Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Jewan420]

There is no way to take the Bangladesh team lightly now. We know that Bangladesh team is weak in Test format. And the Bangladeshi squad is very weak compared to the giants like India. But the performance of Bangladeshi players against Pakistan surprised everyone. Bangladesh won the Test series at Pakistan's home. Even in both matches, Bangladesh won by dominating.

India's management experience. At this moment, they will not make the big mistake of taking the Bangladesh team lightly. India will field their best squad considering the pitch conditions. And I think India will win both Test matches against Bangladesh.

Yes, there is no way to take Bangladesh lightly, that's for sure from the Pakistan series. But India's venue should be taken care of. India has two different venues for the two Test matches and the spin at both venues will be helpful. There the spinners will get extra advantage. I think India will do better than Bangladesh in the spin assisted field. I believe that both Bangladesh and India will do well in the bowling innings in terms of spin ball. However, Bangladesh is a bit weaker than India in batting innings. Almost all Indian batsmen can bat well against spin but Bangladesh batsmen are shaky against off spin bowlers.

Bangladesh's spin bowling line-up will consist of Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taijul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan and additional spinner Naeem Islam, who are very good bowlers and proven in international cricket. On the other hand, India's spin bowling will include Ravichandan Ashwin, Ravind Jadeja, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav.

It is almost certain that the Bangladeshi batsmen will be given a tough test against the Indian spinners. But India have always batted well against spinners. It remains to be seen how the pace bowlers will fare in Chennai and Kanpur grounds. Bangladesh can do well if the pace bowlers dominate there, as Bangladesh have some good pace bowlers who I would put ahead of the Indian bowlers and the Indian batsmen seem to struggle against the pace bowlers. Since India will play two Tests on spin-aided pitches, I will tip India to win the series.

[CryptoBuds]

Afghanistan will play New Zealand in the only test match of the series today. Compared to Afghanistan, the New Zealand team is slightly more experienced in the Test format. But Afghanistan squad also has a lot of talented players. And Afghanistan players are also able to perform well now. So I don't think New Zealand team will win easily. New Zealand has more chances to win. But the match will definitely be competitive.

The match is being delayed due to rain. It is not yet known when the match will start. The Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground pitch is difficult to predict. Because this is probably the first test match at this ground. But I think the pitch will not be bowling friendly. I think if the batsmen are experienced they can make big collections on this pitch.

[Cheema02]

In start of this series, England performed quite brilliantly and they easily won the past two games and won this series already but I think they don't whitewash entirely in this test series. 3 day of 3 rd test game was played now and effort of England team in 1 st Inning was extremely good and they made 325 runs. Ben opener batsman played great and he made 86 runs in 1 st Inning and other leader of team Pope showed his great skill in field by scoring 154 runs. J.Root failed both time in 3 rd game and he made 13 runs in 1 st lineup and in 2 nd he made 12 runs only. Sri Lanka chased down 263 runs. England performed quite poorly in 2 lineup and their players played roughly with over confidence and all players dismissed for 156 runs. Sri Lanka now close to win 3 rd test game. Nissanka and Mendis both showing good lineup effort and both grabbing good runs near they will win this game.

Yes, Sri Lanka has a good chance of winning the test match easily because they just need 125 runs to win the third match of the series. Sri Lanka is very close to winning a single match in this series. At the end of day 3, Sri Lanka score 94 runs with only the loss of a single wicket. Sri Lanka openers played very aggressive cricket by following the England team. Sri Lanka bowling performance was outstanding in the second inning of the test match especially Lahiru Kumara picked 4 important wickets by just giving only 21 runs and Vishwa Fernando also bowled well picked 3 crucial wickets for his team and restricted England to under 160 runs. Sri Lanka will easily win this match but England win the series by 2-1.

[noormcs5]

The match is being delayed due to rain. It is not yet known when the match will start. The Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground pitch is difficult to predict. Because this is probably the first test match at this ground. But I think the pitch will not be bowling friendly. I think if the batsmen are experienced they can make big collections on this pitch.

