Sri Lanka should be ashamed of themselves to be frank. They almost lost against a weaker team when the target itself was small on their own turf. They barely won at the end thanks to the tail performing well.
Ngarava was phenomenal and decimated the Lankans along with Raza. Great stuff Zimbabwe!
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The Zimbabwean team played brilliantly in the second ODI match between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. If Zimbabwe could have played the full over, if they could have given Sri Lanka a target of 220 runs, then maybe Zimbabwe could have won this match today. Because the bowlers of Zimbabwe bowled brilliantly especially Richard Ngarava bowled brilliantly bowling 32 runs in 10 overs and took five important wickets. Unfortunately Zimbabwe lost today's match. Sri Lanka won by two wickets but in my eyes Zimbabwe won. Because the Zimbabwean team has performed brilliantly. Because Sri Lanka is undoubtedly a strong team but the way they performed today it seems Sri Lanka's Zimbabwean team bowled much better. Because the Lankan batsmen have struggled to bat against the target of 209 runs given by Zimbabwe. Honestly feel very bad for the Zimbabwe team for not winning today's match. Sri Lanka won by two wickets Congratulations to the Sri Lankan team.
SL VS ZIM 2nd ODI
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A great fight from Zimbabwe team but at the end Srilanka is successful to chase down the target 211 runs in loss of 8 wickets in 49 overs. Sirlinka won this match by jusy 2 wickets and only 1 over is spare. Zimbabwe bowling performance is well Richard Ngarava picked 5 important wicktes by just giving 32 runs and Sikandar Raza also pick 2 wickets by giving 32 runs in his bowling spell. But Srilanka bastmen especially Janith Liyanage batting performance is outstanding scored 95 runs in 127 balls, unfortunately missed his well deserved century by 5 runs short but played a match winning inning.Jeffrey Vandersay also batting well scored crucial 19 runs unbeaten and win match for Srilanka.SNIP---
Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in South Africa this competition, today Afghanistan U19 squad against South Africa U19 sqaud match was finished now. We see in this match, Afghanistan U19 first batting inning performance was very bad and just two batters collected normal scores 35 and resting batters wiped out below 10 scores. Rahimullah Zurmati batter collected 35 scores after batting 62 deliveries and other batter Numan Shah collected 35 scores after batting 87 deliveries. After wiping out all batters of Afghanistan U19 sqaud at 45 overs and AFG19 squad successfully collected 139 scores. South Africa U19 squad just played half overs of this match and in half overs, South Africa U19 squad defend this all target with lost of 5 wickets. Steve Stolk performance was good and he collected 40 scores and he fully support his squad South Africa U19.
Although Zimbabwe is comparatively a weak team but I think they have performed well against Sri Lanka in today's match. Where 208 runs were lost against Sri Lanka, and they were able to bat well in the first innings. However, from the moment Sri Lanka came out to bat in the second innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted very badly due to which their wickets fell quickly. Sri Lankan batsman Janith Liyanage has come a long way, he has scored 74 runs off 103 balls, his batting performance is outstanding and he is batting well towards a century. If the Sri Lankan team can play in pairs at the moment then it is definitely possible to win the match against Zimbabwe, although the Sri Lankan team has lost 6 wickets at the moment. There is a good chance that the Sri Lankan team is in favor of Zimbabwe today, there is not much of a margin of runs, at the moment they need to collect 76 runs from just 91 balls, which is quite possible if Sri Lanka can play well.
We all know Zimbabwe was not the strong team like the Srilanka,because they are the finalist of the 2011 World Cup against team India.But with my knowledge Zimbabwe never reached the World Cup final in their entire cricket history.Today it was proved,any team can be beat by the hard work.Almost the game was favour the team Zimbabwe,because just four bowlers wicket left with the Srilanka and the target also almost 57 runs.The Srilanka should play the game with more responsibility at the end,because they have 77 balls in which the target should be chased by the 57 runs is easy one.The Zimbabwe also need to bowl good till the end.
