not very good. Scotland did not score too many runs against Zimbabwe today, it will be very difficult for Scotland to beat Zimbabwe by this few runs. Scotland lost their 7 wickets due to which their runs did not increase much. Bowling from Zimbabwe Sean Williams bowled brilliantly which took three wickets in the match. Scotland might end up with 220 if they play and if they lose wickets it will be game over. Scotland did not perform very well in the match and they got overs and runs out.  It is not sure which team will win today's match but Zimbabwe will be more likely to win.

Today was an important match for Scotland, if they could have given Zimbabwe a big run target in today's match, there would have been plus points for Scotland. However, a target of 234 runs will not be too difficult for Zimbabwe. But the Zimbabwean innings started and a Zimbabwean wicket fell.

[Sithara007]

Today was an important match for Scotland, if they could have given Zimbabwe a big run target in today's match, there would have been plus points for Scotland. However, a target of 234 runs will not be too difficult for Zimbabwe. But the Zimbabwean innings started and a Zimbabwean wicket fell.

Not much support for the bowlers and Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza are in great form. It should be a cakewalk for Zimbabwe. But they have already lost three wickets, and all of them were nabbed by Chris Sole with his express pace. Sole was clocked at 94.1 mph during his third over. Among the associate nations, I think that he is the only bowler who can bowl at 90 mph or above. Sean Williams and Craig Ervine, two of the best Zimbabwean batsmen were cleaned up by Sole. This guy is bowling like a thunderbolt now.

[Gladitorcomeback]

Not much support for the bowlers and Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza are in great form. It should be a cakewalk for Zimbabwe. But they have already lost three wickets, and all of them were nabbed by Chris Sole with his express pace. Sole was clocked at 94.1 mph during his third over. Among the associate nations, I think that he is the only bowler who can bowl at 90 mph or above. Sean Williams and Craig Ervine, two of the best Zimbabwean batsmen were cleaned up by Sole. This guy is bowling like a thunderbolt now.

Zimbabwe batsmen are not looking in great form today as four wicket has been dismissed for just 37 runs. All big runs scorer for Zimbabwe team has been dismissed and now the only last hope is Sikandar Raza who is well experienced and played many league cricket too. Now Zimbabwe strategy will be to  save the wicket and tooking singal. In this way they will be able to put pressure back on Scotland team. Target is not big but we have seen in the last some matches that second team unable to chase lower score and this happening here in Match 6 too. Sikandar Raza and Ryan burl is contributing well but still 169 runs required and required at least hundred partnership for those two batsmen

[LDL]

SCO 234/8(50)
ZIM 66/4(14)--- updating...

S Raza 24*
R Burl 11*

Indeed, Zimbabwe today seems to be facing a tough test. Basically Zimbabwe's top order batsmen did not perform well but Gumbie got out on the first ball of the innings. If Zimbabwe is defeated by Scotland in today's match then I can say for sure that it will be very difficult for Zimbabwe to qualify. If these two batsmen Sikandar Raja and Ryan Burl can lengthen the Zimbabwean innings then Zimbabwe will have a chance to win.

[Sithara007]

Zimbabwe batsmen are not looking in great form today as four wicket has been dismissed for just 37 runs. All big runs scorer for Zimbabwe team has been dismissed and now the only last hope is Sikandar Raza who is well experienced and played many league cricket too. Now Zimbabwe strategy will be to  save the wicket and tooking singal. In this way they will be able to put pressure back on Scotland team. Target is not big but we have seen in the last some matches that second team unable to chase lower score and this happening here in Match 6 too. Sikandar Raza and Ryan burl is contributing well but still 169 runs required and required at least hundred partnership for those two batsmen

The partnership between Ryan Burl and Sikandar Raza have added 50 runs from 54 balls. Safyaan Sharif is being very wayward, conceding 33 runs from his 4 overs. Feels bad for Chris Sole and Brandon McMullen, who had restricted Zimbabwe to 37/4. Poor bowling by Sharif has allowed Zimbabwe to make a comeback. And worse, Sikandar Raza was dropped when he was batting at 6. It was a relatively easy chance, but was floored by Chris Greaves. Zimbabwe just need another 148 runs to win. It should be easy, given the fact that they have enough depth in batting.

[Compromise me]

The partnership between Ryan Burl and Sikandar Raza have added 50 runs from 54 balls. Safyaan Sharif is being very wayward, conceding 33 runs from his 4 overs. Feels bad for Chris Sole and Brandon McMullen, who had restricted Zimbabwe to 37/4. Poor bowling by Sharif has allowed Zimbabwe to make a comeback. And worse, Sikandar Raza was dropped when he was batting at 6. It was a relatively easy chance, but was floored by Chris Greaves. Zimbabwe just need another 148 runs to win. It should be easy, given the fact that they have enough depth in batting.

