Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[teosanru]

Looks like Australia is going to win this test and it is clear even before the end of play for first day. Apart from occasional bursts by Josh Tongue, none of the England pacers seems to be capable of troubling the Australian batsmen. Partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith is now worth 82 runs, and it came after David Warner scored a half-century. The match is rapidly slipping out of England's control. Australia may end up somewhere around 350-400 on the first day. And they got Mitchell Starc in place of Scott Boland, so there's going to be a lot of searing pace once the Poms come out to bat.

Do you remember what I was saying yesterday? It seems England is not in a bad position at all. Right now, England trails by 138 runs only. Robinson and Josh Tongue both got three wickets each. So, it was your early prediction about the match result, which might be wrong. I am not saying I am right. But I would wait for the 2nd innings of Aussies.

A single good session of a test match changes the match. Two hundred seventy-eight runs by losing four wickets is not too bad. I feel like England can take a good lead from this innings. Harry Brook and Harry Brook are on the crease. Let's see what happens.

I don't think it'll be a tough task for England to take some lead 138 with 6 wickets in hand, with two batsmen who have settled a bit as well i don't think it's too much to do. But yes I do feel that this match will head either toward a draw or towards another nail biting 5 day and things will be quite clear by tomorrow. Because if English almost break even, Aussies are going to bat again and give a hefty target which will make it a bit inverse of the previous match.

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[MusaPk]

I don't think it'll be a tough task for England to take some lead 138 with 6 wickets in hand, with two batsmen who have settled a bit as well i don't think it's too much to do. But yes I do feel that this match will head either toward a draw or towards another nail biting 5 day and things will be quite clear by tomorrow. Because if English almost break even, Aussies are going to bat again and give a hefty target which will make it a bit inverse of the previous match.

We have a road alert in first test and everyone was expecting a draw for that match but we saw Australia winning the match. Its just day 1 and we cant predict from here that who will win this match. Right now England is in good position but we cant say with certanity that how England will bat, may be they bowl out before 416 or take some lead. England are in habit of batting with aggression and there is fair chance of losing wickets with that strategy.

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Looks like Australia is going to win this test and it is clear even before the end of play for first day. Apart from occasional bursts by Josh Tongue, none of the England pacers seems to be capable of troubling the Australian batsmen. Partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith is now worth 82 runs, and it came after David Warner scored a half-century. The match is rapidly slipping out of England's control. Australia may end up somewhere around 350-400 on the first day. And they got Mitchell Starc in place of Scott Boland, so there's going to be a lot of searing pace once the Poms come out to bat.

Do you remember what I was saying yesterday? It seems England is not in a bad position at all. Right now, England trails by 138 runs only. Robinson and Josh Tongue both got three wickets each. So, it was your early prediction about the match result, which might be wrong. I am not saying I am right. But I would wait for the 2nd innings of Aussies.

A single good session of a test match changes the match. Two hundred seventy-eight runs by losing four wickets is not too bad. I feel like England can take a good lead from this innings. Harry Brook and Harry Brook are on the crease. Let's see what happens.

I don't think it'll be a tough task for England to take some lead 138 with 6 wickets in hand, with two batsmen who have settled a bit as well i don't think it's too much to do. But yes I do feel that this match will head either toward a draw or towards another nail biting 5 day and things will be quite clear by tomorrow. Because if English almost break even, Aussies are going to bat again and give a hefty target which will make it a bit inverse of the previous match.

Considering England playing in their own backyard, they can have an advantage of using the pitch, and they are much more experienced than the Aussies in this pitch. I was telling Sithara007 about it and s/he said the Aussies would win the match because they were doing good in the first innings. I want to say again that the cricket match is unpredictable.

Even though England batters have done well so far, we don't know if they can score another 138 runs before they get all out. As I said before, a single good session can change the match. We have to wait another two or three days to see the final result.

