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In the first match of the day against New Zealand, Pakistan elected to field first after winning the toss. New Zealand got off to a good start despite losing the toss. New Zealand scored 59 runs in the first nine overs without losing any wickets. 

Batting in the second innings at the Bangalore Stadium is easy to win but if New Zealand can put up a big target in front of Pakistan in the first innings, New Zealand will have a great chance of winning this match.

If Pakistan can't fall wickets in the first 10 overs then surely a big target is waiting for Pakistan.
Many may say that Pakistan has a record of winning by chasing big targets but Pakistan got that win against Sri Lanka but it is New Zealand who have the best bowling line-up in the world. So if Pakistan wants to win this match, the bowlers must do well.
Kane Williamson is one down wicket and will look to guide New Zealand as best as he can as captain. New Zealand started brilliantly but fell by one wicket for 68 runs. However, it is clear that the bowling of Pakistan's pacers is not doing well on the Indian pitch. Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf are giving an economy of over seven runs per over. If they fail to control the economy, New Zealand's total will go above 300 runs.
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In the first match of the day against New Zealand, Pakistan elected to field first after winning the toss. New Zealand got off to a good start despite losing the toss. New Zealand scored 59 runs in the first nine overs without losing any wickets. 

Batting in the second innings at the Bangalore Stadium is easy to win but if New Zealand can put up a big target in front of Pakistan in the first innings, New Zealand will have a great chance of winning this match.

If Pakistan can't fall wickets in the first 10 overs then surely a big target is waiting for Pakistan.
Many may say that Pakistan has a record of winning by chasing big targets but Pakistan got that win against Sri Lanka but it is New Zealand who have the best bowling line-up in the world. So if Pakistan wants to win this match, the bowlers must do well.
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I will put Australia ahead of this match of Australia vs England today. The current champion England 2023 World Cup is their worst performance. As if the whole world is watching New England, they are playing so badly in this World Cup. England is at number 10 in the points table. So even if they win or lose today's match, they will have no benefit. The condition of England's batting line is very bad they are not able to run well plus they are not able to bowl well this is the condition of their team. We have seen Australia's batting line up, they are batting brilliantly. If Australia get a chance to bat first today, they will score big runs and target England. If Australia can win today, it will make the semi-final equation easier for them.
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Surprisingly, Pakistan is going with 4 fast bowlers, and they do not have a front-line spinner in their playing eleven. Probably because of their spinner's recent bowling form. On the other hand, New Zealand played only 2 fast bowlers. One of them has miscalculated the pitch; let's see who gets the analysis right. The conditions are slightly overcast, and we might see rain interruption in the 2nd inning. 290 is a par score at this wicket, said Matthew Hayden.

The competition for the 3rd and 4th slots of the semi-final is getting tougher and tougher. Australia will more likely book the third spot in the Semi-final by winning the match against England. New Zealand, Pakistan and Afghanistan have to win all their matches to qualify for the semi-finals, and because this is not possible, today's match will decide the fate of these teams.

As far as Afghanistan is concerned, they might not be able to qualify for the semi-finals, as their remaining matches are against South Africa and Australia. If they win against any of these two teams, things will get interesting. Let's see how things unfold in the coming days.
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Earlier T20 series between Bangladesh women and Pakistan women team ended, Bangladesh women team won the series by 2-1 margin. ODI series starts from today. The ODI series will have a total of 3 matches, with the first match starting today. Bangladesh Women won the toss and decided to bat. After winning the toss, Bangladesh women's team came to bat, were under a lot of pressure from the start and at this moment they are under a lot more pressure after losing 3 wickets. Bangladesh women's team has so far collected 15 runs in 10 overs by taking 3 wickets. Bangladesh women's team will find it difficult to score 150+ if wickets fall like this and if they are under pressure. Both Nigar Sultana and Shorna Akter need to perform well to recover from the pressure. Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal bowled very well taking 3 wickets alone. Let's see how many runs the Bangladesh women's team can give the target.
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I think it's early to expect such things from Afghanistan, they have already done justice with there performance. They have won 3 games and looks like wining another game today. This WC is confined around 4 teams aka Aus, NZ, SA and India there is hardly anything left for others. This World Cup is a nightmare for SL as they have faced huge defeats this time.
So far it looks like Afghanistan are playing very well. Currently 13 over is running they are lose only they are two wicket and there is 71. If this continues if Afghanistan can keep their wicket and play without rushing then I think Afghanistan will win today. But Netherlands can't be taken too lightly because they too have come up with a fairly good performance, now if their bowling performance can be improved then Afghanistan can lose Afghanistan has many records of losing such matches.
Afghanistan A very sensible and mature knock by Rahmat Shah 52 off 54. Seems like he has worked on his strike rate as well. At present Afghanistan scored 136/3 wickets in 24th Over. Afghanistan are now so close to win this match they need 44 more runs in 26 overs and they have 7 wickets in hand. A brilliant innings of Rahamt Shah fueled with 8 fours has ended in Lucknow against Netherlands.


