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[Haunebu]

After Aus vs WI we have lot more clarity in Group 1. Australia did favor on themselves by winning with good margin, their run rate went up and now they are favorite for second semifinalist. England already entered into semis with 4 wins + ridiculous high run rate.

If Proteas want to play in semis then they have to beat England by big margin in do and die match.
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Bravo and Chris Gayle are retired from the international cricket.

Predicted Australia to win easily against West Indies and they didn't disappoint me. Warner is finally playing well after a big gap. Looks like South Africa are out of the race at this point.

Bravo and Gayle are 2 of the biggest legends in the world of Cricket and I will miss their international performances.
Silver lining here is that we can still watch them play in leagues like the IPL.

[RapTarX]

Looks like South Africa are out of the race at this point.

Will they go into semi if they win the match? Or they need a big margin as said above. It was a good start by South Africa & luck was favoring them too at the beginning (Roy was retd hurt). But now, England seems to be getting back into the match & it's not possible to have a big margin for KSA anymore I guess.

[JSRAW]

Looks like South Africa are out of the race at this point.

Will they go into semi if they win the match? Or they need a big margin as said above. It was a good start by South Africa & luck was favoring them too at the beginning (Roy was retd hurt). But now, England seems to be getting back into the match & it's not possible to have a big margin for KSA anymore I guess.

Yeah.

For qualification South Africa had to restrict England under 131 runs, in which they failed. Now it doesn't matter if they win or lose, they are going home.

This was the equation.

[Haunebu]

Lost the margin point because of 1 freaking run. Who would have thought that England would end up scoring just 3 runs and lose 3 wickets in a row in the final over? Rabada saved the team even though he got clobbered by Livingston.

England, Pakistan and Australia have qualified for the semi-finals. New Zealand, Afghanistan and India are duking it out for the final spot. Exciting.

[Pffrt]

New Zealand, Afghanistan and India are duking it out for the final spot. Exciting.

It's very much likely that New Zealand will qualify too as in today's match, Afghanistan is struggling to score a big one. It's a total of 124 runs. I don't think Afghans will have a chance to defend with this score. If NZ wins which is likely to happen, India will play the next match for formality  If you ask me, I would say NZ is the best for Semi. The way India played so far, don't deserve a spot in the semi. My bet for Champion would be Pakistan. They seem to be a complete team with bowling strength.

[Haunebu]

Shoaib Malik went crazy by scoring 54 runs in just 18 balls equalling Rahul's T-20 record. Pakistan continued their unbeaten run in recent times by thrashing Scotland.

The only big twist which most people including me didn't see coming is India failing to reach the semi-finals which surprised many people.

If NZ wins which is likely to happen, India will play the next match for formality   If you ask me, I would say NZ is the best for Semi. The way India played so far, don't deserve a spot in the semi. My bet for Champion would be Pakistan. They seem to be a complete team with bowling strength.

Agreed. NZ qualified easily as expected and India along with Afghanistan have been eliminated from the race. My prediction is that New Zealand will win the trophy this time around even though Pakistan and England are better in several aspects.

[JSRAW]

For Indian fans this 2021 WC didn't took place due to pandemic similar to..

-2003 WC final against Australia washed up due to rain.
-2007 WC got scrapped by ICC.
-2017 Champions trophy final didn't happen.
-2019 World Cup semi final against Kiwis got cancelled.
-First WTC final against Kiwis also got cancelled.

  Cheers

[Haunebu]

India obliterated Namibia as expected and this brings an end to Shastri-Kohli T-20 combo. 3 matches remaining people. 2 big semi-finals between top teams followed by a final which I truly hope will be as thrilling as the 2016 final.

Am rooting for New Zealand to win the trophy this time around even though England and Pakistan are better contenders. Let's see what happens.

[JSRAW]

and this brings an end to Shastri-Kohli T-20 combo.

Speaking of their tenure.

I have been following cricket since Ganguly's era, more than 2 decade already. Never been my expectation were so high from the Indian team. Earlier they were always contender but not a champion team in every format or at least 2 formats similar to Windies and Australia but this current team under Shastri-Kohli had every ingredient to become one, feel bad for this duo for not winning any ICC tournament, especially World Test Championship.

Hope Kohli lead our team to new heights in the Test format and Dhamad ji should get some commentary gigs soon, would be fun.

Their numbers are excellent.

[Haunebu]

feel bad for this duo for not winning any ICC tournament, especially World Test Championship.

Hope Kohli lead our team to new heights in the Test format and Dhamad ji should get some commentary gigs soon, would be fun.

I feel bad too that they didn't manage to win any big ICC tournament. They are the new chokers in the world of Cricket after South Africa these days. They have so many great players, but they failed to perform together when it mattered the most.

