Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Vaskiy]

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It's high time that Australia should also make an inspiring comeback in the BGT series. This tour must be looking very long from the Aussie's perspective, hope this long break helped their outfit in some way.

Australia is getting inspired as India already lost their 4th wicket and the Australian spinners are troubling the Indian batsman  . Ravindra Jadeja was promoted but he failed to stick on for a while and now Shreyas Iyer looks like he chopped one in and India is struggling now as the 5th wicket is gone for 45 runs and it looks like Virat Kohli wont be having any partners to build a good partnership.

Australia have brought the right spinners into the team. Matthew Kuhnemann playing his second Test match and moving towards five wicket haul. In every match bottom order players have contributed good to the India team win the previous matches. Even today something like that needs to happen, if not this test match gonna end in three days time.

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[JSRAW]

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It's high time that Australia should also make an inspiring comeback in the BGT series. This tour must be looking very long from the Aussie's perspective, hope this long break helped their outfit in some way.

Australia is getting inspired as India already lost their 4th wicket and the Australian spinners are troubling the Indian batsman  . Ravindra Jadeja was promoted but he failed to stick on for a while and now Shreyas Iyer looks like he chopped one in and India is struggling now as the 5th wicket is gone for 45 runs and it looks like Virat Kohli wont be having any partners to build a good partnership.

Woke up and saw we are 5 down lol. A fine collapse in the first session.

Well at least for a change Brohit won the toss and the replacement opener scored some runs. Jadeja is allowed to fail sometimes so it's fine but surprisingly Iyer didn't open his account which is disappointing as he's one of the best batters in the world against spin.

Aussies can't afford to be complacent and they must go for the kill otherwise they will regret it as usual.

[Sithara007]

Kohli is gone and India are 6 down with two digit total on board. Australian spinners - Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann have so far done a wonderful job. And this is an ideal opportunity for Srikar Bharat to cement his place in the test squad. If he can get India to a total of 200-250, then he can become the regular within the national team. Ravichandran Ashwin is supposed to come next, but after that there is not much batting from India. Ravindra Jadeja was pushed ahead of Shreyas Iyer, but this time things didn't worked out as expected. 

[JSRAW]

Kohli is gone and India are 6 down with two digit total on board. Australian spinners - Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann have so far done a wonderful job. And this is an ideal opportunity for Srikar Bharat to cement his place in the test squad. If he can get India to a total of 200-250, then he can become the regular within the national team. Ravichandran Ashwin is supposed to come next, but after that there is not much batting from India. Ravindra Jadeja was pushed ahead of Shreyas Iyer, but this time things didn't worked out as expected.  

Same old story  

Again top order hoping that bowlers might bail the team out from this shitty situation, again and again, same drama.

What if Axar-Ashwin duo fails with the bat? Losing grip in just a single session, then they'll just chase the game.

Aussie session without any doubt.

[ZAINmalik75]

Kohli is gone and India are 6 down with two digit total on board. Australian spinners - Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann have so far done a wonderful job. And this is an ideal opportunity for Srikar Bharat to cement his place in the test squad. If he can get India to a total of 200-250, then he can become the regular within the national team. Ravichandran Ashwin is supposed to come next, but after that there is not much batting from India. Ravindra Jadeja was pushed ahead of Shreyas Iyer, but this time things didn't worked out as expected. 

So much drama to watch in early stage of this 3rd test match of this series between India and Australia, India won the toss elect to bat first to build handsome target because due to phenomenal spin bowling lineup they taught they will get them during target chase in second inning, but Australian spinner surprised them by dismissing Thier 7 player by just scoring total of 84 in 36th over. Now India are under a huge pressure because only just bowler left to bat, Ashwin and A.Patel are on crease now the thing which India need is to hold on a pitch and build a big partnership.

[pakhitheboss]

What a disaster! 7 wicket fell before the lunch break. India is in big trouble. The good news here is that the pitch on day 1 is helping spinners. I am hoping again Axar & Ashwin will take the responsibility and dig india out of this mess created by the upper order batters. Except Kohli & Bharat all others batter on that list were not able to even score 20 runs. Biggest contribution to Indian score in the first innings was from Iyer & the Pujara

[Sithara007]

Same old story  

Again top order hoping that bowlers might bail the team out from this shitty situation, again and again, same drama.

What if Axar-Ashwin duo fails with the bat? Losing grip in just a single session, then they'll just chase the game.

Aussie session without any doubt.

