Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[TheGreatPython]

West Indies was good in T20 for over a decade and now they did not even qualify for the World Cup and they were struggling to find any talented players for the longer format for a very long time and you cannot expect anything different from a deteriorated playing eleven. I will be surprised if the match goes to the final day.

Right now, West Indies is completely down and out of all formats with need of some changes into their stance on players' future and domestic setup as well because things are not going positive for them, and they are losing their best talent because of differences between players and board which is never been ideal now here in Australia they are having big issue in bowling and batting as well which is creating more problems for their future with they already lost spot into t20i world cup, and now they can face more problems as well here Australia is having now settle their spot for the WTC final.

Pakistan is in a good position and if they can bat longer and score runs then the pressure will be on England to catch up.

Pakistan's start is good but for better view of this test match we have to wait for the end of Pakistani inning then we can talk clearly about result of this match and series right now England is at the top still with their style of play and approach for this series.

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[shawon01]

Pakistan came out to bat again today we can see pakistan batting great but they are not getting good colors but soon i think babar azam will score 100 runs but he needs some time but babar azam can score 100 runs in the match.  Then Pakistan will win all very soon

[UmerIdrees]

Babar Azam hits a captain's knock. After Abrar Ahmed's debut seven-wicket haul, Pakistan dominated the first day despite losing two wickets. Babar with the bat is obviously the star of the day, followed by Abrar Ahmed. Now it's time for the batters to go big with their bats. I hope that Pakistan's next morning will be a great day for them. Indeed, a great test match in progress.

Pakistan need to bat carefully on day 2 as they are 174 runs behind. We saw Pakistan fail to chase a relatively small target of 344 in Pindi test, this clearly is an indication that how good England bowling is. At the moment Babr Azam is on crease and if he can bat for next 30 to 40 overs then Pakistan definitely have a chance to get some lead in first innings.

Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets today and they lost the early advantage which they would have got if they would have scored a lead of 100 or more in this innings. Both Baber Azam and Saud Shakeel who were looking good lost their wicket in the first session of the morning of day 2. Now Pakistan will have to bat well even to reach England's first innings score of 281.

I think England are back in the game unless we see any miracle innings from the Pakistan tail, which is difficult. When at one time it seems that Pakistan will end up with a lead in the first innings, the chances are that England will get the lead of 60 to 80 runs. Pakistan's batting is again in externe pressure and they have no clue on how to get out of this pressure.

[coinism]

Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets today and they lost the early advantage which they would have got if they would have scored a lead of 100 or more in this innings. Both Baber Azam and Saud Shakeel who were looking good lost their wicket in the first session of the morning of day 2. Now Pakistan will have to bat well even to reach England's first innings score of 281.

I think England are back in the game unless we see any miracle innings from the tail, which is difficult. When at one time it seems that Pakistan will end up with a lead in the first innings, the chances are that England will get the lead of 60 to 80 runs. Pakistan's batting is again in externe pressure and they have no clue on how to get out of this pressure.

England on top as Pakistan lose 5 wikcets in first session of day 3. As expected, Pakistan showing poor performance with batting. Babar and Saud were the first one to go this morning after that no one took the responsibility. Pakistan still 112 runs behind and lost the advantage which they have till yesterday stumps.

[JSRAW]

Didn't watch the first session but what just happened there?

Pakistani batters making Bald Jack Leach a world class baller and handing out wickets to pacers on the spin track. Well done!

Guess we'll have results within 3days.

[ZAINmalik75]

Pakistan vs England
 In this match, England batted first and gave the Pakistan team a target of 282 runs. I think Pakistan will win this match very easily because the runs that England scored are not the right runs for England to win. So I think Pakistan has a big hope of winning the match. Pakistan 28  Pakistan scored 107 runs in the over and lost 2 wickets.

Yeh we all hope that 282 is a small target and Pakistan can easily chase it but after dismissal of A.Shafiq and Imam, our hopes are attached with Pakistani Captain Babar Azam who score around 60 before end of day but in new day he only score few runs and dismissed by Ollie at 75 runs , after his dismissal no one continue long the inning and all Pakistan team out at 202 runs which is quite woory moment for Pakistan because we taught that Pakistan will chase the score and will give huge lead to england but they didn't, now let see what happen next.......

[noormcs5]

Pakistan vs England
 In this match, England batted first and gave the Pakistan team a target of 282 runs. I think Pakistan will win this match very easily because the runs that England scored are not the right runs for England to win. So I think Pakistan has a big hope of winning the match. Pakistan 28  Pakistan scored 107 runs in the over and lost 2 wickets.

