Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[LittleBitFunny]

2 overs and 4 wickets.
This is some fine level of collapse from the Lankans. They were looking extremely dominating but Nayeem Hassan and Shakib manage to bring back Bongs in the game in just 2 overs (2 wickets each in same over).
Now 400 run mark looks almost impossible for the SL.

It looks like Sri Lanka will lose all their wickets before 400. Although Angelo Mathews is still at the crease, he is unbeaten on 161. However, after losing the fifth wicket for 319 runs, they lost three more wickets by just 9 runs. Sakib took 3 wickets and Nayeem took 4 wickets. . Sri Lanka's first innings will end between 380-390 runs.

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[pakhitheboss]

2 overs and 4 wickets.
This is some fine level of collapse from the Lankans. They were looking extremely dominating but Nayeem Hassan and Shakib manage to bring back Bongs in the game in just 2 overs (2 wickets each in same over).
Now 400 run mark looks almost impossible for the SL.

It looks like Sri Lanka will lose all their wickets before 400. Although Angelo Mathews is still at the crease, he is unbeaten on 161. However, after losing the fifth wicket for 319 runs, they lost three more wickets by just 9 runs. Sakib took 3 wickets and Nayeem took 4 wickets. . Sri Lanka's first innings will end between 380-390 runs.

Anything above 350 is a good score. Except Mathews and Chandimal every batter from the Srilankan side was a failure. I also think they will not reach 400 as they already have lost 8 wickets. 350 itself would be a tough target to chase for the Bangladeshi side.

[kro55]

2 overs and 4 wickets.
This is some fine level of collapse from the Lankans. They were looking extremely dominating but Nayeem Hassan and Shakib manage to bring back Bongs in the game in just 2 overs (2 wickets each in same over).
Now 400 run mark looks almost impossible for the SL.

It looks like Sri Lanka will lose all their wickets before 400. Although Angelo Mathews is still at the crease, he is unbeaten on 161. However, after losing the fifth wicket for 319 runs, they lost three more wickets by just 9 runs. Sakib took 3 wickets and Nayeem took 4 wickets. . Sri Lanka's first innings will end between 380-390 runs.

Anything above 350 is a good score. Except Mathews and Chandimal every batter from the Srilankan side was a failure. I also think they will not reach 400 as they already have lost 8 wickets. 350 itself would be a tough target to chase for the Bangladeshi side.

The pairing of Angelo Mathews and Viswa Fernando has been quite effective since Sri Lanka lost several wickets in a row. Fernando's performance is excellent. Although he is basically a bowler, he is batting responsibly. He scored 8 runs off 52 balls. If this continues, Sri Lanka will be able to play the second season completely.

[JSRAW]

This is turning out to be very frustrating session for the Bangladesh, nothing is working out so far and this 9th wicket partnership taking momentum into Sri lanka's favor.

Test cricket is tough state of affair but Bangladesh fielders need to back their bowler and at least shouldn't drop catch at this moment.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

The pairing of Angelo Mathews and Viswa Fernando has been quite effective since Sri Lanka lost several wickets in a row. Fernando's performance is excellent. Although he is basically a bowler, he is batting responsibly. He scored 8 runs off 52 balls. If this continues, Sri Lanka will be able to play the second season completely.

No words for Angelo Mathews who missed his double century by just one run. Only Angelo Mathews , Kusal Mendis and  chandinal contributed in Srilanka batting rest all batting lineup failed. So far its a positive start from Bangladesh as they have scored 70 runs and no wicket lost. The match seems to be a draw.

[Mahdirakib]

This is turning out to be very frustrating session for the Bangladesh, nothing is working out so far and this 9th wicket partnership taking momentum into Sri lanka's favor.
Test cricket is tough state of affair but Bangladesh fielders need to back their bowler and at least shouldn't drop catch at this moment.

Bangladesh has missed few opportunities to break the 9th wicket partnership. They missed catches, they missed to make run out. Sri Lanka got all out in 397 runs. But the disappointed fact is that Mathews got out at his 199 runs. Day 2 has ended now. Bangladesh has collected 76 runs without losing any wicket. Both openers are playing very well. Sri Lankans player has dropped some catches too.

[sovie]

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.

Danish and Afraid are both good players but the recent statement have brought a lot of controversies among two.
I have always admired Afridi - but now his political statements have changed his fan following as well. Afridi needs to be careful.

