Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[deadley]

Matthews double century was class to watch and was lucky enough that his team did not got all out and he was able to make double to. . Zimbabwe started well as did not lose wicket at the end of the day but still trail by another 127 runs and then the lead . They would be under preside from now .

If Sri lanka was able to pick up a few wickets today then they could have put pressure on Zimbabwe batsman but they are playing the same way they played in the first innings, taking a lot of time to score runs and on the defensive from the start and if they can continue the same game plan till the first two sessions on the final day then it will end up in a draw.

Pitch is flat, but we have to see 1st session tomorrow, I will going to bet for Lanka if I will get odds over 5 to win Lanka.

I saw many matches where odds went so low for draw in 5th day and suddenly collapse happened, and team won easily.

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[BitSat19]

Matthews double century was class to watch and was lucky enough that his team did not got all out and he was able to make double to. . Zimbabwe started well as did not lose wicket at the end of the day but still trail by another 127 runs and then the lead . They would be under preside from now .

If Sri lanka was able to pick up a few wickets today then they could have put pressure on Zimbabwe batsman but they are playing the same way they played in the first innings, taking a lot of time to score runs and on the defensive from the start and if they can continue the same game plan till the first two sessions on the final day then it will end up in a draw.

Pitch is flat, but we have to see 1st session tomorrow, I will going to bet for Lanka if I will get odds over 5 to win Lanka.

I saw many matches where odds went so low for draw in 5th day and suddenly collapse happened, and team won easily.

Your point is valid but this happen in Australia New Zealand or England here in Zimbabwe its very difficult because its just a flat pitch where bowlers have nothing even on last day of match right now just sportsbet.io offering Sri Lanka @2.93 no other book giving any odd for this match.

[ene1980]

Pitch is flat, but we have to see 1st session tomorrow, I will going to bet for Lanka if I will get odds over 5 to win Lanka.
I saw many matches where odds went so low for draw in 5th day and suddenly collapse happened, and team won easily.

If the pitch is flat the bowlers will find it hard to pick up wickets or produce some magical performance, the only way we see a result in a pitch like this is if any of the Sri Lankan bowlers rise up to the situation and pick the wickets, if they had a bowler like Muttiah Muralitharan then i would bet my house for Sri lanka to win as he was a special talent who could make an impact in any wicket but i do not see any bowler in the team half his caliber.

[Sithara007]

If Sri Lanka was able to get a lead of 200 plus in their first innings, then they had a good chance of win. But they managed only 140-150 and against an experienced Zimbabwe batting lineup, it is not enough. 90 overs of play left for day 4. If they could bowl out Zimbabwe for 200 or so in 60 overs, then they can have a go at it. But it will be foolish to assume that the Zimbabwe batsmen won't be able to survive for 60 overs (when they survived for 148 overs in the first innings). My prediction - draw.

[Little Mouse]

My prediction - draw.

Unless a tragedy happen. 4th day have been stumped and still 2 innings remained. Other than a draw is impossible. By the way, both of the Zimbabwean openers arr very new in the team but still they are playing good.

[onrise]

Tomorrow final between England and SA will begin and England is leading the series by 2-1 . SA has to comeback in this last match and win it so that they can draw the series atleast . Though from last 2 test match SA is not at its best and need to do something different this time else they would lose to Engalnd again.

[onrise]

Zimbabwe have lost 3 quick wickets in todays start of play and are now at 112/3 . They still trail by another 45 runs and 7 wickets remaining. Sean and Brendan are playing well and if can add another 100 runs partnership from here will help Zimbabwe to recover this early loss of wickets and draw the test match else SL could win it .

[akhjob]

Zimbabwe have lost 3 quick wickets in todays start of play and are now at 112/3 . They still trail by another 45 runs and 7 wickets remaining. Sean and Brendan are playing well and if can add another 100 runs partnership from here will help Zimbabwe to recover this early loss of wickets and draw the test match else SL could win it .

Sean and Brendan are gone now, Lakmal splits the partnership by picking Brendan and Rajitha picked up Sean. 2 quick wickets after second session. ZIM are still trailing by 35 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Until 1st session, ZIM had the match headed towards, now the last 2 sessions are going to be a thrilling  Draw or SL winning in T20 style.. Let's see how much more can ZIM put on board.

