T-20 CWC Prediction Pool 2022

[Haunebu]

Semi-finals up next people. New Zealand vs Pakistan and India vs England. India is probably relieved to not face NZ, but England is a tough competitor too. Excited!

Along with Netherlands, Ireland, Zimbabwe, we need to add Afghanistan. The match of Australia vs Afghanistan is very close and an unexpected performance came from Rashid Khan. If the middle order have performed better, Afghanistan might've won the match. This time rain made some disturbance, and the rest is history with these teams performance.

Agreed. Rashid was spectacular in that match and almost scripted another crazy upset out of nowhere towards the end. Many teams like India, England etc actually got lucky in some matches by winning narrowly against their competitors.

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[JSRAW]

Semi-finals up next people. New Zealand vs Pakistan and India vs England. India is probably relieved to not face NZ, but England is a tough competitor too. Excited!

These 4 teams still have many flows and didn't play their best cricket so far (maybe barring NZ?). Because of this, we have an exciting time ahead.

Pakistan - Babar and Rizwan look really out of touch but the good thing is middle order and bowlers are doing all the heavy lifting. The same issue with India, we have depressing KL and Rohit at top (he's looking bad). NZ has no big shot except Kane but they have a nice team. England still didn't play according to their reputation, especially their batters.

[AB de Royse777]

Semi-finals up next people. New Zealand vs Pakistan and India vs England. India is probably relieved to not face NZ, but England is a tough competitor too. Excited!

How about New Zealand to win the World Cup?
The black caps are my favorite. I predict New Zealand vs England final again and this time New Zealand wins it :-)

[Haunebu]

Pakistan - Babar and Rizwan look really out of touch but the good thing is middle order and bowlers are doing all the heavy lifting. The same issue with India, we have depressing KL and Rohit at top (he's looking bad). NZ has no big shot except Kane but they have a nice team. England still didn't play according to their reputation, especially their batters.

Agreed. None of these teams dominated the competition in the Super 12 which is why it's really tough to tell who will lift the cup at the end. India vs Pakistan in the final would be epic though purely for entertainment purposes.

How about New Zealand to win the World Cup?
The black caps are my favorite. I predict New Zealand vs England final again and this time New Zealand wins it :-)

They are in the strongest position to lift the cup thanks to their amazing bowling lineup primarily if you ask me.

[Patrol69]

Pakistan - Babar and Rizwan look really out of touch but the good thing is middle order and bowlers are doing all the heavy lifting. The same issue with India, we have depressing KL and Rohit at top (he's looking bad). NZ has no big shot except Kane but they have a nice team. England still didn't play according to their reputation, especially their batters.

Agreed. None of these teams dominated the competition in the Super 12 which is why it's really tough to tell who will lift the cup at the end. India vs Pakistan in the final would be epic though purely for entertainment purposes.

How about New Zealand to win the World Cup?
The black caps are my favorite. I predict New Zealand vs England final again and this time New Zealand wins it :-)

They are in the strongest position to lift the cup thanks to their amazing bowling lineup primarily if you ask me.

New Zealand will be far ahead of Pakistan if we consider the comparative aspect Because New Zealand are in great form from openers to finishers and they have world famous pace bowlers in their team. But Pakistan will not be taken so easily as we all know about Pakistan's opening pair If Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan can return to their form, it will be very difficult for New Zealand to win this match. Because Shaheen Afridi Haris Roaf is one of the best bowlers in Pakistan's bowling lineup. Hope New Zealand vs Pakistan match will be a very enjoyable match.

[JSRAW]

Pakistan - Babar and Rizwan look really out of touch but the good thing is middle order and bowlers are doing all the heavy lifting. The same issue with India, we have depressing KL and Rohit at top (he's looking bad). NZ has no big shot except Kane but they have a nice team. England still didn't play according to their reputation, especially their batters.

Agreed. None of these teams dominated the competition in the Super 12 which is why it's really tough to tell who will lift the cup at the end. India vs Pakistan in the final would be epic though purely for entertainment purposes.

This year majority of the openers from almost every team went bust and if we look at the trend then, the middle order doing all the work.