Yeh we all hope that 282 is a small target and Pakistan can easily chase it but after dismissal of A.Shafiq and Imam, our hopes are attached with Pakistani Captain Babar Azam who score around 60 before end of day but in new day he only score few runs and dismissed by Ollie at 75 runs , after his dismissal no one continue long the inning and all Pakistan team out at 202 runs which is quite woory moment for Pakistan because we taught that Pakistan will chase the score and will give huge lead to england but they didn't, now let see what happen next.......

What are you expecting to happen next? England will win this match as they got the lead of around 80 runs.

Pakistan bowled out at 202 runs and England is in the lead with 90 runs. It is still the 2nd day of the match and we have enough days in match to have a result in this match.

Abrar took 7 wickets in the first innings and Pakistan's only hope is that he bowls again and gets wickets for Pakistan. He has taken one wicket already in the 2nd innings and England are 12-1.

[WatChe]

What are you expecting to happen next? England will win this match as they got the lead of around 80 runs.

Pakistan bowled out at 202 runs and England is in the lead with 90 runs. It is still the 2nd day of the match and we have enough days in match to have a result in this match.

Abrar took 7 wickets in the first innings and Pakistan's only hope is that he bowls again and gets wickets for Pakistan. He has taken one wicket already in the 2nd innings and England are 12-1.

Right now England is in full control of the match. As on stumps day 3, England have got a lead of 281 and still 5 wikcets left. Surely they will give target of over 300 which is very difficult for Pakistan to chase. Abrar Ahmed got 10 wikcets for far but his best bowling in first innings was undone by Pakistani batting lineup.

[Naficopa]

What are you expecting to happen next? England will win this match as they got the lead of around 80 runs.

Pakistan bowled out at 202 runs and England is in the lead with 90 runs. It is still the 2nd day of the match and we have enough days in match to have a result in this match.

Abrar took 7 wickets in the first innings and Pakistan's only hope is that he bowls again and gets wickets for Pakistan. He has taken one wicket already in the 2nd innings and England are 12-1.

Right now England is in full control of the match. As on stumps day 3, England have got a lead of 281 and still 5 wikcets left. Surely they will give target of over 300 which is very difficult for Pakistan to chase. Abrar Ahmed got 10 wikcets for far but his best bowling in first innings was undone by Pakistani batting lineup.

England did it once again ,right after when we thought Pakistan is going to take the lead ,one second day they clean sweep Pakistan on their homeground and now is making lead of 202 runs. 
I guess this test is also going in favour of England.

[kro55]

What are you expecting to happen next? England will win this match as they got the lead of around 80 runs.

Pakistan bowled out at 202 runs and England is in the lead with 90 runs. It is still the 2nd day of the match and we have enough days in match to have a result in this match.
Abrar took 7 wickets in the first innings and Pakistan's only hope is that he bowls again and gets wickets for Pakistan. He has taken one wicket already in the 2nd innings and England are 12-1.

Right now England is in full control of the match. As on stumps day 3, England have got a lead of 281 and still 5 wikcets left. Surely they will give target of over 300 which is very difficult for Pakistan to chase. Abrar Ahmed got 10 wikcets for far but his best bowling in first innings was undone by Pakistani batting lineup.

This is totally disappointing to see the performance of Pakistan's batsmen. Such a poor performance was not expected. Pakistan lost their third wicket for 142 runs. And they lost all the wickets to collect only 60 runs. The batsmen should have batted more responsibly. Batting like this, it is foolish to expect good results against a team like England.

England scored 202 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their second innings. And now they have managed to take a lead of 281 runs. I think England will declare their innings even if they take a lead of 400 runs. But taking a lead of 400 runs will not be easy for England.

[JSRAW]

With 281 runs lead and 5 wickets in the bank, England is clearly in a good position. 100 more runs on the scoreboard and they are the favorites to win this match convincingly.

I used to think that Joe Root was the most clueless Test captain in recent times but Babar Azam took him over by a margin and topped the list with his field and bowling changes. He's lucky Abrar is there to take care of one end, if not then the situation could've been a lot worse for the Pak team.   

[Mahdirakib]

West Indies was good in T20 for over a decade and now they did not even qualify for the World Cup and they were struggling to find any talented players for the longer format for a very long time and you cannot expect anything different from a deteriorated playing eleven. I will be surprised if the match goes to the final day.

West Indies players have gradually lost their form as they give more priority to the franchise cricket league. West Indies cricket board is primarily responsible for the current position of the team. Australia has given the target of 497 runs. West Indies has already lost 4 wickets in just 21 runs. There is no chance to see the match on the final day. Australia will get the victory on the day 4.