[7788bitcoin]

Draw or SL winning in T20 style.. Let's see how much more can ZIM put on board.

Zimbabwe still trail by 28 runs and Sri Lanka still need to pick 5 more wickets to win the match, it all depends upon how long the Zimbabwe batsman can stick to the crease and with they way in which Lakmal is bowling and i am expecting Zimbabwe to have a lead and Sri Lanka need to bat like T20 to win the match and i still think Zimbabwe can bat longer to draw the match.

[BitSat19]

Draw or SL winning in T20 style.. Let's see how much more can ZIM put on board.

Zimbabwe still trail by 28 runs and Sri Lanka still need to pick 5 more wickets to win the match, it all depends upon how long the Zimbabwe batsman can stick to the crease and with they way in which Lakmal is bowling and i am expecting Zimbabwe to have a lead and Sri Lanka need to bat like T20 to win the match and i still think Zimbabwe can bat longer to draw the match.

Still 52 overs left and Zimbabwe struggling as lost 5 wickets now I feel Sri Lanka can win this match easily just because of very good spell by Lakmal he done extra ordinary spell for his team now just one or two good balls can hammer Zimbabwe badly which is not good enough to handle this pressure good attacking cricket by Sri Lankan bring them close to victory.

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Draw or SL winning in T20 style.. Let's see how much more can ZIM put on board.

Zimbabwe still trail by 28 runs and Sri Lanka still need to pick 5 more wickets to win the match, it all depends upon how long the Zimbabwe batsman can stick to the crease and with they way in which Lakmal is bowling and i am expecting Zimbabwe to have a lead and Sri Lanka need to bat like T20 to win the match and i still think Zimbabwe can bat longer to draw the match.

Still 52 overs left and Zimbabwe struggling as lost 5 wickets now I feel Sri Lanka can win this match easily just because of very good spell by Lakmal he done extra ordinary spell for his team now just one or two good balls can hammer Zimbabwe badly which is not good enough to handle this pressure good attacking cricket by Sri Lankan bring them close to victory.

If considering the chances of win SL has 70 percent chance of winning from here as they require only 5 wickets and Zimbabwe still trail by 15 runs . If some batsman can stay for next 10 overs then Zimbabwe may feel little relief else it should be SL clinching it .

[akhjob]

Finally, Zimbabwe has a lead of 2 runs. Man Chakabva and Tiripank are eating balls like crazy   16 of 107 and 6 of 55. This is being nicely played by Zimbabwe. Srilanka still need 4 wickets

Edit: Tiripano gone  Looks I brought him bad luck.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Finally, Zimbabwe has a lead of 2 runs. Man Chakabva and Tiripank are eating balls like crazy   16 of 107 and 6 of 55. This is being nicely played by Zimbabwe. Srilanka still need 4 wickets

Edit: Tiripano gone  Looks I brought him bad luck.

Donald Tiripano's wicket completely changed the game. Zimbabweans have a lead of 5 runs, with just 3 wickets remaining. 23 overs remaining for today and the Sri Lankan bowlers will be ecstatic right now. But they should not forget the fact that Kyle Jarvis is capable of playing long innings. They need to wrap up the Zimbabwe innings within the next 10 overs.

[Clement Kaliyar]

Donald Tiripano's wicket completely changed the game. Zimbabweans have a lead of 5 runs, with just 3 wickets remaining. 23 overs remaining for today and the Sri Lankan bowlers will be ecstatic right now. But they should not forget the fact that Kyle Jarvis is capable of playing long innings. They need to wrap up the Zimbabwe innings within the next 10 overs.

I did not expect this kind of turnaround as Sri Lanka bowled really well and now they just need 14 runs to win the Test match in 13 overs and it is an easy target, if the Zimbabwe batsman could spend half an hour they could have drawn the match, even though it was a slow paced match Sri Lanka played really well for the victory.

[deadley]

Matthews double century was class to watch and was lucky enough that his team did not got all out and he was able to make double to. . Zimbabwe started well as did not lose wicket at the end of the day but still trail by another 127 runs and then the lead . They would be under preside from now .

If Sri lanka was able to pick up a few wickets today then they could have put pressure on Zimbabwe batsman but they are playing the same way they played in the first innings, taking a lot of time to score runs and on the defensive from the start and if they can continue the same game plan till the first two sessions on the final day then it will end up in a draw.

