Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[n0ne]

Looks like Ireland first innings will be over by today. Right now Ireland have lost the 5^th wicket. Most of the match this is the situation. Used to loss wickets at the  beginning and the lower order used to contribute better than the opening order. Atleast 250+ runs is a must to have a better match between the teams. McCollum -36, Moor - 10, Balbirnie - 0, Tector - 0, Stirling - 30. Stuart Broad in good form and have taken 4 wickets.

I had high expectations from Ireland's batsmen in this match. Because in the last few matches, I have seen Ireland's batsmen perform well. Ireland could not win though. However, Ireland's batsmen managed to perform very well. But against England's bowlers, Ireland's players are unable to survive at the crease.
Ireland lost their sixth wicket by 104 runs. Ireland has now collected 124 runs. Campher and McBrine are batting now. These two batsmen are quite experienced. If they survive I guess Ireland will collect like 250. But the probability of this is very low.
Stuart Broad bowled just 13 overs and gave away 5 maidens. And managed to take 5 wickets. Ireland will probably lose all wickets before 200 runs.

Other than Balbirnie and Tector there is contribution from every player, but none have come up with solid performance. Campher have scored 32* runs. More than 50 partnership between players is must for Ireland reach 200+ runs, if not this is going to be a match with first innings score less than 200 runs. Ireland have reached 169/8 at the end of 54 overs. There is big expectation on batting, and now somehow the team is good crossing 150+ runs which at the beginning is at a very bad position of 19/3

[Sithara007]

Once again, Ireland has disappointed with their batting. Ireland made 172 in their first innings, with contributions coming from James McCollum (36), Curtis Campher (34) and Paul Stirling (30). Stuart Broad took 5 wickets till now and he has 581 wickets to his name. He is less than 20 wickets away from making it to the 600 level. For England, the first target would be to reach to a total of 350-400, so that they don't need to bat again. But we need to remember that the Irish attack is very inexperienced, except Mark Adair and Andy McBrine. 

[eaLiTy]

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Once again, Ireland has disappointed with their batting. Ireland made 172 in their first innings, with contributions coming from James McCollum (36), Curtis Campher (34) and Paul Stirling (30). Stuart Broad took 5 wickets till now and he has 581 wickets to his name.

Ireland is not having the caliber of batsman that could face Stuart Board and England should have experimented with youngsters when they are facing a team like Ireland. It is going to be a one sided match and i would be surprised if the match drags to the final day.

England trail by 154 runs and the England batsman would take this as a batting practice and would score a huge first innings lead.

[onecall123]

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Once again, Ireland has disappointed with their batting. Ireland made 172 in their first innings, with contributions coming from James McCollum (36), Curtis Campher (34) and Paul Stirling (30). Stuart Broad took 5 wickets till now and he has 581 wickets to his name.

Ireland is not having the caliber of batsman that could face Stuart Board and England should have experimented with youngsters when they are facing a team like Ireland. It is going to be a one sided match and i would be surprised if the match drags to the final day.

England trail by 154 runs and the England batsman would take this as a batting practice and would score a huge first innings lead.

England going with full force and putting up a strong display against a team like Ireland. It was not surprising that Ireland got bowled out for just 172 runs in their first innings. However, after their poor batting performance, it seems that their bowlers have been unable to make any break-through against England's openers so far. At this moment, England are currently trailing by 63 runs and they are expected to put up a big score soon.

[Iranus]

Looks like Ireland first innings will be over by today. Right now Ireland have lost the 5^th wicket. Most of the match this is the situation. Used to loss wickets at the  beginning and the lower order used to contribute better than the opening order. Atleast 250+ runs is a must to have a better match between the teams. McCollum -36, Moor - 10, Balbirnie - 0, Tector - 0, Stirling - 30. Stuart Broad in good form and have taken 4 wickets.

I had high expectations from Ireland's batsmen in this match. Because in the last few matches, I have seen Ireland's batsmen perform well. Ireland could not win though. However, Ireland's batsmen managed to perform very well. But against England's bowlers, Ireland's players are unable to survive at the crease.
Ireland lost their sixth wicket by 104 runs. Ireland has now collected 124 runs. Campher and McBrine are batting now. These two batsmen are quite experienced. If they survive I guess Ireland will collect like 250. But the probability of this is very low.
Stuart Broad bowled just 13 overs and gave away 5 maidens. And managed to take 5 wickets. Ireland will probably lose all wickets before 200 runs.

Other than Balbirnie and Tector there is contribution from every player, but none have come up with solid performance. Campher have scored 32* runs. More than 50 partnership between players is must for Ireland reach 200+ runs, if not this is going to be a match with first innings score less than 200 runs. Ireland have reached 169/8 at the end of 54 overs. There is big expectation on batting, and now somehow the team is good crossing 150+ runs which at the beginning is at a very bad position of 19/3

None of Ireland's batsmen can perform well. The highest collection for Ireland was by Paul Stirling. Stirling scored 30 runs. Ireland's first innings collection was only 172 runs. England players will not have any problem collecting 172 runs. England has already collected 145 runs. England has just lost 1 wicket. Zak Crawley returned to the dressing room with 56 off 45 balls. Duckett 58 and Ollie Pope 26 at the crease. Ireland's bowling line-up is very weak. My guess is that England will score at least 450 runs in the first innings. Ireland's team is going to lose very badly in this match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Bangladesh A team will lose badly against West Indies. Bangladesh lost their first wicket by 25 runs. And the Bangladesh team lost three wickets to collect only 66 runs. And now Bangladesh's collection is only 70 runs. Bangladesh are still trailing by 375 runs. Now if the batsmen of Bangladesh are not able to build a big partnership then the Bangladesh team will not be able to collect even 250 runs. Yasir Ali and Saif Hassan are batting now. If this pair does not play well, I will say Bangladesh will lose all wickets before 250.

The Bangladesh A team is batting irresponsibly against the West Indies A team. Because if Bangladesh is 250 or 300 runs behind the West Indies in the first innings, Bangladesh may be invited to bat again by the West Indies A team. In that case, the chances of Bangladesh losing by innings are very high. I had a bit of faith in the front row batsmen but the way they got out now I don't have a bit of faith in these batsmen who will see Bangladesh all out against West Indies at any moment. Because tomorrow when Bangladesh will start batting in a new way and West Indies will start bowling with a new ball, it will be very difficult for the Bangladeshi batsmen to face the new ball.

Even though this is the Bangladesh A team a lot of players in this team have already played in the national team of Bangladesh. So I do not understand how Bangladesh can perform so badly! Maybe the Bangladesh team is not taking this seriously because this is an unofficial test match. But that is certainly not an excuse which should be given by the players.

Bangladesh team has multiple players who should be performing a lot better than they are doing right now. I don't know if they actually take cricket seriously or just as a hobby. I believe there should have some reality checks being done to them by not getting selected in the future. That will make them try to perform better.

If we think that Bangladesh players are not taking this match seriously after seeing the unofficial test match then we will be wrong because Bangladesh A team is failing despite trying against West Indies A team. 
Several top players are playing for Bangladesh but still they are not doing well. Basically Bangladesh's main problem is that they are not that used to Test cricket. Bangladesh is not able to achieve much success in this cricket even after trying for a long time. 
And one more thing is that the interest of the players in this five-day match is a little less so the result of the test match is like this.
BCB should be strict about this. If BCB is not strict about this then their test cricket will never improve.

I think the Bangladesh team is not taking this series seriously. But Bangladesh should play these series very seriously. Because the Bangladesh team is always weak in the Test format. They should boost their confidence and make themselves more experienced by performing well in these matches. But the Bangladesh team is not doing that.

Bangladesh players collected only 205 runs in the first innings. And in the second innings, the two openers started well enough. Despite collecting 45 runs, Bangladesh did not lose any wickets. Every West Indies bowler had a good performance. The West Indies team will also perform better in the Test format in future.

[romero121]

Looks like Ireland first innings will be over by today. Right now Ireland have lost the 5^th wicket. Most of the match this is the situation. Used to loss wickets at the  beginning and the lower order used to contribute better than the opening order. Atleast 250+ runs is a must to have a better match between the teams. McCollum -36, Moor - 10, Balbirnie - 0, Tector - 0, Stirling - 30. Stuart Broad in good form and have taken 4 wickets.

I had high expectations from Ireland's batsmen in this match. Because in the last few matches, I have seen Ireland's batsmen perform well. Ireland could not win though. However, Ireland's batsmen managed to perform very well. But against England's bowlers, Ireland's players are unable to survive at the crease.
Ireland lost their sixth wicket by 104 runs. Ireland has now collected 124 runs. Campher and McBrine are batting now. These two batsmen are quite experienced. If they survive I guess Ireland will collect like 250. But the probability of this is very low.
Stuart Broad bowled just 13 overs and gave away 5 maidens. And managed to take 5 wickets. Ireland will probably lose all wickets before 200 runs.

Other than Balbirnie and Tector there is contribution from every player, but none have come up with solid performance. Campher have scored 32* runs. More than 50 partnership between players is must for Ireland reach 200+ runs, if not this is going to be a match with first innings score less than 200 runs. Ireland have reached 169/8 at the end of 54 overs. There is big expectation on batting, and now somehow the team is good crossing 150+ runs which at the beginning is at a very bad position of 19/3

None of Ireland's batsmen can perform well. The highest collection for Ireland was by Paul Stirling. Stirling scored 30 runs. Ireland's first innings collection was only 172 runs. England players will not have any problem collecting 172 runs. England has already collected 145 runs. England has just lost 1 wicket. Zak Crawley returned to the dressing room with 56 off 45 balls. Duckett 58 and Ollie Pope 26 at the crease. Ireland's bowling line-up is very weak. My guess is that England will score at least 450 runs in the first innings. Ireland's team is going to lose very badly in this match.

England team have planned for some record, because every batsmen is playing as if like playing ODI. Even if the match ends by the second day of the match, nothing to get surprised. The bowling lineup isn't good, and Ireland needs to concentrate much on it. The batting order is good, if they play bit more responsible we can see better scoring from the players. England team have ended day 1 of the match with the score 152/1, Duckett 60*runs  and Pope 29*runs were on the crease. England have batted 25 overs and scored 152 runs which is above 6rpo. Seems to be very bad loss for Ireland.

[S A KHAIR]

Looks like Ireland first innings will be over by today. Right now Ireland have lost the 5^th wicket. Most of the match this is the situation. Used to loss wickets at the  beginning and the lower order used to contribute better than the opening order. Atleast 250+ runs is a must to have a better match between the teams. McCollum -36, Moor - 10, Balbirnie - 0, Tector - 0, Stirling - 30. Stuart Broad in good form and have taken 4 wickets.

I had high expectations from Ireland's batsmen in this match. Because in the last few matches, I have seen Ireland's batsmen perform well. Ireland could not win though. However, Ireland's batsmen managed to perform very well. But against England's bowlers, Ireland's players are unable to survive at the crease.
Ireland lost their sixth wicket by 104 runs. Ireland has now collected 124 runs. Campher and McBrine are batting now. These two batsmen are quite experienced. If they survive I guess Ireland will collect like 250. But the probability of this is very low.
Stuart Broad bowled just 13 overs and gave away 5 maidens. And managed to take 5 wickets. Ireland will probably lose all wickets before 200 runs.

Other than Balbirnie and Tector there is contribution from every player, but none have come up with solid performance. Campher have scored 32* runs. More than 50 partnership between players is must for Ireland reach 200+ runs, if not this is going to be a match with first innings score less than 200 runs. Ireland have reached 169/8 at the end of 54 overs. There is big expectation on batting, and now somehow the team is good crossing 150+ runs which at the beginning is at a very bad position of 19/3

None of Ireland's batsmen can perform well. The highest collection for Ireland was by Paul Stirling. Stirling scored 30 runs. Ireland's first innings collection was only 172 runs. England players will not have any problem collecting 172 runs. England has already collected 145 runs. England has just lost 1 wicket. Zak Crawley returned to the dressing room with 56 off 45 balls. Duckett 58 and Ollie Pope 26 at the crease. Ireland's bowling line-up is very weak. My guess is that England will score at least 450 runs in the first innings. Ireland's team is going to lose very badly in this match.

England team have planned for some record, because every batsmen is playing as if like playing ODI. Even if the match ends by the second day of the match, nothing to get surprised. The bowling lineup isn't good, and Ireland needs to concentrate much on it. The batting order is good, if they play bit more responsible we can see better scoring from the players. England team have ended day 1 of the match with the score 152/1, Duckett 60*runs  and Pope 29*runs were on the crease. England have batted 25 overs and scored 152 runs which is above 6rpo. Seems to be very bad loss for Ireland.

The batting of England's batsmen does not look like it is a Test match. England's collection of 152 runs at the end of the first day. Opener Crawley scored 56 runs. Crawley's strike rate was 124.4. The strike rate of the other two batsmen Duckett and Pope is more than 80. In the Test format, batsmen usually bat patiently and bat slowly. As Ireland's bowlers are inexperienced, England's batsmen are making good use of this opportunity. England will collect big in the first innings. And England will win this match by an innings.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

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Once again, Ireland has disappointed with their batting. Ireland made 172 in their first innings, with contributions coming from James McCollum (36), Curtis Campher (34) and Paul Stirling (30). Stuart Broad took 5 wickets till now and he has 581 wickets to his name.

Ireland is not having the caliber of batsman that could face Stuart Board and England should have experimented with youngsters when they are facing a team like Ireland. It is going to be a one sided match and i would be surprised if the match drags to the final day.

England trail by 154 runs and the England batsman would take this as a batting practice and would score a huge first innings lead.

Ireland is a new team in test format but still their batting is extremely bad and disappointing,  on day 1 they end their first innings on 172 runs  and not a single player performed good .
England obviously will win this one easily but still ireland need to work alot on their batting.

[lixer]

Ireland is not having the caliber of batsman that could face Stuart Board and England should have experimented with youngsters when they are facing a team like Ireland. It is going to be a one sided match and i would be surprised if the match drags to the final day.

England trail by 154 runs and the England batsman would take this as a batting practice and would score a huge first innings lead.

Ireland is a new team in test format but still their batting is extremely bad and disappointing,  on day 1 they end their first innings on 172 runs  and not a single player performed good .
England obviously will win this one easily but still ireland need to work alot on their batting.

First day of this test match is just completely as expected dominant by England, no Irish batsman were able to perform as requirements which Stuart Board steal the show in absence of James Anderson and have 5 for 51 which is good start of this season for him now he is also heading for the figure of 600 which he can complete in this season after bowling out Ireland on score of 172 England start their new season with Buzz ball and have impressive batting from Duckett and Crawley as they have 100+ runs very quickly now most chances tomorrow we will have another 300 which could be OK for them to win this match by an inning before The Ashes this could be amazing start for them because this will give them good confidence and better preparation for the start of this historic series.

[Mahdirakib]

England team have planned for some record, because every batsmen is playing as if like playing ODI. Even if the match ends by the second day of the match, nothing to get surprised. The bowling lineup isn't good, and Ireland needs to concentrate much on it. The batting order is good, if they play bit more responsible we can see better scoring from the players.

It has become a trend for the England team to play the test like an ODI match. I think they will declare their first innings tomorrow after batting for the first two sessions. They will score enough to win the match by an innings within the first two sessions. Ireland has some good batsman, but they aren't experienced enough for the test format. I hope they will be able to fight back in the second innings. Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker and Stirling are some dependable batsmen for Ireland.

[LDL]

Ireland is a new team in test format but still their batting is extremely bad and disappointing,  on day 1 they end their first innings on 172 runs  and not a single player performed good .
England obviously will win this one easily but still ireland need to work alot on their batting.

Comparing Ireland's Test matches with England is rather absurd as England have played over 1060 Test matches where they have a record of winning 388 Test matches, losing 318 matches, and drawing 354 matches. If the England team has so many test matches in their basket then good performance is always expected from them.
On the other hand, Ireland team has only 6 test match experience in the basket. Ireland have lost six of their six matches. So it goes without saying how inexperienced this Ireland team is in Tests. However, these weak teams will become experienced teams once they play with strong teams like England and Australia.

[Sithara007]

Comparing Ireland's Test matches with England is rather absurd as England have played over 1060 Test matches where they have a record of winning 388 Test matches, losing 318 matches, and drawing 354 matches. If the England team has so many test matches in their basket then good performance is always expected from them.
On the other hand, Ireland team has only 6 test match experience in the basket. Ireland have lost six of their six matches. So it goes without saying how inexperienced this Ireland team is in Tests. However, these weak teams will become experienced teams once they play with strong teams like England and Australia.

Inexperience can't be used as an excuse for poor performance. If that is the case, then Ireland should not have the test status in the first place. Such one sided matches do a lot of harm to teams like Scotland and Nepal, who are aspiring to receive the test status themselves. And this is not the first time that Ireland has put up such a pathetic display. In the recent past, they had test matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and all of the matches turned out to be lop sided. They are simply not yet ready for the longer format of the game.

[Litzki1990]

Bangladesh A team will lose badly against West Indies. Bangladesh lost their first wicket by 25 runs. And the Bangladesh team lost three wickets to collect only 66 runs. And now Bangladesh's collection is only 70 runs. Bangladesh are still trailing by 375 runs. Now if the batsmen of Bangladesh are not able to build a big partnership then the Bangladesh team will not be able to collect even 250 runs. Yasir Ali and Saif Hassan are batting now. If this pair does not play well, I will say Bangladesh will lose all wickets before 250.

The Bangladesh A team is batting irresponsibly against the West Indies A team. Because if Bangladesh is 250 or 300 runs behind the West Indies in the first innings, Bangladesh may be invited to bat again by the West Indies A team. In that case, the chances of Bangladesh losing by innings are very high. I had a bit of faith in the front row batsmen but the way they got out now I don't have a bit of faith in these batsmen who will see Bangladesh all out against West Indies at any moment. Because tomorrow when Bangladesh will start batting in a new way and West Indies will start bowling with a new ball, it will be very difficult for the Bangladeshi batsmen to face the new ball.

Even though this is the Bangladesh A team a lot of players in this team have already played in the national team of Bangladesh. So I do not understand how Bangladesh can perform so badly! Maybe the Bangladesh team is not taking this seriously because this is an unofficial test match. But that is certainly not an excuse which should be given by the players.

Bangladesh team has multiple players who should be performing a lot better than they are doing right now. I don't know if they actually take cricket seriously or just as a hobby. I believe there should have some reality checks being done to them by not getting selected in the future. That will make them try to perform better.

If we think that Bangladesh players are not taking this match seriously after seeing the unofficial test match then we will be wrong because Bangladesh A team is failing despite trying against West Indies A team. 
Several top players are playing for Bangladesh but still they are not doing well. Basically Bangladesh's main problem is that they are not that used to Test cricket. Bangladesh is not able to achieve much success in this cricket even after trying for a long time. 
And one more thing is that the interest of the players in this five-day match is a little less so the result of the test match is like this.
BCB should be strict about this. If BCB is not strict about this then their test cricket will never improve.

I think the Bangladesh team is not taking this series seriously. But Bangladesh should play these series very seriously. Because the Bangladesh team is always weak in the Test format. They should boost their confidence and make themselves more experienced by performing well in these matches. But the Bangladesh team is not doing that.

Bangladesh players collected only 205 runs in the first innings. And in the second innings, the two openers started well enough. Despite collecting 45 runs, Bangladesh did not lose any wickets. Every West Indies bowler had a good performance. The West Indies team will also perform better in the Test format in future.

After drawing the first match against the West Indies A team, Bangladesh A team lost in the second match. Bangladesh will restart the third day's play of the third match on the last fourth day. So far Bangladesh need 414 runs to win. 414 runs is very difficult for Bangladesh to collect. As it is a four-day Test match, if Bangladesh can hold on to all the wickets today, then there is a possibility that this match will be a draw. Even though the opening pair is still unbeaten on wickets, still I would say that West Indies A team has more chances to win this match. If West Indies win today's match, they will take a 2-0 lead in the series.

[Sithara007]

After drawing the first match against the West Indies A team, Bangladesh A team lost in the second match. Bangladesh will restart the third day's play of the third match on the last fourth day. So far Bangladesh need 414 runs to win. 414 runs is very difficult for Bangladesh to collect. As it is a four-day Test match, if Bangladesh can hold on to all the wickets today, then there is a possibility that this match will be a draw. Even though the opening pair is still unbeaten on wickets, still I would say that West Indies A team has more chances to win this match. If West Indies win today's match, they will take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Anyway, the third test is ongoing now and West Indies will be looking to win the series 2-0. Bangladesh need 414 runs to win, with 10 wickets in hand. Zakir Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan Joy are on field and they need to handle the spin of Kevin Sinclair and Veerasammy Permaul. Both these bowlers picked up 5 wickers in the first innings and will be even more lethal on the 4th day, as the pitch at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium offers a lot of support for spin bowling. And remember that none of the Bangladeshi batsmen except Saif Hassan and Nasum Ahmed could manage a score of above 30 runs in the first innings.

[laurenB7742]

After drawing the first match against the West Indies A team, Bangladesh A team lost in the second match. Bangladesh will restart the third day's play of the third match on the last fourth day. So far Bangladesh need 414 runs to win. 414 runs is very difficult for Bangladesh to collect. As it is a four-day Test match, if Bangladesh can hold on to all the wickets today, then there is a possibility that this match will be a draw. Even though the opening pair is still unbeaten on wickets, still I would say that West Indies A team has more chances to win this match. If West Indies win today's match, they will take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Anyway, the third test is ongoing now and West Indies will be looking to win the series 2-0. Bangladesh need 414 runs to win, with 10 wickets in hand. Zakir Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan Joy are on field and they need to handle the spin of Kevin Sinclair and Veerasammy Permaul. Both these bowlers picked up 5 wickers in the first innings and will be even more lethal on the 4th day, as the pitch at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium offers a lot of support for spin bowling. And remember that none of the Bangladeshi batsmen except Saif Hassan and Nasum Ahmed could manage a score of above 30 runs in the first innings.

Bangladesh is always a strong team on home pitch. But Bangladesh team players are not able to perform well in this series against West Indies. Bangladesh team was defeated in the first match, and West Indies won by 3 wickets in the second match. Looking at Bangladesh's performance so far in the third match, it looks like they will be defeated as usual. Bangladesh need 414 more runs to win. As they have performed in the previous matches, this team does not seem to have the capacity to score another 414 runs.

[Sithara007]

Bangladesh is always a strong team on home pitch. But Bangladesh team players are not able to perform well in this series against West Indies. Bangladesh team was defeated in the first match, and West Indies won by 3 wickets in the second match. Looking at Bangladesh's performance so far in the third match, it looks like they will be defeated as usual. Bangladesh need 414 more runs to win. As they have performed in the previous matches, this team does not seem to have the capacity to score another 414 runs.

There is a good chance that the match will end up as a draw. Zakir Hasan got out just now, but they are still in a strong position at 97/1. Mominul Haque has joined Mahmudul Hasan Joy at the crease. 71 overs remain for the day and Bangladesh need 364 more runs to win. West Indies need 9 wickets to wrap up the series. Chances are that none of the scenarios would happen and the match will end up as a draw. The two West Indian spinners (Veerasammy Permaul  and Kevin Sinclair) are trying hard to dislodge the Bangladeshi batsmen at this point.

[laurenB7742]

Bangladesh is always a strong team on home pitch. But Bangladesh team players are not able to perform well in this series against West Indies. Bangladesh team was defeated in the first match, and West Indies won by 3 wickets in the second match. Looking at Bangladesh's performance so far in the third match, it looks like they will be defeated as usual. Bangladesh need 414 more runs to win. As they have performed in the previous matches, this team does not seem to have the capacity to score another 414 runs.

There is a good chance that the match will end up as a draw. Zakir Hasan got out just now, but they are still in a strong position at 97/1. Mominul Haque has joined Mahmudul Hasan Joy at the crease. 71 overs remain for the day and Bangladesh need 364 more runs to win. West Indies need 9 wickets to wrap up the series. Chances are that none of the scenarios would happen and the match will end up as a draw. The two West Indian spinners (Veerasammy Permaul  and Kevin Sinclair) are trying hard to dislodge the Bangladeshi batsmen at this point.

The Bangladesh team is batting on the fourth day today. Still, do you think the match is likely to be a draw? Maybe Bangladesh will win or lose. I don't see any chance of a draw. I don't think Bangladeshi players have the ability to survive at the crease for two days. At least that's what I felt after seeing the performance of the last two Test matches. Bangladesh has now collected 122 runs after losing 2 wickets. Mahmudul Hasan Joy remains unbeaten with 52 runs. Probably Bangladesh will be able to collect like 280-320 runs.

[savetheFORUM]

I think the Bangladesh team is not taking this series seriously. But Bangladesh should play these series very seriously. Because the Bangladesh team is always weak in the Test format. They should boost their confidence and make themselves more experienced by performing well in these matches. But the Bangladesh team is not doing that.

Bangladesh players collected only 205 runs in the first innings. And in the second innings, the two openers started well enough. Despite collecting 45 runs, Bangladesh did not lose any wickets. Every West Indies bowler had a good performance. The West Indies team will also perform better in the Test format in future.

Even this was good chance for them to have their best against West Indies and take good experience, but they are not serious and after first draw test now losing third which will end this series on lost for them here West Indian players done good job as in bowling and batting they were completely dominating specially experienced Joshua Da Silva and Tagenarine Chanderpaul give their best in batting and their bowlers were also as they required in this series.

Now in this last inning of this series they have good start, but target is very high which is looking impossible for them as it's never been easy to play in last inning but if they are able to done something good surely this will give them good confidence in future ten wickets remaining and 414 runs still required for the win this test and end this series on level.

[Sithara007]

Bangladesh still needs another 320 runs and they have 59 overs remaining. They have lost two wickets till now (both of them picked up by Kevin Sinclair). Given the current run rate, it looks unlikely that they will be able to chase down the required runs by today. And the West Indian bowlers are unable to take any wickets as well. The partnership between Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Saif Hassan has added 34 runs till now and they look very comfortable against the opposition bowlers.

BTW, England will resume their innings in around 3 hours from now, against Ireland. The match was quite boring yesterday and the England batsmen were treating Irish bowlers with absolute disdain.