ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

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The first ODI between Srilanka and Zimbabwe would be played tomorrow. As Srilanka is playing in their home ground they are favourite to win the series. Zimbabwe is not a good team but considering Srilankan batting they can give them serious challenge. The betting odds for tomorrow's match favour Srilanka by a good amount. It is a best of three bilateral series so if Srilanka wins 2 games they will win the series.

In the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match, Zimbabwe's bowling did better than their batting. If Zimbabwe could have batted well they might have won the second ODI against Sri Lanka but unfortunately Sri Lanka struggled to win despite being given a target of 209 runs. Sri Lanka is not performing very well against Zimbabwe. That's because we don't see Sri Lanka's strong performance on the field against Zimbabwe. If Zimbabwe had batted well, if they had not had problems with batting, their matches against Sri Lanka might have been tight. However, before the game against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe should be able to bat well and not lose wickets too quickly, then they will do well.

[Publictalk792]

In the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match, Zimbabwe's bowling did better than their batting. If Zimbabwe could have batted well they might have won the second ODI against Sri Lanka but unfortunately Sri Lanka struggled to win despite being given a target of 209 runs. Sri Lanka is not performing very well against Zimbabwe. That's because we don't see Sri Lanka's strong performance on the field against Zimbabwe. If Zimbabwe had batted well, if they had not had problems with batting, their matches against Sri Lanka might have been tight. However, before the game against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe should be able to bat well and not lose wickets too quickly, then they will do well.

I agree that Zimbabwe bowling was better than their batting in the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match. Sri Lanka had a hard time chasing a target of 209 runs, which shows that Zimbabwe bowling was good. But if took a look on Sri Lankan team. So we will see that Wanindu Hasaranga was also good in bowling he is only the one man Army who collected 7 wickets for 19 runs. He is the player of the match. Excellent bowling by him. I really appreciate his performance.

[Marvell1]

In the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match, Zimbabwe's bowling did better than their batting. If Zimbabwe could have batted well they might have won the second ODI against Sri Lanka but unfortunately Sri Lanka struggled to win despite being given a target of 209 runs. Sri Lanka is not performing very well against Zimbabwe. That's because we don't see Sri Lanka's strong performance on the field against Zimbabwe. If Zimbabwe had batted well, if they had not had problems with batting, their matches against Sri Lanka might have been tight. However, before the game against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe should be able to bat well and not lose wickets too quickly, then they will do well.

I agree that Zimbabwe bowling was better than their batting in the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match. Sri Lanka had a hard time chasing a target of 209 runs, which shows that Zimbabwe bowling was good. But if took a look on Sri Lankan team. So we will see that Wanindu Hasaranga was also good in bowling he is only the one man Army who collected 7 wickets for 19 runs. He is the player of the match. Excellent bowling by him. I really appreciate his performance.

Well, that was the second ODI. The third ODI is also over. And the final match was not anything close to the second one. Zimbabwe did not have any chance in that match against Sri Lanka. Of course, the whole match was not played because of the DLS method. But Zimbabwe gave a target of 97 in a 27 over match. That is just not good enough to defend against a team like Sri Lanka. So Sri Lanka was able to chase down the target very easily. Sri Lanka also wins the series with this one. I definitely expected a better performance from Zimbabwe in the last match after the performance that they had shown in the second ODI.

[Sithara007]

I agree that Zimbabwe bowling was better than their batting in the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match. Sri Lanka had a hard time chasing a target of 209 runs, which shows that Zimbabwe bowling was good. But if took a look on Sri Lankan team. So we will see that Wanindu Hasaranga was also good in bowling he is only the one man Army who collected 7 wickets for 19 runs. He is the player of the match. Excellent bowling by him. I really appreciate his performance.

Don't want to take anything away from Wanindu Hasaranga. He bowled really well. But at the same time, the question is whether Sri Lankan spinners can repeat this performance while playing under SENA conditions, against top teams. Playing against Zimbabwe at home under helpful conditions is one thing, and facing someone like Australia in seam-friendly conditions is another. And now coming to Zimbabwe, apart from Muzarabani they don't have any quality bowlers. If the Lankan batsmen struggled against them, then the future outlook for Sri Lanka looks quite bad.

