Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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As far as I have heard an organization in Kanpur does not want to allow Bangladesh vs India match to be held in Kanpur. And even then if BCCI organizes the match in Kanpur then they might have hinted that they will attack the Bangladeshi player and try to stop the match. I have full confidence in the Indian security forces. They will probably be able to provide full security to the Bangladesh team. But still I think BCCI should change the venue. It would not be right to host the match in Kanpur even after such an attack threat.

We are still two weeks away from the 2nd test, and it's still possible to change the venue if they want. However, I believe BCCI and the government have a strong belief that they will be able to provide full security to the team players, which is why they did not change the venue. I understand that in both countries, there are haters who do not like each other.

They should know that whatever is happening is a political matter. The Indians supported the recent Quatta reform protest in Bangladesh, and Bangladesh also supported the protest that happened in West Bengal, where a Doctor was raped and killed. Most of the people like each other and do not have any problem with the neighbors. But there are always some exceptions. These thing should be handled by the government.

[Sithara007]

England team were batting first. As they lost the toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl first, but I thought it maybe wrong on that time due to the pitch report. As the Oval ground pitch supports for the team who bat first as well but they chose to bowl. But later, in the first innings, I thought they have really done bad decision but at that time, I don’t have predicted the second innings. In the second innings, Sri Lanka smashed the ball as their batsmen were hitting the balls . Finally, Sri Lanka has won the game after struggling in many previous matches. They showed their class in this test match and surprised a lot of people.

Well.. I am not sure whether this is a genuine comeback by Sri Lanka. This team has been on constant downslide for the last decade or so. One or two wins will not change the long-term situation. The same can be said for Bangladesh as well. The recent win against Pakistan should be treated with caution. Once they start winning matches consistently outside Asia, we can confidently say that their fortunes have changed. But all that said, both these countries need to revamp their domestic cricket structure. Club-based domestic cricket needs to give way to region-based structure.

[Out of mind]

Sri Lanka vs England turned out to be as I predicted. Jamie Smith did took the score much further when England was nearly bowled out for below 100. But a target of below 220 was hard to defend. Pathum Nissanka's 127 with a strike rate over 100 made it quick and easy for Sri Lanka.
Even though England have already won the series with 2 wins, Sri Lankan win came as a compliment and saved them being white washed. Sri Lankan team have achieved some degree of stability after years of chos and hope they be able to maintain that.

What a great comeback by Srilanka team. I was not expecting this. Before starting this match I was thinking that Srilanka will not win this match because they already lost two matches and England will win again. But Srilanka proved me wrong and they won this match by 8 wickets. England was good in first inning where they made 325 runs and Srilanka made 263 runs. Here again I was thinking that Srilanka will not win. But in the second Inning when England made only 156 runs so this made a little weakness in the winning of England. So Pathum Nissanka batting helped the Srilanka team to win. Congratulations to Srilanka om their win.

At the start of the match, most people thought England would win. But the great come back of the Sri Lankan team which helped them to win is definitely commendable, Sri Lanka's great win against England. An 8-wicket win was indeed a joy for Sri Lanka, as it was the first time they had won a Test match by a huge margin against England. Although the England team batted brilliantly on the first day, they did not bat well in the second session, due to which the Sri Lankan team was able to bat well with them later on. However, this great performance by the Sri Lankan team has given the team a lot of energy, and they will try to improve their game further and play well in every match.

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Sri Lanka vs England turned out to be as I predicted. Jamie Smith did took the score much further when England was nearly bowled out for below 100. But a target of below 220 was hard to defend. Pathum Nissanka's 127 with a strike rate over 100 made it quick and easy for Sri Lanka.
Even though England have already won the series with 2 wins, Sri Lankan win came as a compliment and saved them being white washed. Sri Lankan team have achieved some degree of stability after years of chos and hope they be able to maintain that.

What a great comeback by Srilanka team. I was not expecting this. Before starting this match I was thinking that Srilanka will not win this match because they already lost two matches and England will win again. But Srilanka proved me wrong and they won this match by 8 wickets. England was good in first inning where they made 325 runs and Srilanka made 263 runs. Here again I was thinking that Srilanka will not win. But in the second Inning when England made only 156 runs so this made a little weakness in the winning of England. So Pathum Nissanka batting helped the Srilanka team to win. Congratulations to Srilanka om their win.

At the start of the match, most people thought England would win. But the great come back of the Sri Lankan team which helped them to win is definitely commendable, Sri Lanka's great win against England. An 8-wicket win was indeed a joy for Sri Lanka, as it was the first time they had won a Test match by a huge margin against England. Although the England team batted brilliantly on the first day, they did not bat well in the second session, due to which the Sri Lankan team was able to bat well with them later on. However, this great performance by the Sri Lankan team has given the team a lot of energy, and they will try to improve their game further and play well in every match.

