Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[noormcs5]

As expected the pitch is very good for bowlers. Srilankan bowlers have done good job by taking down 5 important batters of the Pakistani side. Pakistan still has Babar Azam but he is also struggling to score runs. If Pakistan continues to lose wickets in regular intervals then it will be hard for the Pakistani captain to keep on batting.

The situation in Pakistan is now very bad. They lost 7 wickets. Although Babar Azam is still at the crease. But no batsman is able to build a partnership with Babar Azam. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket by 85 runs. Now their collection is 104/7. Babar Azam scored 34 runs. Probably Pakistan's innings will end within 160. Pakistan's batting performance depends on certain players like Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shafique.

Out of the 7 wickets 5 have been claimed by Jaisurya the spinner. It seems Pakistani batters are struggling to play spin. Babar Azam is still on the pitch but the problem with Pakistan is that none of the other batters are able to form a partnership because Srilankan bowlers are going after other batters. Not much batting left in the Pakistani side now.

In the Srilanka innings,  fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets whereas in the Pakistani innings the spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets till now. Does this mean that the wicket has changed a lot or does Srilanka does not play pace well and the Pakistani struggling with
spinners 
I think the pakistan team has gone under a lot of pressure and the srilankan bowlers are taking full advantage of it.

[Iranus]

As expected the pitch is very good for bowlers. Srilankan bowlers have done good job by taking down 5 important batters of the Pakistani side. Pakistan still has Babar Azam but he is also struggling to score runs. If Pakistan continues to lose wickets in regular intervals then it will be hard for the Pakistani captain to keep on batting.

The situation in Pakistan is now very bad. They lost 7 wickets. Although Babar Azam is still at the crease. But no batsman is able to build a partnership with Babar Azam. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket by 85 runs. Now their collection is 104/7. Babar Azam scored 34 runs. Probably Pakistan's innings will end within 160. Pakistan's batting performance depends on certain players like Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shafique.

Out of the 7 wickets 5 have been claimed by Jaisurya the spinner. It seems Pakistani batters are struggling to play spin. Babar Azam is still on the pitch but the problem with Pakistan is that none of the other batters are able to form a partnership because Srilankan bowlers are going after other batters. Not much batting left in the Pakistani side now.

Another wicket has fallen for Pakistan. Babar Azam is not getting any partner yet. Pakistan managed to collect 117 runs. Pakistan is still behind by 105 runs. If Pakistan can score 160/170 runs then maybe a good second innings performance will win the match. But if Pakistan is behind by more than 80 runs, then it will be difficult for Pakistan to win this match.

[wiss19]

Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets for just 68 runs. After that they managed to collect 222 runs. I would say this is a good enough collection for them. As the pitch is not conducive to batting. So Sri Lanka can control the match if they bowl well. And the Sri Lankan bowlers have already sent Pakistan's two openers to the dressing room for just 21 runs.

Here we have nothing new because if you are able watch recently England vs New Zealand and then England vs India it's all happening top order fail to score runs and then middle order and lower order are producing good innings and giving their teams good advantage, so it's same happened here in this match, and I am feeling after having poor start at then end Sri Lanka manage to end their inning at the total of 222 is very good from their point of view and now ball is in Pakistan side.

They have done very good bowling and now need some good innings from their top ranked batsmen which can give them good advantage right now Captain Babar Azam and former Captain Azhar Ali at the crease and these both need to stay at for most time which can give them healthy lead and strong position in this match if these both not able to stay at crease then surely they are going to lose this match with Sri Lanka can do better in second inning like they have done against Australia.

[BobK71]

As expected the pitch is very good for bowlers. Srilankan bowlers have done good job by taking down 5 important batters of the Pakistani side. Pakistan still has Babar Azam but he is also struggling to score runs. If Pakistan continues to lose wickets in regular intervals then it will be hard for the Pakistani captain to keep on batting.

The situation in Pakistan is now very bad. They lost 7 wickets. Although Babar Azam is still at the crease. But no batsman is able to build a partnership with Babar Azam. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket by 85 runs. Now their collection is 104/7. Babar Azam scored 34 runs. Probably Pakistan's innings will end within 160. Pakistan's batting performance depends on certain players like Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shafique.

Sri Lanka's run in the first innings did not look satisfactory but Pakistan's batting disaster suggests that Sri Lanka's run has been relatively good. As the game is still in progress we have to wait till the end. 3 players from Sri Lanka performed very well Chandimal M Theekshana Oshada Fernando among the three Chandimal scored 76 runs for the team.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Sri Lanka's run in the first innings did not look satisfactory but Pakistan's batting disaster suggests that Sri Lanka's run has been relatively good. As the game is still in progress we have to wait till the end. 3 players from Sri Lanka performed very well Chandimal M Theekshana Oshada Fernando among the three Chandimal scored 76 runs for the team.

