ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

Pakistan lost the WT20I and WODI series by identical margins of 2-1. Pakistan women's team is no where near the men's team when it comes to performance. On the other hand, South Africa is still considered as one of the best teams in women's cricket. Now talking about the consolation win yesterday, Sadaf Shamas scored 97 and missed her century by a whisker. She got clean bowled by Sune Luus before she could get to three digits. While bowling it was Sadia Iqbal and Nashra Sandhu who nabbed the Protea batters and gifted the win to Pakistan.

The PAK W team failed in the first WT20 series and could only win 1 game after which the WODI series started PAK W also won the last game and in this game PAK W performance was twice as super as SAW however the entire series is a competition in which SAW play nice and won. A tour game was play between these two series in which PAK W and SAW E were present and in this game PAK W set a nice aim of 307 but the opposing SAW E did not allow PAK W to success in this game by scoring 308 runs. PAK W team did not play with this super performing nor did their presentation get nice than this. In all these games SAW have given a super response in all games.

Winning the third match doesn't matter much, since it was dead rubber. Fatima Sana and Sadaf Shamas got half-centuries for themselves and that will improve their individual career stats. Same with Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu and Umm-e-Hani in terms of bowling stats. But overall, Pakistan is not the same level as South Africa (despite being a full member nation). One of the reasons is that in Pakistan they don't have a full-fledged domestic setup for the women players. Neither do they have a women's version of the PSL. When Rambo was the PCB chairman, he wanted to start the Pakistan Women's T20 League. But it never got moving. A few days back, Salman Naseer (current CEO of the PCB) has again claimed that the PCB will start the WPSL soon. 

[Compromise me]

Zimbabwe Women Vs New Zealand Women

This series is starting tomorrow and Zimbabwe is touring to New Zealand. Personally, I feel that this would be an important trip tour that Zimbabwe should be judged by their staying during 50 overs but not final result.
I think first 10 overs will be deciding moment. In case the Zimbabweans manage to get through first balls of bowlers, they might have a base, but expert nature of the New Zealand and hard hitting will likely see game off well before 40th over.

Both teams are ready to play against each other and New Zealand W  International cricket team is very strong because they have excellent players who are performing for the years and Zimbabwe W International cricket team is facing very different time because they have no quality cricket in their country but they made their team which is performing on International level.  Both teams will play match tomorrow and New Zealand W team is favorite for that match and Million of people will bet on that match because that will be one sided match but Zimbabwe W team should give tough time to opponent team and that will be interesting match after that.

[Jaweria parveen]

Today's 4 march One day games between Shaheen and Lions has been cancelled and it was the third game of the unofficial series and was to be played in Abu Dhabi but that game between the two could not happen and similarly the second game was not played for the same reason. If we look at the first game between the two, Lions' performance has been much super and they have won. And in the T20 series, Shaheen were defeated in the entire series and with their similar unfortunate game, they could have completely defeated the One day as nice, but now due to the lack of a game, no conclusion will be drawn from this series. Abdul Samad scored 44 runs and Saad Khan scored 21 runs and Lions Asa Tribe scored 52, James Rew scored 48 and Ben McKinney scored 42 runs. This performance is their first game in which Lions won.

[BTC FutureKing]

Today's 4 march One day games between Shaheen and Lions has been cancelled and it was the third game of the unofficial series and was to be played in Abu Dhabi but that game between the two could not happen and similarly the second game was not played for the same reason. If we look at the first game between the two, Lions' performance has been much super and they have won. And in the T20 series, Shaheen were defeated in the entire series and with their similar unfortunate game, they could have completely defeated the One day as nice, but now due to the lack of a game, no conclusion will be drawn from this series. Abdul Samad scored 44 runs and Saad Khan scored 21 runs and Lions Asa Tribe scored 52, James Rew scored 48 and Ben McKinney scored 42 runs. This performance is their first game in which Lions won.