[speeder]

England are likely to win this second Test match against Australia. Today England batted 278 runs for four wickets. If England can hold on to their wickets in tomorrow's game. Then the England cricket team will come to the level of Australia very easily. But in today's game England cricket team did very well in batting. England batsman Harry Brook remains unbeaten on 45 off 50 balls. If Ben Stokes can keep up with Harry Brock. Then the England team will easily reach the peak of 138 runs. Ben Stokes is one of the players of England team. We can expect a lot from him

[laurenB7742]

Looks like Australia is going to win this test and it is clear even before the end of play for first day. Apart from occasional bursts by Josh Tongue, none of the England pacers seems to be capable of troubling the Australian batsmen. Partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith is now worth 82 runs, and it came after David Warner scored a half-century. The match is rapidly slipping out of England's control. Australia may end up somewhere around 350-400 on the first day. And they got Mitchell Starc in place of Scott Boland, so there's going to be a lot of searing pace once the Poms come out to bat.

Do you remember what I was saying yesterday? It seems England is not in a bad position at all. Right now, England trails by 138 runs only. Robinson and Josh Tongue both got three wickets each. So, it was your early prediction about the match result, which might be wrong. I am not saying I am right. But I would wait for the 2nd innings of Aussies.
A single good session of a test match changes the match. Two hundred seventy-eight runs by losing four wickets is not too bad. I feel like England can take a good lead from this innings. Harry Brook and Harry Brook are on the crease. Let's see what happens.

I don't think it'll be a tough task for England to take some lead 138 with 6 wickets in hand, with two batsmen who have settled a bit as well i don't think it's too much to do. But yes I do feel that this match will head either toward a draw or towards another nail biting 5 day and things will be quite clear by tomorrow. Because if English almost break even, Aussies are going to bat again and give a hefty target which will make it a bit inverse of the previous match.

This may not be a difficult task. But it's not easy either. Because it is very difficult to stay at the crease in the first session. But Harry Brooks and Ben Stokes are very experienced players. If these two players are able to get off to a good start tomorrow, it will not be difficult for England to collect 138 runs. I would say England's overall performance in the coming days will depend on the performance of Brooks and Stokes. If these two players get out early in the day, England will not be able to collect 416 runs.

[kro55]

I don't think it'll be a tough task for England to take some lead 138 with 6 wickets in hand, with two batsmen who have settled a bit as well i don't think it's too much to do. But yes I do feel that this match will head either toward a draw or towards another nail biting 5 day and things will be quite clear by tomorrow. Because if English almost break even, Aussies are going to bat again and give a hefty target which will make it a bit inverse of the previous match.

Considering England playing in their own backyard, they can have an advantage of using the pitch, and they are much more experienced than the Aussies in this pitch. I was telling Sithara007 about it and s/he said the Aussies would win the match because they were doing good in the first innings. I want to say again that the cricket match is unpredictable.

Even though England batters have done well so far, we don't know if they can score another 138 runs before they get all out. As I said before, a single good session can change the match. We have to wait another two or three days to see the final result.

England is doing decent in my opinion. Of course, they would have liked to see Joe Root be in the middle. But Joe Root was not able to perform well in this first innings. Duckett missed out on his century. That was really sad. The good thing is England is at least showing an urgency to actually win this match. England realises that if they play slowly there is a chance that this match is going to go towards a draw. England is trying to score quickly.

I will say that England is going to be able to score more than 400. England is currently trailing by 138. They still have six wickets in hand. If England can keep wickets in hand at the start of the third day, I think they will be set to get more than 400 and maybe even get a lead.

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England are doing OK, they trail by 138 runs but never underestimate their ability to totally mess things up. Australia set a tough target but England are doing OK with only 4 wickets lost. I’ve seen England in similar positions get bowled out in 90 minutes though.

Hopefully they can push to get close to the total of 416 set by the Aussies but do not rule out an England collapse on day 3, we’ve seen it all before.

