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Scotland Vs United Arab Emirates

Today will be the most competitive game between these two teams as two T20I matches have been played in the past. United Arab Emirates won the first match in the past but Scotland won the second match. So there is a lot of concern about which team will win the match today?

The series decider match between Scotland and United Arab Emirates will be played today. I think the United Arab Emirates is the favourite to win this final match and also win the series. In the first T20 match United Arab Emirates played well and won by a high eight wickets victory over Scotland. But Scotland come back strongly especially in the bowling department and win the match by a narrow nine runs and level the series. If Scotland wins the final match then it will be a huge achievement for him to beat UAE on home ground.

I agree that it was disappointing to see United Arab Emirates fall short in T20 series against Scotland especially after coming so close to victory. This will be important for them to learn from their mistakes and come back stronger in final match. I also hope they will bounce back and secure winning in series as it would be a missed opportunity if they were unable to do so. This will be good for them to analyze their performance and make some adjustments to achieve success in final match.

In my point of view the United Arab Emirates missed a great opportunity to win the T20 series against Scotland by failing to chase down a relatively low target of 122 runs. It was really disappointing to see them fall short in such a crucial match after coming so close to victory. And in the final match I really hope they will bounce back and try to win the series.  They should learn from their mistakes and should come back stronger in the final match.

United Arab Emirates won the first T20I to take the series, but Scotland won the second T20I by nine runs to level the series at 1-1. Although the target was 122 runs for UAE, they could not chase down this easy target to win. Against Scotland, the United Arab Emirates were bowled out for just 112 runs, which resulted in the defeat of the United Arab Emirates after coming very close to winning this match. The third and final T20 match of the series is the final match and series decider for the two teams. The team that wins the last match will win the T20 series.

We have Gujarat 'Titans' in IPL and Gujarat 'Giants' in WPL, both are different franchises handled by different owners.


Yeah, I'm hoping for DC vs RCB too, I just like seeing different teams winning the titles, MI already won prior WPL and as a franchise plenty around the world.

Was hoping final would be held in Bangalore but unfortunately it's in Delhi, crowd is super good there, makes match feel so much better.

It was a very tight match. Scotland could make only 121/8, as they struggled against Junaid Siddique and Basil Hameed. But then, United Arab Emirates were also clueless against the Scottish bowlers. Jack Jarvis was quite impressive, as he took 3 wickets. Bradley Currie and Gavin Main also provided good support. Remember that this time Scotland was without most of their key bowlers (Chris Sole, Shafyaan Sharif and Brendon McMullen). One more match remains in this series, and it will be played today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. 

A very Competitive match and at the end Scotland won the match by 9 runs against UAE. United Arab Emirates only manage to score 112 runs in loss of 9 wickets in 20th over of the match. The Player of the Match is Jack Jarvis from Scotland for his all round batting and bowling performance in this match. Jack bowling well picked 3 important wickets by just giving 21 runs and also batting good score crucial 20 runs added to the team total.

Well that's exciting match to watch where Scotland defeat thier opponent and take his revenge by leveling the series by 1-1, to be honest it wasn't a big target for a format like T20 to chased down and we alredy know UAE has bunch of aggressive style batter but unfortunately unable to show his magic, I think just like I explained before that most of the time when uae top order scored they won but if they didn't they lose like some how we say they are dependent on thier top order batter like waseem, etc which has been failed and thus Thier middle order and lower middle order even unable to chased down a 120 around target. Anyway but it's part of the game some time you have to admit opponent quality performance. Hope UAE will make a decent recovery in last game of the series and will show some quality aggressive cricket 😉

Women's cricket is much different from men's cricket, only few people are actually following the women's cricket even in country like India, that's why Gujarat franchise failed to pick the right team which shows lack in their scout talent unit.

Fans are pouring all their support for RCB because they believe atleast in WPL they get a trophy atleast, I am not following WPL either but it seems this season has more reach than the previous year and hopefully this will help towards bringing women's cricket to slm the cricket lovers.

As predicted, Delhi Capitals had a comfortable win against Gujrat Giants in the women premier league to secure their top position to directly reach the finals.
It had been an forgettable tournament for the Gujrat Giants, Beth Mooney had an impressive performance but she too was a duck on last game.
DC on the other hand is a very balanced team with all stars. They'd certainly be the favorite for the trophy. RCB and MI would go through play off to decide who gets to play against DC. RCB and MI both are equally capable and would be hard to guess a winner for play off.

On one hand, we have Gujarat Giants who are an amazing team in the IPL. On the other hand, we have Gujarat Giants who absolutely suck in the WPL. Both are complete opposites of each other.