[mdzahed134]

Zimbabwe batsman could not worked hard and struggle and not make runs.A target of 98 is not a big target.  Their batsmen did not show interest and struggle.  And did not give a difficult target.Sri Lanka bowler bowling very well and get the all wicket and get the easy target.Yes you are right.  Even if the Sri Lankan batsmen don't work and struggle they can score 98 runs in 50 overs.This is a great achievement for the Sri Lankan bowler as he worked hard and struggled to bowl all the Zimbabwe batsmen.if Zimbabwe batsman make 200 run they won the match.Then how well could the Zimbabwe bowlers control the Sri Lankan batsmen. But they did not work hard and struggle and destiny did not support them either.  My congratulations to the Sri Lankan team and may they continue to play like this and win matches.

Zimbabwe chances of getting back into main stream cricket are dying with every game they play. In 3rd ODI they were bowled out for just 97 runs and target was chased comfortably by SL in 17th over for loss of just 2 wickets. Zimbabwe recently failed to qualify for T20I world cup and there recent performance is proof of why they are not able to make it to mega events. They are dependent on few players, if they perform they win else they collapse.

Right, i don’t think they are able to come back in international cricket, the Zimbabwe team have not got a chance in any national level game for the last many years not only ICC T20 World cup 2024. How will they qualify in the world cup, first of all i think their cricket board is very poor, they can't trained properly so there are no enough good players in their team.

[cozytrade]

Zimbabwe team is weak in batting and bowling. The Zimbabwean team has already come into this new season and they are not performing well with the Sri Lankan team. This match was repeatedly stopped due to rain, due to which the Zimbabwean team did not perform well not only for this match. The few T20I and ODI match performances with Sri Lanka in the past have been poor in almost all matches. As Zimbabwe lost all wickets at 97 runs, they could not rely on any player to hold the wickets patiently.

I agree with you that the Zimbabwe team is having a hard time with batting and bowling. The recent match against Sri Lanka showed that they are very weak in batting and bowling. The fact is that Zimbabwe lost all their wickets at only 97 runs shows that their batting lineup lacks stability and patience. It's really important for the team to fix these weaknesses and build a stronger and tougher squad so they can do better in future matches. They can be good in both if they practice more.

Zimbabwe has been trying for a long time but with no positive results rather they are getting worse with time. If the player is not good then of course it is the responsibility of the board to adopt new players but that is not very effective. Because of which it has to be said that their country's cricket is almost dying. If this situation continues there will be a general loss of interest in cricket and the sustainability of their cricket may also be in jeopardy. What I have said before is that the cricket board and the government as well as the ICC should come forward and help. They identify where the main problem lies and take necessary measures to solve it.

I agree with you, the Zimbabwean team needs to think again to overcome all the problems of the Zimbabwean team. It is not to say that the Zimbabwean team is slowly sliding towards such a bad position. If the performance of the Zimbabwean team does not improve, there will be a possibility that the name of Zimbabwe will be erased from the chest of cricket forever. I think if some new players are added instead of some of the old players in the Zimbabwean team maybe the Zimbabwean team can come back with full strength. Now I don't see any option other than new players for the Zimbabwe team. Now it is only possible with the youngsters, through their hard work to revive the Zimbabwe team

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In the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match, Zimbabwe's bowling did better than their batting. If Zimbabwe could have batted well they might have won the second ODI against Sri Lanka but unfortunately Sri Lanka struggled to win despite being given a target of 209 runs. Sri Lanka is not performing very well against Zimbabwe. That's because we don't see Sri Lanka's strong performance on the field against Zimbabwe. If Zimbabwe had batted well, if they had not had problems with batting, their matches against Sri Lanka might have been tight. However, before the game against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe should be able to bat well and not lose wickets too quickly, then they will do well.

