Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[BALIK]

finally an excellent session for India. First 100-run partnership for India and a very good one.
Wondering what would be our scorecard if this duo manages to bat all day. That would be something and it requires a lot of luck and courage. Ahh, why Rahane and Lord are giving hope to Indian fans?  lol

Not looking good! I was expecting a century from Rahane. He did his job, while the top order failed. How long Thakur and Yadav will be able to stay is a big question now. India need to stay till the end of day 3 and need a score of more than 300 if they want to draw this match.

India have already lost eight wickets so it is not possible for them to survive for three days as they have only two wickets left.  And meanwhile they need 189 more runs to meet the target. India is a good team but cannot compete with Australia.  Australia put India under a lot of pressure on the first day. And they haven't overcome that pressure yet and it doesn't seem like they will be able to in this Test match.

Thanks to Rahane and Shardul Thakur's excellent partnership, India managed to collect 296 runs. It was quite a good collection. The top-order players' performances have been terrible, but Shardul, Rahane and Jadeja have batted well. As usual, the Australian team did not start their second innings well. They lost 3 wickets very quickly. And now Australia has collected 99 runs after losing 3 wickets. Australia is leading by 272 runs. A target of more than 400 will not be difficult for Australia. And I think if the gate is like 450 then Australia will win easily.

[coinerer]

finally an excellent session for India. First 100-run partnership for India and a very good one.
Wondering what would be our scorecard if this duo manages to bat all day. That would be something and it requires a lot of luck and courage. Ahh, why Rahane and Lord are giving hope to Indian fans?  lol

Not looking good! I was expecting a century from Rahane. He did his job, while the top order failed. How long Thakur and Yadav will be able to stay is a big question now. India need to stay till the end of day 3 and need a score of more than 300 if they want to draw this match.

India have already lost eight wickets so it is not possible for them to survive for three days as they have only two wickets left.  And meanwhile they need 189 more runs to meet the target. India is a good team but cannot compete with Australia.  Australia put India under a lot of pressure on the first day. And they haven't overcome that pressure yet and it doesn't seem like they will be able to in this Test match.

Thanks to Rahane and Shardul Thakur's excellent partnership, India managed to collect 296 runs. It was quite a good collection. The top-order players' performances have been terrible, but Shardul, Rahane and Jadeja have batted well. As usual, the Australian team did not start their second innings well. They lost 3 wickets very quickly. And now Australia has collected 99 runs after losing 3 wickets. Australia is leading by 272 runs. A target of more than 400 will not be difficult for Australia. And I think if the gate is like 450 then Australia will win easily.

India lags far behind Australia in first INN. and 2nd INN starts here Australia scored 103 runs and lost 3 wickets already.  But I don't think it will be a big problem even if Australia plays a bit poorly in 2nd INN as they are way ahead of India in 1st INN which will support them in 2nd INN. Australia has been playing much better than India in Test matches and so far there is a lot of potential for Australia to win Test matches

[BALIK]

finally an excellent session for India. First 100-run partnership for India and a very good one.
Wondering what would be our scorecard if this duo manages to bat all day. That would be something and it requires a lot of luck and courage. Ahh, why Rahane and Lord are giving hope to Indian fans?  lol

Not looking good! I was expecting a century from Rahane. He did his job, while the top order failed. How long Thakur and Yadav will be able to stay is a big question now. India need to stay till the end of day 3 and need a score of more than 300 if they want to draw this match.

India have already lost eight wickets so it is not possible for them to survive for three days as they have only two wickets left.  And meanwhile they need 189 more runs to meet the target. India is a good team but cannot compete with Australia.  Australia put India under a lot of pressure on the first day. And they haven't overcome that pressure yet and it doesn't seem like they will be able to in this Test match.

Thanks to Rahane and Shardul Thakur's excellent partnership, India managed to collect 296 runs. It was quite a good collection. The top-order players' performances have been terrible, but Shardul, Rahane and Jadeja have batted well. As usual, the Australian team did not start their second innings well. They lost 3 wickets very quickly. And now Australia has collected 99 runs after losing 3 wickets. Australia is leading by 272 runs. A target of more than 400 will not be difficult for Australia. And I think if the gate is like 450 then Australia will win easily.

