Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Mr.corol]

Ireland's team is going to be defeated in the second match like the first test. Although they played well in the first innings, their performance in the second innings was poor. The team has already lost 9 wickets. And now their collection is 202 runs. Ireland's team is still behind by 10 more runs. There are no experienced batsmen at the crease. And so it is very difficult for Ireland to collect `10 runs now. The team is likely to be defeated by innings. Sri Lanka's performance has been erratic, but the team is very strong in the Test format. The team has continued to perform consistently well in the last few Test matches.

Ireland played well in the first innings but did not play well in the second innings. He scored 492 runs in the first innings and was all out for 202 runs in the second innings.
Sri Lanka declared with 704 runs in the first innings. Two players in their team scored double centuries, Nishan Madushka 205 runs, Kusal Mendis 245 runs. Sri Lanka played superbly, won by 10 runs in an innings. Congratulations Sri Lanka team.

[Minecache]

This match was better than the first one. Srilanka took the fist innings casually but the second innings was good. Ireland played way better than the first match. They need to work on spin bowling as it is thier weak point. This test series should give them the exposure they needed for test cricket. I am not sure but this might be the first time that Ireland has played in Srilanka. They now know what spinner friendly pitches mean. 

Ireland was not able to hold on till the end of the day. Sri Lanka was able to win the match by an innings and ten runs. That is certainly a little sad for Ireland because, after all, they had a great chance to actually draw the match. Whenever I saw Ireland starting to perform badly and losing wickets regularly I understood that Sri Lanka will go for the win.

In the end, Sri Lanka was able to get that win which was very convincing. A test match that was supposed to be boring actually turned out to be very interesting in the end.

[Minor Miner]

A very boring match. I think that such a bad pitch should not be made in a Test format. Then it becomes very boring to enjoy the match. Ireland managed to collect 492 runs in the first innings. Now the Sri Lankan batsmen have managed to collect 553 runs losing only 2 wickets. Kushal Mendis remains unbeaten with 199 runs. Nishan Maduska was dismissed after collecting 205 runs. The way Sri Lanka is batting, it seems that getting more than 700 is not difficult for them. Sri Lanka may declare the innings after collecting more than 750.

On stumps day 4 the match has gained attention as Sri Lankans have picked up wickets of 2 Irish batsmen. Now Ireland trail by 158 runs and they have 8 wickets in hand for 5th day. This is main problem with Ireland team in test that if there batsmen perform well in first innings then they fail to repeat that in second innings. James McCollum and Moor both openers of Ireland failed in this test match. Its time for Irish middle order to take responsibility once again.

Like the first match, the Ireland team was defeated by an innings in the second match as well. Ireland's performance on the fourth day was not good. Even so, I don't think they'll be defeated by the English margin. My guess was that Ireland would be able to take a 70-80 lead. But unfortunately, the performance of the team's batsmen was not good today. Tector scored the highest 85 runs off the Ireland team in the second innings. Balbirnie also scored 46 runs. Moreover, no other batsman from Ireland could stay at the crease for long. The Ireland team was defeated by an innings and 10 runs.

[Sithara007]

A fighting knock from Harry Tector towards the end, but once he got out, Irish defense died down. These two youngsters - Harry Tector and Lorcan Tector will be playing a very crucial role for Ireland in the future, especially in the test format. Harry Tector has made 285 runs so far in test cricket, at an average of 47.50. And that came in matches played under extremely hostile conditions. Lorcan Tucker on the other hand has 289 test runs to his name, at an average of 48.16. If they had received some support from the other batsmen, then Ireland could have put up a decent performance.

[onecall123]

A fighting knock from Harry Tector towards the end, but once he got out, Irish defense died down. These two youngsters - Harry Tector and Lorcan Tector will be playing a very crucial role for Ireland in the future, especially in the test format. Harry Tector has made 285 runs so far in test cricket, at an average of 47.50. And that came in matches played under extremely hostile conditions. Lorcan Tucker on the other hand has 289 test runs to his name, at an average of 48.16. If they had received some support from the other batsmen, then Ireland could have put up a decent performance.

Sri Lanka secured a convincing victory in the second Test, winning by an innings and 10 runs, which helped them complete a clean sweep of the Test series with a 2-0 margin. It was a valiant effort from Harry Tector, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to avoid an innings defeat. The young lad demonstrated great fighting spirit though. Ireland should not be disheartened as they have a pool of young talented players. If they continue playing good cricket, results will come their way.

