Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Mahdirakib]

I think this is very exciting match. The Australian team didn't do well in the second part of the match so New Zealand has a chance to win. This shows that the New Zealand team is strong and determined.

New Zealand has a chance now, but the chance is very low. The third wicket partnership has brought a little hope for them, which may fade away in the first session of day four. The winning odds is only 1.14× for Australia now. The chance will increase for New Zealand if Daryl Mitchell and Ravindra make a big partnership.

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New Zealand need another 258 runs to win against Australia, with 7 wickets remaining. Spinners have dominated this match so far. Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets in the first innings, and so far 2 in the second. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips took 5 wickets in the second innings. At this point, Lyon and Head are bowling in tandem, and Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell are just trying to survive. Mitchell has made just 12 runs from 63 balls, while Rachin has been a bit more aggressive. The three Aussie pacers (Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins) are being used intermittently.

In the first test match day 3 New Zealand's current score is 111 runs in a loss of 3 wickets. Ravindra is playing at 56 and Daryl Mitchell is playing at 12 runs not out, this partnership between Ravindra and Mitchell is very important for New Zealand if they successfully chase down the target. New Zealand outstanding bowling performance in the second inning especially G. Phillips who picked 5 crucial wickets by giving just 45 runs and M. Henry also bowling amazingly and picked up 3 wickets and the All Out Australia team in just 164 runs. New Zealand is now in the driving seat to win the first test match if they play sensibly because they need 258 runs seven wickets in hand and 2 days remaining.

Australian batting collapsed in the 2nd innings. Just imagine the collapse that Nathan Lyon was the highest scorer of the 2nd inning. Glenn Phillips was the pick of the bowlers for New Zealand in the 3rd inning of the match. He bowled beautifully and in the right channels, and Australian batters have no clue. Aussies middle order got some start but was not able to convert into a big total like the first-inning score of Green.

Australian players batted brilliantly in the first innings. Cameroon in particular amassed a massive 383 with Green's unbeaten 174. I thought Australia would play well in the second innings as well. Can collect at least 200 runs. But the performance of the Australian batsmen in the second innings was terrible. The team lost all the wickets to collect only 164 runs. Nathan Lyon scored the highest 41 runs for the team. With so many experienced batsmen in the squad, no one expected Australia to bat this badly.

New Zealand are 3 down at 111 runs, and they need another 258 runs to win the match. After losing 3 early wickets, NZ batters are on the path to recovery. Rachin Ravindra scored a brilliant fifty, and he should carry the bat if NZ wants to win this match. Still, a lot to ask from these New Zealand batters against a quality Australian bowling lineup. Lyon will cause trouble for them on day 4. The only option they have is to play aggressive cricket. The first session on day 4 will be crucial for the fate of the match.

Australian players batted brilliantly in the first innings. Cameroon in particular amassed a massive 383 with Green's unbeaten 174. I thought Australia would play well in the second innings as well. Can collect at least 200 runs. But the performance of the Australian batsmen in the second innings was terrible. The team lost all the wickets to collect only 164 runs. Nathan Lyon scored the highest 41 runs for the team. With so many experienced batsmen in the squad, no one expected Australia to bat this badly.

[Essential10]

I think this is very exciting match. The Australian team didn't do well in the second part of the match so New Zealand has a chance to win. This shows that the New Zealand team is strong and determined.

New Zealand has a chance now, but the chance is very low. The third wicket partnership has brought a little hope for them, which may fade away in the first session of day four. The winning odds is only 1.14× for Australia now. The chance will increase for New Zealand if Daryl Mitchell and Ravindra make a big partnership.

Tomorrow we can get the result of this test match. New Zealand need 258 runs with seven wickets in hand. New Zealand can take control of the match if Darryl Mitchell and Ravindra can avoid lose wickets in tomorrow's first session. 3rd day New Zealand  2nd innings Australia's spin bowlers took three wickets. If any of the three fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins get burnt in the first session tomorrow, New Zealand's plans to win could be ruined. I hope day 4 is sure to be exciting.

