Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[pakhitheboss]

BCCI is not worried about this series. They are a board rich enough. And recently they got a huge amount of money from IPL. So even if BCCI does not gain financially in this series, it will not face any loss. However, it is very important for PCB. I would be happy if Pakistan vs India series will be held. Because we have not had the good fortune to watch such a series for a long time. While the Pakistan board is keen to play this series, I am not sure if BCCI will be interested in hosting this series.

Most of the time I read here peoples talk about rich BCCI, and they never have any problem with financial but no one talk about PCB is also going in better shape recently they are increasing salaries and also having some better things as well in Pakistan cricket. BCCI having very good and luxurious media contracts is good, but it does not mean others are having nothing they are also improving quality and other facilities which are working for them, and they are also having some good media rights for PSL which is now giving good profit to franchise and PCB.

Even facing some issues which need some time to settle, but surely things could be in positive way for them and their game with recent Australian tour now England is also on way for tour after T-20 world cup surely it's going to be big change for them in domestic and International market.

You cannot compare BCCI to any other boards. Every board is doing something good for its players and it's staff but what BCCI is doing is beyond the expectations and reach of other boards. You cannot ignore BCCI when you are discussing about cricket as they are to an extent controlling the ICC. None of the other cricket board have that kind of power or money at the moment.

[Sithara007]

You cannot compare BCCI to any other boards. Every board is doing something good for its players and it's staff but what BCCI is doing is beyond the expectations and reach of other boards. You cannot ignore BCCI when you are discussing about cricket as they are to an extent controlling the ICC. None of the other cricket board have that kind of power or money at the moment.

I agree. The BCCI is light years ahead of PCB in terms of monetary power and influence. They were already rich, and then the IPL just changed everything. Now probably the BCCI is richer than all the other boards combined. The total ICC budget for the period for 2015-23 (8 years) was $1.642 billion. On the other hand, the 5-year media rights for IPL was sold for $6.2 billion. And for most of the countries, the funding from the ICC represents most of their revenues. The PCB receives a total of $128 million for the 8-year period from the ICC.

[pakhitheboss]

The third and the final test between England and Newzealand has started. Newzealand won the toss and choose to bat first. They have already lost both their openers and have scored only 39 runs at the moment. Not a good start for Newzealand. This is a crucial match for the test world cup champions if they lose this match then this series will be a whitewash.

[JSRAW]

The third and the final test between England and Newzealand has started. Newzealand won the toss and choose to bat first. They have already lost both their openers and have scored only 39 runs at the moment. Not a good start for Newzealand. This is a crucial match for the test world cup champions if they lose this match then this series will be a whitewash.

Arey what happened to Anderson? Can't find his name in roaster. Is he injured or taking rest.

Looks like Eng won the 1st session, surprising that Jack leach also took a wicket on first day pitch.

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India is playing warm up match against Leicestershire. Rishabh Pant, Bumrah, Pujara, Prasidh Krishna playing for Leicestershire.

Live stream : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K98Ur-1_p0Y

[onecall123]

The third and the final test between England and Newzealand has started. Newzealand won the toss and choose to bat first. They have already lost both their openers and have scored only 39 runs at the moment. Not a good start for Newzealand. This is a crucial match for the test world cup champions if they lose this match then this series will be a whitewash.

In the third and final Test between England and New Zealand, New Zealand chose to bat first. The opening had been dominated by England as New Zealand lost its top three before the launch. Most of New Zealand's top order batsmen collapse on a regular basis. Although I thought Williamson's return would bolster the batting, but he also fall apart. With 120+ runs on the scoreboard, NZ has lost five wickets.

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Arey what happened to Anderson? Can't find his name in roaster. Is he injured or taking rest.

Taking a break but not injured. With James Anderson out of the game, Jamie Overton makes his debut for England. The series has been confirmed, so England will try out others.

[CryptoBuds]

The New Zealand captain decided to bat after winning the toss. But the start of their innings was not good. They lost Tom Latham's wicket before collecting any runs. And they lost the first 5 batsmen by 123 runs. At the moment their collection is 146. If Daryl Mitchel and Blundell do not form a big partnership, New Zealand will lose all their wickets before scoring 200 runs. Hope, this match will be competitive like first two match.

[LittleBitFunny]

The New Zealand captain decided to bat after winning the toss. But the start of their innings was not good. They lost Tom Latham's wicket before collecting any runs. And they lost the first 5 batsmen by 123 runs. At the moment their collection is 146. If Daryl Mitchel and Blundell do not form a big partnership, New Zealand will lose all their wickets before scoring 200 runs. Hope, this match will be competitive like first two match.