Although Zimbabwe is comparatively a weak team but I think they have performed well against Sri Lanka in today's match. Where 208 runs were lost against Sri Lanka, and they were able to bat well in the first innings. However, from the moment Sri Lanka came out to bat in the second innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted very badly due to which their wickets fell quickly. Sri Lankan batsman Janith Liyanage has come a long way, he has scored 74 runs off 103 balls, his batting performance is outstanding and he is batting well towards a century. If the Sri Lankan team can play in pairs at the moment then it is definitely possible to win the match against Zimbabwe, although the Sri Lankan team has lost 6 wickets at the moment. There is a good chance that the Sri Lankan team is in favor of Zimbabwe today, there is not much of a margin of runs, at the moment they need to collect 76 runs from just 91 balls, which is quite possible if Sri Lanka can play well.
We all know Zimbabwe was not the strong team like the Srilanka,because they are the finalist of the 2011 World Cup against team India.But with my knowledge Zimbabwe never reached the World Cup final in their entire cricket history.Today it was proved,any team can be beat by the hard work.Almost the game was favour the team Zimbabwe,because just four bowlers wicket left with the Srilanka and the target also almost 57 runs.The Srilanka should play the game with more responsibility at the end,because they have 77 balls in which the target should be chased by the 57 runs is easy one.The Zimbabwe also need to bowl good till the end.
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, today in the ODI series second match, Zimbabwe team batsmen batted very badly. But in today's match Zimbabwe batsman Craig Irvine played quite well. Craig Irvine of the Zimbabwe team was dismissed after collecting 82 runs off 102 balls. This batsman of Zimbabwe team has performed well. However, if Craig Irvine bats a bit more responsibly, he could have scored a century in today's match. But unfortunately the 8th over bowling of Dushmantha Chameera of Sri Lanka team knocked out this great batsman of Zimbabwe team. After the fall of Craig Irvine, no other batsman of the Zimbabwean team could stand the crease well in the face of the powerful bowlers of the Sri Lankan team. Zimbabwe team batsmen fell one after another due to strong bowling by Sri Lankan bowlers. In this match, Zimbabwe team lost all wickets after playing 44.4 overs and gave a target of 209 runs to Sri Lanka team. I think this target of 209 runs is not too big for Sri Lanka as a strong team. Now Sri Lanka is batting in the second innings. Sri Lanka lost 2 wickets for 36 runs at the start of the game. Zimbabwe's bowling looks to be off to a good start. If the Zimbabwean team can bowl well, maybe something different will be seen in this match.
Only 42 runs needs for Sri Lanka team to win this game in 54 balls and 4 wickets also left. Sre Lanka team easily won this game because very few runs are left for chase and enough balls also left. Zimbabwe team was not a very powerful team in cricket and their efforts in old games was not outstanding but in 1 st game of this series, their efforts was good if game was completed their chance for winning are good. This game, Zimbabwe team made 208 runs target in 44.4 overs. Leader C.Ervine of Zimbabwe team batted well and he scored 82 runs in 102 balls and he hitted nine 4s and one 6s. Other few batsman scored almost 30 runs and some were made 0 to 5 runs. J.Liyanage batsman from Sre Lanka side batted well and he was not dismissed and scored 94 runs in 125 balls with six 4s and two 6s. 
Zimbabwe's team is very weak this season, as they are not able to perform well defending the wickets. But in the second ODI match today, the Zimbabwean team kept the wicket but could not advance in terms of runs. If the Zimbabwe team wants to win this match today, then the batting performance has to be improved, if the Sri Lanka team can be given a target of 300 plus runs, the Zimbabwe team can win. Now the current pair is Craig Ervine is progressing towards the century, if he can play patiently today then Craig Ervine will definitely be able to complete 100 runs. He is at his best in the current season.
