Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Naficopa]

Play is stopped in England vs Newzealand test due to rain. Newzealand are in very good position at the moment as they have scored 481/5. If rain continues then it will be better for Newzealand to declare there innings and let's England bat. Newzealand can't afford to draw this game.

[JSRAW]

Stokes wins the toss and opt to bowl, for straight 127 overs and 5 sessions  

No test playing skipper want this scenario. It's very demoralizing situation to look at considering fielders are not helping the bowlers either and keep dropping sitters every where. Daryl Mitchell is reaping the rewards, ofc.

[BALIK]

Stokes wins the toss and opt to bowl, for straight 127 overs and 5 sessions  

No test playing skipper want this scenario. It's very demoralizing situation to look at considering fielders are not helping the bowlers either and keep dropping sitters every where. Daryl Mitchell is reaping the rewards, ofc.

Since this is a batting friendly pitch, it is only normal that an experienced Test batsman from New Zealand would give such a performance. And they will probably declare the innings after collecting more than 550. The second day we will probably watch the New Zealand's batting, and the next two days will probably see England's batting. I think the probability of a match being drawn is 90%.

[Sithara007]

Stokes wins the toss and opt to bowl, for straight 127 overs and 5 sessions  

No test playing skipper want this scenario. It's very demoralizing situation to look at considering fielders are not helping the bowlers either and keep dropping sitters every where. Daryl Mitchell is reaping the rewards, ofc.

It was such an easy catch, and when you drop such chances the price needs to be paid. As of now, Daryl Mitchell is inching towards his double ton, while New Zealand is also inching towards a total of 500. I don't know whether the New Zealand captain will allow Mitchell to complete his 200. The pitch is more supportive towards the batsmen when compared to the one with first test. IMO, they should try to get a total of around 550-600 before declaring. BTW, what happened to Matthew Potts? All of a sudden it looks as if he has run out of steam.

[S A KHAIR]

Stokes wins the toss and opt to bowl, for straight 127 overs and 5 sessions  

No test playing skipper want this scenario. It's very demoralizing situation to look at considering fielders are not helping the bowlers either and keep dropping sitters every where. Daryl Mitchell is reaping the rewards, ofc.

It was such an easy catch, and when you drop such chances the price needs to be paid. As of now, Daryl Mitchell is inching towards his double ton, while New Zealand is also inching towards a total of 500. I don't know whether the New Zealand captain will allow Mitchell to complete his 200. The pitch is more supportive towards the batsmen when compared to the one with first test. IMO, they should try to get a total of around 550-600 before declaring. BTW, what happened to Matthew Potts? All of a sudden it looks as if he has run out of steam.

New Zealand lost their sixth wicket for 496 runs. Michael Bracewell returned to the dressing room with 49 runs. If Daryl Mitchell's wicket could be picked up then maybe New Zealand's innings will not be very long. However, New Zealand has already collected more than 510 runs. And such a large collection is enough to draw the match. There is no possibility of New Zealand losing this match if they do not perform very badly in the second innings.

[JSRAW]

Stokes wins the toss and opt to bowl, for straight 127 overs and 5 sessions  

No test playing skipper want this scenario. It's very demoralizing situation to look at considering fielders are not helping the bowlers either and keep dropping sitters every where. Daryl Mitchell is reaping the rewards, ofc.

Since this is a batting friendly pitch, it is only normal that an experienced Test batsman from New Zealand would give such a performance. And they will probably declare the innings after collecting more than 550. The second day we will probably watch the New Zealand's batting, and the next two days will probably see England's batting. I think the probability of a match being drawn is 90%.

Could have been exactly opposite if Poms were batting first.

BTW, what happened to Matthew Potts? All of a sudden it looks as if he has run out of steam.

No assistance from the pitch and bowling sub 130kmph doesn't help either when ball isn't even reverse swinging.

On green seaming wicket medium pacer or even average seamer can terrorise the batters but on flat wickets they are dead weight. Potts is still new and very young so he'll learn the art of bowling on such pitches.

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Ha! 4 quick wickets.

[fuguebtc]

New Zealand's innings ended with 553 runs. Daryl Mitchell returned to the dressing room with 190 runs. England will probably get a chance to bat in 30 overs today. And from the start of the innings, England's players must play responsibly. And I would say England players should be batting for the goal of a draw. And must collect at least 500 runs. If England's batting collapses in the first innings, then England will lose this match.

