Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[libert19]

IMO now Jaddu needs to score Sarfraz's runs as well and not throw his wicket in the morning, which he's famous for.

The way Sarfraz was playing, I don't think Jadeja can make up for it.

Rohit and Jadeja saved India when they were reeling at around 30 something for 3 wickets down at one point. England messed up by not taking advantage of some LBW calls which could have removed both players earlier.

Yeah, they didn't show ultra edge but Jadeja was out in his LBW when he was in 80s or something. Now, that Sarfraz's run-out happened, I feel England should have taken the review   

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[HelliumZ]

Rohit and Jadeja saved India when they were reeling at around 30 something for 3 wickets down at one point. England messed up by not taking advantage of some LBW calls which could have removed both players earlier.

Also, Sarfraz was awesome on debut and his statistics say everything about him. Am confident he will continue dishing out great performances.

Debut Sharfaraz 93.94 strike rate...
Sarfaraz made his debut in today's match but due to his brilliant performance India performed well and finally at the end of the first day's play India collected 326 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. But today, two special centuries have been completed for Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja. The score India scored on the first day in this Test can easily challenge England.

[ZAINmalik75]

100 runs partnership by Rohit and Jadeja, what way to bring up the partnership. When India was in trouble these two batter kept calm, started rotating strike, found the odd boundary and got India out of the trouble. A good comeback by the Indian captain and the Indian team. Rohit is on 73 and Jadeja is on 4, I hope Rohit gets his century to boost his confidence and Jadeja his half century.

It was quite difficult for any new batter to Handel situation especially when your team lose three quick top order batters but thanks to Rohit who fearlessly continue his game hold thier wickets long and continuously rotating strike with jadeja and thus it work and due to thier both contribution finally India has come out of trouble situation and it's quite well that after a long time Rohit show his colour and make big partnership of 200+ with jadeja and scored his century. Anyway subman gill again got failed and in my mind it's time for BCCI to bring back Kohli because I still believe he can make huge difference at any situation. Anyway later after dismissal of Sharma Jadeja continue with Sarfraz khan who is one of magnificent young talent but unfortunately by mistake got run out and now indian team has decent number on Board and still have plenty of wickets left.

[vennali]

New Zealand need 227 to win with 9 wickets in hand and 2 whole days to play with. As the pitch gets trickier as the pitch gets used over time but it still been just 3 days of use. It should favor NZ as they are the home team as well.

India managed to score 326 for 5 after losing their first wicket very early on in the day. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored brunt of the runs with 131 and 110* respectively while test debutant Sarfaraz Khan on his debut got unlucky with a runout but still managed a commendable quick 62.

[Patrol69]

South Africa lead by 31 runs so there is nothing to keep South Africa ahead in this Test match as we all know about New Zealand batsmen they can turn the outcome of any match in any direction.

According to the current situation of the test, we can't say anything because the South African team also played well while the New Zealand team played well at bowling so all the things scraped. New Zealand batsmen Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra also didn't play well this time.

In the last match, the South African team lost a test match with New Zealand, and at that time, how good New Zealand batsmen and bowlers played well, but this time all the things went opposite. South African teams are also allowed to play better. If in the next innings or the next day New Zealand team can't play well they should try to draw the match because it is better than losing.

In the second innings, South Africa could not give the New Zealand team a big target in proportion to the number of runs that South Africa scored in the first innings. New Zealand probably need just 227 runs to win with nine more valuable wickets in hand. 
227 runs for New Zealand with nine wickets in Test cricket will not be a difficult equation at all but if the wicket does not behave unexpectedly then the result of this match is more likely to go in New Zealand's favour. I thought that since South Africa were slightly ahead of New Zealand at the end of the first innings, South Africa could give New Zealand a 350 plus target but they did not do so. 

New Zealand's two key batsmen are now at the wicket and will surely look to build a big partnership. If this wicket can put up big partnerships then it will be an easier equation for New Zealand to win this match.

[Iranus]

New Zealand need 227 to win with 9 wickets in hand and 2 whole days to play with. As the pitch gets trickier as the pitch gets used over time but it still been just 3 days of use. It should favor NZ as they are the home team as well.

India managed to score 326 for 5 after losing their first wicket very early on in the day. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored brunt of the runs with 131 and 110* respectively while test debutant Sarfaraz Khan on his debut got unlucky with a runout but still managed a commendable quick 62.

