The warm up match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan is played in Guwahati. Sri Lanka was bowled out from a strong position of 257/2 to 294/10 against Afghanistan in the warm-up match. Mohammad Nabi is pick of the bowler with four wickets in eight overs. Kusal Mendis retired hurt after an unbelievable knock of 158 runs in 87 balls against Afghanistan and Sadeera Samarawickrama also played a 39 Score helped Sri Lanka to Reach 294. I think Afghanistan have ability to chase down the they current score 118/1 in just 18th Overs.
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Sri Lanka's performance makes me laugh. I did not watch the match live. Because I was enjoying the Australia vs. Pakistan warm-up match. Even then I was checking the scoreboard of this match after some time. I saw Sri Lanka score 230 runs, and then they lost 2 wickets. Probably not even 30 overs are over then. And the interesting thing is that Sri Lanka has lost 10 wickets and set a target of just 295 runs..
After the dismissal of Kushal Mendis, no other player could play big innings. The total collection of the last 5 batsmen of the Sri Lankan squad was only 7 runs. The way Sri Lanka started their innings, the team should have given away a target of at least 340. Sri Lanka's lower order batted like fools.
I agree with you. If you bat well, scoring 360-380 runs in this match was not a difficult task. The way Sri Lanka started the batting, they could easily have collected more than 350 if they had maintained the consistency. But the Sri Lankan batsmen's performance was very bad. Apart from Mendis and Sadeer, I don't like the batting of any batsman.
Along with the batsmen, the performance of the Sri Lankan bowlers is also quite poor. The match is now being delayed due to rain. In 20.5 overs, the Sri Lankan bowlers managed to pick up only 1 wicket. Afghanistan lost 1 wicket and collected 118 runs. Both Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rahmat Shah are unbeaten with 50+ runs. Afghanistan will win if the match is not abandoned due to rain.
Iftikhar played very well. He was able to play big innings when the team needed it. He returned to the dressing room after collecting 83 runs off 85 balls. But we haven't seen a big innings from Shadab. Babar Azam on the other hand is playing brilliantly. He scored 83 runs off 51 balls unbeaten. This is because of Babar's disastrous innings. Pakistan team managed to collect 241 runs in 34 overs. As long as Babar Azam is at the crease, the match will be in Pakistan's control. But if Babar is out, it will be difficult for Pakistan to win. Mohammad Rizwan is not sure if he will bat. Had Rizwan batted, it would have been easier for Pakistan to win the target of 353 runs. Pakistan now need 111 runs off 96 balls. It is not a very difficult task.
Well I will also agree on that point it will not be a very difficult task for Pakistan. What I see now is that they need 91 runs from just 79 balls. And their current run rate is more than 7 and Require run rate is around 7. In this case, it can be said that they are still very comfortable. Five more wickets to go. Babar Azam was performing very well but I regret his retired hurt. He played an amazing innings with 90 runs off 59 balls, 150.5 strike rate in ODI formats is a fairly good position.Finally I want to say that this match is going to be more interesting, Australian bowlers are not too bad although the amount of runs they give in this match is very high
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Pakistan lost their third wicket before the end of 14 overs. Abdullah shafiq also failed to play well. He managed to collect only 12 runs off 16 balls. Pakistan's top order failed today. Iftikhar and Shadab fail to play big innings, Pakistan will lose by a big margin today.
Iftikhar Ahmed is still a hope for Pakistan, and also Babar Azam came to batting, which is in from and scored much runs in the previous match. This could be an interesting one, the main problem for Pakistan is their 4 wickets has been fallen. On these pitches 350 is easily chased. But I don't know what the Pakistan Team is doing, in the previous match they didn't provide a positive cricket and also now in this match they are not showing that they are ODI no 2 Team. Although Australia is still at no 3rd.
Pakistan should change their team in the coming ODIs. This may be help them, otherwise, the way they are playing I didn't even think they will qualify for the other round in the World Cup.
Now Pakistan have 107 having a 4 wicket loss in 20 overs. Will they chase?