India lags far behind Australia in first INN. and 2nd INN starts here Australia scored 103 runs and lost 3 wickets already.  But I don't think it will be a big problem even if Australia plays a bit poorly in 2nd INN as they are way ahead of India in 1st INN which will support them in 2nd INN. Australia has been playing much better than India in Test matches and so far there is a lot of potential for Australia to win Test matches

Due to India's poor batting in the first innings, Australia team got a big lead of 173 runs. But I thought Australia could take a lead of more than 200. But they couldn't. And so if the Australian batsmen perform too badly in the second innings, their chances of winning will decrease. Australia must collect at least 250 runs in the second innings. And already they have managed to collect 111 runs. Australia's batsmen must bat responsibly.

[Litzki1990]

What a surprise? Shardul Thakur and Ajinkya Rahane has so far piled up 77 runs for the 7th wicket. And more importantly, they have piled up all these runs in just above 16 overs. India can't expect the remaining tailenders to add a lot many runs, but if these two stays there for another hour or so, then the follow on can be avoided. And if the Shami and Siraj can lead a fightback sometime today (with the ball obviously), then there are still chances for India. BTW, where is Boland? Other bowlers are looking pretty much ineffective for Australia.

India has saved the follow-on however the set batsmen Rahane is out on 89 runs and all of a sudden India are again in trouble. Let's suppose Australia take the 150 runs lead in the 1st innings, the match will still be in their favor. Shardul Thakur is playing on 41 and he deserves a 50 today.

Let's see if at any point India can come back and dominate this match, Right now it is all Aussie's show but India trying to chip in, trying to resist but the Aussies are too strong.

If they fall behind Australia in the first innings, the second innings will be very difficult for India. Because if Australia is 150 runs ahead of India at the end of the first innings then they will start with 151 runs in the second innings and if they can score 400 runs in the second innings then the target for India will be 550 runs which is very difficult to achieve against a team like Australia. 
At a cricket ground like The Oval, it is very difficult to win against fast bowling like Australia ignoring such a target. But I am enjoying Shardul Thakur's batting in today's match which should be done by the batsmen Shardul Thakur is doing.

India all out on 296 runs ravindra jadeja tried to make things better but alone he can't do anything,  now Australia is on lead of 174 runs and second innings already started.
If they'll bat like first innings 400 is not difficult for them to make but obviously if Indians ballers do something may be they can give tough time to Australia.

India were all out for 296 in the first innings on the second day. After India got all out for 296 runs, Australia came to bat again where Australia managed to score 123 runs for four wickets in their own second innings. Australia is still 296 runs ahead of India. Australia will come out to bat again tomorrow. If australia can score another 200 runs by batting tomorrow then it will be a big target for India. Hope the batsmen who are unbeaten on the wicket till now can form a good partnership tomorrow.

[MusaPk]

India were all out for 296 in the first innings on the second day. After India got all out for 296 runs, Australia came to bat again where Australia managed to score 123 runs for four wickets in their own second innings. Australia is still 296 runs ahead of India. Australia will come out to bat again tomorrow. If australia can score another 200 runs by batting tomorrow then it will be a big target for India. Hope the batsmen who are unbeaten on the wicket till now can form a good partnership tomorrow.

Indian bowlers are doing great job in second innings but the real issue is India gave Aussies a lead of 173 runs in first innings. Even if Aussies were all out for 250 in second innings even then India will need more then 400 runs to win this final. India must try to bowl out rest of Aussie batsmen as quickly as possible and then bat carefully. India must try some other batsman in place of kohli, may he this can work for them.

[Minecache]

India lags far behind Australia in first INN. and 2nd INN starts here Australia scored 103 runs and lost 3 wickets already.  But I don't think it will be a big problem even if Australia plays a bit poorly in 2nd INN as they are way ahead of India in 1st INN which will support them in 2nd INN. Australia has been playing much better than India in Test matches and so far there is a lot of potential for Australia to win Test matches

Due to India's poor batting in the first innings, Australia team got a big lead of 173 runs. But I thought Australia could take a lead of more than 200. But they couldn't. And so if the Australian batsmen perform too badly in the second innings, their chances of winning will decrease. Australia must collect at least 250 runs in the second innings. And already they have managed to collect 111 runs. Australia's batsmen must bat responsibly.

It is stumps on day 3 and Australia seems to be taking things a little easy and that’s really worrying. Australia has already lost four wickets for 123. I know that Australia already has a lead of  296. That is also the same score which was collected by India in the first innings before they got all out.