It doesn't help that Kohli hasn't recovered his form completely yet. Smith is in a similar situation too. Looking forward to Rohit-Kohli-Dravid combo across all formats in the future.

Also, Shastri is easily one of the best commentators out there in my opinion which is why it would be great to see him commentating again.

[RapTarX]

Once again New Zealand is going to be smashed by England. That's pretty bad luck of Kiwis. They have played a lot of Semis and recently final as well but couldn’t win the championship yet.
Another sad day for them I guess. They need 109 run from 60 ball; lost 2 early wickets. I had a bet on England. Though the chase still seems achievable, I guess NZ will fail once again as they did many times.

[JSRAW]

Once again New Zealand is going to be smashed by England. That's pretty bad luck of Kiwis. They have played a lot of Semis and recently final as well but couldn’t win the championship yet.
Another sad day for them I guess. They need 109 run from 60 ball; lost 2 early wickets. I had a bet on England. Though the chase still seems achievable, I guess NZ will fail once again as they did many times.

Tricky situation as required run rate also creeping up but they do have wickets in hand. As long as run rate doesn't go up like 12-ish then it should be okay, after all anything could happen during death overs. England also need to be careful at the end, sometimes scoring runs become easy in last 3-4 overs. All Kiwis need a one big over, may be 17th.

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And Conway is gone.

[Haunebu]

Was rooting for NZ to win this one and they performed over and above my expectations. Mitchell and Neesham were amazing and they ended up winning comfortably towards the end. Revenge taken successfully.

Underestimating NZ is pure stupidity after their recent achievements. Even the mighty Indian team keeps falling repeatedly against them across all formats.

Once again New Zealand is going to be smashed by England. That's pretty bad luck of Kiwis. They have played a lot of Semis and recently final as well but couldn’t win the championship yet.
Another sad day for them I guess.

Wrong. This is why the T-20 format is unpredictable.

[JSRAW]

2015, 2019 50 over WC finals, 2021 World test Champion finals and now qualified for 2021 T-20 WC final. Without any doubt New Zealand is dark horse of modern cricket.

Looks like only Haunebu and RapTarX are playing, pffrt trying to compete but lagging.

@akhjob Bhai, gentle reminder (Fees). 

[akhjob]

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[RapTarX]

Wrong. This is why the T-20 format is unpredictable.

Yeah, I thought NZ was going to lose. You are giving me no chance to lose you LOL. I picked Pakistan to win today & luckily you have gone with the opposite. It's the last chance for me to create the opportunity to reach #1 LOL.
Pakistan will be having a total of 180 or closer which I guess is a very good score to lose Aussies as Pakistan bowling so far seems to be the best this season.

[JSRAW]

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Some fine cricket happening out there. Both team are playing beautifully and not giving benefit to each other.

Pakistan is slightly ahead atm because Australia losing wicket and more importantly Shaheen Afridi got 1 over left. this guys is dream bowler for every team and every captain would would commit murder to have such bowler in his team.

Here comes the Shaheen with his last and 19th over of inning. This is important over!

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WOW 3 back to back sixes against a quality bowler. Damn!!

[Haunebu]

What a match. Both Australia and Pakistan dropped some important catches, but Wade's drop proved to be very costly for Pakistan towards the end of the game. Wade destroyed Pakistan's top bowler through 3 sixes at the end.

This match was very similar to the previous semi-final between NZ and England. Both were close games and we're very entertaining to be honest.

Also, I am on a 17 match winning streak currently(One of my best winning streaks in the gambling world so far). Regret not building an accumulator. Still feels amazing though.

[RapTarX]

Also, I am on a 17 match winning streak currently(One of my best winning streaks in the gambling world so far). Regret not building an accumulator. Still feels amazing though.

I have as well, such a streak but quite the opposite of yours. I have 11 losing streaks IIRC. It turns out every team I'm picking was losing; no matter who the team is though it was soccer matches. Why don't you start a prediction service for cricket? You could have gotten a lot of clients LOL.
It's sad that this time I couldn't even compete with you in the final. You are the winner before the final match. There's no way to get 6 points from a match, is there LOL.

[Haunebu]

Why don't you start a prediction service for cricket? You could have gotten a lot of clients LOL.
It's sad that this time I couldn't even compete with you in the final. You are the winner before the final match. There's no way to get 6 points from a match, is there LOL.

Just got lucky this time around. I'm not an expert at predicting sports results which is why I never considered starting any prediction services.  It all comes down to luck and gut feelings at the end of the day.

Also, you won the last prediction pool and ended up in the top 3 in this pool which implies that you are really good at predicting Cricket match results.