The Euro 2021 last 8 gets on the way tonight. A few teams have surprised a few and made it to the last 8 after beat teams that were considered favourites to win the tournament.  The Czech Republic pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the tournament when they eliminated the Netherlands to make it to the last 8 and Switzerland pulled off what could be considered the biggest upset ever as they beat the world champions France to make it to the last 8.  Will these 2 teams be able to continue their fairy tale or will it come to an end in the last 8 we will find out tonight and tomorrow  These are my predictions for the Quarterfinals.  Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar 

 South Africa vs West Indies 4th T20 gets on the way tonight as South Africa look to close out the series and win their first T20 series under coach Boucher and captain Bavuma. West Indies will be looking to bounce back and level the series.    South Africa will want to find a balance to their side as well as looked to win the series with a game to play in the series. South Africa will most probably go unchanged into this game. If they do make a change it will be to fit in a seam-bowling all-rounder.   West Indies will be looking to sort out their batting problem through the middle overs. They also might go unchanged but Gayle could be brought back into the team.  West Indies Probable XI: 1. Lendl Simmons, 2. Evin Lewis, 3. Chris Gayle, 4.Shimron Hetmeyer, 5. Kieron Pollard, 6 Andre Russel , 7. Jason Holder, 8. Fabian Allen, 9 Dwayne Bravo, 10. Obed McCoy, 11. Kevin Sinclair South Africa Probable XI: 1. Reeza Hendricks, 2. Quinton de Kock, 3. Temba Bavuma, 4. Adien Markram, 5. Rassie V

 West Indies vs South Africa T20 series is level 1-1  at the moment. Tonight one of the teams will go ahead as the 3rd T20 takes place.  West Indies will want to improve on their batting performance from the last game as they look to regain the momentum they had from the first game. They might look to make a change to strengthen the batting by bringing in  Lendl Simmons.  South Africa on the other hand will want to improve on their batting in the middle overs and their power-hitting towards the end of the innings. Also, they have to find a way to include an all-rounder to balance the side better and give themselves a 6th bowling option. West Indies Probable XI: 1. Evin Lewis, 2. Andre Flecher, 3. Chris Gayle, 4 Lendl Simmons/ Nicholas Pooran, 5. Kieron Pollard, 6. Andre Russel, 7. Jason Holder, 8. Fabian Allen, 9. Dwayne Bravo, 10. Obed McCoy, 11. Kevin Sinclair.  South Africa Probable XI: 1 Quinton de Kock, 2. Reeza Hendricks, 3. Temba Bavuma, 4. Rassie Van der Dussen,5. Adien Markram

  The Euro 2021 Round of 16 will Start tomorrow and there are a few interesting matches to watch. Wales vs Denmark will be a very interesting contest to watch as well as Belgium vs Portugal and England vs Germany and Spain vs Croatia. These 4 matches are going to top contest and could go either way as all 8 teams are very strong and have the potential to win the tournament.  The other 4 matches might have one team heavily favoured winning but you never know any team can win on the day if they put in their best performance  These are my predictions for the Round of 16  These were my thoughts on Euro 2021 Round of 16  Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar 

  The Inaugural test championship came to an end with New Zealand being crowned champions of the ultimate format of the game. With rain washing out 2 days of play the reserve day came into play and it was the decisive day as to who would be walking away as the champions of the ultimate test. New Zealand came into Day 6 requiring 6 wickets to bowel India and then come out and chase the score India put on the board. Their bowlers came and stuck to their plans and bowled relentlessly and manage to bowl India out for 170. This meant India had a lead of 138.  New Zealand came out to bat the last 4 and half hours of the match requiring 139 to win from 53 overs. The New Zealand Openers started steadily before R. Ashwin dismissed both of them to give India some hope but the experienced pair of captain Williamson and Taylor made sure they saw their team over the line to be crowned Inaugural test champions. The scorecard looked like this  India 217  92.1 overs A. Rahane 49 ( 117)               

  South Africa bowled West Indies out on Day 4 to complete a 158 run win and also finish in 5th in the World Test Championship.  The South African victory was guided by the history-making Maharaj who took a hat trick and became only the second South African player to take a test hat trick. The last being 60 years ago by Geoff Griffin against England in 1960. Maharaj triple strike put South Africa well on the way to victory and they came out after lunch a wrapped the game up as Maharaj got his 6th test 5 wicket haul. The South African bowlers were once again relentless with their line and lengths and they kept the pressure on the West Indies batsman. This Victory sealed the series 2-0 and also a great start to a new era under captain Elgar.  The final Scorecard looked like this  South Africa 298  112.4 overs  De Kock 96 ( 162)                                                                   K. Mayers 3-28 (15) D. Elgar 77 (237)                                                           

  The West Indies fought back in the 2nd test but they still have a huge task of chasing 324 as South African Middle lower order with Van der Dussen manage to take South Africa to 174 all out a lead of 323.  West Indies bowlers were very good at the start of the day but fell away a bit as the South African lower order managed to fight back and get South Africa to a total which they can be confident they can defend.  South Africa will be disappointed with the performance of their top order and middle-order batsman and will want them to come good before their next series which is against India. After that, they have Australia and New Zealand and England as well.  The start of the domestic season will be very important for the South African batsman to rediscover so form and also confidence before they face India. The Scorecard looks like this  South Africa   298  112.4 overs De Kock 96 (162)                                                           K. Mayers 3-28 (15) D. Elgar 77 (237)