Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

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What ever it may be the situation everything is a bit messy, players will do some sort or the other to shine the ball and rewarding 5 runs under the assumption that they used saliva, to be frank it is a thin line.

Lets see what is going to happen and how many conservatory we are going to see regarding this. I am sure this will end up messy.

For the record you messed up with the quotes and quoting your own reply please check and correct it hehehe  

Yeah bit messy arrangement as players might end up using saliva unintentionally due to old habits.

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For the record you messed up with the quotes and quoting your own reply please check and correct it hehehe  

Yeah bit messy arrangement as players might end up using saliva unintentionally due to old habits.

Yesterday night had a huge party and the hangover is still there and yet to have food  .

There will be many controversies in this rule because of the 5 run penalty which is really absurd. If everyone is tested there is no point in implementing this rule and on top of it the 5 runs is just too much and it will cause tensions in the middle because of the reasons you mentioned. It was a normal thing that was going on for decades and now all of a sudden you ban a move will end up messy.

[Vishnu.Reang]

The latest news from BCCI is that the Indian tour of Sri Lanka is called off (originally scheduled for June-July). This series was not very important for the BCCI, but the SLCB will be furious about it. They are already facing financial issues and the cancellation of the tour is going to hit them hard. They were hoping that the BCCI would just postpone the tour, and not cancel it altogether.

[JSRAW]

The latest news from BCCI is that the Indian tour of Sri Lanka is called off (originally scheduled for June-July). This series was not very important for the BCCI, but the SLCB will be furious about it. They are already facing financial issues and the cancellation of the tour is going to hit them hard. They were hoping that the BCCI would just postpone the tour, and not cancel it altogether.

They play enough cricket with each others so that's fine and i guess SLC board also understand that. BCCI and SLC board's relations are like that - whenever they gets bored, they play dead series-

[pakhitheboss]

The latest news from BCCI is that the Indian tour of Sri Lanka is called off (originally scheduled for June-July). This series was not very important for the BCCI, but the SLCB will be furious about it. They are already facing financial issues and the cancellation of the tour is going to hit them hard. They were hoping that the BCCI would just postpone the tour, and not cancel it altogether.

What is happening in not intended as the current situation makes it? Money grossing IPL is still in a dilemma no one knows it will happen! But, if the boards take it as an issue then it is their issue.

I do not blame the board but the condition in the subcontinent is pretty bad and every day it is becoming worst for everyone living there.

I am sure they will do a favor for the Srilankan cricket team later on when things are quite normal.

[BitSat19]

The latest news from BCCI is that the Indian tour of Sri Lanka is called off (originally scheduled for June-July). This series was not very important for the BCCI, but the SLCB will be furious about it. They are already facing financial issues and the cancellation of the tour is going to hit them hard. They were hoping that the BCCI would just postpone the tour, and not cancel it altogether.

What is happening in not intended as the current situation makes it? Money grossing IPL is still in a dilemma no one knows it will happen! But, if the boards take it as an issue then it is their issue.

I do not blame the board but the condition in the subcontinent is pretty bad and every day it is becoming worst for everyone living there.

I am sure they will do a favor for the Srilankan cricket team later on when things are quite normal.

In current situation its going to be just political game by BCCI and Ganguly because Government never allow them try to host this even many players will never try to travel right now India is on top as cases increasing here so its never been ideal situation for them even in next few months.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Someone please correct me if I am wrong. As far as I know, no international cricket matches are scheduled for this month. The next scheduled match is on 8th July, when the first test match between England and West Indies will be played. Or have I missed anything? After a break of more than three months, we'll be able to watch live action in less than four weeks.

[JSRAW]

Someone please correct me if I am wrong. As far as I know, no international cricket matches are scheduled for this month. The next scheduled match is on 8th July, when the first test match between England and West Indies will be played. Or have I missed anything? After a break of more than three months, we'll be able to watch live action in less than four weeks.

