Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Bitcoin Smith]

England wrapped up Indian batting line-up just before the lunch and thanks to the old fox who used his experience to take wickets when pitch is not offering much for his bowling. If we remove Jaiswal's score from Indian score board all the 10 players contributed less than half than he scored.

Now, Englishmen is blowing punches back and they are doing it very fast, India need couple of wickets to control their innings or else this lineup is ready for long innings too. Kuldeep got a wicket but Ash created few chances already and this session may decide how this match turns out to be.

[Tony116]

England wrapped up Indian batting line-up just before the lunch and thanks to the old fox who used his experience to take wickets when pitch is not offering much for his bowling. If we remove Jaiswal's score from Indian score board all the 10 players contributed less than half than he scored.

Now, Englishmen is blowing punches back and they are doing it very fast, India need couple of wickets to control their innings or else this lineup is ready for long innings too. Kuldeep got a wicket but Ash created few chances already and this session may decide how this match turns out to be.

Zak Crawley's batting doesn't look like a Test match. He is batting well. England managed to collect 106 after 21 overs. The team is collecting more than 5 runs per over. Zak Crawley remained unbeaten on 72 off 75 balls. He hit 10 boundaries and two over boundaries.

Indian bowlers are under a lot of pressure now. If Crawley's wicket is not picked up quickly, the Indian bowlers will face big problems. England is a very experienced team. Scoring 400+ runs on this pitch is not a tough task for a big team like England. England is now behind by 290 runs. Ollie Pope is batting very carefully. He collected 13 runs from 35 balls.

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England wrapped up Indian batting line-up just before the lunch and thanks to the old fox who used his experience to take wickets when pitch is not offering much for his bowling. If we remove Jaiswal's score from Indian score board all the 10 players contributed less than half than he scored.

Now, Englishmen is blowing punches back and they are doing it very fast, India need couple of wickets to control their innings or else this lineup is ready for long innings too. Kuldeep got a wicket but Ash created few chances already and this session may decide how this match turns out to be.

That's the fact it was Jaiswal who got those runs on the scoreboard the rest were partying. He became the third youngest India batter to get his double century. Before him Sachin and Shastri hot thier double hundred in test cricket at a young age. The Indian bowling is not looking great as Crawley has been hampering the Indian bowling. He is already in his 70s and the way he is going on he will easily get to his hundred. A wicket before tea would help the scoring of runs go down, at the moment it's looking like it's just a matter of few more hours and England would be nearing 300 runs.

[Minecache]

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan players are performing well against Afghanistan. And in this match Sri Lanka team is favorite. Because most of the important players of Afghanistan's squad are missing in this match.

Afghanistan could only muster 198 runs in their first innings. This is a very small collection on this pitch. Along with the batsmen, Afghanistan's bowlers are also not playing well. Afghanistan is likely to be defeated by an innings margin in this match. Sri Lanka lost only 3 wickets and collected 225 runs. Sri Lanka team has managed to take a lead of 27 runs.
Dimuth Karunaratne scored 77 runs. Mathews was unbeaten with 51 runs and Chandimal 35 runs. Sri Lanka looks set to collect more than 400 in the first innings.

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England is in trouble, they have lost 4 wickets before tea. I was not expecting a good comeback by the Indian bowlers. Bhumrah took 2 wickets, Patel took 1 and Kuldeep took 1. Rohit is not interested in Mukesh at the moment because of his first 2 overs. Ashwin has yet to take a wicket. Initially Crawley was the reason why England were getting tuns on the scoreboard and after his out the runs have dried down. England trails by 242 runs at tea and now Stokes and Bairstow need to form a partnership if they want to get those runs.

[Essential10]

India managed to collect only 60 runs on the second day, ending India's first innings at 396 runs. Jaiswal scored his sixth match double century in his Test career today. Apart from Jaiswal's individual innings of 209 runs, no batsman could make any advantage for the team. England are batting in the second innings, England's score is 155/4 at the moment. Despite scoring fifty runs in the first and second wicket pairs, Jasprit Bumrah quickly took the wickets of Ollie Pope and Joe Root and sent them to the dressing room. Stokes and Bairstow batting may put England under pressure if their wicket break is not prolonged. If India can break the fifth wicket partnership quickly I think India can start the second innings with a lead of over 100 runs.

[libert19]

He became the third youngest India batter to get his double century. Before him Sachin and Shastri hot thier double hundred in test cricket at a young age.

Where do you get this from? They showed Vinod Kambli and Sunil Gavaskar as first two.