The unofficial series between Pakistan Shaheen and England Lions consisted of 5 matches out of which two matches were cancelled and two were played in which England Lions won both times.Let me tell you that before the unofficial ODI series England Lions had won the entire T20 unofficial series meaning that Pakistan Shaheen could not compete with England Lions and the same thing is happening in the ODI series.Pakistan Shaheen has not won a single match yet. Pakistan Shaheen needs to improve itself otherwise it will continue to make the same defeat its destiny.In the first ODI match Pakistan Shaheen performed very poorly in which they scored only 152 runs which was very low but England Lions put in 100 percent effort in the first match as well and won the match by 9 wickets and 154 balls.

[Ab de villiers]

SA Women played with better performance and struggle in the games they played, they were better and stronger in the game but in this game Pak Women played better and succeeded. This target was quite strong and big, but SA Women did not improve themselves in this game and lost. SA Women did not care much about winning this game, but they failed because of pressure. Congratulations to Pak Women on this win because they have played well in this game and they should improve themselves in every game so that their performance and struggle are heavy on the opposing team. Congratulations to SA Women on winning this series, although they were better in 2 games, they failed in this game.

Pakistan women have played better in this match, which can be seen from their performance because they have scored a very good score. The South African team has shown good performance in the previous matches, but they looked a little weak in this match. A very high score was set for Pakistan women, which the South African team has failed to achieve. They should have played as well as they showed in the first match, but they could not do so. Perhaps there was pressure on them, which is why they could not play well. Pakistan has tried to improve itself in all these matches, which is good for its team. South Africa has won the first two matches, but they failed in these matches, which the Pakistan team took advantage of and won the match.

[hafiztalha]

Today's 4 march One day games between Shaheen and Lions has been cancelled and it was the third game of the unofficial series and was to be played in Abu Dhabi but that game between the two could not happen and similarly the second game was not played for the same reason. If we look at the first game between the two, Lions' performance has been much super and they have won. And in the T20 series, Shaheen were defeated in the entire series and with their similar unfortunate game, they could have completely defeated the One day as nice, but now due to the lack of a game, no conclusion will be drawn from this series. Abdul Samad scored 44 runs and Saad Khan scored 21 runs and Lions Asa Tribe scored 52, James Rew scored 48 and Ben McKinney scored 42 runs. This performance is their first game in which Lions won.

I think this series has been cancelled probably because of war. I noticed that three of its games were cancelled without even starting. Only 1 st game of odi series was completed and based on result of that game, England Lions would be considered winner of this series. In 1 st game of odi series, Lions team won toss and they chose fielding line first and gave batting opportunity to Shaheens team. Shaheens batsmen batted very poor and set easy runs 152 only in 50 overs by losing all wickets. Samad batsmen of Shaheens team batted good and made 44 runs and mostly their batsmen made few runs like 0, 1, 3 etc. Calvin bowler of Lions team helped to win game and took down 3 wickets. Lions chased down target and won this 1 st unofficial ODI game by 9 wickets and 154 balls remaining.

[Rustam Meraj]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

[Sithara007]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

I don't know why CNZ agreed to this series. There is no point in playing against a team like Zimbabwe, who are a lot weaker than the top associates (Scotland, Netherlands, Thailand.etc) in women's cricket. I understand that being a full member nation gives them certain privileges, but IMO it should be restricted to men's cricket. Zimbabwe men's team is also weaker than the top associates, but at least once in a while they manage to pull up an upset or two. Women's team on the other hand is completely hopeless. They don't benefit from the injection of British-based players, unlike the case with the men's team.

[BTC FutureKing]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

New Zealand Women put Zimbabwe women under pressure in the first ODI match.Now the remaining two matches were also played under pressure because New Zealand Women first winning was won by a huge margin of 180 runs.After Brooke Halliday came on the field the game changed.She hit an incredible 24 fours and 1 six and scored 157 runs.She played an important role in making the aim very strong and none of the Zimbabwe women bowlers tried to stop the increasing score of New Zealand and Maddy Green also completed her half century while doing her duty.Jess Kerr proved to be a lucky charm for New Zealand woman because because of her Zimbabwe women failed in their aim and dismissed 3 important batsmen.Most of the Zimbabwe women batsmen were out for zero.The first match has just been played.There are still two more matches to go.Zimbabwe women can prove themselves powerful.

