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Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]
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stepwilli
on 19/07/2025, 16:48:23 UTC
Smriti mandhana played a satisfactory  innings, but harmanpreet and Jemimah could not bat well today. Smriti mandhana scored 42 runs off 51 balls. Harmanpreet scored only 7 runs and jemimah scored only 3 runs. After 24 overs, India's total is only 120 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. At this moment  it is difficult for india to collect up to 150 runs . The maximum India can collect in the last 5 overs is 40 runs. India will give a target of around 160 runs. This cannot be called a big target in any way. Even then, since the pitch is not batting friendly. If Indian bowlers can bowl in a controlled manner, they still have a chance of winning.
After losing the toss, Indian batting is badly struggling in start I was also expecting anything above 150+ is going to be good target for them but England bowlers done good job and have early breakthrough which halt Indian progress right now they are down.

29 overs game needed good target but right now 136 for 8 at the end of 27 overs mean they are not going to touch this figure of 150 this is going to be advantage for England with this target they are going to be had win and level in series which is also going to be interesting. Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma done good batting no other able to have something decent on board now how bowling will be performed for India it's also going to be interesting.
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Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]
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stepwilli
on 07/02/2025, 15:15:22 UTC
Zimbabwe were 200/9 when Nick Welch got out for 90 (missing his maiden test ton). Then the last wicket partnership between Blessing Muzarabani and Trevor Gwandu added a massive 67 runs. And this may prove crucial in this match. Now the Zimbabweans have wrested back first innings lead, and Ireland will be under a lot of pressure. And in the second innings, Peter Moor is already back in pavilion. At the moment, Andy Balbirnie and Curtis Campher are at the crease and both of them are not in good form. 
After frustrating 10th wicket partnership of Zimbabwean batsmen which bring them on level with Ireland things are again going into favor of visitors as they have good start of their second inning which give them 46 runs opening stand.

Poor bowling quality hurting Zimbabwe as their premier bowlers fail to have another good start while now lead is almost 60 runs and 9 wickets in hand it's good time for Ireland to keep their time and have good target for Zimbabwe which will play last inning on this pitch which is low scoring and balanced.

Just few overs remaining in second day's play it's going to be good third day play while both teams will try to have their best with 300 runs target could be healthy for Ireland if they are looking for in into this test match and this could be huge below for Zimbabwe.
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Re: Cricket match prediction discussions
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stepwilli
on 04/01/2025, 13:00:56 UTC
The media rights revenue for IPL is huge, but it is still a fraction of the same with other big leagues around the world, such as the National Football League (NFL), English Premier League (EPL) and National Basketball Association (NBA). And given the smaller size of economy in India, it is likely to remain that way at least for the next 2-3 decades. So what can be done to make cricket comparable to football in terms of financials? Diversification is the key IMO, and the ICC need to shift their focus away from India and invest in regions such as Americas and East Asia.
In 2025, we will have 18th season of IPL, and it's making his mark is sporting world due to huge Indian market and also having good influence few big markets which giving him good advantage with organizers also doing good marketing which is surely giving them good reward as well even now it's having the biggest market then ICC events which is good advantage for them after watching these figures I am strongly feeling in next few years we will behave this league above Brazilian League but after this it's never been easy to go above this line because we have huge and long success history of leagues which are dominating sporting world.

But one thing is sure this league had good potential and if BCCI able to work on few markets then surely they can go double from these figures in next few years which could be huge success for them and their strong system which is now developing on another level.
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Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
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stepwilli
on 26/12/2024, 16:54:52 UTC
From the spectator's point of view, I still think the English premier league and other European leagues are more popular. The Arab leagues and Chinese leagues are emerging but they cannot take the place of the ones already running for ages. Yes, the players want to play for Arab Leagues as they offer attractive packages but still i will not believe that Asia have become supremacy in football as yet. They may never become as there are very few Asian countries that play quality football.
Here no one having any doubt about few things European Leagues are far ahead from rest of the world due to their competitiveness and few other advantages even for me in next few decades no other leagues can touch them even we have huge investments from Gulf region countries but their system and structure is not near them which is big advantage for them, and they had good monopoly as well which is allowing them to keep things on top level.

