Cricket match prediction discussions

[AB de Royse777]

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Well it happens lol .

Coming to SA v SL , I guess SL will take the series away , after the first innings I wasn't so sure but seems like the bowlers are doing great job Would love to see them win this.

I am a die heart Sri Lanka fan when they do well LOL

I would like to see them to win this test too although an hour ago I thought this was not going to happen but after taking some quick wickets they are in strong good position. du Plessis can be a threat for them. Let's hope they take him early.

[AB de Royse777]

Srilankan fighting back hard. be ready for another exciting chase from SL. Faf du Plessis still batting with the tailenders. the way Srilanka batted in first inning.  total of 250 run would be sufficient for SA.
Edit: i was generous lol Target down now 200-220 runs.
Edit : Last 7 wickets fell only in 27 runs. lol

Great come back from Sri Lanka. In their 2nd innings they already scored 23 without no lose. They need another 173 runs with 10 wickets remaining which is a very easy target if no drama happens.

Who would have thought that? Sri Lanka should be winning this test series in fashion.

[JSRAW]

Who would have thought that? Sri Lanka should be winning this test series in fashion.

If they can pull that off. then they can become first Subcontinent team to win test series in South Africa. if I am not wrong here.

[AB de Royse777]

Who would have thought that? Sri Lanka should be winning this test series in fashion.

If they can pull that off. then they can become first Subcontinent team to win test series in South Africa. if I am not wrong here.

I am also not aware of that. If this is truth then this will be a great achievement.

Anyone is watching 2nd ODI between WI vs England? England won the toss and asked WI to bat. WI scored 14 without any lose so far. I hope they win the match.

[reflector]

Who would have thought that? Sri Lanka should be winning this test series in fashion.

If they can pull that off. then they can become first Subcontinent team to win test series in South Africa. if I am not wrong here.

I am also not aware of that. If this is truth then this will be a great achievement.

Anyone is watching 2nd ODI between WI vs England? England won the toss and asked WI to bat. WI scored 14 without any lose so far. I hope they win the match.

Yup I am seeing it, 5 Overs up and still monster hitter Gayle and campbell on the crease. Lets see how the match goes. I am really looking forward to see Gayle's action today and how he will make the turning play in this match.
Lets wait watch what England bowlers and batsmen do today to make their way also clear. Wishing WI to win today...

[absy]

Who would have thought that? Sri Lanka should be winning this test series in fashion.

If they can pull that off. then they can become first Subcontinent team to win test series in South Africa. if I am not wrong here.

I guess so too , they just need 137 runs to do that with 8 wickets in hand. I bet at the right time when the odds was 4.8 favouring SL . Looks like I got it or will there be another twist in the tale?

[eaLiTy]

I guess so too , they just need 137 runs to do that with 8 wickets in hand. I bet at the right time when the odds was 4.8 favouring SL . Looks like I got it or will there be another twist in the tale?

I am really surprised by the Srilankan performance and that too in South Africa, looking at the team i thought it was an inexperienced team as majority of the names are new and so is the reason i never expected these sort of performance from them. Unless you see some hostile spells from Rabada and Steyn and pick wickets at regular intervals, 137 is a chaseable total with 8 wickets in hand.

Lets wait watch what England bowlers and batsmen do today to make their way also clear. Wishing WI to win today...

England lost their openers chasing 289 but they do have a strong batting line up and i think  England will win the match as they are performing well in the shorter format for the last two years, if West Indies can pick wickets or restrict the run flow then they have a chance to put them in trouble as the run rate increases.

[vella85]

Sri Lanka have a huge chance to win this test match after another great bowling performance by the bowlers. Once again they have set up the win for Sri Lanka if the batsman can take it. A member here said that I was underestimating South Africa a bit too much well no one here even gave Sri Lanka a chance at winning at all in this test series and they won the first test in a huge upset and they are on the verge to winning the second test match in a massive upset. I really hope they win this match as its good for cricket. If Perera can produce what he did in the first test match and the middle order and tail can stick with him then Sri Lanka will win. Kusal Mendis is also good with the bat so the longer he can stick around, Sri Lanka's chances are much higher. Its going to be a great end to the match and series.

[Pffrt]

Sri Lanka have a huge chance to win this test match after another great bowling performance by the bowlers.

Can't believe that it's only 2nd day stumps and Srilanka is batting for chasing, lol. Test cricket should also be halved like block rewards.Srilanka will possibly win the match. They need 137 runs with 8 wickets remaining. Only 1 good partnership can bring them win.

[absy]

" 1st win against SA in ODIs for WI since 2014 "
" Fastest to score 100 against England by a WI batsmen " - Hetmyer

It was a great day for WI , whoever bet on them would have made good profits.

[Pffrt]

It was a great day for WI , whoever bet on them would have made good profits.

It was a holiday here and I had to go for a little journey and that's why didn't bother to bet. If I would, I would bet on England though. Hetmyer is playing pretty well though.

[eaLiTy]

" 1st win against SA in ODIs for WI since 2014 "
" Fastest to score 100 against England by a WI batsmen " - Hetmyer

It was a great day for WI , whoever bet on them would have made good profits.

Looks like Hetmyer is the difference now and the player to look after for West Indies, I did expect England to win the match as they chased a huge total in the first ODI but West Indies took wickets at regular interval and put the pressure on England players, but they were in the game till the last five overs, it was a good game of cricket and i am betting for England to win the next ODI.
Australian tour of India is coming up and tomorrow we have our first T20, with the full team i will bet my money on India to win the match, will make my bet after looking at the playing eleven.

[onrise]

Sri Lanka have a huge chance to win this test match after another great bowling performance by the bowlers.