Looking at the second innings, it looks like Pakistan team will fail to chase the target of 352 runs in the match today. Pakistan cricket team scored 130 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 23 overs. Important wickets of Pakistan cricket team Faqar Zaman, Imamul Haque, Shafiq, and Shadab Khan have fallen. Now, Babar Azam and Iftekhar Ahmed at the crease are the last hope for the Pakistan team. It is also uncertain how far these two players can go in their target of 352 runs. But I think to face Australia cricket team bowlers, Pakistan team players need to be more aware. If Pakistan team players can still play well. Then there will be a chance to win the match against Australia
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Pakistan lost their third wicket before the end of 14 overs. Abdullah shafiq also failed to play well. He managed to collect only 12 runs off 16 balls. Pakistan's top order failed today. Iftikhar and Shadab fail to play big innings, Pakistan will lose by a big margin today.
Iftikhar Ahmed is still a hope for Pakistan, and also Babar Azam came to batting, which is in from and scored much runs in the previous match. This could be an interesting one, the main problem for Pakistan is their 4 wickets has been fallen. On these pitches 350 is easily chased. But I don't know what the Pakistan Team is doing, in the previous match they didn't provide a positive cricket and also now in this match they are not showing that they are ODI no 2 Team. Although Australia is still at no 3rd. Pakistan should change their team in the coming ODIs. This may be help them, otherwise, the way they are playing I didn't even think they will qualify for the other round in the World Cup.
Now Pakistan have 107 having a 4 wicket loss in 20 overs. Will they chase?
Iftikhar played very well. He was able to play big innings when the team needed it. He returned to the dressing room after collecting 83 runs off 85 balls. But we haven't seen a big innings from Shadab. Babar Azam on the other hand is playing brilliantly. He scored 83 runs off 51 balls unbeaten. This is because of Babar's disastrous innings. Pakistan team managed to collect 241 runs in 34 overs. As long as Babar Azam is at the crease, the match will be in Pakistan's control. But if Babar is out, it will be difficult for Pakistan to win. Mohammad Rizwan is not sure if he will bat. Had Rizwan batted, it would have been easier for Pakistan to win the target of 353 runs. Pakistan now need 111 runs off 96 balls. It is not a very difficult task.
Australia Cricket Team vs Pakistan Cricket Team.
Australia won the toss against Pakistan in ICC cricket world Cup 2023 warm- up match and elected to bat first. Australian batters played very well. Maxwell scored excellent 77 runs in only 71 balls. David Warner also played very well and made 48 runs in only 33 balls. Labuschagne performed well and made 40 runs in just 31 balls. Australian score is 280 runs with fall of 6 wickets. In 45.1 overs. From Pakistan side,Mir took 2 wickets by giving 31 runs in 5 overs. Match is very interesting and Australia is stronger side than Pakistan. Pakistan batting line up is not performing well. Now, it is time for Pakistan to show their capabilities against big teams. These are practice matches that will give confidence to win matches in World Cup under the same conditions. 
ICC Cricket World Cup Warm-up 8th match pits Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan. Afghanistan team is bowling at the beginning of today's match. The Afghanistan bowlers, despite picking up two wickets from the Sri Lankan team, are yet to make any major impact on the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka batsman Kushal Mendis is in great form in this match. Kushal Mendis has so far scored 94 runs off 56 balls. Kushal Mendis will get a century if he can collect only 6 runs. Now let's see how much Kushal Mendis can finally score with the bat for the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's team score so far is 116-2(16.5), runs
In today's match, Sri Lanka batted exceptionally well. Afghanistan bowling line is very strong but Afghanistan bowling line is not looking good today. Sri Lanka's opening batting Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka were not very good. Kusal Mendis batted like T20 format in today's match, I was surprised by his batting, scored 158 runs in 87 balls with a strike rate of 180+. Kusal Mendis seemed to score a double century in today's match but the retd hurt. So far, Sri Lanka have collected 245 runs in 31 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Now there are 19 overs left, if the wickets are not under pressure then they can target 400+ runs. Sri Lanka's chances of winning today's match are very high.Sri Lanka's performance makes me laugh. I did not watch the match live. Because I was enjoying the Australia vs. Pakistan warm-up match. Even then I was checking the scoreboard of this match after some time. I saw Sri Lanka score 230 runs, and then they lost 2 wickets. Probably not even 30 overs are over then. And the interesting thing is that Sri Lanka has lost 10 wickets and set a target of just 295 runs.
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After the dismissal of Kushal Mendis, no other player could play big innings. The total collection of the last 5 batsmen of the Sri Lankan squad was only 7 runs. The way Sri Lanka started their innings, the team should have given away a target of at least 340. Sri Lanka's lower order batted like fools.