I agree that Zimbabwe bowling was better than their batting in the Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI match. Sri Lanka had a hard time chasing a target of 209 runs, which shows that Zimbabwe bowling was good. But if took a look on Sri Lankan team. So we will see that Wanindu Hasaranga was also good in bowling he is only the one man Army who collected 7 wickets for 19 runs. He is the player of the match. Excellent bowling by him. I really appreciate his performance.

Well, that was the second ODI. The third ODI is also over. And the final match was not anything close to the second one. Zimbabwe did not have any chance in that match against Sri Lanka. Of course, the whole match was not played because of the DLS method. But Zimbabwe gave a target of 97 in a 27 over match. That is just not good enough to defend against a team like Sri Lanka. So Sri Lanka was able to chase down the target very easily. Sri Lanka also wins the series with this one. I definitely expected a better performance from Zimbabwe in the last match after the performance that they had shown in the second ODI.

You are absolutely right the way zimbabwe team is bowling against sri lanka if they could have batted a little more responsibly i believe it would have been a competitive game with sri lanka and zimbabwe would have won the match against sri lanka. Because the Sri Lankan batsmen were really struggling when Sri Lanka came down to bat with a target of 209 runs. At one point it looked as if the way the Sri Lankan batsmen were batting, it was likely that Zimbabwe would win. But the run target was low, if Zimbabwe could have given a bigger target in that match, then Zimbabwe would have won the match without a doubt. If Zimbabwe team wants to give their cricket a bright future then they must bat well. Because Zimbabwe's game looks like they are suffering from batting failure if they can bat well then their team will go a long way. Hope Zimbabwe will take their batting seriously and do well in the next matches against Sri Lanka.

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Pakistan Under-19s vs South Africa Under-19s (Warm up matches)

Today first Warm up match was finished with no result in ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Matches competition and these match was just a practice match and not a single batter of these squads in this competition could be play seriously. Pakistan U19 against South Africa U19 squad match, Pakistan U19 batting inning performance was not good firstly and their sqaud collected only 211 scores after playing 41 overs by losing 8 wickets. Ahmed Hussain batter scored highest scores in overall match and total 36 scores off 38 deliveries. Both starter batters of Pakistan U19 squad was cleared out for m0 score. I  know this was just a warm up matches South Africa U19 squad easily emerged victory in this match if this match continues at end.

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Pakistan Under-19s vs South Africa Under-19s (Warm up matches)

Today first Warm up match was finished with no result in ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Matches competition and these match was just a practice match and not a single batter of these squads in this competition could be play seriously. Pakistan U19 against South Africa U19 squad match, Pakistan U19 batting inning performance was not good firstly and their sqaud collected only 211 scores after playing 41 overs by losing 8 wickets. Ahmed Hussain batter scored highest scores in overall match and total 36 scores off 38 deliveries. Both starter batters of Pakistan U19 squad was cleared out for m0 score. I  know this was just a warm up matches South Africa U19 squad easily emerged victory in this match if this match continues at end.

Looking the overall status of Pakistan Team in this series is not looking good as they are not even focusing on their own mistakes that they have already made previously like they are always being so weak at their batting side and still they are not focusing on their batting attach even though they have a good bowling coach and batting coach also.

On the other side the South African Under 19 team working hard on their bowling attack and thus they have proved that in many matches previous that they can still give defeat to many top class batters as well. This cricket is all about the passion a team wants to build with some good momentum to create.

[Sithara007]

Yesterday, almost all the warmup matches in the U19 World Cup got washed out. Both India and Pakistan performed poorly in these matches. India Under-19s got bowled out for just 171 against Australia, with just Uday Saharan making any significant contribution with the bat. Australian pacers Charlie Anderson and Callum Vidler made life difficult for the Indian batsmen. However when rain interruption came, Australia was also in a spot of bother. They were 53/4, after Saumy Pandey and Dhanush Gowda picked up crucial wickets.

[FinePoine0]

Zimbabwe team is weak in batting and bowling. The Zimbabwean team has already come into this new season and they are not performing well with the Sri Lankan team. This match was repeatedly stopped due to rain, due to which the Zimbabwean team did not perform well not only for this match. The few T20I and ODI match performances with Sri Lanka in the past have been poor in almost all matches. As Zimbabwe lost all wickets at 97 runs, they could not rely on any player to hold the wickets patiently.

