Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Swordsoffreedom]

- Brendon McCullum news is confirmed, he's set to take England's test coaching role. He'll soon resign from the KKR.
- Shakib is ruled out from the 1st test against SL due to injury.
- Hasan and Pujara are bullying in the County, although they were up against weaker teams but still.

Shakib Al Hasan is affected by Covid-19 and he is not going to play the first test against Sri Lanka.
Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/covid-infected-bangladesh-cricket-team-all-rounder-shakib-al-hasan-out-of-sri-lanka-test-2963777


Yes, it is official that Brendon McCullum is going to step down as the KKR coach because he is going to take up the job as the England coach in the test format.
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/brendon-mccullum-to-step-down-as-kkr-coach-to-take-over-england-job-7912039/

I believe the English cricket board is the most bold and better decision making board in the whole cricket scene.
They always like to think out of the box and this type of thinking is surely appreciated in cricket right now because cricket needs people to think out of the box to get its popularity up again.

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[Sithara007]

No you are not alone who is thinking like that. Sri lanka for quite sometimes is having performace issues in cricket and that mainly happend because there key players like Malinga, jayawardene, sangakara and Dilshan all left the team at same time. The current situation of Sri lanka will add more downfall to perfromance of Sri Lanka cricket team. I my view both teams are so same level now a days.

Let's not forget the fact that the SLCB is receiving around $15-$20 million from the ICC every year. I would like to know where all this money is flowing in to, because till now I haven't seen any growth outside Colombo. Cricket in Sri Lanka remains confined to Colombo and it's suburbs. If players from other regions of Sri Lanka want to compete in first class cricket, then they need to travel to Colombo in order to do so. They don't even have a proper region-based domestic cricket structure and for the player pool they are entirely dependent on the cricket clubs in Colombo.

[blatchcorn]

Let's not forget the fact that the SLCB is receiving around $15-$20 million from the ICC every year. I would like to know where all this money is flowing in to, because till now I haven't seen any growth outside Colombo. Cricket in Sri Lanka remains confined to Colombo and it's suburbs. If players from other regions of Sri Lanka want to compete in first class cricket, then they need to travel to Colombo in order to do so. They don't even have a proper region-based domestic cricket structure and for the player pool they are entirely dependent on the cricket clubs in Colombo.

Money can't produce good sports team otherwise England won't have to wait till 2019 to win ODI world cup. In Srilanka there are also issues with tamil population they are not welcome in institutes controlled by central government. They need to expand cricket to other communities also.

[Minor Miner]

No you are not alone who is thinking like that. Sri lanka for quite sometimes is having performace issues in cricket and that mainly happend because there key players like Malinga, jayawardene, sangakara and Dilshan all left the team at same time. The current situation of Sri lanka will add more downfall to perfromance of Sri Lanka cricket team. I my view both teams are so same level now a days.

Let's not forget the fact that the SLCB is receiving around $15-$20 million from the ICC every year. I would like to know where all this money is flowing in to, because till now I haven't seen any growth outside Colombo. Cricket in Sri Lanka remains confined to Colombo and it's suburbs. If players from other regions of Sri Lanka want to compete in first class cricket, then they need to travel to Colombo in order to do so. They don't even have a proper region-based domestic cricket structure and for the player pool they are entirely dependent on the cricket clubs in Colombo.

The progress of Sri Lankan cricket has really been decreasing in the last few years because once Sri Lanka was a team that was playing against the top-level games and winning quite comfortably. They were a team to be reckoned with but now Sri Lanka does not play like that anymore.

I honestly believe that this is because of the corruption that is going on in the Sri Lankan cricket board. Otherwise, there is no reason why they will not be able to find good enough players. I don't think they have any shortage of talent.

[pakhitheboss]

Virtually no bilateral cricket is happening in cricketing world right now but from next week this is going to change (SL vs BAN). IMO this test series might not effect points standing that much. Sri Lanka is playing spoiler role in this cycle, not in this test series tho (Spoiler role is reserved for home test matches against Pak and Aus)
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I really don't expect anything from Bangladesh at all in the test cricket format because they are very bad at test cricket.  
I can even put my trust in Afghanistan a lot more in test cricket instead of just hoping that Bangladesh wins and I become the loser.  
I believe Bangladesh is not good in test cricket and this has been the case since the start, believe that in comparison to Bangladesh.

