Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

I would say that at this point, the match is poised even. It can swing either way. England needs another 119 runs, while India needs 7 wickets. The partnership between Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow is now worth 150 runs. As long as these two stay at the crease, there will be no chance for an Indian victory. In case they manage to win this match, England would be able to draw the series 2-2. And that would be a big morale booster for them ahead of their test series against South Africa (starting on August).

[pakhitheboss]

Not much left in this match now. England are in a very comfortable position they only need 100 runs and I am sure they will easily achieve it. Root and Bairstow are now set batters and it won't be a big of task for tail ender to reach that target incase if both of them get out. Unless the Indian bowlers do something different.

[laurenB7742]

Not much left in this match now. England are in a very comfortable position they only need 100 runs and I am sure they will easily achieve it. Root and Bairstow are now set batters and it won't be a big of task for tail ender to reach that target incase if both of them get out. Unless the Indian bowlers do something different.

England need only 119 runs to win. And England lost only 3 wickets. Experienced batsmen like Bairstow, Root, Billings, and Stokes still remain. I don't see any chance of India winning this match. For the first 3 days, the entire match was under the control of India. But on the fourth day, India is going to lose the match due to the poor bowling of Indian bowlers.

[Sithara007]

Not much left in this match now. England are in a very comfortable position they only need 100 runs and I am sure they will easily achieve it. Root and Bairstow are now set batters and it won't be a big of task for tail ender to reach that target incase if both of them get out. Unless the Indian bowlers do something different.

LOL.. they need to score another 119 runs and I don't know why you guys think that it is an easy target. Given the performance of the Indian bowlers so far, it is definitely not going to be a cakewalk for the Poms. And imagine what will happen if one of the set batsmen get out early during the 5th day of play. 
Ben Stokes and Sam Billings are next, and after that the tail starts with Matthew Potts. IMO, the situation is more like 50/50 now and if the Indian bowlers can get either Root or Bairstow during the first hour, then they may win the match.

[onecall123]

Not much left in this match now. England are in a very comfortable position they only need 100 runs and I am sure they will easily achieve it. Root and Bairstow are now set batters and it won't be a big of task for tail ender to reach that target incase if both of them get out. Unless the Indian bowlers do something different.

England need only 119 runs to win. And England lost only 3 wickets. Experienced batsmen like Bairstow, Root, Billings, and Stokes still remain. I don't see any chance of India winning this match. For the first 3 days, the entire match was under the control of India. But on the fourth day, India is going to lose the match due to the poor bowling of Indian bowlers.

Jonny Bairstow continues to enjoy a dream Test run, and obviously, he'll do whatever it takes to complete the win as well as get another ton. There's no doubt he's having a lot of fun with the opposing bowlers! There are other England batters on the way if anyone fails! The match is in their hands, and they will surely take the win.

[JSRAW]

Not much left in this match now. England are in a very comfortable position they only need 100 runs and I am sure they will easily achieve it. Root and Bairstow are now set batters and it won't be a big of task for tail ender to reach that target incase if both of them get out. Unless the Indian bowlers do something different.

LOL.. they need to score another 119 runs and I don't know why you guys think that it is an easy target. Given the performance of the Indian bowlers so far, it is definitely not going to be a cakewalk for the Poms. And imagine what will happen if one of the set batsmen get out early during the 5th day of play. 
Ben Stokes and Sam Billings are next, and after that the tail starts with Matthew Potts. IMO, the situation is more like 50/50 now and if the Indian bowlers can get either Root or Bairstow during the first hour, then they may win the match.

It's very much possible if Bumrah and Shami get some purchase from the Pitch in their first spell then match could turn drastically.

IDK why they are not changing the ball. When India was batting England team manage to change ball 3-4 times and India changed only once. This new batch of Dukes balls are going to get backlash soon and rightly so, you can't expect ball to change it shape after every 18-20 overs.

[Sithara007]

It's very much possible if Bumrah and Shami get some purchase from the Pitch in their first spell then match could turn drastically.