[mm2543363580]

A fighting knock from Harry Tector towards the end, but once he got out, Irish defense died down. These two youngsters - Harry Tector and Lorcan Tector will be playing a very crucial role for Ireland in the future, especially in the test format. Harry Tector has made 285 runs so far in test cricket, at an average of 47.50. And that came in matches played under extremely hostile conditions. Lorcan Tucker on the other hand has 289 test runs to his name, at an average of 48.16. If they had received some support from the other batsmen, then Ireland could have put up a decent performance.

Sri Lanka secured a convincing victory in the second Test, winning by an innings and 10 runs, which helped them complete a clean sweep of the Test series with a 2-0 margin. It was a valiant effort from Harry Tector, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to avoid an innings defeat. The young lad demonstrated great fighting spirit though. Ireland should not be disheartened as they have a pool of young talented players. If they continue playing good cricket, results will come their way.

Sirlanka have been outstanding in these test matches,  their batting was outclass and so is balling specially that young boy Prabath Jayasuriya he has been great will balling and washed Ireland batting lineup. 
Ireland should work on their team to give a good game to its fans.

[Negotiation]

The host Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on the third day of the first Test of the series. Ireland turned around in the second test at the end of the first day of the match, the Irish collected 319 runs for 4 wickets none managed to score three figures. Irish captain Andrew Balberney missed the century by just 5 runs. Besides, there are two more fifties in Ireland's innings. But regarding the series against Ireland, the Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne said, although an inexperienced team, Ireland is gradually improving.

[WatChe]

A fighting knock from Harry Tector towards the end, but once he got out, Irish defense died down. These two youngsters - Harry Tector and Lorcan Tector will be playing a very crucial role for Ireland in the future, especially in the test format. Harry Tector has made 285 runs so far in test cricket, at an average of 47.50. And that came in matches played under extremely hostile conditions. Lorcan Tucker on the other hand has 289 test runs to his name, at an average of 48.16. If they had received some support from the other batsmen, then Ireland could have put up a decent performance.

The skipper Andy Balbirnie was unlucky in both innings as he missed out hundred in first innings while fifty in second innings. Apart from Harry Tector and Andy Balbirnie there is no one in Irish batting lineup who showed any seriousness towards batting. Ireland scored almost 500 runs in first innings and were bowled out for just 202 runs. Lot of things for Ireland to learn from this series and ICC must continue to give test cricket exposure to teams like Afghanistan and Ireland. That's the only way how new teams can join test format. 

[n0ne]

The host Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on the third day of the first Test of the series. Ireland turned around in the second test at the end of the first day of the match, the Irish collected 319 runs for 4 wickets none managed to score three figures. Irish captain Andrew Balberney missed the century by just 5 runs. Besides, there are two more fifties in Ireland's innings. But regarding the series against Ireland, the Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne said, although an inexperienced team, Ireland is gradually improving.

We ourselves can see the improvement in the Ireland team's performance. There is big difference between the first and the second match. In the first test match Ireland wasn't able to reach 200+ runs. In the second test match Ireland played much better, based on its first innings performance it looked like a draw match. Fortunately Ireland wasn't able to perform well as the first innings. Only few matches played and Ireland trying to draw the match against an established Sri Lankan test team is a big improvement. These teams needs to be scheduled for more test matches that could help them improve.

[Shan85]

The host Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on the third day of the first Test of the series. Ireland turned around in the second test at the end of the first day of the match, the Irish collected 319 runs for 4 wickets none managed to score three figures. Irish captain Andrew Balberney missed the century by just 5 runs. Besides, there are two more fifties in Ireland's innings. But regarding the series against Ireland, the Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne said, although an inexperienced team, Ireland is gradually improving.

2nd Test match Sri Lanka beat Ireland by an innings and 10 runs. It is encouraging to see emerging talent for Ireland in the test format such as Harry Tector and Lorcan Tector. The Tector brothers have demonstrated great promise with their performances, despite the defeat in the second Test match against Sri Lanka. In test cricket Harry and Lorcan have respective batting averages of 47.50 and 48.16, demonstrating their value as batsmen.
The player of the match is Prabath Jayasuriya for his amazing bowling performance in 1st inning picking up 5 wickets by giving 174 runs and 2nd the inning picking up 2 wickets by just giving 88 runs and the player of the series is Kusal Mendis for his amazing performance 245 runs scored in the first inning and won the series by 2-0.