[FinePoine0]

The England team has been so poor in terms of performance that they fell by five wickets on the first day. England team is not suitable in terms of performance as Test match has to perform for long time keeping wickets. But England's players have failed to last long, as I see only one reliable player entering the field as an opener. Zak Crawley scored 76 runs off 78 balls but subsequent batsmen who entered the field did not perform well. All the batsmen who are performing on the field now in the England team are basically not batting. So they cannot be relied upon to meet the target of this match today.

[fuguebtc]

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan players are performing well against Afghanistan. And in this match Sri Lanka team is favorite. Because most of the important players of Afghanistan's squad are missing in this match.

Afghanistan could only muster 198 runs in their first innings. This is a very small collection on this pitch. Along with the batsmen, Afghanistan's bowlers are also not playing well. Afghanistan is likely to be defeated by an innings margin in this match. Sri Lanka lost only 3 wickets and collected 225 runs. Sri Lanka team has managed to take a lead of 27 runs.
Dimuth Karunaratne scored 77 runs. Mathews was unbeaten with 51 runs and Chandimal 35 runs. Sri Lanka looks set to collect more than 400 in the first innings.

Afghanistan bowlers are not doing well. So the Sri Lankan team is moving towards the big collection very easily. Sri Lanka collected 287 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. The Sri Lankan team has already managed to take a lead of 89 runs. And they lost just 3 wickets. Afghanistan is trailing by a big margin in the first innings itself.

Angelo Mathews scored 79 off 152 balls and Chandimal was unbeaten on 68 off 116 balls. Experienced batsmen like Dhananjaya De Silva will still bat. I guess Sri Lanka team can take a lead of at least 200 runs. And given how bad Afghanistan's bowling is, Sri Lanka might be able to muster more than 450.

[Hallroom]

The England team today, who have good fit batsmen, got out in a very short time. According to today's performance, the players of England team are not eligible to play Test because they have to perform for a long time to play Test match. To fulfill the target in today's match, the England team needs to collect 224 runs. Now the England team has collected 175 runs after losing five wickets.

[libert19]

England 178-5 and from the looks of it they might not even be able to get close to target score, leave giving lead alone. Except Crawley everyone else has been fail, Stokes is on crease right now there is some hope from him, he goes and England in deep trouble.

Joe Root isn't living up to his popularity, been a while since we saw a decent knock from him.

[Ayers]

The England team today, who have good fit batsmen, got out in a very short time. According to today's performance, the players of England team are not eligible to play Test because they have to perform for a long time to play Test match. To fulfill the target in today's match, the England team needs to collect 224 runs. Now the England team has collected 175 runs after losing five wickets.

England started their innings well but England's batsmen could not maintain consistency. The top order batted very well. But after the loss of Zak Crawley's wicket, England lost a few more wickets very quickly. England's middle order is a complete failure today. Crawley was dismissed for 76 off 78 balls.

Now England's collection is 177/6. England team is still behind by a big gap of 219 runs. England need to score at least 280-plus if they want to keep their hopes of victory alive. If England are behind by more than 150 then it will be much more difficult to make a comeback in the second innings.

Jasprit Bumrah bowled just 12 overs and picked up three crucial wickets. Bumrah took the wickets of Root, Pope and Bairstwo. Stokes and Rehan Ahmed are now batting.

[Minecache]

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan players are performing well against Afghanistan. And in this match Sri Lanka team is favorite. Because most of the important players of Afghanistan's squad are missing in this match.

Afghanistan could only muster 198 runs in their first innings. This is a very small collection on this pitch. Along with the batsmen, Afghanistan's bowlers are also not playing well. Afghanistan is likely to be defeated by an innings margin in this match. Sri Lanka lost only 3 wickets and collected 225 runs. Sri Lanka team has managed to take a lead of 27 runs.
Dimuth Karunaratne scored 77 runs. Mathews was unbeaten with 51 runs and Chandimal 35 runs. Sri Lanka looks set to collect more than 400 in the first innings.

Afghanistan bowlers are not doing well. So the Sri Lankan team is moving towards the big collection very easily. Sri Lanka collected 287 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. The Sri Lankan team has already managed to take a lead of 89 runs. And they lost just 3 wickets. Afghanistan is trailing by a big margin in the first innings itself.

Angelo Mathews scored 79 off 152 balls and Chandimal was unbeaten on 68 off 116 balls. Experienced batsmen like Dhananjaya De Silva will still bat. I guess Sri Lanka team can take a lead of at least 200 runs. And given how bad Afghanistan's bowling is, Sri Lanka might be able to muster more than 450.