[Sithara007]

Danish and Afraid are both good players but the recent statement have brought a lot of controversies among two.
I have always admired Afridi - but now his political statements have changed his fan following as well. Afridi needs to be careful.

Players who represent their country at national level needs to be very careful while speaking up. There will be millions of people who follow such players, and controversial comments may go viral and create a lot of controversy. Afridi needs to remember that his opinion may be considered as the national attitude towards certain ethnic groups and religions. And at the same time, Danish needs to remain under the radar right now. What he did can't be forgiven and he should thank the PCB for relatively fair treatment that was given to him after the controversy.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Players who represent their country at national level needs to be very careful while speaking up. There will be millions of people who follow such players, and controversial comments may go viral and create a lot of controversy. Afridi needs to remember that his opinion may be considered as the national attitude towards certain ethnic groups and religions. And at the same time, Danish needs to remain under the radar right now. What he did can't be forgiven and he should thank the PCB for relatively fair treatment that was given to him after the controversy.

Afridi is doing all this to get slot of chairman PCB, the new Pakistani government so far has not considered afridi for that slot but afridi is doing his homework to get that. I don't know what wrong with Danish, after playing more the 60 test for Pakistan he is now saying that he is not given chance due to his religion. 

[S A KHAIR]

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.

Danish and Afraid are both good players but the recent statement have brought a lot of controversies among two.
I have always admired Afridi - but now his political statements have changed his fan following as well. Afridi needs to be careful.

The problem is we don't like it if a good person joins politics because we think he is just going to end up doing dirty politics. We just don't believe that a good person can have some good effect on politics and maybe something will change in favor of the people. People actually don't want to believe that any respectable people actually can do good and bring good changes by joining politics. I say that has the problem of people's mindset.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Bangladesh has missed few opportunities to break the 9th wicket partnership. They missed catches, they missed to make run out. Sri Lanka got all out in 397 runs. But the disappointed fact is that Mathews got out at his 199 runs. Day 2 has ended now. Bangladesh has collected 76 runs without losing any wicket. Both openers are playing very well. Sri Lankans player has dropped some catches too.

Really sadden to see Mathews missing his double ton by a run. Overall Srilanka has done a good job, they were 50 to 60 runs short of projected score and that's because apart from Mathews, chandimal and mendis no other player contributed his part. Bangladesh at stamps are in comfortable position. 

[Smack That Ace]

Danish and Afraid are both good players but the recent statement have brought a lot of controversies among two.
I have always admired Afridi - but now his political statements have changed his fan following as well. Afridi needs to be careful.

Players who represent their country at national level needs to be very careful while speaking up. There will be millions of people who follow such players, and controversial comments may go viral and create a lot of controversy. Afridi needs to remember that his opinion may be considered as the national attitude towards certain ethnic groups and religions. And at the same time, Danish needs to remain under the radar right now. What he did can't be forgiven and he should thank the PCB for relatively fair treatment that was given to him after the controversy.

People always like to think about certain things,
that's why they are overthinking about it.

So, even if he is saying something good there will be certain people that are going to make a second meaning out of it and try to make those things viral just for getting some views.

And that's not only the case for normal people. The media houses also want to make news that are going to be interesting to people because people really like to see the fight. Right now people actually want to see a lot more verbal fights instead of watching actual boxing or UFC .


regards

Duke

[Sithara007]

Really sadden to see Mathews missing his double ton by a run. Overall Srilanka has done a good job, they were 50 to 60 runs short of projected score and that's because apart from Mathews, chandimal and mendis no other player contributed his part. Bangladesh at stamps are in comfortable position. 

Extreme disappointment for Angelo Mathews. He knew that it was the last ball of the over and in case he couldn't take a single, then Vishwa Fernando would be in strike for the next over. And given the stats, it would be difficult to believe that Fernando has the capability to survive 6 deliveries. It was a difficult choice and he went for a shot. And unfortunately for him, Shakib Al Hasan (square leg) took the catch and his dreams of getting to a double ton got destroyed. BTW, congratulations to Nayeem Hasan. He bowled really well to pick up 6 wickets.

[ilovealtcoins]

This is turning out to be very frustrating session for the Bangladesh, nothing is working out so far and this 9th wicket partnership taking momentum into Sri lanka's favor.
Test cricket is tough state of affair but Bangladesh fielders need to back their bowler and at least shouldn't drop catch at this moment.