Pakistan lost their third wicket before the end of 14 overs. Abdullah shafiq also failed to play well. He managed to collect only 12 runs off 16 balls. Pakistan's top order failed today. Iftikhar and Shadab fail to play big innings, Pakistan will lose by a big margin today.
Iftikhar Ahmed is still a hope for Pakistan, and also Babar Azam came to batting, which is in form and scored much runs in the previous match. This could be an interesting one, the main problem for Pakistan is their 4 wickets has been fallen. On these pitches 350 is easily chased. But I don't know what the Pakistan Team is doing, in the previous match they didn't provide a positive cricket and also now in this match they are not showing that they are ODI no 2 Team. Although Australia is still at no 3rd.
Pakistan should change their team in the coming ODIs. This may be help them, otherwise, the way they are playing I didn't even think they will qualify for the other round in the World Cup.
Now Pakistan have 107 having a 4 wicket loss in 20 overs. Will they chase?
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I would say their performance today is slightly better than what we have seen from Pakistani bowlers in the last few matches. Almost all warm up matches are played on batting friendly pitches. Because of this every team is able to bat very well. We are seeing high scores in most of the matches. But I highly doubt whether the pitch will be batting friendly in World Cup matches.
Australia collected 238 runs in 39 overs. Quite a good collection. They lost 5 wickets. Perhaps the team will be able to collect 80-100 more runs. However, Pakistan's batting line-up is strong. The team has the ability to score big. The match will surely be exciting till the end.
We could aspect some powerful hiting today from the right hand batsman Iftikhar Ahmed, he is also in form, and also In the last match against New Zealand Abdullah Shafique Played well. I hope they both will play some better cricket today. And also Abdullah Shafique has the ability to to chase a long target. If this partnership goes will, Literally Pakistan will chase down thr target easily.
I have been seeing poor performances from Imam ul haque and Fakhar zaman for a long time. They are not in good form . We have not seen any responsible innings or consistent performance from them in the asia cup either. When pakistan is batting at a big target like 353 runs, if the team does not get a decent collection from the opening pair, then it becomes more difficult to win by batting at such a big target.
Pakistan lost their third wicket before the end of 14 overs. Abdullah shafiq also failed to play well. He managed to collect only 12 runs off 16 balls. Pakistan's top order failed today. Iftikhar and Shadab fail to play big innings, Pakistan will lose by a big margin today.
Pakistan is being captained by Shadab Khan, which according to me is an interesting approach. Rizwan is not playing today and he has been replaced by Abdullah Shafique. I wonder whether he has the potential to bat better than Rizwan, the pressure would be on Babar and Iftikar today to chase the target.
Pakistani team make a several Changes in second warm-up match against Australia to observe how player behave and play in absence of their main player like baber and Rizwan who's really done a huge performance in his previous match. no doubt paksitan will be in trouble but they have to be ready for any kind of challenges.If we have a look on score board then we will find out that paksitan bowler really done a good job in early over especially spinners where they almost took Australian entire wickets before 250 but later due to high leakage of runs from especially fast bowler and some sensible innings of Maxwell and green really put Australia on track and thus they scored unexpected 340+ runs despite the really choked in early stage of the match. Hope it will be interesting how they chasedown the required target in absence of thier main players
I would say their performance today is slightly better than what we have seen from Pakistani bowlers in the last few matches. Almost all warm up matches are played on batting friendly pitches. Because of this every team is able to bat very well. We are seeing high scores in most of the matches. But I highly doubt whether the pitch will be batting friendly in World Cup matches.
Australia collected 238 runs in 39 overs. Quite a good collection. They lost 5 wickets. Perhaps the team will be able to collect 80-100 more runs. However, Pakistan's batting line-up is strong. The team has the ability to score big. The match will surely be exciting till the end.
Your prediction about the score was quite nice. 352 is the target now, and Pakistan have 2 gone on 58 runs in almost 10 overs. It would be a good match to see between the two teams, Pakistan has also a good run rate in this powerplay as compared to previous some matches we have seen so far. Fakhar Zaman has already gone for 22 as we have seen so many times, he should take rest in the coming matches , Pakistan should give a chance to other batsman.
We could aspect some powerful hiting today from the right hand batsman Iftikhar Ahmed, he is also in form, and also In the last match against New Zealand Abdullah Shafique Played well. I hope they both will play some better cricket today. And also Abdullah Shafique has the ability to to chase a long target. If this partnership goes will, Literally Pakistan will chase down thr target easily.