Yeah, first game Eng vs Windies, Pakistan playing few tests and T-20 against England after this. then we have Zim, windies, Afghanistan, India tour of Australia. More games should be lined up for other teams but no-one declared their schedule.

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Edit : One more month fellas....
ECB announces schedule of three closed-door Tests against WI

"Proposed Tour Schedule

First Test: July 8-12, Ageas Bowl Southampton

Second Test: July 16-20, Old Trafford Manchester

Third Test: July 24-28, Old Trafford Manchester"

[Vishnu.Reang]

^^^ LOL... the West Indians are claiming that playing without the crowd can help them, as the England players will be demoralized without the support from their fans. I don't know how much of it is true. Even without the crowd, England would be at an advantage as a result of familiar ground conditions and weather. And I am afraid that West Indies have performed poorly in tests for sometime now.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/west-indies-tour-of-england-no-fans-help-us-phil-simmons-1688876-2020-06-14

[JSRAW]

^^^ LOL... the West Indians are claiming that playing without the crowd can help them, as the England players will be demoralized without the support from their fans. I don't know how much of it is true. Even without the crowd, England would be at an advantage as a result of familiar ground conditions and weather. And I am afraid that West Indies have performed poorly in tests for sometime now.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/west-indies-tour-of-england-no-fans-help-us-phil-simmons-1688876-2020-06-14

This statement sounds logical for the ashes series, where spectators and players sledge each others all the time but for this series Meh!

Its home ground for England so they have edge due to obvious reason. Last time Windies humiliated English team in their backyard now its England's turn.

[Vishnu.Reang]

This statement sounds logical for the ashes series, where spectators and players sledge each others all the time but for this series Meh!

Its home ground for England so they have edge due to obvious reason. Last time Windies humiliated English team in their backyard now its England's turn.

England is in much better shape now, and in all probability they'll extract revenge against the West Indians. West Indies have toured England dozens of times. But the 2000 series is still fresh in my mind. Back then, West Indies had players such as Courtney Walsh, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle. Perhaps that squad was the strongest ever sent to England by West Indies. But despite that, they lost the series to England 1-3.

[Juggy777]

^^^ LOL... the West Indians are claiming that playing without the crowd can help them, as the England players will be demoralized without the support from their fans. I don't know how much of it is true. Even without the crowd, England would be at an advantage as a result of familiar ground conditions and weather. And I am afraid that West Indies have performed poorly in tests for sometime now.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/west-indies-tour-of-england-no-fans-help-us-phil-simmons-1688876-2020-06-14

This statement sounds logical for the ashes series, where spectators and players sledge each others all the time but for this series Meh!

Its home ground for England so they have edge due to obvious reason. Last time Windies humiliated English team in their backyard now its England's turn.

England is in much better shape now, and in all probability they'll extract revenge against the West Indians. West Indies have toured England dozens of times. But the 2000 series is still fresh in my mind. Back then, West Indies had players such as Courtney Walsh, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle. Perhaps that squad was the strongest ever sent to England by West Indies. But despite that, they lost the series to England 1-3.

@vishnu.reang I believe that West Indies are showing signs of over confidence and arrogance with their statements, and this is not a good sign for them as their sole priority should be on winning the upcoming series, rather than indulging in unwanted banter with the England player's. @JSRAW yea it’s obvious that England will start as the favourites due to the home ground advantage, but it’s pertinent to note that both sides player’s will be rusty too, as they haven’t played competitive cricket in quiet a while now, hence anything can happen in this series.

Sources:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29292914/jason-holder-says-world-come-together-west-indies-arrive-historic-tour

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England is in much better shape now, and in all probability they'll extract revenge against the West Indians. West Indies have toured England dozens of times. But the 2000 series is still fresh in my mind. Back then, West Indies had players such as Courtney Walsh, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle. Perhaps that squad was the strongest ever sent to England by West Indies. But despite that, they lost the series to England 1-3.

