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Quote from: JSRAW on March 26, 2021, 12:12:06 AM

-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.

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.

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Quote from: eaLiTy on March 25, 2021, 02:23:55 PM

Nkrumah Bonner is still in the crease. These players have funny names Cheesy

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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 Cheesy

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Quinton De Cock , Bonner and hardik hahaha

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Quote from: LittleBitFunny on March 25, 2021, 11:14:58 PM

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.

-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.

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Quote from: LittleBitFunny on March 25, 2021, 11:14:58 PM

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.

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Quote from: ene1980 on March 25, 2021, 05:02:42 PM

West Indies drew the match, Sri Lanka played well in the match and i did not expect them to score that much runs in the second innings and if their bowlers were lethal the match would have been interesting.

I never thought that they will be able to draw the match. But they somehow managed to do it. Nkrumah Bonner batted for entire day and the credit mostly go to him. Also Kyle Mayers provided excellent support, although he played an unnecessary shot against Lasith Embuldeniya and got out. In the end, the Sri Lankan bowlers lacked the venom to go for the kill. They were very impressive during the first innings, but failed during the 5th day.

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.

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Quote from: ene1980 on March 25, 2021, 05:02:42 PM

West Indies drew the match, Sri Lanka played well in the match and i did not expect them to score that much runs in the second innings and if their bowlers were lethal the match would have been interesting.

I never thought that they will be able to draw the match. But they somehow managed to do it. Nkrumah Bonner batted for entire day and the credit mostly go to him. Also Kyle Mayers provided excellent support, although he played an unnecessary shot against Lasith Embuldeniya and got out. In the end, the Sri Lankan bowlers lacked the venom to go for the kill. They were very impressive during the first innings, but failed during the 5th day.

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Quote from: eaLiTy on March 25, 2021, 02:23:55 PM

Nkrumah Bonner is still in the crease. These players have funny names Cheesy

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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 Cheesy

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West Indies drew the match, Sri Lanka played well in the match and i did not expect them to score that much runs in the second innings and if their bowlers were lethal the match would have been interesting.

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That was a good fight back from the WI even though they didn't win the match but they were able to survive the day and get the draw. I didn't think they would survive as we have seen in the past, the WI have been poor at saving matches but they were able to on this occasion and will now take that momentum into the next test match.

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Quote from: JSRAW on March 25, 2021, 03:37:38 AM

Last month they chased down the mammoth target of 390+ against the Bangladesh (In Bangladesh on turning track) so I won't count Windies out of the game, yet. Who knows if Double centurion Kyle Mayers pull something out from his hat again or may be someone else. Result could go anywhere, all we need some sort of fightback from the players and voila another fine test result.

It is possible that we are witnessing another big run chase as West Indies needs 192 runs more to win the match and they have 8 wickets in hand and 34 overs left for the match and it is a tight situation and i would like to see whether they will go for the win or look for a draw and with the way they are pacing the innings they are not looking for a win.

Kyle Mayers just lost his wicket, Nkrumah Bonner is still in the crease. These players have funny names Cheesy

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Quote from: Iranus on March 25, 2021, 12:02:46 PM

The West Indies have no chance of winning. Maybe West Indies will lose, otherwise, the match will be a draw. I think the West Indies players want to draw the match. Because if they bat to win the match at such a huge target, they will lose wickets quickly and lose.

West Indies lost the second wicket now. Kraigg Brathwaite is gone. It is not possible to block the spinners for 90 overs. They will chip in with wickets every now and then and the team will be bowled out much before the end of day's play. Nkrumah Bonner has made a half century. Let's see for how long he manages to survive against the Sri Lankan spinners. Rahkeem Cornwall yet to come.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on March 25, 2021, 06:43:44 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on March 25, 2021, 03:37:38 AM

Last month they chased down the mammoth target of 390+ against the Bangladesh (In Bangladesh on turning track) so I won't count Windies out of the game, yet. Who knows if Double centurion Kyle Mayers pull something out from his hat again or may be someone else. Result could go anywhere, all we need some sort of fightback from the players and voila another fine test result.

Sri Lanka has some very good spinners so Idon't think that there is much of a chance of a West Indies win. Also, John Campbell got out yesterday and therefore they need to survive 90 overs today with just 9 wickets in hand. The track is offering lots of support for the spinners, and Sri Lankan spinners seems to be in good form - especially Lasith Embuldeniya and Dhananjaya de Silva.

The West Indies have no chance of winning. Maybe West Indies will lose, otherwise, the match will be a draw. I think the West Indies players want to draw the match. Because if they bat to win the match at such a huge target, they will lose wickets quickly and lose.

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Quote from: JSRAW on March 25, 2021, 03:37:38 AM

Last month they chased down the mammoth target of 390+ against the Bangladesh (In Bangladesh on turning track) so I won't count Windies out of the game, yet. Who knows if Double centurion Kyle Mayers pull something out from his hat again or may be someone else. Result could go anywhere, all we need some sort of fightback from the players and voila another fine test result.

Sri Lanka has some very good spinners so Idon't think that there is much of a chance of a West Indies win. Also, John Campbell got out yesterday and therefore they need to survive 90 overs today with just 9 wickets in hand. The track is offering lots of support for the spinners, and Sri Lankan spinners seems to be in good form - especially Lasith Embuldeniya and Dhananjaya de Silva.