Srilanka performed well against Australia and now they are in complete control of first test match. Pakistan still trail by 70 runs while they have only one wicket left. Babar Azam is still batting, may be he can perform for Pakistan like Dinesh Chandimal for Srilanka.

[DanWalker]

As expected the pitch is very good for bowlers. Srilankan bowlers have done good job by taking down 5 important batters of the Pakistani side. Pakistan still has Babar Azam but he is also struggling to score runs. If Pakistan continues to lose wickets in regular intervals then it will be hard for the Pakistani captain to keep on batting.

The situation in Pakistan is now very bad. They lost 7 wickets. Although Babar Azam is still at the crease. But no batsman is able to build a partnership with Babar Azam. Pakistan lost their seventh wicket by 85 runs. Now their collection is 104/7. Babar Azam scored 34 runs. Probably Pakistan's innings will end within 160. Pakistan's batting performance depends on certain players like Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shafique.

Sri Lanka's run in the first innings did not look satisfactory but Pakistan's batting disaster suggests that Sri Lanka's run has been relatively good. As the game is still in progress we have to wait till the end. 3 players from Sri Lanka performed very well Chandimal M Theekshana Oshada Fernando among the three Chandimal scored 76 runs for the team.

The pitch is not conducive to batting. Batsmen are facing a lot of trouble scoring runs. The pitch is helping the spin bowlers. And so Sri Lankan captain is using Prabath Jayasuriya. He took 5 wickets. Pakistan has batted 69 overs so far. Among them, Prabath Jayasuriya bowled 30 overs. Babar Azam scored 62 runs off 147 balls. And Naseem Shah has not yet scored any runs in 18 balls.

[minairia3]

Pakistan is able to collect 158/9. Babar Azam and Naseem Shah are batting now. But the interesting thing is that Pakistan scored only 7 runs in the last 10 overs. Naseem Shah faced 24 balls but did not collect any runs. Pakistan needed such responsible batting now. Naseem Shah is now able to support Babar Azam quite well. If this continues, Pakistan's innings will not end before 180. I think 180 will be a good collection.

[virasog]

Pakistan is able to collect 158/9. Babar Azam and Naseem Shah are batting now. But the interesting thing is that Pakistan scored only 7 runs in the last 10 overs. Naseem Shah faced 24 balls but did not collect any runs. Pakistan needed such responsible batting now. Naseem Shah is now able to support Babar Azam quite well. If this continues, Pakistan's innings will not end before 180. I think 180 will be a good collection.

Naseem shah play 38 dot balls and finally hit a four runs. Naseem shah innings is really important here as he is giving champion Baber Azam to play and score a hundred. He is at 94 and each and every run here is a bonus for Pakistan. Its really frustrating for the bowling side when the last pair get stuck . Tea time now and Pakistan are 28 runs behind now. Even though i would say Srilanka played better through out the day but this last one hour belong to Pakistan team.

[JSRAW]

That's some fine batting from the Babar, completely in control and toying with the Srilankan bowlers and fielders. Naseem Shah also hanging out there with the skipper and doing very fine job.

Last wicket partnerships are changing the tide for the both teams, it happened in SL's inning and same thing is happening with Pak too.

[kro55]

That's some fine batting from the Babar, completely in control and toying with the Srilankan bowlers and fielders. Naseem Shah also hanging out there with the skipper and doing very fine job.

Last wicket partnerships are changing the tide for the both teams, it happened in SL's inning and same thing is happening with Pak too.

What an outstanding partnership from Babar Azam and Naseem Shah! Pakistan has already collected 46 runs in the last pair of wickets. Babar Azam is an experienced player, and better performance is expected from him. But Naseem is basically a bowler. He is supporting Babar Azam very well. He faced 42 balls still at the crease. Everyone expected Pakistan's innings to end between 140-150. But now it looks like Pakistan will collect more than 200 very easily.

[Marvell1]

Pakistan is able to collect 158/9. Babar Azam and Naseem Shah are batting now. But the interesting thing is that Pakistan scored only 7 runs in the last 10 overs. Naseem Shah faced 24 balls but did not collect any runs. Pakistan needed such responsible batting now. Naseem Shah is now able to support Babar Azam quite well. If this continues, Pakistan's innings will not end before 180. I think 180 will be a good collection.

Naseem shah play 38 dot balls and finally hit a four runs. Naseem shah innings is really important here as he is giving champion Baber Azam to play and score a hundred. He is at 94 and each and every run here is a bonus for Pakistan. Its really frustrating for the bowling side when the last pair get stuck . Tea time now and Pakistan are 28 runs behind now. Even though i would say Srilanka played better through out the day but this last one hour belong to Pakistan team.