The next inspection will be at 4:30 PM local time. The rain has already finished but it is the wet ground conditions due to which the match is delayed. I am very much interested to see this test match as it will be a good contest. New Zealand team are no doubt the stronger name but Afghanistan is an emerging team and the way they fight and give their 100% is truly appreciated.

These are the pictures of yesterday and we can see the weather at Greater Noida doesn't look good for batting. I think even if we get to play, there may be many breaks and intervals throughout this test match due to bad weather.

[BALIK]

In start of this series, England performed quite brilliantly and they easily won the past two games and won this series already but I think they don't whitewash entirely in this test series. 3 day of 3 rd test game was played now and effort of England team in 1 st Inning was extremely good and they made 325 runs. Ben opener batsman played great and he made 86 runs in 1 st Inning and other leader of team Pope showed his great skill in field by scoring 154 runs. J.Root failed both time in 3 rd game and he made 13 runs in 1 st lineup and in 2 nd he made 12 runs only. Sri Lanka chased down 263 runs. England performed quite poorly in 2 lineup and their players played roughly with over confidence and all players dismissed for 156 runs. Sri Lanka now close to win 3 rd test game. Nissanka and Mendis both showing good lineup effort and both grabbing good runs near they will win this game.

Yes, Sri Lanka has a good chance of winning the test match easily because they just need 125 runs to win the third match of the series. Sri Lanka is very close to winning a single match in this series. At the end of day 3, Sri Lanka score 94 runs with only the loss of a single wicket. Sri Lanka openers played very aggressive cricket by following the England team. Sri Lanka bowling performance was outstanding in the second inning of the test match especially Lahiru Kumara picked 4 important wickets by just giving only 21 runs and Vishwa Fernando also bowled well picked 3 crucial wickets for his team and restricted England to under 160 runs. Sri Lanka will easily win this match but England win the series by 2-1.

England are likely to face defeat in the last Test match of the series. In the first two matches we saw only the dominance of England players. England won the series easily. We did not expect to see such a bad performance in the last match. As usual, we were waiting for England's victory in this match as well. But because of the bad batting of England's batsmen, the England team is going to be defeated in this match.

England scored only 156 runs in the second innings and set a target of 219 runs. Batsmen are not playing well. Even then, the match would have been competitive even if the bowlers had performed well. But the performance of England's bowlers is not good in this match. England's bowlers managed to take just one wicket. Sri Lanka team collection 102/1. Sri Lankan batsmen have to collect 117 runs.

[Minor Miner]

Sri Lanka have a golden opportunity to win the match on the fourth day, today Sri Lanka need to score 125 runs to win this Test match. Coming to the third test match, Sri Lanka team performed well and improved their game due to which they were able to face England. Anyway, I think today two veteran batsmen Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka will finish the game and give Sri Lanka a win by a huge margin.

Despite losing the first two matches by a big margin, Sri Lanka has a great chance of winning in the last match. Sri Lanka could not bat well in the first innings. The team collected only 263 runs. But the bowling of the Sri Lankan bowlers in the second innings was impressive. Lahiru Kumara and Fernando in particular bowled well. Lahiru Kumara took 4 wickets and Fernando 3 wickets. As a result, the England team managed to collect only 156 runs in the second innings.

However, the Sri Lanka team is batting at a target of only 219 runs. And the team scored 94 runs losing only one wicket. So the match is completely under Sri Lanka's control till now. I am waiting to see how the batsmen of Sri Lanka will bat in the first innings next day.

England has no chance of winning the match. At the start of the fourth day, England's bowlers could bowl under control, but the match would have been difficult for the Sri Lankan batsmen to win. But England's bowlers are not able to do well. On the other hand Sri Lankan batsmen are also batting very carefully.

Pathum Nissanka is batting well in the second innings. Pathum Nissanka is still unbeaten with 88 runs and Sri Lanka's total is 161 runs. Nissanka and Mathews are now at the crease. The team lost only two wickets. As Sri Lanka need only 58 more runs. So I don't see any possibility for Sri Lanka to lose the match. England's squad is strong but the batsmen played very badly in this match.

