ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Bureau]

Any score above 300 runs was not what Australia planned to get as a target. This game is slowly sliding away from the hands of the Australian team, which has already lost 2 early wickets. Both Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are out of form, they won't be able to last long. South Africans suddenly barged into this World Cup as hot favorites. Earlier England, Australia, India, and Pakistan were favorites, as of now that combination has changed. As per my understanding, South Africa will replace Australia in that prediction. It might be one of the worst performances from the Australian team they as in the ACB messed up the player's selection to the next level.

[Jateng]

Any score above 300 runs was not what Australia planned to get as a target. This game is slowly sliding away from the hands of the Australian team, which has already lost 2 early wickets. Both Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are out of form, they won't be able to last long. South Africans suddenly barged into this World Cup as hot favorites. Earlier England, Australia, India, and Pakistan were favorites, as of now that combination has changed. As per my understanding, South Africa will replace Australia in that prediction.

South Africa brilliant Batting 6th consecutive 300 plus score in ODIs for South Africa. Their batting looks so strong. South Africa sets a good total 311/7 in 50 Overs on the board, inning of Quinton de Kock brilliant century 109 Runs. Glenn Maxwell completes one of his best spells, impressively not conceding a single boundary 2/34 in his full 10 Overs. Australia Fielders didn't help much, but the bowlers managed to make a bit of comeback at the end. I think it's big total for South Africa, Australia have to chase 312 to avoid back to back defeats in this world cup

[Crypto Library]

The target is big enough. Since the Australian batsmen could not do well in the first match. Can't even score 200 runs. Australia's two openers Mitchell Marsh and Dawid Warner are batting very carefully today. Australia collected only 16 runs in 5 overs. Run rate is around 3. Australia's squad has several talented batsmen of world class. And so if the team does not lose quick wickets then they can win with a target of 312 runs. But at the moment the performance of the Australian batsmen is very erratic. So it cannot be said for sure whether Australia will win by batting against 312 runs. Considering Australia's performance at the end of 20 overs, it might be predictable.

I don't think the Australia team can do anything better today. Their bowling performance in today's match has been bad, along with that, their batting performance in the last match has continued. Rather, I would say that today against South Africa, their batting lineup is performing worse than previous match.
Currently, 16 over are running and their 5 wickets are already a loose target is on very high, their required run rate is currently over seven. And their current run rate is around 4.2. I think they have lost all the good batsmen they had. I don't see any hope for Australia to win this match. Why do I feel that Australia will be at the bottom of the points table in this ICC World Cup, and I will say that the improvement of their batting lineup was not seen in these two matches, let's see if it will be seen in the future of this strong team. But for today's match I would say South Africa will be the winner

[rojan]

In today's match of Australia vs South Africa team I thought Australia team will perform well and will win the match. But due to bad performance in bowling line South Africa has given a target of 311 runs in 50 overs in today's match. South Africa team batsmen have really done amazing performance. Now bat.  Australia team came to the field to do. They scored 70 runs in 17 overs. Now Australia team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. I don't think Australia team can win in today's match.

[noormcs5]

In today's match of Australia vs South Africa team I thought Australia team will perform well and will win the match. But due to bad performance in bowling line South Africa has given a target of 311 runs in 50 overs in today's match. South Africa team batsmen have really done amazing performance. Now bat.  Australia team came to the field to do. They scored 70 runs in 17 overs. Now Australia team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. I don't think Australia team can win in today's match.

According to the Australia score and target, I think that Australia also will lose their second match of this World Cup. South Africa gave a very good target to Australia, they gave a target of 311 score which is an awesome target. I think Australia can’t chase the target because, in the current situation, Australia lost its main players which can prevent Australia from losing.

Another thing, in most of the matches of this World Cup, we see a century from one player, and today Quinton de Kock did a century. The bowling of the Australian team is also not good. They gave away too many runs.

[Out of mind]

The South African batsmen gave an interesting game to the audience in the Australia vs South Africa match. 311 runs scored by South Africa, whereas South Africa scored 428 runs in their first match against Sri Lanka. South Africa also had a good batting performance in today's match, most people are betting on Australia today. Today's match was more likely for Australia to win, but it turned out to be completely different in this match, Australia had a very poor batting performance. Especially at the moment, Australia is batting under good pressure due to all the Australian batsmen being out. Marnus Labuschagne is in the batting now and if he can hold the game some runs can be scored. Where good batsmen like Steven Smith and David Warner were out, Australia could not score runs today. Australia's batsmen are struggling to meet the South Africa target, but with Mitchell Starc and Marnus Labuschagne as the two batsmen at the moment, they could lose the game by a narrow margin if they catch on.  As Australia still has to score a lot of runs, scoring 205 runs off 139 balls is not an easy task, it is very difficult to reach this target, and we can say for sure that Australia won the match today.