Pakistan is in a good position and if they can bat longer and score runs then the pressure will be on England to catch up.

Pakistani batting lineup has collapsed today and England is in good position now. Probably England will ensure the series on their name by winning the second test match.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

With 281 runs lead and 5 wickets in the bank, England is clearly in a good position. 100 more runs on the scoreboard and they are the favorites to win this match convincingly.

I used to think that Joe Root was the most clueless Test captain in recent times but Babar Azam took him over by a margin and topped the list with his field and bowling changes. He's lucky Abrar is there to take care of one end, if not then the situation could've been a lot worse for the Pak team.   

Pakistan in 1st innings failed in chasing a small target and now second innings is in process let's see how things will turn in favour of  Pakistan as their batting lineup is not supporting them again. 
If Pakistan performed like 1st innings this will be a win for England.

[BobK71]

What are you expecting to happen next? England will win this match as they got the lead of around 80 runs.

Pakistan bowled out at 202 runs and England is in the lead with 90 runs. It is still the 2nd day of the match and we have enough days in match to have a result in this match.

Abrar took 7 wickets in the first innings and Pakistan's only hope is that he bowls again and gets wickets for Pakistan. He has taken one wicket already in the 2nd innings and England are 12-1.

Right now England is in full control of the match. As on stumps day 3, England have got a lead of 281 and still 5 wikcets left. Surely they will give target of over 300 which is very difficult for Pakistan to chase. Abrar Ahmed got 10 wikcets for far but his best bowling in first innings was undone by Pakistani batting lineup.

In the first innings, Pakistan had enough chances to take the lead in this match. Abrar Ahmed who took 7 wickets took 3 more wickets in the second innings. However, Pakistan is not ahead in the debut match of this 24-year-old leg spinner. England advanced by 281 runs at the end of the second day. Pakistan started the second day at 107 for 2. Babar Azam was unbeaten on 62 runs with Saud Shakeel who scored 32 runs. However, the Pakistan captain could not take the team far today. He was bowled by Ollie Robinson for 75 runs. The field is now playing very competitively even with less runs.

[savetheFORUM]

At Adelaide, West Indies need another 209 runs to avoid the follow on. Tagenarine Chanderpaul is still there, batting at 47. But they have lost almost all of their other top order batsmen. Michael Neser and Scott Boland have bowled quite well for Australia so far and have shown the depth in player pool for Australia as far as the pace bowling component is concerned (still I would have preferred Lance Morris in the team). West Indies is sliding towards an innings defeat and only a miracle from Tagenarine can rescue them from that fate.

@Sithara007 I sincerely doubt that he can save them this time from an innings defeat, and the WI management needs to ask the tough question like why did they lose this test matches so easily (assuming they suffer an innings defeat). Also I too agree that Morris should have made it to the playing 11, but I believe that he’ll get his chance soon and in the long run he’ll definitely be a regular in the playing 11 of Australia.

After end of day three, West Indies need 459 runs to win this test math and level series with 38 for 4 is score, and now we have Jason Holder and debutant Devon Thomas which can resist for some time but most chances tomorrow because end of second session this match is going to end with Australia win this series by 2 - 0 and West Indies will go home with another disappointing result Chanderpaul was the highest scorer in first inning with 47 runs and now in second inning he is again the highest scorer with 17 and Boland break their back with three wickets which mean nothing positive is going to happen and Australia's next target is South Africa which is also looking good, but we have to wait for the start of match on 17th December and venue is Brisbane.

[fullhdpixel]

In the first innings, Pakistan had enough chances to take the lead in this match. Abrar Ahmed who took 7 wickets took 3 more wickets in the second innings. However, Pakistan is not ahead in the debut match of this 24-year-old leg spinner. England advanced by 281 runs at the end of the second day. Pakistan started the second day at 107 for 2. Babar Azam was unbeaten on 62 runs with Saud Shakeel who scored 32 runs. However, the Pakistan captain could not take the team far today. He was bowled by Ollie Robinson for 75 runs. The field is now playing very competitively even with less runs.

Pakistan's current team is the worst side in test format with no player having sense of playing this format most of the players are in the side just because of personal links and parchi system which is killing the spirit of the game with current situation most chances Pakistan will lose this test match also, and hopefully they will be whitewashed as well because things are looking not good for them, and they are also clueless with no strategy and plan for future is working around them.

Abrar Ahmed having good start of his career, hopefully he will work for long time because most of the time Pakistani players after having good start face many on and off the field issues, and they can't give performance consistently which is long run problem for them in all formats.