Australia scored 351 runs in the first innings of the warm-up match between Pakistan and Australia with the loss of 7 wickets. Aussie batsmen gave a great batting performance in today's match Australia can have a chance to win against Pakistan today. Australia batsman Maxwell batted well in batting form, he collected 77 runs from 71 balls, unfortunately he could not reach the century. Pakistan are batting in the second innings, opening batsmen are doing great batting performance to meet the target of 351 runs. Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman are two experienced batsmen at the crease and if they both get out with half-centuries, there are definitely players to hold the game later. And if Pakistan's batsmen can bat well in today's match, they will win against Australia. But today's match may be difficult for Pakistan to win if Australia can put up a good bowling performance.
We saw a perfect gameplay from the Australian batsmen. They batted carefully from the beginning of the innings. They collected an average of 6 runs per over. At the end of 40 overs, Australia's collection was 248 runs. But in the last 10 overs they collected 103 runs. The team batted well. At the same time we saw a poor performance by the Pakistani bowlers in another match. I don't know why they can't do it after having such great and experienced bowlers in the squad.
Pakistan went into bat with a huge target of 352. But the team stumbled at the beginning. They lost the wickets of two openers Fakhar Zaman and Imam Ul Haque. The team lost two wickets for 47 runs. And their total in 10 overs is 59/2.
Australia Cricket Team vs Pakistan Cricket Team. In this match, Australia cricket team won the toss and batted first, giving the Pakistan cricket team a target of 352 runs. In today's match, how well the Pakistan cricket team can perform in batting to meet the target given by Australia in the second innings game is yet to be said. But I think in today's match Pakistan team has to finish the whole 50 over game by keeping wicket to fulfill the target given by Australia cricket team. Pakistan cricket team players have enough experience to score 352 runs. Now let's see how well Pakistan cricket team can perform in batting. I am hopeful that the players of Pakistan team will present a great innings to the cricket lovers in the second innings game against Australia
Sri Lanka's finishing is extremely weak, we have seen in two World Cup warm-up matches that Sri Lanka get off to a flying start but once they get off to a flying start they can't finish well.
In the first warm-up match against Bangladesh, we saw Sri Lanka averaging around 8 runs in the first 20 overs but after 30 overs they didn't get any better runs which resulted in their first innings being stuck at 22 and a half runs.
Today we saw no exception against Afghanistan, those who watched the game till 30 overs and those who didn't watch the remaining 20 overs must have been surprised when the fans saw Sri Lanka's total because at the end of the first 30 overs Sri Lanka were in a very good position from there for sure. It was said that Sri Lanka's total would exceed 350 but at the end of the innings Sri Lanka scored only 254 runs which looked really inconsistent.
In the first warm-up match against Bangladesh, we saw Sri Lanka averaging around 8 runs in the first 20 overs but after 30 overs they didn't get any better runs which resulted in their first innings being stuck at 22 and a half runs.
Today we saw no exception against Afghanistan, those who watched the game till 30 overs and those who didn't watch the remaining 20 overs must have been surprised when the fans saw Sri Lanka's total because at the end of the first 30 overs Sri Lanka were in a very good position from there for sure. It was said that Sri Lanka's total would exceed 350 but at the end of the innings Sri Lanka scored only 254 runs which looked really inconsistent.
Australia scored 351 runs in the first innings of the warm-up match between Pakistan and Australia with the loss of 7 wickets. Aussie batsmen gave a great batting performance in today's match Australia can have a chance to win against Pakistan today. Australia batsman Maxwell batted well in batting form, he collected 77 runs from 71 balls, unfortunately he could not reach the century. Pakistan are batting in the second innings, opening batsmen are doing great batting performance to meet the target of 351 runs. Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman are two experienced batsmen at the crease and if they both get out with half-centuries, there are definitely players to hold the game later. And if Pakistan's batsmen can bat well in today's match, they will win against Australia. But today's match may be difficult for Pakistan to win if Australia can put up a good bowling performance.
The practice match that should be watched by everyone is between Pakistan and Australia. The Srilanka and Afghanistan practice match might end up with Srilanka winning the match as they are good with bowling. The match between Pakistan and Australia has taken an interesting juncture as Pakistan started bowling well but was not able to continue with it. Maxwell, Green, and Inglish destroyed the hopes of Pakistan restricting them to a small target.
