Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

^^ Good for Kiwis and Williamson though.

Kane mama just pounding on this opportunity and minting back to back tons for fun and Rachin also won't mind some inexperience in the opposition's bowling camp as he wants to cement his position in the team so when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.  These guys are doing the same.

True. This is just a warm-up match for them which will help them in future tests and they are squeezing the juice out of those lemons aggressively.

After the end of day three, New Zealand has already taken enough lead to win the match. The chance is almost zero for South Africa to win the match now.

I guess they already know that they will win by now though they aren't declaring yet because this is excellent training for many of their players which is why they are taking their sweet time.

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[ThemePen]

Against South Africa, New Zealand batted a mountain of runs in the first innings and the New Zealand batsmen are proceeding in the same way in the second innings.Rply to New Zealand's 511 in the first innings, South Africa managed to score only 116 in their first innings, 116 runs against 511 runs was nothing for South Africa. After South Africa were all out in the first innings very quickly, New Zealand are batting again in their second innings where they have so far collected 179 runs for 5 wickets. If New Zealand had invited South Africa to bat again in the second innings, New Zealand would have had a great chance of winning this match by an innings gap, but New Zealand did not do that and they went into bat again in the second innings. With the way New Zealand is batting, they can win by 500+ runs against South Africa

Yes New Zealand has been doing really well in the match against South Africa. They scored a lot of runs in their first innings 511 runs which gave them a strong advantage. South Africa on the other hand they didn't played well they only managed 116 runs in their first innings. And at this time South Africa has lost 4 wickets and made only 95 runs. They need 434 runs to win. Which is a quite high target. i don't think so the South Africa will win this match.

[Insanity]

South Africa team now comes to the field to bat 2nd Innings. 223 runs in 75.3 overs so far. South Africa team still needs 306 runs. But now South Africa team is under pressure with 8 wickets lost. I think in this 1st Test match New  New Zealand team will win. Bowling line and batting line of New Zealand team is very strong for which New Zealand team will win this match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

South Africa team now comes to the field to bat 2nd Innings. 223 runs in 75.3 overs so far. South Africa team still needs 306 runs. But now South Africa team is under pressure with 8 wickets lost. I think in this 1st Test match New  New Zealand team will win. Bowling line and batting line of New Zealand team is very strong for which New Zealand team will win this match.

The New Zealand team is going for a very easy win. South Africa lost 9 wickets to collect 223 runs. Now South Africa collect 238 runs, the team needs 291 more runs to win.

Kane Williamson scored centuries in both innings. Although Rachin Ravindra did not play well in the second innings, he scored 240 runs in the first innings. As the pitch was batting friendly, I thought this match would take 5 days to finish. But due to South Africa's bad batting, the match is going to end in four days. Jemieson, Santner and Henry all bowled well enough.

[Patrol69]

Against South Africa, New Zealand batted a mountain of runs in the first innings and the New Zealand batsmen are proceeding in the same way in the second innings.Rply to New Zealand's 511 in the first innings, South Africa managed to score only 116 in their first innings, 116 runs against 511 runs was nothing for South Africa. After South Africa were all out in the first innings very quickly, New Zealand are batting again in their second innings where they have so far collected 179 runs for 5 wickets. If New Zealand had invited South Africa to bat again in the second innings, New Zealand would have had a great chance of winning this match by an innings gap, but New Zealand did not do that and they went into bat again in the second innings. With the way New Zealand is batting, they can win by 500+ runs against South Africa

Yes New Zealand has been doing really well in the match against South Africa. They scored a lot of runs in their first innings 511 runs which gave them a strong advantage. South Africa on the other hand they didn't played well they only managed 116 runs in their first innings. And at this time South Africa has lost 4 wickets and made only 95 runs. They need 434 runs to win. Which is a quite high target. i don't think so the South Africa will win this match.

New Zealand declared the innings with 511 runs in the first innings and 179 runs in the second innings, setting a big target for South Africa, but South Africa managed to score only 247 runs in the second innings, which saw South Africa lose to New Zealand by a huge margin of 281 runs. South Africa could not score as many runs as New Zealand's first innings in their 2 innings. New Zealand's performance in this test match was as good as South Africa's performance. The first match of the three-match series was a draw and the second match was won by a big margin as New Zealand now only awaits the result of the third match. The result of the third match will decide which team will win the series or draw the series.

