Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

The partnership formed in the Sri Lankan team is currently the longest, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis have formed a partnership of 118 runs. Coming into their third Test match, they are having the toughest time against the challengers, but they are fighting hard enough to level the match at present. However, if he can perform well in today's match, then there will definitely be enough chances to bring the match on time.

Sri Lanka have collected 211 runs for 5 wickets in 45 overs, and Sri Lanka need only 114 runs to complete the target of 325 runs given by England. So today's match will be even, this first innings match is under the control of Sri Lankan team so far Sri Lankan team players should feel very lucky.

Strong comeback by Sri Lanka, nonetheless. England were looking extremely comfortable at 261/3. But then the Lankans bowled them out for 325. Usually the England lower order adds a lot of valuable runs (Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Chris Woakes, Olly Stone.etc), but that didn't happened this time. And while batting, the Lankans were in a lot of trouble. They were 93/5. But the unbeaten sixth wicket partnership between captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis is leading them towards a first innings lead.  

[Swordsoffreedom]

The partnership formed in the Sri Lankan team is currently the longest, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis have formed a partnership of 118 runs. Coming into their third Test match, they are having the toughest time against the challengers, but they are fighting hard enough to level the match at present. However, if he can perform well in today's match, then there will definitely be enough chances to bring the match on time.

Sri Lanka have collected 211 runs for 5 wickets in 45 overs, and Sri Lanka need only 114 runs to complete the target of 325 runs given by England. So today's match will be even, this first innings match is under the control of Sri Lankan team so far Sri Lankan team players should feel very lucky.

Strong comeback by Sri Lanka, nonetheless. England were looking extremely comfortable at 261/3. But then the Lankans bowled them out for 325. Usually the England lower order adds a lot of valuable runs (Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Chris Woakes, Olly Stone.etc), but that didn't happened this time. And while batting, the Lankans were in a lot of trouble. They were 93/5. But the unbeaten sixth wicket partnership between captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis is leading them towards a first innings lead.  

After England lost their fifth wicket for 290 runs, England team lost the rest of the wickets very quickly. Only two batsmen of England's squad managed to bat well in this match. Apart from Pope and Duckett, no other batsman can play big innings. And if Root, Woakes or Atkinson were able to bat with some responsibility then it would not be difficult for England to collect 400+. A collection of 325 runs in the first innings cannot be called a good collection.



Sri Lanka quickly lost top order wickets. But with the responsible batting of Kamindu Mendis and De Silva, Sri Lanka managed to collect 211 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Mendis scored 54 runs from 70 balls and Silva managed to score 64 runs from 106 balls. Sri Lanka team is 114 runs behind England. If sri lanka start well today they will be able to take the lead. but i think sri lanka will lose all the wickets before they get 325 runs.

[Cheema02]

The partnership formed in the Sri Lankan team is currently the longest, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis have formed a partnership of 118 runs. Coming into their third Test match, they are having the toughest time against the challengers, but they are fighting hard enough to level the match at present. However, if he can perform well in today's match, then there will definitely be enough chances to bring the match on time.

Sri Lanka have collected 211 runs for 5 wickets in 45 overs, and Sri Lanka need only 114 runs to complete the target of 325 runs given by England. So today's match will be even, this first innings match is under the control of Sri Lankan team so far Sri Lankan team players should feel very lucky.

The Sri Lankan team made a very impressive comeback, especially their bowlers, as they bowled out the last seven batsmen of England within 65 runs.Sri Lanka first innings was quite a struggle as the first five batsmen were bowled out for just 93 runs. Sri Lanka current score is 222 runs ina loss of five wickets and six-wicket partnership is continues if this partnership captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis 100 or more than 150 runs, then Sri Lanka can get a good read. Now Sri lanka trail by 102 runs. If Sri Lanka give England a lead of more than 100 runs then their chances of winning the Test match can be better and they can avoid the whitewash.

[synchronym]

After completing a great test series against Pakistan, Team Bangladesh is all set to start their next journey in the Test Championship. Bangladesh's next mission is to win the series against India. India is definitely the favorite on Indian soil, especially if the opponent is Bangladesh, then their chances of winning are very high, but India is not taking Bangladesh as an easy opponent at all. India's wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant said there is no chance of taking Bangladesh lightly. Bangladesh has been doing well in batting and bowling recently so all the best for Bangladesh, hope Bangladesh will secure a good result against India.