LOL.. If one of them fails, then it is going to be really difficult for India. Because after Ashwin, they have Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj to come next and these two are not exactly known for their batting skills. All three Australian spinners have taken wickets so far, and I would love to see Steve Smith bowling a couple of overs as well. BTW, I liked Smith's captaincy much better than Pat Cummins. He is aggressive, unlike Cummins who loses his composure when put under pressure.

[JSRAW]

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LOL.. If one of them fails, then it is going to be really difficult for India. Because after Ashwin, they have Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj to come next and these two are not exactly known for their batting skills. All three Australian spinners have taken wickets so far, and I would love to see Steve Smith bowling a couple of overs as well. BTW, I liked Smith's captaincy much better than Pat Cummins. He is aggressive, unlike Cummins who loses his composure when put under pressure.

No more tail wagging this time around.

Not every time Jaddu-Ashwin-Axar will bail out the team if you continuously fail at the top. In the first 2 matches, these 3 were the main difference with the bat between both teams. Today they failed and look at the Indian scorecard. It should give the top order some reality check.

Smudge did well today, he's a proven skipper so no surprises there.

[Sithara007]

No more tail wagging this time around.

Not every time Jaddu-Ashwin-Axar will bail out the team if you continuously fail at the top. In the first 2 matches, these 3 were the main difference with the bat between both teams. Today they failed and look at the Indian scorecard. It should give the top order some reality check.

Smudge did well today, he's a proven skipper so no surprises there.

LOL.. one of those rare occasions when the triad (Jadeja-Ashwin-Axar) failed with the bat. India bundled out in just 33 overs, and now they have 56 overs today against the Australian batsmen. KL Rahul has been finally kicked out of the India team, and I am wondering when they are going to do the same with Cheteshwar Pujara. His record since 2020 has been just horrendous. BTW, I don't have any high expectations from the Australian batsmen as well. The pitch is offering a lot of support to the spinners and I would be happy if they can get to a first innings lead. 

[pakhitheboss]

109 all out! Brutal bowling by the Australian spin attack. I am hoping that Jadeja &Ashwin utilizes the pitch in the same manners as the Australian bowlers.

Australia already lost their first wicket. It would not be easy for the Australian batters to chase a small target of 109 runs. I feel that this test match would be controlled by the bowlers and not the batters.

[Vaskiy]

No more tail wagging this time around.

Not every time Jaddu-Ashwin-Axar will bail out the team if you continuously fail at the top. In the first 2 matches, these 3 were the main difference with the bat between both teams. Today they failed and look at the Indian scorecard. It should give the top order some reality check.

Smudge did well today, he's a proven skipper so no surprises there.

LOL.. one of those rare occasions when the triad (Jadeja-Ashwin-Axar) failed with the bat. India bundled out in just 33 overs, and now they have 56 overs today against the Australian batsmen. KL Rahul has been finally kicked out of the India team, and I am wondering when they are going to do the same with Cheteshwar Pujara. His record since 2020 has been just horrendous. BTW, I don't have any high expectations from the Australian batsmen as well. The pitch is offering a lot of support to the spinners and I would be happy if they can get to a first innings lead. 

When cricket fans starts discussion on the social media about the replacement of better player in his place we'll get to see the support and opposition for the same. Understanding the scenario the selection committee might take necessary action. This time I believe Australia batsmen will score good. Atleast 250+ runs will come in the first innings. Matthew Kuhnemann had his test career best with the best economy of 1.78 rpo(16/5). It looks like Jadeja have begun his performance taking the wicket of Travis Head. In 3 overs Australia have made 14/1

[Sithara007]

Mistakes from the Indian players may prove very costly later. Jadeja got Marnus Labuschagne out, but then the wicket was annulled after it was found that the bowler had overstepped. It was such a crucial moment during today's play. Labuschagne is one of the most important players for Australia and I am sure that he will make the maximum use of the mistake from Jadeja. India needs wickets now. And although Ravindra Jadeja is looking very threatening, Ravichandran Ashwin from the other end is unable to maintain the pressure.

[JSRAW]

Mistakes from the Indian players may prove very costly later. Jadeja got Marnus Labuschagne out, but then the wicket was annulled after it was found that the bowler had overstepped. It was such a crucial moment during today's play. Labuschagne is one of the most important players for Australia and I am sure that he will make the maximum use of the mistake from Jadeja. India needs wickets now. And although Ravindra Jadeja is looking very threatening, Ravichandran Ashwin from the other end is unable to maintain the pressure.