Afghanistan is perhaps ready to concede yet another humiliating defeat. This is the first match of this tour. And Afghanistan is going to start with defeat in the first match. Several key players in the Afghanistan squad are now playing in various franchise leagues. If these players were with the squad, maybe Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka match would have been competitive.

Mathews-Chandimal Sri Lanka team scored 171 runs. Sri Lanka collected 319 runs after losing 3 wickets. And the team managed to take a big lead of 121 runs. I think the match will end in three days. Afghanistan will lose this match by an innings.

[Bitcoin Smith]

He became the third youngest India batter to get his double century. Before him Sachin and Shastri hot thier double hundred in test cricket at a young age.

Where do you get this from? They showed Vinod Kambli and Sunil Gavaskar as first two.

Yes, Vinod Kambli and Sunil Gavaskar still holds the respective position and he became the third youngest Indian better to score double ton in the test format.


Again Bumrah pulled things off and very good support from Kuldeep now put India in a commanding position but Stokes hanging around there hope Indian bowlers will dismiss soon to keep things great or he is a capable batter to score big daddy hundreds too.

Edit: Bumrah bowled Stokes too in the very next ball I posted this.

[libert19]

^ Stokes bites the dust to Bumrah, his reaction showed it all. Bumrah has been torment to England batsmen as was Anderson to Indians, hopefully Rohit will continue to have him bowl so he can get the fifer, looks good on stats.

On other side, Mukesh has been very expensive today, he's having 8 economy rate from 5 overs bowled so far, that's just bad and that too in test cricket.

[synchronym]

Sri Lanka's batsmen are batting brilliantly in Afghanistan's lead of 198 runs, but Afghanistan's bowlers are not bowling well. In the first test match against Sri Lanka, the Afghanistan team did not bat much and they are not able to bowl well. If the bowlers of Afghanistan could have controlled bowling then the Sri Lankan batsmen could not have scored so many runs. The way the Sri Lankan batsmen are taking the game forward, it seems that the Sri Lankan team will give Afghanistan a big run lead. The current score of the Sri Lanka team is 340 runs for 3 wickets in 83 overs. Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews are batting well. If the partnership of these two continues, Sri Lanka will give a big run lead to Afghanistan. So Afghanistan's bowlers should break the partnership of these two very quickly if they can take wickets then the Sri Lankan team will be under pressure. Angelo Mathews is unbeaten with 109 runs from 200 balls and Dinesh Chandimal has scored 90 runs from 158 balls.

[FinePoine0]

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan players are performing well against Afghanistan. And in this match Sri Lanka team is favorite. Because most of the important players of Afghanistan's squad are missing in this match.

Afghanistan could only muster 198 runs in their first innings. This is a very small collection on this pitch. Along with the batsmen, Afghanistan's bowlers are also not playing well. Afghanistan is likely to be defeated by an innings margin in this match. Sri Lanka lost only 3 wickets and collected 225 runs. Sri Lanka team has managed to take a lead of 27 runs.
Dimuth Karunaratne scored 77 runs. Mathews was unbeaten with 51 runs and Chandimal 35 runs. Sri Lanka looks set to collect more than 400 in the first innings.

Afghanistan bowlers are not doing well. So the Sri Lankan team is moving towards the big collection very easily. Sri Lanka collected 287 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. The Sri Lankan team has already managed to take a lead of 89 runs. And they lost just 3 wickets. Afghanistan is trailing by a big margin in the first innings itself.

Angelo Mathews scored 79 off 152 balls and Chandimal was unbeaten on 68 off 116 balls. Experienced batsmen like Dhananjaya De Silva will still bat. I guess Sri Lanka team can take a lead of at least 200 runs. And given how bad Afghanistan's bowling is, Sri Lanka might be able to muster more than 450.

Afghanistan is perhaps ready to concede yet another humiliating defeat. This is the first match of this tour. And Afghanistan is going to start with defeat in the first match. Several key players in the Afghanistan squad are now playing in various franchise leagues. If these players were with the squad, maybe Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka match would have been competitive.

Mathews-Chandimal Sri Lanka team scored 171 runs. Sri Lanka collected 319 runs after losing 3 wickets. And the team managed to take a big lead of 121 runs. I think the match will end in three days. Afghanistan will lose this match by an innings.