[cryptoWODL]

South Africa team now comes to the field to bat 2nd Innings. 223 runs in 75.3 overs so far. South Africa team still needs 306 runs. But now South Africa team is under pressure with 8 wickets lost. I think in this 1st Test match New  New Zealand team will win. Bowling line and batting line of New Zealand team is very strong for which New Zealand team will win this match.

New Zealand team has already won the first test match between South Africa and New Zealand. New Zealand players were very good in this test match and showed best batting and bowling performance as a result of which they defeated South Africa in this test match by huge margin. If you find the reason of South Africa team defeat then you will see all their players are inexperienced maybe because of experience South Africa team lost this match against New Zealand.

New Zealand scored 511 runs in the first innings and they declared for 179 runs in the second innings. As a result the target for the South African team is 528 runs. Batting for a target of 528 in the first Test match South Africa were bowled out for 247 runs in their second innings resulting in South Africa losing the match by 281 runs.

There is one more Test match between these two teams which will be played on February 13. Maybe the South African team players are looking forward to this match, they might give their best performance in this match.

[Publictalk792]

New Zealand declared the innings with 511 runs in the first innings and 179 runs in the second innings, setting a big target for South Africa, but South Africa managed to score only 247 runs in the second innings, which saw South Africa lose to New Zealand by a huge margin of 281 runs. South Africa could not score as many runs as New Zealand's first innings in their 2 innings. New Zealand's performance in this test match was as good as South Africa's performance. The first match of the three-match series was a draw and the second match was won by a big margin as New Zealand now only awaits the result of the third match. The result of the third match will decide which team will win the series or draw the series.

Rachin Ravindra was the best in whole match. Who made 240 runs in the first inning. Kane Williamson is on the second number who made 118 runs. And New Zealand collected 511 runs in the first inning. But here from South Africa Neil Brand collected 6 wickets which I think it is good achievement. After that South Africa made only 162 runs.
In the second inning New Zealand declared at 179 runs. And here Kane Williamson again made century made 109 runs. But in the second inning South Africa made only 247 runs and New Zealand won by 281 runs. Excellent played New Zealand Congratulations on winning.

[rojan]

In the 1st Test match of New Zealand vs South Africa team, New Zealand team won by 281 runs. New Zealand team scored 511 runs in 144 overs in 1st Innings in batting. And in 2nd Innings by 179 runs, New Zealand team played amazingly in this 1st Test match.  South Africa team did not perform well in batting starting from bowling line. South Africa team did not perform well in batting in 1st Innings and 2nd Innings.

[noormcs5]

Against South Africa, New Zealand batted a mountain of runs in the first innings and the New Zealand batsmen are proceeding in the same way in the second innings.Rply to New Zealand's 511 in the first innings, South Africa managed to score only 116 in their first innings, 116 runs against 511 runs was nothing for South Africa. After South Africa were all out in the first innings very quickly, New Zealand are batting again in their second innings where they have so far collected 179 runs for 5 wickets. If New Zealand had invited South Africa to bat again in the second innings, New Zealand would have had a great chance of winning this match by an innings gap, but New Zealand did not do that and they went into bat again in the second innings. With the way New Zealand is batting, they can win by 500+ runs against South Africa

Yes New Zealand has been doing really well in the match against South Africa. They scored a lot of runs in their first innings 511 runs which gave them a strong advantage. South Africa on the other hand they didn't played well they only managed 116 runs in their first innings. And at this time South Africa has lost 4 wickets and made only 95 runs. They need 434 runs to win. Which is a quite high target. i don't think so the South Africa will win this match.

The match of New Zealand vs South Africa was finished and of course, the result will come in the favour of New Zealand as they played.

New Zealand won this match by 281 runs and after this victory, the New Zealand team came again to the list of World Test Championship and now I hope that they will maintain it, and th team of New Zealand can only win the Test Championship and once a time champions trophy because on 2000 they won a Champions trophy and on 2021 they won test championship against India but they didn't have any ODI World Cup or any T20 World Cup, and they always come in final or semi-final of T20 and ODI World Cup.

[Nazmul012]

New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test was finished and New Zealand won. New Zealand played extra ordinary in 1st inning where Rachin Ravindra and qKane Williamson showed their unbelievable performance by collecting 511 runs. That's why they hadn't needed to play more in 2nd innings. They just played 2nd inning till Kane Williamson made his century. Which was help them to won by 281 runs which is too many runs. RSA might be in pressure when they saw hugh boundaries by New Zealand and that's why RSA top batsman lost their wicket early in both innings. Nobody did even half century in first match. David Bedingham did 87 runs alone in 2nd wickets but rest of playes were gone for low run.  If they could play with patient then maybe winning run different will be less.