I do not think the Srilankan team will be playing in their right mindset considering the present economic situation in Srilanka. I believe it will affect their overall performance. I think Bangladesh has a better chance as they will have the home ground advantage and they would be mentally more stable than their counterparts. I am waiting for the test match between England & Newzealand which will be played next month. That would be a better match to watch.

I believe you’re right because the Srilankan player’s will probably be distracted by the sad events taking place at home, and this will be an advantage for Bangladesh player’s but do you’ll feel that they’ll be able to capitalise on it. Furthermore I’m backing Bangladesh to win or expecting the match to end up in a draw because I feel that they’re slightly better than Srilanka due to home advantage, but it seems that many here are backing Srilanka so maybe I’m the only one underestimating Srilanka?.

On papers Srilanka is a better test playing team but the situation is different at the moment and that is why I feel Bangladesh has a better chance of winning, it is possible that the end result of this series might be draw. If Bangladesh is able to draw the series then still it will be better than losing it.

[JSRAW]

- Brendon McCullum news is confirmed, he's set to take England's test coaching role. He'll soon resign from the KKR.
- Shakib is ruled out from the 1st test against SL due to injury.
- Hasan and Pujara are bullying in the County, although they were up against weaker teams but still.

Shakib Al Hasan is affected by Covid-19 and he is not going to play the first test against Sri Lanka.
Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/covid-infected-bangladesh-cricket-team-all-rounder-shakib-al-hasan-out-of-sri-lanka-test-2963777


Yes, it is official that Brendon McCullum is going to step down as the KKR coach because he is going to take up the job as the England coach in the test format.
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/brendon-mccullum-to-step-down-as-kkr-coach-to-take-over-england-job-7912039/

I believe the English cricket board is the most bold and better decision making board in the whole cricket scene.
They always like to think out of the box and this type of thinking is surely appreciated in cricket right now because cricket needs people to think out of the box to get its popularity up again.

No doubt about that, after all they invented the game of cricket and also introduced T-20 and now The 100 Balls format.

That's another debate that commercially BCCI hijacked almost everything, mainly T-20 but they don't even come close to ECB  "New Ideas" competition.

[Cryptock]

No you are not alone who is thinking like that. Sri lanka for quite sometimes is having performace issues in cricket and that mainly happend because there key players like Malinga, jayawardene, sangakara and Dilshan all left the team at same time. The current situation of Sri lanka will add more downfall to perfromance of Sri Lanka cricket team. I my view both teams are so same level now a days.

Let's not forget the fact that the SLCB is receiving around $15-$20 million from the ICC every year. I would like to know where all this money is flowing in to, because till now I haven't seen any growth outside Colombo. Cricket in Sri Lanka remains confined to Colombo and it's suburbs. If players from other regions of Sri Lanka want to compete in first class cricket, then they need to travel to Colombo in order to do so. They don't even have a proper region-based domestic cricket structure and for the player pool they are entirely dependent on the cricket clubs in Colombo.

The progress of Sri Lankan cricket has really been decreasing in the last few years because once Sri Lanka was a team that was playing against the top-level games and winning quite comfortably. They were a team to be reckoned with but now Sri Lanka does not play like that anymore.

I honestly believe that this is because of the corruption that is going on in the Sri Lankan cricket board. Otherwise, there is no reason why they will not be able to find good enough players. I don't think they have any shortage of talent.

My heart goes with the Srilanaka - Very hard time for them. I am not sure how they will come out of the situation. Mu Srilanakan student wanted IK like Prime Minister, they said he is free for sometime so let him come to Sirilanka to help build our economy. That was very sweet of them. But we also need IK. I wish both countries a very bright future. Ameen

[onecall123]

Virtually no bilateral cricket is happening in cricketing world right now but from next week this is going to change (SL vs BAN). IMO this test series might not effect points standing that much. Sri Lanka is playing spoiler role in this cycle, not in this test series tho (Spoiler role is reserved for home test matches against Pak and Aus)
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I really don't expect anything from Bangladesh at all in the test cricket format because they are very bad at test cricket.  
I can even put my trust in Afghanistan a lot more in test cricket instead of just hoping that Bangladesh wins and I become the loser.  
I believe Bangladesh is not good in test cricket and this has been the case since the start, believe that in comparison to Bangladesh.

