Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Nanga Parbat]

Bangladesh vs WI

Second test match between Bangladesh and WI will start tomorrow at Sylhet. First test match that was played at Mirpur was won by WI by 8 wickets. This test series is also part of WTC and Bangladesh is at fifth position, while WI is at sevent position. If Bangladesh lose this series then there position on WTC points table will defiantly go down. Bangladesh lost the first test mainly because of their batting collapse in second innings. Looking at current form of Bangladesh, it looks difficult that they will be able to win second match.     

Before this, West Indies have made their success and their foothold on Bangladesh is strong and if Bangladesh does not play well in this second match, West Indies will win the series from these two matches. West Indies was enough strong in this match and Bangladesh was very careless due to which they will get such a big defeat. Now Bangladesh has a chance to play well and with effort, if they still do not play with change, they can also get a whitewash. There is a big danger for Bangladesh, if they understand it, they will manage their position with good effort, otherwise West Indies will continue to increase their strength. Bangladesh's team is good and they play together, but in Test matches, these teams play even worse.

[Cheema02]

The first Test match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe is played tomorrow at Sharjah. This is an important match for both sides; looking at their recent form, each team has won two of its last five matches, showing that a competitive contest is playing between them. If we look at the head-to-head record between the two teams over their last five Test matches, it is also quite interesting: both Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have won two matches each, while one match ended in a draw. My prediction is that Afghanistan is the favourite to win this Test match because they have the advantage this time due to the conditions in the UAE and their strength in the spin-bowling attack. However, Zimbabwe’s experienced batting lineup cannot be overlooked. I think Afghanistan is the hot favourite, but Zimbabwe is certainly capable of causing an upset.

[B2Z]

West Indies are batting first against Bangladesh on the first day of the first match of the two-match Test series and they have lost three wickets to score 86 runs before the first lunch break. The state of the West Indies batting line-up so far has led to the expectation of at least 250 class runs in the first innings. I don't know if West Indies will be able to bat while keeping their wickets intact in the next session. Taskin Ahmed took 2 wickets in the first eight overs, maybe after the lunch break the captain will try to use him less and maybe they will focus more on the spin attack. However, West Indies will have to play to save wickets or the outcome of this Test match will be decided very quickly.

[Crypto Library]

West Indies are batting first against Bangladesh on the first day of the first match of the two-match Test series and they have lost three wickets to score 86 runs before the first lunch break. The state of the West Indies batting line-up so far has led to the expectation of at least 250 class runs in the first innings. I don't know if West Indies will be able to bat while keeping their wickets intact in the next session. Taskin Ahmed took 2 wickets in the first eight overs, maybe after the lunch break the captain will try to use him less and maybe they will focus more on the spin attack. However, West Indies will have to play to save wickets or the outcome of this Test match will be decided very quickly.

The first innings of the West Indies team in this match was basically the same as the performance of Bangladesh in the first innings in the first match of this series, although I think that if the weather had not been bad, the West Indies team could have scored a few more runs before stumps on the first day. Amir Jangoo has performed brilliantly and is still not out, but if Bangladesh repeats like this, I don't think that Amir Jangoo will be able to last long on the second day like Shadman Islam did.

Although my expectation is that the West Indies team will not make much of a mistake, but they will easily take the score above 300 in the first innings, and Bangladesh will set a difficult score for it. And as well, since the performance of the Bangladesh team is very bad now, even if they are the home team, the possibility of them losing is high. I will take a small bet on the West Indies.

[Bityar]

The first Test match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe is played tomorrow at Sharjah. This is an important match for both sides; looking at their recent form, each team has won two of its last five matches, showing that a competitive contest is playing between them. If we look at the head-to-head record between the two teams over their last five Test matches, it is also quite interesting: both Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have won two matches each, while one match ended in a draw. My prediction is that Afghanistan is the favourite to win this Test match because they have the advantage this time due to the conditions in the UAE and their strength in the spin-bowling attack. However, Zimbabwe’s experienced batting lineup cannot be overlooked. I think Afghanistan is the hot favourite, but Zimbabwe is certainly capable of causing an upset.

Today zimbabwe won the toss and choose to bat first. In the first innings zimbabwe look in good form. Now zimbabwe have score 326 with the loss of 5 wickets in 87 overs. Zimbabwe top orders batsman played very well like every batsman score some runs while the top scorer of Zimbabwe team was B. Taylor who played a beautiful innings scoring 131 runs off 168 balls and then a partnership was built between B bennett who is notout on 71 runs and W.Madhevere who has score 29 runs. Both players will continue their innings tomorrow. Overall today zimbabwe performance was very good while afghanistan bowling side was weak because i didn’t expect from Zimbabwe team a score like this but Afghanistan bowling performance was very weak today. So day 1 is stumps and if Afghanistan want to win this game they should out all the players of Zimbabwe team in the very first session.