[romero121]

New Zealand's innings ended with 553 runs. Daryl Mitchell returned to the dressing room with 190 runs. England will probably get a chance to bat in 30 overs today. And from the start of the innings, England's players must play responsibly. And I would say England players should be batting for the goal of a draw. And must collect at least 500 runs. If England's batting collapses in the first innings, then England will lose this match.

Last match the score was low and everyone were expecting a win from New Zealand, but the match turned towards England. This match have got the increased chance of ending in a draw. Surely England will make a good score. Atleast we'll see a 400+ runs from England in its first innings.

[Minor Miner]

New Zealand finished the innings with 553 runs. England stumbled at the start of the batting. England lost the first wicket by just 6 runs. Zak Crawley returned to the dressing room with just 4 runs. However, England was able to collect 90 runs at the end of the second day thanks to the extraordinary pairing of Alex Lee and Ollie Pope. They are playing well enough. My guess is that England will be able to easily cross the 553-run target and the match will be a draw.

[eaLiTy]

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England was able to collect 90 runs at the end of the second day thanks to the extraordinary pairing of Alex Lee and Ollie Pope. They are playing well enough. My guess is that England will be able to easily cross the 553-run target and the match will be a draw.

After the first wicket England was able to build up a partnership and it looks like the pitch is not offering anything for the bowlers and there are bets coming in for a draw, but i still believe it is too early to predict that as there is plenty of time remaining in this match, i am expecting the pitch to slow down considerably in the final two days and the match depends upon how England will be able to score in their first innings.

[Sithara007]

England needs another 263 runs to avoid the follow on. Will they be able to score that much? Alex Lees and Ollie Pope are looking comfortable out there, and they are scoring runs at a brisk pace. New Zealand bowlers apart from Matt Henry are looking threatening. The outcome of the match will be clear by today (3rd day). If England manages to avoid the follow on, then in all probability they will be able to save the match. Given the lack of support bowlers (especially the pacers) are getting from the pitch, it is perfectly doable.

[BobK71]

New Zealand's innings ended with 553 runs. Daryl Mitchell returned to the dressing room with 190 runs. England will probably get a chance to bat in 30 overs today. And from the start of the innings, England's players must play responsibly. And I would say England players should be batting for the goal of a draw. And must collect at least 500 runs. If England's batting collapses in the first innings, then England will lose this match.

A good partnership is making by Alex Lees and Ollie Pope. Currently we see that 84 runs already earned by them. It really good start in the first innings by New Zealand and England also starting well though they lost Zak Crawley very beginning. After all we will have a competitive Match between the two. 

[onecall123]

England are off to a good start following Crawley's early dismissal in response to New Zealand's massive total, thanks to Pope and Alex. It will be difficult for England to save this test match. There is no doubt that the pitch is playing well, however someone must show patience and coolness, especially Root to maintain 1-0 lead.

[galambo]

England needs another 263 runs to avoid the follow on. Will they be able to score that much? Alex Lees and Ollie Pope are looking comfortable out there, and they are scoring runs at a brisk pace. New Zealand bowlers apart from Matt Henry are looking threatening. The outcome of the match will be clear by today (3rd day). If England manages to avoid the follow on, then in all probability they will be able to save the match. Given the lack of support bowlers (especially the pacers) are getting from the pitch, it is perfectly doable.

England too have a good start of there first innings and it looks like they will be able to avoid follow on, if that happens we will have a draw. If Newzealand can get a good lead only then we can have result of this match otherwise a draw. This match is very much open at the moment.

[pakhitheboss]

New Zealand's innings ended with 553 runs. Daryl Mitchell returned to the dressing room with 190 runs. England will probably get a chance to bat in 30 overs today. And from the start of the innings, England's players must play responsibly. And I would say England players should be batting for the goal of a draw. And must collect at least 500 runs. If England's batting collapses in the first innings, then England will lose this match.

A good partnership is making by Alex Lees and Ollie Pope. Currently we see that 84 runs already earned by them. It really good start in the first innings by New Zealand and England also starting well though they lost Zak Crawley very beginning. After all we will have a competitive Match between the two. 

I hope the catch drope of Pope doesn't affect the outcome of this test match. He is looking more agressive than Lee and has already reached his half century. England still trail by 463 runs and I do not think it will be easy for them to chase those runs. I hope both Lee and Pope continue to bat in the same manner on day 3 too.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

New Zealand's innings ended with 553 runs. Daryl Mitchell returned to the dressing room with 190 runs. England will probably get a chance to bat in 30 overs today. And from the start of the innings, England's players must play responsibly. And I would say England players should be batting for the goal of a draw. And must collect at least 500 runs. If England's batting collapses in the first innings, then England will lose this match.