[posi]

In the first innings, Pakistan had enough chances to take the lead in this match. Abrar Ahmed who took 7 wickets took 3 more wickets in the second innings. However, Pakistan is not ahead in the debut match of this 24-year-old leg spinner. England advanced by 281 runs at the end of the second day. Pakistan started the second day at 107 for 2. Babar Azam was unbeaten on 62 runs with Saud Shakeel who scored 32 runs. However, the Pakistan captain could not take the team far today. He was bowled by Ollie Robinson for 75 runs. The field is now playing very competitively even with less runs.

Pakistan's current team is the worst side in test format with no player having sense of playing this format most of the players are in the side just because of personal links and parchi system which is killing the spirit of the game with current situation most chances Pakistan will lose this test match also, and hopefully they will be whitewashed as well because things are looking not good for them, and they are also clueless with no strategy and plan for future is working around them.

Abrar Ahmed having good start of his career, hopefully he will work for long time because most of the time Pakistani players after having good start face many on and off the field issues, and they can't give performance consistently which is long run problem for them in all formats.

I will blame their management for this condition of Pakistan. Pakistan management should have selected players separately for the three formats, and formed separate squads. But they failed to do so. Test format also lacks patience among batsmen. Due to this they are not able to stay at the crease for long. The board should be more careful in selecting players in every format. Also creating players for each format separately.

Although Pakistan batted very badly in the first innings, they still have a chance to win. I guess England will lose all wickets within 300. If the target is like 350 then Pakistan will have a chance to win. But if the target is more than 400 then Pakistan will be defeated.

[darewaller]

This is totally disappointing to see the performance of Pakistan's batsmen. Such a poor performance was not expected. Pakistan lost their third wicket for 142 runs. And they lost all the wickets to collect only 60 runs. The batsmen should have batted more responsibly. Batting like this, it is foolish to expect good results against a team like England.

England scored 202 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their second innings. And now they have managed to take a lead of 281 runs. I think England will declare their innings even if they take a lead of 400 runs. But taking a lead of 400 runs will not be easy for England.

Yeah, totally disappointment from their performance in first two test matches as I was expecting strength in batting after poor performance in first test match, but sadly they are not working on this and have few poor selections like Mohammad Nawaz and Salman both are not good with having few better choices, but they are stick with these surely make no sense because Fawad and Shan moth deserved chance but nothing positive happening for the team and these players.

After end of two days play we have 25 wickets and England is leading by 282 which is very healthy on this pitch as you are going to play fourth inning hopefully tomorrow after having 400+ they will declare and give Pakistan more than two days for chase which will never do this because of their batting quality is not good for having target like this.

[n0ne]

This is totally disappointing to see the performance of Pakistan's batsmen. Such a poor performance was not expected. Pakistan lost their third wicket for 142 runs. And they lost all the wickets to collect only 60 runs. The batsmen should have batted more responsibly. Batting like this, it is foolish to expect good results against a team like England.

England scored 202 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their second innings. And now they have managed to take a lead of 281 runs. I think England will declare their innings even if they take a lead of 400 runs. But taking a lead of 400 runs will not be easy for England.

Yeah, totally disappointment from their performance in first two test matches as I was expecting strength in batting after poor performance in first test match, but sadly they are not working on this and have few poor selections like Mohammad Nawaz and Salman both are not good with having few better choices, but they are stick with these surely make no sense because Fawad and Shan moth deserved chance but nothing positive happening for the team and these players.

After end of two days play we have 25 wickets and England is leading by 282 which is very healthy on this pitch as you are going to play fourth inning hopefully tomorrow after having 400+ they will declare and give Pakistan more than two days for chase which will never do this because of their batting quality is not good for having target like this.

Pakistan haven't managed to play good, as in every match Babar Azam had done his contribution. Shakeel have scored good, after them no one was able to make some runs that help in reaching close to the target. As said England will have plans of declaring after 400+ runs. The chances were very narrow for Pakistan, but the home ground advantage might give hands to some extent.

[laurenB7742]

Australia - West Indies

Australia vs West Indies series is a completely one-sided series. We are only seeing the dominance of Australia. West Indies are performing very badly both in batting and bowling. Although I did not think that West Indies would win before the series, my guess was that West Indies would be able to fight back. But like the first match, the performance of the West Indies players in the second match was very poor.

West Indies are batting at the target of 497 runs given by Australia. And so far they have managed to collect only 42 runs. and lost four wickets. Today is just the fourth day of play. So West Indies is definitely going to be defeated.