[Mahdirakib]

~ Although my expectation is that the West Indies team will not make much of a mistake, but they will easily take the score above 300 in the first innings, and Bangladesh will set a difficult score for it. And as well, since the performance of the Bangladesh team is very bad now, even if they are the home team, the possibility of them losing is high. I will take a small bet on the West Indies.

I'm also thinking to place a bet on West Indies, but I will do it at the end of day 2. The pitch of this venue behaves a bit differently in test format. It becomes better for batting on day 2, 3. The batsmen also do well on day 4 here. So, I would like to see the first innings batting performance of Bangladesh before placing a bet on this match.

[tsaroz]

On the first day of first test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, Zimbabwe sits at a comfortable position with 326 for 5. Playing at a neutral venue, Zimbabwe head off to a good start with a century from Brendan Taylor and the remaining batsmen on crease are comfortably playing so we could expect an easy 400+ tomorrow. It would be difficult for struggling Afghanistan team to follow.

On the first day of second and final test between West Indies and Bangladesh, West Indies again have a good start. Amir Jangoo is still playing with a century and this looks like a probable clean sweep from West Indies in Bangladesh.

[Nanga Parbat]

The first Test match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe is played tomorrow at Sharjah. This is an important match for both sides; looking at their recent form, each team has won two of its last five matches, showing that a competitive contest is playing between them. If we look at the head-to-head record between the two teams over their last five Test matches, it is also quite interesting: both Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have won two matches each, while one match ended in a draw. My prediction is that Afghanistan is the favourite to win this Test match because they have the advantage this time due to the conditions in the UAE and their strength in the spin-bowling attack. However, Zimbabwe’s experienced batting lineup cannot be overlooked. I think Afghanistan is the hot favourite, but Zimbabwe is certainly capable of causing an upset.

This decision of theirs has become a symbol of their victory and if they continue to work hard in the same way, it can be very tough for Afghanistan. Afghanistan is not bowling them very hard, due to which the Zimbabwean batsmen have scored a lot of runs. If their next 5 batsmen play well, the target can go up to 500, but I think they will score up to 400 runs because their bowlers will play next, who are not very hardworking, so Afghanistan has a chance to stop the target. If the Afghanistan bowler feels that they can beat the Zimbabwean batsmen and meet the target, then we can see good and hard batting from Afghanistan. This match can be enough interesting in the first innings. Zimbabwe will achieve the victory of this match because they have a strong batting line-up, with which they will also control Afghanistan with bowling.

[Bluedrem]

I'm also thinking to place a bet on West Indies, but I will do it at the end of day 2. The pitch of this venue behaves a bit differently in test format. It becomes better for batting on day 2, 3. The batsmen also do well on day 4 here. So, I would like to see the first innings batting performance of Bangladesh before placing a bet on this match.

Considering Bangladesh's current performance, especially the fragile state of their batting line-up, I think West Indies are already in a good position. They finished the first day on 235 runs for the loss of four wickets. Bangladesh had a great start as they took three important wickets of West Indies for just 27 runs in the first half of the day. Later we saw a partnership of 131 runs and that is what basically led West Indies to a big total. Currently Amir Jangoo is at the crease on 111 and Justin Greaves is on 35 runs and they will come back to play on the second day.
The two wickets that West Indies have lost are Taskin Ahmed 2 wickets and Hasan Mahmud 2 wickets. I think West Indies will set a big target for Bangladesh in the first innings but I don't think Bangladesh will be able to reach that target so when betting, you can bet on West Indies.

[BitcoinPak]

Bangladesh vs WI

Second test match between Bangladesh and WI will start tomorrow at Sylhet. First test match that was played at Mirpur was won by WI by 8 wickets. This test series is also part of WTC and Bangladesh is at fifth position, while WI is at sevent position. If Bangladesh lose this series then there position on WTC points table will defiantly go down. Bangladesh lost the first test mainly because of their batting collapse in second innings. Looking at current form of Bangladesh, it looks difficult that they will be able to win second match.     

Currently, West Indies has dominated Bangladesh by 1-0 in this tour of Bangladesh. According to conditions West Indies is showing very brilliant cricket because West Indies pitches show bounce and swing but in Asian conditions, the spin bowling attack remains more effective. The first Test game was also won by WI, showing their strategy in Asian conditions because they won the game just with the help of spinners. The second test was also a very interesting game because WI batters showed their class in a very good way because they made plans against spinners. At the end of day one WI scored 235 runs and Amir Jangoo, is the new batting star for WI because he performs everywhere in the world.

[vs2014]

Zimbabwe had spend a pretty good day with bat in the first day of test against Afghanistan where most of runs came from Brendan Taylor's bat. His excellent century contributed a lot and Brian Bennett is still staying unbeaten on 71. Zimbabwe already on the way to building a strong foundation by scoring 326 runs and losing five wickets. Afghanistan must find the way to collect quick wickets on second test or the environment will be difficult for Afghanistan. Although afg have ability to comeback, just their bowlers need better control and consistency.