Delhi Capitals absolutely decimated GG and reached another final successfully. Hoping for a DC vs RCB clash which would be more interesting than DC vs MI.

Today is no match in PSL because tomorrow is the Semi final of the PSL 2024 season. Tomorrow's match teams are Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi, and the winner of the second Semi-final match will be a must to play with both of them Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi.

Imagine, for understanding purposes, if Peshawar Zalmi wins tomorrow's match and in the second Semi-Final, Islamabad United team wins so Quetta will out from the tournament and Islamabad United have must to play with Multan Sultans and if Multan Sultan will win this match then the first Semi final turns into final and from the last 2 seasons Lahore Qalandars and Multan Sultans both are meeting on the final match with this formula.

Here is the lineup of the knockout matches.

Nepal is a very young squad and therefore they are very inconsistent. They had big wins over Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea during the group phase. But all the departments failed during the final match. Apart from the part-timer Kushal Bhurtel, none of the other bowlers managed to contain the PNG batsmen. Sompal Kami's absence was being felt. And they had PNG struggling at 113/6, but then allowed them to recover and reach a decent total of 171/8.

Congratulations to Papua New Guinea for winning the final match of the tri series by 86 runs a huge margin win against the strong team Nepal. The Player of the Match is Tony Ura for his outstanding batting performance in this match Scored 61 runs in crucial innings by just 37 runs and reached the team total of 170 plus runs. I think Nepal needs to improve its battling unit and bowling departments in the next matches.

Scotland v United Arab Emirates

A three-match T20I series is underway between Scotland and the UAE where these two teams have already played their first T20I match. In the first T20 match the United Arab Emirates defeated the Scotland cricket team by a huge margin of 8 wickets to take a one-nil lead in the T20I series between them. The second T20 match between them started today. Like the first T20 match in the second T20 match UAE won the toss and decided to field first. Maybe their decision is justified because UAE batted late to beat Scotland in the first T20 match just like today UAE plans to bat later to defeat Scotland. Scotland are currently 78 runs for four wickets in 12.1 overs and they need to increase their run rate per over if they want to post a good score in this match. Otherwise they may lose today's match to UAE.

PNG registered victory in the final by 86 runs over Nepal. I see this result as an upset. It's a disappointing loss for Nepal, especially against an underdog team. Despite their promising performance in the previous match, Nepal seemed to have lost their momentum. Perhaps they were overhyped and too confident during the match, leading to their downfall. It's tough luck for Nepal, but hopefully, they'll have better fortunes next time. Meanwhile, I would like to say congratulations to PNG for their well-deserved win.

Just a day before, Nepal won against PNG by 85 runs and today, PNG won against Nepal by 86 runs. The thing with associate cricket is they are highly inconsistent on their gameplay. It's more like luck than performance.
It could also be the pitch as every team batting second have lost the game by huge margin in the tournament. But there surely is a lack of batting order in both of Nepal and PNG.
This was an independent tournament and a success for PNG and Hong Kong both defeating a league 2 team like Nepal. Both of Nepal and PNG are also playing the t20 world cup this year in June.

After a few good matches at the start, the Quetta team looked lost. They were not in the game at any stage in the last match as well. Multan gave a hefty target of 186 runs and on Karachi pitches, it is always difficult to chase down this massive total. Quetta lost the track inside the powerplay when they lost 3 of their top-order batters.  Usama and Willey bowled beautifully. After losing 4 wickets inside 7 overs, the chances of Quetta winning were almost zero, but they should have shown some fight. A season to forget for Jason Roy and Rilee Rossouw. 


The target of 172 was always difficult to chase for these small teams. Nepal was not in the game in both innings. After losing 4 wickets inside the powerplay, Papua New Guinea recovered exceptionally well and posted a competitive total of 171 on the board. Tony Ura's inning helped them big time to reach this total and this inning was equally supported by the lower-order batters. Alei Nao's 30 of 10 balls give a booster to the inning at the end.
In response, Nepal also lost 3 wickets inside the powerplay, but their batter could not handle the pressure from the PNG bowlers. Sundeep Jora was the top scorer from the Nepal team, he scored 17 runs.  It was an exceptional performance from all the PNG bowlers. In the end, PNG won the match by 86 runs. 

Papua new guinea batsman played very well and worked hard and struggle and make run and gave hard target.Their batsmen have given a good target of 171 in 20 overs.  And that's a great goal.  And more effort and struggle has been done by their bowler.  That all their batsmen are out.  And won the match.  And won.  His team has played the match with great interest.  My congratulations to the Papua New Guinea team for their win and may they continue to play like this and keep winning matches.Nepal team did not show any performance due to which they will lose the match.