The good thing about yesterday's win was that Afghanistan chased the total professionally and they made sure that they do not lose many wickets and also achieved the total in less over to increase their overall run rate. They achieved the target of 179 runs in only 31.3 overs and hence it was a big win for them.

With this win, Afghanistan is in the number 5th position on the points table. However if we compare the run rate of New Zealand (who also have 8 points) but in the 4th position, they have a positive run rate of 0.484 while Afghanistan has a negative rate of -0.330. This means that Afghanistan has to play and win the remaining matches with an even better run rate in case Afghanistan and New Zealand points are tied.

New Zealand, Australia and Pakistan will play their matches today and after today's result, the situation will be even more clearer as who will have more chances to be going to the semi-finals.
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There are two matches today, one is between the Pakistan and Afghanistan and the 2nd one is between England and Australia, both the matches are between the top teams, as these all teams are trying to keep themselves in the top 4 to qualify for the semi finals and win the World Cup trophy. As in between Pakistan and New Zealand, New Zealand is still favorite as they have some good batting power hitter who can score more than 400 runs and they played well.
Not, First match is between Pakistan and New Zealand. I think Hasan Ali is likely to replace Usama Mir in the playing XI tomorrow. Shadab Khan to be assessed tomorrow morning before the match. If he is deemed fit, he will likely be replacing Agha Salman. Pakistan will go with 4 pacers + 2 spinners against New Zealand. 4 pacers might actually work seeing as how pacers are the only one either getting wickets or asserting pressure on the opposition. hopefully shadab’s fit, pakistan need him as a batsman and a fielder
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There are two matches today, one is between the Pakistan and Afghanistan and the 2nd one is between England and Australia, both the matches are between the top teams, as these all teams are trying to keep themselves in the top 4 to qualify for the semi finals and win the World Cup trophy. As in between Pakistan and New Zealand, New Zealand is still favorite as they have some good batting power hitter who can score more than 400 runs and they played well.

Whether in Australia and England, Australia would be considered as favorite team, they had also score 399 in their recent match and they have the ability to score more runs and beat the England, as England is completely out of the form now  days and I don't think they give a tough time to Australia.
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Netherlands lost today's match because of their stupid batting. Top order batsmen do not get out by performing poorly. Four of the first 5 batsmen were run out. In such an important match, the Netherlands batsmen should have batted responsibly. But they played like fools. Had it not been for these four run outs, the Netherlands could easily have given away a target of 260+ today. And if Netherlands could have given a target of more than 260 on this pitch, they might have won the match. Giving a target of just 180 runs was impossible to win. Afghanistan batsmen batted very responsibly today. The team has won four out of seven matches and is now fifth in the points table.