Although Zimbabwe is comparatively a weak team but I think they have performed well against Sri Lanka in today's match. Where 208 runs were lost against Sri Lanka, and they were able to bat well in the first innings. However, from the moment Sri Lanka came out to bat in the second innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted very badly due to which their wickets fell quickly. Sri Lankan batsman Janith Liyanage has come a long way, he has scored 74 runs off 103 balls, his batting performance is outstanding and he is batting well towards a century. If the Sri Lankan team can play in pairs at the moment then it is definitely possible to win the match against Zimbabwe, although the Sri Lankan team has lost 6 wickets at the moment. There is a good chance that the Sri Lankan team is in favor of Zimbabwe today, there is not much of a margin of runs, at the moment they need to collect 76 runs from just 91 balls, which is quite possible if Sri Lanka can play well.So Far Sri Lanka has scored 160 runs and 6 wickets have fallen. Zimbabwe still has a chance of winning the match But I don't think that is going to happen. Janith Liyanage is still out there. They need 46 runs from 63 balls. I think that won't be a challenge for Sri Lanka if they can keep their wickets.
Zimbabwe did struggle with the bat though, Only Craig Ervin did well with the bat scoring a beautiful 82 runs from 102 runs. Many of the batters could not even get to 2 digits of runs. And to be honest I am not surprised that they were struggling. As I have said before they are not that good of a cricketing team. I predict Sri Lanka will win this match and the next match as well.
Although Zimbabwe is comparatively a weak team but I think they have performed well against Sri Lanka in today's match. Where 208 runs were lost against Sri Lanka, and they were able to bat well in the first innings. However, from the moment Sri Lanka came out to bat in the second innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted very badly due to which their wickets fell quickly. Sri Lankan batsman Janith Liyanage has come a long way, he has scored 74 runs off 103 balls, his batting performance is outstanding and he is batting well towards a century. If the Sri Lankan team can play in pairs at the moment then it is definitely possible to win the match against Zimbabwe, although the Sri Lankan team has lost 6 wickets at the moment. There is a good chance that the Sri Lankan team is in favor of Zimbabwe today, there is not much of a margin of runs, at the moment they need to collect 76 runs from just 91 balls, which is quite possible if Sri Lanka can play well.
We all know Zimbabwe was not the strong team like the Srilanka,because they are the finalist of the 2011 World Cup against team India.But with my knowledge Zimbabwe never reached the World Cup final in their entire cricket history.Today it was proved,any team can be beat by the hard work.Almost the game was favour the team Zimbabwe,because just four bowlers wicket left with the Srilanka and the target also almost 57 runs.The Srilanka should play the game with more responsibility at the end,because they have 77 balls in which the target should be chased by the 57 runs is easy one.The Zimbabwe also need to bowl good till the end.
Zimbabwe's team is very weak this season, as they are not able to perform well defending the wickets. But in the second ODI match today, the Zimbabwean team kept the wicket but could not advance in terms of runs. If the Zimbabwe team wants to win this match today, then the batting performance has to be improved, if the Sri Lanka team can be given a target of 300 plus runs, the Zimbabwe team can win. Now the current pair is Craig Ervine is progressing towards the century, if he can play patiently today then Craig Ervine will definitely be able to complete 100 runs. He is at his best in the current season.
Although Zimbabwe is comparatively a weak team but I think they have performed well against Sri Lanka in today's match. Where 208 runs were lost against Sri Lanka, and they were able to bat well in the first innings. However, from the moment Sri Lanka came out to bat in the second innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted very badly due to which their wickets fell quickly. Sri Lankan batsman Janith Liyanage has come a long way, he has scored 74 runs off 103 balls, his batting performance is outstanding and he is batting well towards a century. If the Sri Lankan team can play in pairs at the moment then it is definitely possible to win the match against Zimbabwe, although the Sri Lankan team has lost 6 wickets at the moment. There is a good chance that the Sri Lankan team is in favor of Zimbabwe today, there is not much of a margin of runs, at the moment they need to collect 76 runs from just 91 balls, which is quite possible if Sri Lanka can play well. 
The India U19 vs South Africa U19 match in the Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament. The match was challenging for both squads, with India U19 facing a tough target of 256 set by South Africa U19. Despite a shaky start in their batting inning, India U19 managed to secure a victory with just 8 deliveries remaining. Uday Saharan played a crucial role by scoring a century with 112 runs, while Priyanshu Moliya contributed with 76 runs, and Musheer Khan scored 41 runs. The overall performance of these players made the match entertaining and challenging.