[hafiztalha]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

New Zealand Women put Zimbabwe women under pressure in the first ODI match.Now the remaining two matches were also played under pressure because New Zealand Women first winning was won by a huge margin of 180 runs.After Brooke Halliday came on the field the game changed.She hit an incredible 24 fours and 1 six and scored 157 runs.She played an important role in making the aim very strong and none of the Zimbabwe women bowlers tried to stop the increasing score of New Zealand and Maddy Green also completed her half century while doing her duty.Jess Kerr proved to be a lucky charm for New Zealand woman because because of her Zimbabwe women failed in their aim and dismissed 3 important batsmen.Most of the Zimbabwe women batsmen were out for zero.The first match has just been played.There are still two more matches to go.Zimbabwe women can prove themselves powerful.

Yes, losing 1 st Odi by big margin puts alot of pressure on losing team. Hopefully, Zimbabwe-W team will recover from this pressure and play better in  next games. In 1 st Odi Zimbabwe-W vs New Zealand-W game, Zimbabwe-W team won toss and they elected bowling lineup first and gave batting line to New Zealand-W team. New Zealand-W batsmen is very strong than Zimbabwe-W team and they set 354 runs target in 50 overs by losing 3 wickets. Brooke helped a lot team to win this game and she batted so well and made brilliant century + half and total she made 157 runs in 118 balls and hitted twenty fourteen 4s and one 6s. Maddy and Isabella batsmen also batted well with Brooke and Isabella scored 59 runs and Maddy made 67 runs. Zimbabwe-W team chased down 174 runs only and lost game by big margin 180 runs. Amelia was good bowler and she took down 4 wickets in 10 overs and gave 35 balls.

Congratulations New Zealand-W team won 1 st Odi game.

[Farhan99]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

In a ODI game between Zimbabwe Women and New Zealand Women what cricket come to seen  by the side of New Zealand Women and New Zealand won the game by 180 runs. New Zealand Women opens inning first with Amelia and Emma Mclod but among the  openers MClod  put a great impact in the  innings by scoring 35 runs but Amelia seems to uncomfortable and losing his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Brooke Halliday played memorable knock of 157 runs and also Maddy Green played high risk and  aggressive innings and scores 67 runs and at the end of the innings New Zealand Women set a strong target of 355 runs. Zimbabwe Women opens inning with Kelis Ndhlovu and Modester and among the openers Ndhlovu played a well knock of 52 runs and give a positive track to her team but Modester not played her role well and scores just 8 runs and after that all the team was panicked and in middle order Chipo Mugeri stable the inning by scoring 38 runs and also Beloved Biza played defensive knock and scores 29 runs but Zimbabwe not chase the target successfully and Ali out on 174 runs and New Zealand women won the game

[Mindyspace]

Today's 4 march One day games between Shaheen and Lions has been cancelled and it was the third game of the unofficial series and was to be played in Abu Dhabi but that game between the two could not happen and similarly the second game was not played for the same reason. If we look at the first game between the two, Lions' performance has been much super and they have won. And in the T20 series, Shaheen were defeated in the entire series and with their similar unfortunate game, they could have completely defeated the One day as nice, but now due to the lack of a game, no conclusion will be drawn from this series. Abdul Samad scored 44 runs and Saad Khan scored 21 runs and Lions Asa Tribe scored 52, James Rew scored 48 and Ben McKinney scored 42 runs. This performance is their first game in which Lions won.

It's a real shame that the game was canceled, because it leaves the series without a clear conclusion. From what we saw in the first game, the Lions performed very strongly, but it would have been interesting to see how Shaheen would react in the following games. Cancellations like this end up taking away the chance to better assess the performance of both teams in the series, in my opinion.

[Compromise me]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

New Zealand Women put Zimbabwe women under pressure in the first ODI match.Now the remaining two matches were also played under pressure because New Zealand Women first winning was won by a huge margin of 180 runs.After Brooke Halliday came on the field the game changed.She hit an incredible 24 fours and 1 six and scored 157 runs.She played an important role in making the aim very strong and none of the Zimbabwe women bowlers tried to stop the increasing score of New Zealand and Maddy Green also completed her half century while doing her duty.Jess Kerr proved to be a lucky charm for New Zealand woman because because of her Zimbabwe women failed in their aim and dismissed 3 important batsmen.Most of the Zimbabwe women batsmen were out for zero.The first match has just been played.There are still two more matches to go.Zimbabwe women can prove themselves powerful.

