Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[KennyR]

Third and final test is going to start tomorrow without any extended day which mean now we have only three days with this most chances this is going to be draw match which is helpful for South Africa as they will take few WTC points which are very helpful for them.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-v-sa-3rd-test-deciding-england-south-africa-test-to-resume-but-won-t-be-extended-1333838

Anyhow there is more chances of a draw. Small change in the follow on score have been made. In this match the score is being follow on is reduced to 150 runs instead of 200 runs. She's a great supporter of the game, as it is the national game of the country. Several meet-up with cricket players is getting circulated on social media networks.

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[Sithara007]

I don't have much hope for this test match, given the adverse weather conditions. Rains are predicted for today and only three days remain now. What is the purpose of having a 3-day match? I understand all the drama surrounding Elizabeth's death. But then, why should sports events be called off? This was a great chance for South Africa to win a series in England. And death of Elizabeth robbed them of that opportunity. If the match ends in a draw, then the ICC should award points in WTC championship to South Africa. 

[JSRAW]

^^ It seems that ECB did offer 1 extra day for the test but CSA rejected it because they are tight on schedule and players wanted to take a break and spend some time with families before traveling to India for another bilateral series.

But the way Proteas is playing, there might be some hope for results within 3 days lol.

SA is in big trouble as Ollie Robinson just destroyed them. Board and Jimmy are also doing their job.

[pakhitheboss]

^^ It seems that ECB did offer 1 extra day for the test but CSA rejected it because they are tight on schedule and players wanted to take a break and spend some time with families before traveling to India for another bilateral series.

But the way Proteas is playing, there might be some hope for results within 3 days lol.

SA is in big trouble as Ollie Robinson just destroyed them. Board and Jimmy are also doing their job.

This match will again end in three days. Robinson and Board destroyed the SA batting order and as usual the wicket support bowlers. I was not expecting such a match. I was expecting a full 5 days match with lot excitement. This is again a one sided match unless SA bowlers restrict the English side from scoring mores than 150 runs.

[onecall123]

The English bowlers put on an outstanding performance! 118 runs were scored by South Africa before they were all out. It was a career-best spell from Ollie Robinson that left South Africa reeling. During this three-day test match, South Africa has put on a poor batting display. Queen Elizabeth should be honored if England wins this game.

[Webetcoins]

This match will again end in three days. Robinson and Board destroyed the SA batting order and as usual the wicket support bowlers. I was not expecting such a match. I was expecting a full 5 days match with lot excitement. This is again a one sided match unless SA bowlers restrict the English side from scoring mores than 150 runs.

As Robinson and Broad done against South Africa in this inning now it's all one England batting if they are able to done good runs then surely we can accept a result from this match because rain and weather conditions are completely favoring England and right now they are in complete control even Marco Jansen have good day and take all four wickets for South Africa with deficit is only 11 runs and if England able to take lead around 100+ then surely they could be on driving seat with win in hands because now confidence level of South African batting is very low and this is going to be help them for having better bowling in second inning and take good win from this very short test match.

Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes at crease for England, which is the good time for them to have good runs within quick time and have good advantage of this weather.

[laurenB7742]

The English bowlers put on an outstanding performance! 118 runs were scored by South Africa before they were all out. It was a career-best spell from Ollie Robinson that left South Africa reeling. During this three-day test match, South Africa has put on a poor batting display. Queen Elizabeth should be honored if England wins this game.

I never imagined that South Africa would lose all wickets for just 118 runs. They batted very badly. I thought the match would be a draw. But as the poor performance of South Africa, now they are more likely to lose. Marco Jansen scored the maximum 30 runs for the team. Robinson and Board's performances were outstanding.

England managed to collect 123 runs losing 4 wickets. Ollie Pope is batting very well. He is now unbeaten on 63 runs. I guess England will be able to score at least 220 runs. And if England can collect more than 250 then they will definitely win the match. This match looks unlikely to be a draw.

[Iranus]

After South Africa ended the innings with just 118 runs, I thought we would see a one-sided match like the previous match. But the match is going to be competitive. England players are not batting well. England lost their seventh wicket for 151 runs. Ben Foakes is still at the crease. If he plays well, maybe England can collect 200 runs. Else England will lose all wickets within 180.
Marco Jansen is bowling brilliantly. He took 4 valuable wickets with 34 runs in 11 overs. He is also the highest scorer of the South African team. If the South African bowlers are able to stop the England team between 180-190 then the match will be under the control of South Africa. If England can collect more then England will win.