If this performance was able to be given earlier then the Sri Lankan team could have dreamed of winning the series. A Test victory over England is something special for Sri Lanka. The margin by which they won was widely applauded. For any team to keep the match position at a good level, the openers must show good performance. If the openers fail the chances of losing the match increases. If we observe the previous matches, it will be seen that the condition of the Sri Lankan openers was bad. But in the last match 2nd innings of the third Test, Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka performed well from the start. He scored 127 and stay undefeated in that innings. Angelo Mathews gave good support with him. Sri Lanka ended with victory in the last match which is their big achievement.

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The Afghanistan vs New Zealand match was hardly damaged by rain interruption, and it's the second day, but still it's showing delayed hope so the first match will be announced as a draw result.

Yes, the test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand has not been started yet because of rain. I actually was really interested to see how Afghanistan was going to do against such a big opponent in test format. We all know that Afghanistan is probably the only team that has shown really good improvements in cricket in quite a short time. Against New Zealand, I really don’t think they had a lot of chance to win. And as much as the match gets interrupted, the chance for Afghanistan to at least get a draw from this match increases. let’s see what happens.

[Sithara007]

The Afghanistan vs New Zealand match was hardly damaged by rain interruption, and it's the second day, but still it's showing delayed hope so the first match will be announced as a draw result.

Yes, the test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand has not been started yet because of rain. I actually was really interested to see how Afghanistan was going to do against such a big opponent in test format. We all know that Afghanistan is probably the only team that has shown really good improvements in cricket in quite a short time. Against New Zealand, I really don’t think they had a lot of chance to win. And as much as the match gets interrupted, the chance for Afghanistan to at least get a draw from this match increases. let’s see what happens.

Both the teams are unhappy about play not happening. Today at day time there was no rain happening at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, but even then play was not possible because of overnight rain. The drainage facilities were so poor that not even a single over of play was possible. Afghan players were visibly upset, as they rarely get matches against tier-1 test nations. There are even talks about shifting home matches of Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.

[virasog]

If this performance was able to be given earlier then the Sri Lankan team could have dreamed of winning the series. A Test victory over England is something special for Sri Lanka.

While Sri Lanka team wins a test match against England while Sri Lanka A team is also playing a test match South Africa A team.
Till the day three Sri Lanka A is looking to win this game but at the same time, after seeing their last innings performance South Africa also looking to grab this game as they have wonderful bowling attack.

Today Sri Lanka has lost their one wicket early. They are batting on 34 in the loss of 1 wicket. Sri Lanka A just have to make 140 runs then they win this game but I think it will be easy for Sri Lanka A to make these runs as I have seen their first innings performance. Let’s see as tomorrow is the last day of this test match.

[noormcs5]

Yes, the test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand has not been started yet because of rain. I actually was really interested to see how Afghanistan was going to do against such a big opponent in test format. We all know that Afghanistan is probably the only team that has shown really good improvements in cricket in quite a short time. Against New Zealand, I really don’t think they had a lot of chance to win. And as much as the match gets interrupted, the chance for Afghanistan to at least get a draw from this match increases. let’s see what happens.

The day two has been stumps too due to the bad condition of the weather. I think this is a match in which we could only see rain and it will finish without playing any ball, still I have some hopes to see the game.



We still have time till 14th September but as the days pass by, the more chances are that the test will be drawn as it is difficult for the teams to get 20 wickets off the opponent and also bat in only the remaining 3 or less days. Let me check on google. Oh, nice there is no rain in the next three days as per the predictions.

If tomorrow here will be match I think the team who will win the toss between New Zealand and Afghanistan. will decide to bowl first after winning the toss due to weather and pitch conditions.

[Cheema02]

If this performance was able to be given earlier then the Sri Lankan team could have dreamed of winning the series. A Test victory over England is something special for Sri Lanka.

While Sri Lanka team wins a test match against England while Sri Lanka A team is also playing a test match South Africa A team.
Till the day three Sri Lanka A is looking to win this game but at the same time, after seeing their last innings performance South Africa also looking to grab this game as they have wonderful bowling attack.

Today Sri Lanka has lost their one wicket early. They are batting on 34 in the loss of 1 wicket. Sri Lanka A just have to make 140 runs then they win this game but I think it will be easy for Sri Lanka A to make these runs as I have seen their first innings performance. Let’s see as tomorrow is the last day of this test match.

