ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

First of all India U19 restricted the Afghanistan U19 below 100 runs and then India chased the target in 12 overs. I think this win based on two factors. First is Afghanistan U19 team was really weak and need much practice and second is India U19 team was very strong in both batting and bowling line.
From Afghanistan the batting was weak but India had good bowling line therefore Afghanistan made only 88 runs. After that Afghanistan's bowling was weak but here again India was strong in batting line. Therefore India won the match easily.

Afghanistan's growth seems to have stagnated after they got the test status in 2019. They performed well in the 2023 ODI World Cup, but apart from that their performance during the last 4 years have been sub-par. In fact, both the teams (Afghanistan and Ireland) who got test status back in 2019 have faced the same fate. I am not sure exactly what happened. But it seems that for both the teams the "golden generation" of players retired and the younger players failed to fill the gap. And this is being reflected in the performance of Afghan U-19 team as well.

[mdzahed134]

Indian cricket structure is very strong and aesthetic.Cricket has become so popular in their country that they have now taken cricket as a business.If you look, you will find that India hosts a large number of domestic leagues from which talented players are constantly emerging.India spends a lot of money every year to host the IPL but every year several very talented players are produced who even later represent the national team.

Apart from Australia, none of the other countries can challenge India at this point. India has a massive population of 1.45 billion, which is growing at an astounding rate each year. None of the other teams come close. For example, New Zealand has a population of just 5 million (less than 1% of that of India). It is simply not possible for the smaller nations to compete with India. Neither in terms of money or in terms of player pool. And this is making international cricket really boring (especially when the matches are being held in sub-continent).

If population is main factor of comparing with one team to another, then how did they become such a big team and who can they compete with in India. I think money & other many stuffs is play important role to build a strong team. Bangladesh has big population over 174 million (i think it’s not accurate data) but they can't produced such an international players as considering massive population, and also Pakistan has high population 240 million, but they can't make enough. On the other hand Australia & New Zealand both of extremely lower population but these are big teams.

[Publictalk792]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

[minairia3]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

I don't think it is hard to predict who will win the matches here, to be honest. I know Zimbabwe are kind of a strong team but at the end of the day kind of let everyone down. Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the T20 when they failed to beat weak teams. I don't see any point in Sri Lanka playing with Zimbabwe while they got a World Cup coming up. They should play with someone stronger to better prepare for the World Cup.

[JunkieMiner]

I don't think it is hard to predict who will win the matches here, to be honest. I know Zimbabwe are kind of a strong team but at the end of the day kind of let everyone down. Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the T20 when they failed to beat weak teams. I don't see any point in Sri Lanka playing with Zimbabwe while they got a World Cup coming up. They should play with someone stronger to better prepare for the World Cup.

There are more chances of Sir Lanka to win than Zimbabwe because we have seen currently the Team Zimbabwe has not going to involve more than their top batting. Recently their matches were at the stage that they have been lost in many matches from other countries. As the series will give us so much fun and that would be nice because they both have good batting now a  days.

[Sithara007]

If population is main factor of comparing with one team to another, then how did they become such a big team and who can they compete with in India. I think money & other many stuffs is play important role to build a strong team. Bangladesh has big population over 174 million (i think it’s not accurate data) but they can't produced such an international players as considering massive population, and also Pakistan has high population 240 million, but they can't make enough. On the other hand Australia & New Zealand both of extremely lower population but these are big teams.

Previously population was not a major factor. The reason is that there were few quality cricketing facilities in countries such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Small nations such as Australia and South Africa had these facilities and they made up for the difference in population with the advantage in infrastructure. But now every nook and corner of India has a cricket academy with state of the art facilities. Quality of club cricket is improving and it is almost at the same level as that in England and Australia. Domestic 4-day cricket still needs improvement. This in turn has ensured that India reaps the benefits from the population factor.

[Publictalk792]

I don't think it is hard to predict who will win the matches here, to be honest. I know Zimbabwe are kind of a strong team but at the end of the day kind of let everyone down. Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the T20 when they failed to beat weak teams. I don't see any point in Sri Lanka playing with Zimbabwe while they got a World Cup coming up. They should play with someone stronger to better prepare for the World Cup.

Exactly this is not a big deal to predict between these two teams. But this is cricket my dear friend. So here a small team can beat a big team easily.  I know Sri Lanka team is really good and have ability to beat Zimbabwe but We can't underestimate the Zimbabwe team too.
By the way at this time we can't say anything. Both teams performance will show everything that which team is more strong. So for now we should wait for the match.
If Sri Lanka will take first turn and if Sri Lanka will make 250+ runs. So this will be little bit difficult to chase by Zimbabwe.