[marii awan]

Sri Lanka have a golden opportunity to win the match on the fourth day, today Sri Lanka need to score 125 runs to win this Test match. Coming to the third test match, Sri Lanka team performed well and improved their game due to which they were able to face England. Anyway, I think today two veteran batsmen Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka will finish the game and give Sri Lanka a win by a huge margin.

Despite losing the first two matches by a big margin, Sri Lanka has a great chance of winning in the last match. Sri Lanka could not bat well in the first innings. The team collected only 263 runs. But the bowling of the Sri Lankan bowlers in the second innings was impressive. Lahiru Kumara and Fernando in particular bowled well. Lahiru Kumara took 4 wickets and Fernando 3 wickets. As a result, the England team managed to collect only 156 runs in the second innings.

However, the Sri Lanka team is batting at a target of only 219 runs. And the team scored 94 runs losing only one wicket. So the match is completely under Sri Lanka's control till now. I am waiting to see how the batsmen of Sri Lanka will bat in the first innings next day.

England has no chance of winning the match. At the start of the fourth day, England's bowlers could bowl under control, but the match would have been difficult for the Sri Lankan batsmen to win. But England's bowlers are not able to do well. On the other hand Sri Lankan batsmen are also batting very carefully.

Pathum Nissanka is batting well in the second innings. Pathum Nissanka is still unbeaten with 88 runs and Sri Lanka's total is 161 runs. Nissanka and Mathews are now at the crease. The team lost only two wickets. As Sri Lanka need only 58 more runs. So I don't see any possibility for Sri Lanka to lose the match. England's squad is strong but the batsmen played very badly in this match.

Sri Lanka still needs 53 runs to win the last test match as for now things are not interesting because both batters are in good form and played sensible innings and everyone hopes that these players especially Mathews with good experience finish the game on the crease well settled Nissanka marching close towards its hundred.
In my opinion sri lanka will win this game comprehensively by at least 6-7 wickets in hand. 

[marii awan]

Afghanistan will play New Zealand in the only test match of the series today. Compared to Afghanistan, the New Zealand team is slightly more experienced in the Test format. But Afghanistan squad also has a lot of talented players. And Afghanistan players are also able to perform well now. So I don't think New Zealand team will win easily. New Zealand has more chances to win. But the match will definitely be competitive.

The match is being delayed due to rain. It is not yet known when the match will start. The Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground pitch is difficult to predict. Because this is probably the first test match at this ground. But I think the pitch will not be bowling friendly. I think if the batsmen are experienced they can make big collections on this pitch.

As it's only a single test match in the series and its start is not good rain adds its touch before starting and causes a delay in the toss both teams are in the dressing room and wait to stop the rain so after that play should be resumed. Let's hope that day 1 is not lost due to rain and wet outfield.

[marii awan]

Afghanistan will play New Zealand in the only test match of the series today. Compared to Afghanistan, the New Zealand team is slightly more experienced in the Test format. But Afghanistan squad also has a lot of talented players. And Afghanistan players are also able to perform well now. So I don't think New Zealand team will win easily. New Zealand has more chances to win. But the match will definitely be competitive.

The match is being delayed due to rain. It is not yet known when the match will start. The Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground pitch is difficult to predict. Because this is probably the first test match at this ground. But I think the pitch will not be bowling friendly. I think if the batsmen are experienced they can make big collections on this pitch.

As it's only a single test match in the series and its start is not good rain adds its touch before starting and causes a delay in the toss both teams are in the dressing room and wait to stop the rain so after that play should be resumed. Let's hope that day 1 is not lost due to rain and wet outfield.

As expected the day is called off and now we have a 4-day test match to get its result let's hope for the best both teams are desperate to play the day one but nature plays its role and no one goes against nature. The only test match now becomes a 4-day test match and I think it's difficult to get its result in 4 days but let's hope for a good game and we will get results.

