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There seems to be a slight advantage for West Indies right now. Sri Lanka has lost 3 of the most important batsmen and they are still trailing by more than 200 runs. The partnership between Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva has added 59 runs. If they could do what Kraigg Brathwaite and Rahkeem Cornwall did during the first innings of West Indies, then Sri Lanka has a chance to stay competitive in this match. Else it is going to go West Indies' way.
^^ They are batting okay except few dodgy moments at the end. Game looks balanced right now considering they were 77/3 at one time. There is no demons on pitch, if Windies no 9 Cornwall could bat then you could expect similar performance from the SL middle order. Tomorrow they should be careful tho and try not to lose wicket in the first hour, this pair already did the hard work so they would be very pissed off if they throw their wickets.
I would say that the match right now is even with no team in front, some might say the WI because they have the runs on the board but SL seem to be batting fine right now with the partnership building between Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva, if they can bat through until lunch with not losing a wicket, I think SL will be in a good position to take a 1st innings lead but a lot depends on this partnership.
West Indies looks to be in a comfortable position to win the test. Sri Lanka had an opportunity when they had West Indies down to 222/7, but they wasted it. The partnership between Kraigg Brathwaite and Rahkeem Cornwall has already added 65 runs and now West Indies looks comfortable enough to reach a total in excess of 350. During the last test match also, the Sri Lankan bowlers failed against West Indian lower order batsmen.
287/7 is the score, I do not think WI will reach 350 or more. It is because of Braithwaite that they were able to reach 287. I am pretty much sure he will score his 100 as he is batting on 99. Day one has ended, the match is still open. I do not think we can come into the conclusion that SL will lose this match.
The partnership is worth 65 now, so why don't you think that adding another 63 is not possible? Rahkeem Cornwall may be batting at no.9, but he is a very talented batsman, with a few first-class and List A centuries to his name. And then they have Kemar Roach, who is not that bad with the bat (can add another 20-30 runs easily with one of these batsmen). I think West Indies will be very disappointed, in case they fail to reach a total of 350.
West Indies looks to be in a comfortable position to win the test. Sri Lanka had an opportunity when they had West Indies down to 222/7, but they wasted it. The partnership between Kraigg Brathwaite and Rahkeem Cornwall has already added 65 runs and now West Indies looks comfortable enough to reach a total in excess of 350. During the last test match also, the Sri Lankan bowlers failed against West Indian lower order batsmen.
287/7 is the score, I do not think WI will reach 350 or more. It is because of Braithwaite that they were able to reach 287. I am pretty much sure he will score his 100 as he is batting on 99. Day one has ended, the match is still open. I do not think we can come into the conclusion that SL will lose this match.
West Indies looks to be in a comfortable position to win the test. Sri Lanka had an opportunity when they had West Indies down to 222/7, but they wasted it. The partnership between Kraigg Brathwaite and Rahkeem Cornwall has already added 65 runs and now West Indies looks comfortable enough to reach a total in excess of 350. During the last test match also, the Sri Lankan bowlers failed against West Indian lower order batsmen.
Kraigg Brathwaite and Rahkeem Cornwall played well, to rescue West Indies from a difficult position of 222/7. I don't know why Cornwall doesn't bat higher up. At no.9 position, his skills are just getting wasted. It is going to be another even sided match. Sri Lanka could have bowled out West Indies for under 250, to gain an advantage. But they were unable to do so. And it doesn't look as if West Indies will be able to make a total of >350. So as of now, there is no advantage for anyone in this match.
They only need 60ish runs to touch 350 mark and Braithwaite still batting beautifully along with Cornwell, he seems set as well so there is a chance that they might get close to 350, unless SL wrap up tailenders quickly with the new ball, ball is just 6 overs old so both possibilities are open. May be because of fitness he's not batting up, also Alzarri Joseph knows thing or 2 about batting too.
The one thing i like about Ind vs Eng series is. India won majority of games despite losing the toss. I think that Kohli should start toss practicing otherwise upcoming England outing is going to be very tough for the Indian batters.
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The one thing i like about Ind vs Eng series is. India won majority of games despite losing the toss. I think that Kohli should start toss practicing otherwise upcoming England outing is going to be very tough for the Indian batters.