[onecall123]

In today's match of Australia vs South Africa team I thought Australia team will perform well and will win the match. But due to bad performance in bowling line South Africa has given a target of 311 runs in 50 overs in today's match. South Africa team batsmen have really done amazing performance. Now bat.  Australia team came to the field to do. They scored 70 runs in 17 overs. Now Australia team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. I don't think Australia team can win in today's match.

According to the Australia score and target, I think that Australia also will lose their second match of this World Cup. South Africa gave a very good target to Australia, they gave a target of 311 score which is an awesome target. I think Australia can’t chase the target because, in the current situation, Australia lost its main players which can prevent Australia from losing.

Another thing, in most of the matches of this World Cup, we see a century from one player, and today Quinton de Kock did a century. The bowling of the Australian team is also not good. They gave away too many runs.

Australia is facing a tough challenge while chasing a big target. Their batting performance is deteriorating, which is unusual for the Australian cricket team. Throughout 2023, Australia's cricket hasn't been at its peak. The team seems to be prioritizing a T20 mode of play, emphasizing power hitting. However, they seem to struggle in developing their innings during the middle overs, resulting in a crumbling middle order.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

The South African batsmen gave an interesting game to the audience in the Australia vs South Africa match. 311 runs scored by South Africa, whereas South Africa scored 428 runs in their first match against Sri Lanka. South Africa also had a good batting performance in today's match, most people are betting on Australia today. Today's match was more likely for Australia to win, but it turned out to be completely different in this match, Australia had a very poor batting performance.
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After losing the toss and electing to bat first, South Africa went into bat and scored 311 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Meanwhile, Australia kept losing one wicket after the target of 312 runs. Australia are under a lot of pressure right now with the loss of 6 wickets for 126 runs and it will never be possible for Australia to overcome the pressure to win today's match. South Africa's position in this World Cup is very good as they have scored the highest 428 runs in this World Cup so far. However, South Africa has become very strong in this World Cup. I decided to bet for Australia in today's match. But from the start I felt Australia would not be able to against South Africa today. Amidst this dilemma, I did not participate in betting today. If I did, I would lose my bet today.

[Sithara007]

This one was a match which I thought would be close. And in the end, we are getting another one-sided match in which South Africa is going to win by a 3-digit margin. Marco Jansen has picked up the wicket of Mitchell Starc, to break the 7th wicket partnership. Now Australia are at 137/7, and they are trailing by 172 runs. Did we had any close matches so far in this world cup? Even matches between the pig-4 teams are turning out to be one-sided. And surprisingly Netherlands have so far managed to lose their matches by two digit margins.

[noormcs5]

This one was a match which I thought would be close. And in the end, we are getting another one-sided match in which South Africa is going to win by a 3-digit margin. Marco Jansen has picked up the wicket of Mitchell Starc, to break the 7th wicket partnership. Now Australia are at 137/7, and they are trailing by 172 runs. Did we had any close matches so far in this world cup? Even matches between the pig-4 teams are turning out to be one-sided. And surprisingly Netherlands have so far managed to lose their matches by two digit margins.

Now, we can say that Australia has too less chances to win today’s match against South Africa. South Africa takes Australia wickets like a dripping of water. Australia lost their 8 batsmen. This is the second match of Australia and they have chances to lose their second match, they also have their first match against India, and today they are near to losing against South Africa.

Now, we are going to talk about South Africa's team performances in this World Cup. So, The South African team’s performance was very good, we are impressed with their performance. I think the win of South Africa's credit goes to De Kock, he plays very well in this World Cup and he should play well because this is the last World Cup of De Kock.