That no-ball and 2 braindead DRS calls are turning out to be really costly, all credit to Jadeja. Things were moving too fast and it looked like he got little bit excited.

This partnership building up nicely and i am afraid to say that damage is done and a minimum of 80 runs lead is coming our way. Indians are way too behind and it's just 1st day. Australians should out bat us completely if they keep chipping up small partnerships.

I won't blame bowlers here because it's hard to attack the opposition batters when you have virtually no runs on the scoreboard. Fields were open from the start to save boundaries, you can hardly attack for longer in such a scenario. From India's point of view, the best they can do is try to keep the lead as minimum as possible and hope batters put up some fight in 2nd inning.

[BALIK]

Mistakes from the Indian players may prove very costly later. Jadeja got Marnus Labuschagne out, but then the wicket was annulled after it was found that the bowler had overstepped. It was such a crucial moment during today's play. Labuschagne is one of the most important players for Australia and I am sure that he will make the maximum use of the mistake from Jadeja. India needs wickets now. And although Ravindra Jadeja is looking very threatening, Ravichandran Ashwin from the other end is unable to maintain the pressure.

Labuschagne is batting very carefully. Labuschagne scored just 22 runs from 68 balls. And now Australia mustered 90 runs with the loss of just one wicket. Usman Khawaja remains unbeaten with 46 runs. It will be very difficult for India to continue fighting in this match. India mustered only 109 runs. And the way Australia are batting now, it looks like they can easily take a lead of 200 runs. Ashwin and Jadeja continue to try to pick up wickets. These two bowlers have done 22 overs in 28 overs. Australia are likely to win this match after a poor performance in the previous two matches.

[Sithara007]

Out of the 37 overs bowled by the Indian bowlers so far, Ravindra Jadeja has bowled 16 and picked up two wickets. But as JSRAW mentioned, the noball from him and the two poor DRS referrals put India in backfoot. Marnus Labuschagne finally got out, but not before doing the damage. Now they have Steven Smith in one end (who has a test batting average of 60 plus), and then Usman Khawaja on the other end. Both of them are in decent form. For the first time in this test series, Australia are having a definite advantage. 

[KennyR]

Mistakes from the Indian players may prove very costly later. Jadeja got Marnus Labuschagne out, but then the wicket was annulled after it was found that the bowler had overstepped. It was such a crucial moment during today's play. Labuschagne is one of the most important players for Australia and I am sure that he will make the maximum use of the mistake from Jadeja. India needs wickets now. And although Ravindra Jadeja is looking very threatening, Ravichandran Ashwin from the other end is unable to maintain the pressure.

Labuschagne is batting very carefully. Labuschagne scored just 22 runs from 68 balls. And now Australia mustered 90 runs with the loss of just one wicket. Usman Khawaja remains unbeaten with 46 runs. It will be very difficult for India to continue fighting in this match. India mustered only 109 runs. And the way Australia are batting now, it looks like they can easily take a lead of 200 runs. Ashwin and Jadeja continue to try to pick up wickets. These two bowlers have done 22 overs in 28 overs. Australia are likely to win this match after a poor performance in the previous two matches.

Australia have levelled the score in 36 overs losing the wicket of Travis Head and Labuschagne. Smith have come to the crease and Khawaja is playing good scoring 53* runs and playing real test match. This match is going to be one sided, because Australia with the form will surely score 300+ runs. In the second innings the pressure will be much high on India team as more days are left.

[laurenB7742]

The way South Africa started their innings, I thought they would declare an inning after 500-plus. But apart from the two openers, I have not seen a better performance from any batsman. Opener Dean Egar scored 71 runs and Marakram's collection was 115 runs. After losing 8 wickets at the end of the first day, South Africa collected only 314 runs. It was not enough to beat the West Indies. The match looks more likely to be a draw now. If South Africa's middle order had batted with some responsibility, they could have won this match.

South Africa lost first wicket at 141, second on 221, and after that, wikcets keep on falling. I would say 314 is still good enough to get lead against West Indies though SA still have 2 wickets left. The match will end in a draw or we have a result is mostly dependent on how West Indies play in there first innings. West Indies have a good come back in bowling as they have got 8 wickets on day 1, same is required in batting.

In the first innings, South Africa collected only 342 runs. But if they can collect more than 400, they can be in a safe zone. Because the pitch is not helping the bowlers. It will not be difficult to collect big on this pitch if you bat carefully. Bassett Indies managed to collect 71 runs in 20 overs. But they lost two valuable wickets of openers Brathwaite and Chanderpaul. However, the West Indies squad has several talented batsmen. I guess they will be able to collect more than 300 in the first innings.