[synchronym]

I think this is very exciting match. The Australian team didn't do well in the second part of the match so New Zealand has a chance to win. This shows that the New Zealand team is strong and determined.

New Zealand has a chance now, but the chance is very low. The third wicket partnership has brought a little hope for them, which may fade away in the first session of day four. The winning odds is only 1.14× for Australia now. The chance will increase for New Zealand if Daryl Mitchell and Ravindra make a big partnership.

Tomorrow we can get the result of this test match. New Zealand need 258 runs with seven wickets in hand. New Zealand can take control of the match if Darryl Mitchell and Ravindra can avoid lose wickets in tomorrow's first session. 3rd day New Zealand  2nd innings Australia's spin bowlers took three wickets. If any of the three fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins get burnt in the first session tomorrow, New Zealand's plans to win could be ruined. I hope day 4 is sure to be exciting.

The New Zealand team still needs to collect 258 runs, then maybe they will win against Australia in the first test, so if New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra can bat responsibly, then maybe New Zealand can beat Australia in the second innings. In the second innings of course if the New Zealand team wants to win then they must perform very well against Australia otherwise they will not win. Australia has a great team so New Zealand batsmen will need to bat cautiously and therefore bat responsibly if they want to win the first Test match against Australia. Let's see how well Australia batsmen can perform in the end to win the match.

[Patrol69]

I think this is very exciting match. The Australian team didn't do well in the second part of the match so New Zealand has a chance to win. This shows that the New Zealand team is strong and determined.

New Zealand has a chance now, but the chance is very low. The third wicket partnership has brought a little hope for them, which may fade away in the first session of day four. The winning odds is only 1.14× for Australia now. The chance will increase for New Zealand if Daryl Mitchell and Ravindra make a big partnership.

Australia were bowled out in the second innings with few runs due to which New Zealand have a hope of winning this match. New Zealand still have enough wickets and with two days of play remaining, if New Zealand can score 258 runs for seven wickets, New Zealand will secure a Test series win against Australia. 

In the first innings where Australia was performing well, we did not think that they would perform so badly in the second innings. A group will perform poorly and a group will perform well and thus the victory or defeat of the team will be determined. If New Zealand can win this match after coming from behind in the first innings, it will definitely be the best achievement for New Zealand.

[WatChe]

Tomorrow we can get the result of this test match. New Zealand need 258 runs with seven wickets in hand. New Zealand can take control of the match if Darryl Mitchell and Ravindra can avoid lose wickets in tomorrow's first session. 3rd day New Zealand  2nd innings Australia's spin bowlers took three wickets. If any of the three fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins get burnt in the first session tomorrow, New Zealand's plans to win could be ruined. I hope day 4 is sure to be exciting.

Tomorrow will be the result day for this test match and Australians will win this easily unless someone from New Zealand side play an innings like Cameron Green. 258 runs are required by New Zealand to win this test and they have lost top 3 batsmen. New Zealand last hopes are from Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell, if they both can had a big partnership only then New Zealand have a chance to win this test. From Australian side, Nathan Lyon is in good form and picking wickets.  

[Bitcoin Smith]

Tomorrow we can get the result of this test match. New Zealand need 258 runs with seven wickets in hand. New Zealand can take control of the match if Darryl Mitchell and Ravindra can avoid lose wickets in tomorrow's first session. 3rd day New Zealand  2nd innings Australia's spin bowlers took three wickets. If any of the three fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins get burnt in the first session tomorrow, New Zealand's plans to win could be ruined. I hope day 4 is sure to be exciting.

Tomorrow will be the result day for this test match and Australians will win this easily unless someone from New Zealand side play an innings like Cameron Green. 258 runs are required by New Zealand to win this test and they have lost top 3 batsmen. New Zealand last hopes are from Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell, if they both can had a big partnership only then New Zealand have a chance to win this test. From Australian side, Nathan Lyon is in good form and picking wickets.  

The win is far away for NZ at the moment and 4th day the ball obviously spin more so I won't be surprised even if they get all out for 200 again. After the chaotic start Kiwis managed to stitch a partnership of 50 but the man Lyon will be waiting to knock the bails and get his team on the top.

