Topic: Cricket match prediction discussions - page 280. (Read 607334 times)

Makes sense. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are in a bad place right now and I cannot even imagine the state of the Sri Lankan team after the horrific incident in their country recently.

I am expecting NZ and SA to reach the semis while Pakistan will lose in the quarters.

I'd agree with your post. IMO, there are four teams that are capable of winning the trophy this time: India, England, Australia and South Africa (in that order of highest probability to the lowest). Teams such as New Zealand and Pakistan can progress up to the semi-finals, but beyond that is not very likely. The other teams (AFG, BAN, WI, and SL) don't have the capability to advance to the semi-final stage.

I do hope MSD takes care of his back since he seems to be worried it and we would not want him getting injured at such a crucial time. I feel India has the most balanced squad overall followed by Australia and England.

Was surprised to see Hazlewood getting excluded though, but it makes sense due to his fitness issues.

LOL yes, no hope for the rest but I have my wishes with them :-P
Some of them might get place in the next round but taking the world cup race I would say the race is in between
Australia
India
England

I would like to say South Africa too but not sure much.

It must be the type LOL

Bro, looks like typo to me and it should be 1983 instead of 1993.

No hope for the rest? You are underestimating teams like NZ and overestimating teams like Pakistan. Pakistan might not even reach the quarters thanks to the state they are in currently.

Recent form is a major indicator of a teams performance and Aus, India, England have been performing really well in that area.

India has won the world cup 1993 hosted by England. They are familiar with the pitch and are the most likely bet to win the world cup.
Australia is surely the favorite team being the defending champions and having a new and balanced team.
Pakistan, England and South Africa too can give a tough competition. There are no hopes for the rest.

I don't think many teams are in the top form except Australia, India and England. I have not followed the South African team so not have much idea about them.

There were rumors that India can not perform in English pitches but in the last few years they proved it wrong. Australia seems okay in English pitch they I do not see any concern for them too. Having Warner and Smith in the team made the Australian team stronger. I used to take side of Indian team for this world cup but after seeing the performance against Pakistan in the recent series and addition of Warner & Smith tells me that Australia may lift the cup.

Let's see.

Steve Smith is coming into form just at the right time ahead of the World Cup, the more time he spends out in the middle playing for his IPL team the better he will become and he has shown how good he can be batting on English pitches so this helps Australia's chance at defending their World Cup title even more in their favour. We can see that this years World Cup is going to be a exciting tournament with so many teams and players in top form.

This is not the right thread to discuss this topic since there is another thread primarily meant for IPL related discussions. Check the following link:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcointalk-ipl-prediction-pool-discussion-5114470

Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals, Home Team : Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan has put the score of 191 on the board and the Away team looks fully prepare, Today Shreyas Iyer has to bat massive else no room to be in TOP now, The young Star Rishabh Pant looks to Hit today big score lets see.

I concur. Pakistan used to be a great team long back, but their management politics messed everything up and they are in a bad position currently just like Sri Lanka.

The only asian country which has a chance to lift the cup this year is India in my opinion.

Indian team is super team and there is a chance to win world cup this year by Indian team. Pakistan also a good team but they are facing problem to rearranging their team. So, they are passing difficult time and they may not go far on world cup.

I agree. Some people just don't understand just how powerful the Indian team has been in recent times which is why they shy away from the truth. Obviously, no team is perfect and every team basically wins and loses at the end of the day.

Based on my research, I am pretty confident that either India or England will lift the World cup this year.

India is dominating the rankings due to their dominance in all the departments - batting, spin and pace. Their best performances occurred in South Asia, where the conditions are more conductive to spin bowling. But as you said, none of the current test playing teams (12 in total?) are unbeatable, and that is applicable to India as well.

We are a small community (cricket) here in bitcointalk comparing with others. If we start picking fight with each others then we will not exist guys.

Stop ignoring or hating each others. Let's welcome everyone who wants to post here and make it a better place.

I really do like every single person in this cricket community and I hope we stick together always.

Cheers :-)

Who said I wasn't calm? Peace all the way! Was just replying to some random weirdo poster in a manner which I saw fit. You and some more posters from the Cricket section of this forum are the only people who I feel good conversing with and I basically ignore the others who I don't like.

If you have a problem with my behavior, we can stop conversing. It is as simple as that.

Lol this haunebu dude is key board warrior.  he has on my ignore list for very long but you guys keep quoting him hehehe

This is the 5th time he's engaging with his rude behavior  with other users without any facts just rambling his usual rant and some day every one will put him on ignore.

1. Raja 
2. Juggy
3 sithara 
4. Me 
5. Maady

Would love to throw Indian batsmen test matches stats in front of him specially England and south africa tour But he's too ignorant tbh and sad fact is he's very proud of his ignorance.  he gives bad impression about Indians to other users.  He never reads what others are saying and never gives respect to other people's opinion.

Note : Home matches doesn't  count for obvious reasons because most of time we wins matches or series in home just like any other county.

Maddy clearly pointed about the test match why India is in top and he's 90% right.

And he-she specifically mentioned  that India is good team but not invincible in odi. Which is true and nothing new as well because everything can happen in cricket.

We don't come here for bullying someone. We are here for discussion and like in every other discussion we should respect each other point of views and tackle them with respect and facts.

Humble request to you haunebu. Not cool bro whatever you are doing.

Clam down Haunebu. You rarely get bad tampered :-P
India has always better betting unit in all format of cricket. It's a proven fact.

Humble? Lol. Try harder fool. India have been dominating the ODI and test formats for quite a long period of time now and no one really cares whether you are willing to accept the truth or not.

I clearly pointed out specific players and the Indian team rankings separately, but your brain clearly could not separate the two facts. How in the heck does a team win tests without a good batting lineup weirdo? Don't bother responding since I don't really care about your opinion anyway.