Cricket match prediction discussions

[onrise]

If you look at football then you will see that they have different topics for different leagues. Like for EPL, CL, Serie A etc. Plus they have these pools in the separate thread. When we will have specific topics then it's more useful to discuss in dept. Everything in a topic most of the times miss important conversations.

I do agree with you, having everything clustered into one thread looks like a degenerated spam by the users who are not aware of cricket, after all it is just four threads and it is not a big deal to monitor these threads and there are not much users who discuss in cricket threads, so that we can have more clarity in our discussion if everything is not clustered together and that is my opinion.

Anyhow its an opportunity for Ireland to make its first win in test. Third day end will give the result of the match.

Ireland does have a rare opportunity to win a test match here and it will be a historic win if they are able to achieve it, one good session could change the entire match and that is what happened in this test match.

Last wicket is adding some runs on the board and longer they stay higher the chances of England winning the test match because we cannot expect Ireland to make 250 runs batting 4th innings of the test match.  Ireland have actually a god chance to beat the world champions but will they be able to do it.

[Haunebu]

Last wicket is adding some runs on the board and longer they stay higher the chances of England winning the test match because we cannot expect Ireland to make 250 runs batting 4th innings of the test match.  Ireland have actually a god chance to beat the world champions but will they be able to do it.

I think that Ireland can actually win this one as long as Andrew Balbirnie, Stirling and O'Brien form great partnerships and hit good knocks out in the middle. The english bowlers will try to dismantle them quickly which is why the initial wickets will matter a lot here.

Broad and Curran are in sub-lime form and they are the bowlers that the Irish need to look out for.

[Best Dreams]

Something unpredictable just happened in the cricket. A world champion few days back has got all out in the 1st inning within 1st session itself and that too from the Ireland who did not even qualify for the World Cup. Well this is something unexpected and what a game of cricket it has being from Ireland.

True but you must have to count the fact that both are two different formats of cricket. For ODI, their batting line-up definitely the best one at the moment but for a test match, I guess it's not enough. Anyway, 85 is an accident though. They will recover in the upcoming innings.

Match has always been so different in each inning you will have to give your best for wining. March prediction has always been difficult one. In this world cup all teams had preformed well. Now a day there are T20 matches all teams looks so active and concerned. I am sure in this match India and Newziland are good teams to perform.

[Pffrt]

The chase is not much although Ireland has already lost Porterfield, he would have helped to chase it a lot. Anyway, it still is possible to chase. They have some average batsman in the middle order. I hope they will chase today.

[UmerIdrees]

World Greatest fast bowler Muhammad Amir decided to say good bye to Test cricket. I think he is too young to take this decision as he had a lot of years left where he could have played Pakistan in test cricket.

The world will miss you !!!

[onrise]

Unfortunate end of the Ireland who played so well in first inning and just reversed the second innings by playing so bad that they go all out in second inning to just 38 runs which was like totally unexpected . England proved that they are champions and came back strongly in the match .

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Unfortunate end of the Ireland who played so well in first inning and just reversed the second innings by playing so bad that they go all out in second inning to just 38 runs which was like totally unexpected . England proved that they are champions and came back strongly in the match .

England did not prove they are the rightful world champions by defeating a non test playing nation, England played one of the most pathetic matches just before the Ashes series and Ireland played an awful second innings as they could not hold into their wickets even for a few hours and England just used two bowlers to finish the game .

[vella85]

Ireland really threw the game away after playing so well on day 1 and even restricting England to under a 200 run lead was a good performance but they couldn't go on with the job which is to be expected from a new test cricket team just starting out. Well now the action really heats up for England as the Ashes start very soon, I think this Ashes series is going to be a close fought series and can Australia retain the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001. Australia currently lead the Ashes series wins on 33 wins England 32

[romero121]

Unfortunate end of the Ireland who played so well in first inning and just reversed the second innings by playing so bad that they go all out in second inning to just 38 runs which was like totally unexpected . England proved that they are champions and came back strongly in the match .

England did not prove they are the rightful world champions by defeating a non test playing nation, England played one of the most pathetic matches just before the Ashes series and Ireland played an awful second innings as they could not hold into their wickets even for a few hours and England just used two bowlers to finish the game .

Well, England have rewritten then results of the match. End of the first day the winning percentage of England was high above 80%,abd by the second day end the winning percentage of Ireland increased reaching close to 35%. Further the same reached as high as 45% and the first innings performance gave more confidence of strong second innings but England players proved themselves to be the leader for cricket at this moment.

[RapTarX]

Ireland really threw the game away after playing so well on day 1 and even restricting England to under a 200 run lead was a good performance but they couldn't go on with the job which is to be expected from a new test cricket team just starting out. Well now the action really heats up for England as the Ashes start very soon, I think this Ashes series is going to be a close fought series and can Australia retain the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001. Australia currently lead the Ashes series wins on 33 wins England 32

Ashes is always unpredictable. In most of the case, either Australia or England take the lead with no chance for the opponent. This time I'm expecting Ashes to win by Australia. Australia has better test format player than England.

[FIFA worldcup]

Ireland really threw the game away after playing so well on day 1 and even restricting England to under a 200 run lead was a good performance but they couldn't go on with the job which is to be expected from a new test cricket team just starting out. Well now the action really heats up for England as the Ashes start very soon, I think this Ashes series is going to be a close fought series and can Australia retain the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001. Australia currently lead the Ashes series wins on 33 wins England 32

Ashes is always unpredictable. In most of the case, either Australia or England take the lead with no chance for the opponent. This time I'm expecting Ashes to win by Australia. Australia has better test format player than England.

I assumed that England had won the world cup so they would be more confident with their batting and bowling, but the recent performance against Ireland have created lot of doubt in my mind and  i also think that Australia test side is more consistent than England.

[coingrowth]

Ireland really threw the game away after playing so well on day 1 and even restricting England to under a 200 run lead was a good performance but they couldn't go on with the job which is to be expected from a new test cricket team just starting out. Well now the action really heats up for England as the Ashes start very soon, I think this Ashes series is going to be a close fought series and can Australia retain the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001. Australia currently lead the Ashes series wins on 33 wins England 32

Ashes is always unpredictable. In most of the case, either Australia or England take the lead with no chance for the opponent. This time I'm expecting Ashes to win by Australia. Australia has better test format player than England.

After winning the world cup match most of the people will predict England will surely the Ashes series because of the strong batting line up. We should also consider test matches are completely different format compared to one day. So it is impossible to predict because in this format Ausis are very strong.

[Juggy777]

Ireland really threw the game away after playing so well on day 1 and even restricting England to under a 200 run lead was a good performance but they couldn't go on with the job which is to be expected from a new test cricket team just starting out. Well now the action really heats up for England as the Ashes start very soon, I think this Ashes series is going to be a close fought series and can Australia retain the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001. Australia currently lead the Ashes series wins on 33 wins England 32

Ashes is always unpredictable. In most of the case, either Australia or England take the lead with no chance for the opponent. This time I'm expecting Ashes to win by Australia. Australia has better test format player than England.

Ireland bowlers bowled exceptionally well in the first innings but in both the innings their batsmen let them down, though I’m hoping going ahead they’ll improve on their game. All credit goes to England team for coming back strongly in the game, they showed the hunger to win and in the end won the game comfortably. England is my favourite to win the Ashes because they’re playing on home ground which will be their advantage against Australia.

[Pffrt]

England has benefit of playing in home ground but their batting will not be much good in test format. Australia has great team. Nothing is predictable, by the way. I think Australia will win this time.

[Haunebu]

Can understand why many people feel that Australia can win this Ashes series especially after watching England collapse in their 1st innings against Ireland, but the manner in which they fought back proves how fearsome they can be.

The current England lineup is something else thanks to the selectors focusing on strike rate primarily which is why my bet is on England to win the Ashes this year.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Can understand why many people feel that Australia can win this Ashes series especially after watching England collapse in their 1st innings against Ireland, but the manner in which they fought back proves how fearsome they can be.

The current England lineup is something else thanks to the selectors focusing on strike rate primarily which is why my bet is on England to win the Ashes this year.

Ireland would not rank among the top 15 teams in cricket (if all of them had test status), and bowling them out for 38 can't be taken as a measurement for the ferocity of the English attack. You should not forget the fact that the English bowlers conceded 200 plus during the first innings. I am still mad at England for robbing the world cup from a more deserving team. I just hope that the Aussies will teach them a lesson and show how to play ethically.

[JohnBitCo]

Can understand why many people feel that Australia can win this Ashes series especially after watching England collapse in their 1st innings against Ireland, but the manner in which they fought back proves how fearsome they can be.

The current England lineup is something else thanks to the selectors focusing on strike rate primarily which is why my bet is on England to win the Ashes this year.

England did failed in the first inning against Ireland but do you think that they will always fail ? That was one bad day and that is gone. Australia should not take England easy and should not be overconfident with the England current performance in a single match.
Also when you have a strong opposition in front of you, you tend to play with more vigilance and will try to perform much better.

[Raja_MBZ]

Can understand why many people feel that Australia can win this Ashes series especially after watching England collapse in their 1st innings against Ireland, but the manner in which they fought back proves how fearsome they can be.

The current England lineup is something else thanks to the selectors focusing on strike rate primarily which is why my bet is on England to win the Ashes this year.

Ireland would not rank among the top 15 teams in cricket (if all of them had test status), and bowling them out for 38 can't be taken as a measurement for the ferocity of the English attack. You should not forget the fact that the English bowlers conceded 200 plus during the first innings. I am still mad at England for robbing the world cup from a more deserving team. I just hope that the Aussies will teach them a lesson and show how to play ethically.

Heh, I'm waiting for Ashes very eagerly as well. IMO, Australian players are more Test-ish than ODI or T20; Steve Smith, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, etc, like to first stabilize themselves on the crease and then make an inning. In ODIs, they don't get enough time to establish themselves on the crease and they're forced to go for the big shorts before they feel more comfortable. However, in Test matches, they can play at their best.

Is this the first time that Steve Smith and David Warner are playing a Test-format match after their ban?

[vella85]

Ireland really threw the game away after playing so well on day 1 and even restricting England to under a 200 run lead was a good performance but they couldn't go on with the job which is to be expected from a new test cricket team just starting out. Well now the action really heats up for England as the Ashes start very soon, I think this Ashes series is going to be a close fought series and can Australia retain the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001. Australia currently lead the Ashes series wins on 33 wins England 32

Ashes is always unpredictable. In most of the case, either Australia or England take the lead with no chance for the opponent. This time I'm expecting Ashes to win by Australia. Australia has better test format player than England.

I think it will be a close series and even though I am Australian and want to see Australia retain the Ashes, I think that England will win the Ashes once again. In recent Ashes series it has been the home team that comes out on top so I'm expecting that to happen again in this series and if England do win the series they will make it all square on 33 Ashes series wins for both teams. The trio from the sandpaper incident have been named for the Australia team but time will tell if they all play together, I'm sure Warner and Smith come straight back in but not sure about Cameron Bancroft as they might want Finch to open with Warner. It will be interesting to see which team the selectors pick for the first test match.

[RapTarX]

Is this the first time that Steve Smith and David Warner are playing a Test-format match after their ban?

Probably, because they came back to the team couple of days before the world cup. I can't remember if there was any test matches before world cup.

I'm sure Warner and Smith come straight back in but not sure about Cameron Bancroft as they might want Finch to open with Warner. It will be interesting to see which team the selectors pick for the first test match.

Not sure if Finch will play or not but Khawaja would be the preferable player for opening. Finch is more a ODI player than test.