[CryptoBuds]

Tomorrow we can get the result of this test match. New Zealand need 258 runs with seven wickets in hand. New Zealand can take control of the match if Darryl Mitchell and Ravindra can avoid lose wickets in tomorrow's first session. 3rd day New Zealand  2nd innings Australia's spin bowlers took three wickets. If any of the three fast bowlers Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins get burnt in the first session tomorrow, New Zealand's plans to win could be ruined. I hope day 4 is sure to be exciting.

Tomorrow will be the result day for this test match and Australians will win this easily unless someone from New Zealand side play an innings like Cameron Green. 258 runs are required by New Zealand to win this test and they have lost top 3 batsmen. New Zealand last hopes are from Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell, if they both can had a big partnership only then New Zealand have a chance to win this test. From Australian side, Nathan Lyon is in good form and picking wickets.  

The win is far away for NZ at the moment and 4th day the ball obviously spin more so I won't be surprised even if they get all out for 200 again. After the chaotic start Kiwis managed to stitch a partnership of 50 but the man Lyon will be waiting to knock the bails and get his team on the top.

I agree with you. The pitch is not batting friendly at all. The pitch is likely to become completely bowling friendly on the fourth day. New Zealand's top order did not perform well on the third day. The team was able to collect 111 runs due to the responsible batting of Rachin Ravindra. But it is very difficult to predict how New Zealand will perform on the fourth day.

I would say the match will depend on the performance of the first session tomorrow. If New Zealand can bat well in the first session tomorrow and not lose any wickets, they have a small chance of victory. However, it is much more challenging to score 258 runs batting on the fourth day on this pitch. Australia team will win this match.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I agree with you. The pitch is not batting friendly at all. The pitch is likely to become completely bowling friendly on the fourth day. New Zealand's top order did not perform well on the third day. The team was able to collect 111 runs due to the responsible batting of Rachin Ravindra. But it is very difficult to predict how New Zealand will perform on the fourth day.

I would say the match will depend on the performance of the first session tomorrow. If New Zealand can bat well in the first session tomorrow and not lose any wickets, they have a small chance of victory. However, it is much more challenging to score 258 runs batting on the fourth day on this pitch. Australia team will win this match.

If NZ wants to win this match then they should focus on playing long innings irrespective of runs scored or not and at one point Aus will be tired and wait for things to happen that is the time for punch back but experienced Oz won't let the opponents to get to that level and playing like not losing a wicket in the first session is kind of impossible task to be honest.

[Justin999]

New Zealand vs Australia, 2nd innings of 1st test match needs some more time to finish. Australia scored brilliantly 383 runs in 1st innings. But all credits should goes to Cameron Green who made 174 runs from 275 bowl alone. And rest of players didn't Perform enough for mention. Cause they did only 164-10 runs in 2nd innings. Besides Matt Henry got 5 wickets in 1st innings from nz. And Nathan Lyon got 4 wickets in 1st innings in 1st inning. And when its come to nz, they did poor score 179 runs only in 1st inning. And this time till now they managed 111−3 and still New Zealand need 258 runs to win.. huge runs need. This gonna be so hard

[ZAINmalik75]

If NZ wants to win this match then they should focus on playing long innings irrespective of runs scored or not and at one point Aus will be tired and wait for things to happen that is the time for punch back but experienced Oz won't let the opponents to get to that level and playing like not losing a wicket in the first session is kind of impossible task to be honest.

It's true they have couple of wickets in hand and just required 243 target to win this important test match of the series and currently they have decent partnership going on which can easily get that target later some reaming  runs will be cut down by rest of the player without getting into any trouble. I think till Ravindra undefeated along side with Mitchell they will make huge difference as they still have one day to settle down things.
I taught at second innings Australian will make some extra runs to make things more interesting as currently NewZeland are going with one of thier worst form but surprisingly Phillips and some other bowler took each and important wickets and diver dominance toward them.