As a result of Babar Azam's devastating batting, Pakistan was just 4 runs behind of Sri Lanka's 222 in the first innings. I never imagined that Pakistan would score 218 runs in this match. Because Pakistan was losing wickets from the beginning of the innings. Babar Azam has managed to do the impossible. He got out after collecting 119 runs. I think we will probably see Pakistan win this match.

[pakhitheboss]

Good, come back by Pakistan! All thanks to Babar Azam. I never expected them to even come near the 200 number I was expecting them to cross the 222 mark but they got all out at 218. Babar Azam scored 119 runs, almost half of the runs by Srilanka. Pakistan still trails by 4 runs but I am not expecting Srilankan batters to perform well. They still need to score more than 200 runs to win this test match. Pakistan bowling has been spot on and it would not be easy for the Srilankan batters to bat on that pitch.  

[BobK71]

Pakistan is able to collect 158/9. Babar Azam and Naseem Shah are batting now. But the interesting thing is that Pakistan scored only 7 runs in the last 10 overs. Naseem Shah faced 24 balls but did not collect any runs. Pakistan needed such responsible batting now. Naseem Shah is now able to support Babar Azam quite well. If this continues, Pakistan's innings will not end before 180. I think 180 will be a good collection.

Naseem shah play 38 dot balls and finally hit a four runs. Naseem shah innings is really important here as he is giving champion Baber Azam to play and score a hundred. He is at 94 and each and every run here is a bonus for Pakistan. Its really frustrating for the bowling side when the last pair get stuck . Tea time now and Pakistan are 28 runs behind now. Even though i would say Srilanka played better through out the day but this last one hour belong to Pakistan team.

As a result of Babar Azam's devastating batting, Pakistan was just 4 runs behind of Sri Lanka's 222 in the first innings. I never imagined that Pakistan would score 218 runs in this match. Because Pakistan was losing wickets from the beginning of the innings. Babar Azam has managed to do the impossible. He got out after collecting 119 runs. I think we will probably see Pakistan win this match.

Today Pakistan got to see something amazing from Babar Azam which is truly unbelievable. I assumed at one stage of the game that Pakistan might not be able to go much further. But this prediction did not work anymore. As a captain he gave the maximum. Early on, many predicted that in the same way Pakistan might not be able to survive this match. But Babar Azam did it alone. Now a favorable match can be expected from Pakistan team. On the other Sri Lanka will try to give more pressure by collecting more runs. Approximately try to collect 260-270 that will much effective to defend them. So let’s see what will happen tomorrow.   

[dezoel]

Today Pakistan got to see something amazing from Babar Azam which is truly unbelievable. I assumed at one stage of the game that Pakistan might not be able to go much further. But this prediction did not work anymore. As a captain he gave the maximum. Early on, many predicted that in the same way Pakistan might not be able to survive this match. But Babar Azam did it alone. Now a favorable match can be expected from Pakistan team. On the other Sri Lanka will try to give more pressure by collecting more runs. Approximately try to collect 260-270 that will much effective to defend them. So let’s see what will happen tomorrow.   

There is no doubt first session was completely in Sri Lankan control but after this Captain done amazing job and bring back his team in better position with now trailing by just 4 runs which is much better than as we have in first session now with the end of second day play Sri Lanka is having 41 runs lead with 9 wickets in hand tomorrow first session is going to be very important for both teams if Pakistani bowlers take few early wickets then surely they are going to be in commanding position but if Sri Lankan batting lineup reach again at the figure of 200 then surely it's going to be hard job for Pakistani batting line which is not good in first inning with two batsmen missing like Fawad Alam and Shan Masood its surely miserable decision from team.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Due to Babar Azam captain knock the game is very much level and now both teams have equal chances of winning the game. Srilanka have started there second innings with cautions lost wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne only. Srilanka need to score 250+ to win the game.

[eaLiTy]

That's some fine batting from the Babar, completely in control and toying with the Srilankan bowlers and fielders. Naseem Shah also hanging out there with the skipper and doing very fine job.

Babar Azam showed his class when everyone else was struggling to score runs and if not for his century Sri Lanka would be having a big lead as they were 7 for 85 at one stage. Plenty of time left in this match and the match depends upon how many runs Sri Lanka will be scoring in their second innings as it will be difficult to bat in the final two days.

[jaberwock]

Good, come back by Pakistan! All thanks to Babar Azam. I never expected them to even come near the 200 number I was expecting them to cross the 222 mark but they got all out at 218. Babar Azam scored 119 runs, almost half of the runs by Srilanka. Pakistan still trails by 4 runs but I am not expecting Srilankan batters to perform well. They still need to score more than 200 runs to win this test match. Pakistan bowling has been spot on and it would not be easy for the Srilankan batters to bat on that pitch.  