Yeh they are doing really great so thier is no chance to take Bangladesh lightly or underestimated them, because Pakistan team does same and we have thier brutal defeat results for a first them in history of Bangladesh cricket, before that Pakistan never ever lose a single test match or series against Bangladesh but for this time things goes in favor of Bangladesh because they really done spectacular in both department of bowling and batting while on the other side due to bad captaincy and bad batting form of Pakistani top and middle order cost them that brutal defeat. Anyway indian recently lose an entire series against SiriLankan team so things can goes in anyone favor whome does best at that day.

First, the Pakistan team treated Bangladesh lightly. Since Bangladesh is weak in Test format, Pakistan thought that Pakistan will be able to easily defeat Bangladesh team. But in the first match Bangladeshi batsmen and bowlers showed surprise. As a result, Bangladesh was able to defeat Pakistan easily.

Bangladeshi players were confident in the second match as well. And Bangladesh team also won the second match by performing well. And they have proved that this squad is not to be underestimated. Along with senior players, young players are now able to perform quite well.

Bangladesh has always been weak in the Test format. In the two Test matches that Bangladesh played against Pakistan, the Bangladesh team must have taken it lightly in the first innings of the pair of Test matches, as a result of which Bangladesh gave Pakistan two defeats. When a team enters the field as an opponent, there is never a chance to take that team lightly. If the weakest team plays against the strongest team, then for that match only, the weaker team should be considered as the strongest opponent of the stronger team and should perform at their best accordingly. India must have seen how Bangladesh performed in batting and bowling against Pakistan, so India will take their main team to play against Bangladesh and they will surely consider Bangladesh as a strong opponent.

Pakistan team is undoubtedly strong but against Bangladesh they may have tried hard to win or they may not have won against Bangladesh. The Bangladesh team performed very well in the tour of Pakistan due to which the Bangladesh team managed to win the Test series against Pakistan for the first time. The Tiger team has to play against India before the Pakistan tour ends. Of course, if the players of Bangladesh cricket team can perform consistently with the way they bowled and batted against Pakistan, surely the game can be competitive. But I will put India ahead of Bangladesh because India has great players but we hope Bangladeshi batsmen can bat responsibly as batsmen's performance is very poor compared to Bangladeshi bowlers. If the batsmen can bat responsibly by maintaining the consistency of the performance of the bowlers of Bangladesh, then we can see a good performance of the Bangladesh team against India. All the best to the Bangladesh team so that they can finish the tour of India successfully.

[BALIK]

The partnership formed in the Sri Lankan team is currently the longest, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis have formed a partnership of 118 runs. Coming into their third Test match, they are having the toughest time against the challengers, but they are fighting hard enough to level the match at present. However, if he can perform well in today's match, then there will definitely be enough chances to bring the match on time.
Sri Lanka have collected 211 runs for 5 wickets in 45 overs, and Sri Lanka need only 114 runs to complete the target of 325 runs given by England. So today's match will be even, this first innings match is under the control of Sri Lankan team so far Sri Lankan team players should feel very lucky.

Strong comeback by Sri Lanka, nonetheless. England were looking extremely comfortable at 261/3. But then the Lankans bowled them out for 325. Usually the England lower order adds a lot of valuable runs (Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Chris Woakes, Olly Stone.etc), but that didn't happened this time. And while batting, the Lankans were in a lot of trouble. They were 93/5. But the unbeaten sixth wicket partnership between captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis is leading them towards a first innings lead.  

After England lost their fifth wicket for 290 runs, England team lost the rest of the wickets very quickly. Only two batsmen of England's squad managed to bat well in this match. Apart from Pope and Duckett, no other batsman can play big innings. And if Root, Woakes or Atkinson were able to bat with some responsibility then it would not be difficult for England to collect 400+. A collection of 325 runs in the first innings cannot be called a good collection.



Sri Lanka quickly lost top order wickets. But with the responsible batting of Kamindu Mendis and De Silva, Sri Lanka managed to collect 211 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Mendis scored 54 runs from 70 balls and Silva managed to score 64 runs from 106 balls. Sri Lanka team is 114 runs behind England. If sri lanka start well today they will be able to take the lead. but i think sri lanka will lose all the wickets before they get 325 runs.

The Silva-Mendis duo did not get off to a good start. On the third day, the Sri Lankan team lost the sixth wicket to collect only 9 runs on the scoreboard. Dhananjaya De Silva, the most important batsman of the squad returned to the dressing room with 69 runs. And at the moment Sri Lanka has collected 223 runs with the loss of 6 wickets.

The match is being delayed due to rain. And if the match is delayed further, it is good for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's chances of winning the match are very slim. If the match is delayed due to rain, the chances of the match being drawn will increase. Sri Lanka team is still trailing England by a huge margin of 102 runs. Since Sri Lanka have already lost 6 wickets. Therefore Sri Lankan batsmen will probably not be able to add 102 more runs to the scoreboard. But if Mendis remains unbeaten at the crease, it will be possible for Sri Lanka to collect 300+.