[Bitcoin_people]

Sri Lanka won today's match against England and won the third Test match. Although the England team won the series but Sri Lanka team performed well in the last match due to which they won and the series result is 2/1. But Sri Lanka batsman Pathum Nissanka has to be commended in today's match as he has given an amazing batting performance and led the team to win and remain unbeaten. England's win by 8 wickets today was really interesting, if they could have performed like this from the start of the series it would have been good for Sri Lanka.

[virasog]

As expected the day is called off and now we have a 4-day test match to get its result let's hope for the best both teams are desperate to play the day one but nature plays its role and no one goes against nature. The only test match now becomes a 4-day test match and I think it's difficult to get its result in 4 days but let's hope for a good game and we will get results.

The match between New Zealand and Afghanistan has stopped due to heavy rain and now we will see it tomorrow but I think tomorrow there could be rain again. As google report, here is rain tomorrow but not in the morning, the rain will come in the evening and we could see the first two session. Of course, these weather reports are not 100% accurate but the weather will be cloudy most the day. Any team who wins the toss will decide to bowl first due to the pitch condition and weather.

[noormcs5]

Pathum Nissanka is batting well in the second innings. Pathum Nissanka is still unbeaten with 88 runs and Sri Lanka's total is 161 runs. Nissanka and Mathews are now at the crease. The team lost only two wickets. As Sri Lanka need only 58 more runs. So I don't see any possibility for Sri Lanka to lose the match. England's squad is strong but the batsmen played very badly in this match.

I think here is the only one player who performed well in the second innings for Sri Lanka. Pathum Nissanka is the name of that player who played under pressure and he made sure that even if Sri Lanka lost wickets at the other end, he just focused on his own batting and played his awesome innings.

At the start of the game, he lost his partner Dimuth Karunaratne and then in 19th over he lost Kusal Mendis, but he stood strong till the end and took Sri Lanka to the victory. The team was playing with confidence but just because of Pathum Nissanka's batting, they won this game, full credit goes to him.

[UmerIdrees]

Pathum Nissanka is batting well in the second innings. Pathum Nissanka is still unbeaten with 88 runs and Sri Lanka's total is 161 runs. Nissanka and Mathews are now at the crease. The team lost only two wickets. As Sri Lanka need only 58 more runs. So I don't see any possibility for Sri Lanka to lose the match. England's squad is strong but the batsmen played very badly in this match.

I think here is the only one player who performed well in the second innings for Sri Lanka. Pathum Nissanka is the name of that player who played under pressure and he made sure that even if Sri Lanka lost wickets at the other end, he just focused on his own batting and played his awesome innings.

At the start of the game, he lost his partner Dimuth Karunaratne and then in 19th over he lost Kusal Mendis, but he stood strong till the end and took Sri Lanka to the victory. The team was playing with confidence but just because of Pathum Nissanka's batting, they won this game, full credit goes to him.

What a boost for the Sri Lanka team in this final test match. Finally after losing two matches in which they tried their best and gave their 100 percent but does not get to victory. But they are losing the game no more. England bowlers were in trouble because of just one batsmen who have been owned them and made a beautiful century, remember the name the nightmare for England, who put them all in trouble and now England are worried how could this be. Remember him Pathum Nissanka. He finihsed the game by hitting a cut shot and led the team through the vicotry. What a innings it was for the Sri Lankan team.

[Minor Miner]

Sri Lanka have a golden opportunity to win the match on the fourth day, today Sri Lanka need to score 125 runs to win this Test match. Coming to the third test match, Sri Lanka team performed well and improved their game due to which they were able to face England. Anyway, I think today two veteran batsmen Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka will finish the game and give Sri Lanka a win by a huge margin.

Despite losing the first two matches by a big margin, Sri Lanka has a great chance of winning in the last match. Sri Lanka could not bat well in the first innings. The team collected only 263 runs. But the bowling of the Sri Lankan bowlers in the second innings was impressive. Lahiru Kumara and Fernando in particular bowled well. Lahiru Kumara took 4 wickets and Fernando 3 wickets. As a result, the England team managed to collect only 156 runs in the second innings.
However, the Sri Lanka team is batting at a target of only 219 runs. And the team scored 94 runs losing only one wicket. So the match is completely under Sri Lanka's control till now. I am waiting to see how the batsmen of Sri Lanka will bat in the first innings next day.