But I don’t think if Australia gives India, a target of anything less than 400 it is actually going to be good. I think if India has enough time that will actually be able to score anything around 350. So maybe Australia should be a little more careful and at least give a target of 400 or at least 380. That is the safest option for Australia in my opinion.

[mm2543363580]

India lags far behind Australia in first INN. and 2nd INN starts here Australia scored 103 runs and lost 3 wickets already.  But I don't think it will be a big problem even if Australia plays a bit poorly in 2nd INN as they are way ahead of India in 1st INN which will support them in 2nd INN. Australia has been playing much better than India in Test matches and so far there is a lot of potential for Australia to win Test matches

Due to India's poor batting in the first innings, Australia team got a big lead of 173 runs. But I thought Australia could take a lead of more than 200. But they couldn't. And so if the Australian batsmen perform too badly in the second innings, their chances of winning will decrease. Australia must collect at least 250 runs in the second innings. And already they have managed to collect 111 runs. Australia's batsmen must bat responsibly.

It is stumps on day 3 and Australia seems to be taking things a little easy and that’s really worrying. Australia has already lost four wickets for 123. I know that Australia already has a lead of  296. That is also the same score which was collected by India in the first innings before they got all out.

But I don’t think if Australia gives India, a target of anything less than 400 it is actually going to be good. I think if India has enough time that will actually be able to score anything around 350. So maybe Australia should be a little more careful and at least give a target of 400 or at least 380. That is the safest option for Australia in my opinion.

A good end for Australia in day 3 , they cleared Indian batting lineup in 1st innings started their second innings and scored 100+ runs and they still have tomorrow.  400 lead is not difficult for them in any case and that will be difficult one for india to chase .
Indian ballers are now the ones who can do something for their country and finals.

[Haunebu]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment thanks to Marnus primarily.

Jadeja-Ashwin-Axar combo could have potentially saved them from this mess.

[teosanru]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment thanks to Marnus primarily.

Jadeja-Ashwin-Axar combo could have potentially saved them from this mess.

I feel India is still better today from what they were Yesterday, i am expecting the target to be around 350-400 as well looking at how Aussies are batting right now. But to be honest couple of wickets can expose the tail and can lead to fury of wickets. But yes Ashwin is that one person that India must be missing so bad right now after seeing how well is Jadeja turning the ball on a few patches on the pitch. I feel even tomorrow Jaddu can be the key bowler, other than him only Siraj and Shami look dangerous, Umesh's and Sharadul's overs look more like fillers.

[ZAINmalik75]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment.

Absolutely still India has a chance to get back into the game as because now Australia lead by 296 runs while they lose most of his Mian player and especially previous inning performers, now Australian scored 123 by just lose his 4th wicket, if the current two set batter scored above 300 then it will be just like impossible to win for India because lead will be raised to above 500 and due to current performance indian batter did look confident and also lack of understanding about pitch also put them in really big trouble just like things done in previous inning, so no India should take much more possible wicket to put down Thier moral and get into the game..

[Vaskiy]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment.

Absolutely still India has a chance to get back into the game as because now Australia lead by 296 runs while they lose most of his Mian player and especially previous inning performers, now Australian scored 123 by just lose his 4th wicket, if the current two set batter scored above 300 then it will be just like impossible to win for India because lead will be raised to above 500 and due to current performance indian batter did look confident and also lack of understanding about pitch also put them in really big trouble just like things done in previous inning, so no India should take much more possible wicket to put down Thier moral and get into the game..

India have got little chance to get back into the game and hope for a draw. Australia team have already scored 123/4 which for India is good, but the lead is already close to 300 runs. With Labuschagne, Green, Alex Carey, Cummins left behind surely we can expect another 100 runs from Australia. If things go well Australia could set a target of 450+ runs for sure. In such situation it'll really hard for India to chase, but Australia have the power packed bowling lineup that could defend. Also the highest fourth innings run chase in the history of test cricket is 418 runs.

[Nrcewker]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment.

Absolutely still India has a chance to get back into the game as because now Australia lead by 296 runs while they lose most of his Mian player and especially previous inning performers, now Australian scored 123 by just lose his 4th wicket, if the current two set batter scored above 300 then it will be just like impossible to win for India because lead will be raised to above 500 and due to current performance indian batter did look confident and also lack of understanding about pitch also put them in really big trouble just like things done in previous inning, so no India should take much more possible wicket to put down Thier moral and get into the game..

