Cricket match prediction discussions

[dmamigo]

England won the match and with that they also won the series. Poor performance by team as they were 123/4 and finally all out in 184 runs. This is not unacceptable from the such a good team that get all out chasing a score where it had to defend the match to maintain the level in the series.

Bad performance by English team but even worse performance by Indian team. Even though England won this match, I'd still say they need to work a lot. They seriously need to include more young cricketers and get rid of their senior-most cricketers including Joe Root and Alestair Cook.

England played pretty well, enough to win a game. And about the senior member, even I feel the same. I guess its a great time for them to retire and new players should get chances. Indian team needs to take their test performances very seriously, Captain Kohli might show great performance in ODI and T20, but he needs to work on the test matches.

[vella85]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

[jjacob]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

[btcdevil]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

In this whole 4 test match Pujara played only one innings good but even then he was kept in the team, it was really bad to know that after good bowling performance Indian batsman after Kohli and Rahane partnership other were not able to stand and score some runs. It shows that This all batsman and all rounders are only good for T20 and odi innings , They are not fit for Test match. England well played and won the match, won the series and even took the no.1 spot in Test cricket

[MinerHQ]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

In this whole 4 test match Pujara played only one innings good but even then he was kept in the team, it was really bad to know that after good bowling performance Indian batsman after Kohli and Rahane partnership other were not able to stand and score some runs. It shows that This all batsman and all rounders are only good for T20 and odi innings , They are not fit for Test match. England well played and won the match, won the series and even took the no.1 spot in Test cricket

Indians do not have good test batsman replacement in this current team so they are keeping those guys who have failed for a long time. Everyone wants to score more runs in IPL to make money but no one interested in technical skills to play long in test matches. Look at the second innings scorecard, four guys got out for zero runs and another two guys for a single digit. The required total was not that really high but none of them tried to build a good partnership. Totally it was the worst performance from Indian batsman.

[Vishnu.Reang]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

The pitch conditions supported the pace bowlers and that is the reason why they performed so well. But the Indian batsmen (with the exception of Kohli) needs to perform in such conditions.

[Mcpeanut]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

The pitch conditions supported the pace bowlers and that is the reason why they performed so well. But the Indian batsmen (with the exception of Kohli) needs to perform in such conditions.

Yes..this is really poor from india specially the lower middle order of india has almost done nothing in the batting departement for india...even if they have scored 20 or 30 runs each india would have won easily...india do need to make some changes now

[bryant.coleman]

Yes..this is really poor from india specially the lower middle order of india has almost done nothing in the batting departement for india...even if they have scored 20 or 30 runs each india would have won easily...india do need to make some changes now

The problem is that the Indian batsmen are so used to playing in flat tracks. There are only one or two grounds in India, that support seam bowling (Mohali in Punjab is an example). The BCCI need to improve its facilities, if it wants the batsmen to perform abroad.

[Maheshkumar_Hrangkhawl]

Yes..this is really poor from india specially the lower middle order of india has almost done nothing in the batting departement for india...even if they have scored 20 or 30 runs each india would have won easily...india do need to make some changes now

The problem is that the Indian batsmen are so used to playing in flat tracks. There are only one or two grounds in India, that support seam bowling (Mohali in Punjab is an example). The BCCI need to improve its facilities, if it wants the batsmen to perform abroad.

Nowadays BCCI is looking towards opening new grounds in highland areas such as Dharamshala and Siliguri. These grounds may be able to support pace bowling and may produce international quality fast bowlers. Also, from this year onward the northeastern states are being allowed to participate in the Ranji trophy. So there is a chance that highland cities such as Imphal and Gangtok may witness a few first-class matches.

[chris200x9]

Yes..this is really poor from india specially the lower middle order of india has almost done nothing in the batting departement for india...even if they have scored 20 or 30 runs each india would have won easily...india do need to make some changes now

The problem is that the Indian batsmen are so used to playing in flat tracks. There are only one or two grounds in India, that support seam bowling (Mohali in Punjab is an example). The BCCI need to improve its facilities, if it wants the batsmen to perform abroad.

Did you notice that in second innings MM Ali, right-hand off-spinner took four wickets? Pitch was supporting spin bowling more compared to seam bowling. Indians are good at playing spin bowling but this team failed to play against this bowler both in first and second innings. It is easy to blame on the pitch but the fact is this Indian team was not prepared well enough to play on England ground. The last match lost interest now and only India can try to reduce their losing margin to 2-3 otherwise it will be 1-4.

[jjacob]

Nepal was supposed to be the next team to emerge from Asia, after Bangladesh and Afghanistan, given that there is strong support for the game at the grassroot level. But they could manage only 95 runs against Hong Kong in a 50 over match. They have a long way to go!

[Raja_MBZ]

Nepal was supposed to be the next team to emerge from Asia, after Bangladesh and Afghanistan, given that there is strong support for the game at the grassroot level. But they could manage only 95 runs against Hong Kong in a 50 over match. They have a long way to go!

The funny thing is, 80% of Hong Kong cricket team consists of Bengladeshis and Pakistanis.

Why aren't Hong Kong people interested in playing cricket?

[BitcoinMarshal]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

The pitch conditions supported the pace bowlers and that is the reason why they performed so well. But the Indian batsmen (with the exception of Kohli) needs to perform in such conditions.

We cannot blame Pitch for this Indian lost because Moeen Ali take 9 wickets and Ashwin also done good job all blame to Indian Battling line up as they completely fail to produce any good performance now time for Indian board to think about this before Australian tour because they are going to face same conditions if they want to win then surely have some good practice in seam wickets with some good and attacking battling line up not with these dead wickets battling line up

[Juggy777]

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We cannot blame Pitch for this Indian lost because Moeen Ali take 9 wickets and Ashwin also done good job all blame to Indian Battling line up as they completely fail to produce any good performance now time for Indian board to think about this before Australian tour because they are going to face same conditions if they want to win then surely have some good practice in seam wickets with some good and attacking battling line up not with these dead wickets battling line up

I'll agree with you contrary to fears team India would be facing pitch assisting seam bowlers, it didn't quite happen that way, these pitches were decent pitches. I feel entire blame lies on their famed batting line up, which meekly surrendered the match, they have one or two brilliant individuals, but as a team they're weak. I hope for the upcoming tour down under, team management decided to make several changes, if they wish to win there.

[MinerHQ]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

The pitch conditions supported the pace bowlers and that is the reason why they performed so well. But the Indian batsmen (with the exception of Kohli) needs to perform in such conditions.

We cannot blame Pitch for this Indian lost because Moeen Ali take 9 wickets and Ashwin also done good job all blame to Indian Battling line up as they completely fail to produce any good performance now time for Indian board to think about this before Australian tour because they are going to face same conditions if they want to win then surely have some good practice in seam wickets with some good and attacking battling line up not with these dead wickets battling line up

The current Indian team batting line up is not suitable for test matches. They are good to come, hit and go back take rest as soon as possible. But in test cricket on talented crickets can play long hours and build a good partnership. Some people say the pitch was bad for batting on last day but they batted worst than expected. They also need to bring a good batting couch like Dravid to improve test batting line up. Do you guys think this current Indian team can qualify to quarterfinals round in next world cup?

[Manchumichael]

This was a great test match as there were a lot of ups and downs through out and it was tough to pick the winner. England were just the better team at certain stages of this test match. For me it was Moeen Ali who was the game changer through this test match taking 9 wickets in the match and was the one to get the 2 danger men in Kohli and Rahane in India's second innings. After these to feel India feel apart and it was game over. Congrats to England on winning the series.

As expected, England managed to win this test match. The Indian bowlers have performed well this series, but were let down by the Indian batsmen. It was never going to be easy chasing a moderate total in the fourth innings.The minute India lost early wickets, it all went downhill.

The pitch conditions supported the pace bowlers and that is the reason why they performed so well. But the Indian batsmen (with the exception of Kohli) needs to perform in such conditions.

We cannot blame Pitch for this Indian lost because Moeen Ali take 9 wickets and Ashwin also done good job all blame to Indian Battling line up as they completely fail to produce any good performance now time for Indian board to think about this before Australian tour because they are going to face same conditions if they want to win then surely have some good practice in seam wickets with some good and attacking battling line up not with these dead wickets battling line up

The current Indian team batting line up is not suitable for test matches. They are good to come, hit and go back take rest as soon as possible. But in test cricket on talented crickets can play long hours and build a good partnership. Some people say the pitch was bad for batting on last day but they batted worst than expected. They also need to bring a good batting couch like Dravid to improve test batting line up. Do you guys think this current Indian team can qualify to quarterfinals round in next world cup?

Yes you are right some batsmen are not fit for test cricket and some good batsman are waiting to get chance example Karun Nair he is excellent batsman but Indian team is giving chance to Pant, Rahul, Pandya these players are fit for only limited overs not for test cricket.

And yes last day batting is not easy and 4th innings if the target is more than 230+ runs it will become tough for the batting team. But I think India had a chance to win this test match they missed it bad luck.

[Raja_MBZ]

Another win for Hong Kong. They defeated UAE by two wickets and have qualified for the Asia cup after 10 years!

They've definitely improved overall.

[vella85]

Another win for Hong Kong. They defeated UAE by two wickets and have qualified for the Asia cup after 10 years!

They've definitely improved overall.

I don't really pay much attention to these matches with low ranked teams but its always nice to see teams that haven't qualified for something in a very long time make it through. The UAE is a decent cricket so for Hong Kong to beat them and make it through to the Asia cup is a great achievement.

[BitcoinMarshal]

Another win for Hong Kong. They defeated UAE by two wickets and have qualified for the Asia cup after 10 years!

They've definitely improved overall.

I don't really pay much attention to these matches with low ranked teams but its always nice to see teams that haven't qualified for something in a very long time make it through. The UAE is a decent cricket so for Hong Kong to beat them and make it through to the Asia cup is a great achievement.

Its really surprised me as well because they beat UAE two time and both time they done very good job now they are coming Dubai for big event with confidence hopefully they will give some good resistance as they done in this qualifier feeling sad for Nepal as they was very good and strong contender for this spot but badly they down and out with fourth place.

[vella85]

The 5th and final test match will start later today and from all reports it will be Alastair Cook's final Test before the 33 year old former captain retires from international cricket. Its a shame that he lost his form over the past couple of years as he was a great run scorer for England, I believe he now holds the record for most runs score for England in test matches. It will be an interesting 5th test as England would want to win to send their former captain out on a high while India will be looking to bounce back after a hard loss.