But now due to recent changes in this region we have Saudi Arab which is the biggest country in Gulf region with huge population and many other advantages can do good things as now they are already set their vision for having bring changes which will allow them to have change of their centuries old culture and many other things their investment in Soccer and Tennis are clear indications of changing.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025
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stepwilli
on 26/12/2024, 07:48:20 UTC
Bournemouth performed very well and was able to take advantage of every weakness of Manchester United with the right strategy, I admit that against the red devils squad, Bournemouth was better prepared than Manchester United, but surely you know that the English league is a very competitive league, so the team that is not ready will certainly get the consequences (defeat) in a match, so I think it's not a good reason for us to say as the cause of the bad results achieved by Manchester in the match.

Indeed, perfect  teams in the English league so far, but compared from manchester city, I actually see that manchester united has the worst problem, manchester city has a bad defence after losing Rodri but they still have an impressive and sharp attacking line in my opinion, while manchester united precisely they have many weaknesses in every line.
To be fair, Bournemouth is fifth or something in the league right now so we can easily say that they are already better than most teams, not like United lost to some last team in the league battling relegation, they just got beaten by the fifth team, which is not really a bad result at all when you think of how United is doing bad all season long. They hoped that things would change when Amorim took over, and as we can see right now, that's not the case and they are not doing that great at all, even with Amorim.

So they need to figure out a way to get some other players that can make the team better, how long it will take to take those players is beyond me and I do not know what will happen, but I am sure that we are going to see results that are not that easy to handle at all. Thing is, they are not looking at defense, even right now, they believe De Ligt, Yoro and whoever else, could be fine and they are looking to get some good striker, talks about Osimhen and all.

But I disagree, as with many fans, they need a much better defender, they need someone that could make them much better at defense more than they need a striker, and they are blind to it unfortunately and not looking at that.
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Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season
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stepwilli
on 14/12/2024, 20:44:02 UTC
Girona is almost certain to be eliminated from the Champions League because they were only able to collect three points and in terms of experience, the results obtained by Girona when competing in the Champions League did not show any readiness at all. There will not be many changes for the existing teams because in the Champions League, experience may be needed and for teams that are not favored, they may have the same chance even though they recruit several players in the transfer market.

Milan still has a chance to qualify for the next round, but they need to work harder because to qualify for the next round by relying on the play-off route, they also need to see the results of several competing teams, but if you look at the points they have, the chances are still quite large.
Girona performance was expected as this level before start because they have no big name and their performance in La Liga were amazing but with these sources teams can't go strong into Champions League with this new format they have good result as able to won one game with next is surely going to be not easy for them while AC Milan is having good form, and they can pass through them without any problem for having good chance of jumping into knockout stage.

Girona can stay in the middle of the La Liga, but now their future into UEFA is no certain because they are not able to have sources for competing here but if we have them in top half for few years in La Liga then surely we can expect better things for them in future with they are surely able to increase quality and performance with some well experienced players which will increase their chances for giving good results.
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Re: Tennis League All Thread
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stepwilli
on 13/11/2024, 15:28:51 UTC
That was actually a massive win by Sinner. He struggled early on in first set but
as true champions and No.1's he was able to find a way to overcome the problems
and produce a win.

Alcaraz in trouble does mean a clearer path for a win for Sinner, with the exception of
Zverev I dont see anyone else being at his level.

and he is playing at home!
Current situation is clearly indicating we will be having Sinner as champion because no challenger is able to give him challenge with Alcaraz coach already announces he is not 100% which is huge advantage for the local world no 1 Sinner for have won in this event.

Most chances Medvedev will be out of the race for last 4 as he lost early game against Fritz his last game is against Sinner and Fritz going to play against De Minaur which is currently at the bottom of the group Zverev is also strong for the last four with second is not easy due to Alcaraz fitness, it's wide open who is going to progress it's tough job for all three.
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Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025
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stepwilli
on 04/11/2024, 21:22:10 UTC
A great comeback from Tottenham, and it's all due to Solanke impressive performance. Solanke's pressing and work off the ball really helped his club in the second half. I still don't know why many people called him a waste of money.

