Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Bitcoin_people]

Today is the last day of the Test match between Sri Lanka and England and already the England team is batting well enough to win. In the first innings, Sri Lanka scored 139 runs, which gave England a very low target. To meet this target in the first innings, England team batted for 324 runs on the second day where they produced a remarkable score. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs in the second innings and they gave England a small lead which was too easy for them to win. England are batting in the second innings on the third day and they have lost only two wickets and collected 47 runs in 7 overs, still have enough wickets in hand they need to collect 75 runs for England Lions to win at this moment.

[Sithara007]

With 5 wickets in their hand, South Africa are leading by 239 runs. Should be easy from now on. Another 60-70 runs on the board and they will be solidly on the driver's seat. And with Keshav Maharaj in lethal form, I don't have much hope for the West Indian batsmen in 4th innings. The second test is also going in the same way as the first one, but this time the Proteas are going to get a win. Overall, another disappointing performance from the West Indies, with some consolations here and there.

[Publictalk792]

With 5 wickets in their hand, South Africa are leading by 239 runs. Should be easy from now on. Another 60-70 runs on the board and they will be solidly on the driver's seat. And with Keshav Maharaj in lethal form, I don't have much hope for the West Indian batsmen in 4th innings. The second test is also going in the same way as the first one, but this time the Proteas are going to get a win. Overall, another disappointing performance from the West Indies, with some consolations here and there.

I also think that West Indies will not win this match. But there is one thing that is West Indies team is unpredictable and don't have consistency so they can perform well in the second inning.
By the way South Africa has lost 5 wickets and they have made 223 runs. In my point of view they will go above 300+ runs and if they will go above 300+ runs so definitely the lead will also go above 300 runs so this will be a difficult target for West Indies team. Because they got out all team at 160 runs in the first inning. So we can't expect a good performance by them.

[Swordsoffreedom]

With 5 wickets in their hand, South Africa are leading by 239 runs. Should be easy from now on. Another 60-70 runs on the board and they will be solidly on the driver's seat. And with Keshav Maharaj in lethal form, I don't have much hope for the West Indian batsmen in 4th innings. The second test is also going in the same way as the first one, but this time the Proteas are going to get a win. Overall, another disappointing performance from the West Indies, with some consolations here and there.

I also think that West Indies will not win this match. But there is one thing that is West Indies team is unpredictable and don't have consistency so they can perform well in the second inning.
By the way South Africa has lost 5 wickets and they have made 223 runs. In my point of view they will go above 300+ runs and if they will go above 300+ runs so definitely the lead will also go above 300 runs so this will be a difficult target for West Indies team. Because they got out all team at 160 runs in the first inning. So we can't expect a good performance by them.

West Indies had a big chance of winning this match. Because South African batsmen batted very badly in the first innings. South Africa's innings stopped at just 160 runs. It was completely unexpected. If West Indies could have collected around 250 in the first innings, they would have been able to dominate the match. But West Indies' performance was even weaker than South Africa's. West Indies collected only 144 runs in the first innings. The West Indies team was 16 runs behind South Africa.

In the second innings, South Africa's top order batsmen batted like fools. They are batting very responsibly. The team collected 223 runs by losing 5 wickets. The South African team has already taken a lead of 239 runs.

South Africa looks set to deliver at least a target of over 320. It will not be easy for West Indies to collect 300+ in the last innings. The West Indies batsmen's performance has been very poor and erratic in the Test format. South Africa will win this match. The chances of the match being a draw are also very low.

[Sithara007]

I also think that West Indies will not win this match. But there is one thing that is West Indies team is unpredictable and don't have consistency so they can perform well in the second inning.
By the way South Africa has lost 5 wickets and they have made 223 runs. In my point of view they will go above 300+ runs and if they will go above 300+ runs so definitely the lead will also go above 300 runs so this will be a difficult target for West Indies team. Because they got out all team at 160 runs in the first inning. So we can't expect a good performance by them.

It is unpredictable, but I expect South Africa to add a minimum of 60 runs to their yesterday's total. But they can go much further than that. Kyle Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder are well settled, and the partnership between these two is already worth 84 runs. Any target of above 350 will be simply unattainable for the West Indies. Keshav Maharaj is in exceptional form (we saw that in the first match) and adding to that the raw pace of Nandre Burger and accuracy of Wiaan Mulder, West Indian prospects look very dim at this point. 

[Popkon6]

With 5 wickets in their hand, South Africa are leading by 239 runs. Should be easy from now on. Another 60-70 runs on the board and they will be solidly on the driver's seat. And with Keshav Maharaj in lethal form, I don't have much hope for the West Indian batsmen in 4th innings. The second test is also going in the same way as the first one, but this time the Proteas are going to get a win. Overall, another disappointing performance from the West Indies, with some consolations here and there.

