Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Mahdirakib]

And if that wasn't enough, Poms also humbled Indians on their turf. Both wins will become folktales for sure and purists won't forget this.

Those are indeed going to be folktale, both favourite teams have lost the match in their home ground. Both matches became interesting to watch at the final stage, and it was like a fight or flight situation for the last two batters. And I didn't expect India to lose this match against England. India was still favourite in the match even after the second innings of England. I had placed a bet on India to win after the day 1, where the odds was 1.05× only.

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[Compromise me]

India is in big trouble now, lost 5 wickets for 107 runs. Still trailing by 124 runs and it is not looking good as England bowlers are not allowing the Indian batters to settle. Jadeja and Iyer are batting and they are not at all looking comfortable. Tom Hartley took 4 wickets and it now looks like England are on the front seat of winning this test match. I am suprised to see that the Indian batting order has just collapsed without much efforts from England bowlers.

India lost control of their match. I don't think India can win the match. Tom Hartley has bowled brilliantly, he has already taken four wickets including Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel. India still need 100 runs with just three wickets in hand. Srikar Bharat and Ashwin are currently batting on the pitch, I don't think they can bat for long. In the first innings it looked like England would lose this match but really they made a great comeback in the second innings.

England won this test match against India by 28 runs.  England scored 420 in the second innings, and the Test match was awarded to Pope.  He played brilliantly, completed his century and scored a total of 196 runs.  He set a high score target for his team and T Hartley also played well in England's bowling side, single handedly taking 7 wickets for India.  He scored 62 runs in 26 overs and took 7 wickets, setting a high record for the bowling side in this match.

[Haunebu]

Didn't watch both matches till the end, but I was shocked to see both Windies and England winning their respective matches since they were the underdogs thanks to Hartley and Shamar Joseph.

India clearly missed Kohli while Gill is proving to be an overhyped player to be frank. Also, Smith and Pope deserved getting a century and double century respectively. Crazy stuff!

[noormcs5]

England won this test match against India by 28 runs.  England scored 420 in the second innings, and the Test match was awarded to Pope.  He played brilliantly, completed his century and scored a total of 196 runs.  He set a high score target for his team and T Hartley also played well in England's bowling side, single handedly taking 7 wickets for India.  He scored 62 runs in 26 overs and took 7 wickets, setting a high record for the bowling side in this match.

Apart from this win by England, I would like to tell you something Interesting. This is a post where you will learn about a thing that I am sure you don't know.

So, let's start did you know, that Martin Guptill has just 2 toes on his both feet, and the other finger of his foot he doesn't have, and the second player is Pat Cummins (The captain of the Australia team) doesn't have the upper part of his second finger and his first finger and third finger is equal but senior players of Australia tell this that it is good because it helps to swing a ball, these are the players who playing at this time, but a senior player of Pakistan Waqar Younis don't have third finger of his hand and he did swing very much without third finger of his hand that he used to ball.

[libert19]

Apart from this win by England, I would like to tell you something Interesting. This is a post where you will learn about a thing that I am sure you don't know.

So, let's start did you know, that Martin Guptill has just 2 toes on his both feet, and the other finger of his foot he doesn't have, and the second player is Pat Cummins (The captain of the Australia team) doesn't have the upper part of his second finger and his first finger and third finger is equal but senior players of Australia tell this that it is good because it helps to swing a ball, these are the players who playing at this time, but a senior player of Pakistan Waqar Younis don't have third finger of his hand and he did swing very much without third finger of his hand that he used to ball.

I play gully cricket and from my experience 2 fingers+thumb is enough to swing the ball.

[virasog]

India is in big trouble now, lost 5 wickets for 107 runs. Still trailing by 124 runs and it is not looking good as England bowlers are not allowing the Indian batters to settle. Jadeja and Iyer are batting and they are not at all looking comfortable. Tom Hartley took 4 wickets and it now looks like England are on the front seat of winning this test match. I am suprised to see that the Indian batting order has just collapsed without much efforts from England bowlers.

India lost control of their match. I don't think India can win the match. Tom Hartley has bowled brilliantly, he has already taken four wickets including Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel. India still need 100 runs with just three wickets in hand. Srikar Bharat and Ashwin are currently batting on the pitch, I don't think they can bat for long. In the first innings it looked like England would lose this match but really they made a great comeback in the second innings.