Solanke's stats show his huge impact on the game against Aston Villa. If he gets rolling, he could become a glorified forward in the future. He only needs to get enough minutes. He's often sit on the bench.
Tottenham which is struggling in this season and having problems due to injuries as well done historic comeback in this game against Aston Villa with as we have end of first half Aston Villa were leading but four goals comeback give them good booster and confidence for their coming games as well because this was against a top tier club which is doing amazing performance in all events and having good consistency as well.

Postecoglou feeling good after having win like this even still a long way to go for them in this season with they needed to have committed themselves for the UEFA events because this will surely increase their player's confidence while they are having many challenging matches in coming rounds Solanke is surely now in limelight for some time because still he needed to give his best in future for keeping himself in good chance for staying into first 11.
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Re: The Possibility Of An Altcoin To Overcome Bitcoin Is Very Rare.
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stepwilli
on 03/11/2024, 15:55:22 UTC
We are like this before in the beginning of altcoins but BTC still defends its position. I think this shows that age and trust can beat a functionality. Over the years, BTC has also improved and now capable of doing what some altcoins and can do. That should give BTC more edge to secure its position. In terms of network effects, I think it's obvious that alts won't have any effect with Bitcoin because each of them are different.

In fact, when BTC network is congested, a lot of BTC users are going for the altcoins and tokens for a while because their fees and transaction speed are still intact. To deal with brand presence, of course it needs attention and then we need a good and lots of marketing. Before this, we need to ensure or be confident that our project is superb already.

I am sure it won't take a long time for our project to be strong. Regulation is related to centralization and BTC clearly doesn't need it. With the same words, BTC also doesn't need a payment processor, as this sounds like a third party. BTC itself is already a payment method which can be used directly. Debates are always there. They are not far from speculations. There is no problem with that IMO and you are always free to ignore them anyway.
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Re: Harris Vs Trump - Bitcoin betting on the 2024 US Presidential Election
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stepwilli
on 05/10/2024, 14:19:40 UTC
There can't be that many undecided voters left, there are some voters who are undecided about going to vote or not, but if they go they know who they are voting for, they are just not sure if they want to go to vote or not, that's it. I do not think there are many people who are left thinking who should they vote for, you either know by now or you don't.

Also try to keep it civil here guys, this is betting related, your hatred towards one of the candidates could happen, but do not use curse words or crude language, remember, cursing is not a show of hate, it's show of your lack of vocabulary, you should be able to provide context to your hatred for one candidate without cursing, I am not English or American and English is my second language and even I can hate on someone without cursing about them. Lets try to be more calm and civil here.
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Re: How to developed your capital
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stepwilli
on 19/08/2023, 03:01:19 UTC
What about people who don't earn enough? You can build capital by making investments or even saving if you have a family to feed and also have a very small income which is barely enough for your personal expenses, a person in such a situation cannot build capital or develop one since they can't create one in the first place. The very first thing for a person is to be able to earn more than they need to spend because if you can't even spare a dollar, you can't build your future.

However, those who have enough resources to do that should obviously follow some pattern and get things done right in their lives before it's too late. There is a specific age for doing something, once you miss that age and enter an age where you can't do anything, you will regret wasting your youth.
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Re: think before investing
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stepwilli
on 14/08/2023, 05:51:41 UTC
The very first wrong decision he took was to sell his house to invest the money in Bitcoin which is never recommended option no matter how much potential Bitcoin has. One has to only invest what they have as spare money into things like cryptocurrencies because there is basically no guarantee as to when you might get something on top of it or even get your actual money back since the market is extremely volatile and unpredictable as well which makes it difficult for everyone.