In today's match between India U19 and South Africa U19, India U19 beat South Africa U19 by 6 wickets to top the points table. India finished the match at the top of the points table with eight points from a total of four matches. Now if a match is held between South Africa U19 and Afghanistan U19, if Afghanistan wins one of the 19 teams then India U19 will play in the final match. But it is clear that India U19 will be the unbeaten champions and Afghanistan U19 are likely to be the runners-up.As you know, the under 19 Tri-nation series was started for a long time and at this time, the match was played in South Africa vs Afghanistan U19. In this series, all matches were played in South Africa, and this match was played in Johannesburg.
Hassan Eisakhil was the opener from the Afghanistan U19s team, and he made 4 runs in 4 balls and after making these 4 runs, he was out by Maphaka, the ball did by Maphaka but caught by Pretorius, who is the vice-captain. The all team of Afghanistan has been all out at 139, and 5 overs were remaining.
As rain interrupted the first match of the ODI series between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, we could not enjoy the match. But today also in the second match of this series, play was stopped for some time after 13 overs of the second innings due to rain interruption. Many such matches are called off every year due to rain interruptions. As a result the gamblers have to face a lot of losses, sudden rain interruption during the match is a big fear for the gamblers. But fortunately after the rain cleared making the field fit for play, play resumed in the second innings. I was quite apprehensive as the rain interrupted this match as well. I thought I might miss today's second match because of the rain. But by God's grace we are enjoying this match again. I hope we can enjoy the match to the fullest without any further problems.
The match started again and Sirlanka current score is 90 runs in loss of 4 early wickets in 26 overs. Two Sirlanka batters Liyanage is playing well 41 runs not out but played alot of balls 78 alongside with Arachchige scored 21 runs in 36 balls. This partnership is very important for Srilanka to win this match. After winning the toss and Zimbabwe bat first and all out in just 208 runs in 44.5 overs. Amazing bowling performance by Sirlanka fast and spin bowlers especially Theekshana who picked 4 important wicktes by giving just 34 runs in 9.4 over. Now Sirlanka needs 119 runs in 24 overs to win this match against Zimbabwe.
As expected the Srilankan batting line-up is so weak that they can't even bat against the Zimbabwe bowlers. This is the far worst batting by the Srilankan team in an ODI. 4 wickets have gone for just 83 runs, never expected the Srilankan batting would be so pathetic. Another 10 overs to the max this match will be over, if a batter doesn't hold on. The target is not that big to chase but Srilankan batters are not that good as they were in the past.
As rain interrupted the first match of the ODI series between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, we could not enjoy the match. But today also in the second match of this series, play was stopped for some time after 13 overs of the second innings due to rain interruption. Many such matches are called off every year due to rain interruptions. As a result the gamblers have to face a lot of losses, sudden rain interruption during the match is a big fear for the gamblers. But fortunately after the rain cleared making the field fit for play, play resumed in the second innings. I was quite apprehensive as the rain interrupted this match as well. I thought I might miss today's second match because of the rain. But by God's grace we are enjoying this match again. I hope we can enjoy the match to the fullest without any further problems.
India U19 Team vs South Africa U19 Team India U19 team performed really admirably in today's game. India U19 team performed well against Afghanistan U19 team India U19 team performed well against South Africa U19 team. India U19 team has retained the top spot in the points table due to their best performance. The way the India U19 team is performing, it seems that they will win the final match. Great win against South Africa U19 team. Congratulations to the India U19 team.
Today is the match of the South Africa U19 team vs Afghanistan under 19 and this is a proper chance for South Africa to play the final match against the India U19 team.
In this match, the South African team did wonderful bowling but if they bowled like they bat so they could easily win this match with a good run rate and if they won with a good run rate so after two days the final match would be played between India and South Africa. South African bowlers don't allow the Afghanistan team to beat them on their home ground.
It looks like that the Zimbabwe bowlers are very effective against the weak Srilankna batters. Before the 10th over was bowled they got 2 wickets, as the Srilankan batting line up is very weak. The amount of hype Zimbabwe gathered in the first ODI was amazing! As of now they are doing what they hinted. If Srilankna team losses this match it would be a clear indication that they should not be part of the test team squad. As being a test match playing team the board gets more paid by ICC. With so much corruption these guys should be stripped out of the test playing nations.