[Bitcoin_people]

Australia had enough poor batting performances today to meet South Africa's target and are on course to lose the match. Right now Australia have lost 9 wickets, very soon they will be all out. Australia did not play well in today's match. But in today's match, South Africa batted and bowled well enough for them to win today's match. I see the game at the moment already with Australia losing the entire wicket by a huge margin of 134 runs. South Africa really played great today which led to the match win by a huge margin of 134 runs, South Africa won their first match by a huge margin and second match against Australia by a huge margin. In today's match, South Africa put up a huge score that allowed them to beat Australia, and their bowling performance was outstanding. If South Africa had improved their batting and bowling performance in today's match, if Australia had played well from the start, they would have had a chance to win. However, Australia batted very poorly from the start today which resulted in a fall of wickets and the game came under pressure and the Australian team lost. After today's match, South Africa moved to the first position of the points table with 4 points. However, Australia have played two matches so far and lost two matches but won both of the two matches against South Africa by huge margins.

[Bd officer]

Today's match saw the opposite of what I thought. As both the teams are not playing at their home ground, I expected both teams to get equal advantage. South Africa batted first and collected 311 runs. It was very easy for a strong team like Australia to score 312 from 300 balls to win. But as Australia came into bat, we saw the bowling pitch, the South African bowlers got more advantage by bowling well. Australia fell by 4 wickets in the first 12 overs which was unusual. The team came under a lot of pressure and were eventually bowled out for 177 runs. Australia team performs very well in the World Cup but in this World Cup we see the opposite. Australia lost two matches by a big margin. If Australia does not do well in the next few matches, there will be a possibility of elimination.

[HONDACD125]

Today's match saw the opposite of what I thought. As both the teams are not playing at their home ground, I expected both teams to get equal advantage. South Africa batted first and collected 311 runs. It was very easy for a strong team like Australia to score 312 from 300 balls to win. But as Australia came into bat, we saw the bowling pitch, the South African bowlers got more advantage by bowling well. Australia fell by 4 wickets in the first 12 overs which was unusual. The team came under a lot of pressure and were eventually bowled out for 177 runs. Australia team performs very well in the World Cup but in this World Cup we see the opposite. Australia lost two matches by a big margin. If Australia does not do well in the next few matches, there will be a possibility of elimination.

The performance of the Australian team has been going badly for some time now. After losing the series to South Africa, they have also lost the series to India and in the World Cup match, India has badly defeated Australia.Today's defeat is a link of these series.I don't think the Australian team will be able to cope now, but the Australian team will still face difficulties.

I think the South African openers got off to a good start which did not put too much pressure on the later batsmen, the Australian batsmen looked under pressure from the start and could not play openly against the South African bowlers. There was no home ground, but South Africa had a psychological advantage over Australia, which Africa took full advantage of.

[GigaBit]

In today's match of Australia vs South Africa team I thought Australia team will perform well and will win the match. But due to bad performance in bowling line South Africa has given a target of 311 runs in 50 overs in today's match. South Africa team batsmen have really done amazing performance. Now bat.  Australia team came to the field to do. They scored 70 runs in 17 overs. Now Australia team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. I don't think Australia team can win in today's match.

According to the Australia score and target, I think that Australia also will lose their second match of this World Cup. South Africa gave a very good target to Australia, they gave a target of 311 score which is an awesome target. I think Australia can’t chase the target because, in the current situation, Australia lost its main players which can prevent Australia from losing.

Another thing, in most of the matches of this World Cup, we see a century from one player, and today Quinton de Kock did a century. The bowling of the Australian team is also not good. They gave away too many runs.

Australia is facing a tough challenge while chasing a big target. Their batting performance is deteriorating, which is unusual for the Australian cricket team. Throughout 2023, Australia's cricket hasn't been at its peak. The team seems to be prioritizing a T20 mode of play, emphasizing power hitting. However, they seem to struggle in developing their innings during the middle overs, resulting in a crumbling middle order.

I did not expect such performance from the Australian team. They lost badly against India in the last match and they have another loss in today's match as well. South Africa had a good start. They went a long way with the loss of 1 wicket in the batting session. They played the full 50 overs but a team like Australia who led the cricket lost all their wickets for just 177 runs against 311 runs. They have declined and the same time South African team has improved. The South Africa team's chances have increased a lot in this tournament. They deserve to win this year's World Cup.

[Patrol69]

South Africa won against Australia today by a huge margin. Australia is not getting off to a good start to their journey this season. South Africa played the first two matches and won the first two matches by huge margins. In the first match we saw them beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin and in the second match today's match we saw them beat Australia by 120 plus runs. At the beginning of the season I didn't give much importance to this team to play the semi finals but the performance of the current players of this team seems like they are the most deserving team to play the finals of this tournament. Having won the first two matches in South Africa, they will have the upper hand in the next matches as they will definitely want to finish the tournament well after a great start.