[noormcs5]

The match is being delayed due to rain. And if the match is delayed further, it is good for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's chances of winning the match are very slim. If the match is delayed due to rain, the chances of the match being drawn will increase. Sri Lanka team is still trailing England by a huge margin of 102 runs. Since Sri Lanka have already lost 6 wickets. Therefore Sri Lankan batsmen will probably not be able to add 102 more runs to the scoreboard. But if Mendis remains unbeaten at the crease, it will be possible for Sri Lanka to collect 300+.

Yes the interruptions in the match due to rain favours the Sri Lanka team more as compared to the England team. Anyways, the good news for the England team is that the match has resumed once again and Sri Lanka already lost the wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva (before the interruption). He was caught by Shoaib Bashir on the bowling of Hull.



A lot will depend on Kamindu Mendis and Milan Rathnayake. Both need to stay there for long and Mendis needs to take most of the strike. Even with these little rain intervals, the game is still in very much England's control and there is plenty of time in the match for them to secure their victory.

[Bitcoin_people]

With Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva breaking down, the Sri Lankan team is batting under a lot of pressure at the moment. If these two batsmen could have lasted for some more time then surely they would have collected something good for the team but at the moment they have lost 8 wickets. Sri Lankan team has only two wickets in hand although they will not play very well and still Sri Lankan team needs to collect 77 runs to meet the target, and now England team will bowl better and also it will not be possible to meet the target in this innings of Sri Lankan.

[Just Say]

With Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva breaking down, the Sri Lankan team is batting under a lot of pressure at the moment. If these two batsmen could have lasted for some more time then surely they would have collected something good for the team but at the moment they have lost 8 wickets. Sri Lankan team has only two wickets in hand although they will not play very well and still Sri Lankan team needs to collect 77 runs to meet the target, and now England team will bowl better and also it will not be possible to meet the target in this innings of Sri Lankan.

Yes, these two batsmen combined it brilliantly to rescue the Sri Lankan team from the wreckage. Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva put together a crucial 127-run partnership when Sri Lanka's top five batsmen were out for 93 runs. The duo pulled the Sri Lankan team back from the brink. Both of them have good batting performance, but if one of them is out, the Sri Lankan team returns to the previous position, i.e. they lose wickets regularly.

The Sri Lankan team has already lost 9 wickets out of 249 runs and they are still trailing England by 76 runs in the first innings. Maybe add some more runs to the scoreboard and Sri Lanka will go all out as they don't have any experienced batsmen at the crease at the moment.

[Ricardo11]

With Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva breaking down, the Sri Lankan team is batting under a lot of pressure at the moment. If these two batsmen could have lasted for some more time then surely they would have collected something good for the team but at the moment they have lost 8 wickets. Sri Lankan team has only two wickets in hand although they will not play very well and still Sri Lankan team needs to collect 77 runs to meet the target, and now England team will bowl better and also it will not be possible to meet the target in this innings of Sri Lankan.

Yes, these two batsmen combined it brilliantly to rescue the Sri Lankan team from the wreckage. Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva put together a crucial 127-run partnership when Sri Lanka's top five batsmen were out for 93 runs. The duo pulled the Sri Lankan team back from the brink. Both of them have good batting performance, but if one of them is out, the Sri Lankan team returns to the previous position, i.e. they lose wickets regularly.

The Sri Lankan team has already lost 9 wickets out of 249 runs and they are still trailing England by 76 runs in the first innings. Maybe add some more runs to the scoreboard and Sri Lanka will go all out as they don't have any experienced batsmen at the crease at the moment.

The first innings ended, and in the first innings England managed to score 325 runs in 69.1 overs, and Sri Lanka scored 263 runs and all out in 61.2 overs , and finally England in the first innings lead by 62 runs. England is performing well in 2 innings as well. And a first innings lead of 62 runs, giving England a good lead in the 2nd innings, will be a bit of a stretch for Sri Lanka at this point. I think if England can maintain their consistency, batting and bowling performance like the first innings then this match will be very difficult for Sri Lanka to win. Because Sri Lanka seems weak in batting against England.

[LDL]

With Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva breaking down, the Sri Lankan team is batting under a lot of pressure at the moment. If these two batsmen could have lasted for some more time then surely they would have collected something good for the team but at the moment they have lost 8 wickets. Sri Lankan team has only two wickets in hand although they will not play very well and still Sri Lankan team needs to collect 77 runs to meet the target, and now England team will bowl better and also it will not be possible to meet the target in this innings of Sri Lankan.