[JahriMeayer]

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 1st ODI is about to start within few hours. Sri Lanka team looking strong as always. Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Asalanka, akila Dananjaya are in the Squad. where Craig Ervine(c), Sikandar Raza, Luke Jongwe are pretty popular players belongs to Zimbabwe. I saw the Google prediction where 78% winning possibility for SL & 22% of Zimbabwe. Recently Uganda creates history by defeated Zimbabwe and become quality in ICC T20 World Cup 2024; that proves the weakness of Zimbabwe team. But i can't imagine what is going to happened cause situation can change anytime but SL sounds more chance to win IMHO

[Bd officer]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI series first match will be played today. Zimbabwe is not performing well at present. Lost the ODI and T20I series against Ireland at home. Currently, Sri Lanka is a much stronger team than Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka's batting and bowling line is much better than Zimbabwe's. Also the game will be at Sri Lanka's home ground, so Sri Lanka will get a lot of support. If I have to predict today's match then I will favor Sri Lanka. I think Sri Lanka will win today's match and Sri Lanka will win the series.

[synchronym]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI series first match will be played today. Zimbabwe is not performing well at present. Lost the ODI and T20I series against Ireland at home. Currently, Sri Lanka is a much stronger team than Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka's batting and bowling line is much better than Zimbabwe's. Also the game will be at Sri Lanka's home ground, so Sri Lanka will get a lot of support. If I have to predict today's match then I will favor Sri Lanka. I think Sri Lanka will win today's match and Sri Lanka will win the series.

op I agree with you because it is true that Sri Lanka will always perform well against Zimbabwe. I will put Sri Lanka ahead of Zimbabwe in today's match because both Sri Lanka batting and bowling are much stronger than Zimbabwe. I think if Sri Lanka win the toss first they may decide to bowl Sri Lanka will want to restrict Zimbabwe to very few runs. Now let's finally see how many runs Sri Lanka can restrict Zimbabwe to. As the game is being played on Sri Lankan soil, however, Sri Lanka will try to give the best performance.

[cozytrade]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI series first match will be played today. Zimbabwe is not performing well at present. Lost the ODI and T20I series against Ireland at home. Currently, Sri Lanka is a much stronger team than Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka's batting and bowling line is much better than Zimbabwe's. Also the game will be at Sri Lanka's home ground, so Sri Lanka will get a lot of support. If I have to predict today's match then I will favor Sri Lanka. I think Sri Lanka will win today's match and Sri Lanka will win the series.

Yes, it is wise for you to support the Sri Lanka team in this first match today, and bet for Sri Lanka. In the first match of this ODI series against Zimbabwe, the Sri Lankan team is likely to do well. Because there are many good and skilled players in the Sri Lankan cricket team. Sri Lanka team Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, many talented players. It is expected that they will be able to present a very good game in today's match. The toss of the first match of this ODI series has already been completed. Sri Lanka team won the toss of this match. After winning the toss in today's match, Sri Lanka will bat at the start of the game. Only 20 minutes left for the game to start. I am ready to enjoy this match today

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I agree with you because it is true that Sri Lanka will always perform well against Zimbabwe. I will put Sri Lanka ahead of Zimbabwe in today's match because both Sri Lanka batting and bowling are much stronger than Zimbabwe. I think if Sri Lanka win the toss first they may decide to bowl Sri Lanka will want to restrict Zimbabwe to very few runs. Now let's finally see how many runs Sri Lanka can restrict Zimbabwe to. As the game is being played on Sri Lankan soil, however, Sri Lanka will try to give the best performance.

That's true if we saw the head to head match result then there will be Sri Lanka is a head from Zimbabwe team. Anyway match between Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe all ready started. But it was not a good start form Sri Lanka openers  because Fernando already got out with a golden duck.

[noormcs5]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

The four wickets of Sri Lanka were felled in just 20 overs. They made good runs but now their main batsmen have been going so the new batsmen who come should maintain the partnership because there are some batsmen left who can manage this game just 2 or 3 and they are batting right now so they should make a partnership and when innings come near to the end so on that time,
they can play fast but not right now, and if they lose wickets again and again so maybe they cannot get success to complete 250 runs, and if they can't do this so it is such a shameful thing for Sri Lanka because once a time, many big teams has the target to beat Sri Lanka.