Daryl Mitchell and Blundell have a 76-run partnership. And they are still at the crease. If England's bowler can't break this tie, New Zealand will easily collect more than 300. However, I want the match to be competitive. I would be happy to collect as much as the New Zealand 350. I'm expecting a big innings from Daryl Mitchell today.

[romero121]

The New Zealand captain decided to bat after winning the toss. But the start of their innings was not good. They lost Tom Latham's wicket before collecting any runs. And they lost the first 5 batsmen by 123 runs. At the moment their collection is 146. If Daryl Mitchel and Blundell do not form a big partnership, New Zealand will lose all their wickets before scoring 200 runs. Hope, this match will be competitive like first two match.

Daryl Mitchell and Blundell have a 76-run partnership. And they are still at the crease. If England's bowler can't break this tie, New Zealand will easily collect more than 300. However, I want the match to be competitive. I would be happy to collect as much as the New Zealand 350. I'm expecting a big innings from Daryl Mitchell today.

Losing 5 wickets New Zealand have scored 215 runs. With Mitchell and Blundell in crease, the first innings score will cross 300 runs. Already England have won the series and this gives them to play without pressure. New Zealand will try the best to win the match. This can atleast make the series 2-1.

[minairia3]

The third and the final test between England and Newzealand has started. Newzealand won the toss and choose to bat first. They have already lost both their openers and have scored only 39 runs at the moment. Not a good start for Newzealand. This is a crucial match for the test world cup champions if they lose this match then this series will be a whitewash.

In the third and final Test between England and New Zealand, New Zealand chose to bat first. The opening had been dominated by England as New Zealand lost its top three before the launch. Most of New Zealand's top order batsmen collapse on a regular basis. Although I thought Williamson's return would bolster the batting, but he also fall apart. With 120+ runs on the scoreboard, NZ has lost five wickets.

I would say that New Zealand is in a decent position right now. I think the score that they were able to achieve at the end of the first day is not something that is overly amusing but it is certainly decent. They have 5 wickets in hand going into the second day and I believe it is going to be a good performance from them on the second day as well. We all know that they just have to survive the first session and they will be able to get a good amount of runs before they and their innings and invite England to bat.

[Minor Miner]

At the end of the first day, New Zealand's collection in 90 overs was 225/5. They have scored 102 runs from the partnership of Mitchell and Blundell. And this partnership is likely to last longer. If England's bowlers failed to pick up all the wickets in the first session of the next day, then winning this match will be very difficult for England. But my guess is that New Zealand will lose all their wickets in the first session tomorrow, and the New Zealand batsmen will probably collect around 320.

[Mahdirakib]

Losing 5 wickets New Zealand have scored 215 runs. With Mitchell and Blundell in crease, the first innings score will cross 300 runs. Already England have won the series and this gives them to play without pressure. New Zealand will try the best to win the match. This can atleast make the series 2-1.

England will play without pressure but they don't had the goal of winning this series only. Currently they are at the 8th rank in ICC WTC 2021-2023 points table. England has won only 3 matches after playing 14 test matches. So this series was very important for them. They have already won the series, but they will try their best to win this third match too.

[bitgov]

Losing 5 wickets New Zealand have scored 215 runs. With Mitchell and Blundell in crease, the first innings score will cross 300 runs. Already England have won the series and this gives them to play without pressure. New Zealand will try the best to win the match. This can atleast make the series 2-1.

England will play without pressure but they don't had the goal of winning this series only. Currently they are at the 8th rank in ICC WTC 2021-2023 points table. England has won only 3 matches after playing 14 test matches. So this series was very important for them. They have already won the series, but they will try their best to win this third match too.

Does it not matter with which team the other team is playing - ofcourse their rating will get better. But on the other side there is a weak team too.
England is no comparison to Netherlands. Easy win. Hope they get the good target achieved for their rating. . . . .

[JSRAW]

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Arey what happened to Anderson? Can't find his name in roaster. Is he injured or taking rest.

Taking a break but not injured. With James Anderson out of the game, Jamie Overton makes his debut for England. The series has been confirmed, so England will try out others.

This fucker could have taken rest later but i guess the dead rubber one off test of Eng vs Ind is more important to him

Anyway the 1st day of warm up match didn't go well for regualar Indian batters, it's good overall as i believe it'll keep em grounded for final matchup.

[lixer]

You cannot compare BCCI to any other boards. Every board is doing something good for its players and it's staff but what BCCI is doing is beyond the expectations and reach of other boards. You cannot ignore BCCI when you are discussing about cricket as they are to an extent controlling the ICC. None of the other cricket board have that kind of power or money at the moment.