Bangladesh has missed few opportunities to break the 9th wicket partnership. They missed catches, they missed to make run out. Sri Lanka got all out in 397 runs. But the disappointed fact is that Mathews got out at his 199 runs. Day 2 has ended now. Bangladesh has collected 76 runs without losing any wicket. Both openers are playing very well. Sri Lankans player has dropped some catches too.

The bowling of Bangladesh was really bad and they leaked a lot of runs here and there which actually took the pressure off the batsman and Sri Lanka was not being pressured well enough by the Bangladeshi bowlers. They could have restricted the Sri Lankan batting score under at least 350. But I am actually amazed to see that Bangladesh did not lose any wickets today. Normally I cannot trust them with anything when they are batting in the test match.

[KennyR]

Bangladesh has missed few opportunities to break the 9th wicket partnership. They missed catches, they missed to make run out. Sri Lanka got all out in 397 runs. But the disappointed fact is that Mathews got out at his 199 runs. Day 2 has ended now. Bangladesh has collected 76 runs without losing any wicket. Both openers are playing very well. Sri Lankans player has dropped some catches too.

Really sadden to see Mathews missing his double ton by a run. Overall Srilanka has done a good job, they were 50 to 60 runs short of projected score and that's because apart from Mathews, chandimal and mendis no other player contributed his part. Bangladesh at stamps are in comfortable position. 

Bangladesh is in a good position by the end of day 2. If there is no wicket fall during the first session of day 3, then we can expect the match to be drawn. Both the openers of Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudul Hasan Joy are playing in a well settled position. Everyone expected for a double century, and it was a disappointment looking for an early shot to reach 200.

[Mamun74]

Finally, Bangladesh start to playing good batting. Bangladesh vs Srilanka, Srilanka have batted first and managed almost 397+ in 1st innings in good total.On other hand Bangladeshi batsman doing very well.Tamim and Joy starting finest cricket. If Bangladesh managed 300+ in 1st innings then i think this test match will be ended in draw at least. I hope Bangladesh batsman will be good batting in this test match.

[vvikkass]

Extreme disappointment for Angelo Mathews. He knew that it was the last ball of the over and in case he couldn't take a single, then Vishwa Fernando would be in strike for the next over. And given the stats, it would be difficult to believe that Fernando has the capability to survive 6 deliveries. It was a difficult choice and he went for a shot. And unfortunately for him, Shakib Al Hasan (square leg) took the catch and his dreams of getting to a double ton got destroyed. BTW, congratulations to Nayeem Hasan. He bowled really well to pick up 6 wickets.

I see. Mathews was the last men to be dismissd. Well this happens to most of players, the important thing is he scored runs at very crucial stage for his team. Meanwhile SL need to see there batting lineup with such batting performance where only one men scored half of total runs, they would easily lose the series.

[Sithara007]

I see. Mathews was the last men to be dismissd. Well this happens to most of players, the important thing is he scored runs at very crucial stage for his team. Meanwhile SL need to see there batting lineup with such batting performance where only one men scored half of total runs, they would easily lose the series.

Well.. nowadays most of the teams are dependent on one or two players and Sri Lanka as well as Bangladesh are not exceptions. Bangladesh is always dependent on Shakib al Hasan (both for batting and bowling, for the last 10 years or so), while Sri Lanka is nowadays dependent on Angelo Mathews (at least for batting). Anyway, even the big-3 teams such as England (Joe Root) and Australia (Steve Smith) are overdependent on certain players, so there is nothing unusual with this. But the team performance gets more and more irregular.

[Mamun74]

Bangladesh vs Srilanka 1st Test match,Srilanka have batted first and they have managed 390+ runs in first innings. Bangladesh start to good innings and already have between 134+ partnership. All credit goes to Bangladeshi openers. For my experienced Bangladeshi players didn’t do bat as well in test match specially 2nd innings. They were nervous every test match. I think, Bangladeshi players can improve the test match.i hope they will be more improve in future.

[pakhitheboss]

Bangladesh vs Srilanka 1st Test match,Srilanka have batted first and they have managed 390+ runs in first innings. Bangladesh start to good innings and already have between 134+ partnership. All credit goes to Bangladeshi openers. For my experienced Bangladeshi players didn’t do bat as well in test match specially 2nd innings. They were nervous every test match. I think, Bangladeshi players can improve the test match.i hope they will be more improve in future.

157 for no loss incredible achievement by Bangladesh considering the team has not being doing well in test cricket. Iqbal has faced most of the ball and is on 89, at this rate he will achieve his century. The lead has reduced 240 runs and I think by the end of session 2 it will be within 200runs.