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NewZeland lose wickets of Ravindra too and now things are going more and more worse for them if they unable to build another long decent partnership because without that they will definitely under huge pressure.

[SATWAT]

I agree with you. The pitch is not batting friendly at all. The pitch is likely to become completely bowling friendly on the fourth day. New Zealand's top order did not perform well on the third day. The team was able to collect 111 runs due to the responsible batting of Rachin Ravindra. But it is very difficult to predict how New Zealand will perform on the fourth day.

I would say the match will depend on the performance of the first session tomorrow. If New Zealand can bat well in the first session tomorrow and not lose any wickets, they have a small chance of victory. However, it is much more challenging to score 258 runs batting on the fourth day on this pitch. Australia team will win this match.

If NZ wants to win this match then they should focus on playing long innings irrespective of runs scored or not and at one point Aus will be tired and wait for things to happen that is the time for punch back but experienced Oz won't let the opponents to get to that level and playing like not losing a wicket in the first session is kind of impossible task to be honest.

After third day play I was expecting good performance from the New Zealand batting in last day of game, but Nathan Lyon give early break through to his team and take three wickets which give huge advantage to Australia now we have Scott Kuggeleijn and Daryl Mitchel on crease which are trying their best for having another good partnership and already score 32 runs but still its very long way to go for them with 209 runs and now just 4 wickets in hand.
Another good five wicket haul for the Nathan Lyon which is now having tally of wickets 526 hopefully he will be able to have few more while New Zealand is trying to achieve their target good fight between bat and bowl.

Edit: Cameron Green after having amazing first inning big hundred takes 7th wicket with Scott Kuggeleijn catch out mean end for the New Zealand in this game.

[Iranus]

In the end, the New Zealand team was defeated by a big margin. And such results were expected. Because it was not possible to collect 369 runs in the last innings on this pitch. If a miracle happened then maybe New Zealand team could have won.

Australia scored a massive 383 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, New Zealand collected only 179 runs. The team was behind by a huge margin of 204 runs. The team batted very badly. It is difficult to make a comeback after trailing by a big margin of 204 runs. However, New Zealand's bowlers did well in the second innings. And Australia lost all wickets to collect only 164 runs.

The New Zealand team could not bat well in the second innings. Apart from Rachin Ravindra, no other batsman can stay at the crease for long. Australian bowler Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings.

[Bitcoin Smith]

As expected, NZ lost the match and the domination by Aussies over NZ in their home land continues. NZ should have played Santner on pitch like this and even Lyon mentioned that he is surprised to not see Santner when a part time bowler Glenn Phillips got 5fer for them. NZ should play the right combination of they really want to rewrite the history and should avoid run outs which is the most terrible thing to witness in test matches and that too when the core player in the batting unit has to walk back with such kind of dismissal.

[CryptoBuds]

I agree with you. The pitch is not batting friendly at all. The pitch is likely to become completely bowling friendly on the fourth day. New Zealand's top order did not perform well on the third day. The team was able to collect 111 runs due to the responsible batting of Rachin Ravindra. But it is very difficult to predict how New Zealand will perform on the fourth day.
I would say the match will depend on the performance of the first session tomorrow. If New Zealand can bat well in the first session tomorrow and not lose any wickets, they have a small chance of victory. However, it is much more challenging to score 258 runs batting on the fourth day on this pitch. Australia team will win this match.

If NZ wants to win this match then they should focus on playing long innings irrespective of runs scored or not and at one point Aus will be tired and wait for things to happen that is the time for punch back but experienced Oz won't let the opponents to get to that level and playing like not losing a wicket in the first session is kind of impossible task to be honest.

New Zealand lost by a big margin. The team could not even collect 200 runs. Like the first innings, we saw bad batting by the New Zealand batsmen in the second innings as well.

I said the outcome of the match depends on the first session. New Zealand couldn't get off to a good start on the fourth day. New Zealand started the fourth day at 111/3. And the team lost two more wickets to add just 15 runs to the scoreboard. New Zealand lost their sixth wicket for 128 runs. Nathan Lyon single-handedly destroyed New Zealand's top order in the second innings. Nathan Lyon returned 5 of the first 7 batsmen to the dressing room.