Pitch is flat, but we have to see 1st session tomorrow, I will going to bet for Lanka if I will get odds over 5 to win Lanka.

I saw many matches where odds went so low for draw in 5th day and suddenly collapse happened, and team won easily.

What I said, psychology of playing 5th day is very different than first day or 2nd day. That's why I was almost sure, Zim will collapse and we can't expect them playing brilliantly again. I saw many innings like this when wickets fall in bunch just because of 5th day pressure or try to save the match.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Sri Lanka just needs another 11 runs to win the match. This has been a remarkable turn around. The Zimbabwe middle order and tail collapsed like a peck of cards. The Zimbabweans should be ashamed of this performance. This was a golden chance for them to win a test match, and they wasted it. Now there will be a lot of pressure on Zimbabwe and their test status can be under threat.

[7788bitcoin]

Now there will be a lot of pressure on Zimbabwe and their test status can be under threat.

Now Zimbabwe cricket board can vote for 4 day Test matches as they could have drawn the match if that is the case, if the Zimbabwe batsman could have stayed in the crease for 10 more overs it could have been a draw and they fought till the end but everything went away when they lost quick wickets in succession and Sri Lanka won the match with ease. props to the Sri Lankan bowlers to pick up the wickets as i was expecting a draw even when Zimbabwe lost 5 wickets.

[deadley]

Sri Lanka just needs another 11 runs to win the match. This has been a remarkable turn around. The Zimbabwe middle order and tail collapsed like a peck of cards. The Zimbabweans should be ashamed of this performance. This was a golden chance for them to win a test match, and they wasted it. Now there will be a lot of pressure on Zimbabwe and their test status can be under threat.

Seriously dude, where they had chance to win the test match? They had the chance to draw easily but 5th day pressure, they were not able to handle and even we can't blame them if 3-4 players debut the match, it was never easy for them, but they played brilliantly 1st inning so they deserve praise.

Loosing on 5th day and last hour is not a shame at all when everyone was expecting 3 days test match from this new team.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Sri Lanka just needs another 11 runs to win the match. This has been a remarkable turn around. The Zimbabwe middle order and tail collapsed like a peck of cards. The Zimbabweans should be ashamed of this performance. This was a golden chance for them to win a test match, and they wasted it. Now there will be a lot of pressure on Zimbabwe and their test status can be under threat.

Seriously dude, where they had chance to win the test match? They had the chance to draw easily but 5th day pressure, they were not able to handle and even we can't blame them if 3-4 players debut the match, it was never easy for them, but they played brilliantly 1st inning so they deserve praise.

Loosing on 5th day and last hour is not a shame at all when everyone was expecting 3 days test match from this new team.

I was just saying that defeating the weakened Sri Lanka side would have been their easiest shot at a test victory. They failed to do that, and it is an entirely different story. Brendan Taylor, Kyle Jarvis, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams.etc are world class players. If Zimbabwe can't win a test match even after including all these players... then may god help them.

[deadley]

Sri Lanka just needs another 11 runs to win the match. This has been a remarkable turn around. The Zimbabwe middle order and tail collapsed like a peck of cards. The Zimbabweans should be ashamed of this performance. This was a golden chance for them to win a test match, and they wasted it. Now there will be a lot of pressure on Zimbabwe and their test status can be under threat.

Seriously dude, where they had chance to win the test match? They had the chance to draw easily but 5th day pressure, they were not able to handle and even we can't blame them if 3-4 players debut the match, it was never easy for them, but they played brilliantly 1st inning so they deserve praise.

Loosing on 5th day and last hour is not a shame at all when everyone was expecting 3 days test match from this new team.

I was just saying that defeating the weakened Sri Lanka side would have been their easiest shot at a test victory. They failed to do that, and it is an entirely different story. Brendan Taylor, Kyle Jarvis, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams.etc are world class players. If Zimbabwe can't win a test match even after including all these players... then may god help them.

They have some name doesn't means they can beat test team like Sri Lanka who did beat South Africa in their own home. You must need to understand Test cricket is very different game of cricket, you require to play very good cricket all 5 days to beat any good team not just 1 inning or 1 day.