During that time West Indies was struggling with the batting line up and in that series if i remember correctly shivnarine chanderpaul was not in the team in all the matches and while watching those matches i thought he would have held up one end if he was in the team. Chris Gayle was not an impact player during that time and he was not at all consistent and during that period i held Wavell Hinds a better player than Chris Gayle and it was the weakest batting line up and that continued for a long time.

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^^^ LOL... the West Indians are claiming that playing without the crowd can help them, as the England players will be demoralized without the support from their fans. I don't know how much of it is true. Even without the crowd, England would be at an advantage as a result of familiar ground conditions and weather. And I am afraid that West Indies have performed poorly in tests for sometime now.

Have you heard about the barmy army and if they are in the stadium they will troll any player and for the opposition it is pressure and if the West Indies players claim that they are in a good position without the crowd they have a point as they will be humiliated with every miss field other than that England are a much better team in Test and ODI and West Indies is competitive only in T20.

[JSRAW]

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barmy army

They are excitable and ridiculous amount of toxic when England play against Australia, not much against the other teams. They do trolling, singing etc but aggressive level always on check when opposition team is not Australia.

[Vishnu.Reang]

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barmy army

They are excitable and ridiculous amount of toxic when England play against Australia, not much against the other teams. They do trolling, singing etc but aggressive level always on check when opposition team is not Australia.

I would agree. But now the foreign players have got used to it. Gone are the days when players would get intimidated by the crowd behavior. Nowadays the players take part in franchise leagues all around the world and they know what to expect when they tour a particular country. And nowadays each of the nations have their own fan armies. Even teams such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

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~And nowadays each of the nations have their own fan armies. Even teams such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

I am aware of the Fanatics for the Australian team and the Barmy Army for England and the Ashes is when these those supporters clash but was not aware of the other fan armies and i would like to know about them, i am aware that Pakistan have a old gentleman who wears the green dress to all of their matches and one Indian fan who paints himself his entire body and participate in every match but no idea about any army of supporters.

[Haunebu]

I believe that West Indies are showing signs of over confidence and arrogance with their statements, and this is not a good sign for them as their sole priority should be on winning the upcoming series, rather than indulging in unwanted banter with the England player's.

They have been showing signs of arrogance for sometime now. Darren Sammy stated that he was racially abused during one of the earlier versions of IPL. He chose this time to talk about this thanks to the Floyd incident. Weird that he didn't discuss it back then.

They do trolling, singing etc but aggressive level always on check when opposition team is not Australia.

I noticed them dissing Smith and Warner on more than one occasion. The 3rd world countries treated them in a much better manner. For example, Warner is respected by Hyderabad intensely at present.

but no idea about any army of supporters.

It's natural for teams to have their own fan armies. Even domestic teams in IPL like the CSK etc have dedicated fan armies who go crazy for their teams.

[Vishnu.Reang]

~And nowadays each of the nations have their own fan armies. Even teams such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

I am aware of the Fanatics for the Australian team and the Barmy Army for England and the Ashes is when these those supporters clash but was not aware of the other fan armies and i would like to know about them, i am aware that Pakistan have a old gentleman who wears the green dress to all of their matches and one Indian fan who paints himself his entire body and participate in every match but no idea about any army of supporters.

During the 1990s, and even during the first decade of 2000, international travel was more or less unaffordable for the vast majority of the South Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans.etc). So there was no organized fan army for these teams, unlike the case with England and Australia. But nowadays there are hardcore fans from South Asia, who make sure to attend each and every match played by their team. And they have formed groups, similar to the Barmy Army.

[JSRAW]

Wahab Riaz is now available for Pakistan in Whites (Test) after PCB approached him, still not in team though. Wondering who's next in line, Amir? Would be great for Pakistan if he joins the ranks one more time.

Pakistan needed me, it was time to repay: Wahab on retirement reversal