That was a huge target in this match because 300+ target was very big in this match and Brooke Halliday played with strike rate of 133 in this match and she was a top class player. That was a first match of the series and all players played for their team and all players performance was at top and Gaze played very well in this match and played with strike rate of 140 in this match. No bowler of opponent team could take wickets in this match and that was a one sided situation and after that opponent team came in pressure and that is natural thing . Ndlovu played very slow in this match and played with strike rate of 47 in this match and all team was out at just 174 runs in this match. Zimbabwe Women cricket team is very low quality team and they played bad cricket and they lose this match at the end and they should try to win next match.

[noormcs5]

By the 11th of March, we shall see the matches between Bangladesh and Pakistan ODI series. Pakistan has already announced their squad, Shaheen Shah Afridi is the captain and Muhammad Rizwan is back in the team. Of course he is ODI player and not suitable for the T20 games while at the same time I think they should go with Babar Azam because this time in the T20 he used to bat on two down and this is really bad position for him to play, He is an opener player or at least one down and they can try him in One day matches.

[Bd officer]

By the 11th of March, we shall see the matches between Bangladesh and Pakistan ODI series. Pakistan has already announced their squad, Shaheen Shah Afridi is the captain and Muhammad Rizwan is back in the team. Of course he is ODI player and not suitable for the T20 games while at the same time I think they should go with Babar Azam because this time in the T20 he used to bat on two down and this is really bad position for him to play, He is an opener player or at least one down and they can try him in One day matches.

Yes, the ODI series between Bangladesh and Pakistan will start from March 11. Meanwhile, Bangladesh has also announced the team. Afif Hosain got a chance in the team after a long time, so he should try to do well, so that he gets a chance in the next series as well. The Lyton Kumer Das is not doing well in the ODI format, should try to come back in this series. Anyway, a few days ago Bangladeshi players played BCL tournament in ODI format, so hope Bangladeshi players can do well in this series. Besides, Bangladesh will play at home, and I want to keep Bangladesh as favorites at home.

[Zaka1221]

New Zealand Women Vs Zimbabwe Women

First ODI in Dunedin is becoming batting dream with New Zealand Women scoring enormous 321/3 in 47 overs.
While Nomvelo Sibanda of Zimbabwe began with order, visitors themselves have been unable to get wickets on this even ground, and number of fours and sixes makes run rate at scary 6.83. I believe that high risk move by Zimbabwe to bowl first has failed and huge gap between level of play in smaller teams and top world level is now showing. As New Zealand is likely to set the goal to around 350 runs, best plan that Zimbabwe will use in second half will be to focus on hitting their full 50 overs and reach personal goals instead of making record score.

In a ODI game between Zimbabwe Women and New Zealand Women what cricket come to seen  by the side of New Zealand Women and New Zealand won the game by 180 runs. New Zealand Women opens inning first with Amelia and Emma Mclod but among the  openers MClod  put a great impact in the  innings by scoring 35 runs but Amelia seems to uncomfortable and losing his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Brooke Halliday played memorable knock of 157 runs and also Maddy Green played high risk and  aggressive innings and scores 67 runs and at the end of the innings New Zealand Women set a strong target of 355 runs. Zimbabwe Women opens inning with Kelis Ndhlovu and Modester and among the openers Ndhlovu played a well knock of 52 runs and give a positive track to her team but Modester not played her role well and scores just 8 runs and after that all the team was panicked and in middle order Chipo Mugeri stable the inning by scoring 38 runs and also Beloved Biza played defensive knock and scores 29 runs but Zimbabwe not chase the target successfully and Ali out on 174 runs and New Zealand women won the game

Looking at the target given by the New Zealand Women team, it seems that they are quite serious in this first ODI match and their hard work practice and passion were visible in this match. They set a target of 354 run which is not something that a normal team can do. In comparison the Zimbabwe Women team was playing, which looked quite weak in this match because they scored only 174 run in which all their players were out. There were three balls in 47 over. If all their players had not been out the overs would have almost ended and they could not have achieved the target even if they wanted to. Looking at their performance in the match it seemed that they had not come prepared at all in this first ODI match and perhaps that is why they faced failure in this first match and the New Zealand team had established hope of winning the match and moving forward.