[cryptoWODL]

The four wickets of Sri Lanka were felled in just 20 overs. They made good runs but now their main batsmen have been going so the new batsmen who come should maintain the partnership because there are some batsmen left who can manage this game just 2 or 3 and they are batting right now so they should make a partnership and when innings come near to the end so on that time,
they can play fast but not right now, and if they lose wickets again and again so maybe they cannot get success to complete 250 runs, and if they can't do this so it is such a shameful thing for Sri Lanka because once a time, many big teams has the target to beat Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan team is still in good shape even though they have lost five wickets for just 163 runs in 30.5 overs. The bigger the pair formed in the cricket match, the more runs the team will be able to score. Charith Asalanka and Sahan Arachchige are currently batting for the Sri Lankan team. I think these two are going to form a good pair and they will take their team far and even put up a strong innings against Zimbabwe.

[Dimitri94]

The four wickets of Sri Lanka were felled in just 20 overs. They made good runs but now their main batsmen have been going so the new batsmen who come should maintain the partnership because there are some batsmen left who can manage this game just 2 or 3 and they are batting right now so they should make a partnership and when innings come near to the end so on that time,
they can play fast but not right now, and if they lose wickets again and again so maybe they cannot get success to complete 250 runs, and if they can't do this so it is such a shameful thing for Sri Lanka because once a time, many big teams has the target to beat Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan team is still in good shape even though they have lost five wickets for just 163 runs in 30.5 overs. The bigger the pair formed in the cricket match, the more runs the team will be able to score. Charith Asalanka and Sahan Arachchige are currently batting for the Sri Lankan team. I think these two are going to form a good pair and they will take their team far and even put up a strong innings against Zimbabwe.

Sri Lanka have a decent score so far but they have lost comparatively more wickets. But this score is certainly not low for a weak team. Zimbabwe is not performing very well at the moment while Sri Lanka is one of the stronger teams although they have not had much wins in recent times. As the opening batsman in the first match of the series, Avishka Fernando went back to zero run but everyone else has scores to their names. Sri Lankan team is predicted to win but if Sikandar Raza's team can show anything amazing then it is not impossible for them to win the match.

[BitcoinsGreat]

The Sri Lankan team is still in good shape even though they have lost five wickets for just 163 runs in 30.5 overs. The bigger the pair formed in the cricket match, the more runs the team will be able to score. Charith Asalanka and Sahan Arachchige are currently batting for the Sri Lankan team. I think these two are going to form a good pair and they will take their team far and even put up a strong innings against Zimbabwe.

The match of Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka is in progress. Avishka Fernando was the first player who was out with the Zimbabwe team, and he was out on the first over fifth ball, and he also made zero runs.
At this time, the Sri Lankan team's performance was not good.

[synchronym]

The four wickets of Sri Lanka were felled in just 20 overs. They made good runs but now their main batsmen have been going so the new batsmen who come should maintain the partnership because there are some batsmen left who can manage this game just 2 or 3 and they are batting right now so they should make a partnership and when innings come near to the end so on that time,
they can play fast but not right now, and if they lose wickets again and again so maybe they cannot get success to complete 250 runs, and if they can't do this so it is such a shameful thing for Sri Lanka because once a time, many big teams has the target to beat Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan team is still in good shape even though they have lost five wickets for just 163 runs in 30.5 overs. The bigger the pair formed in the cricket match, the more runs the team will be able to score. Charith Asalanka and Sahan Arachchige are currently batting for the Sri Lankan team. I think these two are going to form a good pair and they will take their team far and even put up a strong innings against Zimbabwe.

In the first one-day match between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team batted first and lost one wicket, but they were under some pressure, but the next batsmen are batting brilliantly. The way the Sri Lankan team is batting, it looks like they will score 300 plus runs. If Sri Lanka can give a target of 300 runs to Zimbabwe then Sri Lanka will easily win today's match. The bowling line of the Sri Lankan team is more excellent than the batting, so it can be said that if Sri Lanka can score 300 runs, the Sri Lankan team will easily win this match today through their excellent bowling. The current score of the Sri Lankan team is 175 runs for 5 wickets in 33 overs.

[Nalain420]

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

In this tour they will play two series ODI and T20I series. Both series have three three matches. Tomorrow the ODI series will be started and Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will face each other. In we took a look on ICC World cup so we remembered that Sri Lanka didn't played well. Sri Lanka is still looking more strong. By the way we can't predict correctly which team will win the series or the matches. So tomorrow performance will show everything. I hope Sri Lanka will win the series.