[Haunebu]

There is one more Test match between these two teams which will be played on February 13. Maybe the South African team players are looking forward to this match, they might give their best performance in this match.

Lol! I doubt that. This second string South African side is filled with newbies who are getting bullied by the Kiwis on their turf which is what everyone expected. Am expecting a similar result in the second test too.

This is what happens when you don't pay enough attention to your team's outlook in the test format.

[Sithara007]

Lol! I doubt that. This second string South African side is filled with newbies who are getting bullied by the Kiwis on their turf which is what everyone expected. Am expecting a similar result in the second test too.

This is what happens when you don't pay enough attention to your team's outlook in the test format.

Most of the boards doesn't care about test cricket. It is the ICC which forces them to play in this format. This is why I want to cut down the number of test matches. Only the pig-4 can afford to have separate teams for test and limited overs format. Smaller boards doesn't have this luxury and scheduling test matches can be financially draining for them. 3-4 matches per year sounds good for teams like South Africa. Anything more is like an unnecessary burden. Actually I am glad that South Africa sent an amateur squad. At least now the ICC will notice.

[onecall123]

There is one more Test match between these two teams which will be played on February 13. Maybe the South African team players are looking forward to this match, they might give their best performance in this match.

Lol! I doubt that. This second string South African side is filled with newbies who are getting bullied by the Kiwis on their turf which is what everyone expected. Am expecting a similar result in the second test too.

This is what happens when you don't pay enough attention to your team's outlook in the test format.

First Test was a commanding victory, and it was expected against South Africa's inexperienced players. That's what happens when South Africa sends over a weaker team. It's an easy win against a struggling South African cricket team. South Africa was no match for the New Zealand team, which making it a one-sided game.

[WatChe]

Most of the boards doesn't care about test cricket. It is the ICC which forces them to play in this format. This is why I want to cut down the number of test matches. Only the pig-4 can afford to have separate teams for test and limited overs format. Smaller boards doesn't have this luxury and scheduling test matches can be financially draining for them. 3-4 matches per year sounds good for teams like South Africa. Anything more is like an unnecessary burden. Actually I am glad that South Africa sent an amateur squad. At least now the ICC will notice.

Who will have interest in test while we have an era that is dominated by T20 cricket. If there is a test in Pakistan then most of the stands are empty, people are not willing to come to stadium even if entry if free. It will take time before test cricket will be limited or cease to exist because this is one of longest format in any game. I don't know if there is any other game which take so much time to complete.
Boards like BCCI and ECB can afford 5 test match series but for small boards like PCB such series wont be a good idea specially when there is very limited interest of local people in this format.

[Haunebu]

Most of the boards doesn't care about test cricket. It is the ICC which forces them to play in this format. This is why I want to cut down the number of test matches. Only the pig-4 can afford to have separate teams for test and limited overs format. Smaller boards doesn't have this luxury and scheduling test matches can be financially draining for them. 3-4 matches per year sounds good for teams like South Africa. Anything more is like an unnecessary burden. Actually I am glad that South Africa sent an amateur squad. At least now the ICC will notice.

Agreed. The only way for test cricket to continue surviving is by cutting down such matches drastically and limit them mostly for top teams like England, India etc which is the best strategy overall.

They should do the same to ODI cricket too since T20 and T10 formats keep rising in popularity with time.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Most of the boards doesn't care about test cricket. It is the ICC which forces them to play in this format. This is why I want to cut down the number of test matches. Only the pig-4 can afford to have separate teams for test and limited overs format. Smaller boards doesn't have this luxury and scheduling test matches can be financially draining for them. 3-4 matches per year sounds good for teams like South Africa. Anything more is like an unnecessary burden. Actually I am glad that South Africa sent an amateur squad. At least now the ICC will notice.

Who will have interest in test while we have an era that is dominated by T20 cricket. If there is a test in Pakistan then most of the stands are empty, people are not willing to come to stadium even if entry if free. It will take time before test cricket will be limited or cease to exist because this is one of longest format in any game. I don't know if there is any other game which take so much time to complete.
Boards like BCCI and ECB can afford 5 test match series but for small boards like PCB such series wont be a good idea specially when there is very limited interest of local people in this format.

Best cricket is just a relic from the past. It has no relevance in the modern world. ICC should have got rid of the test cricket a long time ago. But for some reason, they are trying to keep it alive. I don't know why! Some decisions are very weird. They want to keep this cricket alive, they do not want cricket to be spread all around the world, they want some certain teams to dominate. These things are seriously questionable.