India have got little chance to get back into the game and hope for a draw. Australia team have already scored 123/4 which for India is good, but the lead is already close to 300 runs. With Labuschagne, Green, Alex Carey, Cummins left behind surely we can expect another 100 runs from Australia. If things go well Australia could set a target of 450+ runs for sure. In such situation it'll really hard for India to chase, but Australia have the power packed bowling lineup that could defend. Also the highest fourth innings run chase in the history of test cricket is 418 runs.

Maybe it’s time to break the history? With the score 123/4, I think Australia will be easily able to mange 180+ runs more. So yeah the target will be atleast 500 runs to be honest. And India will have hardly a day and one session to chase the score. The chase seems very hard, but in cricket anything and everything is possible. If India’s mindset is not about winning the match, then they will try really hard to atleast draw the match and share the trophy with Australia. Today the result will become more clear.

[Sithara007]

India have got little chance to get back into the game and hope for a draw. Australia team have already scored 123/4 which for India is good, but the lead is already close to 300 runs. With Labuschagne, Green, Alex Carey, Cummins left behind surely we can expect another 100 runs from Australia. If things go well Australia could set a target of 450+ runs for sure. In such situation it'll really hard for India to chase, but Australia have the power packed bowling lineup that could defend. Also the highest fourth innings run chase in the history of test cricket is 418 runs.

Anything below 400 would make the match interesting. Australia has a lead of 296 now, and they still need another 104 runs to reach that point. And it is not going to be easy. The pitch is behaving a bit differently in the past two days, when compared to the first day. But this lead would have been much bigger if not for the lack of discipline from the Australian bowlers. Pat Cummins got his wickets annulled a total of 3 times, after he overstepped the line. And then a lot of easy catches were dropped. Anyway, Australia is firmly in command here and they should be able to win this match.

[pakhitheboss]

Day 3 looked good for India as Australia lost 4 main wickets in quick succession. Marnus Labuschagne looks angry as he was not able to get his full nap. Shiraj and the new ball always work as on day 3 he took the first wicket. Rahane after being dropped for 1.5 years came back with a confident 89. I have no words about Lord Thakur. I would say a good comeback for India on day 3. They would need a far better performance on day 4. They would need to restrict Australia to from scoring another 100 runs as it will be very hard again to chase a target of 400+ runs.

[mm2543363580]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment.

Absolutely still India has a chance to get back into the game as because now Australia lead by 296 runs while they lose most of his Mian player and especially previous inning performers, now Australian scored 123 by just lose his 4th wicket, if the current two set batter scored above 300 then it will be just like impossible to win for India because lead will be raised to above 500 and due to current performance indian batter did look confident and also lack of understanding about pitch also put them in really big trouble just like things done in previous inning, so no India should take much more possible wicket to put down Thier moral and get into the game..

India have got little chance to get back into the game and hope for a draw. Australia team have already scored 123/4 which for India is good, but the lead is already close to 300 runs. With Labuschagne, Green, Alex Carey, Cummins left behind surely we can expect another 100 runs from Australia. If things go well Australia could set a target of 450+ runs for sure. In such situation it'll really hard for India to chase, but Australia have the power packed bowling lineup that could defend. Also the highest fourth innings run chase in the history of test cricket is 418 runs.

Maybe it’s time to break the history? With the score 123/4, I think Australia will be easily able to mange 180+ runs more. So yeah the target will be atleast 500 runs to be honest. And India will have hardly a day and one session to chase the score. The chase seems very hard, but in cricket anything and everything is possible. If India’s mindset is not about winning the match, then they will try really hard to atleast draw the match and share the trophy with Australia. Today the result will become more clear.

India will definitely try to end this match on a draw , Australia can easily give lead of 400+ runs but the question is can they take all 10 wickets in remaining time ?
This match is most likely ending in draw but Australia played really good they deserve this title and trophy.

[Litzki1990]

India were all out for 296 in the first innings on the second day. After India got all out for 296 runs, Australia came to bat again where Australia managed to score 123 runs for four wickets in their own second innings. Australia is still 296 runs ahead of India. Australia will come out to bat again tomorrow. If australia can score another 200 runs by batting tomorrow then it will be a big target for India. Hope the batsmen who are unbeaten on the wicket till now can form a good partnership tomorrow.