Afghanistan played some outclass bowling along with their batting as they are playing at their full covers and they have many skills now, at first the Afghanistan Team was not considered as good as they play the game today. So, I think they will be the better team in the coming matches if they are good at their capabilities. Mostly the Afghanistan Batsmen have good batting skills and they are also good at bowling. The Netherlands won many matches previously which also included an upset but we have seen they were completely disappointed today and seems that they were locked by the Afghanistan Bowlers. Better to work on their batting and they have to focus on their bowling side as they have some better bowlers if they make their length a little better.
Afghanistan scored nine runs in an over and did not concede a wicket. Afghanistan scored 16 runs in three overs in style and did not allow their opponents to get a single wicket. The visitors out Afghanistan's first batsman in the third ball of the sixth over. Netherlands took the wicket of Afghanistan's second batsman in abudant style. And so Afghanistan scored 116 runs in 20 overs.
 This match was very important for Afghanistan which they won very easily.Afghanistan completed the target of Netherlands in 31 overs and gave them a big defeat.
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Afghanistan played some outclass bowling along with their batting as they are playing at their full covers and they have many skills now, at first the Afghanistan Team was not considered as good as they play the game today. So, I think they will be the better team in the coming matches if they are good at their capabilities. Mostly the Afghanistan Batsmen have good batting skills and they are also good at bowling.
Yeah, you are completely right that Afghanistan team is really performing well recently especially after they get a first victory against England here they get the momentum and huge confidence which later carry on by them against Pakistan and now against the Netherlands and due to such things they were able to get victory against them. No doubt they were known one of strong and dangerous side in T20 format because of their aggressive batting style, but now to make our self adjust in ODI format and such things really help them. Their middle order like Rahmat and Shahidi really performing well because when top order unable to make runs they are the once who really make runs with consistency from recent matches in critical situation.
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Pakistan are in a do or die situation against New Zealand, but a win would still not get them closer to the semifinals because their NRR sucks and they need to keep winning while New Zealand and Afghanistan should keep losing.

On the other hand, we have Australia who could get into trouble if they lose against England who can play freely with zero pressure since they are out.

Tomorrow is the match of Pakistan vs New Zealand, and Pakistan has a great advantage because Kane Williamson is injured, and many other players of New Zealand are also injured but I don’t agree that they play tomorrow’s match or not. But I heard that New Zealand five players are injured in the squad so they aren’t available for tomorrow’s match then reserved players are coming to play tomorrow’s match.

I again say that I don’t know if it is real or fake as I just heard it on social media, If you have any idea about them please correct me,
but if this thing is real then in tomorrow's match clearly the advantage will be with Pakistan.
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Pakistan are in a do or die situation against New Zealand, but a win would still not get them closer to the semifinals because their NRR sucks and they need to keep winning while New Zealand and Afghanistan should keep losing.

On the other hand, we have Australia who could get into trouble if they lose against England who can play freely with zero pressure since they are out.
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Netherlands lost today's match because of their stupid batting. Top order batsmen do not get out by performing poorly. Four of the first 5 batsmen were run out. In such an important match, the Netherlands batsmen should have batted responsibly. But they played like fools. Had it not been for these four run outs, the Netherlands could easily have given away a target of 260+ today. And if Netherlands could have given a target of more than 260 on this pitch, they might have won the match. Giving a target of just 180 runs was impossible to win. Afghanistan batsmen batted very responsibly today. The team has won four out of seven matches and is now fifth in the points table.

Afghanistan played some outclass bowling along with their batting as they are playing at their full covers and they have many skills now, at first the Afghanistan Team was not considered as good as they play the game today. So, I think they will be the better team in the coming matches if they are good at their capabilities. Mostly the Afghanistan Batsmen have good batting skills and they are also good at bowling. The Netherlands won many matches previously which also included an upset but we have seen they were completely disappointed today and seems that they were locked by the Afghanistan Bowlers. Better to work on their batting and they have to focus on their bowling side as they have some better bowlers if they make their length a little better.
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This is Afghanistan's fourth win, shortly we will see Afghanistan in the number five position in the World Cup tournament for the first time.  We have reached the end of the World Cup tournament where each team has played about seven matches. After playing seven matches, the Afghanistan team will be at number five, while the team below Afghanistan will be Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, and Bangladesh. 

Those who claim their cricket board as very rich cricket board should learn from afghanistan because condition of afghanistan cricket board is very bad and have many staff who are not paid properly they don't have good ground to practice and their home ground is India. 

India, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, whichever team you call better, I would say that South Africa has performed best in this tournament.
Currently, all cricketing community is talking about who is going to win this world cup with India and South Africa are hot favorite with their performance and achievements in this event but still nothing is predictable because we have history of surprises and shocking results but as right now things are going I have feeling most chances we will have these two teams into final with anyone can win from here.