A good partnership is making by Alex Lees and Ollie Pope. Currently we see that 84 runs already earned by them. It really good start in the first innings by New Zealand and England also starting well though they lost Zak Crawley very beginning. After all we will have a competitive Match between the two. 

England are too looking comfortable in there innings. Alex and Ollie need to stay on pitch and score runs since Newzealand have scored massive runs in there first innings 553. Daryl Mitchell was unlucky to miss his double ton by 10 runs while Michael Bracewell miss his half century by 1 run.

[Sithara007]

England are too looking comfortable in there innings. Alex and Ollie need to stay on pitch and score runs since Newzealand have scored massive runs in there first innings 553. Daryl Mitchell was unlucky to miss his double ton by 10 runs while Michael Bracewell miss his half century by 1 run.

Yeah.. watching on SONY LIV as of now.. both the batsmen look very comfortable against the pace of Southee and Boult. And New Zealand don't have a spinner for this match, after replacing Ajaz Patel with Matt Henry. Joe Root is yet to bat and there is a good chance that England will bat for all the three sessions of play today. If that is the case, then I don't think that it will be possible to get an outcome other than draw for this match. Not much in this pitch for the pacers and the spinners (Leach and Root) didn't received any assistance either.

[eaLiTy]

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Yeah.. watching on SONY LIV as of now.. both the batsmen look very comfortable against the pace of Southee and Boult. And New Zealand don't have a spinner for this match, after replacing Ajaz Patel with Matt Henry. Joe Root is yet to bat and there is a good chance that England will bat for all the three sessions of play today. If that is the case, then I don't think that it will be possible to get an outcome other than draw for this match. Not much in this pitch for the pacers and the spinners (Leach and Root) didn't received any assistance either.

They should have included someone that could spin the ball in wickets like these and somehow Matt Henry managed to break the partnership as Alex Lees edges one in the slips and Joe Root is now in the crease and on papers England have a great batting line up with Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes yet to come out to bat and if they are able to perform then the match would end up in a draw.
 
 

[KennyR]

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Yeah.. watching on SONY LIV as of now.. both the batsmen look very comfortable against the pace of Southee and Boult. And New Zealand don't have a spinner for this match, after replacing Ajaz Patel with Matt Henry. Joe Root is yet to bat and there is a good chance that England will bat for all the three sessions of play today. If that is the case, then I don't think that it will be possible to get an outcome other than draw for this match. Not much in this pitch for the pacers and the spinners (Leach and Root) didn't received any assistance either.

They should have included someone that could spin the ball in wickets like these and somehow Matt Henry managed to break the partnership as Alex Lees edges one in the slips and Joe Root is now in the crease and on papers England have a great batting line up with Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes yet to come out to bat and if they are able to perform then the match would end up in a draw.
 
 

During the session 1 New Zealand would've taken few wickets. Somehow Matt Hentry took a wicket, but the next batsman on the crease Joe Root is give good support to Ollie Pope who is at 80+ runs facing 144 balls. Here ollie Pope have slowed down his scoring whereas it looks like Joe Root have taken the chance of making runs. Yesterday the chance of match ending in a draw was low and now this has increased above 65%

[bitgov]

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Yeah.. watching on SONY LIV as of now.. both the batsmen look very comfortable against the pace of Southee and Boult. And New Zealand don't have a spinner for this match, after replacing Ajaz Patel with Matt Henry. Joe Root is yet to bat and there is a good chance that England will bat for all the three sessions of play today. If that is the case, then I don't think that it will be possible to get an outcome other than draw for this match. Not much in this pitch for the pacers and the spinners (Leach and Root) didn't received any assistance either.

They should have included someone that could spin the ball in wickets like these and somehow Matt Henry managed to break the partnership as Alex Lees edges one in the slips and Joe Root is now in the crease and on papers England have a great batting line up with Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes yet to come out to bat and if they are able to perform then the match would end up in a draw.
 
 

During the session 1 New Zealand would've taken few wickets. Somehow Matt Hentry took a wicket, but the next batsman on the crease Joe Root is give good support to Ollie Pope who is at 80+ runs facing 144 balls. Here ollie Pope have slowed down his scoring whereas it looks like Joe Root have taken the chance of making runs. Yesterday the chance of match ending in a draw was low and now this has increased above 65%

The third day match has started between Pakistan and WI, the weather condition is very very hot. But the crowd is very charged.
there are two changes in this match - Hassan Ali has been brought back to the team . .  Lets see what he does.