Zimbabwe has lost 4 wickets for 66 runs in 16 overs, putting them under immense pressure. This defeat has dealt a major blow to Zimbabwe, and now they must fight back with full force. There is still hope for them to achieve victory but it will require Raza and Burl to consistently deliver strong performancs. If they can excel even in these challenging times, Zimbabwe may realize their dream of a win. There is now even more confidence in them that they will rise above this difficulty, relying on their talent and hard work to progress towards victory.

[Popkon6]

Zimbabwe's first 4 wickets fell almost for free. Zimbabwe are in danger of chasing down Scotland's target of 235 runs as today's ground is famous for its bowling pitch. So it was good advice for Zimbabwe to play by protecting the wickets in order to win. If they play as well as Scotland until then, Zimbabwe have a chance to win. But from now we have to save wickets and collect runs because Scotland's bowling is very good especially the fast bowling performance is suitable for this ground. The fall of 5 wickets for Zimbabwe leaves the Zimbabwean team in danger as it will now depend on Ryan Burl's batting partner for Zimbabwe's win today.

[LDL]

Zimbabwe's first 4 wickets fell almost for free. Zimbabwe are in danger of chasing down Scotland's target of 235 runs as today's ground is famous for its bowling pitch. So it was good advice for Zimbabwe to play by protecting the wickets in order to win. If they play as well as Scotland until then, Zimbabwe have a chance to win. But from now we have to save wickets and collect runs because Scotland's bowling is very good especially the fast bowling performance is suitable for this ground. The fall of 5 wickets for Zimbabwe leaves the Zimbabwean team in danger as it will now depend on Ryan Burl's batting partner for Zimbabwe's win today.

Ryan Burl has nothing to do as he is performing well at one end but no one can support him at the other end. If he had some support from the other end, the Zimbabwean team could have won today. Zimbabwe may not be able to take on Scotland today as Ryan Burl is unbeaten as his side continue to lose. Now the only way is for him to bat with more strikes from one end and not the other end. If he can bat unbeaten with this strike then it is possible to get something positive for Zimbabwe.

[n0ne]

Disappointing as Zimbabwe lost the match against Scotland. The ground was in complete silence as Zimbabwe didn't qualify for the 2023 World Cup. The opening was a complete failure in chasing the easy target of 234 runs. Sole is awesome to break opening partnership taking 3 wickets. Scotland have managed to score good runs at the end overs. Those runs helped Scotland defend Zimbabwe. Burl and Raza tried to build partnership, but things didn't work as they calculated.

In the match between Nepal and Ireland the winning chance is high with Ireland as they need another 50 runs from 54 balls with 4 wickets in hand. Dockrell at 27 and Delany on the crease need to build the partnership than leaving to the bottom players.

[JSRAW]

Despite being careless in death overs, i thought Zimbabweans are going to chase this total down with not many difficulties.

But they crumbled under pressure. Tough luck after playing good cricket in the qualification. They are virtually out of the competition unless the Netherlands beat Scotland by a big margin, in this case, everything might come down to NRR.

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Ah, They are out!

[LDL]

Despite being careless in death overs, i thought Zimbabweans are going to chase this total down with not many difficulties.

But they crumbled under pressure. Tough luck after playing good cricket in the qualification. They are virtually out of the competition unless the Netherlands beat Scotland by a big margin, in this case, everything might come down to NRR.

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Ah, They are out!

Even if the Netherlands beat Scotland by a huge margin, there will be no chance of qualifying. Things have been tough for Zimbabwe and it is safe to say that Zimbabwe have been eliminated from the ICC Men's World Cup.



Given Zimbabwe's NRR (-0.099) and Scotland's NRR (+0.299), Zimbabwe are unlikely to qualify under any circumstances due to their minus NR. On the other hand, even if the Netherlands beat Scotland, there is no chance of the Netherlands falling behind in the net run rate of Scotland. But if something happens by a huge margin then there may be a slight chance.

[onecall123]

It's a heartbreak for Zimbabwe as they find themselves knocked out of the 2023 World Cup. Their dreams of making it to the main stage of the World Cup failed because of their two defeats. Zimbabwe played superb throughout the first half of the competition, leaving their fans hopeful and excited. However, in a must-win game, they failed, unable to get the victory over Scotland. It is such a disappointing turn of events for a team that had showcased such promise. Credit goes to Scotland for their impressive bowling display which that made all the difference.