[SirLancelot]

The English bowlers put on an outstanding performance! 118 runs were scored by South Africa before they were all out. It was a career-best spell from Ollie Robinson that left South Africa reeling. During this three-day test match, South Africa has put on a poor batting display. Queen Elizabeth should be honored if England wins this game.

I never imagined that South Africa would lose all wickets for just 118 runs. They batted very badly. I thought the match would be a draw. But as the poor performance of South Africa, now they are more likely to lose. Marco Jansen scored the maximum 30 runs for the team. Robinson and Board's performances were outstanding.

England managed to collect 123 runs losing 4 wickets. Ollie Pope is batting very well. He is now unbeaten on 63 runs. I guess England will be able to score at least 220 runs. And if England can collect more than 250 then they will definitely win the match. This match looks unlikely to be a draw.

What a day in test cricket as we have only 70 overs with 17 wickets and 272 on board from both sides with England is now leading by 36 runs which is good for them bowling hero Ollie Robinson and Ben Foakes at crease which mean they can add around 20 to 25 more runs which could be vital for them in this match as they are trying their best for win this match and series.

Now match is stopped due to bad light and most chances we are not having more match today and tomorrow again early start and 96 overs are enough for having good cricket from both sides if England gone bowling as they have in first inning then surely they can go ahead and win this match, but it's time for visitors to learn from their mistakes and try to stay at crease which is not easy in current conditions which are clearly favoring bowlers.

Marco Jansen and Rabada both done good job for South Africa and shattered England batting with only Ollie Pope was good enough who hold for some time and give good support to his team with 67 runs on 77 balls which could be very good for them in this match.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

After South Africa ended the innings with just 118 runs, I thought we would see a one-sided match like the previous match. But the match is going to be competitive. England players are not batting well. England lost their seventh wicket for 151 runs. Ben Foakes is still at the crease. If he plays well, maybe England can collect 200 runs. Else England will lose all wickets within 180.
Marco Jansen is bowling brilliantly. He took 4 valuable wickets with 34 runs in 11 overs. He is also the highest scorer of the South African team. If the South African bowlers are able to stop the England team between 180-190 then the match will be under the control of South Africa. If England can collect more then England will win.

On stumps day 3, England have 36 runs lead while they have three wickets in hands. We have 2 days of play left and if both team try we can have result of this Test match. SA should try to wrap up last 3 wickets as quickly as possible. This game is very much open for everyone.

[JSRAW]

Only SENA pitches are allowed to produce such a mindboggling scorecard, not anyone else, I remember when a similar thing happened in Ind vs Eng at Motera Stadium on the very 1st day of the test. Almost everyone was crying and witnessed many Op'eds from Pundits and experts about the death of Test cricket, pitch etc. I didn't see anything even remotely related to this today.

I personally love such kinds of encounters where the ball is dominating the Bat but not a fan of this type of bias. 

[posi]

South Africa's batting quite well in the second innings compared to the first innings. They have already collected 101 runs and lost four wickets. They are batting very well. Now South Africa has managed to take a lead of 61 runs. If South Africa is able to give a target of more than 200 runs then maybe South Africa will be able to fight for victory in this match. But if you give a target of less than 200 the chances of winning are very low. I still think England will win this match. But the match looks to be a competitive one.

[JSRAW]

If we look at 1st inning of Proteas, they are looking okay atm but they need to grind more and hope the lower middle order adds at least 100 more runs.

Anything close to 180-200 runs could become a competitive target on this pitch. Let's just hope their lower order contributes again with the bat, they could hope for some miracle as English bowlers choke most of the time against the tailenders.  

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Lol 5th wicket down and lead is just 80 runs.

[Naficopa]

If England don't commit any mistake 3rd test is there. Only in 2 days of play 30 wickets have gone down. England just need 92 more runs to win on last day with 10 wickets in hands. All England need to do is just relax and don't make any silly mistakes.

[eaLiTy]

If England don't commit any mistake 3rd test is there. Only in 2 days of play 30 wickets have gone down. England just need 92 more runs to win on last day with 10 wickets in hands. All England need to do is just relax and don't make any silly mistakes.

England just need 33 runs to win the match and an entire day left in the match, unless there is any weather interruption they just need half an hour of days play to win the match. South Africa has an inexperienced team and looking at the scoreboard there are new players and i am hearing their name for the first time. After loosing the first two days, i thought the match would end up in a draw but England bowlers bowled really well to have a result.

