Topic: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] - page 76. (Read 150842 times)

Consistency is the key IMO.

Now that the Lankans did well in the last test despite being behind in the first inning or Bangladesh, well they created a history. They should enjoy this but it won't be justice to their exciting talent and fans if they start losing 10 matches on the trot. Win in the away series will always rank higher but building enough power at home is important as well because that's where you test your future talent.  

Nah, in the BAZBALL era, I think they are not overdependent on Root. Duckett, Lawrence Crawley and Brook are also doing good for the team and Jamie Smith looked amazing so far. The bowling department is in transition though.

Haven't been following cricket much lately and I was genuinely surprised to hear that Sri Lanka managed to defeat England even though they lost the series in their own backyard. Fernandos + Kumara were epic together.

England's overdependence on Root keeps screwing them. It's good to see teams like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rising back up recently making the sport more competitive.

BCCI is well aware that Bangladesh are in their best form right now. And so BCCI is not interested in taking any risk at the moment. They have formed a full strength squad against Bangladesh. There is no chance to take the Bangladesh team lightly now. Even though the series is India's home match, if India make any mistake they are likely to lose. It is really admirable that the Bangladeshi players showed such a responsible performance at Pakistan's home against Pakistan.

BCCI tried to build their best squad. BCCI is not interested in experimenting with their squad in this series. However, in the last few series, India gave opportunities to their young players. But at the moment India is not willing to lose against Bangladesh in any way. Either way, India will want to win against Bangladesh. Because the conflict between the fans of these two teams is very old. Fans of both the teams troll the opponent badly.

However, there is no doubt that the Indian squad is more experienced and stronger. On the other hand, after winning two Test matches against Pakistan, Bangladesh team players are now confident. But I think India will win. If the series was Bangladesh's home series, there was a possibility of Bangladesh winning. But it is very difficult for any big team to beat India at home.

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.

This will not happen in Indian cricket though it is really due to the political rivalry between the two countries but I don't think it will affect the cricket like that. We know India cricket is very popular and most people in their country love cricket very much so I don't think security of Bangladeshi players will be less in Kanpur, India. Yes but some such compromise between the two countries would definitely be good.  Especially border killing has become a national issue in our Bangladesh.  So it is very important to solve it on the basis of agreement between the two countries.

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.

It would be wrong to say that Bangladesh performs very poorly against Zimbabwe or Afghanistan. Bangladesh did poorly in a test match against Afghanistan and they lost that match but Bangladesh did well against Zimbabwe. But regret for Bangladesh was never defeating Pakistan but Bangladesh has done it in 2024. Bangladesh not only won the first match but also defeated Pakistan by a big margin in the second match. If Bangladesh had won the first match and Bangladesh had lost the second match, many would have said that Pakistan lost because Pakistan took Bangladesh lightly. But when the same thing was repeated in the second match, everyone praised Bangladesh's performance.  There is a series against India ahead of which Rohit Sharma has already been announced as the captain of the team. There are indications that India will field a strong team against Bangladesh.

Yeah, i was also imagined England whitewashed Sri lanka in this series but Sri lanka won the third test by 8 wickets excellent performance by sri lanka team in last test they chase down the target with loss of two wickets. Pathum Nissanka scored match winning ton he played unbeaten innings of 127 runs which helped their team to chase this target England team failed to make big score in second innings and the sri lanka team took advantage of this opportunity and put pressure on England team. Sri lanka team won this test after more then 10 years in England this is great effort of sri lanka team throughout the series but unluckily could not won first two games and lost this series England won the two game test series 2-1.

I really appreciate thier aggression and they way out of no where they make a comeback. SiriLankan were going complete off road throughout the series but now finally they make it toward their right destination and just like we expect they will easily chased it out they done exactly same with a huge contribution role by thier oppner nissanka because he calmy played a very vital and long innings and make the situation right for his team in critical journey where they can turn the white wash series into 2-0 defeat.
Congratulations to SiriLankan for showing their strength and dedication I am sure it will help them in coming matches.

Pathum Nissanka has shown the most interesting performance in today's match. He is Man of the Match because of his amazing batting. Yes this is Sri Lanka's first Test wins against England, of course it is very happy for Sri Lanka to win the match after a decade. Today's match that Sri Lanka faced against England was really interesting and Pathum Nissanka played the most important role in winning the match. Pathum Nissanka 127 runs off 124 balls he batted like T20 which really made the crowd happy, and put on an incredible performance, yet he remained unbeaten and led the team to victory. Anyway, although Sri Lanka won the third match of this Test series brilliantly, congratulations to the England team for winning the series.

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.

Well, I don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but here is what is happening now.
Bangladesh cricket team will be under security threats at Kanpur, where the 2nd test is scheduled to be played. The Hindu Mahasbaha has threatened to protest against the visiting team in Kanpur over violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. But the irony is that they are killing Hindus at the border, and two more were killed in the last ten days, and both are Hindus. So, what are you protesting for? I am sure you want some Indian-based source if you are indian Bangladesh protests BSF killing of minor at India border

We are unsure if the 2nd test will be played on Kanpur. Hopefully the Indian government will provide high security to the cricket team of Bangladesh and the visitors who are going India to watch the matches.

Best of luck for 2032 – keeping the 8-year winning tradition alive!I always feel happy when Sri Lanka wins. let's be honest, SL really performed well in their third Test match. In this match, they were much more confident after bowling England out for a low score in their second innings and showed strong batting while chasing 219 runs. Congratulations, Sri Lanka!
Best of luck, and please keeping the winning tradition! Sri Lanka Cricket seems to be improving day by day. What do you think?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.