Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Australia won the day and they are ahead of India so far, not the first time in this series tho. At times they were in the exactly same position but Indians fought back and Aussie lost the plot.

So Aussies need to play cool, keep their emotions in check and try not to waste this golden chance because this is their best chance to win the test, not many teams get this opportunity. Having said that Indians are no pushovers either, yeah they had an off day at work but they are a strong outfit and if they get a little bit of sniff tomorrow then they will make life very tough for Australia.

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[YinShuiSiYuan]

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.

South Africa played a reasonable innings of 342 runs and west indies started bit shaky but now they are on 100+ runs with 2 wickets gone and its still day 2. If they manage to make 200+ runs today with no more fall of wickets there are chances of bringing this test to a lead .
Good match played by both teams.

[Sithara007]

Australia won the day and they are ahead of India so far, not the first time in this series tho. At times they were in the exactly same position but Indians fought back and Aussie lost the plot.

So Aussies need to play cool, keep their emotions in check and try not to waste this golden chance because this is their best chance to win the test, not many teams get this opportunity. Having said that Indians are no pushovers either, yeah they had an off day at work but they are a strong outfit and if they get a little bit of sniff tomorrow then they will make life very tough for Australia.

Their top batsmen are back in pavilion, including Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith. It will be a tough task for them to get to a total of 200, given how the pitch is assisting the Indian spinners. Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green are at the crease now, and so far they have struggled against Ashwin and Jadeja. And after these two, they have Alex Carey and he is the last recognized batsman. And after Carey they have four tail-end batsmen in Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann.

[Westinhome]

Their top batsmen are back in pavilion, including Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith. It will be a tough task for them to get to a total of 200, given how the pitch is assisting the Indian spinners. Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green are at the crease now, and so far they have struggled against Ashwin and Jadeja. And after these two, they have Alex Carey and he is the last recognized batsman. And after Carey they have four tail-end batsmen in Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann.

Smith game was unique among most of the players in the team.The Indian spin also unique one.and plays a good impact to the game.Since jadeja was unique alrounder in the Indian team,it was good toughest spin bowling line for the top order players like Smith,Marnus and Usman.Eventhough the batting order was good enough.They should learn to tackle the spin bowling of Indian team is essential one.The batting team had tough task to tackle the spin and score the first 200 of the game.

[Haunebu]

Australia won the day and they are ahead of India so far, not the first time in this series tho. At times they were in the exactly same position but Indians fought back and Aussie lost the plot.

So Aussies need to play cool, keep their emotions in check and try not to waste this golden chance because this is their best chance to win the test, not many teams get this opportunity. Having said that Indians are no pushovers either, yeah they had an off day at work but they are a strong outfit and if they get a little bit of sniff tomorrow then they will make life very tough for Australia.

I wasn't really surprised to see India go down for such a small score since they are extremely over-dependent on their tail-enders these days. On the other hand, the Australian spinners were brilliant as expected.

At the moment, Australia vs Jadeja is what's up. I feel that Jadeja could actually claim all 10 wickets for himself in this innings.

[Sithara007]

Any guess how much will Australia manage to score in the second innings? They have a very long tail this time, with four genuine tailend batsmen - Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann. The absence of Pat Cummins will be felt hard. So I am not expecting much if they lose another two wickets in quick succession tomorrow morning. My guess would be somewhere around 200, which would give them a lead of 90 runs. But given their vulnerability with second innings, at this point I would rate India's chances of winning this match higher than that for Australia.

[MusaPk]

Any guess how much will Australia manage to score in the second innings? They have a very long tail this time, with four genuine tailend batsmen - Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann. The absence of Pat Cummins will be felt hard. So I am not expecting much if they lose another two wickets in quick succession tomorrow morning. My guess would be somewhere around 200, which would give them a lead of 90 runs. But given their vulnerability with second innings, at this point I would rate India's chances of winning this match higher than that for Australia.