There is no doubt today we have one of the best knock from captain Babar Azam in difficult conditions but still this is poor from all other top ranked batsmen they fail completely on this pitch which is not easy for batsmen another five wicket haul for young debut man Jayasuriya he ends with 5 wickets which is third consecutive for him.

Now match is again at level with both teams having equal chance to win, but tomorrow first session is very important for both teams which team going to have some steady performance can win this match here Shaheen and Yasir both are very important bowlers for Pakistan because if they want to win this match then needs to complete Sri Lankan inning under 200 figures otherwise it's going to be difficult for them to bat in fourth inning.

[Minor Miner]

That's some fine batting from the Babar, completely in control and toying with the Srilankan bowlers and fielders. Naseem Shah also hanging out there with the skipper and doing very fine job.

Babar Azam showed his class when everyone else was struggling to score runs and if not for his century Sri Lanka would be having a big lead as they were 7 for 85 at one stage. Plenty of time left in this match and the match depends upon how many runs Sri Lanka will be scoring in their second innings as it will be difficult to bat in the final two days.

I thought Pakistan's innings would end between 140-150. And with a lead of 70-80 runs, Sri Lanka will start the batting of the second innings quite nicely. But due to the partnership of Babar Azam and Naseem, Pakistan collected 218 runs. Sri Lanka has lost a wicket in their 2nd innings batting. Looking at the pitch condition, I think Sri Lanka will give the target between 250-260 tomorrow. If Sri Lanka wants to win then they must give more than 300 target.

[posi]

Today Pakistan got to see something amazing from Babar Azam which is truly unbelievable. I assumed at one stage of the game that Pakistan might not be able to go much further. But this prediction did not work anymore. As a captain he gave the maximum. Early on, many predicted that in the same way Pakistan might not be able to survive this match. But Babar Azam did it alone. Now a favorable match can be expected from Pakistan team. On the other Sri Lanka will try to give more pressure by collecting more runs. Approximately try to collect 260-270 that will much effective to defend them. So let’s see what will happen tomorrow.   

There is no doubt first session was completely in Sri Lankan control but after this Captain done amazing job and bring back his team in better position with now trailing by just 4 runs which is much better than as we have in first session now with the end of second day play Sri Lanka is having 41 runs lead with 9 wickets in hand tomorrow first session is going to be very important for both teams if Pakistani bowlers take few early wickets then surely they are going to be in commanding position but if Sri Lankan batting lineup reach again at the figure of 200 then surely it's going to be hard job for Pakistani batting line which is not good in first inning with two batsmen missing like Fawad Alam and Shan Masood its surely miserable decision from team.

It was really amazing batting from Babar Azam. It was really like he was the only player who was playing in the whole team. Isn't it amazing that Pakistan's second-highest score in this series of test crickets so far is 19?

He has produced something special and I also have to give credit to the bowlers from Sri Lanka who did really well. If they could get Babar Azam for cheap I don't think Pakistan could have even reached the 100 mark. Babar Azam was the only player playing for Pakistan who had been trailing by 4 runs at the end of their innings. Now Pakistan is trailing by 40 runs and Sri Lanka is in line to face a lot of trouble in the first session of the next day. I hope Pakistan will be able to maximize the effect of the first session.

[kro55]

Good, come back by Pakistan! All thanks to Babar Azam. I never expected them to even come near the 200 number I was expecting them to cross the 222 mark but they got all out at 218. Babar Azam scored 119 runs, almost half of the runs by Srilanka. Pakistan still trails by 4 runs but I am not expecting Srilankan batters to perform well. They still need to score more than 200 runs to win this test match. Pakistan bowling has been spot on and it would not be easy for the Srilankan batters to bat on that pitch.  

There is no doubt today we have one of the best knock from captain Babar Azam in difficult conditions but still this is poor from all other top ranked batsmen they fail completely on this pitch which is not easy for batsmen another five wicket haul for young debut man Jayasuriya he ends with 5 wickets which is third consecutive for him.
Now match is again at level with both teams having equal chance to win, but tomorrow first session is very important for both teams which team going to have some steady performance can win this match here Shaheen and Yasir both are very important bowlers for Pakistan because if they want to win this match then needs to complete Sri Lankan inning under 200 figures otherwise it's going to be difficult for them to bat in fourth inning.

In just 2 days, 2 innings have ended. So I don't see any possibility of this match being a draw. They will win only if Sri Lankan batsmen can bat with responsibility. Because the performance of the bowlers is good enough. Tomorrow's first session will be challenging for the Sri Lankan batsmen. At the crease are Kasun Rajitha and Oshada Fernando. Sri Lanka's performance largely depends on the performance of their middle order players. Sri Lanka can collect big only if the middle order players play well.