IDK why they are not changing the ball. When India was batting England team manage to change ball 3-4 times and India changed only once. This new batch of Dukes balls are going to get backlash soon and rightly so, you can't expect ball to change it shape after every 18-20 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah is going to be the key. Both Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami picked up wickets in the first innings, but they lacked the venom. Bumrah was the only Indian bowler who really troubled the England batsmen. If Bumrah could get either Joe Root or Jonny Bairstow, then the other bowlers will be able to clean up the lower middle order and tail. But they need a wicket before it is too late. If the 4th wicket partnership adds another 40-50 runs, then the match will slip out of India's hands.

[JSRAW]

Bumrah was the only Indian bowler who really troubled the England batsmen.

Nope, i would add Shami as well. Even in 1st inning he was beating bairstow every other ball and openers were looking walking wickets against him, surprisingly he was extremely unlucky on many occasion and it happened in second inning too. yesterday Joe root and Lees survived couple of calls against him as well.

[Vaskiy]

What a match, India thought of winning the match and make history. In 1971 under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar, In 1986 under Kapil Dev's captaincy, and in 2007 under Rahul Dravid's captaincy India won test series in England. After 2007 India have thrice toured England and played test series. Since 15 years no more series won and now it came close. Finally the series have ended in a draw.

[Iranus]

The start of the fifth day was not pleasant for India. India is heading for a sure defeat. England has collected more than 60 runs. Joe Root has scored a century and Bairstow is unbeaten on 92. England needs only 53 runs to win. Looking at the performance of the Indian bowlers, it does not seem that they will be able to take any more wickets. England would win easily and not lose a wicket on the fifth day.

[Smack That Ace]

The start of the fifth day was not pleasant for India. India is heading for a sure defeat. England has collected more than 60 runs. Joe Root has scored a century and Bairstow is unbeaten on 92. England needs only 53 runs to win. Looking at the performance of the Indian bowlers, it does not seem that they will be able to take any more wickets. England would win easily and not lose a wicket on the fifth day.

I am going to say only one sentence that is going to summarize the situation of the match. England needs 15 runs in 81.4 overs and they have 7 wickets in hand. So, there is no chance for India to win this test match and it looks like it is going to be a  series draw between the two teams. England has played really well to win this test match. At times it did look like they are not going to win this match and eventually lose the series to India but that is not happening in my opinion.


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[JSRAW]

They really crushed us, well played England. You really deserved this win, they have been been playing excellent cricket this summer and we were bit undercooked at crucial points and got sort of complacent as well where batters didn't backed themselves despite being in good position.

Pitch was flat but Indian bowlers know to how to ball on flat tracks, we have witnessed this many times but they were leaking easy runs everywhere, may be because of this new batch of dukes balls which we're going to hear soon imo. Also positive mindset of England played a big part thanks to Stokes and Baz.

Interesting time ahead of us. England was playing at home but now i would be very interesting to watch how this England team perform in Australia and India with their new mindset.

[rojan]

The start of the fifth day was not pleasant for India. India is heading for a sure defeat. England has collected more than 60 runs. Joe Root has scored a century and Bairstow is unbeaten on 92. England needs only 53 runs to win. Looking at the performance of the Indian bowlers, it does not seem that they will be able to take any more wickets. England would win easily and not lose a wicket on the fifth day.

India v England
England is playing very well today. Joe Root but played very well. But he hit 142 off 173 balls. I think he played very well in today's mess.

[UmerIdrees]

They really crushed us, well played England.

I would like to say that India lost the test match they should have won.
Wait, India still lost when they scored 416 in the first innings and got a lead of 150 approx in the first innings.
India spend two months in playing the world best league IPL and yet they lose form this situation 
Oh, I can't believe India lost to England, when BCCI has the highest budget for the cricket 

Although England is enjoying  this win, can the neighbors can also celebrate this win please 

[LittleBitFunny]

They really crushed us, well played England. You really deserved this win, they have been been playing excellent cricket this summer and we were bit undercooked at crucial points and got sort of complacent as well where batters didn't backed themselves despite being in good position.
Pitch was flat but Indian bowlers know to how to ball on flat tracks, we have witnessed this many times but they were leaking easy runs everywhere, may be because of this new batch of dukes balls which we're going to hear soon imo. Also positive mindset of England played a big part thanks to Stokes and Baz.
Interesting time ahead of us. England was playing at home but now i would be very interesting to watch how this England team perform in Australia and India with their new mindset.

