Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[dezoel]

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.

Now we have new updates from Bangladesh side as they are going to allow Shakib for this first home test series of this season even it's still big problems waiting for them in bowling but with this now they have some relief because he is well experienced player in all formats and one off most well decorated which can bring some good for his team.

With Sri Lanka having new coach and many new players are also included into this side it's also big challenge for them as not good news coming from home after political tension is going on but most chances they will play their best game against struggling Bangladesh which is having scores of 53 and 80 in their last few innings against South Africa after having very good draw series into New Zealand.

[Sithara007]

Well I like Hasaranga, unfortunately his skills are restricted to limited overs only. Also he's young and new to the test cricket (which looks dodgy), may be after couple of years he might find a fixed spot in the test squad.

Lasith Embuldeniya is the danger man for the Bongs if there is any spin deck. If he's in his godmode zone then god bless Bengali batters. Having said that recently Lankans are producing fine cricketers (just look at IPL) so i won't be surprise if they manage to bring new spinners or fast bowler in their new squad. 

Well... I checked the stats of both Embuldeniya and Hasaranga, and I would agree with your argument (Still Wanindu has played just 4 tests, so there is always a chance that he will improve in the future). And I agree with the second part as well. Sri Lanka is producing some promising cricketers lately and that is good for the future of cricket in that country. Both Wanindu and Lasith are 24-25 years old, so they have the potential to grow to the level of legendary players such as Lasith Malinga or Muttiah Muralitharan.

[sovie]

I really think Bangladesh is in deep trouble right now because Taskin is a bowler who can produce a really good pace and certainly a good pace compared to the other bowlers in Bangladesh. In test cricket, a bowler who can bowl really fast is certainly really important. so this is going to be a big blow for Bangladesh. At first, I thought I was really underestimating the Bangladeshi players even though I was saying they have no chance but now I genuinely believe that they don't have any chance.

Bangladesh is always in trouble. I am not sure why they are not coming up like a team. It's been so long, Bangladesh should be a stronger team by now.
However I am not sure what is going on with SriLankan team I hope they are safe and in good health. The situation of Srilanka is almaring.

[blatchcorn]

Finally something on horizons of international cricket, first test between Srilanka and Bangladesh is underway. SL has scored 73 runs and lost both openers. Somewhat a positive start for Bangladesh. This test is part of icc world test championship so its an important match for both sides.

[kro55]

Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka

After a long time we get a chance to enjoy a test match. The match is between Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the host country. Bangladesh is always strong in home matches. On the other hand, it is difficult to make predictions about Sri Lanka's performance. There is no continuity of their performance. Since this is Bangladesh's home match, although Bangladesh is weak in Test format, I think they are the favorites in this match.

Sri Lanka lost the first two batsmen by 66 runs. They decided to bat after winning the toss. They managed to score 86 runs in 28 overs

[Iranus]

BangladeshVS Sri Lanka

After a long time we get a chance to enjoy a test match. The match is between Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the host country. Bangladesh is always strong in home matches. On the other hand, it is difficult to make predictions about Sri Lanka's performance. There is no continuity of their performance. Since this is Bangladesh's home match, although Bangladesh is weak in Test format, I think they are the favorites in this match.

Sri Lanka lost the first two batsmen by 66 runs. They decided to bat after winning the toss. They managed to score 86 runs in 28 overs

Angelo Mathews and Kushal Mendis have a 70-run partnership and both are still unbeaten. They are batting well enough. He is one of the most experienced players in the team. If they are not able to form a big partnership then the Sri Lankan team will not be able to collect big. If they want to fight in this match, Sri Lanka will have to collect at least 350 runs in the first innings. The pair of Mathews and Mendis should have scored at least 150 runs.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Angelo Mathews and Kushal Mendis have a 70-run partnership and both are still unbeaten. They are batting well enough. He is one of the most experienced players in the team. If they are not able to form a big partnership then the Sri Lankan team will not be able to collect big. If they want to fight in this match, Sri Lanka will have to collect at least 350 runs in the first innings. The pair of Mathews and Mendis should have scored at least 150 runs.