[LittleBitFunny]

England are doing OK, they trail by 138 runs but never underestimate their ability to totally mess things up. Australia set a tough target but England are doing OK with only 4 wickets lost. I’ve seen England in similar positions get bowled out in 90 minutes though.
Hopefully they can push to get close to the total of 416 set by the Aussies but do not rule out an England collapse on day 3, we’ve seen it all before.

England's batsmen are playing very well. Every batsman except Joe Root managed to score good runs. Looking forward to seeing how the England batsmen will start tomorrow. England is only 138 runs behind. If they bat well in the first 10 overs of the day, England can easily collect 138 runs. My guess is that England will be able to collect something like 4450-470 in their first innings. But the Australian bowlers are quite experienced. England's batsmen must try to stay at the crease with patience if they want to collect big.

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England are doing OK, they trail by 138 runs but never underestimate their ability to totally mess things up. Australia set a tough target but England are doing OK with only 4 wickets lost. I’ve seen England in similar positions get bowled out in 90 minutes though.

Hopefully they can push to get close to the total of 416 set by the Aussies but do not rule out an England collapse on day 3, we’ve seen it all before.

Remember that England is playing in their own backyard, and they are much more familiar with the conditions than Aussies. Yes, they are doing okay, and it seems they might take the lead from this point. Ben Stokes seems steady with the bat so far. His current strike rate is below thirty, which shows great patience. It's true that a single good/bad session can change the momentum.

But we are on the end of the 2nd day only. Still, a long way to go for the match result. I would wait for the end of 3rd innings before I predict the match result. I did not place any bets. I am not taking any pressure, BTW.

[Sithara007]

Remember that England is playing in their own backyard, and they are much more familiar with the conditions than Aussies. Yes, they are doing okay, and it seems they might take the lead from this point. Ben Stokes seems steady with the bat so far. His current strike rate is below thirty, which shows great patience. It's true that a single good/bad session can change the momentum.

But we are on the end of the 2nd day only. Still, a long way to go for the match result. I would wait for the end of 3rd innings before I predict the match result. I did not place any bets. I am not taking any pressure, BTW.

After the end of first day's play I thought that Australia is going to dominate this test match. But there was an amazing fightback from England during the first session of second day, which saw Australia collapse from 316/3 to 416 all out. And the England batsmen handled the Australian batsmen with a mix of patience and aggression. Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins bowled really well, but from the other end Mitchell Starc was leaking runs. The decision to replace Scott Boland with Mitchell Starc is not working well for the Australians.

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After the end of first day's play I thought that Australia is going to dominate this test match. But there was an amazing fightback from England during the first session of second day, which saw Australia collapse from 316/3 to 416 all out. And the England batsmen handled the Australian batsmen with a mix of patience and aggression. Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins bowled really well, but from the other end Mitchell Starc was leaking runs. The decision to replace Scott Boland with Mitchell Starc is not working well for the Australians.

Australia are in a more aggressive mood than England in the bowling department as England used a total of 6 professional and Nonprofessional bowlers to bowl Australia out but Australia used 7 professional and Nonprofessional bowlers in the two sessions on the second day. However, England's batting department has been performing better in the second Test than in the first one so they are on course for a big collection in their first innings. But if they don't make a major mistake in the second test like in the first test, they will end their first innings with a lead over Australia today.

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Remember that England is playing in their own backyard, and they are much more familiar with the conditions than Aussies. Yes, they are doing okay, and it seems they might take the lead from this point. Ben Stokes seems steady with the bat so far. His current strike rate is below thirty, which shows great patience. It's true that a single good/bad session can change the momentum.

But we are on the end of the 2nd day only. Still, a long way to go for the match result. I would wait for the end of 3rd innings before I predict the match result. I did not place any bets. I am not taking any pressure, BTW.