I do not think the Srilankan team will be playing in their right mindset considering the present economic situation in Srilanka. I believe it will affect their overall performance. I think Bangladesh has a better chance as they will have the home ground advantage and they would be mentally more stable than their counterparts. I am waiting for the test match between England & Newzealand which will be played next month. That would be a better match to watch.

I believe you’re right because the Srilankan player’s will probably be distracted by the sad events taking place at home, and this will be an advantage for Bangladesh player’s but do you’ll feel that they’ll be able to capitalise on it. Furthermore I’m backing Bangladesh to win or expecting the match to end up in a draw because I feel that they’re slightly better than Srilanka due to home advantage, but it seems that many here are backing Srilanka so maybe I’m the only one underestimating Srilanka?.

On papers Srilanka is a better test playing team but the situation is different at the moment and that is why I feel Bangladesh has a better chance of winning, it is possible that the end result of this series might be draw. If Bangladesh is able to draw the series then still it will be better than losing it.

Despite the worst economic crisis in the country's history, Sri Lanka should be motivated and at least give a better performance in the next two test matches. A good performance ultimately benefits all Sri Lankans. Winning is the most desired thing for any team but Bangladesh here is in a good position to grab all attention. Shakib Al Hasan's test results are negative, so he will join Bangladesh's squad. Bangladesh will benefit from this move by giving a boost to their performance in the first Test against Sri Lanka.

[Sithara007]

Money can't produce good sports team otherwise England won't have to wait till 2019 to win ODI world cup. In Srilanka there are also issues with tamil population they are not welcome in institutes controlled by central government. They need to expand cricket to other communities also.

Ethnic issues are prevalent in Sri Lanka, but I hope that the tensions reduced after the conclusion of the civil war. Anyway, their most famous cricketer is an ethnic Tamil. Sadly, apart from Muttiah Muralitharan, I don't think that any other Tamils have represented Sri Lanka at national level. Pradeep Jayaprakashdaran played one ODI match if I am not wrong. Angelo Mathews and Russel Arnold are half-Tamil, but they consider themselves as Sinhalese. A few guys are playing at club level, such as Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Sebastian Pillai Vijayaraj.

[JSRAW]

Despite the worst economic crisis in the country's history, Sri Lanka should be motivated and at least give a better performance in the next two test matches. A good performance ultimately benefits all Sri Lankans. Winning is the most desired thing for any team but Bangladesh here is in a good position to grab all attention. Shakib Al Hasan's test results are negative, so he will join Bangladesh's squad. Bangladesh will benefit from this move by giving a boost to their performance in the first Test against Sri Lanka.

Match fitness is necessary unless they are cooking up 3 days pitch.

Anyway It's a 2 match series, not long so his inclusion later in the series is not very promising considering Shakib is not match fit and Sri Lanka wins the first test match.

Yeah ofc Bongs could claim the victory if they come back and draw the series after losing 1st match (assuming) but drawing the series at home ground is kinda defeat.

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Is Taskin (can't remember name) available for the series?

[jostorres]

Match fitness is necessary unless they are cooking up 3 days pitch.

Anyway It's a 2 match series, not long so his inclusion later in the series is not very promising considering Shakib is not match fit and Sri Lanka wins the first test match.

Yeah ofc Bongs could claim the victory if they come back and draw the series after losing 1st match (assuming) but drawing the series at home ground is kinda defeat.

Things are not good enough for home team as they are going to face spirited Sri Lanka in first test match at Chattogram Shakib which was dropped for Covid-19 positive now have negative and going with team but still need some more medical tests for participating into first test even coach Russell Domingo is not positive about Shakib for first test match. With this Now Mehdi Miraz and Taskin both are also out of first test due to finger and shoulder injuries, so with this all look like Bangladesh is having not good chances against visitors for winning this series.

My prediction about this series is Sri Lanka won or draw because at home they have some advantage and can give tough time to Lankan's but still they are good to win in this series.