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New Zealand lost by a big margin. The team could not even collect 200 runs. Like the first innings, we saw bad batting by the New Zealand batsmen in the second innings as well.

I said the outcome of the match depends on the first session. New Zealand couldn't get off to a good start on the fourth day. New Zealand started the fourth day at 111/3. And the team lost two more wickets to add just 15 runs to the scoreboard. New Zealand lost their sixth wicket for 128 runs. Nathan Lyon single-handedly destroyed New Zealand's top order in the second innings. Nathan Lyon returned 5 of the first 7 batsmen to the dressing room.

New Zealand records against Australia the test match is not good. Total 60 matches played where Newzealand only won 8 macthes. NZ should be strong on their own home pitches but this test show that they couldn't judge the ball brilliantly. NZ make a very good comeback in the second inning by making all out Australia at 164 but in the first inning Cameron green alone scored 174 which is equal to NZ first inning all players combined score. Now NZ have chance to level the series but the way NZ played this test, cannot win. NZ have to change the strategy and put pressure from the start.

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New Zealand lost by a big margin. The team could not even collect 200 runs. Like the first innings, we saw bad batting by the New Zealand batsmen in the second innings as well.

I said the outcome of the match depends on the first session. New Zealand couldn't get off to a good start on the fourth day. New Zealand started the fourth day at 111/3. And the team lost two more wickets to add just 15 runs to the scoreboard. New Zealand lost their sixth wicket for 128 runs. Nathan Lyon single-handedly destroyed New Zealand's top order in the second innings. Nathan Lyon returned 5 of the first 7 batsmen to the dressing room.

New Zealand records against Australia the test match is not good. Total 60 matches played where Newzealand only won 8 macthes. NZ should be strong on their own home pitches but this test show that they couldn't judge the ball brilliantly. NZ make a very good comeback in the second inning by making all out Australia at 164 but in the first inning Cameron green alone scored 174 which is equal to NZ first inning all players combined score. Now NZ have chance to level the series but the way NZ played this test, cannot win. NZ have to change the strategy and put pressure from the start.

New Zealand needed 258 runs in the second innings. With a target of 258 runs to bat in the second innings, the New Zealand batsmen did not bat that well. Australia bowlers bowled very well. New Zealand batsmen were helpless due to their controlled bowling. New Zealand team was bowled out for just 196 runs in the second innings. They will never win a match against Australia if they don't have to perform well. Australia's Nathan Lyon picked up a crucial six wickets for New Zealand with some excellent bowling by the player. New Zealand were bowled out for just 196 runs in the second innings. Congratulations to Australia for winning the first Test match by beating New Zealand by a huge margin of 172 runs.

[Essential10]

New Zealand lost by a big margin. The team could not even collect 200 runs. Like the first innings, we saw bad batting by the New Zealand batsmen in the second innings as well.

I said the outcome of the match depends on the first session. New Zealand couldn't get off to a good start on the fourth day. New Zealand started the fourth day at 111/3. And the team lost two more wickets to add just 15 runs to the scoreboard. New Zealand lost their sixth wicket for 128 runs. Nathan Lyon single-handedly destroyed New Zealand's top order in the second innings. Nathan Lyon returned 5 of the first 7 batsmen to the dressing room.

New Zealand records against Australia the test match is not good. Total 60 matches played where Newzealand only won 8 macthes. NZ should be strong on their own home pitches but this test show that they couldn't judge the ball brilliantly. NZ make a very good comeback in the second inning by making all out Australia at 164 but in the first inning Cameron green alone scored 174 which is equal to NZ first inning all players combined score. Now NZ have chance to level the series but the way NZ played this test, cannot win. NZ have to change the strategy and put pressure from the start.