I agree with you that the Zimbabwe team is having a hard time with batting and bowling. The recent match against Sri Lanka showed that they are very weak in batting and bowling. The fact is that Zimbabwe lost all their wickets at only 97 runs shows that their batting lineup lacks stability and patience. It's really important for the team to fix these weaknesses and build a stronger and tougher squad so they can do better in future matches. They can be good in both if they practice more.

The Zimbabwean team faced frequent rain interruptions, due to which the match was decided at the last moment in 27 overs despite repeated postponements. But the Zimbabwean team was completely unable to play again due to which they lost all the wickets in the last minute to score only 97 runs. But in terms of bowling and batting, Zimbabwe team is with poor performance. Since Sri Lankan team has given more important batting performance here Sri Lankan team has been able to win.

[JunaidAzizi]

Zimbabwe team is weak in batting and bowling. The Zimbabwean team has already come into this new season and they are not performing well with the Sri Lankan team. This match was repeatedly stopped due to rain, due to which the Zimbabwean team did not perform well not only for this match. The few T20I and ODI match performances with Sri Lanka in the past have been poor in almost all matches. As Zimbabwe lost all wickets at 97 runs, they could not rely on any player to hold the wickets patiently.

I agree with you that the Zimbabwe team is having a hard time with batting and bowling. The recent match against Sri Lanka showed that they are very weak in batting and bowling. The fact is that Zimbabwe lost all their wickets at only 97 runs shows that their batting lineup lacks stability and patience. It's really important for the team to fix these weaknesses and build a stronger and tougher squad so they can do better in future matches. They can be good in both if they practice more.

The Zimbabwean team faced frequent rain interruptions, due to which the match was decided at the last moment in 27 overs despite repeated postponements. But the Zimbabwean team was completely unable to play again due to which they lost all the wickets in the last minute to score only 97 runs. But in terms of bowling and batting, Zimbabwe team is with poor performance. Since Sri Lankan team has given a more important batting performance here Sri Lankan team has been able to win.

Yes, you are all right the Zimbabwean team is too weak in fighting against the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's team is much stronger as compared to Zimbabwe and secondly, their coaches did not prepare them well. If you look at the team 4 wickets drop in the figure 40 runs and three wickets on the 67 runs means that these three batsamn did not make a single run, They came to the field only to give them their wickets so from this I think all the credit is their poor performance goes to their coaches. The batsman, the wicketkeeper's name is J. Gumbie had a good score of 29 runs on 34 balls. Well, it's not a good score but as compared to the rest team I think he did his best.

[JahriMeayer]

Zimbabwean team is too weak in fighting against the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's team is much stronger as compared to Zimbabwe and secondly, their coaches did not prepare them well

Zimbabwe isn't new in field but that's no improvement in their performance for long. And yeah, they were too weak to fight against SL team but Zimbabwe lost, i doesn't mean SL is very strong. Actually Zimbabwe is very weak in my view. Cause team like Uganda beaten them and eliminated Zimbabwe from T20 world cup. What else do you think? Craig Ervine was the one , who scored in 2nd ODI, otherwise Zimbabwe wouldn't Crossed 200 run in 2nd ODi. Even in 1st ODI, they already lost 2 wickets within 12 runs when the target was 273 which is huge run by SL. They need proper guidelines to follow for get out of such poor performance and strong themselves for upcoming games.

[Unknown Op]

Yesterday, almost all the warmup matches in the U19 World Cup got washed out. Both India and Pakistan performed poorly in these matches. India Under-19s got bowled out for just 171 against Australia, with just Uday Saharan making any significant contribution with the bat. Australian pacers Charlie Anderson and Callum Vidler made life difficult for the Indian batsmen. However when rain interruption came, Australia was also in a spot of bother. They were 53/4, after Saumy Pandey and Dhanush Gowda picked up crucial wickets.

