Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[CryptoBuds]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

[kro55]

The compromise deal that Afghanistan and Ireland reached with the ICC was that these two teams will receive the test status (and along with that a huge increase in the funds - $5 million per year, which is almost 5-10 times of what they were receiving previously), but will never get an opportunity to play test cricket against the other nations. I would rather say that they got a relatively better deal, when compared to the other associate nations such as Scotland and Nepal. But then tier one test cricket is a closed affair and new additions are strictly verboten.

Yes, I agree that the deal is good but I really don't understand what's the point of having their test status if they are never going to be able to compete with the better teams and also will never have a chance to get promoted to the tier 1 test standings?

ICC could have just given them the money that they will be getting now. The deal obviously looks better right now but in the long term, this is going to be a really shitty deal for any team. At least they should be a promotion system otherwise why will the teams try to win?

[pakhitheboss]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

Yes, this match will be intresting to watch. England lost its previous test series against West Indies but Newzealand were able to draw their previous series against South Africa. In my opinion Newzealand are still in a better position than the English side. The only advantage England has is that this match is being played in their home ground.

[ilovealtcoins]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

Yes, this match will be intresting to watch. England lost its previous test series against West Indies but Newzealand were able to draw their previous series against South Africa. In my opinion Newzealand are still in a better position than the English side. The only advantage England has is that this match is being played in their home ground.

New Zealand is not playing well right now, they are not in good form. Their performance doesn't suggest that they are a team that is defending their test championship title. England is performing better compared to New Zealand right now in my opinion. But I believe New Zealand will be able to make a good comeback performance against England. I hope that will be able to perform well and so that they are the test champion of the world.

[CryptoBuds]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

Yes, this match will be intresting to watch. England lost its previous test series against West Indies but Newzealand were able to draw their previous series against South Africa. In my opinion Newzealand are still in a better position than the English side. The only advantage England has is that this match is being played in their home ground.

The match is being played at Lord's, England's home match, so I think the England team is the favorite in this match. The New Zealand team also played poorly in their last two series. They drew the series with South Africa and Bangladesh. Both teams are now very weak in the Test format. And so now it is very challenging for New Zealand to perform well against a strong team like England.

[onecall123]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

Yes, this match will be intresting to watch. England lost its previous test series against West Indies but Newzealand were able to draw their previous series against South Africa. In my opinion Newzealand are still in a better position than the English side. The only advantage England has is that this match is being played in their home ground.

New Zealand is not playing well right now, they are not in good form. Their performance doesn't suggest that they are a team that is defending their test championship title. England is performing better compared to New Zealand right now in my opinion. But I believe New Zealand will be able to make a good comeback performance against England. I hope that will be able to perform well and so that they are the test champion of the world.

Already 8 wickets down for New Zealand. Nearly 40-year-old Jimmy Anderson still takes wickets like nobody's business. Not only is he fast, but he also bowls at 83 mph. Four wickets have already been taken from his 14 over spell. It is an honor to lead the English cricket team for the first time. England can only hope to regain their lost glory under the leadership of Stokes. The cricket in England is about to get interesting, and a good start has been made.

[JSRAW]

Poms are having great day at the office and at stand English supporters are licking their chops after watching Anderson running riots against Kiwis batting lineup.

Debutant Matty Potts also enjoying his 1st international appearance, he must be thinking test cricket is easy peasy same as Boland and Axar.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Already 8 wickets down for New Zealand. Nearly 40-year-old Jimmy Anderson still takes wickets like nobody's business. Not only is he fast, but he also bowls at 83 mph. Four wickets have already been taken from his 14 over spell. It is an honor to lead the English cricket team for the first time. England can only hope to regain their lost glory under the leadership of Stokes. The cricket in England is about to get interesting, and a good start has been made.

Many people said that the match between England and New Zealand would be competitive. But now we are watching a one-sided match. After New Zealand's batting line-up at Lord's broke very badly. New Zealand lost 4 wickets for 12 runs. And now, they have lost 9 wickets to collect 116 runs. They lost 9 wickets in just 38 overs. New Zealand's innings will probably end in another 5 overs. After such a poor performance in the first innings, I see no chance of New Zealand winning this match.

[Sithara007]

The debutant Potts had a perfect match today, but in the end he could not get to a 5-wicket haul and had to leave the field as a result of injury. Anyway, it was a dream debut for him. But the most important thing is to perform consistently. Ollie Robinson had a dream debut sometime ago, but after that he went through a lot of turmoil. BTW, today once again James Anderson excelled with the ball. Picked up 4 very important wickets and it is just a matter of time before he becomes the first pacer to get to 700 test wickets.

[laurenB7742]

New Zealand's disaster innings have come to an end. In 132 runs, the Kiwis were all out, but what a start to England's day! All thanks to McCallum's coaching. Earlier, England faced a very difficult situation. Despite losing so many matches in a row, look at the result now. It will be interesting to see how Boult, Kyle, and Southee perform. I see another three-day finish on the horizon, maybe even a two-day finish!

We will see the result in this match in three days as much as possible. New Zealand ended their innings with 132 runs. England's batsmen are able to score 46 runs in 11 overs without losing a wicket. Looking at England's batting, it seems that they want to take the lead by collecting 132 runs as soon as possible. Zak Crawley scored 38 off 46 balls. And Alex Lee's collection of 9 runs. If New Zealand wants to survive in the match, they must take quick wickets.

[Maidak]

The debutant Potts had a perfect match today, but in the end he could not get to a 5-wicket haul and had to leave the field as a result of injury. Anyway, it was a dream debut for him. But the most important thing is to perform consistently. Ollie Robinson had a dream debut sometime ago, but after that he went through a lot of turmoil. BTW, today once again James Anderson excelled with the ball. Picked up 4 very important wickets and it is just a matter of time before he becomes the first pacer to get to 700 test wickets.

Potts and Anderson both absolutely destroyed their opponent's batting lineup. Getting a team like New Zealand all out for only 132 runs in 40 overs is just an unbelievable performance from any team.

I honestly believe that a lot of people expected England to play well but this was absolute domination in the first innings from England.

Now England is batting and they have scored 75 runs at the loss of only one wicket. this has indeed been a dream debut for the bowler,, 

[minairia3]

Poms are having great day at the office and at stand English supporters are licking their chops after watching Anderson running riots against Kiwis batting lineup.

Debutant Matty Potts also enjoying his 1st international appearance, he must be thinking test cricket is easy peasy same as Boland and Axar.

He can think that because he had a really great performance against  New Zealand.

Ohh! and obviously I almost forgot that New Zealand is the world test champion right now and that should give him a lot more confidence. The best individual score for New Zealand was 42 scored by Grandhomme. Other than him the contributions from other Batsmen were next to nothing. England was performing really well also in the batting but as I am writing this post they have just lost another wicket. 100/6 right now

[Swordsoffreedom]

Poms are having great day at the office and at stand English supporters are licking their chops after watching Anderson running riots against Kiwis batting lineup.

Debutant Matty Potts also enjoying his 1st international appearance, he must be thinking test cricket is easy peasy same as Boland and Axar.

He can think that because he had a really great performance against  New Zealand.

Ohh! and obviously I almost forgot that New Zealand is the world test champion right now and that should give him a lot more confidence. The best individual score for New Zealand was 42 scored by Grandhomme. Other than him the contributions from other Batsmen were next to nothing. England was performing really well also in the batting but as I am writing this post they have just lost another wicket. 100/6 right now

England's first innings is coming to an end soon. And it remains to be seen whether they will be able to score 132 runs. It does not seem that England can collect 132 runs. After losing the first wicket for 59 runs, they lost their seventh wicket for 100 runs. England started their innings quite well. I didn't think there would be such a sudden rhythmic fall. My guess was that they would collect at least 200 in the first innings. Bt I was completely wrond.

[Minor Miner]

Poms are having great day at the office and at stand English supporters are licking their chops after watching Anderson running riots against Kiwis batting lineup.

Debutant Matty Potts also enjoying his 1st international appearance, he must be thinking test cricket is easy peasy same as Boland and Axar.

He can think that because he had a really great performance against  New Zealand.

Ohh! and obviously I almost forgot that New Zealand is the world test champion right now and that should give him a lot more confidence. The best individual score for New Zealand was 42 scored by Grandhomme. Other than him the contributions from other Batsmen were next to nothing. England was performing really well also in the batting but as I am writing this post they have just lost another wicket. 100/6 right now

England's first innings is coming to an end soon. And it remains to be seen whether they will be able to score 132 runs. It does not seem that England can collect 132 runs. After losing the first wicket for 59 runs, they lost their seventh wicket for 100 runs. England started their innings quite well. I didn't think there would be such a sudden rhythmic fall. My guess was that they would collect at least 200 in the first innings. Bt I was completely wrond.

At the end of the first day, England scored 116 runs losing 7 wickets. No experienced batsmen are at the crease now. And my guess is that England will lose all their wickets in the first 10 overs tomorrow. England's batting was very disappointing. Since they were aware of the condition of the pitch. Batsmen should have batted more responsibly.

[Mahdirakib]

Ohh! and obviously I almost forgot that New Zealand is the world test champion right now and that should give him a lot more confidence. The best individual score for New Zealand was 42 scored by Grandhomme. Other than him the contributions from other Batsmen were next to nothing. England was performing really well also in the batting but as I am writing this post they have just lost another wicket. 100/6 right now

New Zealand top order batsman has failed to make a good start. It could have been a low scoring match, but they have collected 132 runs with the help of their lower order batsmen. Most of the batsmen got out by giving catch in the slip, otherwise by giving catch to the wicket keeper. Similar thing happened with the England team. Although they have made a great start, but their batting lineup collapsed after the fall of 3rd wicket. There is a high chance that this test match will end within the first three days.

[eaLiTy]

It is a really interesting match going on between New Zealand and England, i thought England would run away with the match when they restricted New Zealand for 132 runs and i was glad to see James Anderson and Stuart Broad playing together and England had a great start as they went wicketless for 59 runs and now they lost 7 wickets at the close of the day.

17 wickets in the first day and the match wont last in the final two days and the match is getting interesting as one good session with the bat will change the match.

[pakhitheboss]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

Yes, this match will be intresting to watch. England lost its previous test series against West Indies but Newzealand were able to draw their previous series against South Africa. In my opinion Newzealand are still in a better position than the English side. The only advantage England has is that this match is being played in their home ground.

The match is being played at Lord's, England's home match, so I think the England team is the favorite in this match. The New Zealand team also played poorly in their last two series. They drew the series with South Africa and Bangladesh. Both teams are now very weak in the Test format. And so now it is very challenging for New Zealand to perform well against a strong team like England.

The pitch seems to favor the bowlers. At first, I thought that the English bowlers did an amazing job by bowling out the NZ side for just 132 runs then after seeing how the English batters played it seems that the pitch was made for bowlers. England still trails by 16 runs and have already lost 7 wickets.

[n0ne]

England V New Zealand

I look forward to watching the first Test match between England and New Zealand. These two teams are very strong for the Test format. However, New Zealand's performance in the last few series was not as good as we expected. They also lost a Test match against a team like Bangladesh. But the New Zealand players are experienced enough. Hopefully they won't make any mistakes at Lord's. And we will have the opportunity to enjoy a competitive match.

Yes, this match will be intresting to watch. England lost its previous test series against West Indies but Newzealand were able to draw their previous series against South Africa. In my opinion Newzealand are still in a better position than the English side. The only advantage England has is that this match is being played in their home ground.

The match is being played at Lord's, England's home match, so I think the England team is the favorite in this match. The New Zealand team also played poorly in their last two series. They drew the series with South Africa and Bangladesh. Both teams are now very weak in the Test format. And so now it is very challenging for New Zealand to perform well against a strong team like England.

The pitch seems to favor the bowlers. At first, I thought that the English bowlers did an amazing job by bowling out the NZ side for just 132 runs then after seeing how the English batters played it seems that the pitch was made for bowlers. England still trails by 16 runs and have already lost 7 wickets.

In favour of bowlers, and both the teams have did the same against each other. Possibly England will score between 150-160 runs. Four more days left in the match with the increased winning chance for England. However there is no big difference between the team performance by the end of day 1. The match can turn towards New Zealand too.

[Sithara007]

New Zealand came back very strongly in the match, with wickets in the third session. England was in a very comfortable position at 92/2, and then there was a collapse. They lost 5 wickets for just 24 runs, with all the wickets being taken by pace bowlers. All of the New Zealand bowlers were impressive, including Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson (2 wickets apiece). And till now it is not clear whether England will get the first innings lead. They are still trailing by 16 runs and have only three wickets to spare. 

[onecall123]

New Zealand came back very strongly in the match, with wickets in the third session. England was in a very comfortable position at 92/2, and then there was a collapse. They lost 5 wickets for just 24 runs, with all the wickets being taken by pace bowlers. All of the New Zealand bowlers were impressive, including Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson (2 wickets apiece). And till now it is not clear whether England will get the first innings lead. They are still trailing by 16 runs and have only three wickets to spare. 

New Zealand and England are playing an interesting match right now, which I didn't expect. In this test, the Kiwis have come back strongly. There were 17 wickets taken on the first day at Lord's, which is a pure bowling pitch. Now that the game is open, anything can happen. As far as the second innings is concerned, the Kiwis will have a strong response.