Indian bowlers are doing great job in second innings but the real issue is India gave Aussies a lead of 173 runs in first innings. Even if Aussies were all out for 250 in second innings even then India will need more then 400 runs to win this final. India must try to bowl out rest of Aussie batsmen as quickly as possible and then bat carefully. India must try some other batsman in place of kohli, may he this can work for them.

Australia is not under much pressure in the second innings because Australia has lost only four wickets and still they have several batsmen in their hands.
As per the current situation of the game, it seems that there is no chance of this match being a draw and Australia is ahead of India so far when it comes to wins. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma can be replaced. 

Cheteshwar Pujara can be opened in place of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can be played at number three position.  Hopefully these two batsmen will do well if they change their position.

[MusaPk]

Anything below 400 would make the match interesting. Australia has a lead of 296 now, and they still need another 104 runs to reach that point. And it is not going to be easy. The pitch is behaving a bit differently in the past two days, when compared to the first day. But this lead would have been much bigger if not for the lack of discipline from the Australian bowlers. Pat Cummins got his wickets annulled a total of 3 times, after he overstepped the line. And then a lot of easy catches were dropped. Anyway, Australia is firmly in command here and they should be able to win this match.

If you compare batting of Aussie in both innings then Aussies are doing exactly what they have done in first innings. The difference is that in first innings Smith and Head came to rescue Australia. Smith and Head both are back in pavilion, if Aussies can find a pair that can  contribute 100 or more runs then that will be enough for them. From India perspective they must try to bowl out Aussies before they set a target of 350.

[elevates]

Day 3 looked good for India as Australia lost 4 main wickets in quick succession. Marnus Labuschagne looks angry as he was not able to get his full nap. Shiraj and the new ball always work as on day 3 he took the first wicket. Rahane after being dropped for 1.5 years came back with a confident 89. I have no words about Lord Thakur. I would say a good comeback for India on day 3. They would need a far better performance on day 4. They would need to restrict Australia to from scoring another 100 runs as it will be very hard again to chase a target of 400+ runs.

Nothing looked good! India's chance of winning this final test match is bleak and getting it draw looks a distance away. They bowled so badly on day 1 then they batted poorly on day 2, on day 3 they were able to save the follow on. Today they would need to take wickets in order to restrict the Australia team from not getting another 400+ runs. If they can't then Australia would won this year finals. Indian batting has become so inconsistent that we cannot rely on our batters to draw the final match.

[n0ne]

Day 3 looked good for India as Australia lost 4 main wickets in quick succession. Marnus Labuschagne looks angry as he was not able to get his full nap. Shiraj and the new ball always work as on day 3 he took the first wicket. Rahane after being dropped for 1.5 years came back with a confident 89. I have no words about Lord Thakur. I would say a good comeback for India on day 3. They would need a far better performance on day 4. They would need to restrict Australia to from scoring another 100 runs as it will be very hard again to chase a target of 400+ runs.

Nothing looked good! India's chance of winning this final test match is bleak and getting it draw looks a distance away. They bowled so badly on day 1 then they batted poorly on day 2, on day 3 they were able to save the follow on. Today they would need to take wickets in order to restrict the Australia team from not getting another 400+ runs. If they can't then Australia would won this year finals. Indian batting has become so inconsistent that we cannot rely on our batters to draw the final match.

If one of the top order batsman have scored solid runs, the score could've reached close to 400 runs. It was Shardul Thakur who needs to be appreciated for his efforts in supporting the team avoid follow on. At the end of day 1, the match is almost losing for India. The second day's wicket fall made India in a better position. Now on the fourth day of the match there is a need of good bowling from India. Some fortune had to happen, only then this match gonna draw.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

Sad to see India in such a horrible state at the moment. They still have a chance if they can restrict the Australians to below 400 which looks really, really tough at the moment thanks to Marnus primarily.

Jadeja-Ashwin-Axar combo could have potentially saved them from this mess.

Australia lead 296 till 3rd days , If Australia can bat two sessions on the fourth day and target India above 400 runs, it will be very tough for India to win. But if Jadeja can get the spin attack at the beginning of the day and bring something great then it might be good for India.