[7788bitcoin]

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Things are not good enough for home team as they are going to face spirited Sri Lanka in first test match at Chattogram Shakib which was dropped for Covid-19 positive now have negative and going with team but still need some more medical tests for participating into first test even coach Russell Domingo is not positive about Shakib for first test match. With this Now Mehdi Miraz and Taskin both are also out of first test due to finger and shoulder injuries, so with this all look like Bangladesh is having not good chances against visitors for winning this series.

My prediction about this series is Sri Lanka won or draw because at home they have some advantage and can give tough time to Lankan's but still they are good to win in this series.

So that means Bangladesh is having injury concerns in the upcoming tour. When is the first match and i have to see the team for Sri Lanka before making a decision because some other time i placed a bet after seeing the comments here and messed up badly  . Bangladesh is always a strong side at home and they always pack their team with spinners but Sri Lanka does play spin well but yet to see the team.

[Naficopa]

I forgot that there are certain situations going on in Sri Lanka which might affect their performance in the field. If anyone doesn't know what is going on in Sri Lanka I suggest them to open the news.

Now back to cricket, I know that this situation is quite bad for Sri Lanka. But I still do not believe that Bangladesh is going to perform well enough to beat them because the Bangladeshi cricketers just cannot play test cricket. I don't know if they don't have enough patience or if they don't have enough skill. I just know that if I trust Bangladesh to win this test series I am going to make a mistake.

Situation inside Sri Lanka is very much same as is performance of their cricket team. At the moment there is no player in Sri Lanka that is reliable like Malinga, Dilshan or Sangakara. Coming towards Bangladesh, they may have some edge that they have some senior players that are playing test for years like Lutan Das and Shakib.

I am not sure how the crises in Sri Lanaka are affecting the emotions and health of the people. TV shows very bad footages. The political situation in Pakistan is very serious too but they are stable till now. But Srilankan people went very hard on their ministers and PM. They are very angry with their politicians.

[pakhitheboss]

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Things are not good enough for home team as they are going to face spirited Sri Lanka in first test match at Chattogram Shakib which was dropped for Covid-19 positive now have negative and going with team but still need some more medical tests for participating into first test even coach Russell Domingo is not positive about Shakib for first test match. With this Now Mehdi Miraz and Taskin both are also out of first test due to finger and shoulder injuries, so with this all look like Bangladesh is having not good chances against visitors for winning this series.

My prediction about this series is Sri Lanka won or draw because at home they have some advantage and can give tough time to Lankan's but still they are good to win in this series.

So that means Bangladesh is having injury concerns in the upcoming tour. When is the first match and i have to see the team for Sri Lanka before making a decision because some other time i placed a bet after seeing the comments here and messed up badly  . Bangladesh is always a strong side at home and they always pack their team with spinners but Sri Lanka does play spin well but yet to see the team.

It happened to me too I did my research and then saw a few comments here and changed my decision while placing the bets believing that those comments. It is better to believe in your own research than to believe in someone else. I still feel that Bangladesh has an upper edge no matter what everyone here says. Either win or draw for them it is a win-win situation. Two match series and their is a higher probability of a draw.

[Sithara007]

It happened to me too I did my research and then saw a few comments here and changed my decision while placing the bets believing that those comments. It is better to believe in your own research than to believe in someone else. I still feel that Bangladesh has an upper edge no matter what everyone here says. Either win or draw for them it is a win-win situation. Two match series and their is a higher probability of a draw.

Bangladesh without Shakib will be inferior to Sri Lanka, IMO. Because some of the Sri Lankan players are currently in very good form, including Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmanta Chameera. And these two teams have similar strengths, and therefore the pitch can't be prepared in a way to favor either of these teams. In all probability it is going to be a closely fought series and both the teams are in need of a series win at this point. Not much to gain from a win, but the team that loses may undergo a lot of humiliation.

[coinism]

It happened to me too I did my research and then saw a few comments here and changed my decision while placing the bets believing that those comments. It is better to believe in your own research than to believe in someone else. I still feel that Bangladesh has an upper edge no matter what everyone here says. Either win or draw for them it is a win-win situation. Two match series and their is a higher probability of a draw.

This is a great thing you have learned that DYOR not on other suggestions. If you place bet based on your own research then you will either win or learn something which is not the case otherwise. IMO both teams are of same level, its very sad to see Srilanka going down to level of Bangladesh.