227 runs on this pitch on the fourth day is much more difficult. Looking at the condition of the pitch, I feel that the pitch has become completely bowling friendly now. The South African bowlers will get more benefits on this pitch in the coming days.
However, the New Zealand squad has several experienced batsmen. New Zealand players also have the ability to play well on bowling friendly pitches. So I won't say that New Zealand has absolutely no chance of winning. However, considering the condition of the pitch, the South African team seems to be the favorite to win at the moment.

[Z_MBFM]

New Zealand need 227 to win with 9 wickets in hand and 2 whole days to play with. As the pitch gets trickier as the pitch gets used over time but it still been just 3 days of use. It should favor NZ as they are the home team as well.

India managed to score 326 for 5 after losing their first wicket very early on in the day. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja scored brunt of the runs with 131 and 110* respectively while test debutant Sarfaraz Khan on his debut got unlucky with a runout but still managed a commendable quick 62.

227 runs on this pitch on the fourth day is much more difficult. Looking at the condition of the pitch, I feel that the pitch has become completely bowling friendly now. The South African bowlers will get more benefits on this pitch in the coming days.
However, the New Zealand squad has several experienced batsmen. New Zealand players also have the ability to play well on bowling friendly pitches. So I won't say that New Zealand has absolutely no chance of winning. However, considering the condition of the pitch, the South African team seems to be the favorite to win at the moment.

South Africa is considered as a good team in the cricket world. and they have the record of the regular winning in the cricket game against some strong team. but in this today's match South Africa playing against New Zealand. even in the fast innings South Africa was 31 runs ahead from the New Zealand. but South Africa did not playing better in the second innings and the collect only 235 run which is not considered as a strong Run collection in the test match. now the New Zealand playing the second innings and they already collects 40 runs and lost only one wickets. and they still have 9 wickets to play. and on the others hand New Zealand  need only 227 runs to win the match. so I think New Zealand is very potential to win this match because this runs is not very big deal on test match.

[noormcs5]

It was quite difficult for any new batter to Handel situation especially when your team lose three quick top order batters but thanks to Rohit who fearlessly continue his game hold thier wickets long and continuously rotating strike with jadeja and thus it work and due to thier both contribution finally India has come out of trouble situation and it's quite well that after a long time Rohit show his colour and make big partnership of 200+ with jadeja and scored his century. Anyway subman gill again got failed and in my mind it's time for BCCI to bring back Kohli because I still believe he can make huge difference at any situation. Anyway later after dismissal of Sharma Jadeja continue with Sarfraz khan who is one of magnificent young talent but unfortunately by mistake got run out and now indian team has decent number on Board and still have plenty of wickets left.

Today Indian batting lineup played very well. On this day, Rohit Sharma made a century, he played such a good and long innings. Also, Ravindra Jadeja is in the line of making runs and he made 96 runs today but I think that this performance is only for today and tomorrow his batting will not stand with his century.
I am trying to say that tomorrow on the first ball he will be out. I am saying this because the rhythm will finish. Let's see what happens I don't think that he will complete his century and if he doesn't do this the bowler who out him become a hero. Let's see what will happen on the 2nd day of this test match.  Ravindra Jadeja not out at 110 and if he goes on like this, India can reach 500 runs in the first innings.

[CryptoBuds]

South Africa Women vs Australia Women

Probably no one is interested in the Test match between South Africa Women's team and Australia Women's team. I just checked the scoreboard for this match. And I was very surprised to see the scoreboard.

South Africa women's team lost all wickets to collect only 76 runs. I don't find the pitch batting friendly. It is not expected that South Africa will bat so badly on this pitch. Australia women team managed to score 251 runs in just 56 overs and they lost 5 wickets. Australia women's team can collect more than 300 runs. And they can easily take more than 200 leads. It seems that Australia women's team will win this match by innings.

[onecall123]

Today Indian batting lineup played very well. On this day, Rohit Sharma made a century, he played such a good and long innings. Also, Ravindra Jadeja is in the line of making runs and he made 96 runs today but I think that this performance is only for today and tomorrow his batting will not stand with his century.
I am trying to say that tomorrow on the first ball he will be out. I am saying this because the rhythm will finish. Let's see what happens I don't think that he will complete his century and if he doesn't do this the bowler who out him become a hero. Let's see what will happen on the 2nd day of this test match.  Ravindra Jadeja not out at 110 and if he goes on like this, India can reach 500 runs in the first innings.

Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja both scored impressive centuries on the first day of the third Test against England. Jadeja remained unbeaten on 110 runs, helping India reach a total of 326/5 by the end of the day. While reaching 400 runs seems likely, aiming for 500 in the first innings would be an excellent target. However, around 400 runs may not be enough on a flat pitch. The first session tomorrow will be crucial, and England still has a chance to turn the game around. Otherwise they'll need to bat exceptionally well in their first innings to avoid a certain loss.

[JSRAW]

IMO now Jaddu needs to score Sarfraz's runs as well and not throw his wicket in the morning, which he's famous for.

The way Sarfraz was playing, I don't think Jadeja can make up for it.

Yeah, tough cookie for Jadeja but he should try and must add another 60 runs to his tally. In this series, he already has ran out 2 (Ash, Sarfraz and himself) of his teammates in just 2 matches, which cost 70-100 runs to India.

The pitch is looking flat atm and with the BAZBALL we can count on England to bat aggressively so need 150 runs more.

[Westinhome]

I think Rohit's reaction was most of us when Sarfaraz got out, dude was playing so good whether it be pace or spin, the run was so unnecessary, though, I can understand their position, in heat of moment such things happen.

Meanwhile, Jadeja played much needed knock today but it may get overshadowed by this run-out.

Sarfaraz will make another century but it won't be of his maiden test innings. It could have been history maker.

Today game is like the senior player responsibility game,because except Jadeja and Rohit Sharma no one score above 100 runs.Already the match was in tie,So Indian team players need to understand the situation of the test match.If this test was loss,the England team draw the next two match easily.So they can win the test 2-1 easily.So the team India was in the biggest demand of winning this test match,Since it’s 3rd test of 5 test match.

Mark wood had played the responsible game by taking 3 bowling wickets and one run out of Sarfaraz Khan.Who had played the test match like a one day match with 62 runs from 66 balls.Rohit was totally disappointed for his dismissal and he expected another century from Sarfaraz khan.

[Popkon6]

The players of the Indian team were out in a very short time. The England team's bowling performance was very good and the wickets of the Indian team started to fall early. But the two batsmen that kept the Indian team alive, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja were the two batsmen who scored centuries today. And keeping the England team alive in terms of bowling performance was Mark Wood who single-handedly picked up three wickets. India team now lacks strong players who can perform well in the end, so far England team is doing best in terms of bowling performance.

[Compromise me]

The players of the Indian team were out in a very short time. The England team's bowling performance was very good and the wickets of the Indian team started to fall early. But the two batsmen that kept the Indian team alive, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja were the two batsmen who scored centuries today. And keeping the England team alive in terms of bowling performance was Mark Wood who single-handedly picked up three wickets. India team now lacks strong players who can perform well in the end, so far England team is doing best in terms of bowling performance.

India won the toss and chose to batting first and India made 326 run in first inning. Rohit Sharma well contribute in this inning made 131 and  complete own century, But S gill got out on zero ball, it was a very shocking moment for India but R  jadeja   again made up for his lack with a good performance. R jadeja made 110 run and also complete his century.Now  look at India's bowling performance to see if they let England meet their innings target or not.

[Hallroom]

The players of the Indian team were out in a very short time. The England team's bowling performance was very good and the wickets of the Indian team started to fall early. But the two batsmen that kept the Indian team alive, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja were the two batsmen who scored centuries today. And keeping the England team alive in terms of bowling performance was Mark Wood who single-handedly picked up three wickets. India team now lacks strong players who can perform well in the end, so far England team is doing best in terms of bowling performance.

Usually if India keep losing wickets like this then they will not score good runs in the end. All the wickets now under their control are basically the best in terms of bowling performance. So the Indian team must perform patiently for a long time as the test game is a game where wicket-keeping is the main sign. England team has performed very well coming into this Test match, they have performed very poorly in the past.

[Bitcoin Smith]

IMO now Jaddu needs to score Sarfraz's runs as well and not throw his wicket in the morning, which he's famous for.

The way Sarfraz was playing, I don't think Jadeja can make up for it.

Yeah, tough cookie for Jadeja but he should try and must add another 60 runs to his tally. In this series, he already has ran out 2 (Ash, Sarfraz and himself) of his teammates in just 2 matches, which cost 70-100 runs to India.

The pitch is looking flat atm and with the BAZBALL we can count on England to bat aggressively so need 150 runs more.