New Zealand needed 258 runs in the second innings. With a target of 258 runs to bat in the second innings, the New Zealand batsmen did not bat that well. Australia bowlers bowled very well. New Zealand batsmen were helpless due to their controlled bowling. New Zealand team was bowled out for just 196 runs in the second innings. They will never win a match against Australia if they don't have to perform well. Australia's Nathan Lyon picked up a crucial six wickets for New Zealand with some excellent bowling by the player. New Zealand were bowled out for just 196 runs in the second innings. Congratulations to Australia for winning the first Test match by beating New Zealand by a huge margin of 172 runs.

I thought New Zealand would lose the match but could not understand that they would lose by such a margin. Rachin Ravindra and Tom Blundell were dismissed in the same over by Nathan Lyon after adding just 15 runs on day four. Due to the fall of two wickets in the same over, the match went under the control of Australia. In the first session of the day, New Zealand lost all the wickets to score only 85 runs. Australia got a big victory by 174 runs. Nathan Lyon bowled brilliantly, taking six wickets alone. As the home team, New Zealand could not show this Test performance, New Zealand has a chance to turn around in the next Test. However, Australia went ahead in the two-match Test series 1-0.

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New Zealand lost by a big margin. The team could not even collect 200 runs. Like the first innings, we saw bad batting by the New Zealand batsmen in the second innings as well.

I said the outcome of the match depends on the first session. New Zealand couldn't get off to a good start on the fourth day. New Zealand started the fourth day at 111/3. And the team lost two more wickets to add just 15 runs to the scoreboard. New Zealand lost their sixth wicket for 128 runs. Nathan Lyon single-handedly destroyed New Zealand's top order in the second innings. Nathan Lyon returned 5 of the first 7 batsmen to the dressing room.

New Zealand records against Australia the test match is not good. Total 60 matches played where Newzealand only won 8 macthes. NZ should be strong on their own home pitches but this test show that they couldn't judge the ball brilliantly. NZ make a very good comeback in the second inning by making all out Australia at 164 but in the first inning Cameron green alone scored 174 which is equal to NZ first inning all players combined score. Now NZ have chance to level the series but the way NZ played this test, cannot win. NZ have to change the strategy and put pressure from the start.

New Zealand needed 258 runs in the second innings. With a target of 258 runs to bat in the second innings, the New Zealand batsmen did not bat that well. Australia bowlers bowled very well. New Zealand batsmen were helpless due to their controlled bowling. New Zealand team was bowled out for just 196 runs in the second innings. They will never win a match against Australia if they don't have to perform well. Australia's Nathan Lyon picked up a crucial six wickets for New Zealand with some excellent bowling by the player. New Zealand were bowled out for just 196 runs in the second innings. Congratulations to Australia for winning the first Test match by beating New Zealand by a huge margin of 172 runs.

I thought New Zealand would lose the match but could not understand that they would lose by such a margin. Rachin Ravindra and Tom Blundell were dismissed in the same over by Nathan Lyon after adding just 15 runs on day four. Due to the fall of two wickets in the same over, the match went under the control of Australia. In the first session of the day, New Zealand lost all the wickets to score only 85 runs. Australia got a big victory by 174 runs. Nathan Lyon bowled brilliantly, taking six wickets alone. As the home team, New Zealand could not show this Test performance, New Zealand has a chance to turn around in the next Test. However, Australia went ahead in the two-match Test series 1-0.

When the New Zealand team had seven wickets in hand to collect 258 runs in the second innings, I might have thought that if the New Zealand batsmen could bat responsibly, they might come close to winning. Australia is performing very well Australia team is performing both batting and bowling very well due to which Australia is winning in all T20 test matches one after the other. If the New Zealand team wants to win against Australia, they must bat well. New Zealand team performed fairly well against Australia in the T20 format if they lost the match against Australia in the T20 but in comparison with the excellent performance of New Zealand we might have thought that the Will win against Australia. With New Zealand bowled out for just 196 runs, Australia cruised to a huge victory by 172 runs.

[Haunebu]

Placed a bet at around 1.42 on Australia during the middle of the test and won it pretty easily as expected thanks to the Kiwis losing by 150+ runs. Completely one-sided match all things considered.

Green and Lyon turned out to be the game-changers for the Aussies and either of them deserves the MOM award if you ask me.