England has no chance of winning the match. At the start of the fourth day, England's bowlers could bowl under control, but the match would have been difficult for the Sri Lankan batsmen to win. But England's bowlers are not able to do well. On the other hand Sri Lankan batsmen are also batting very carefully.
Pathum Nissanka is batting well in the second innings. Pathum Nissanka is still unbeaten with 88 runs and Sri Lanka's total is 161 runs. Nissanka and Mathews are now at the crease. The team lost only two wickets. As Sri Lanka need only 58 more runs. So I don't see any possibility for Sri Lanka to lose the match. England's squad is strong but the batsmen played very badly in this match.

Sri Lanka still needs 53 runs to win the last test match as for now things are not interesting because both batters are in good form and played sensible innings and everyone hopes that these players especially Mathews with good experience finish the game on the crease well settled Nissanka marching close towards its hundred.
In my opinion sri lanka will win this game comprehensively by at least 6-7 wickets in hand. 

Sri Lanka scored 219 runs losing only 2 wickets. I would say such a defeat is a shame for a team like England. England is very strong in Test format. And we saw good performances from England in the first two matches. But I was not at all prepared to see such a poor performance from England in the last Test match.

England started well in the first innings. England could have easily collected more than 400 if the middle order batsmen could have batted a little better. But England scored 325 runs in the first innings. England's batting in the second innings was more terrible. The team lost all the wickets to collect only 156 runs. Along with the batsmen, the performance of England's bowlers was also not good. This is the reason why Sri Lankan team reached the target of victory by losing only 2 wickets.

[LDL]

Sri Lanka won today's match against England and won the third Test match. Although the England team won the series but Sri Lanka team performed well in the last match due to which they won and the series result is 2/1. But Sri Lanka batsman Pathum Nissanka has to be commended in today's match as he has given an amazing batting performance and led the team to win and remain unbeaten. England's win by 8 wickets today was really interesting, if they could have performed like this from the start of the series it would have been good for Sri Lanka.

We couldn't imagine that Sri Lanka would win the final Test match, everyone assumed that Sri Lanka would be whitewashed by the way Sri Lanka had been beaten by England in the previous two matches. But by beating England by eight wickets in the third Test match, Sri Lanka showed that they have not forgotten to play Tests but the defeat of the past two matches is mainly attributed to the failure of their players. But in the last match, Sri Lanka's batting and bowling both had a great balance, that's why Sri Lanka managed to win the third match.

[fuguebtc]

Sri Lanka won today's match against England and won the third Test match. Although the England team won the series but Sri Lanka team performed well in the last match due to which they won and the series result is 2/1. But Sri Lanka batsman Pathum Nissanka has to be commended in today's match as he has given an amazing batting performance and led the team to win and remain unbeaten. England's win by 8 wickets today was really interesting, if they could have performed like this from the start of the series it would have been good for Sri Lanka.

We couldn't imagine that Sri Lanka would win the final Test match, everyone assumed that Sri Lanka would be whitewashed by the way Sri Lanka had been beaten by England in the previous two matches. But by beating England by eight wickets in the third Test match, Sri Lanka showed that they have not forgotten to play Tests but the defeat of the past two matches is mainly attributed to the failure of their players. But in the last match, Sri Lanka's batting and bowling both had a great balance, that's why Sri Lanka managed to win the third match.

Man of the match Nissanka's amazing batting skill seal consolation win against England in third Test

you know, this is Sri Lankan's first Test win in England in more than a decade, Sri Lanka actually made a very good comeback in this match.

There is an unwritten rule in test cricket. that is you have to get your opponent all out cheaply once . And Sri Lanka was able to do that in this test match. 

It was also a very bad collapse from The Poms as well.
In both the second inning, The Poms were basically unable to do anything.