They both have taken score to 142. If they both can bat further and take score to over 200 runs the Srilanka will be in a good position. Bangladesh after picking 2 early wickets failed to capitalise. Anything over 300 will be a good first innings score.

[onecall123]

Angelo Mathews and Kushal Mendis have a 70-run partnership and both are still unbeaten. They are batting well enough. He is one of the most experienced players in the team. If they are not able to form a big partnership then the Sri Lankan team will not be able to collect big. If they want to fight in this match, Sri Lanka will have to collect at least 350 runs in the first innings. The pair of Mathews and Mendis should have scored at least 150 runs.

They both have taken score to 142. If they both can bat further and take score to over 200 runs the Srilanka will be in a good position. Bangladesh after picking 2 early wickets failed to capitalise. Anything over 300 will be a good first innings score.

Bangladesh has been put on the back foot by the Mendis and Mathews partnership. Over 200 runs are scored by Sri Lanka, but Kusal Mendis falls on the first ball following the tea break. With Kusal Mendis gone, Dhananjaya de Silva failed to form a partnership with Angelo Mathews. There is a desperate need for Sri Lanka to score big, and I love the way Mathews is playing. Dinesh Chandimal needs to support Matthews as he nears his century.

[Sithara007]

Sri Lanka got a good start to the first test and are currently batting at 231/4. Angelo Mathews has managed to get to three digits. A total of 400 plus looks possible and the Bangladeshi bowlers are not getting much of a success despite trying really hard. Some of the users had claimed that Shakib Al Hasan may not be playing today, and therefore I was surprised to see him in the playing XI. And he managed to pick up the important wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva. Right now Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews are handling the Bangladeshi bowlers quite well.

[galambo]

Sri Lanka got a good start to the first test and are currently batting at 231/4. Angelo Mathews has managed to get to three digits. A total of 400 plus looks possible and the Bangladeshi bowlers are not getting much of a success despite trying really hard. Some of the users had claimed that Shakib Al Hasan may not be playing today, and therefore I was surprised to see him in the playing XI. And he managed to pick up the important wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva. Right now Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews are handling the Bangladeshi bowlers quite well.

Angelo Mathews and mendis partnership took Srilanka to current good position. Apart from these two we are yet to any good knock from Srilankan batsmen. It looks like Srilanka will easily cross 300 and finish there innings around 350 or 400 runs.

[JSRAW]

Sri Lanka got a good start to the first test and are currently batting at 231/4. Angelo Mathews has managed to get to three digits. A total of 400 plus looks possible and the Bangladeshi bowlers are not getting much of a success despite trying really hard. Some of the users had claimed that Shakib Al Hasan may not be playing today, and therefore I was surprised to see him in the playing XI. And he managed to pick up the important wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva. Right now Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews are handling the Bangladeshi bowlers quite well.

Angelo Mathews and mendis partnership took Srilanka to current good position. Apart from these two we are yet to any good knock from Srilankan batsmen. It looks like Srilanka will easily cross 300 and finish there innings around 350 or 400 runs.

Mathews-Mendis duo batting nicely. Dickwella is next, he's excellent bat and can contribute in 30s easily, if got lucky then may be 50-ish runs too. Next guy Ramesh Mendis is also handy with the bat so that's a good sign. 9,10,11 are genuine tailender but Lasith Embuldeniya knows how to swing bat.

So Sri Lanka strategy would be straight forward, just dig in for 2 more sessions and runs will come automatically. With some luck on their side they could manage 3 RR easily.

[S A KHAIR]

Sri Lanka got a good start to the first test and are currently batting at 231/4. Angelo Mathews has managed to get to three digits. A total of 400 plus looks possible and the Bangladeshi bowlers are not getting much of a success despite trying really hard. Some of the users had claimed that Shakib Al Hasan may not be playing today, and therefore I was surprised to see him in the playing XI. And he managed to pick up the important wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva. Right now Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews are handling the Bangladeshi bowlers quite well.