Tomorrow we are going to have two matches with first match is between Pakistan vs New Zealand and second match is Australia vs England both Australia are New Zealand are favorite with their performance, but recent injuries are going to hurt them Maxwell and Michael Marsh out for the Australia and New Zealand is also having worrying situation which can create problems for them after having impressive start.

Even most of the cricket pundits are already predicting about India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are favorite but still any upset can happen which will allow Afghanistan or Pakistan for the fourth spot.
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Congratulations to Afghanistan for playing very well. I was very much surprised the first innings of the Netherlands in today's match was quite embarrassing as they lost four wickets only because of run outs. I don't know if there is any such history in cricket world. Also, I have seen everyone else from the 5th wicket have done poorly. However, van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt played well in their positions. We have seen them beat a strong team South Africa in this tournament so we can say that they are not too bad but today's match showed their immaturity.
I don't think this was embarrassing because this was impressive fielding from the Afghanistan I was watching match while this all happen Netherlands having good start and Max O'Dowd was in good touch as he has 42 runs on just 40 balls but direct through from the Omarzai bring Afghanistan into match and then second run-out was just a wrong call from the Sybrand Engelbrecht which bring down Colin Ackermann with this out the Netherlands completely out of the match and have no other batsman who play against quality Afghani spinners which wrap them quickly and after having 179 runs things were completely in control of the Afghanistan which chase this in just 32 overs and now with this win things are having good turn for them as well.

This was fourth win for them in this event and their Champions League spot is also fixed which is also good, but now main target is last four with South Africa and Australia are waiting for them in coming matches.
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Even if Afghanistan wins today's match, it will not guarantee their place in the semi finals. After that Afghanistan has other two matches with Australia and South Africa, and they will have to win both these matches against tough opposition in order to secure their place in the semi final of the world cup.

Let's check the odds for today's match and see how bookies feel about the result of this match. Clearly, if you are to bet on this match, go with the Afghanistan team and be safe.


Afghanistan is strong side because of their batting and bowling unit. Netherlands is new and not so much experience in world cup cricket. Afghanistan played 6 matches so far in this world cup and they have win 3 match against world champions team England, Pakistan and Srilanka with 8 points and 6th postion on points tables. Netherlands aslo played 6 matches in this world cup they win only 2 match one against Top team South Africa and Second is against Bangladesh, they are 8th Positions in point tables. Winner of this match between Afghanistan and Netherlands will have more chances to qualify for Champion trophy.

The Netherlands team did not do well in the first twenty overs and I think that they will play the other overs as they played the last twenty overs. They lost five main wickets and their main batsman otherwise they are scored average but they couldn’t do a good score because they lost the batsman who played well now middle order batsman were started to come early which is not good.

The players of the Netherlands were out because of running between the wickets, which means running out. Max O'Dowd played very well but unfortunately, he lost his wicket, He could have done something but he was out so the Netherlands’ chances to win this match went on low.
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets against Netherlands. Netherlands won the toss and decided to bat first and scored only 179 runs all out in just 46.3 overs. From Netherlands Sybrand Engelbrecht batting amazingly scored 58 runs in 86 balls and Max O'Dowd scored 42 runs in 40 balls and reached the Netherlands total to 179 runs. Afghanistan batting performance is outstanding they chase down the target 180 runs in loss of 3 wickets in 31.3 overs.

The captain of Afghanistan team Hashmatullah Shahidi played amazing scored 56 runs unbeaten in 64 balls alongside with Rahmat Shah who scored fifty runs 52 in 54 balls. Netherlands bowling not very good Saqib Zulfiqar is pink 1 wickets only. The player of the match is Mohammad Nabi for his outstanding bowling performance picked up 3 Crusial wickets by giving 28 runs only in 9.3 overs and Noor Ahmad also bowl well and picked 2 wickets by giving 31 runs in 9 overs.