And Sri Lanka also played really well in their second inning. It was Nissanka who able to score an unbelievable century. He countered the English attack from every corner and his unbeaten 127 basically carried Sri Lanka to the wind almost by himself.

Good match for Sri Lanka but in the end, we have to congratulate The Poms for winning the series.

[JSRAW]

BCCI  taking Bangladesh seriously and going with a full strength squad.

- Rahul is back in the team but Sarfraz will compete against him for 5th or 6th batting position.
- Shreyas failed to get in and won't make a comeback unless Rahul or Sarfraz fail.
- Pant is a sure shot for 5th or 6th batting position
- Lala (Shami) is still nursing his injury.
- They've retained Akashdeep in the squad, Mukesh Kumar is out for obvious reasons.
- Yash Dayal is an interesting choice, being left arm helped his case and he managed to edge over other left arm seamers like Khaleel and Arshdeep.

There is no way to take the Bangladesh team lightly now. We know that Bangladesh team is weak in Test format. And the Bangladeshi squad is very weak compared to the giants like India. But the performance of Bangladeshi players against Pakistan surprised everyone. Bangladesh won the Test series at Pakistan's home. Even in both matches, Bangladesh won by dominating.

India's management experience. At this moment, they will not make the big mistake of taking the Bangladesh team lightly. India will field their best squad considering the pitch conditions. And I think India will win both Test matches against Bangladesh.

As a unit Bongs are weak but they also have some quality individuals and young seam bowlers. The only thing they lack is consistency and experience (Seamers).

Also, teams like India hardly give chances to the opposition. I mean, in the last decade the Australian team gave everything and still lost here. Recently, high on steroids Poms also tried their best and still lost the series so it would be a big task for Bangbros.

Having said that, In comparison to SENA, Bangbros are more equipped for Indian subcontinent conditions and they are high on confidence so there is hope for good competition.

[Mahdirakib]

Well, England has completely surprised me with their batting collapse. I wasn't prepared to see this kind of result. Sri Lankan bowlers did a great job in the second innings, but the credit goes to their top order batsmen. I was still expecting England to win the match after their second innings, but the top order batsmen of Sri Lanka have batted with confidence and got the victory easily.

[Sithara007]

Jamie Smith once again tried his best to save the England team, but this time he got zero support from the other players. Olly Stone was the only other batsmen who made double digit score at lower order. England batsmen struggled against both spin and pace of the Lankan bowlers. For the Lankans, this is a much needed victory, which will boost their morale. On the other hand, England will now move further down in the points table for the ICC World Test Championship.

[Cheema02]

Sri Lanka won today's match against England and won the third Test match. Although the England team won the series but Sri Lanka team performed well in the last match due to which they won and the series result is 2/1. But Sri Lanka batsman Pathum Nissanka has to be commended in today's match as he has given an amazing batting performance and led the team to win and remain unbeaten. England's win by 8 wickets today was really interesting, if they could have performed like this from the start of the series it would have been good for Sri Lanka.

We couldn't imagine that Sri Lanka would win the final Test match, everyone assumed that Sri Lanka would be whitewashed by the way Sri Lanka had been beaten by England in the previous two matches. But by beating England by eight wickets in the third Test match, Sri Lanka showed that they have not forgotten to play Tests but the defeat of the past two matches is mainly attributed to the failure of their players. But in the last match, Sri Lanka's batting and bowling both had a great balance, that's why Sri Lanka managed to win the third match.

Sri lanka outstanding comeback in third test match after loosing back to back two matches. Sri Lanka won this test match by 8 wickets and ended the series with a big win, but they lost the series by 2-1. England batting line collapsed in second inning of test match all out in just 156 runs and Sri Lanka team easily chase the target 219 runs with only loss of just two wickets. The Player of the Match is Pathum Nissanka for his amazing batting performance in both inning. In the first inning, Nissanka scored 64 runs, and in the second inning, he scored 127 runs unbeaten inning and won the match for his team. Joe Root earned the player of the series rewards by scoring the highest number of runs in this series