And then he invested or traded the money in the market without gaining any knowledge beforehand which is basically the recipe for disaster for a newbie. You cannot gain profits from the cryptocurrency market if you don't even know how the market works and how you can do all the things.
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Re: 🚀-Sportsbet.io-🚀 - Main sponsor of ?? ?? ??
by
stepwilli
on 08/08/2023, 18:26:14 UTC
And... about the last thing you mentioned, I "stopped" by to thank (everyone involved) for the last freebet ($30), which were divided into 3 bets of $10, although I didn't succeed, I liked dividing the temptation into 3 bets, in this case not to to confuse the friends above in the appointment those freebet correspond to the BSFL promotion, oh, also to Jeremy for being the guy in charge of that control to freebet, by the way freebet in USDT.
I'm okay with either option, but have really enjoyed the last few rounds of freebets won mainly from prediction contests but last big one of £40 was split into 4 bets won from BSFL. Allowed me to spread my risk across more sports... although I wonder if  I would take greater care had it all been lumped into one ha.

Brain anyway sees these as worthy of high risk odds so I suppose it never matters!

My "big tip" for the day is double chance on Jamaica today at 4/1.
I guess it would make sense considering the situation. I believe that there are a lot of people who would like to do the same and there is nothing wrong with that. And while I have you here, you were the one that went to a game with Steve weren't you?

That was a great period, I think I saw that type of "giveaway" or whatever we call that, it was basically just a way to show that we could also do it and someone from this forum was capable of doing it and actually won it and went and we have the proof. That gave me so much more to handle and a lot more hope for the future. Not that I could even afford to get the food, so I wouldn't be able to go even if I won, but at the very least, having the chance for it is great.
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Re: What do you buy/want to buy with crypto?
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stepwilli
on 06/08/2023, 18:40:11 UTC
Service that not allowed by law Grin

LOL

Welcome to the forum. You're allowed to say that because you are brand new Cheesy



IMO, the poll should give you the option to mark more than only one answer, although I don't buy nor would like to buy the items listed among the offered.

In my case, I would like to buy basic necessities such as food, utility bills... yes, dreams of a poor man, but I don't think that Satoshi invented Bitcoin to allow you buy yachts more conveniently. And I'm not a child anymore either, so I'm not interested in buying expensive toys for adults like lambos.

So, among the listed, I would select lingerie (hardly ever) and electronics (just electronics, not crypto miners), so my selection was "Other".
Will you still welcome that kind of person? LoL but I agree about adding that option because some of us are addicted to shopping and we can add multiple items on our cart. You are a die-hard investor if you don't like using your cryptos to buy an item. You think you can benefit more if you HODL it but once you cash out your cryptos for profits you can still use the money to buy the item that you like or always been dreaming of because you can now finally afford them.

Like you, I only spend my crypto on the basic items that I know I will surely need like prepaid credits to make a call to someone who doesn't have a good internet connection. The rest of my coins will only be HODL'ed for future use.
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Re: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season
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stepwilli
on 02/12/2022, 21:09:53 UTC
Chelsea should be underrated completely in the Champions League.  They have no track record, just that once they won the CL against Guardiola doesn't mean they are not experts in the Champions League. Chelsea is not a contender and their is no hope for them. They didn't take Champions League seriously than English Premier league, what happened is that EPL was stronger and hotter for them. Everyone wants to do well in EPL at the same time this season. There is no great hope for Chelsea in the CL.
In fact, the opposite is true. Chelsea have no hopes in the Premier League as they have already lost almost as many points as a champion can afford to lose points in a whole season and in the Champions League they are on equal footing. Therefore, it would be logical to try to get into the top 4 in the Premier League, and to perform as well as possible in the Champions League. Such a task looks more realistic than trying your best in the Premier League with so many lost points.
Change of the coach is surely having big blunder by the new management of Chelsea which is not going down in Premier League and Champions League spot for the last four is also not favourable for them because suddenly things going down badly, and they have no suitable strategy which helps them for having better result and improvement in performance as in start there were rumours Graham Potter could be on driving seat and things could be not difficult for them in coming season for having good result and better spot but nothing positive happening with most chances we will be able to watch them with poor end of this season and new dilemma which is surely not good for the management.
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Re: LMAO: Santander UK bank puts limits to buy bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
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stepwilli
on 05/11/2022, 14:36:31 UTC
The reason: they say it is to protect them, but it is clear to me that they are not telling the whole truth.
Yeah obviously no banking or governmental entity will not unveil the whole truth. But we all know that. Yes, bitcoin will lead them to lose their power and control on financial world which is the reason that we are all witnessing governments and banks are looking to regulate or even ban cryptocurency adoption. But, nothing negatively will happen just because of their action against cryptocurencies in long run due to its potentials and other revolutionary characteristics.