I am pretty sure that that is cricket is still a thing just because the top cricket boards still plays test cricket. If the top creek and boards actually did not want to play this cricket anymore, it wouldn't be there for sure.

[WatChe]

Best cricket is just a relic from the past. It has no relevance in the modern world. ICC should have got rid of the test cricket a long time ago. But for some reason, they are trying to keep it alive. I don't know why! Some decisions are very weird. They want to keep this cricket alive, they do not want cricket to be spread all around the world, they want some certain teams to dominate. These things are seriously questionable.

I am pretty sure that that is cricket is still a thing just because the top cricket boards still plays test cricket. If the top creek and boards actually did not want to play this cricket anymore, it wouldn't be there for sure.

Thanks to T20 cricket now we have more teams in cricket then two decade ago. If ICC stick to only ODI and test format then we still have 8 to 10 teams n cricket ecosystem. It's for the first time we have 20 teams gathering for a world cup and its only because of T20 cricket. The world is not interested n test or ODI format, if ICC want to spread cricket to new countries then it must pay more attention to T20 format.
Cricket affairs are mostly controlled by Big-3, ICC is just an announcement body that broadcast decisions made by big 3.

[Compromise me]

New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test was finished and New Zealand won. New Zealand played extra ordinary in 1st inning where Rachin Ravindra and qKane Williamson showed their unbelievable performance by collecting 511 runs. That's why they hadn't needed to play more in 2nd innings. They just played 2nd inning till Kane Williamson made his century. Which was help them to won by 281 runs which is too many runs. RSA might be in pressure when they saw hugh boundaries by New Zealand and that's why RSA top batsman lost their wicket early in both innings. Nobody did even half century in first match. David Bedingham did 87 runs alone in 2nd wickets but rest of playes were gone for low run.  If they could play with patient then maybe winning run different will be less.

New Zealand gave a big performance in the first innings, when they scored 511 runs.  It was a display of the tenacity and skill of their batting line up.  South Africa did not play that brilliantly in both their innings and failed to chase down as many runs as New Zealand.  New Zealand win made it clear that their tenacity, tenacity and determination helped them keep the match under control. You are right tell about R Ravindra , R Ravindra knows the award for this match he Preformed excellent inning he completed double century made 240 run in 336balls.

[redsun114]

Most of the boards doesn't care about test cricket. It is the ICC which forces them to play in this format. This is why I want to cut down the number of test matches. Only the pig-4 can afford to have separate teams for test and limited overs format. Smaller boards doesn't have this luxury and scheduling test matches can be financially draining for them. 3-4 matches per year sounds good for teams like South Africa. Anything more is like an unnecessary burden. Actually I am glad that South Africa sent an amateur squad. At least now the ICC will notice.

Agreed. The only way for test cricket to continue surviving is by cutting down such matches drastically and limit them mostly for top teams like England, India etc which is the best strategy overall.

They should do the same to ODI cricket too since T20 and T10 formats keep rising in popularity with time.

We already talk about this too many times which is completely useless because dumb a** ICC not care about this all with now it's time for having good changes at the top and bring new lifeline which is important for this game because recently we have too much decline in quality and things are going from bad to worse if ICC not going to have positive changes which are essential for the survival of the game and test format they needed to have 2 tiers with top six and then lower six every WTC settled for the top eight teams and also work on bilateral series as well for the tier 2 because this will increase of quality and give them good experience.

I am now in favour of two formats with we need 2031 world cup could be last for the ODI and then having T20i and test are enough for the fans and players as well which will also bring good change in game for the players.

[Mahdirakib]

Most of the boards doesn't care about test cricket. It is the ICC which forces them to play in this format. This is why I want to cut down the number of test matches. Only the pig-4 can afford to have separate teams for test and limited overs format. Smaller boards doesn't have this luxury and scheduling test matches can be financially draining for them. 3-4 matches per year sounds good for teams like South Africa. Anything more is like an unnecessary burden. Actually I am glad that South Africa sent an amateur squad. At least now the ICC will notice.

Test series becomes too long when a team visit other country to play two to three test matches. South Africa hasn't sent their strong squad as the main players are playing the SA20 league. South Africa Cricket board giving more priority to their franchise league to make it popular. ICC have to do something to limit these numerous T20 leagues, which will automatically help to increase the importance of international test matches.