Pakistan is being captained by Shadab Khan, which according to me is an interesting approach. Rizwan is not playing today and he has been replaced by Abdullah Shafique. I wonder whether he has the potential to bat better than Rizwan, the pressure would be on Babar and Iftikar today to chase the target.
Pakistan is being captained by Shadab Khan, which according to me is an interesting approach. Rizwan is not playing today and he has been replaced by Abdullah Shafique. I wonder whether he has the potential to bat better than Rizwan, the pressure would be on Babar and Iftikar today to chase the target.
Today there was three warm up matches one was between India and Netherland but it has no result for the reason of rain. Second match was between Pakistan and Austrilia in which first batting was performed by Austrililia and make 351 runs. They scored very high and there will be difficulty for Pakistan to achieve this high target easily. Glen maxwell scored 77 runs.
third march is started between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan and during this match 294 runs are attained by Sri Lanka in first batting in 46.2 overs. In today's match kusal medis performed a good batting and scored 158 runs then left the match. Nabi took 4 wickets in today's match.
third march is started between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan and during this match 294 runs are attained by Sri Lanka in first batting in 46.2 overs. In today's match kusal medis performed a good batting and scored 158 runs then left the match. Nabi took 4 wickets in today's match.
It was a comfortable victory for England today. Due to DLS England were required to chase 197 runs in 37 overs but they did it in 25th over. Tanzid Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz were only two prominent scorer from Bangladesh side. 197 is not a target you give to side like England and then expect your bowlers to win the game for you.
It's really embarrassing moments for team Bangladesh because thier batting especially top order failed again and again and due to that reason most of the time thier middle order suffered because due to quick dismissal of top order they were really in huge pressure but thanks to mehdy Hasan who safe them from such a brutal defeat otherwise England will chased such a small target in first 10overs. Anyway England show his class by chasedown the required target before a dozens of overs left with a phenomenal power hitting of Ali by showing his class how well they are prepared and ready to face any big challenge at world Cup One of the most important points of a team is the top order batsmen, if the top order batsmen don't get off to a good start then it has a negative impact throughout the match.
In the second warm-up match against England, I don't know whether I should praise Bangladesh's bowlers or blame the England batsmen's haste for giving away wickets. Except Taskin Ahmed, no bowler could bowl an economical ball against England. However, the bowlers managed to pick up wickets even though they were a bit expansive.
If Bangladesh's batting is good then I believe this team can make things happen.
Currently, Bangladesh team has become very weak due to the change of many skilled players in the Bangladesh team. I think Bangladesh Cricket Board needs to think again to make Bangladesh cricket team strong again
ICC Cricket World Cup Warm-up 8th match pits Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan. Afghanistan team is bowling at the beginning of today's match. The Afghanistan bowlers, despite picking up two wickets from the Sri Lankan team, are yet to make any major impact on the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka batsman Kushal Mendis is in great form in this match. Kushal Mendis has so far scored 94 runs off 56 balls. Kushal Mendis will get a century if he can collect only 6 runs. Now let's see how much Kushal Mendis can finally score with the bat for the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka's team score so far is 116-2(16.5), runs
In today's match, Sri Lanka batted exceptionally well. Afghanistan bowling line is very strong but Afghanistan bowling line is not looking good today. Sri Lanka's opening batting Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka were not very good. Kusal Mendis batted like T20 format in today's match, I was surprised by his batting, scored 158 runs in 87 balls with a strike rate of 180+. Kusal Mendis seemed to score a double century in today's match but the retd hurt. So far, Sri Lanka have collected 245 runs in 31 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Now there are 19 overs left, if the wickets are not under pressure then they can target 400+ runs. Sri Lanka's chances of winning today's match are very high.Sri Lanka's performance makes me laugh. I did not watch the match live. Because I was enjoying the Australia vs. Pakistan warm-up match. Even then I was checking the scoreboard of this match after some time. I saw Sri Lanka score 230 runs, and then they lost 2 wickets. Probably not even 30 overs are over then. And the interesting thing is that Sri Lanka has lost 10 wickets and set a target of just 295 runs.
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After the dismissal of Kushal Mendis, no other player could play big innings. The total collection of the last 5 batsmen of the Sri Lankan squad was only 7 runs. The way Sri Lanka started their innings, the team should have given away a target of at least 340. Sri Lanka's lower order batted like fools.
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