After the initial fumble, India managed to recover to 326/5 from 33/3. As said 440–450 looks like the par score and anything above needed and with deep batting lineup its possible but only thing is they need to survive the first 10 overs in the morning then the runs will starts flowing.

Really felt for Sarfraz, because he was dominating but it happens though.

Apart from the run out, Jadeja's batting skill helped India too, which we should not forget.

[Smack That Ace]

South Africa Women vs Australia Women

Probably no one is interested in the Test match between South Africa Women's team and Australia Women's team. I just checked the scoreboard for this match. And I was very surprised to see the scoreboard.

South Africa women's team lost all wickets to collect only 76 runs. I don't find the pitch batting friendly. It is not expected that South Africa will bat so badly on this pitch. Australia women team managed to score 251 runs in just 56 overs and they lost 5 wickets. Australia women's team can collect more than 300 runs. And they can easily take more than 200 leads. It seems that Australia women's team will win this match by innings.

As two Test matches between India vs England and South Africa vs New Zealand are taking place now, no one is interested in women's cricket.

The batting of the South African batsmen made the pitch seem completely bowling friendly, and the batting of the Australian batsmen made the pitch seem batting friendly. I am confused. Sune Luus collected the maximum 26 runs for South Africa.
Australia women's team captain Alyssa Healy played an innings of 99 runs. Opener Mooney scored 78 runs. Sutherland is also unbeaten with 54 runs. South Africa women's team will surely lose this match.

[coinerer]

The players of the Indian team were out in a very short time. The England team's bowling performance was very good and the wickets of the Indian team started to fall early. But the two batsmen that kept the Indian team alive, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja were the two batsmen who scored centuries today. And keeping the England team alive in terms of bowling performance was Mark Wood who single-handedly picked up three wickets. India team now lacks strong players who can perform well in the end, so far England team is doing best in terms of bowling performance.

India won the toss and chose to batting first and India made 326 run in first inning. Rohit Sharma well contribute in this inning made 131 and  complete own century, But S gill got out on zero ball, it was a very shocking moment for India but R  jadeja   again made up for his lack with a good performance. R jadeja made 110 run and also complete his century.Now  look at India's bowling performance to see if they let England meet their innings target or not.

England is normally with Team compare to India. and after winning the toss India start batting and already collect 326 runs and they still have five more wickets to play. so I think India can collect 400 + runs in the first innings very easily. Rohit Sharma played very well till he got out. but another player Ravindra Jadeja still playing and he collected 110 runs till now. now England definitely in under lot of pressure. so i understand from playing  till now India will win this match very easily against England. and England will loss this match in very big merging

[Bitcoin_people]

IMO now Jaddu needs to score Sarfraz's runs as well and not throw his wicket in the morning, which he's famous for.

The way Sarfraz was playing, I don't think Jadeja can make up for it.

Yeah, tough cookie for Jadeja but he should try and must add another 60 runs to his tally. In this series, he already has ran out 2 (Ash, Sarfraz and himself) of his teammates in just 2 matches, which cost 70-100 runs to India.

The pitch is looking flat atm and with the BAZBALL we can count on England to bat aggressively so need 150 runs more.

After the initial fumble, India managed to recover to 326/5 from 33/3. As said 440–450 looks like the par score and anything above needed and with deep batting lineup its possible but only thing is they need to survive the first 10 overs in the morning then the runs will starts flowing.

Really felt for Sarfraz, because he was dominating but it happens though.

Apart from the run out, Jadeja's batting skill helped India too, which we should not forget.

The performance of the Indian team at the beginning of the game was really disappointing as they lost 3 wickets for 33 runs. But later managed to score again and the team turned around, Rohit Sharma's excellent batting performance brought the team back to good form again. For Sarfaraz Khan it must have felt as he was run out he would have made a bigger score if he had stayed in the team. However Ravindra Jadeja scored a great century but if he survives the second day he can be expected to score more runs. If India can hold on to the early going, it looks certain to average 430/450 runs, which is certainly possible if Ravindra Jadeja is at the crease.

[WatChe]

Test match between South Africa and New Zealand has entered into decisive mode,  tomorrow we defiantly have a winner for sure. South Africa got some advantage in the first inning due to superb bowling but there batsmen once again fail to extend the lead. NZ need 267 to win the test and they are 40/1 at the end of day 3. Chances are that New Zealand will win this and South Africa only hope is if they repeat how they bowl in first innings.