[BobK71]

The host Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on the third day of the first Test of the series. Ireland turned around in the second test at the end of the first day of the match, the Irish collected 319 runs for 4 wickets none managed to score three figures. Irish captain Andrew Balberney missed the century by just 5 runs. Besides, there are two more fifties in Ireland's innings. But regarding the series against Ireland, the Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne said, although an inexperienced team, Ireland is gradually improving.

Ireland lost the Test series by a big margin against Sri Lanka but they had good start in the 2nd Test and I think they have done well as Test cricketers and if they get a chance to play Test cricket consistently they can gain more experience. Next Jun 01 Ireland team will play a test match against England. If this way they get a chance with the strong team then they can be known as one of the best teams in Test cricket in the future. Perhaps being a weak team, they won't get more than one or two Test matches on any tour. The number of matches is less but they will gradually gain experience from that positions.

[Litzki1990]

Ireland visited Sri Lanka to play only two Test matches. But in both the Test matches, Ireland lost badly against Sri Lanka.  In the first match, Sri Lanka scored 591 runs for 6 wickets against Ireland, but Ireland failed to score in 2 innings. And they lost the first match by a huge margin of an innings and 280 runs. 

In the second test, I thought maybe Ireland would turn around, with the aim of turning around, Ireland was able to score 492 runs in the first innings against Sri Lanka. After their innings of 492 runs, it seemed that Sri Lanka might suffer a batting disaster in this match. But in the second innings Sri Lanka declared 704 runs for three wickets and Ireland returned to bat in the second innings. Whereas in the second innings Ireland managed to score only 202 runs and in the second test they were defeated by an innings and 10 runs. 
The tour to Sri Lanka has been a complete failure for Ireland

[MusaPk]

Ireland lost the Test series by a big margin against Sri Lanka but they had good start in the 2nd Test and I think they have done well as Test cricketers and if they get a chance to play Test cricket consistently they can gain more experience. Next Jun 01 Ireland team will play a test match against England. If this way they get a chance with the strong team then they can be known as one of the best teams in Test cricket in the future. Perhaps being a weak team, they won't get more than one or two Test matches on any tour. The number of matches is less but they will gradually gain experience from that positions.

Ireland have lots of cricket coming up this year. Next Month Bangladesh is coming to Ireland for 3 ODIs followed by Ireland tour to England for 1 Test and 3 ODIs. Its penalty of cricket for Irish team to gain experience from. Its because of poor show of Irish Batsmen in second innings that result in loss of the test. More International cricket they play more they will learn.

[God Of Thunder]

Sirlanka have been outstanding in these test matches,  their batting was outclass and so is balling specially that young boy Prabath Jayasuriya he has been great will balling and washed Ireland batting lineup. 
Ireland should work on their team to give a good game to its fans.

I did not watch the match Between Sri Lanka and Ireland. But, After seeing the scorecard, I was shocked. Sri Lanka Was struggling against every team a few months ago. I did not watch their first test either. But, Considering how they come back is really outstanding. Two double centuries and another two centuries from a single inning. That was incredible. I don't have to mention their names. First four batters everyone did very well batting. It seems Irish bowlers were helpless. I don't know if they were able to create some chances. But credit goes to Sri Lankan batters. Well done.

[Mahdirakib]

Currently, they are trailing by 135 runs which mean we need 35 to 40 overs for covering this difference and then surely another 40 to 50 overs for having 200+ target which can give them good chance to home side, but now all things depend on weather which is not good for the last two days of play.

Sri Lanka has declared their first innings with a lead of 212 runs, then they managed to take all the wickets of Ireland within the first two sessions of the final day. I didn't expect Ireland to lose this match as they played well in the first innings. I had placed a small bet on draw after the day 3, The outcome odds were 1.02× only . Ireland players have to practice a lot to do better in Test format.

[JSRAW]

A fighting knock from Harry Tector towards the end, but once he got out, Irish defense died down. These two youngsters - Harry Tector and Lorcan Tector will be playing a very crucial role for Ireland in the future, especially in the test format. Harry Tector has made 285 runs so far in test cricket, at an average of 47.50. And that came in matches played under extremely hostile conditions. Lorcan Tucker on the other hand has 289 test runs to his name, at an average of 48.16. If they had received some support from the other batsmen, then Ireland could have put up a decent performance.