maybe people should be using P2P.
Every action against cryptocurrencies from banks or government authorities will lead people to exercise the true practices of decentralized environments. People will realize the importance of being not dependent on banks over the time when they encounter such restrictions. So, personally I also welcome when banks limits its customers on cryptocurrency related activities.
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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23
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stepwilli
on 13/08/2022, 20:16:45 UTC
It is typical that things are not going smoothly at Barcelona yet. The club is still 0-0 at halftime, this is not going to be the final score, is it? if they start in Barcelona with a 0-0 draw in a home game against Rayo Vallecano, this could be a very long season. It seems that no substitutions have been made yet. Lewandovski will not be easily impressed by a long 0-0 score. He has often decided matches on his own for Bayern Munich against any opponent. Would Xavi bring in De Jong?
Right now, Barcelona is at Camp Nou with their full lucrative squad but sadly fail to give any impression with around 70% ball possession and nearly 8 shots on goal but at the end of first half board showing this score 0 - 0 which is not good for them even its first match of their campaign for having the best result in coming matches as well.

They have Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha both in starting eleven with Auba and Frankie both are sitting on benches Royal Vallecano doing more than their power as they are not allowing Lewandowski to give them any serious threat, and surely he is also not happy with his first half is ended without any score for his this new club.
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Re: 🚀-Sportsbet.io-🚀 - Main sponsor of Southampton FC 👋👋
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stepwilli
on 04/08/2022, 20:54:26 UTC
It will be amazing, I know that sportsbet.io is a "epl first" place but we all know there are other leagues there as well, I personally like to gamble on just a few sports because I do not understand about most others, but that doesn't change the fact that rewards are awesome for epl.

We have seen plenty of times when people were flown to games and spent time with the team, buwaytrees I think you were one of them weren't you? I am sure that this year will have another since covid seems to be getting less and less dangerous, so being "there" will be more possible. They will definitely offer it for some unimportant games at least, maybe will offer for some big games as well.
Well, when you have been promoting two clubs in EPL before and you have called up people who are epl legends and when you have workers named Steve who participates in the games... what made you think that they are in favor of EPL over other leagues? Lol, this is a joke of course, they are obviously British and they know it and they love to promote it.

There is nothing wrong with that, but if I know English people enough then it means that there must be some place they are from which they are fans of, you don't get people from London being fans of united, or people from essex being fans of Leicester, they are fans of wherever they are from and I think it's clear to me Steve or some big partners are from somewhere which they will eventually become partners of and that will be a lot better one day.
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Re: [OPEN] Win.com | Play-to-Earn Gaming Infrastructure for Web3 | Sig Campaign Sr.+
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stepwilli
on 12/06/2022, 09:40:04 UTC
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Re: The Pros and Cons of Bitcoin Gambling
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stepwilli
on 11/06/2022, 18:52:37 UTC
Most of the advantages that you list only applies to a decentralized bitcoin gambling sites because there are also centralized one which accepts bitcoin. About the disadvantage, they are not really a disadvantage to a true bitcoin user but they are in fact an advantage.

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Is it convenient to play in the Bitcoin Gambling?
Yes, because there are no restrictions of using this currency.

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How does Bitcoin gambling work?
It works just like a normal gambling but the only difference is that we are using bitcoin as a currency.

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Does Bitcoin Gambling can give a good opportunity to everyone?

Yes, of course. The opportunity is to have fun and also to earn a profit if we are lucky.

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if you become addicted to gambling can it be said that it is a good result even though there is an advantage if you play in the Bitcoin
  gambling
If it's only advantage that is mostly felt I think yes, I can say that I am addicted in a good way.

Like you I also treat bitcoin gambling for fun and if there is a tip that I can give, that would be to gamble only the money that is not really needed so that you will not worry once you lose it all.