After the end of first day's play I thought that Australia is going to dominate this test match. But there was an amazing fightback from England during the first session of second day, which saw Australia collapse from 316/3 to 416 all out. And the England batsmen handled the Australian batsmen with a mix of patience and aggression. Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins bowled really well, but from the other end Mitchell Starc was leaking runs. The decision to replace Scott Boland with Mitchell Starc is not working well for the Australians.

Don't be surprised if you see England get all out before they score 400 or less. As I said several times, it's a matter of a single session. But it's unlikely to happen if the pitch has the same condition as yesterday. The Ashes are the series where both teams fight for dignity. So, no team will let others go away that easily. All team players give their best effort to get the desired result.

Aussie fast bowlers seemed expensive last day, except for Pat Cummins. If English batters can keep a steady momentum and not start to play unnecessary bit shots, it won't be hard for them to score and take some lead.

[Sithara007]

Don't be surprised if you see England get all out before they score 400 or less. As I said several times, it's a matter of a single session. But it's unlikely to happen if the pitch has the same condition as yesterday. The Ashes are the series where both teams fight for dignity. So, no team will let others go away that easily. All team players give their best effort to get the desired result.

Aussie fast bowlers seemed expensive last day, except for Pat Cummins. If English batters can keep a steady momentum and not start to play unnecessary bit shots, it won't be hard for them to score and take some lead.

It is possible, but I don't think that right now any of the Australian bowlers are in great form. Mitchell Starc was really wayward yesterday, going for more than 6 runs per over. I wonder how he manages to get in to the playing XI everytime, despite such repeated poor performances. And he replaced Scott Boland, who did a decent job during the first test match. I would say that Starc is no longer capable of bowling in international matches. He needs some time off and should concentrate on Sheffield Shield instead.

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Remember that England is playing in their own backyard, and they are much more familiar with the conditions than Aussies. Yes, they are doing okay, and it seems they might take the lead from this point. Ben Stokes seems steady with the bat so far. His current strike rate is below thirty, which shows great patience. It's true that a single good/bad session can change the momentum.

But we are on the end of the 2nd day only. Still, a long way to go for the match result. I would wait for the end of 3rd innings before I predict the match result. I did not place any bets. I am not taking any pressure, BTW.

After the end of first day's play I thought that Australia is going to dominate this test match. But there was an amazing fightback from England during the first session of second day, which saw Australia collapse from 316/3 to 416 all out. And the England batsmen handled the Australian batsmen with a mix of patience and aggression. Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins bowled really well, but from the other end Mitchell Starc was leaking runs. The decision to replace Scott Boland with Mitchell Starc is not working well for the Australians.

Don't be surprised if you see England get all out before they score 400 or less. As I said several times, it's a matter of a single session. But it's unlikely to happen if the pitch has the same condition as yesterday. The Ashes are the series where both teams fight for dignity. So, no team will let others go away that easily. All team players give their best effort to get the desired result.

Aussie fast bowlers seemed expensive last day, except for Pat Cummins. If English batters can keep a steady momentum and not start to play unnecessary bit shots, it won't be hard for them to score and take some lead.

If you analyze, this test match is going exactly as the last one whereby both teams looking to score high runs in their first innings.  England have already scored 278 with 4 wickets down while earlier Australia ended their innings at 416 runs. Most probably, England will come very close to the Australian score of 416 runs before they get all out.

We are yet to see if both the teams will collapse in the second innings, as they did in the first Ashes test match. If any team's batting does not collapse, the result of a draw is certain.

[MusaPk]

Don't be surprised if you see England get all out before they score 400 or less. As I said several times, it's a matter of a single session. But it's unlikely to happen if the pitch has the same condition as yesterday. The Ashes are the series where both teams fight for dignity. So, no team will let others go away that easily. All team players give their best effort to get the desired result.

Aussie fast bowlers seemed expensive last day, except for Pat Cummins. If English batters can keep a steady momentum and not start to play unnecessary bit shots, it won't be hard for them to score and take some lead.