We can't predict who will be the winner at this point, but hopefully, by tomorrow, things will be clearer. Aussies still have 6 wickets in their hands, and they can score 250 runs. For India to remain in the game, they must try to bowl out Australia before reaching 200. They have got rid of Usman Khawaja, Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, which is good, but Indian bowlers' job is not done yet. My prediction is Australia will score around 250.

[mm2543363580]

Any guess how much will Australia manage to score in the second innings? They have a very long tail this time, with four genuine tailend batsmen - Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann. The absence of Pat Cummins will be felt hard. So I am not expecting much if they lose another two wickets in quick succession tomorrow morning. My guess would be somewhere around 200, which would give them a lead of 90 runs. But given their vulnerability with second innings, at this point I would rate India's chances of winning this match higher than that for Australia.

We can't predict who will be the winner at this point, but hopefully, by tomorrow, things will be clearer. Aussies still have 6 wickets in their hands, and they can score 250 runs. For India to remain in the game, they must try to bowl out Australia before reaching 200. They have got rid of Usman Khawaja, Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, which is good, but Indian bowlers' job is not done yet. My prediction is Australia will score around 250.

Tomorrow will be the real test for Australia as day 2 often is completely different from day 1 interms of pitch conditions and ball .
Of Australia can take this lead to 300 may be they can win this test but this is really early for that.

[Tony116]

Any guess how much will Australia manage to score in the second innings? They have a very long tail this time, with four genuine tailend batsmen - Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann. The absence of Pat Cummins will be felt hard. So I am not expecting much if they lose another two wickets in quick succession tomorrow morning. My guess would be somewhere around 200, which would give them a lead of 90 runs. But given their vulnerability with second innings, at this point I would rate India's chances of winning this match higher than that for Australia.

We can't predict who will be the winner at this point, but hopefully, by tomorrow, things will be clearer. Aussies still have 6 wickets in their hands, and they can score 250 runs. For India to remain in the game, they must try to bowl out Australia before reaching 200. They have got rid of Usman Khawaja, Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, which is good, but Indian bowlers' job is not done yet. My prediction is Australia will score around 250.

@Sithara007, Australia is currently in the lead. They have 47 leads. Currently, Australia has two new batsmen in the middle. I can see, Australia lost 4 wickets and all of them were taken by Jadeja.

So, if Australia can just survive Jadeja and get runs off the other bowlers, I feel like Australia can get 100 more. My prediction is that Australia is going to end the innings with a 150 runs lead. And it is going to be really hard for India to make a comeback in this test match.

[Mahdirakib]

We can't predict who will be the winner at this point, but hopefully, by tomorrow, things will be clearer. Aussies still have 6 wickets in their hands, and they can score 250 runs. For India to remain in the game, they must try to bowl out Australia before reaching 200.

Although Australia has taken the lead of 47 runs and they have 6 wickets in hand, but you shouldn't make the prediction easily. We have recently seen the match between England and New Zealand. Most of the people thought that England will win the match easily, but the ending was dramatic. The betting odds is in favour of Australia, but I'm expecting a strong comeback from India in the second innings.

[JSRAW]

Australia won the day and they are ahead of India so far, not the first time in this series tho. At times they were in the exactly same position but Indians fought back and Aussie lost the plot.

So Aussies need to play cool, keep their emotions in check and try not to waste this golden chance because this is their best chance to win the test, not many teams get this opportunity. Having said that Indians are no pushovers either, yeah they had an off day at work but they are a strong outfit and if they get a little bit of sniff tomorrow then they will make life very tough for Australia.

Their top batsmen are back in pavilion, including Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith. It will be a tough task for them to get to a total of 200, given how the pitch is assisting the Indian spinners. Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green are at the crease now, and so far they have struggled against Ashwin and Jadeja. And after these two, they have Alex Carey and he is the last recognized batsman. And after Carey they have four tail-end batsmen in Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann.

They already have 47 runs lead.

If they play really badly then they will add minimum 50 more runs, this is a very big lead IMO. Anything above that scenario would be game over for the Indians.

Indians have to bat their hearts out to overcome this deficit, not impossible for this Indian team despite top order being out of form tho. You would still back them to bounce back because of their past record.