England won this test match against India by 28 runs.  England scored 420 in the second innings, and the Test match was awarded to Pope.  He played brilliantly, completed his century and scored a total of 196 runs.  He set a high score target for his team and T Hartley also played well in England's bowling side, single handedly taking 7 wickets for India.  He scored 62 runs in 26 overs and took 7 wickets, setting a high record for the bowling side in this match.

In today's match, Ollie Pope has almost completed 200 runs but he was out at 196 runs, and by the way, whenever any player was out at 196 so only one thing comes to mind which is Babar Azam's 196 runs against the Australian team and that was the day where first-time Australian players clapped to some player after out. Babar Azam was out at 196 and all the players of the Australian team clapped for him for the first time for any player in cricket history. Some 196 runs is much better than 200.  Think this is a form of Ollie Pope which allows him to play more in the England team.

[MusaPk]

Didn't watch both matches till the end, but I was shocked to see both Windies and England winning their respective matches since they were the underdogs thanks to Hartley and Shamar Joseph.

India clearly missed Kohli while Gill is proving to be an overhyped player to be frank. Also, Smith and Pope deserved getting a century and double century respectively. Crazy stuff!

Indians are crazy for cricket and any player who perform well in one or two games is taken to sky by Indian media and cricket fans. Gill is very new to cricket, he has played only 21 tests so far and has only scored 2 centuries along with 4 half centuries. Give him some time before calling him best or over hyped player.

WI have done biggest upset in cricket history. Before test series there were discussions that why WI was given 2 test series against mighty Aussies. But WI proved that they still have cricketing spark left in them.

[Nazmul012]

I am still checking results and trying to figure out how West Indies won by 8 runs. i see a newspaper where published a news about this test match and written that: West Indies got first test victory from Australia after 27 years later. But already have a lots of similar incidence in cricket history where a weak team had defeated their strong opponent team. In 2nd inning, west indies only made 193 runs and i doubted that they would lost but Australian batsman falling wickets randomly except Steven Smith, is only one who made 91. Actually Australia was very close to win but fortune supposed west indies this time what makes them won the test

[MusaPk]

I am still checking results and trying to figure out how West Indies won by 8 runs. i see a newspaper where published a news about this test match and written that: West Indies got first test victory from Australia after 27 years later. But already have a lots of similar incidence in cricket history where a weak team had defeated their strong opponent team. In 2nd inning, west indies only made 193 runs and i doubted that they would lost but Australian batsman falling wickets randomly except Steven Smith, is only one who made 91. Actually Australia was very close to win but fortune supposed west indies this time what makes them won the test

Extraordinary bowling from WI bowlers in second innings that restricted Aussies from reaching the target. Shamar Joseph got 7 wickets in his 11.5 over spell. Steven Smith was lonely warrior in Aussies second innings who kept one end while wickets kept falling from other end. Aussies were just 2 strokes away from victory when Joseph bowled out Josh Hazlewood. WIndies have a night to enjoy, the won after 27 years in Australia.

[ZAINmalik75]

An exceptional innings has concluded, but unfortunately, the batsman played an unusual shot to get out. Nevertheless, this is the highest total from an English batter in the second innings in India! India dropped him twice with easy catches, but he has given his team a sporting chance. If England had a quality spinner, they would have easily won this. I still believe India will chase this low total.

I am really shocked because of indian team defeat as I really believe from start that due to home ground edge they gonna easily tackle any kind of trouble just like they has done in first innings after crushed down England batting line-up but I think single phenomenal innings of Ollie pope really disturb thier tactics and concentration. I am feel really soory for pope because he missed one of historical innings against India by few runs but it's ok because it's part of the game and all those innings of yours are worthy who make your team out of danger situation. Anyway subman gill should be kickout from T20 and test squad because he is currently completely off colour and instead of him Kohli should be a better option at both formats. Hope Indian side will make few signficant changes in second test.

[Publictalk792]

An exceptional innings has concluded, but unfortunately, the batsman played an unusual shot to get out. Nevertheless, this is the highest total from an English batter in the second innings in India! India dropped him twice with easy catches, but he has given his team a sporting chance. If England had a quality spinner, they would have easily won this. I still believe India will chase this low total.