[HelliumZ]

Zimbabwe had spend a pretty good day with bat in the first day of test against Afghanistan where most of runs came from Brendan Taylor's bat. His excellent century contributed a lot and Brian Bennett is still staying unbeaten on 71. Zimbabwe already on the way to building a strong foundation by scoring 326 runs and losing five wickets. Afghanistan must find the way to collect quick wickets on second test or the environment will be difficult for Afghanistan. Although afg have ability to comeback, just their bowlers need better control and consistency.

Zimbabwe's batting looks like the wicket is completely batting friendly so in this case, the way Zimbabwe is scoring runs, Afghanistan will be able to score even bigger. Zimbabwe has scored over 300 runs at the end of their first day, but if they can bat well in the two sessions of the second day, then I would definitely say the runs will go over 500 runs. In this case, it can be said that this Test match will be drawn inevitably.
However, Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor played good cricket after a long time and scored 131 runs. Brian Bennett has performed well so far and is unbeaten on 71 runs. However, overall, Zimbabwe's collection is very good only because of the batting pitch.

[B2Z]

Bangladesh vs WI

Second test match between Bangladesh and WI will start tomorrow at Sylhet. First test match that was played at Mirpur was won by WI by 8 wickets. This test series is also part of WTC and Bangladesh is at fifth position, while WI is at sevent position. If Bangladesh lose this series then there position on WTC points table will defiantly go down. Bangladesh lost the first test mainly because of their batting collapse in second innings. Looking at current form of Bangladesh, it looks difficult that they will be able to win second match.     

Currently, West Indies has dominated Bangladesh by 1-0 in this tour of Bangladesh. According to conditions West Indies is showing very brilliant cricket because West Indies pitches show bounce and swing but in Asian conditions, the spin bowling attack remains more effective. The first Test game was also won by WI, showing their strategy in Asian conditions because they won the game just with the help of spinners. The second test was also a very interesting game because WI batters showed their class in a very good way because they made plans against spinners. At the end of day one WI scored 235 runs and Amir Jangoo, is the new batting star for WI because he performs everywhere in the world.

Amir Jangoo alone seems to be leading the entire West Indies team forward. When West Indies lost several wickets in the beginning, I thought that West Indies might not be able to collect big numbers against Bangladesh in the end but they collected well in the last wicket partnership. So far, West Indies' collection is 261 runs for the loss of four wickets. The early play of the second day is going on, since they collected well on the first day, they might want to bat for the whole day today and if they can score 350 plus or 400 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings, then they will undoubtedly lose the first Test match in Bangladesh.

Dhaka wicket conditions are always challenging for batsmen to bat in that place, and these two West Indies batsmen are doing well, in that case, it is expected that the result of the match may be going in West Indies' direction.

[Crypto Library]

~ Although my expectation is that the West Indies team will not make much of a mistake, but they will easily take the score above 300 in the first innings, and Bangladesh will set a difficult score for it. And as well, since the performance of the Bangladesh team is very bad now, even if they are the home team, the possibility of them losing is high. I will take a small bet on the West Indies.

I'm also thinking to place a bet on West Indies, but I will do it at the end of day 2. The pitch of this venue behaves a bit differently in test format. It becomes better for batting on day 2, 3. The batsmen also do well on day 4 here. So, I would like to see the first innings batting performance of Bangladesh before placing a bet on this match.

Finally, the West Indies team was all out for 356 runs, and the Bangladesh team came out to bat and currently scored only 45 runs and lost two wickets. I just took a small bet on the West Indies. currently, I have gots 1.4x odds. I don't think that if you place the bet at the end of today, you will get a good odds like  this, rather it may be 1.1 or something around this, because I think that at the very end of today, two more wickets of the Bangladesh team may fall so that the chances of West Indies winning will increase further and the odds will be very low. 

[Ab de villiers]

The first Test match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe is played tomorrow at Sharjah. This is an important match for both sides; looking at their recent form, each team has won two of its last five matches, showing that a competitive contest is playing between them. If we look at the head-to-head record between the two teams over their last five Test matches, it is also quite interesting: both Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have won two matches each, while one match ended in a draw. My prediction is that Afghanistan is the favourite to win this Test match because they have the advantage this time due to the conditions in the UAE and their strength in the spin-bowling attack. However, Zimbabwe’s experienced batting lineup cannot be overlooked. I think Afghanistan is the hot favourite, but Zimbabwe is certainly capable of causing an upset.