The four wickets of Sri Lanka were felled in just 20 overs. They made good runs but now their main batsmen have been going so the new batsmen who come should maintain the partnership because there are some batsmen left who can manage this game just 2 or 3 and they are batting right now so they should make a partnership and when innings come near to the end so on that time,
they can play fast but not right now, and if they lose wickets again and again so maybe they cannot get success to complete 250 runs, and if they can't do this so it is such a shameful thing for Sri Lanka because once a time, many big teams has the target to beat Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected batting. Zimbabwe bowler out the Sri Lanka batsman in the fivth ball of the 1 over. This is the first achievement for Zimbabwe team. This is the very bad started for Sri Lanka batsman. Zimbabwe bowler could worked hard and struggle and out the Sri Lanka first batsman. Sri Lanka batsman makes 13 run in 2 over and 1 out. Once time again Zimbabwe bowler out the Sri Lanka batsman in the last ball of the 9 over. This is the second achievement for Zimbabwe team. Sri Lanka batsman makes 64 run in 10 over and 2 outs. Sri Lanka batsman could not worked hard and struggle and not make run. Zimbabwe bowler out the Sri Lanka batsman in the fivth ball of the 19 over. This is the third achievement for Zimbabwe team. Sri Lanka batsman makes 183 run in 35.2 over and 5 outs. Now let's see.  How many targets do Sri Lankan batsmen give?  And whether the Zimbabwean batsmen can make up for it or not.

[BitcoinsGreat]

In the first one-day match between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team batted first and lost one wicket, but they were under some pressure, but the next batsmen are batting brilliantly. The way the Sri Lankan team is batting, it looks like they will score 300 plus runs. If Sri Lanka can give a target of 300 runs to Zimbabwe then Sri Lanka will easily win today's match. The bowling line of the Sri Lankan team is more excellent than the batting, so it can be said that if Sri Lanka can score 300 runs, the Sri Lankan team will easily win this match today through their excellent bowling. The current score of the Sri Lankan team is 175 runs for 5 wickets in 33 overs.

And if they played like this so maybe much faster their team would be all out and just a few minutes before the fifth wicket of Sri Lanka was fell which was the wicket of Sahan Arachchige, and after this wicket only Charith Asalanka left batsmen and other remaining who will do bat is a bowler.

[cozytrade]

The four wickets of Sri Lanka were felled in just 20 overs. They made good runs but now their main batsmen have been going so the new batsmen who come should maintain the partnership because there are some batsmen left who can manage this game just 2 or 3 and they are batting right now so they should make a partnership and when innings come near to the end so on that time,
they can play fast but not right now, and if they lose wickets again and again so maybe they cannot get success to complete 250 runs, and if they can't do this so it is such a shameful thing for Sri Lanka because once a time, many big teams has the target to beat Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan team is still in good shape even though they have lost five wickets for just 163 runs in 30.5 overs. The bigger the pair formed in the cricket match, the more runs the team will be able to score. Charith Asalanka and Sahan Arachchige are currently batting for the Sri Lankan team. I think these two are going to form a good pair and they will take their team far and even put up a strong innings against Zimbabwe.

In the first one-day match between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan team batted first and lost one wicket, but they were under some pressure, but the next batsmen are batting brilliantly. The way the Sri Lankan team is batting, it looks like they will score 300 plus runs. If Sri Lanka can give a target of 300 runs to Zimbabwe then Sri Lanka will easily win today's match. The bowling line of the Sri Lankan team is more excellent than the batting, so it can be said that if Sri Lanka can score 300 runs, the Sri Lankan team will easily win this match today through their excellent bowling. The current score of the Sri Lankan team is 175 runs for 5 wickets in 33 overs.

Sri Lanka's two more wickets have fallen and Sri Lanka's score now stands at 223-7 (43.5 runs). As per your estimate, if Sri Lanka team is to score 300 runs, the batsmen of Sri Lanka team will have to bat more cautiously.  And "must" finish the game for the full 50 overs holding the wicket. If the Sri Lankan batsmen can complete the game of full 50 overs in today's match, there is a possibility of scoring 300 runs. Sri Lankan team batsman Charith Asalanka has played a great innings with the bat, so far he has collected 67 runs from 76 balls. Now if Charith Asalanka can bat responsibly in this match, then maybe he can score a century. Now let's see where the score of the Sri Lankan team stands in the end.