Actually, I had hoped after watching Shakib Al Hasan playing the Test match but after what happened on the first day I have to say the hope has been decreasing. Matthews scored a hundred and before that Bangladesh looked really good. If I am being honest I think Bangladesh bowlers leaked a lot of runs. That was a lot of short balls from the spinners and that is obviously unexpected, especially in test cricket.

[doomloop]

Actually, I had hoped after watching Shakib Al Hasan playing the Test match but after what happened on the first day I have to say the hope has been decreasing. Matthews scored a hundred and before that Bangladesh looked really good. If I am being honest I think Bangladesh bowlers leaked a lot of runs. That was a lot of short balls from the spinners and that is obviously unexpected, especially in test cricket.

After losing their two main bowlers this was expecting from Bangladesh, so they are suffering very badly against very good batting from Sri Lankans with now Mathews and Chandimal both on crease with 75 runs partnership which will be key for this match if these two able to stay on crease for some more time than surely it's going to be beneficial for visitors as they are having some good experienced players and pitch could be more slow in coming days which is also helpful for them now they need to go through for big score which is 450+ because this can give them driving seat in this match, and they can bring Bangladesh under pressure which is having very poor batting record in last few test matches at home and abroad.

[Sithara007]

Why Mustafizur Rahman is not playing in this test match? Shoriful Islam and Khaled Ahmed didn't had any venom in their bowling, and the Lankan batsmen handled them with ease. BCB needs to put a little bit more effort in producing pace bowlers. Everytime they are producing tracks that are too supportive of spin bowling, and as a result they are facing a shortage of quality pace bowlers. I would say that Mustafizur was the only quality pace bowler who emerged after the retirement of Mashrafe bin Murtaza. The board needs to look in to this issue.

[Swordsoffreedom]

With the responsible batting of Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka now has 296 runs. Mathews scored 135 runs and Chandimal 51 runs. The Bangladesh team lacks experienced bowlers. Taijul and Shakib are the key bowlers today. However, the Sri Lankan players are dealing with these two bowlers very carefully. Shakib bowled 26 overs, gave only 41 runs, and got 1 wicket. Taizul took 1 wicket with 80 runs in 36 overs.

I do not understand why Bangladeshi management has put pace bowlers in the squad. Two pace bowlers bowled only 30 overs out of 108 overs. The pitch was spin-friendly, and the Bangladeshi management was concerned about the importance of the spinners in the team.

[onecall123]

Both Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal have vast experience and I'm not surprised that they delivered it on time. It is Dinesh Chandimal's 21st fifty in Test cricket. Chandimal's return to form has been long-awaited. A great start from both seniors, well done Chandimal. In the first innings, Sri Lanka is hoping to score big with a solid partnership led by Angelo Mathews, and Bangladesh on the back foot. It is evident that Bangladesh struggles with bowling, as there are no threats from bowling units other than Taijul and Shakib. In light of the second test match, BCB should pay attention to finding a quality pace bowler.

[JSRAW]

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.

[Iranus]

With the responsible batting of Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka now has 296 runs. Mathews scored 135 runs and Chandimal 51 runs. The Bangladesh team lacks experienced bowlers. Taijul and Shakib are the key bowlers today. However, the Sri Lankan players are dealing with these two bowlers very carefully. Shakib bowled 26 overs, gave only 41 runs, and got 1 wicket. Taizul took 1 wicket with 80 runs in 36 overs.

Sri Lanka managed to score 326 runs before the lunch break. They lost 6 wickets. I don't see any other bowler bowling well except Nayeem Hasan. Shakib bowls well but he is not getting wickets.
Nayeem Hasan took 4 wickets. However, Angelo Mathews is still at the crease. Probably Sri Lanka will collect about 450. And if Bangladeshi batsmen bat-like fools then Sri Lanka will win very easily. Bangladeshi batsmen are not experienced enough for the Test format.

[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.

[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.