Can't believe that it's only 2nd day stumps and Srilanka is batting for chasing, lol. Test cricket should also be halved like block rewards.Srilanka will possibly win the match. They need 137 runs with 8 wickets remaining. Only 1 good partnership can bring them win.

SL now require just 88 runs and 8 wickets remaining. They will win this test match too. What a comeback for SL as even in the last test match they snatched the victory form the SA win and this time too inspite of lead for SA in first innings they could not capitalize it.

[MFahad]

Sri Lanka have a huge chance to win this test match after another great bowling performance by the bowlers.

Can't believe that it's only 2nd day stumps and Srilanka is batting for chasing, lol. Test cricket should also be halved like block rewards.Srilanka will possibly win the match. They need 137 runs with 8 wickets remaining. Only 1 good partnership can bring them win.

SL now require just 88 runs and 8 wickets remaining. They will win this test match too. What a comeback for SL as even in the last test match they snatched the victory form the SA win and this time too inspite of lead for SA in first innings they could not capitalize it.

South Africa played well against Pakistan a month before in both the test matches and one days. Now they are being beaten by Srilanka who are not the strongest team currently.
Seeing such performances i think we cannot declare anyone favorite for this year world cup and only those who play good will win it.

[vella85]

Sri Lanka have won the second test match and win the series 2-0 against SA. Sri Lanka have achieved something special here as they are only the third team in cricket test match history to win a test series in South Africa. The other two teams are England on 11 series wins and Australia on 10 series wins and now we have the first ever sub-continent team to ever win a test series Sri Lanka. I gave them a chance in this test and even said that I hope they win as I think it would be good for cricket and now they have so congrats on the huge win Sri Lanka, they have done something that not even this great Indian team playing now has achieved. So far this year its been a year for first ever series wins with India winning a test series in Australia and now we have Sri Lanka winning a test series in South Africa. Now what will the World Cup bring?

[AB de Royse777]

Sri Lanka have won the second test match and win the series 2-0 against SA. Sri Lanka have achieved something special here as they are only the third team in cricket test match history to win a test series in South Africa. The other two teams are England on 11 series wins and Australia on 10 series wins and now we have the first ever sub-continent team to ever win a test series Sri Lanka.
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One of the user was talking about this yesterday and seems like he was right. This is a great achievement for Sri Lanka.

You see, in cricket how things change very quickly? When Sri Lanka came to SA, most of us thought that they will not do very well. In both test matches SA were driving/dominating but both time Sri Lanka snitched the win from them.

Good job Sri Lanka.

[AB de Royse777]

Srilanka surprised every cricket pundit in this tour. no one in wildest dream thought about that outcome before starting this series. Congratulation to Srilanka for becoming first ever Sub continent team to beat southafrica in sa.

Not even after the start of first test until Kusal Perera played this monster innings to give Sri Lanka the win in the first test. Even in the 2nd test people were thinking SA is going to win it until in SA 2nd innings they warped up all the batsman.

In both test matches Sri Lanka started from behind but finished it in fashion.

[vella85]

Srilanka surprised every cricket pundit in this tour. no one in wildest dream thought about that outcome before starting this series. Congratulation to Srilanka for becoming first ever Sub continent team to beat southafrica in sa.

Not even after the start of first test until Kusal Perera played this monster innings to give Sri Lanka the win in the first test. Even in the 2nd test people were thinking SA is going to win it until in SA 2nd innings they warped up all the batsman.

In both test matches Sri Lanka started from behind but finished it in fashion.

This win was achieved mainly due to the fact that the Sri Lanka bowlers bowled well in the series. I believe they learned a lot when playing in New Zealand and Australia before heading to South Africa which I said in one of my posts on here. The South Africa pitches are very similar to the Australian and New Zealand pitches and so the Sri Lanka bowlers were able to bowl well. So a lot of credit goes to the bowlers on the way they played in this series and also credit goes to Kusal Perera amazing second innings batting in the first test match. Sri Lanka still have a lot of work to do on their batting before they become a top team but I think they have a good bowling attack.

[Raja_MBZ]

Srilanka surprised every cricket pundit in this tour. no one in wildest dream thought about that outcome before starting this series. Congratulation to Srilanka for becoming first ever Sub continent team to beat southafrica in sa.

Not even after the start of first test until Kusal Perera played this monster innings to give Sri Lanka the win in the first test. Even in the 2nd test people were thinking SA is going to win it until in SA 2nd innings they warped up all the batsman.

In both test matches Sri Lanka started from behind but finished it in fashion.

This win was achieved mainly due to the fact that the Sri Lanka bowlers bowled well in the series. I believe they learned a lot when playing in New Zealand and Australia before heading to South Africa which I said in one of my posts on here. The South Africa pitches are very similar to the Australian and New Zealand pitches and so the Sri Lanka bowlers were able to bowl well. So a lot of credit goes to the bowlers on the way they played in this series and also credit goes to Kusal Perera amazing second innings batting in the first test match. Sri Lanka still have a lot of work to do on their batting before they become a top team but I think they have a good bowling attack.

Cricket: 'The biggest upset in test history' - Sri Lanka stun South Africa for series win

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12206665

Why is this series win by SL the biggest ever upset in Test History?

Playing away from home
Had not won a match since October
Top 3 pace bowlers injured
New Captain
Chandimal and Mathews absent
Batting last and conceded a lead both Tests
No Asian team had won a series in SA

[absy]

India v Australia first T20 today. What's your guess guys?
India will play world cup team so we can see how confident they are and how they will be performing in world cup . I just want to see a tight match , if Aussies manage to win , it will be a great start to the series.