[romero121]

Australia won the day and they are ahead of India so far, not the first time in this series tho. At times they were in the exactly same position but Indians fought back and Aussie lost the plot.

So Aussies need to play cool, keep their emotions in check and try not to waste this golden chance because this is their best chance to win the test, not many teams get this opportunity. Having said that Indians are no pushovers either, yeah they had an off day at work but they are a strong outfit and if they get a little bit of sniff tomorrow then they will make life very tough for Australia.

Their top batsmen are back in pavilion, including Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith. It will be a tough task for them to get to a total of 200, given how the pitch is assisting the Indian spinners. Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green are at the crease now, and so far they have struggled against Ashwin and Jadeja. And after these two, they have Alex Carey and he is the last recognized batsman. And after Carey they have four tail-end batsmen in Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann.

They already have 47 runs lead.

If they play really badly then they will add minimum 50 more runs, this is a very big lead IMO. Anything above that scenario would be game over for the Indians.

Indians have to bat their hearts out to overcome this deficit, not impossible for this Indian team despite top order being out of form tho. You would still back them to bounce back because of their past record.

Even at their worst Australia will have 100+ runs lead. This is going to be a big fight for India team. Handscomb and Green on the crease should bring good runs. Same as the previous match it is Jadeja doing the best. If Ashwin have taken few wickets, then Australia would've experienced little pressure situation.

Everytime the last players can't be believed, things can happen just like that took place in the England vs New Zealand test match.

[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.

South Africa played a reasonable innings of 342 runs and west indies started bit shaky but now they are on 100+ runs with 2 wickets gone and its still day 2. If they manage to make 200+ runs today with no more fall of wickets there are chances of bringing this test to a lead .
Good match played by both teams.

By the end of day 2 West Indies have made 212 runs losing entire wickets. South Africa have begun its second innings and have lost 4 wickets for 49 runs. At the moment the South Africa team leads by 179 runs. If the West Indies bowlers continue to take wickets the target can be expected around 250-300 runs. This means there is life in this match if West Indies puts good effort.

[Sithara007]

They already have 47 runs lead.

If they play really badly then they will add minimum 50 more runs, this is a very big lead IMO. Anything above that scenario would be game over for the Indians.

Indians have to bat their hearts out to overcome this deficit, not impossible for this Indian team despite top order being out of form tho. You would still back them to bounce back because of their past record.

A lead of 100 runs would give them an advantage, but it will not ensure the defeat of India. During the second test, Australia scored a grand total of 113 runs in their second innings. The same metric for first test was 91 runs. Indian top order is in poor form. But the Aussie top order is in even worse condition (perhaps with the exception of Usman Khawaja). Smith and Labuschagne have scored some runs, but so far they have performed much below what was expected from them. And apart from Peter Handscomb, other Australian batsmen have hardly contributed so far.

[Swordsoffreedom]

They already have 47 runs lead.
If they play really badly then they will add minimum 50 more runs, this is a very big lead IMO. Anything above that scenario would be game over for the Indians.
Indians have to bat their hearts out to overcome this deficit, not impossible for this Indian team despite top order being out of form tho. You would still back them to bounce back because of their past record.

A lead of 100 runs would give them an advantage, but it will not ensure the defeat of India. During the second test, Australia scored a grand total of 113 runs in their second innings. The same metric for first test was 91 runs. Indian top order is in poor form. But the Aussie top order is in even worse condition (perhaps with the exception of Usman Khawaja). Smith and Labuschagne have scored some runs, but so far they have performed much below what was expected from them. And apart from Peter Handscomb, other Australian batsmen have hardly contributed so far.

Defeating India will not be easy. In the second match too, India's batting in the first innings was not good enough. Still, they won the match. Australia now leads by only 47 runs in the third match. If Australia can take a lead of 200 runs then they have a chance to win. If they can take a lead of 100-120 then the match will be competitive. Both teams will have equal chances of winning. Indian batsmen batted badly in the first innings but they will not make the same mistakes in the second innings. I think India will score big in the second innings. And so the Australian players should now try to maintain a good lead in the first innings itself.