Zimbabwe took a great start after choosing to bat first. Afghanistan were failed to control their batsman's for making the score in early stage, as everyone was not expecting from them.q after removal of important batsman of Ben Curran it was Taylor came to the crease and stabilise the game. He hit some eye catching shots that helped to increase the morale of Zimbabwe team. Taylor full century become serious threat for Afghanistan team, his batting was not allowing them to dominate over him. Then Hashmatulla managed to dismissed him, but it was too late because damage has been done. The combination of Taylors and Bennett put the Zimbabwe team on the strong position.
 
But overall Zimbabwe position is quite better now, or they have still wickets in hands and balls that could lift the target above. Afghanistan will needs collective effort with the bat. Infact every players participation is required to meet the target. Because game will not be easy, Zimbabwe can give them tough time with the ball. Patience , consistency and strong partnerships can lead Afghanistan team towards win

[Compromise me]

Zimbabwe had spend a pretty good day with bat in the first day of test against Afghanistan where most of runs came from Brendan Taylor's bat. His excellent century contributed a lot and Brian Bennett is still staying unbeaten on 71. Zimbabwe already on the way to building a strong foundation by scoring 326 runs and losing five wickets. Afghanistan must find the way to collect quick wickets on second test or the environment will be difficult for Afghanistan. Although afg have ability to comeback, just their bowlers need better control and consistency.

Afghanistan test cricket team is not weak because they have big players but they have to play with confidence to draw this match because Zimbabwe team made a good target on the Board and now they are free of any tension and Taylor came in the form and we know that old is gold and he proved that by hitting well in this match and staying on the Wicket. Wesley Madhevere half century was a golden runs for the team and now they have positive energy and most of the chances they can win this match. I know that Afghanistan players have no patience to stay on the Wicket and they will drop their wickets Early in this match.

[Bityar]

Afghanistan test cricket team is not weak because they have big players but they have to play with confidence to draw this match because Zimbabwe team made a good target on the Board and now they are free of any tension and Taylor came in the form and we know that old is gold and he proved that by hitting well in this match and staying on the Wicket. Wesley Madhevere half century was a golden runs for the team and now they have positive energy and most of the chances they can win this match. I know that Afghanistan players have no patience to stay on the Wicket and they will drop their wickets Early in this match.

Currently zimbabwe team has given a target of 504 runs to the afghanistan team. Zimbabwe has improve their cricket recently because if we look at this match what a cricket they had played against a team like Afghanistan as Afghanistan is a very strong team. B taylor and B bennet centuries help the team to score 504 runs and also if we look at their batting order whether it is lower order or middle order every player have score some runs. Now afghanistan is trail by 477 runs in day 2 of session 3. Afghanistan is now at 27 with the loss of 1 wicket. I think zimbabwe team will win this match easily because their bowlers are also in a good form and i dont think so that Afghanistan team has that much confidence that they will stay on crease. So zimbabwe just need to take wickets of their top order batsman.

[HelliumZ]

I'm also thinking to place a bet on West Indies, but I will do it at the end of day 2. The pitch of this venue behaves a bit differently in test format. It becomes better for batting on day 2, 3. The batsmen also do well on day 4 here. So, I would like to see the first innings batting performance of Bangladesh before placing a bet on this match.

You can definitely bet against Bangladesh because Bangladesh has no achievements in Tests, that is, they lost to West Indies in Mirpur, which is called Bangladesh's batting heaven and bowling heaven. So how do you tell Bangladesh to win in Sylhet? West Indies have finished their first innings at 356 runs, that is, here you will see that Bangladesh will be behind by 100 runs in the first innings for now and these 100 runs will be enough to defeat Bangladesh.

[laspol65]

Zimbabwe had spend a pretty good day with bat in the first day of test against Afghanistan where most of runs came from Brendan Taylor's bat. His excellent century contributed a lot and Brian Bennett is still staying unbeaten on 71. Zimbabwe already on the way to building a strong foundation by scoring 326 runs and losing five wickets. Afghanistan must find the way to collect quick wickets on second test or the environment will be difficult for Afghanistan. Although afg have ability to comeback, just their bowlers need better control and consistency.

Zimbabwe team has scored a total of 504 runs, I was surprised to see Zimbabwe's score because a team like them has given a target of 504 runs to Afghanistan team. Afghanistan team has lost a wicket early, losing a wicket is the biggest risk for the team because Afghanistan team has scored 71 runs for the loss of one wicket at the moment. If Afghanistan team wants to win then keeping wickets is the most challenging thing in this match, but I know Afghanistan team is stronger than Zimbabwe team so this game will definitely bring big changes.
 But if Zimbabwe team says that performance can be good naturally then they will definitely be able to stop Afghanistan team in this first innings.

[JSRAW]

At home Bangbros roll over decent amount of teams and regularly give scare to big teams specially india but windies is the only team they failed to crack so far.

Randomly checked head to head bilateral record and bilateral scorecard reads 8-2 in favour of windies with one draw series.