Yes, You are right this test match was ended in fourth day of match. Sri lanka both team doing well recently they beat England team in test match in England. Now their A tram will beat South Africa A in this test their chances of winning is high because they have nine wickets remaining. Sri lanak A needs just 140 runs and 9 wickets in hands. South Africa A batting line collapsed in second inning of test match All out in just 124 runs. Sri lanka A bowling performance is outstanding especially Isitha Wijesundara picked 7 important wickets by just giving only 34 runs and Eshan Malinga also bowl well picked two crucial wickets by giving only 27 runs and restarted South Africa A under 130 runs.  I think tomorrow Sri Lanka A will easily chase 174 runs target against South Africa A.

[noormcs5]

South Africa A batting line collapsed in second inning of test match All out in just 124 runs. Sri lanka A bowling performance is outstanding especially Isitha Wijesundara picked 7 important wickets by just giving only 34 runs and Eshan Malinga also bowl well picked two crucial wickets by giving only 27 runs and restarted South Africa A under 130 runs.  I think tomorrow Sri Lanka A will easily chase 174 runs target against South Africa A.

I think if the Sri Lanka A does not make runs tomorrow then they have to try to draw this match. As tomorrow is the last day, if they will open their innings by hitting boundaries then it is good otherwise if they lose their 1 or 2 wicket early then they have to play safe or have to try to defend their wickets. In the first innings, South Africa A played very hard but later in the second innings, they have not did good and lost their all wicket on 124. The whole game depends on their bowlers now, if they perform well then South Africa can do come back in the game. Who knows if we see a similar collapse of SriLanka A team too in the 2nd innings ?

[Fuso.hp]

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

India has announced their squad of 16 players that will face Bangladesh. For sure, this series wins by the Indian team as they have been played in 2024 won the World Cup, losing to the Zimbabwe but that was their B team, also lost to Sri Lanka but still they have the good squad for this series and they are confident to play this game.

On the other side, there is same to same confidence Bangladesh has as they recently won the series against Pakistan and whitewash to Pakistan in their home ground. Now some may think that it is the time for India to be whitewash by Bangladesh but it is impossible. Pakistan team was in very bad form but India is totally a different team.

The squad that India has announced for the two Test matches against Bangladesh shows how serious India is taking this series against Bangladesh. Not just limited to team announcements, a significant number of people have bought tickets with huge sums of money to watch this Test match between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh recently finished the Test series against Pakistan where Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in two matches to whitewash. Basically this is the only reason to take Bangladesh so seriously. The match between India and Pakistan in the equation is highly competitive but currently the hype can be seen in the match between Bangladesh and India. Hopefully Bangladesh can compete like that against India in the two Test matches.

[Sithara007]

Yes, You are right this test match was ended in fourth day of match. Sri lanka both team doing well recently they beat England team in test match in England. Now their A tram will beat South Africa A in this test their chances of winning is high because they have nine wickets remaining. Sri lanak A needs just 140 runs and 9 wickets in hands. South Africa A batting line collapsed in second inning of test match All out in just 124 runs. Sri lanka A bowling performance is outstanding especially Isitha Wijesundara picked 7 important wickets by just giving only 34 runs and Eshan Malinga also bowl well picked two crucial wickets by giving only 27 runs and restarted South Africa A under 130 runs.  I think tomorrow Sri Lanka A will easily chase 174 runs target against South Africa A.

Well.. you seems to be very optimistic about Lankan cricket. I am not so much sure about it. A win or two once in a while is not going to do them any good. What they need to do is to win matches regularly, especially during major ICC tournaments. On top of all this, Sri Lanka is currently undergoing an economic turmoil, and that will have an impact on the quality of cricket. In the long run, I am not very hopeful about the situation in Sri Lanka, unlike the case with either India or Pakistan.

[Jewan420]

The squad that India has announced for the two Test matches against Bangladesh shows how serious India is taking this series against Bangladesh. Not just limited to team announcements, a significant number of people have bought tickets with huge sums of money to watch this Test match between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh recently finished the Test series against Pakistan where Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in two matches to whitewash. Basically this is the only reason to take Bangladesh so seriously. The match between India and Pakistan in the equation is highly competitive but currently the hype can be seen in the match between Bangladesh and India. Hopefully Bangladesh can compete like that against India in the two Test matches.

There is no opportunity to underestimate the opponent. The adversary may be relatively weak but to think of him as weak is a sign of stupidity and incompetence. Because there is no obligation that a weak party will always remain weak. This is the mentality when you make someone feel weak, you will also feel weak with them. When you think your opponent is weak, you will also be mentally weak and it is natural that your opponent will take advantage of this.