The tail seem to be holding strong and hopefully we get to see Brathwaite score a century because he deserves it.
Kraigg Brathwaite is playing a captains innings and he is just one short of his century and most probably he will score the century as he played a patient long innings and surprisingly the tail end players are giving him the support especially Rahkeem Cornwall who is the biggest cricket player who is really obese and he does not looks like a sportsman but he plays well when the team needed.
Kraigg Brathwaite and Rahkeem Cornwall played well, to rescue West Indies from a difficult position of 222/7. I don't know why Cornwall doesn't bat higher up. At no.9 position, his skills are just getting wasted. It is going to be another even sided match. Sri Lanka could have bowled out West Indies for under 250, to gain an advantage. But they were unable to do so. And it doesn't look as if West Indies will be able to make a total of >350. So as of now, there is no advantage for anyone in this match.
The tail seem to be holding strong and hopefully we get to see Brathwaite score a century because he deserves it.
Kraigg Brathwaite is playing a captains innings and he is just one short of his century and most probably he will score the century as he played a patient long innings and surprisingly the tail end players are giving him the support especially Rahkeem Cornwall who is the biggest cricket player who is really obese and he does not looks like a sportsman but he plays well when the team needed. Anyone watching the West Indies Sri Lanka series, West Indies yet again struggling as they already lost 6 wickets for 214 runs and the match depends upon how they are going to rebound and Sri Lanka playing their first innings. If they are able to get a substantial lead in their first innings then they will have a chance to win the match if not we will see another draw.
I watched the highlights of this match and yes it looks like the WI are once again struggling but I thought they did well to reach close to 300 on the first day more so thanks to Brathwaite holding the WI innings together. The problem is that no other batsman could stay with him long enough to form big partnerships. The tail seem to be holding strong and hopefully we get to see Brathwaite score a century because he deserves it.
Anyone watching the West Indies Sri Lanka series, West Indies yet again struggling as they already lost 6 wickets for 214 runs and the match depends upon how they are going to rebound and Sri Lanka playing their first innings. If they are able to get a substantial lead in their first innings then they will have a chance to win the match if not we will see another draw.
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Yeah we could see that there wasn't much interest in this match as this thread was silent for days apart from a few of us posting in here about the match. I only watched the highlights to see how both teams have been performing. Yeah there are many matches going on right now but they must make up for the lost time from 2020, I guess we just need to pick what games to watch. To be honest even the India/ England series has been one sided but the matches have been good to watch.
I disagree with the claim that the India vs England series has been one sided. Take the test series. England won the first match when no one expected them to do that. Even the T20 series was exciting and was decided on the last match. First it was 1-0 in favor of England. Then 1-1, 2-1, 2-2 and finally India managed to win the series 2-3. And now the ODI series also will be decided on the last match, as both the teams are at 1-1 right now.
The one thing i like about Ind vs Eng series is. India won majority of games despite losing the toss. I think that Kohli should start toss practicing otherwise upcoming England outing is going to be very tough for the Indian batters.
Yeah we could see that there wasn't much interest in this match as this thread was silent for days apart from a few of us posting in here about the match. I only watched the highlights to see how both teams have been performing. Yeah there are many matches going on right now but they must make up for the lost time from 2020, I guess we just need to pick what games to watch. To be honest even the India/ England series has been one sided but the matches have been good to watch.
I disagree with the claim that the India vs England series has been one sided. Take the test series. England won the first match when no one expected them to do that. Even the T20 series was exciting and was decided on the last match. First it was 1-0 in favor of England. Then 1-1, 2-1, 2-2 and finally India managed to win the series 2-3. And now the ODI series also will be decided on the last match, as both the teams are at 1-1 right now.
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Yeah we could see that there wasn't much interest in this match as this thread was silent for days apart from a few of us posting in here about the match. I only watched the highlights to see how both teams have been performing. Yeah there are many matches going on right now but they must make up for the lost time from 2020, I guess we just need to pick what games to watch. To be honest even the India/ England series has been one sided but the matches have been good to watch.
I disagree with the claim that the India vs England series has been one sided. Take the test series. England won the first match when no one expected them to do that. Even the T20 series was exciting and was decided on the last match. First it was 1-0 in favor of England. Then 1-1, 2-1, 2-2 and finally India managed to win the series 2-3. And now the ODI series also will be decided on the last match, as both the teams are at 1-1 right now.