[TakeItEasy]

South Africa won against Australia today by a huge margin. Australia is not getting off to a good start to their journey this season. South Africa played the first two matches and won the first two matches by huge margins. In the first match we saw them beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin and in the second match today's match we saw them beat Australia by 120 plus runs. At the beginning of the season I didn't give much importance to this team to play the semi finals but the performance of the current players of this team seems like they are the most deserving team to play the finals of this tournament. Having won the first two matches in South Africa, they will have the upper hand in the next matches as they will definitely want to finish the tournament well after a great start.

Quinton de Kock played a best knock of 109 runs in 106 balls having 5 sixes and 8 balls. Also, Aiden Markram made 56 runs in 44 balls which consisted of 1 six and 7 fours. They both played a good inning for South Africa and gave a total target of 312.
On the other hand, from the Australian side, Marnus Labuschagne had 46 runs in 74 balls consisting of 3 fours. Except for this one, no other players played good cricket today for Australia. South African bowling was too good today, as they bowled out Australia for just 177 runs in 40.5 overs. Although good cricket scenes were there a better victory for the team of South Africa pushed their run rate.
Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets, and all others got 2 wickets with Lungi Ngidi 1 wicket.

[3kpk3]

All hail South Africa! Wow! I expected them to win, but I never in my wildest dreams expected them to launch a team like Australia into the stratosphere. They made a mockery out of the men in yellow.

It was hilarious watching Smith's expression when he was given out fair and square. Australia are in deep trouble currently.

[LittleBitFunny]

All hail South Africa! Wow! I expected them to win, but I never in my wildest dreams expected them to launch a team like Australia into the stratosphere. They made a mockery out of the men in yellow.

It was hilarious watching Smith's expression when he was given out fair and square. Australia are in deep trouble currently.

After watching South Africa's two matches, I think this team has a good squad to win the World Cup this year. Especially their batting order is very strong. They batted well in both the matches. They played well against experienced Australian bowlers. But South Africa would not have been able to score 300+ runs if not for Australia's fielding. However, I feel South Africa's bowling is a bit weak. The performance of the bowlers against India will tell if their bowling attack is strong. India and South Africa have had the strongest performances so far. If this performance continues, these two teams will easily reach the semi-finals.

[GbitG]

In today's match of Australia vs South Africa team I thought Australia team will perform well and will win the match. But due to bad performance in bowling line South Africa has given a target of 311 runs in 50 overs in today's match. South Africa team batsmen have really done amazing performance. Now bat.  Australia team came to the field to do. They scored 70 runs in 17 overs. Now Australia team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. I don't think Australia team can win in today's match.

Important match lose by team Australia which I think no one expect because Australia has history to perform best of the best in World cup and that why they are dominating every team in number of world cup tropies, I think these two defeat will really broke thier momentum and will create huge difficulties for them, As from start of the game I taught Australia will win but unfortunately due to some miss fielding and some bad batting and bowling they lose such a important match, may be later they comback stronger but now in my mind they are out of top 4 semifinalist because of thier recent performance.

[Vaskiy]

All hail South Africa! Wow! I expected them to win, but I never in my wildest dreams expected them to launch a team like Australia into the stratosphere. They made a mockery out of the men in yellow.

It was hilarious watching Smith's expression when he was given out fair and square. Australia are in deep trouble currently.

After watching South Africa's two matches, I think this team has a good squad to win the World Cup this year. Especially their batting order is very strong. They batted well in both the matches. They played well against experienced Australian bowlers. But South Africa would not have been able to score 300+ runs if not for Australia's fielding. However, I feel South Africa's bowling is a bit weak. The performance of the bowlers against India will tell if their bowling attack is strong. India and South Africa have had the strongest performances so far. If this performance continues, these two teams will easily reach the semi-finals.

In most of the World Cup South Africa used to have the best squad, but they turn unlucky at the important time. In recent days after the performance from South Africa, more memes have begun to roll around and the funniest I came across is Semifinals were always a nightmare for South Africa. The two matches played by South Africa were really the best and with this form it can defeat any team, but we don't know how long it continues.