[MusaPk]

Defeating India will not be easy. In the second match too, India's batting in the first innings was not good enough. Still, they won the match. Australia now leads by only 47 runs in the third match. If Australia can take a lead of 200 runs then they have a chance to win. If they can take a lead of 100-120 then the match will be competitive. Both teams will have equal chances of winning. Indian batsmen batted badly in the first innings but they will not make the same mistakes in the second innings. I think India will score big in the second innings. And so the Australian players should now try to maintain a good lead in the first innings itself.

Second days play just started and it will be interesting to see how Australia will handle Jadega and Ashwin. Jadega has already picked 4 wickets and Ashwin yet to open his account.
Australian bowlers have done the job in first innings and responsibility now on batsmen. As you said Australia should try to take lead of 150 or 200 only then they have a chance to win this test. Otherwise it won't be easy to destroy Indian batting in second innings.

[BobK71]

Defeating India will not be easy. In the second match too, India's batting in the first innings was not good enough. Still, they won the match. Australia now leads by only 47 runs in the third match. If Australia can take a lead of 200 runs then they have a chance to win. If they can take a lead of 100-120 then the match will be competitive. Both teams will have equal chances of winning. Indian batsmen batted badly in the first innings but they will not make the same mistakes in the second innings. I think India will score big in the second innings. And so the Australian players should now try to maintain a good lead in the first innings itself.

Second days play just started and it will be interesting to see how Australia will handle Jadega and Ashwin. Jadega has already picked 4 wickets and Ashwin yet to open his account.
Australian bowlers have done the job in first innings and responsibility now on batsmen. As you said Australia should try to take lead of 150 or 200 only then they have a chance to win this test. Otherwise it won't be easy to destroy Indian batting in second innings.

India batted badly at the start of the third Test. 10 wickets were lost for just 109 runs. Situations like this often happen in cricket where there is nothing to do. But if India today can finish Australia's innings quickly, it would be possible to turn from that position. The current Australia team is trying hard enough. They want to build a good partnership. Both Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green have been on the field for long time with 20 and 37 strikes respectively.

[pakhitheboss]

All out and 88 runs lead. Good comeback from the Indian team. This match might end today   I am surprised at how fast the Australian batting order collapsed. Thanks to Umesh Yadav and Ashwin each taking early wickets today. It won't be easy for the Indian batting order to still chase 88 run lead. KL Rahul's replacement Shubhman Gill needs to prove his selection was justified in the second innings.

[Iranus]

All out and 88 runs lead. Good comeback from the Indian team. This match might end today   I am surprised at how fast the Australian batting order collapsed. Thanks to Umesh Yadav and Ashwin each taking early wickets today. It won't be easy for the Indian batting order to still chase 88 run lead. KL Rahul's replacement Shubhman Gill needs to prove his selection was justified in the second innings.

Australia lost the fifth wicket for 186 runs. And they lost all the wickets within 197 runs. They collected only 11 runs and lost 5 wickets. I never expected to see such an unprofessional performance from an experienced team like Australia. Australia managed to take a lead of only 88 runs. And I would say it is not enough to win against India. India's batting in the first innings was bad. But in the previous two matches, we saw a great performance from India's batsmen. And if India bats like in the previous matches in the second innings, then Australia's defeat is certain in this match as well.

[JSRAW]

All out and 88 runs lead. Good comeback from the Indian team. This match might end today   I am surprised at how fast the Australian batting order collapsed. Thanks to Umesh Yadav and Ashwin each taking early wickets today. It won't be easy for the Indian batting order to still chase 88 run lead. KL Rahul's replacement Shubhman Gill needs to prove his selection was justified in the second innings.

Fine comeback in the last 5-7 overs.

Thick boy Yadav is so good in the subcontinent, that's why i always keep him around in my dream team when playing in India. He hit balls out of the park and on spin tracks attacks the stumps all the time.
Hope our batting clicks today.