Guess it's because of the lively pitches with the new ball and when it gets softer, it becomes easier to bat on.

Also, long boundaries are playing a nice part in this tourney. I'm loving it! It makes competition so fair between bat and ball.


@Patrol69 bhai sorry but this thread is for participants only.

[Haunebu]

This year majority of the openers from almost every team went bust and if we look at the trend then, the middle order doing all the work.

Guess it's because of the lively pitches with the new ball and when it gets softer, it becomes easier to bat on.

Also, long boundaries are playing a nice part in this tourney. I'm loving it! It makes competition so fair between bat and ball.

Agreed. Phillips, Surya, Shadab etc are some of the middle order players who shined brilliantly in this tournament so far which is why your logic makes perfect sense overall.

This is also one of the reasons why there were so few 200+ scores in this tournament.

Also, I observed so many players getting out thanks to long boundaries in this tournament which would have gone for sixes and fours in smaller stadiums as you mentioned making this tournament way more entertaining.

[Vaskiy]

The match is going to be interesting as both the teams are  equally strong. Both teams have the best bowling and the one who bats good is gonna make the win. New Zealand players could play little more confident than Pakistan as it is something similar to their home ground.

The match is also in the hands of the umpires, because they should not make mistakes. To make mistake is common, but something similar to that in the Bangladesh vs Pakistan match should not happen. Those moments will surely down the player.

[JSRAW]

Pakistan should copyright the word "Unpredictable".

What a beautiful moment for the Pakistani team. They were lagging in the group stage, dependent on the other team's results, and with sheer luck qualified for the semis but when it mattered most they played quality cricket, Props to them.

[Haunebu]

Pakistan should copyright the word "Unpredictable".

What a beautiful moment for the Pakistani team. They were lagging in the group stage, dependent on the other team's results, and with sheer luck qualified for the semis but when it mattered most they played quality cricket, Props to them.

Agreed. Pakistan decimated New Zealand unexpectedly. The first over by Shaheen was amazing and I knew that NZ were in trouble from that over itself.

New Zealand screwed themselves thanks to pointless run-outs, bad fielding, crap wicketkeeping etc which is why they totally deserved to lose this match. Now, India should somehow win against England to face Pakistan in the final.

[Mahdirakib]

Pakistan should copyright the word "Unpredictable".
What a beautiful moment for the Pakistani team. They were lagging in the group stage, dependent on the other team's results, and with sheer luck qualified for the semis but when it mattered most they played quality cricket, Props to them.

Now it looks like Pakistan has really played well in this world cup and qualified for the final as a well deserved team. They have easily won the last 4 matches against some good team. Where they had narrowly lost the first two matches. Pakistan had lost against Zimbabwe by 1 run only, which was an unfortunate situation for the team. Everyone criticised the Pakistan team after that, but they have come back very strongly and proved their capability. The final match will bring more excitement in the spectators mind if India win against England in the second semi final.

[Vaskiy]

Pakistan should copyright the word "Unpredictable".
What a beautiful moment for the Pakistani team. They were lagging in the group stage, dependent on the other team's results, and with sheer luck qualified for the semis but when it mattered most they played quality cricket, Props to them.

Now it looks like Pakistan has really played well in this world cup and qualified for the final as a well deserved team. They have easily won the last 4 matches against some good team. Where they had narrowly lost the first two matches. Pakistan had lost against Zimbabwe by 1 run only, which was an unfortunate situation for the team. Everyone criticised the Pakistan team after that, but they have come back very strongly and proved their capability. The final match will bring more excitement in the spectators mind if India win against England in the second semi final.

At some point we should agree that Pakistan is lucky enough to reach the semifinals. It was Netherlands to pave path for Pakistan reach the semifinals. If South Africa have won the match against Netherlands, then there could've been changes. No doubt, Pakistan is good with their performance. Today's match is going to be interesting, spectators as well as the ICC will expect India to win for its big revenue.

[JSRAW]

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Tbh they really had an off day at work.