[Publictalk792]

Looking at the target given by the New Zealand Women team, it seems that they are quite serious in this first ODI match and their hard work practice and passion were visible in this match. They set a target of 354 run which is not something that a normal team can do. In comparison the Zimbabwe Women team was playing, which looked quite weak in this match because they scored only 174 run in which all their players were out. There were three balls in 47 over. If all their players had not been out the overs would have almost ended and they could not have achieved the target even if they wanted to. Looking at their performance in the match it seemed that they had not come prepared at all in this first ODI match and perhaps that is why they faced failure in this first match and the New Zealand team had established hope of winning the match and moving forward.

Major skills difference was shown when New Zealand women beat Zimbabwe women with 180 runs, White Ferns scored amazing runs of 354, with Brooke Halliday leading the way with great 157 runs. New Zealand had safe score of more than seven runs per over, as compared to Zimbabwe who could not match score but instead they were all out at 174 runs despite brave half century by Kelis Ndhlovu. One way that Zimbabwe can close this split is by having more chances to play against top players such as New Zealand, or even against bowlers world can enjoy, such as Amelia Kerr, in order to get used to higher speed of pro game.

[noormcs5]

Major skills difference was shown when New Zealand women beat Zimbabwe women with 180 runs, White Ferns scored amazing runs of 354, with Brooke Halliday leading the way with great 157 runs. New Zealand had safe score of more than seven runs per over, as compared to Zimbabwe who could not match score but instead they were all out at 174 runs despite brave half century by Kelis Ndhlovu. One way that Zimbabwe can close this split is by having more chances to play against top players such as New Zealand, or even against bowlers world can enjoy, such as Amelia Kerr, in order to get used to higher speed of pro game.

That is one of the biggest win by the New Zealand Women team and man, they must have felt confident about it once they were able to win it by 180 runs. The credit goes to the NZ Batswomen who made 354 runs. What was great about this innings that they only lost three wickets in this innings. Brooke Halliday was not out at 157 runs and she was also the player of the match. She had a good partnership with Isabella Gaze. I am sure that they will dominate the entire ODI series.

[Nanga Parbat]

Major skills difference was shown when New Zealand women beat Zimbabwe women with 180 runs, White Ferns scored amazing runs of 354, with Brooke Halliday leading the way with great 157 runs. New Zealand had safe score of more than seven runs per over, as compared to Zimbabwe who could not match score but instead they were all out at 174 runs despite brave half century by Kelis Ndhlovu. One way that Zimbabwe can close this split is by having more chances to play against top players such as New Zealand, or even against bowlers world can enjoy, such as Amelia Kerr, in order to get used to higher speed of pro game.

Zimbabwe Women were defeated by a very large margin, although they played well and could have beaten them by going close to the target, so if their batsmen had worked hard, perhaps they could have victory. This can also be estimated from the fact that their batsmen have made this target for only 3 wickets and this has been done due to their good effort and strength and they have also achieved success. This was their negligence, if they had played well and scored a few runs, they could have achieved the target because this match was to be played in 50 overs, due to which they could have achieved it. For this, Zimbabwe Women should strengthen themselves and make changes within themselves to defeat New Zealand Women which will create interest in this series.

[Farhan99]

Hong Kong Vs Kuwait

Today's in ODI game between Hong Kong and Kuwait, Hong Kong defeated Kuwait by 62 runs. Hong Kong opened the innings first and their players gave a positive start to the team. The top order played responsible cricket and built good partnerships which help the team put a competitive total on the scoreboard. The middle order also supported well and at the end of the innings Hong Kong set a strong target of 273 runs for Kuwait. Kuwait started their innings but their openers Clinto Anto and Lathief were unable to give a strong start to the team. The Hong Kong bowlers bowled very well and kept taking wickets at regular intervals. Kuwait player's tried to build partnerships but they failed to chase the target. Kuwait were bowled out for 211 runs and Hong Kong successfully defended their total and won the match