Really, both India sqaud U19 and Pakistan U19 sqaud performance in these warm up matches was not too good as we expected. But Australia U19 sqaud performance was also very bad in against India U19 squad match. India U19 sqaud collected 171 scores after playing 40 overs all batters of their sqaud cleared out and against sqaud Australia U19 sqaud also collected low quality scores when they played 16 overs out of 50 overs and collected 54 scores with lost of 4 batters and I see there was difficult job for Australia U19 sqaud to get victory in this match. I feel that all squads of ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Matches competition are not taking these matches seriously and also they are not displayed actual performance in overall innings in these matches.

Ireland U19 squad against Zimbabwe U19 squad match is ongoing on crease and Ireland U19 sqaud has started this match begin batting inning and almost they finished their batting inning only few deliveries remained. Currently, Ireland U19 sqaud collected good scores as compare to other squads like India, Pakistan Australia etc

[GigaBit]

Zimbabwean team is too weak in fighting against the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's team is much stronger as compared to Zimbabwe and secondly, their coaches did not prepare them well

Zimbabwe isn't new in field but that's no improvement in their performance for long. And yeah, they were too weak to fight against SL team but Zimbabwe lost, i doesn't mean SL is very strong. Actually Zimbabwe is very weak in my view. Cause team like Uganda beaten them and eliminated Zimbabwe from T20 world cup. What else do you think? Craig Ervine was the one , who scored in 2nd ODI, otherwise Zimbabwe wouldn't Crossed 200 run in 2nd ODi. Even in 1st ODI, they already lost 2 wickets within 12 runs when the target was 273 which is huge run by SL. They need proper guidelines to follow for get out of such poor performance and strong themselves for upcoming games.

The Zimbabwean team played in the first ICC event in 1983. Their standard of play at the time predicted that they would popular in the cricketing world as one of the better cricketing nations in the future. But they have not been able to move towards that possibility till date. Sometimes their temporary good improvement was seen but it was not permanent. The players currently playing in the squad are not getting their form. It is difficult to consider a team winning depending on only 2-3 players. If the team does not have a collective performance then they can never expect to win. They have already lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka and can be expected to lose the T20s as well.

[Sithara007]

Zimbabwe isn't new in field but that's no improvement in their performance for long. And yeah, they were too weak to fight against SL team but Zimbabwe lost, i doesn't mean SL is very strong. Actually Zimbabwe is very weak in my view. Cause team like Uganda beaten them and eliminated Zimbabwe from T20 world cup. What else do you think? Craig Ervine was the one , who scored in 2nd ODI, otherwise Zimbabwe wouldn't Crossed 200 run in 2nd ODi. Even in 1st ODI, they already lost 2 wickets within 12 runs when the target was 273 which is huge run by SL. They need proper guidelines to follow for get out of such poor performance and strong themselves for upcoming games.

Zimbabwe recently failed to qualify for the 2024 T20I World Cup, after finishing at the 3rd place behind Namibia and Uganda in the African qualifiers. They also failed to qualify for the 2023 ODI World Cup, despite the fact that the tournament was hosted by Zimbabwe. Given this, I am not sure about the path ahead for them. Zimbabwe Cricket is supposed to receive $17.64 million this year from the ICC. Other promising member nations such as Nepal and Indonesia will be receiving less than 1/50th of the amount that ZC receives. This is not fair for the smaller teams.

[Nazmul012]

The performance of zimbabwe team still on discussion but i think this is very common in Cricket history. Anything is possible in the field. Even A small team also defeated a big team so many times. moreover i haven't discussed about zimbabwe so long expect the previous ODI series between Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka. Rain anyhow saved Zimbabwe from losing their 1st Odi but in 2nd Odi, Zimbabwe had done decent scored and efforted to win but lost. Only 3rd odi, it played incredibly poor. Hope they'll learn from this match and do well in upcoming Matches with Sri Lanka.

