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Zimbabwe is lucky won this match with their mind blowing performance at one stage it was looking very hard to complete the innings for 49 overs but 9th wicket change the whole match and with supporting bowling they got more strong position to take down West Indies so early and in the end rain helped them finally to win this match.
West Indies are in trouble here. With rains coming down they are behind on the DL target.
Looks like Zimbabwe will go through and face Sri lanka in the final.
Not many people would have predicted Zimbabwe to go through to the final.
West Indies should be at 129 runs at that stage when they have 124 runs as per D/L method, I think so there is very low chance for West Indies to move forward to next round, Zimbabwe will qualify to next round as they are still raining.
Wow what a great performance by Zimbabwe 9th wicket partnership put them into good position once they were down by 8 wickets on 127 runs, Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chisoro played very responsible innings for their team and now West Indies is also in trouble after losing 3 quick wickets for chase down of low target of 219 runs.
West Indies are in trouble here. With rains coming down they are behind on the DL target.
Looks like Zimbabwe will go through and face Sri lanka in the final.
Not many people would have predicted Zimbabwe to go through to the final.
Wow what a great performance by Zimbabwe 9th wicket partnership put them into good position once they were down by 8 wickets on 127 runs, Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chisoro played very responsible innings for their team and now West Indies is also in trouble after losing 3 quick wickets for chase down of low target of 219 runs.
Australia are now currently at 2/57 and need a big partnership from Smith and Khawaja if they have any chance at passing South Africa's first innings total. South Africa are already applying on the pressure which is making it hard for Australia to score runs but I think they just need to get passed this early stage and get to lunch with 2 wickets down and then come out and try and pile on the runs. We shall see where the game is at later on tonight.
Quite an impressive improvement by Australia this time after the very poorly performance in a previous test match. Great effort from Khawaja which led to a nice 48 run lead and a good chance is now open to them to win that test match. I think the improvement from the previous test match is huge for them.
Zimbabwe lost 5 wickets at 63 runs so it will be hard for them to post good total there. Wes Indies is in good position but they must put all their efforts to restrict their innings under 200 runs. Zimbabwe didn't took the right decision after winning the toss after some delay due to rain and on wet field they into trouble.
Australia got control on that match with the help of Khawaja's impressive innings and good partnerships with Smith and Handscomb they got lead of 14 runs, Australia still have 6 wickets in hand and they will try to extend the lead as much as they, in this way the can increase the pressure on South Africa and can win this match.
Australia are 209/3 before dinner 2nd day they are going very strong and if they score above 500+ and then they can have more chances of getting allout SA withing the first inning score or at low total to chase. Australia record is their that they have never white washed in test in home so mostly this test will be win by australia
Due to Rain New Zealand vs Pakistan match stopped early and NZ scored 77/2 mostly this test will be draw due to rain forecast
Due to Rain New Zealand vs Pakistan match stopped early and NZ scored 77/2 mostly this test will be draw due to rain forecast
Khawaja, Smith doing great job for Australia when they need a good partnership after lost of 2 wickets on 37 runs but slowly slowly they pushing it to more closer, South Africa is in looking under pressure and trying hard to break current partnership, because South Africa was not good at day 1 and their innings finished at low score.
Australia are now currently at 2/57 and need a big partnership from Smith and Khawaja if they have any chance at passing South Africa's first innings total. South Africa are already applying on the pressure which is making it hard for Australia to score runs but I think they just need to get passed this early stage and get to lunch with 2 wickets down and then come out and try and pile on the runs. We shall see where the game is at later on tonight.
Australia is showing in this test match that they are going to fight to win this test match. South Africa thought they would try and get a couple of quick wickets last night be declaring and putting Australia into bat with 12 overs to go but that plan hasn't paid off and now later today Australia can try and get a big score on the board. If Australia can make 300+ and even get a 100+ run lead they will be very hard to beat in this day night test match. Remember Australia have played in a day night test match where as South Africa has not and by the looks of it yesterday South Africa did find it a little difficult to bat with the pink ball.
But we need to wait for today's first session how it goes. If Australia can play and score some decent runs without losing any wickets then they may lead this innings instead if they lose few or couple of wickets quickly then SA may take that advantage from that. I hope Australia may still have a better chance to win this match.
Australia just lasts the first wicket already, and they added just 14 runs this morning. I can say it is a good start from SA and they should concentrate on picking up wickets on regular intervals then they can put pressure on Australia. SA should allow to build any big partnerships then they can do some magic in this game.
Australia is showing in this test match that they are going to fight to win this test match. South Africa thought they would try and get a couple of quick wickets last night be declaring and putting Australia into bat with 12 overs to go but that plan hasn't paid off and now later today Australia can try and get a big score on the board. If Australia can make 300+ and even get a 100+ run lead they will be very hard to beat in this day night test match. Remember Australia have played in a day night test match where as South Africa has not and by the looks of it yesterday South Africa did find it a little difficult to bat with the pink ball.
But we need to wait for today's first session how it goes. If Australia can play and score some decent runs without losing any wickets then they may lead this innings instead if they lose few or couple of wickets quickly then SA may take that advantage from that. I hope Australia may still have a better chance to win this match.
Pakistan actually all Asian teams have problem on bouncy wickets of colder countries where pitches all the times are more favorable to host teams. Pakistan is going to play again like it did at start of the year when it visited New Zealand. I have New Zealand because there will be no chance one match goes live @2.06 NZ.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first, and NZ already scored 77 runs with the loss of two wickets. I do agree that most of the Asian countries batsman not so good in playing these fast pitches, but young players are much better compared to the old batsman. We will come to know only after Pakistan first innings batsman whether they can win this match or not.
Australia is showing in this test match that they are going to fight to win this test match. South Africa thought they would try and get a couple of quick wickets last night be declaring and putting Australia into bat with 12 overs to go but that plan hasn't paid off and now later today Australia can try and get a big score on the board. If Australia can make 300+ and even get a 100+ run lead they will be very hard to beat in this day night test match. Remember Australia have played in a day night test match where as South Africa has not and by the looks of it yesterday South Africa did find it a little difficult to bat with the pink ball.
Du Plessis surprised with his decision to declare the innings at 259 runs when he was still at the crease,he should have played some shots and extend the score which would help them later on instead he declared the innings so that he could pressurize the Aussie top order with 12 overs remaining for the day
Australia played 12 overs today and tried to save the wickets even it scored only 14 runs. Australia at home pitches never was so helpless as it is now but it may strike back. it is too early to place bet at least one more day should be let pass. Obviously draw is not an option for any team.
Barisal Bulls v Khulna Titans in spite of having time of few hours till game will be kicked off I completed the transaction of making my bet on Khulna Titans. I don't think tomorrow the odds will remain same as of now at this moment @1.81 for it. I played on it except last match it has been of high quality team.
Australia vs South Africa from my opinion this pitch is not ideal for batting and very difficult for batsmen to play freely on it, South Africa have good bowling attack so that it seems Australia will be into problem when they come for batting tomorrow, South Africa has chance to get them under pressure easily.
Pakistan actually all Asian teams have problem on bouncy wickets of colder countries where pitches all the times are more favorable to host teams. Pakistan is going to play again like it did at start of the year when it visited New Zealand. I have New Zealand because there will be no chance one match goes live @2.06 NZ.
New Zealand vs Pakistan I don't have good hope for Pakistan because they are not fit team for bouncy track, this match will be dominated by Kiwis as like the first match and after winning that match their morale is really high and they will play much confident and would win this match too.
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