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In today's match of Netherlands vs Afghanistan team, Afghanistan team won the match by 7 wickets. Netherlands team set a target of 179 runs in 46.3 overs. Netherlands team went all out in today's match for which Netherlands team could not score more runs. Afghanistan team's bowling line was very strong. Afghanistan team today.  Played very well in bowling and batting.
Congratulations To Afghanistan well played Afghanistan overtakes Pakistan on the points table to secure No. 5 position. Afghanistan has done in this World Cup 3rd for them, most won in an edition is 4. what Bangladesh has not been able to do in their history of 7 World Cups. Mohammad Nabi was named the player of the match for his exceptional spell against the Netherlands in Lucknow. He took 3 important wicktes 3/28 in his bowling spell. Afghanistan play best cricket till now if they win next 2 matches they will qualify easily.
Congratulations to Afghanistan for playing very well. I was very much surprised the first innings of the Netherlands in today's match was quite embarrassing as they lost four wickets only because of run outs. I don't know if there is any such history in cricket world. Also, I have seen everyone else from the 5th wicket have done poorly. However, van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt played well in their positions. We have seen them beat a strong team South Africa in this tournament so we can say that they are not too bad but today's match showed their immaturity.

Netherlands lost today's match because of their stupid batting. Top order batsmen do not get out by performing poorly. Four of the first 5 batsmen were run out. In such an important match, the Netherlands batsmen should have batted responsibly. But they played like fools. Had it not been for these four run outs, the Netherlands could easily have given away a target of 260+ today. And if Netherlands could have given a target of more than 260 on this pitch, they might have won the match. Giving a target of just 180 runs was impossible to win. Afghanistan batsmen batted very responsibly today. The team has won four out of seven matches and is now fifth in the points table.
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My favorite Netherlands game was the day they beat South Africa. I thought the Netherlands would do their best today and beat Afghanistan just like South Africa. But most of the Dutch players got out with three to four runs. As a result, Netherlands will not be able to give more runs to Afghanistan in today's match. Netherlands couldn't last long today due to spin assisted pitch which resulted in Netherlands target of 180 runs against Afghanistan today. But today Afghanistan completed the target of 180 runs and beat Netherlands easily. After defeating the Netherlands in today's match, Afghanistan climbed to the fifth place in the points table. Afghanistan played seven matches in this World Cup out of which they won 4 matches and lost 3 matches. Netherlands are eighth in the points table after losing to Afghanistan. The Netherlands have won only two of their seven matches and lost the remaining five matches. Here we can see very well that Netherlands is much stronger than Bangladesh and England.
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Congratulations to Afghanistan for playing very well. I was very much surprised the first innings of the Netherlands in today's match was quite embarrassing as they lost four wickets only because of run outs. I don't know if there is any such history in cricket world. Also, I have seen everyone else from the 5th wicket have done poorly. However, van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt played well in their positions. We have seen them beat a strong team South Africa in this tournament so we can say that they are not too bad but today's match showed their immaturity.
Well played Afghanistan. First they restricted the Netherlands below 200 runs and their batting was really good and Afghanistan won the match easily. Mohammad Nabi bowled really well and got 3 wickets for 28 runs only. And after that Noor Ahmad is also an excellent bowler who got 2 wickets.
In batting line Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah both made fifties made 56 and 52 runs respectively.
Congratulations to Afghanistan.
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In today's match of Netherlands vs Afghanistan team, Afghanistan team won the match by 7 wickets. Netherlands team set a target of 179 runs in 46.3 overs. Netherlands team went all out in today's match for which Netherlands team could not score more runs. Afghanistan team's bowling line was very strong. Afghanistan team today.  Played very well in bowling and batting.
Netherlands has been a fairly good team in this World Cup tournament. With Netherlands being a relatively good team, we expected the result of today's match to be played till the last ball, but Afghanistan forced the Dutch batsmen to end the innings quickly with their bowling spin. One of the worst things about this match for the Netherlands today was that they got three to four runs out. A run-out bonus for the opponent and the bonus given by the Netherlands. The match could have been interesting if the team with four batsmen out for 0 had not been in too much of a hurry to score runs and had tried to stay on the wicket. If the Netherlands could have kept Afghanistan between 270 and 280 runs, then the Netherlands would have avoided victory in this match.
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