On the other hand, India's batting disaster happened in the match between India and Australia. India lost all wickets for just 109 runs. And Australian team lost only 2 wickets to collect 111 runs. India is in crisis. If Australia's batsmen can bat responsibly, they are sure to win.

[Vaskiy]

The way South Africa started their innings, I thought they would declare an inning after 500-plus. But apart from the two openers, I have not seen a better performance from any batsman. Opener Dean Egar scored 71 runs and Marakram's collection was 115 runs. After losing 8 wickets at the end of the first day, South Africa collected only 314 runs. It was not enough to beat the West Indies. The match looks more likely to be a draw now. If South Africa's middle order had batted with some responsibility, they could have won this match.

South Africa lost first wicket at 141, second on 221, and after that, wikcets keep on falling. I would say 314 is still good enough to get lead against West Indies though SA still have 2 wickets left. The match will end in a draw or we have a result is mostly dependent on how West Indies play in there first innings. West Indies have a good come back in bowling as they have got 8 wickets on day 1, same is required in batting.

In the first innings, South Africa collected only 342 runs. But if they can collect more than 400, they can be in a safe zone. Because the pitch is not helping the bowlers. It will not be difficult to collect big on this pitch if you bat carefully. Bassett Indies managed to collect 71 runs in 20 overs. But they lost two valuable wickets of openers Brathwaite and Chanderpaul. However, the West Indies squad has several talented batsmen. I guess they will be able to collect more than 300 in the first innings.

On the other hand, India's batting disaster happened in the match between India and Australia. India lost all wickets for just 109 runs. And Australian team lost only 2 wickets to collect 111 runs. India is in crisis. If Australia's batsmen can bat responsibly, they are sure to win.

Even now South Africa is at the safe zone, because West Indies doesn't have the stable players who contributes. West Indies have lost two wickets for 70 runs. Possibly they'll reach 200-250 runs. The 100 runs difference will be the match decider. I find South Africa on the advantageous part.

With the Australia vs India match, this is sure win for Australia. Every time we can't expect miracles to come from the all rounders of India. This time Australia have come prepared to take revenge of the previous matches.

[Sithara007]

Drinks being taken and Australia are having a lead of 11 runs, with 8 wickets in hand. This is an excellent opportunity for Australia to get an innings win. If they can get to a lead of 200 plus (difficult, but still possible), then there is a real chance that they don't need to bat again. The pitch is having a lot of uneven bounce and it is very difficult to bat on. Khawaja, Labuschagne and Smith have been batting so well, that sometimes the viewers forget how hard it is to bat on this wicket. But Indian bowlers, especially Ashwin and Axar are not making use of the pitch conditions.

After a long time, I watched most of the day's play live. Don't remember watching test cricket for so long recently, but this match is really interesting (BTW, need to thank the work-from-home system for IT employees as well ).

What was the point in including two pacers in the Indian lineup? Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj have so far bowled a total of 5 overs, and this is the first day of the match. They could have included one extra batsmen in place of one of the pacers. And in the meantime, Rohit need to give some rest to Jadeja. He has so far bowled 19 out of the 43 overs.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Drinks being taken and Australia are having a lead of 11 runs, with 8 wickets in hand. This is an excellent opportunity for Australia to get an innings win. If they can get to a lead of 200 plus (difficult, but still possible), then there is a real chance that they don't need to bat again. The pitch is having a lot of uneven bounce and it is very difficult to bat on. Khawaja, Labuschagne and Smith have been batting so well, that sometimes the viewers forget how hard it is to bat on this wicket. But Indian bowlers, especially Ashwin and Axar are not making use of the pitch conditions.

After a long time, I watched most of the day's play live. Don't remember watching test cricket for so long recently, but this match is really interesting (BTW, need to thank the work-from-home system for IT employees as well ).

What was the point in including two pacers in the Indian lineup? Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj have so far bowled a total of 5 overs, and this is the first day of the match. They could have included one extra batsmen in place of one of the pacers. And in the meantime, Rohit need to give some rest to Jadeja. He has so far bowled 19 out of the 43 overs.

A surprising day to see indias batting like this all out on 109 runs, a difficult pitch indeed for batsmen .
An easy trail for Australia they chased it quickly with 3 loss of wickets,  now Australia is on lead of 45 runs.  This match is going to be interesting one.