I am really shocked because of indian team defeat as I really believe from start that due to home ground edge they gonna easily tackle any kind of trouble just like they has done in first innings after crushed down England batting line-up but I think single phenomenal innings of Ollie pope really disturb thier tactics and concentration. I am feel really soory for pope because he missed one of historical innings against India by few runs but it's ok because it's part of the game and all those innings of yours are worthy who make your team out of danger situation. Anyway subman gill should be kickout from T20 and test squad because he is currently completely off colour and instead of him Kohli should be a better option at both formats. Hope Indian side will make few signficant changes in second test.

Exactly that was incredible.
I was also thinking that India will perform like they performed in first inning. And thinking that they will win this match easily. By the way here I will not blame Indian Batsman but I will appreciate the bowling of England. Especially Tom Hartley. What a bowling by him. He collected 7 wickets and in both innings he collected 9 wickets. Congratulations to England team. They played really really really well.

[Webetcoins]

In today's match, Ollie Pope has almost completed 200 runs but he was out at 196 runs, and by the way, whenever any player was out at 196 so only one thing comes to mind which is Babar Azam's 196 runs against the Australian team and that was the day where first-time Australian players clapped to some player after out. Babar Azam was out at 196 and all the players of the Australian team clapped for him for the first time for any player in cricket history. Some 196 runs is much better than 200.  Think this is a form of Ollie Pope which allows him to play more in the England team.

Ollie Pope this historic inning is going to be written in golden words because his 196 runs were decisive for the England and match as well and Hartley who was playing his first test in difficult conditions and against one of the toughest team in cricketing world make thing easier for them, and they are able to achieve this win which is surely as Ben Stoke describe as one of the best for him as captain. Now how things will take change this is not easy to describe because Indians are in shock, and it's never been easy to settle things in small-time with next match is going to start at Visakhapatnam on 2nd February.

I am speechless with this all because how this all happens still a shock for the all Indian cricketing community with yesterday while things were in middle few peoples were claiming England is lucky as they avoided an inning defeat with India is going to win this match 100% but suddenly all top order fall down badly and fail to achieve this target.

[Jateng]

In today's match, Ollie Pope has almost completed 200 runs but he was out at 196 runs, and by the way, whenever any player was out at 196 so only one thing comes to mind which is Babar Azam's 196 runs against the Australian team and that was the day where first-time Australian players clapped to some player after out. Babar Azam was out at 196 and all the players of the Australian team clapped for him for the first time for any player in cricket history. Some 196 runs is much better than 200.  Think this is a form of Ollie Pope which allows him to play more in the England team.

England defeated India in the test match with an incredible comeback winning by a low margin of 28 run against Indian team. Tom Hartley outstanding bowling effort which included seven wickets 7/62 was very important for England. Indian batsmen gave it their all Ollie Pope excellent century in the second innings set a difficult goal for India. This win possible the man of the Match Ollie Pope for scoring 196 runs and win match for England.

[Haunebu]

Indians are crazy for cricket and any player who perform well in one or two games is taken to sky by Indian media and cricket fans. Gill is very new to cricket, he has played only 21 tests so far and has only scored 2 centuries along with 4 half centuries. Give him some time before calling him best or over hyped player.

21 tests: 42 innings? How many more chances do you think he deserves? He is a great T20 and ODI player for sure, but he hasn't really performed consistently well in the test format which is why he is overhyped for sure.

I am speechless with this all because how this all happens still a shock for the all Indian cricketing community with yesterday while things were in middle few peoples were claiming England is lucky as they avoided an inning defeat with India is going to win this match 100% but suddenly all top order fall down badly and fail to achieve this target.

Yeah. Crazy result for sure, but the Windies defeating Australia on their own soil is even crazier considering how badly they have been performing recently.

[redsun114]

Didn't watch both matches till the end, but I was shocked to see both Windies and England winning their respective matches since they were the underdogs thanks to Hartley and Shamar Joseph.

India clearly missed Kohli while Gill is proving to be an overhyped player to be frank. Also, Smith and Pope deserved getting a century and double century respectively. Crazy stuff!