The Sri Lankan team players are performing very well, so far the Sri Lankan team has collected 410 runs by losing 6 wickets. Sri Lanka team performed better today as they had three reliable batsmen who performed very well. Among these three batsmen, two have scored a century and one has a half century. Mathews was the top scorer in today's match with 141 alone which is the best performance by a SriLankan team. In comparison, the Afghanistan team performed so poorly that they managed to collect only 198 runs and lost ten wickets. Afghanistan players performed the worst in this match and could not put any pressure on the Sri Lankan team in terms of bowling.

[Essential10]

Sri Lanka's batsmen are batting brilliantly in Afghanistan's lead of 198 runs, but Afghanistan's bowlers are not bowling well. In the first test match against Sri Lanka, the Afghanistan team did not bat much and they are not able to bowl well. If the bowlers of Afghanistan could have controlled bowling then the Sri Lankan batsmen could not have scored so many runs. The way the Sri Lankan batsmen are taking the game forward, it seems that the Sri Lankan team will give Afghanistan a big run lead. The current score of the Sri Lanka team is 340 runs for 3 wickets in 83 overs. Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews are batting well. If the partnership of these two continues, Sri Lanka will give a big run lead to Afghanistan. So Afghanistan's bowlers should break the partnership of these two very quickly if they can take wickets then the Sri Lankan team will be under pressure. Angelo Mathews is unbeaten with 109 runs from 200 balls and Dinesh Chandimal has scored 90 runs from 158 balls.

Sri Lanka going for big collection, Afghanistan bowlers got only six wickets on day 2. I think experienced bowlers were definitely needed in this important test match. Especially experience bowlers like Rashid Khan, Mujibur Rahman were needed in this test match. Sri Lanka's biggest surprise today was the 232-run partnership of middle order between chandimal and Mathews. Chandimal was dismissed for 107 when Dhananjaya de Silva was run out in the same over. Mathews was dismissed for 141 just before the Stamps declared on the second day. Sri Lanka ended the second day with a lead of 212 runs and their team score was 410/6. The match is now fully under Sri Lanka's control, I think tomorrow Sri Lanka can declare an innings only if they lead by 250+ runs.

[synchronym]

Sri Lanka's batsmen are batting brilliantly in Afghanistan's lead of 198 runs, but Afghanistan's bowlers are not bowling well. In the first test match against Sri Lanka, the Afghanistan team did not bat much and they are not able to bowl well. If the bowlers of Afghanistan could have controlled bowling then the Sri Lankan batsmen could not have scored so many runs. The way the Sri Lankan batsmen are taking the game forward, it seems that the Sri Lankan team will give Afghanistan a big run lead. The current score of the Sri Lanka team is 340 runs for 3 wickets in 83 overs. Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews are batting well. If the partnership of these two continues, Sri Lanka will give a big run lead to Afghanistan. So Afghanistan's bowlers should break the partnership of these two very quickly if they can take wickets then the Sri Lankan team will be under pressure. Angelo Mathews is unbeaten with 109 runs from 200 balls and Dinesh Chandimal has scored 90 runs from 158 balls.

Sri Lanka going for big collection, Afghanistan bowlers got only six wickets on day 2. I think experienced bowlers were definitely needed in this important test match. Especially experience bowlers like Rashid Khan, Mujibur Rahman were needed in this test match. Sri Lanka's biggest surprise today was the 232-run partnership of middle order between chandimal and Mathews. Chandimal was dismissed for 107 when Dhananjaya de Silva was run out in the same over. Mathews was dismissed for 141 just before the Stamps declared on the second day. Sri Lanka ended the second day with a lead of 212 runs and their team score was 410/6. The match is now fully under Sri Lanka's control, I think tomorrow Sri Lanka can declare an innings only if they lead by 250+ runs.

Afghanistan team had a batting failure in the first test match against Sri Lanka. Afghanistan bowling line is very good maybe because they don't have some experienced players maybe they are bowling so badly. If Rashid Khan or Mohammad Nawi were there, maybe there would have been a little change in their pace of play. The way Afghanistan are bowling, it looks like they are going to lose their first Test match very badly against Sri Lanka. If Afghanistan's bowlers don't take wickets very quickly in the second innings then it will give Afghanistan more runs lead so Afghanistan should play very controlled bowling so that Sri Lankan batsmen are under a lot of pressure and can get all out very quickly. Afghanistan have done pretty well in T20 but they are doing so badly in Test matches due to their lack of experience.

[Haunebu]

Boom boom Bumrah! What a bowler. Him and Afridi are two of the best pace bowlers across all formats these days in my opinion. As expected, England are getting screwed in the 2nd test comfortably by the Indians.

Also, Angelo? This dude is such a good player, but he keeps getting out in the weirdest of ways these days.