Yeah we could see that there wasn't much interest in this match as this thread was silent for days apart from a few of us posting in here about the match. I only watched the highlights to see how both teams have been performing. Yeah there are many matches going on right now but they must make up for the lost time from 2020, I guess we just need to pick what games to watch. To be honest even the India/ England series has been one sided but the matches have been good to watch.
I disagree with the claim that the India vs England series has been one sided. Take the test series. England won the first match when no one expected them to do that. Even the T20 series was exciting and was decided on the last match. First it was 1-0 in favor of England. Then 1-1, 2-1, 2-2 and finally India managed to win the series 2-3. And now the ODI series also will be decided on the last match, as both the teams are at 1-1 right now.
Nkrumah Bonner is still in the crease. These players have funny names 
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Yeah there are some funny names in cricket and if you look at the England players funny names (Cook, Buttler and they have Root) you will understand from where they got that hook, may be commonwealth connection . . 
.Both team fought hard and tried their best. If it was Ashes match, everyone would have gone gaga over this already.
It was a really good match, the reason why everyone is not going gaga was i only watched the highlights and so does majority of the cricket fans . -Holder fifer and Roach seam bowling in the 1st inning. Lahiru Thirimanne's hard fought 70 odds runs contribution in SL's 1st inning total of 169 runs.
-Team batting second gets important 100+ runs lead.
-Sri Lanka fights back and puts 400+ runs on the scoreboard.
-Last day and new guy steps up, scores 100 on his 3rd test match and saves the game for the Windies.
Both team fought hard and tried their best. If it was Ashes match, everyone would have gone gaga over this already.
-Team batting second gets important 100+ runs lead.
-Sri Lanka fights back and puts 400+ runs on the scoreboard.
-Last day and new guy steps up, scores 100 on his 3rd test match and saves the game for the Windies.
Both team fought hard and tried their best. If it was Ashes match, everyone would have gone gaga over this already.
It was a match between two of the smaller teams and there wasn't much interest outside West Indies and Sri Lanka. One reason may be the ongoing series between India and England. Also, the timing of the matches in West Indies is not suitable for the fans in India. This was one of the reasons why they shifted the CPL matches to late night. And that resulted in increased revenues for the WICB in the form of viewership from India.
International calendar is getting crowded now. SL vs WI, IND vs ENG and NZ vs BAN going on at the same time.
Yeah we could see that there wasn't much interest in this match as this thread was silent for days apart from a few of us posting in here about the match. I only watched the highlights to see how both teams have been performing. Yeah there are many matches going on right now but they must make up for the lost time from 2020, I guess we just need to pick what games to watch. To be honest even the India/ England series has been one sided but the matches have been good to watch.
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I want to say that, West Indies squad is much much better than the Srilankan squad. Although the Sri Lankan players played well and they were able to draw the match. Losing all their wickets for just 169 runs in the first innings, the comeback in the second innings was really admirable. But there is no continuity of the performance of the players. Also, the top-order batsmen in the West Indies have played much better than the top-order batsmen in Sri Lanka.
This was a match between two of the weaker test nations and I haven't seen anything in this match that could change my opinion about both the teams. Sri Lankan bowlers could pick just 4 wickets, despite bowling for 100 overs in the 4th and 5th days of the match. And they were blasted out for just 169 in the first innings. The partnership between Pathum Nissanka and Niroshan Dickwella gave them respectability in the second innings, but they need to perform consistently. The West Indies bowlers on the other hand were toothless against Nissanka and Dickwella.
-Team batting second gets important 100+ runs lead.
-Sri Lanka fights back and puts 400+ runs on the scoreboard.
-Last day and new guy steps up, scores 100 on his 3rd test match and saves the game for the Windies.
Both team fought hard and tried their best. If it was Ashes match, everyone would have gone gaga over this already.
Both teams played well. The main thing is, the two teams are of the same quality. And neither team can maintain its own consistency of performance. And the bowling lineup of both teams is relatively weak. So I would say both teams tried their best to win the match. But Sri Lanka could have won the match if their bowling lineup had improved a bit more. They had enough time to pick up the West Indies wicket.
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