Yes, these two batsmen combined it brilliantly to rescue the Sri Lankan team from the wreckage. Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva put together a crucial 127-run partnership when Sri Lanka's top five batsmen were out for 93 runs. The duo pulled the Sri Lankan team back from the brink. Both of them have good batting performance, but if one of them is out, the Sri Lankan team returns to the previous position, i.e. they lose wickets regularly.

The Sri Lankan team has already lost 9 wickets out of 249 runs and they are still trailing England by 76 runs in the first innings. Maybe add some more runs to the scoreboard and Sri Lanka will go all out as they don't have any experienced batsmen at the crease at the moment.

Basically, if Sri Lanka can bowl out England before 250 runs then Sri Lanka will have a chance to win the match.   But this test match is not likely to be a draw because England is already batting with four wickets for 69 runs, that is, there is no chance of the lead of runs being more if there is a batting disaster in England.
Oh my god not to mention another important wicket for England Harry Brook got out LBW ie England's fifth wicket fell for 69 runs and the talents won't be able to score much runs at the end.

[virasog]

Oh my god not to mention another important wicket for England Harry Brook got out LBW ie England's fifth wicket fell for 69 runs and the talents won't be able to score much runs at the end.

In the second innings, the England team was struggling and losing their wickets but now Harry Brook has lost his wicket too. He thought the ball comes on the inside he was right, the ball come in and Brook going for the drive but he missed it and the ball hit to his pads, he was not sure it is out or not but in the review, he was out. Now, in his place Chris Woakes has came to bat. Sri Lanka is hurting to England team badly here. England team players want to play long innings but Sri Lanakan bowlers not allow to England's batsmen to settle or to make partnership. I think now England is on the backfoot as they lost 6 wickets on 70 runs.

[noormcs5]

The first innings ended, and in the first innings England managed to score 325 runs in 69.1 overs, and Sri Lanka scored 263 runs and all out in 61.2 overs , and finally England in the first innings lead by 62 runs. England is performing well in 2 innings as well. And a first innings lead of 62 runs, giving England a good lead in the 2nd innings, will be a bit of a stretch for Sri Lanka at this point. I think if England can maintain their consistency, batting and bowling performance like the first innings then this match will be very difficult for Sri Lanka to win. Because Sri Lanka seems weak in batting against England.

England are not looking strong in the second innings right now. They are losing their wickets back to back as so far, they have lost four wickets, but the good thing is every player is playing with the same strike rate and maintaining the same run rate as well. England bowlers gave a good lead or advantage whatever to the England batsmen because now they are not taking that advantage and playing awfully. I think we will have the result in this test match as two more days are still left after today.



Meanwhile, everyone thought that this match will also finish in the favor of England as we have seen from the last matches. Another batsmen, Harry Brook out from the England team. I think this time the result will change.

[Out of mind]

After being bowled out for 263 runs, Sri Lanka bowled brilliantly against England, although they failed to meet the target. But England's batting performance today was very disappointing, they did not do well in the beginning due to which they lost wickets, and they are under pressure. England team has lost 6 wickets and very soon they might be all out because England do not have strong batsmen at the moment. If England goes allout and give a lead of 220 then Sri Lanka will definitely try to win in the next innings, and they will have a chance.

[tsaroz]

After being bowled out for 263 runs, Sri Lanka bowled brilliantly against England, although they failed to meet the target. But England's batting performance today was very disappointing, they did not do well in the beginning due to which they lost wickets, and they are under pressure. England team has lost 6 wickets and very soon they might be all out because England do not have strong batsmen at the moment. If England goes allout and give a lead of 220 then Sri Lanka will definitely try to win in the next innings, and they will have a chance.

The test matches between the two teams prior to this shows Sri Lanka is poor in batting on comparison to England. England had a good batting first inning on both the test which led them to wins. In this test too England had a good 1st inning batting score of 325. Though it's the smallest of the three, was better than Sri Lankan score of 263. And making another 200+ might have made them win it comfortably but unlike the two test matches before, England is struggling at the moment losing 6 of its wicket at the run of 78. Only Jamie Smith is left for England who could bat well. England are still in a lead of 142 but they can't expect a win unless its 250+. There's still a 2 full days and a session left so they don't have a chance to play till the last day.
I guess, this is the time Sri Lanka wins unless they just give up wickets.

[LDL]

Oh my god not to mention another important wicket for England Harry Brook got out LBW ie England's fifth wicket fell for 69 runs and the talents won't be able to score much runs at the end.