Right now as situation is going in ICC and BCCI no one is comparing anything with India because they are financially very strong with big market and having their best tools in their hand for cashing this out but is this good every time you are talking about these points Indian Cricket Board is rich and having enough money. Even they have this all but still in facilities and many other ways they are not using this all for improvement of game and other things, mostly it's going into corruption and their own use, so please stop this all now and just talk about game and better things for others as well.

If we have very strong and balanced management at ICC then surely it's going to be good for all boards and cricket but sadly colonial mind set is never been good for this game.

[dezoel]

Losing 5 wickets New Zealand have scored 215 runs. With Mitchell and Blundell in crease, the first innings score will cross 300 runs. Already England have won the series and this gives them to play without pressure. New Zealand will try the best to win the match. This can atleast make the series 2-1.

England will play without pressure but they don't had the goal of winning this series only. Currently they are at the 8th rank in ICC WTC 2021-2023 points table. England has won only 3 matches after playing 14 test matches. So this series was very important for them. They have already won the series, but they will try their best to win this third match too.

England were bad and down but suddenly with new captain and coach their aggression is amazing with first two test matches now I am feeling in this season they are going to be outclassed New Zealand, India and then South Africa at home before going for Pakistan tour which is also going to be very interesting for them. Right now they are low in ICC WTC table but after winning these all matches they can jump in good way which is going to help them in good way.

But right now at end of first day in Third test two very inform batsmen at crease for visitors, and they are adding some good runs with both are currently top scorers in this series, and they can add some more important runs which can help them, but England is again going to be very handy in both departments bowling and batting.

[Sithara007]

From 123/5, New Zealand managed to reach 225/5. England selectors did the usual mistake by dropping James Anderson (as far as I know, he was not injured). For the first two matches, Anderson was the best bowler for the Poms as he took a total of 11 wickets. I don't have anything against the younger bowlers. But they are being given a lot of chances and still I am not noticing any consistency in their performance. Yesterday it was the turn of Matthew Potts and Jamie Overton. Conceded 69 runs between them, and took just one wicket (that of Devon Conway). 

[GigaBit]

England tries to keep New Zealand under pressure from the start. Broad, in particular, took two wickets easily which limited the opponent's run. A total of 5 wickets have fallen so far but New Zealand have got an attempt to turn around. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell are doing great. A competitive match is expected.

[BALIK]

From 123/5, New Zealand managed to reach 225/5. England selectors did the usual mistake by dropping James Anderson (as far as I know, he was not injured). For the first two matches, Anderson was the best bowler for the Poms as he took a total of 11 wickets. I don't have anything against the younger bowlers. But they are being given a lot of chances and still I am not noticing any consistency in their performance. Yesterday it was the turn of Matthew Potts and Jamie Overton. Conceded 69 runs between them, and took just one wicket (that of Devon Conway). 

Right now Mitchell and Blundell are batting really well. As you have mentioned, they formed a good partnership. And they took New Zealand out of a weird situation in my opinion. Actually, the situation could have been really bad without this partnership. I hope these two will be able to continue for a long time on the second day as well.

It is also true that if James Anderson was in the England bowling lineup I think this partnership might have been broken as well. Let's hope that England will be able to get some early wickets on the second day in the first session.

[Minor Miner]

England tries to keep New Zealand under pressure from the start. Broad, in particular, took two wickets easily which limited the opponent's run. A total of 5 wickets have fallen so far but New Zealand have got an attempt to turn around. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell are doing great. A competitive match is expected.

If England's bowlers can't pick up Mitchel and Blundell's two wickets early in the second day, then New Zealand will be able to collect 350 or 400 runs. Apart from these two batsmen, there is no other experienced batsman in the New Zealand squad now. If England can't take all the wickets in the first session then maybe we will see New Zealand dominate in today's match too.

[pakhitheboss]

England tries to keep New Zealand under pressure from the start. Broad, in particular, took two wickets easily which limited the opponent's run. A total of 5 wickets have fallen so far but New Zealand have got an attempt to turn around. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell are doing great. A competitive match is expected.

If England's bowlers can't pick up Mitchel and Blundell's two wickets early in the second day, then New Zealand will be able to collect 350 or 400 runs. Apart from these two batsmen, there is no other experienced batsman in the New Zealand squad now. If England can't take all the wickets in the first session then maybe we will see New Zealand dominate in today's match too.

Only these two have consistently performed throughout the test series. If they both get out in the first session then it would be difficult for the NZ to even score 300 runs. Again a disappointing performance by the NZ batters. One of the biggest example of bad luck was Nicholls getting out yesterday.