India's first setback was that, despite leading by 132 runs in the first innings, they gave up a target of just 378 runs. Everyone expected India to collect at least 400 more. If they could have given a target of 430-440, England's batsmen would have been under more pressure, and it would have been very difficult for them to win the match.

The performance of Indian bowlers was not good. Bumrah took 2 wickets. Besides, no other bowler could take a wicket. If the bowlers had performed a little better, maybe the match would have been competitive. India controlled the match for the first 3 days. But in the last two days of the match we saw the dominance of England's players.

[JSRAW]

^^ The way Root and Bairstow were playing even 500 looked reachable. Wish this was 5 test match series, would have been much better.

Updated point table

Nothing much has changed at the top 5 but current champion are going down royally and virtually out from the race. I've mentioned earlier that England (SL too) are going to play spoiler role in this cycle.
England next target would be one off test against India, this won't be easy one for India.

SL would like to do same with the Aussie in upcoming 2 test match series. Australia need to manage SL spinners if they want to win otherwise their % in tally could take a hit.

Updated point table

Have said earlier that England is going to play spoiler role in this WTC cycle and they did exactly same so far. India lost 2 more points due to slow over rates, this is going to hurt team India's ambitions in this cycle. Now England next target would be South Africa.

Sri Lankan are in shambles so not expecting much from them against Aussie, hope they surprise us in a next game. Pakistan is in sweet spot as they are only playing in the subcontinent, this would be their best chance to grab more points if they want to play finals.

[JohnBitCo]

^^ The way Root and Bairstow were playing even 500 looked reachable. Wish this was 5 test match series, would have been much better.

If there were more test matches, India would have shown much better performance and I wouldn't be surprised if they would have won a few matches too. The innings that Root and Bairstow played were one of unique innings and we don't expect the same performance to be repeated in every match. I would say England has a better fate in this match and they were lucky that they won the match. Anyways England has won this very important match.

[BobK71]

England Vs India
I predicted that England will win the match. I had a strong believe that they would defeat India. Because they play great in tests cricket. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow finished the innings. Both of them have scored hundreds over. However, we will now see who can perform better in the T20 format. That will be the most enjoyable match which is placed Jul 07 2022.

[Haunebu]

Everyone expected India to collect at least 400 more. If they could have given a target of 430-440, England's batsmen would have been under more pressure, and it would have been very difficult for them to win the match.

378 was actually good enough, but the Indian players messed up by dropping critical catches which could have turned the game around(Ex: Vihari dropping Bairstow on 14 etc). As they say, catches win matches.

I had a strong believe that they would defeat India. Because they play great in tests cricket.

Lol. Both teams play really well in the test format which is why this entire series ended in a draw despite England winning this match comfortably.

[Webetcoins]

If there were more test matches, India would have shown much better performance and I wouldn't be surprised if they would have won a few matches too. The innings that Root and Bairstow played were one of unique innings and we don't expect the same performance to be repeated in every match. I would say England has a better fate in this match and they were lucky that they won the match. Anyways England has won this very important match.

Change of management and captaincy working for England and India having some issues with regular captain Rohit Sharma out of match with Covid19 and their batting was completely down in second inning which was big set back for them with their bowlers which done amazing job in first inning suddenly was doing bowling like third grad club bowlers which is big misery for me in this second round of test match.

Still, we have to praise England's effort after trailing by over 100+ runs they fight back and have their win with the help of Root and Bairstow both were in amazing touch and agreed here with the way of batting if India has 500+ runs then still this was achievable for them because both batsmen play amazing inning and Indian bowlers have no reply of their aggression.