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, today in the ODI series second match, Zimbabwe team batsmen batted very badly. But in today's match Zimbabwe batsman Craig Irvine played quite well. Craig Irvine of the Zimbabwe team was dismissed after collecting 82 runs off 102 balls. This batsman of Zimbabwe team has performed well. However, if Craig Irvine bats a bit more responsibly, he could have scored a century in today's match. But unfortunately the 8th over bowling of Dushmantha Chameera of Sri Lanka team knocked out this great batsman of Zimbabwe team. After the fall of Craig Irvine, no other batsman of the Zimbabwean team could stand the crease well in the face of the powerful bowlers of the Sri Lankan team. Zimbabwe team batsmen fell one after another due to strong bowling by Sri Lankan bowlers. In this match, Zimbabwe team lost all wickets after playing 44.4 overs and gave a target of 209 runs to Sri Lanka team. I think this target of 209 runs is not too big for Sri Lanka as a strong team. Now Sri Lanka is batting in the second innings. Sri Lanka lost 2 wickets for 36 runs at the start of the game. Zimbabwe's bowling looks to be off to a good start. If the Zimbabwean team can bowl well, maybe something different will be seen in this match.
Looks like Srilankan bowling has comeback, 6 wickets gone in quick succession. Zimbabwe had a run rate above 5 earlier now they are below 5. Only 10 overa left and they haven't been able to cross the 200 runs mark. If they can't go above 250 or upto 250 runs then this match will end up with them losing. Srilankan batting is not that good but a decent target is required to defend it by the bowlers. The only batter that batted well was the captain of Zimbabwe. Rest are just not that good as none of them have been able to get a 50 for themselves in this match.
The Sri Lankan bowling attack was brilliant especially the middle order batsmen performed fairly well but towards the end the Zimbabwean batsmen failed completely as they could not cope till 50 overs but were bowled out for 208 runs in 44 overs. However, Sri Lanka are batting at a target of 209 runs and Aviska Fernando was dismissed LBW early on. Later, Samarawicrama was cut out by Richard Ngarava. Now Sri Lanka is facing many setbacks especially two wickets falling for 16 runs means Sri Lanka are likely to lose today's match. SL VS ZIM 2nd ODI
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Previous match in between these sqaud Zimbabwe sqaud against Sri Lanka squad was ended with no result. In this match, Sri Lanka squad performance was very notable and reliable and they also collected good scores after playing 50 overs. But in current match, Sri Lanka sqaud performance was not going to be impressive in low overs they lost two main batters Avishka Fernando batter and Sadeera Samarawickrama batter. First Avishka Fernando batter collected only 4 scores and he got out and second Sadeera Samarawickrama also collected only 4 scores. But Sri Lanka sqaud have high possibility to emerge victory in second T20 match. Now let's see Sri Lanka squad defend this 208 scores in remaining overs or batter or not. [.....]
Looks like Srilankan bowling has comeback, 6 wickets gone in quick succession. Zimbabwe had a run rate above 5 earlier now they are below 5. Only 10 overa left and they haven't been able to cross the 200 runs mark. If they can't go above 250 or upto 250 runs then this match will end up with them losing. Srilankan batting is not that good but a decent target is required to defend it by the bowlers. The only batter that batted well was the captain of Zimbabwe. Rest are just not that good as none of them have been able to get a 50 for themselves in this match.
The Sri Lankan bowling attack was brilliant especially the middle order batsmen performed fairly well but towards the end the Zimbabwean batsmen failed completely as they could not cope till 50 overs but were bowled out for 208 runs in 44 overs. However, Sri Lanka are batting at a target of 209 runs and Aviska Fernando was dismissed LBW early on. Later, Samarawicrama was cut out by Richard Ngarava. Now Sri Lanka is facing many setbacks especially two wickets falling for 16 runs means Sri Lanka are likely to lose today's match. Jump to: