Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[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.

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[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.

[MusaPk]

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.

Day 1 belongs to England and so will be this test match. Ireland failed to give a decent first innings total as they were bowled out for 172 runs. James McCollum was the highest run scorer for Ireland as he scored 36 runs. England as usual are scoring runs quickly. Yesterday they made 152 runs in 25 overs thats RR of 6. The only England batsmen who got out yesterday was Zak Crawley 56(45).

[Litzki1990]

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.

The third unofficial test between Bangladesh vs West Indies is likely to be a draw. Because Bangladeshi batsmen batted well against West Indies today. Especially Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Yasir Ali are batting responsibly for the team so far.  Bangladesh needs to collect 209 runs to win where overs and time are limited. the time that is available it is possible to bowl like 30 overs in these 30 overs Bangladesh can take a risk to win if they want. The reason why I say risk of winning is because if you play to win, wickets will fall quickly, then the chances of a draw may be over. But Bangladesh should take this risk as they are already one match behind West Indies.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

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.

155 runs in 14 overs is a difficult one to chase by Bangladesh they played really good but this seems like west indies victory at the end .
West indies ballers really did a great job in controlling runs and bringing match to this point.

[noormcs5]

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.

Day 1 belongs to England and so will be this test match. Ireland failed to give a decent first innings total as they were bowled out for 172 runs. James McCollum was the highest run scorer for Ireland as he scored 36 runs. England as usual are scoring runs quickly. Yesterday they made 152 runs in 25 overs thats RR of 6. The only England batsmen who got out yesterday was Zak Crawley 56(45).

Not only day 1, but all the days will belong to England in this test match. England has made 325 with the loss of only one wicket. Ben Duckett
 is not at 116 and Ollie Pope is playing at 97 not out. This is one test match where England batsmen an bat freely and break some records before declaring the innings and then winning an innings.

We can't expect much from Ireland as they can never compete with the English team on their own ground, Lord's.

[rojan]

Today is Day 2 of England vs Ireland Test match. Now England is batting. Ireland has scored 172 runs by batting first. But England has now taken a lead of 352 runs. From England's statement, the batting has started to perform very well. It seems that today is good.  England will be able to run. Maybe the Ireland team will perform worse. Let's see what happens until the end of the game.

[NicNacCoin]

Today is Day 2 of England vs Ireland Test match. Now England is batting. Ireland has scored 172 runs by batting first. But England has now taken a lead of 352 runs. From England's statement, the batting has started to perform very well. It seems that today is good.  England will be able to run. Maybe the Ireland team will perform worse. Let's see what happens until the end of the game.

England declared their first innings at 524/4d and Ireland started their second innings. So far they can bat above 20 overs. The Ireland team will most likely be all out on the third day. In today's match, two batsmen of England team Ducktte 182, and Ollie Pope 205 runs. However, the Ireland team is still trailing by 336 runs.

Now Ireland lost Moor(11) wicket by lbw by Josh Tongue.
Ireland 18/1 second innings.

[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.

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.

If the match was not for 4 days, maybe Bangladesh would have won this match. Bangladesh's batsmen's performance in the first innings was very poor. Bangladesh's collection in the first innings was only 205 runs. I thought I might see similar poor batting from Bangladesh in the second innings as well. But Bangladesh collected 306 runs after losing only 4 wickets in the second innings. Opener Joy was unbeaten on 114 runs. Also, Yasir Ali scored 67 and Zakir scored 43 runs. Bangladesh's batsmen have played well enough. But their performance needs to be more consistent for Test matches.

[Iranus]

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.

Day 1 belongs to England and so will be this test match. Ireland failed to give a decent first innings total as they were bowled out for 172 runs. James McCollum was the highest run scorer for Ireland as he scored 36 runs. England as usual are scoring runs quickly. Yesterday they made 152 runs in 25 overs thats RR of 6. The only England batsmen who got out yesterday was Zak Crawley 56(45).

Ireland's players played very badly in the first innings. And I am almost sure that England will win this match by innings. Ireland's first innings collection was only 172 runs. On the other hand, the England team lost only 4 wickets and scored 524 runs, and declared the innings. Ireland's collection of 97 runs after losing 3 wickets in the second innings. Ireland's team is still behind by 255 runs. My guess is that Ireland will lose all their wickets in the first two sessions tomorrow. Ireland's players are unlikely to score 255 more runs.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

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.

Day 1 belongs to England and so will be this test match. Ireland failed to give a decent first innings total as they were bowled out for 172 runs. James McCollum was the highest run scorer for Ireland as he scored 36 runs. England as usual are scoring runs quickly. Yesterday they made 152 runs in 25 overs thats RR of 6. The only England batsmen who got out yesterday was Zak Crawley 56(45).

Ireland's players played very badly in the first innings. And I am almost sure that England will win this match by innings. Ireland's first innings collection was only 172 runs. On the other hand, the England team lost only 4 wickets and scored 524 runs, and declared the innings. Ireland's collection of 97 runs after losing 3 wickets in the second innings. Ireland's team is still behind by 255 runs. My guess is that Ireland will lose all their wickets in the first two sessions tomorrow. Ireland's players are unlikely to score 255 more runs.

England batting was outclass they scored like they're playing odi match , Ireland have trail of 255 which is impossible for them to chase already they have lost 3 wickets they  cant chase such big lead .
England really played thoroughly in their only test .

[romero121]

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.

Day 1 belongs to England and so will be this test match. Ireland failed to give a decent first innings total as they were bowled out for 172 runs. James McCollum was the highest run scorer for Ireland as he scored 36 runs. England as usual are scoring runs quickly. Yesterday they made 152 runs in 25 overs thats RR of 6. The only England batsmen who got out yesterday was Zak Crawley 56(45).

Ireland's players played very badly in the first innings. And I am almost sure that England will win this match by innings. Ireland's first innings collection was only 172 runs. On the other hand, the England team lost only 4 wickets and scored 524 runs, and declared the innings. Ireland's collection of 97 runs after losing 3 wickets in the second innings. Ireland's team is still behind by 255 runs. My guess is that Ireland will lose all their wickets in the first two sessions tomorrow. Ireland's players are unlikely to score 255 more runs.

England batting was outclass they scored like they're playing odi match , Ireland have trail of 255 which is impossible for them to chase already they have lost 3 wickets they  cant chase such big lead .
England really played thoroughly in their only test .

England have taken advantage of the team Ireland and performed big. The scoring is perfectly similar to ODI and they have got some plans, also known well that Ireland doesn't have good bowling line-up. Two half centuries, one double century and a century close to double century have come out of the four wickets. In the recent test matches played Ireland used to play better in the second innings. This time Tector and Tucker on the crease will make some contribution, but that isn't enough. Josh Tongue had started his test carrier wickets count. He wasn't able to take a wicket in the first innings and now added 3 wickets to his part.

[Sithara007]

I don't understand the point in having these sort of one-sided matches. Ireland is not just ready yet to face the pig-3 sides. They ever struggled against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and then how can we expect them to be competitive against England? On top of that they are missing some of their key players such as Josh Little and Craig Young (the latter as a result of an injury). I have a feeling that the decision to award them full membership in 2019 was a mistake. There is no improvement in the Irish performance for the last 4 years. In fact I would say that their performance has worsened.

[MusaPk]

I don't understand the point in having these sort of one-sided matches. Ireland is not just ready yet to face the pig-3 sides. They ever struggled against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and then how can we expect them to be competitive against England? On top of that they are missing some of their key players such as Josh Little and Craig Young (the latter as a result of an injury). I have a feeling that the decision to award them full membership in 2019 was a mistake. There is no improvement in the Irish performance for the last 4 years. In fact I would say that their performance has worsened.

Ireland no doubt is a weak test team but how can they become a strong test team? Bangladesh when started playing test was in similar condition but with time they gained strength. Ireland need more tests and that too against strong teams like Big 3. Only Afghanistan and Ireland are two teams that have got test status in last 20 years. With adoption of T20 format no new teams are joining the test format. Let Ireland play test format regardless of the result.

[wiss19]

I don't understand the point in having these sort of one-sided matches. Ireland is not just ready yet to face the pig-3 sides. They ever struggled against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and then how can we expect them to be competitive against England? On top of that they are missing some of their key players such as Josh Little and Craig Young (the latter as a result of an injury). I have a feeling that the decision to award them full membership in 2019 was a mistake. There is no improvement in the Irish performance for the last 4 years. In fact I would say that their performance has worsened.

I completely agreed about this all there is no point to have matches like these because it's completely waste of sources and energy with nothing positive is also coming from these one-sided matches as well ICC is trying to commit suicide through these poor decisions which are not helpful for the cricket and countries here still we have good time for bringing changes and help to countries like Ireland and many more which are trying to adopt with just allowing them to play in t20i instead of giving them full test status which is not fair.

After watching test matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka all were clear as they are still not able to perform, so now we are watching how things are going against team like England with now this match is going to end today without any entertaining just some good personal records for the English players which is surely matter of shame.

[mm2543363580]

I don't understand the point in having these sort of one-sided matches. Ireland is not just ready yet to face the pig-3 sides. They ever struggled against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and then how can we expect them to be competitive against England? On top of that they are missing some of their key players such as Josh Little and Craig Young (the latter as a result of an injury). I have a feeling that the decision to award them full membership in 2019 was a mistake. There is no improvement in the Irish performance for the last 4 years. In fact I would say that their performance has worsened.

Ireland is still a very weak time and their performance in these matches sums it all they cant compete with big teams on international level.
Irish cricket board should first work in their performances than send them to play outside their country.
Alot of work is required to be done on this team.

[n0ne]

I don't understand the point in having these sort of one-sided matches. Ireland is not just ready yet to face the pig-3 sides. They ever struggled against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and then how can we expect them to be competitive against England? On top of that they are missing some of their key players such as Josh Little and Craig Young (the latter as a result of an injury). I have a feeling that the decision to award them full membership in 2019 was a mistake. There is no improvement in the Irish performance for the last 4 years. In fact I would say that their performance has worsened.

Ireland is still a very weak time and their performance in these matches sums it all they cant compete with big teams on international level.
Irish cricket board should first work in their performances than send them to play outside their country.
Alot of work is required to be done on this team.

The performance of Ireland cricket team is found down in test format, whereas it have got better with T20 and ODI format of cricket. Gaining experience is must for the Ireland team to improve its performance. Compared to the first innings of the match, the performance in the second innings is really good.

Ireland team have failed in its bowling. Batting is really good and if few of the players make strong scores, surely Ireland can easily reach 350+ runs in any innings. The bowling order is not at a good position to support the team.

[MusaPk]

After watching test matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka all were clear as they are still not able to perform, so now we are watching how things are going against team like England with now this match is going to end today without any entertaining just some good personal records for the English players which is surely matter of shame.

Ireland have recovered well in second innings. They are now 259/6 and trail by 93 runs.Andy McBrine and Mark Adair are on the crease and they both have added 100 runs to the total. Definitely Ireland are not in a position to win this game, the best result for Ireland will be to avoid a loss by an innings. Mark Adair is highest run scorer for Ireland in this game as he is not out on 61 (50).

[eaLiTy]

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Ireland have recovered well in second innings. They are now 259/6 and trail by 93 runs.Andy McBrine and Mark Adair are on the crease and they both have added 100 runs to the total. Definitely Ireland are not in a position to win this game, the best result for Ireland will be to avoid a loss by an innings. Mark Adair is highest run scorer for Ireland in this game as he is not out on 61 (50).

Ireland can extend the match as long as they can and this is the third day and how long they can delay the inevitable. Mark Adair played an ODI kind of innings coming at 9th position and he should have scored a century for his performance but he went for the extravagant shot once again and lost his opportunity. Andy McBrine is on 76 and lets see how long he can extend his cameo.

[onecall123]

After watching test matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka all were clear as they are still not able to perform, so now we are watching how things are going against team like England with now this match is going to end today without any entertaining just some good personal records for the English players which is surely matter of shame.

Ireland have recovered well in second innings. They are now 259/6 and trail by 93 runs.Andy McBrine and Mark Adair are on the crease and they both have added 100 runs to the total. Definitely Ireland are not in a position to win this game, the best result for Ireland will be to avoid a loss by an innings. Mark Adair is highest run scorer for Ireland in this game as he is not out on 61 (50).

Ireland is putting up quite a good show, refusing to give up!
It's been a brilliant fight back so far, especially considering the quality of their lower-order batsmen. We witnessed a glimpse of Ireland's potential when a batsman batting at number 9 played an exceptional inning against England at Lord's. That's heart-break as Mark Adair fell just 12 runs short of a century in this game, but before putting up a bold counter-attack and giving a good hammering to English bowlers. Now on the tea break, as Ireland currently leads by 4 runs.