So far South Africa team has given a lead of 239 runs, but if the West Indies team tied the match in the first match, but according to the performance of this second match, it will be difficult for the West Indies team to equalize. Wiaan Mulder and Verreynne have forged a long-lasting partnership as the South African team survives with the loss of just five wickets. 
In between wicket keeper Verreynne collected 50 runs from 71 balls and Wiaan Mulder collected 34 runs from 66 balls. But the run rate of the South African team is very good, if they can perform like this for a long time, I think West Indies can definitely give a lead of 360 to 380 runs.

Today is the last day of the Test match between Sri Lanka and England and already the England team is batting well enough to win. In the first innings, Sri Lanka scored 139 runs, which gave England a very low target. To meet this target in the first innings, England team batted for 324 runs on the second day where they produced a remarkable score. Sri Lanka scored 306 runs in the second innings and they gave England a small lead which was too easy for them to win. England are batting in the second innings on the third day and they have lost only two wickets and collected 47 runs in 7 overs, still have enough wickets in hand they need to collect 75 runs for England Lions to win at this moment.

England than the Sri Lankan team. The players of the team are much more experienced, although the England team scored less runs in the first innings than the Sri Lanka players scored in two innings. He started batting in the second innings and collected 47 runs in seven overs after losing 2 wickets. Only if the England players can collect 75 more, this match will be tied and the England players can win. These two batsmen Robert Yates and Hamza Sheikh are standing at the crease, and if the partnership they have formed like this can survive then the target of 75 runs can be easily met. can do  Because the players of England team are very focused and experienced in Test match, they are sure to win.

[BALIK]

I also think that West Indies will not win this match. But there is one thing that is West Indies team is unpredictable and don't have consistency so they can perform well in the second inning.
By the way South Africa has lost 5 wickets and they have made 223 runs. In my point of view they will go above 300+ runs and if they will go above 300+ runs so definitely the lead will also go above 300 runs so this will be a difficult target for West Indies team. Because they got out all team at 160 runs in the first inning. So we can't expect a good performance by them.

It is unpredictable, but I expect South Africa to add a minimum of 60 runs to their yesterday's total. But they can go much further than that. Kyle Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder are well settled, and the partnership between these two is already worth 84 runs. Any target of above 350 will be simply unattainable for the West Indies. Keshav Maharaj is in exceptional form (we saw that in the first match) and adding to that the raw pace of Nandre Burger and accuracy of Wiaan Mulder, West Indian prospects look very dim at this point. 

Kyle Verreynne remained unbeaten on 50 and Mulder remained unbeaten on 34. The South African team has already collected 84 runs from this pair. South Africa lost the fifth wicket for 139 runs. If South Africa do not lose any wickets in the first 10 overs of the next day, I guess it will not be a difficult task for the team to collect more than 300. But batting well at the start of the day and staying at the crease is a bit difficult on this pitch.

West Indies bowler Shamar Joseph bowled brilliantly in the first innings. Shamar Joseph took 5 wickets. But in the second innings we don't see better bowling from Shamar Joseph. Shamar Joseph has not taken a single wicket yet. But Seales managed to pick up three wickets. This match is unlikely to be a draw. As only 2 days have passed.

[libert19]

Looks like pitch has gotten better as game went on, so there is some chance WI might play better in second innings than the first innings. Meanwhile, I find it surprising that Shamar Joseph took fifer in first inning, and in second none so far while Seales has been consistent in both the innings.

[Sithara007]

Looks like pitch has gotten better as game went on, so there is some chance WI might play better in second innings than the first innings. Meanwhile, I find it surprising that Shamar Joseph took fifer in first inning, and in second none so far while Seales has been consistent in both the innings.

Support for the pace bowlers might have gone down. But then South Africa has Keshav Maharaj. And then Dane Piedt and Aiden Markram can bowl quality spin as well. Till now, Gudakesh Motie has picked up 2 wickets for West Indies, which may give a hint that the track is becoming more spin-friendly. Anyway, Maharaj is in great form (picked up 8 wickets in the first match) and it will be a tough challenge for the West Indian batsmen to face him in the remaining days of this match.

[noormcs5]

Bangladesh A vs Pakistan A

There was a first unofficial test match between these two teams which are mentioned above. Bangladesh played the first turn and they made only 122 runs. And if we look at the batsmen of the team so there is only one player who made 65 runs and his name is Mahmudul Hasan Joy. Otherwise there is everyone is looking below 15 runs. Means there performance was nill. And Pakistan A just started their turn and they will continue their first inning today on the second day of the match. And this time they made only 2 runs in 2 overs without any loss. I hope Pakistan A team will give a good lead to Bangladesh A team.

Almost the last five test matches between Bangladesh and Pakistan were won by Pakistan and from the 21st of August the official series between them will start. We expect the Bangladesh A team to perform similarly to the Bangladesh national team.

Pakistan won the last match with 324 runs against Bangladesh but the problem was that both teams played their last test match in 2015 and now there is 2024 meanwhile after 9 years, both countries are going to face each other. In the 9 years, there was a lot of change in the team, and now Pakistan also has many types of changes in the squad right now if we compare it to the 2015 one and also there were most changes in the Bangladesh team. So, we can say that history does not matter much in this series.