[mdzahed134]

Zimbabwean team is too weak in fighting against the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's team is much stronger as compared to Zimbabwe and secondly, their coaches did not prepare them well

Zimbabwe isn't new in field but that's no improvement in their performance for long. And yeah, they were too weak to fight against SL team but Zimbabwe lost, i doesn't mean SL is very strong. Actually Zimbabwe is very weak in my view. Cause team like Uganda beaten them and eliminated Zimbabwe from T20 world cup. What else do you think? Craig Ervine was the one , who scored in 2nd ODI, otherwise Zimbabwe wouldn't Crossed 200 run in 2nd ODi. Even in 1st ODI, they already lost 2 wickets within 12 runs when the target was 273 which is huge run by SL. They need proper guidelines to follow for get out of such poor performance and strong themselves for upcoming games.

Right, Zimbabwe is very old team you know they’re a member of ICC since 1992, and they played many national level matches even they two times qualified T20 world if i'm not mistake, so it’s seems they're not new in Cricket. Whatever since they are out of the mega events (as like world cup) for many years, good performance cannot be expected from them suddenly, so of course now Srilanka is the strong team to Zimbabwe if considering both of team performance.

[fuguebtc]

Yesterday, almost all the warmup matches in the U19 World Cup got washed out. Both India and Pakistan performed poorly in these matches. India Under-19s got bowled out for just 171 against Australia, with just Uday Saharan making any significant contribution with the bat. Australian pacers Charlie Anderson and Callum Vidler made life difficult for the Indian batsmen. However when rain interruption came, Australia was also in a spot of bother. They were 53/4, after Saumy Pandey and Dhanush Gowda picked up crucial wickets.

Really, both India sqaud U19 and Pakistan U19 sqaud performance in these warm up matches was not too good as we expected. But Australia U19 sqaud performance was also very bad in against India U19 squad match. India U19 sqaud collected 171 scores after playing 40 overs all batters of their sqaud cleared out and against sqaud Australia U19 sqaud also collected low quality scores when they played 16 overs out of 50 overs and collected 54 scores with lost of 4 batters and I see there was difficult job for Australia U19 sqaud to get victory in this match. I feel that all squads of ICC Under-19 World Cup Warm-up Matches competition are not taking these matches seriously and also they are not displayed actual performance in overall innings in these matches.

Ireland U19 squad against Zimbabwe U19 squad match is ongoing on crease and Ireland U19 sqaud has started this match begin batting inning and almost they finished their batting inning only few deliveries remained. Currently, Ireland U19 sqaud collected good scores as compare to other squads like India, Pakistan Australia etc

I am not very much worried about the warm-up matches, to be honest. I am much more interested in the group stage matches. You just going to start from 19th January. The group stage matches are going to be very interesting. At least a lot more interesting compared to the warm-up matches. And I honestly do not think anyone actually cares about warm-up matches. There will be too much is on 19 January. Among them, I am interested in the South Africa versus West Indies match. But I have to say something interesting caught my eye, there is no India versus Pakistan match in the group stage.

[hafiztalha]

The performance of zimbabwe team still on discussion but i think this is very common in Cricket history. Anything is possible in the field. Even A small team also defeated a big team so many times. moreover i haven't discussed about zimbabwe so long expect the previous ODI series between Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka. Rain anyhow saved Zimbabwe from losing their 1st Odi but in 2nd Odi, Zimbabwe had done decent scored and efforted to win but lost. Only 3rd odi, it played incredibly poor. Hope they'll learn from this match and do well in upcoming Matches with Sri Lanka.

In odi series of these teams Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka team effort was very good than Zimbabwe team effort and this series was end recently few days ago. In their 1 st ODI game, Sri Lanka set 273 runs target and this target was very big for Zimbabwe team but this game was not processed at last and after few overs of Sri Lanka then this game ended with no result. In 2 ODI game, Zimbabwe team made 209 runs target and Sri Lanka team chase down this all target and won this game by 2 wickets and 6 balls. In this game, Zimbabwe gave little bit problem to Sri Lanka team but they did not break down Sri Lanka team and lost this game. In 3 rd last game, due to DLS method Sri Lanka team won this game with good margin of wickets and balls, total 8 wickets and 62 balls left for bat. Zimbabwe team made very small target of 96 runs and Sri Lanka easily chase down this target. Now both these team T20 series started and 1 st game already overed and Sri Lanka also win this game and lead with one game.