[Tony116]

It happened to me too I did my research and then saw a few comments here and changed my decision while placing the bets believing that those comments. It is better to believe in your own research than to believe in someone else. I still feel that Bangladesh has an upper edge no matter what everyone here says. Either win or draw for them it is a win-win situation. Two match series and their is a higher probability of a draw.

Bangladesh without Shakib will be inferior to Sri Lanka, IMO. Because some of the Sri Lankan players are currently in very good form, including Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmanta Chameera. And these two teams have similar strengths, and therefore the pitch can't be prepared in a way to favor either of these teams. In all probability it is going to be a closely fought series and both the teams are in need of a series win at this point. Not much to gain from a win, but the team that loses may undergo a lot of humiliation.

Bangladesh is already a very weak team in test cricket and not having Shakib Al Hasan in the team only causes more problems for Bangladesh. I have seen Bangladesh lose from certain winnable positions. I know that Sri Lanka is also not in a good situation right now and Bangladesh will surely try to exploit those problems. If Shakib Al Hasan was there for both the matches I would have said Bangladesh has a good chance of winning but now I think otherwise.

[JSRAW]

Match fitness is necessary unless they are cooking up 3 days pitch.

Anyway It's a 2 match series, not long so his inclusion later in the series is not very promising considering Shakib is not match fit and Sri Lanka wins the first test match.

Yeah ofc Bongs could claim the victory if they come back and draw the series after losing 1st match (assuming) but drawing the series at home ground is kinda defeat.

Things are not good enough for home team as they are going to face spirited Sri Lanka in first test match at Chattogram Shakib which was dropped for Covid-19 positive now have negative and going with team but still need some more medical tests for participating into first test even coach Russell Domingo is not positive about Shakib for first test match. With this Now Mehdi Miraz and Taskin both are also out of first test due to finger and shoulder injuries, so with this all look like Bangladesh is having not good chances against visitors for winning this series.

My prediction about this series is Sri Lanka won or draw because at home they have some advantage and can give tough time to Lankan's but still they are good to win in this series.

Ha! So Taskin is also out. Is he available for the 2nd test or completely ruled out from the series?

Surely not looking good for the Bongs. Their best bet would be a slow pitch, they shouldn't risk anything with any experiment in terms of Spin friendly deck.

[Sithara007]

Ha! So Taskin is also out. Is he available for the 2nd test or completely ruled out from the series?

Surely not looking good for the Bongs. Their best bet would be a slow pitch, they shouldn't risk anything with any experiment in terms of Spin friendly deck.

Sri Lankan spinners such as Hasaranga are in top form right now. If Bangladesh prepares a spin-friendly pitch, then it will backfire upon them and I won't be surprised if they get bowled out for two digit totals. This is something that they should avoid at all cost. A safer option for them would be to prepare tracks that are more conductive for batting. Anyway, the first test match is scheduled for tomorrow. It will take place at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, which is notorious for it's spin-friendly track.

[sovie]

Watched couple of interviews where in one of em he was clearly saying that girls shouldn't play cricket at all and he stopped his girls from playing cricket or any outdoor game in public (By giving them chaped -thappad) in private they can play and regarding Hindi tv serial, he apparently got angry because his girls imitating hindu traditions like people do in diwali, holi and starting saying Namaste etc.
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He also mentioned this in his Book - His girls are not allowed to play cricket or any game in public-  

I was going through the latest drama between Afridi and Kaneria. These allegations and counter-allegations are very damaging.. Both of them need to understand that although the quarrel is between them as individuals, the greater repercussions will be felt across the sporting community. Especially when they invoke religion and ethnicity, it can get out of control and result in unwanted consequences. My little piece of advice to Afridi would be to stay out of controversy, or else in the future if he wants to get some position with PCB or the ICC, then his pass comments may come back to bite him.

I believed Afridi is a very religious person and he puts his religion above everything else. so I don't think he's going to back out of anything that he wants to say but my up in of unwanted attention and problems. and I am quite sure that this thing is going to cause a lot of problems and a lot of controversy around Shahid Afridi.

Afridi is a good man - but his political believe are very strange. We fail to understand who he is trying to impress?
Recently it seems those who are siding the current important government are not siding the right people.