There is 56 runs partnership between Harry Brook and Ben Stokes at stumps of day 2. Ben Duckett was another victim of nervous 90's and missed his 3rd test hundred by just 2 runs. First session of day 3 is important for both teams as team dominating that session will defiantly have an upper hand in the match. England are in good position but the job is not over yet, they need to play with caution and try to get lead of 100 runs from here on. On the other hand Aussies must be thinking of strategy to bowl them out before they reach 416.

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After the end of first day's play I thought that Australia is going to dominate this test match. But there was an amazing fightback from England during the first session of second day, which saw Australia collapse from 316/3 to 416 all out. And the England batsmen handled the Australian batsmen with a mix of patience and aggression.

Yeh Australian side were terrific till the dismissal of S.Smith and T.head, they make some decent runs and give some tough time to opponent bowler but later after their dismissal things got changed & at that moment bowler got domination over opponent batter and collect all of Thier wickets without any trouble, now during second inning top order make some significant runs to reduce the pressure but not long, now england have two set batter on crease which can possibly make a difference and chasedown the required trail.

[Sithara007]

There is 56 runs partnership between Harry Brook and Ben Stokes at stumps of day 2. Ben Duckett was another victim of nervous 90's and missed his 3rd test hundred by just 2 runs. First session of day 3 is important for both teams as team dominating that session will defiantly have an upper hand in the match. England are in good position but the job is not over yet, they need to play with caution and try to get lead of 100 runs from here on. On the other hand Aussies must be thinking of strategy to bowl them out before they reach 416.

At this point, it seems even Stevens. England is still trailing by 138 runs, but the way they treated the Australian pacers was impressive. And those who piled on the runs yesterday all belong to the younger generation - Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook. The way they scored those runs was also impressive. Mitchell Starc was hammered all around the park, and the same treatment was meted out to Josh Hazlewood. This is the way they should play against the Australian bowlers. But at this point, it is too early to say whether they will get a lead.   

[JSRAW]

So Nathan Lyon got seriously injured (calf strain). Not sure about the complete series but he'll surely not bowling in this match anymore.

Definitely a big setback for Australia and let's hope it doesn't ruin their Ashes campaign. Maybe time for Todd Murphy to get his first Ashes match.

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Head doing what Rooty did in the first inning. 

[3kpk3]

England collapsed like dominoes towards the end. They started so well, but messed up later on thanks to some messed up shots by some of the batsmen due to which they didn't even get close to the target.

Bazball is a good style of cricket, but it is overhyped to be honest. It clearly isn't working against powerful competitors like the Australians.

[coinerer]

There is 56 runs partnership between Harry Brook and Ben Stokes at stumps of day 2. Ben Duckett was another victim of nervous 90's and missed his 3rd test hundred by just 2 runs. First session of day 3 is important for both teams as team dominating that session will defiantly have an upper hand in the match. England are in good position but the job is not over yet, they need to play with caution and try to get lead of 100 runs from here on. On the other hand Aussies must be thinking of strategy to bowl them out before they reach 416.

At this point, it seems even Stevens. England is still trailing by 138 runs, but the way they treated the Australian pacers was impressive. And those who piled on the runs yesterday all belong to the younger generation - Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook. The way they scored those runs was also impressive. Mitchell Starc was hammered all around the park, and the same treatment was meted out to Josh Hazlewood. This is the way they should play against the Australian bowlers. But at this point, it is too early to say whether they will get a lead.   

Australia scored more runs than England in the first innings and Australia has started playing well in the second innings too so there is a possibility that Australia will lead in Hughes runs in two innings so since England is behind in the first innings it does not seem that they can win the match with Australia in the second innings. Because Australia is a very good team. As in any game nothing is guaranteed before the end of the game so if England bowls well and prevents Australia from scoring high runs in the second innings then England can win the match on average but I think it is very unlikely.