As an equation, Bangladesh is relatively weaker team than India. But you would be wrong to ignore Bangladesh's recent performances. Maybe the Indian team has world class bowlers and batsmen, do you think Bangladesh is far behind India? Bangladesh's bowling unit is capable of competing with India's bowling unit. It would not be wrong to even say that Bangladesh's bowling unit may be stronger than India's bowling unit. But the batting department of Bangladesh is far behind the batting department of India. Just because they did bad in the past does not guarantee they will do bad in the future. If the Bangladeshi batsmen can do well then India vs Bangladesh match will be exciting and competitive. Now let's see how the two teams perform during the match.

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Both the teams are unhappy about play not happening. Today at day time there was no rain happening at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, but even then play was not possible because of overnight rain. The drainage facilities were so poor that not even a single over of play was possible. Afghan players were visibly upset, as they rarely get matches against tier-1 test nations. There are even talks about shifting home matches of Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.

Big example of mismanagement and miscommunication between UP Cricket Association and Afghans.

BCCI offered 3 locations to the Afghan cricket board (Kanpur, Greater Noida and Bangalore) and Afghans opted for GN because of logistics and fans but in doing so they didn't communicate with the UPCA . Greater Noida's stadium is privately owned, rain did some damage but for some reason stadium was in bad shape and the outfield was an embarrassment.

This could've been avoided if ACB or UPCA had a communication channel. One reporter even mentioned that ACB didn't pick up calls from UPCA.

[JunaidAzizi]

Well.. you seems to be very optimistic about Lankan cricket. I am not so much sure about it. A win or two once in a while is not going to do them any good. What they need to do is to win matches regularly, especially during major ICC tournaments. On top of all this, Sri Lanka is currently undergoing an economic turmoil, and that will have an impact on the quality of cricket. In the long run, I am not very hopeful about the situation in Sri Lanka, unlike the case with either India or Pakistan.

No doubt the Sri Lankan team has a great and well-established history in cricket. They have played many matches and achieved numerous wins, but they are not performing consistently like others do. The reason for this, as you already mentioned, is their economic condition. Under these circumstances, I don't think they will perform well. Considering their situation, I believe they are still performing admirably despite all their crises. If there were another team in their place, they might have left cricket very early, but it is the Sri Lankan team that continues to play.

They are facing a lot of issues, such as their economic situation, which will directly affect their performance. If they acknowledge these issues and fulfill their needs, along with making better investments in the team, they will perform exceptionally well once their problems and deficiencies are addressed.

[Sithara007]

Both the teams are unhappy about play not happening. Today at day time there was no rain happening at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, but even then play was not possible because of overnight rain. The drainage facilities were so poor that not even a single over of play was possible. Afghan players were visibly upset, as they rarely get matches against tier-1 test nations. There are even talks about shifting home matches of Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.

Big example of mismanagement and miscommunication between UP Cricket Association and Afghans.

BCCI offered 3 locations to the Afghan cricket board (Kanpur, Greater Noida and Bangalore) and Afghans opted for GN because of logistics and fans but in doing so they didn't communicate with the UPCA . Greater Noida's stadium is privately owned, rain did some damage but for some reason stadium was in bad shape and the outfield was an embarrassment.

This could've been avoided if ACB or UPCA had a communication channel. One reporter even mentioned that ACB didn't pick up calls from UPCA.

Thanks for posting this. Now there is more clarity on what happened. Now if this is what happened, then I don't think that Afghans have any right to complain about play not happening in the initial two days. On the other hand, it should be the Kiwis who should complain. Anyway, scheduling test matches at this time (when it is rainy season here in India) was a stupid step anyways. If the calendar was not available for other slots, then they should have moved the matches to somewhere else.

[Compromise me]

At the start of the match, most people thought England would win. But the great come back of the Sri Lankan team which helped them to win is definitely commendable, Sri Lanka's great win against England. An 8-wicket win was indeed a joy for Sri Lanka, as it was the first time they had won a Test match by a huge margin against England. Although the England team batted brilliantly on the first day, they did not bat well in the second session, due to which the Sri Lankan team was able to bat well with them later on. However, this great performance by the Sri Lankan team has given the team a lot of energy, and they will try to improve their game further and play well in every match.

You are right. That was not an easy task for Sri Lankan team to win against top class team of the World.  Sri Lankan team understood their mistakes in last matches and they tried to learn from their mistakes and the result of that is in front of us.  Sri Lankan team need more improvement because they lose the series by 2-1 , that is collectively bad performance. They did excellent in second inning of last match because in the first inning,they were far behind but in the second inning bowlers did excellent bowling in this match and England team could not give good target abc after that Sri Lankan team came in the ground and we saw good partnership between players and due to which they won the match easily by 8 wickets.