Pakistan should copyright the word "Unpredictable".
What a beautiful moment for the Pakistani team. They were lagging in the group stage, dependent on the other team's results, and with sheer luck qualified for the semis but when it mattered most they played quality cricket, Props to them.

Now it looks like Pakistan has really played well in this world cup and qualified for the final as a well deserved team. They have easily won the last 4 matches against some good team. Where they had narrowly lost the first two matches. Pakistan had lost against Zimbabwe by 1 run only, which was an unfortunate situation for the team. Everyone criticised the Pakistan team after that, but they have come back very strongly and proved their capability. The final match will bring more excitement in the spectators mind if India win against England in the second semi final.

At some point we should agree that Pakistan is lucky enough to reach the semifinals. It was Netherlands to pave path for Pakistan reach the semifinals. If South Africa have won the match against Netherlands, then there could've been changes. No doubt, Pakistan is good with their performance. Today's match is going to be interesting, spectators as well as the ICC will expect India to win for its big revenue.

Yeah, they were extremely lucky but to reach into the finals they had to perform well in the semis which they did convincingly so they deserve the credit.

South Africa have only itself to blame, they f%cked up their chances and deserve all the trolling.

[Haunebu]

107/0? What's up with all the Indian bowlers? None of them are bowling well. England are absolutely decimating them at the moment. India still has a slim chance at turning this one around and winning.

Hales and Buttler are spectacular together. The situation looks really bad for the Indians and it looks like England will meet Pakistan in the finals.

[JSRAW]

107/0? What's up with all the Indian bowlers? None of them are bowling well. England are absolutely decimating them at the moment. India still has a slim chance at turning this one around and winning.

Hales and Buttler are spectacular together. The situation looks really bad for the Indians and it looks like England will meet Pakistan in the finals.

They basically rolled over a full Indian team and F$ucked em up lol

They also came back in form at the right time and showed why they are a big team in White ball cricket. After all White ball revolution happened because of this England team under Morgan.

[AB de Royse777]

Surprise! surprise!! Look who is leading the pool :-)

Shall Pakistan repeat 1992 or England should take a revenge on this new form of cricket?

They basically rolled over a full Indian team and F$ucked em up lol

India wouldn't want to play against England for the next two years :-P

Pakistan should copyright the word "Unpredictable".

They are "Unpredictable" from the day they started playing international cricket LOL

[JSRAW]

They basically rolled over a full Indian team and F$ucked em up lol

India wouldn't want to play against England for the next two years :-P

Oh well, with the current batting line up barring Kohli and Surya then yeah they shouldn't

I guess retirement is coming for the likes of KL and Rohit. Both of the openers were pathetic, to be fair to KL Rahul it was expected as usual but Rohit performance as a batter was disappointing.

For a couple of players, it was their last T-20 WC (Ashwin and DK) and I really hope it's same for KL Rahul too, this dude is really depressing, idk why he's a vice-captain.

[Haunebu]

They basically rolled over a full Indian team and F$ucked em up lol

Yup. Extremely disappointed! Rohit should give up captaincy and Hardik should lead the team in the future because I can sparks of MSD in him as a captain, batsman etc.

Surprise! surprise!! Look who is leading the pool :-)

Congrats! Most players in the pool still have a good shot at landing in the top 3 positions due to small differences in points which is why the final will decide who ends up in the top 3.

[JSRAW]

Surprise! surprise!! Look who is leading the pool :-)

Congrats! Most players in the pool still have a good shot at landing in the top 3 positions due to small differences in points which is why the final will decide who ends up in the top 3.

So that's what the point table looks like.

How many points can one score in the Finals? If I'm not wrong then it should be around 4 or 5 points with the margin points. Best of luck to the top 6 

[Mahdirakib]

Surprise! surprise!! Look who is leading the pool :-)

You were at the bottom of the table after round one and round two. You have gradually went up and reached 4th rank within round 5, now you are at the top of the leaderboard by making two correct predictions in semi-finals.

England and Pakistan had played 7 match T20 series before the world cup, where England has won the series by 4-3. England is favourite for the final match, but Pakistan is unpredictable team. Which team you have selected for the final match?