In the second innings, the England team was struggling and losing their wickets but now Harry Brook has lost his wicket too. He thought the ball comes on the inside he was right, the ball come in and Brook going for the drive but he missed it and the ball hit to his pads, he was not sure it is out or not but in the review, he was out. Now, in his place Chris Woakes has came to bat. Sri Lanka is hurting to England team badly here. England team players want to play long innings but Sri Lanakan bowlers not allow to England's batsmen to settle or to make partnership. I think now England is on the backfoot as they lost 6 wickets on 70 runs.

66, 69, 70
The fall of England's crucial three wickets in these three scores changed the momentum of the game in this innings. Where until tomorrow we thought that maybe England would win this third Test match very easily but so far the condition of the match so far is very likely for England to lose. To give England a lead, a big partnership must be made, otherwise the result of the match will come today.  But so far the match has gone completely under Sri Lanka's control.

Oh, Gus Atkinson gone already.
Now England 82 for 7

[ibuddy122505]

After being bowled out for 263 runs, Sri Lanka bowled brilliantly against England, although they failed to meet the target. But England's batting performance today was very disappointing, they did not do well in the beginning due to which they lost wickets, and they are under pressure. England team has lost 6 wickets and very soon they might be all out because England do not have strong batsmen at the moment. If England goes allout and give a lead of 220 then Sri Lanka will definitely try to win in the next innings, and they will have a chance.

The test matches between the two teams prior to this shows Sri Lanka is poor in batting on comparison to England. England had a good batting first inning on both the test which led them to wins. In this test too England had a good 1st inning batting score of 325. Though it's the smallest of the three, was better than Sri Lankan score of 263. And making another 200+ might have made them win it comfortably but unlike the two test matches before, England is struggling at the moment losing 6 of its wicket at the run of 78. Only Jamie Smith is left for England who could bat well. England are still in a lead of 142 but they can't expect a win unless its 250+. There's still a 2 full days and a session left so they don't have a chance to play till the last day.
I guess, this is the time Sri Lanka wins unless they just give up wickets.

To be honest, this match is getting really interesting, and it has caught my attention. Sri Lanka’s bowling has been superb, and the English batters are struggling right now. Sri Lankan bowlers need to bowl them out for under 120 and aim to chase around 180, because anything over 200 on day 4 will be tough, especially since Sri Lanka's batting isn't deep.
Sri Lanka has a real chance here, but usually, they fall short in the end because of the first innings deficit. I just hope they don’t lose hope or miss their chances.

[JSRAW]

Jamie Smith is giving hard times to the Lankans and their fans. They probably thought that they had a serious chance to bundle up Poms cheaply and if a couple of their batters get into their groove then possibly test win on the card here but Jamie Freaking Smith, doing all sorts of goody good stuff with the tailenders.

I reckon, even Bairstow is also checking out Jamie's batting.  

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Oh shit! He's gone lol

[LDL]

Jamie Smith is giving hard times to the Lankans and their fans. They probably thought that they had a serious chance to bundle up Poms cheaply and if a couple of their batters get into their groove then possibly test win on the card here but Jamie Freaking Smith, doing all sorts of goody good stuff with the tailenders.

I reckon, even Bairstow is also checking out Jamie's batting.  

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Oh shit! He's gone lol

He was the only hope in England's disaster but just got out.  An innings of 67 runs off 50 balls managed to give England a modicum of hope. T20 style batting cannot last long but if he had played defensively rather than aggressively then he might not have played the innings of 67 runs. So far England has a lead of 202 runs but if England could have given a lead of more than 250 runs, England would have had a higher chance of winning.

Tea breaks now...

[libert19]

Okay, I thought Sri Lanka is done for, but they just got settled Jamie Smith and now England being 140-8, with lead of only 202 runs shows glimmer of hope for SL to avoid whitewash.

[fuguebtc]

Okay, I thought Sri Lanka is done for, but they just got settled Jamie Smith and now England being 140-8, with lead of only 202 runs shows glimmer of hope for SL to avoid whitewash.

Source: Circle of Cricket

It seems like Sri Lanka have actually made a pretty good comeback right now England is all out in the second inning for only 156. Only Jamie Smith was able to play a decent knock of 67. Nobody else actually did anything to talk about. Now Sri Lanka has a target of 218 in front of them. We also have to remember that the third day has not even ended. So Sri Lanka will have a lot of time to chase the target that they have right now.

By the way, it is not going to affect who will win the series. England has already been able to win the series. It is just a chance for Sri Lanka to salvage something from this series. And I hope they will be able to do that.