That's why i am in favor of them playing more tests every year (if they have Test Nation status).

If these guys (Afghans and Irish) start playing 5-8 tests every year then in the next 5 years we'll definitely see plenty of improvement and this will have a fair amount of trickle effect into their domestic 4 days cricket as well.

[Marvell1]

Currently, they are trailing by 135 runs which mean we need 35 to 40 overs for covering this difference and then surely another 40 to 50 overs for having 200+ target which can give them good chance to home side, but now all things depend on weather which is not good for the last two days of play.

Sri Lanka has declared their first innings with a lead of 212 runs, then they managed to take all the wickets of Ireland within the first two sessions of the final day. I didn't expect Ireland to lose this match as they played well in the first innings. I had placed a small bet on draw after the day 3, The outcome odds were 1.02× only . Ireland players have to practice a lot to do better in Test format.

Sri Lanka already won the match by an innings and also 10 runs. It was the last day of the test match and only if Ireland was able to hold on a little longer they would have been able to get a draw from this test match. That would have been an achievement for them to be honest.

But the Sri Lankan bowling attack was a little too good for them. I have to give credit to Sri Lanka because it was certainly not easy to get all the 10 wickets before the end of the test match. Actually, they had to get 20. So it is certainly a good performance from Sri Lanka even though the opponent was not such a big one.

[noormcs5]

Currently, they are trailing by 135 runs which mean we need 35 to 40 overs for covering this difference and then surely another 40 to 50 overs for having 200+ target which can give them good chance to home side, but now all things depend on weather which is not good for the last two days of play.

Sri Lanka has declared their first innings with a lead of 212 runs, then they managed to take all the wickets of Ireland within the first two sessions of the final day. I didn't expect Ireland to lose this match as they played well in the first innings. I had placed a small bet on draw after the day 3, The outcome odds were 1.02× only . Ireland players have to practice a lot to do better in Test format.

Maybe Ireland did not expect to be 212 runs behind after making 492 runs in the first innings. In the 2nd innings, they took the pressure and lost the wickets quickly resulting in losing the match.

See the Srilankan innings for a while and you will see Nishan Madushka making 205 runs, Kusal Mendis making 245 runs along with a couple of hundreds by the other two batsmen. Srilankan team dominated the match and eventually, the team Ireland with less experience fail to save this match.

[Vaskiy]

Currently, they are trailing by 135 runs which mean we need 35 to 40 overs for covering this difference and then surely another 40 to 50 overs for having 200+ target which can give them good chance to home side, but now all things depend on weather which is not good for the last two days of play.

Sri Lanka has declared their first innings with a lead of 212 runs, then they managed to take all the wickets of Ireland within the first two sessions of the final day. I didn't expect Ireland to lose this match as they played well in the first innings. I had placed a small bet on draw after the day 3, The outcome odds were 1.02× only . Ireland players have to practice a lot to do better in Test format.

Maybe Ireland did not expect to be 212 runs behind after making 492 runs in the first innings. In the 2nd innings, they took the pressure and lost the wickets quickly resulting in losing the match.

See the Srilankan innings for a while and you will see Nishan Madushka making 205 runs, Kusal Mendis making 245 runs along with a couple of hundreds by the other two batsmen. Srilankan team dominated the match and eventually, the team Ireland with less experience fail to save this match.

During the Sri Lanka innings, every player who lost the wicket went to the pavilion with a century. This is big and Sri Lanka well used the match against Ireland. The team that performed well got pressure looking at the score of 704/3d. This happens when they're new to the test format cricket. In the second innings of the match Ireland could've gone for some aggressive batting performance, atleast better scoring could've happened.

[Sithara007]

That's why i am in favor of them playing more tests every year (if they have Test Nation status).

If these guys (Afghans and Irish) start playing 5-8 tests every year then in the next 5 years we'll definitely see plenty of improvement and this will have a fair amount of trickle effect into their domestic 4 days cricket as well.

IMO, none of the teams should play more than 4-5 test matches per year. Outside the Border-Gavaskar and Ashes, there is hardly any interest for test cricket. And we saw how the series between Ireland and Sri Lanka turned out. It was very much one-sided. Smaller teams can remain competitive in limited overs format, and not in test format. That is why I am not in favor of matches between the lower tier test teams and the more experienced ones. 1-2 matches every year would make sense. But teams like Ireland needs to play more against similar teams, like Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.