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Last month they chased down the mammoth target of 390+ against the Bangladesh (In Bangladesh on turning track) so I won't count Windies out of the game, yet. Who knows if Double centurion Kyle Mayers pull something out from his hat again or may be someone else. Result could go anywhere, all we need some sort of fightback from the players and voila another fine test result.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on March 25, 2021, 12:09:28 AM

West Indies were in such a good position. In the first innings, they had a lead of 102 runs. But then the bowlers appeared quite tired when they asked Sri Lanka to follow on.

There was no follow on in the match, West Indies lost the momentum when Sri Lanka came to bat in the third innings of the match and i was surprised to see that Sri Lanka was able to counter the West Indies bowlers and was able to score 476
runs and now West Indies is in the back foot as they have a mountain of runs to win from this situation and they might go for a draw and the match depends upon how Sri Lanka bowlers attack with a large total on board.

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Quote from: vella85 on March 24, 2021, 04:35:58 PM

See how we can't rely on the WI, SL bounced back strong in the match and were at very good odds when the WI had a lead at the end of day 2. The match has turned around in SL favour and now the WI will need to survive on the last day if they want to get a draw as I can't see them scoring 341 runs to win with just 9 wickets in hand.

West Indies were in such a good position. In the first innings, they had a lead of 102 runs. But then the bowlers appeared quite tired when they asked Sri Lanka to follow on. First it was Lahiru Thirimanne and Oshada Fernando who put up a good partnership, and later Pathum Nissanka and Niroshan Dickwella managed to put up a partnership to take Sri Lanka to such a massive total (476). Perhaps things would have been different if they had not asked Sri Lanka to follow on.

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See how we can't rely on the WI, SL bounced back strong in the match and were at very good odds when the WI had a lead at the end of day 2. The match has turned around in SL favour and now the WI will need to survive on the last day if they want to get a draw as I can't see them scoring 341 runs to win with just 9 wickets in hand.

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Quote from: vella85 on March 22, 2021, 04:47:28 PM

The WI are in a strong position to win the first test match against SL after bowling SL out for 169 runs, Holder had a great performance taking 5 wickets. Lahiru Thirimanne tried he's best for SL but there was no one to stay with him to form decent sized partnerships which lead to SL down fall. I'm not going to say the WI are going to win because they are too unpredictable even when in strong winning positions.

At the end of second day, West Indies have made 268/8, and they are leading by 99 runs. The advantage is with West Indies and they are likely to extend the lead to 100 plus during the third day. However, Sri Lanka still has a remote chance left in this match. If they make a total of 250-300, then it can be challenging for West Indies to chase during the 4th innings. Among the West Indian batsmen, only Rahkeem Cornwall managed to hit a score above 50.

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Quote from: vella85 on March 22, 2021, 04:47:28 PM

The WI are in a strong position to win the first test match against SL after bowling SL out for 169 runs, Holder had a great performance taking 5 wickets. Lahiru Thirimanne tried he's best for SL but there was no one to stay with him to form decent sized partnerships which lead to SL down fall. I'm not going to say the WI are going to win because they are too unpredictable even when in strong winning positions.

West Indies is leading by 99 runs in the match and they still have 3 wickets left and they are in a good position to win the match. Sri Lanka is disappointing with the performance in the past few matches and they are continuing the same in the Test series as well. There is plenty of time left for this match and the match depends upon how Sri Lanka scores in the second innings.

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The WI are in a strong position to win the first test match against SL after bowling SL out for 169 runs, Holder had a great performance taking 5 wickets. Lahiru Thirimanne tried he's best for SL but there was no one to stay with him to form decent sized partnerships which lead to SL down fall. I'm not going to say the WI are going to win because they are too unpredictable even when in strong winning positions.

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Quote from: 7788bitcoin on March 14, 2021, 06:21:16 PM

Rashid Khan was not in the team in the first Test and they lost the match and it was not even a tight contest and if PSL messed things up with the pandemic protocol then Rashid Khan will be playing for the franchise T20 league and Afghanistan would have lost the match and the series to Zimbabwe. I do think that Zimbabwe was really unlucky that the PSL was stopped midway and so is the reason Rashid Khan is back in the team Cheesy

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First of all, teams should not be overdependent on a single player. And secondly, Afghanistan plays a maximum of one or two tests per year. If Rashid can't participate in these tests, then it is going to effect them very negatively. Is franchise league cricket more important than a test match? And that too for Afghanistan, which gets to play a test match only once or twice in a year.

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Quote from: Vishnu.Reang on March 14, 2021, 11:19:54 AM

Rashid was back in the team and that is the sole reason they won the match. He picked up 11 wickets (with 7 in the second innings). The other bowlers were really pathetic. Amir Hamza bowled 66 overs and took just 4 wickets after conceding 177 runs. On the other hand, Rashid bowled an unbelievable 99.1 overs in a single match, and picked up 11 wickets for 275 runs.

Rashid Khan was not in the team in the first Test and they lost the match and it was not even a tight contest and if PSL messed things up with the pandemic protocol then Rashid Khan will be playing for the franchise T20 league and Afghanistan would have lost the match and the series to Zimbabwe. I do think that Zimbabwe was really unlucky that the PSL was stopped midway and so is the reason Rashid Khan is back in the team Cheesy

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