I agree partially because sometime back I already talked about this India is doing few things wrong with white-ball and then quickly turning into red ball can create problems as current generation players are not capable of doing things like we have from the generation of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma so they need to work on this but sadly mad about money board not doing anything and just using them like money making machines so with this all results like these are expected.

Sudden absence of Kohli is surely big setback for them because now they have no enough experienced players which can handle this test format pressure, and they bundled out cheaply against an English spinner who was playing his first test even Indian spinners fail to do any magic in second inning which is another setback for them.

[Patrol69]

Team India lost an easy match against England. After performing so well in batting and bowling in the first innings, it was beyond imagination that India would perform so badly in the second innings. In the first innings batting and bowling performance of the England team, in their second innings, India performed exactly like England, due to which, despite creating great chances in the first innings, in the end, the team India was defeated by England in the first test match by 28 runs.

In the first innings, Indian batsmen were seen batting with confidence but in the second innings we noticed something opposite. The batsmen were much more impatient in the second innings and could not settle on the wicket for long. Due to which India missed a great chance to win. India may have lost the match against England and the reasons why they lost the match may have gone to the decsing room but they should have understood this earlier then maybe they would not have lost against England.

[AirtelBuzz]

Can't believe India lost their first test match to England. But looking at why India lost against England, their batting performance in the second innings was very fragile compared to the first innings. If we look at India's first innings performance then anyone would say that India is going to win this test match but England team batted very well in second innings compared to their first innings. England scored 246 runs in the first innings and 420 runs in the second innings, leaving a target of just 230 runs for India. India failed to reach this target of 230 and were bowled out for just 202, resulting in England winning the Test match.

[libert19]

I think this deserves here, Kraigg Brathwaite in post-match interview: Kraigg Brathwhite takes swipe at Rodney Hogg after pathetic and hopeless criticism


I was hesitant to post this yesterday since WI lost their first game but then I realized Rodney Hogg's statements were made after WI's first test loss, so W was the best response WI could give.

Also, there is video of Brian Lara with tears of joy in commentary box.

[Patrol69]

Can't believe India lost their first test match to England. But looking at why India lost against England, their batting performance in the second innings was very fragile compared to the first innings. If we look at India's first innings performance then anyone would say that India is going to win this test match but England team batted very well in second innings compared to their first innings. England scored 246 runs in the first innings and 420 runs in the second innings, leaving a target of just 230 runs for India. India failed to reach this target of 230 and were bowled out for just 202, resulting in England winning the Test match.

Cricket is a game where a match can go in anyone's favor at any time. Ten good deliveries are enough to turn a match. On the other hand, if two to three batsmen can settle on the wicket, many difficult equations become easier. India's first innings batting and bowling all together but second innings batting bowling fielding was in England's favor compared to India's first innings which decided the win or loss of the match. Till the third day it seemed that India would win this match but on the fourth day we had to change our thinking a bit and come the fifth day we saw England seal the win against India. As five Test matches will be played between India and England, both India and England still have a chance to win this series.

[virasog]

Can't believe India lost their first test match to England. But looking at why India lost against England, their batting performance in the second innings was very fragile compared to the first innings. If we look at India's first innings performance then anyone would say that India is going to win this test match but England team batted very well in second innings compared to their first innings. England scored 246 runs in the first innings and 420 runs in the second innings, leaving a target of just 230 runs for India. India failed to reach this target of 230 and were bowled out for just 202, resulting in England winning the Test match.

I would call Indian team had a very bad luck that they lost to England in the first test against India. England won the match by only 28 runs as the Indian team were all out at 202. Has they be able to make just 28 more runs, it would have been an easy victory for the Indian team. I think many people must have lost the bet on this match lost by the Indian team. When gamblers know that India only needed under 250 runs in the last innings, most of them would have bet on India at that time with high amounts, but they didn’t expected this outcome of this match.

Since the top order batsmen failed in the Indian second innings, Ravichandran Ashwin made 28 runs in the end but was not able to take his team home. Mohammed Siraj  made 12 runs before he was out while Jasprit Bumrah  remains not out at 6. It was anyone’s game at the end but England bowlers stood out and make sure they all out Indian team and make their first test win.