[Smack That Ace]

If England don't commit any mistake 3rd test is there. Only in 2 days of play 30 wickets have gone down. England just need 92 more runs to win on last day with 10 wickets in hands. All England need to do is just relax and don't make any silly mistakes.

England just need 33 runs to win the match and an entire day left in the match, unless there is any weather interruption they just need half an hour of days play to win the match. South Africa has an inexperienced team and looking at the scoreboard there are new players and i am hearing their name for the first time. After loosing the first two days, i thought the match would end up in a draw but England bowlers bowled really well to have a result.

South Africa showed terrible batting in the first innings. But at the beginning of the second innings, they were batting very well. They managed to collect 58 runs for the first wicket pair. So I thought maybe South Africa would be able to collect like 200-250. But apart from the first 3 batsmen, none of the South African batsmen could last long at the crease.

South Africa set a target of just 130 runs. Even so, the match would have been competitive if the performance of the South African bowlers had been similar to the first innings. England have collected 97 runs but the South African bowlers are yet to pick up any wickets. England need just 33 more runs to win. And if England get a chance to bat 6/7 overs tomorrow then they will win this match.

[Mahdirakib]

After loosing the first two days, i thought the match would end up in a draw but England bowlers bowled really well to have a result.

I thought it same like you, but the ground authority of England makes an interesting pitch for the test matches. The previous two test matches have ended within first 3 days. Although the first two days were cancelled, but I had a slight hope to see the winner of the third test match as well. Undoubtedly England will win this match. They will take the remaining 33 runs within the first 5 to 7 overs of day five.

[DanWalker]

After loosing the first two days, i thought the match would end up in a draw but England bowlers bowled really well to have a result.

I thought it same like you, but the ground authority of England makes an interesting pitch for the test matches. The previous two test matches have ended within first 3 days. Although the first two days were cancelled, but I had a slight hope to see the winner of the third test match as well. Undoubtedly England will win this match. They will take the remaining 33 runs within the first 5 to 7 overs of day five.

In the first Test match, we saw the dominance of only South African players. The performance of England's players was very poor. But the England team made a great comeback in the second match. And defeated the South African team by an innings margin.
In the third match, we all thought the match would be a draw. Because this match is being held in 3 days instead of 5 days. But due to the bad batting of the South African players, we will see the results in this match as well. And only 33 runs will England win. England will win the first session tomorrow.

[TheGreatPython]

In the first Test match, we saw the dominance of only South African players. The performance of England's players was very poor. But the England team made a great comeback in the second match. And defeated the South African team by an innings margin.
In the third match, we all thought the match would be a draw. Because this match is being held in 3 days instead of 5 days. But due to the bad batting of the South African players, we will see the results in this match as well. And only 33 runs will England win. England will win the first session tomorrow.

Amazing fight back by England in second and third test matches of this series specially in third as we have just 154 overs play which is roughly completed two days and now tomorrow before lunch we are going to have result of this match which is surely one of the shortest test match in cricketing history amazing bowling from English bowlers in both innings and good bowling from South African in one inning as in second English inning they fail to break their opening stand which is right now at 97 with just 33 more runs to win this match and series.

Anderson, Broad and Robinson all doing quality bowling and not allow South African batsmen to play freely which is good stuff specially Anderson is taking wickets regularly which is great form this forty years old legendary English bowler.

[Webetcoins]

Only SENA pitches are allowed to produce such a mindboggling scorecard, not anyone else, I remember when a similar thing happened in Ind vs Eng at Motera Stadium on the very 1st day of the test. Almost everyone was crying and witnessed many Op'eds from Pundits and experts about the death of Test cricket, pitch etc. I didn't see anything even remotely related to this today.

I personally love such kinds of encounters where the ball is dominating the Bat but not a fan of this type of bias. 

This all giving impression we are still living in colonial mindset and happy with white color and if we have any interesting thing in our homeland then surely too much negativity and disrespect is waiting for us because many peoples still believe we are not eligible for things like this.

SENA countries and their pitches have right to do anything, but our pitches need to be had permission for results like these because if they don't like these things then surely we have to face penalties or many other things by our peoples not from any other which is doing things like these right now.

These type encounters are good for game but surely no idea for media rights as they can face serious loses which is never been ideal for finances and surely then boards are also not allowed things like these for their deep pockets.