Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[AirtelBuzz]

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.

Once again we witnessed a match full of failures from the New Zealand team. Seeing the failed batting of the New Zealand team we thought that maybe New Zealand would lose this match but it was beyond imagination that they would be so far behind. Has anyone noticed one thing since Australia won the World Cup they have been consistently winning every series and no team has been able to compete well against them. New Zealand lost the T20I series against Australia at home before this Test match. Once again the defeat continues as the New Zealand team looks likely to lose the Test series to Australia.

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[Bureau]

Big win by Australian team in the first test match. I had a feeling while watching Rachin yesterday that he might go on but unfortunately he could not. Playing in their home ground if Newzealand are unable to win a test match then it shows how badly the team batted. It was a game when bowlers were in control but a test match is still considered a batters game. Cameron Green's first innings 174 runs contribution was the only reason why Australian won the first test.

[libert19]

Just saw this on Twitter, people criticizing BCCI because Ranji semifinal is being played in some random ground In Mumbai, although it looks great, but BCCI can to do better.

https://twitter.com/BCCIdomestic/status/1763771503399870602

I also find that bit funny when Sai Kishore is asked about why he decided to bat first, did he look at pitch and he replies with yea but didn't understand it lol

[synchronym]

Big win by Australian team in the first test match. I had a feeling while watching Rachin yesterday that he might go on but unfortunately he could not. Playing in their home ground if Newzealand are unable to win a test match then it shows how badly the team batted. It was a game when bowlers were in control but a test match is still considered a batters game. Cameron Green's first innings 174 runs contribution was the only reason why Australian won the first test.

Australia team defeated New Zealand in T20 match too New Zealand batsmen did not perform so well in test match if New Zealand batsmen could have batted well in the first test match against Australia then maybe they could not win the match against. But in the first test match, New Zealand could not do such a competitive performance against Australia. New Zealand was defeated by 172 runs against Australia in the first test match. New Zealand batsmen should practice better so that they can perform better against Australia. To win the match against Australia they have to bat and bowl well otherwise they will not be able to win against Australia. Australia team is getting better and better day by day. Australia team is performing very well especially since the end of 2023 world cup Australia team is in a great rhythm they are winning one test series after another T20 series winning every one  They are getting great success in the match itself.

[Cheema02]

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.

Australia is top class team at one stage New Zealand is looking to win this test match easily but the bowling performance of the Australian team is outstanding, especially the spinner Nathan Lyon who picked up 6 wickets by just giving 65 runs in the second inning of match and All Out New Zealand team in just 196 runs. Australia easily win the first test match by a huge margin of 172 runs against New Zealand and lead the 2-match series by 1-0.

[MusaPk]

Australia is top class team at one stage New Zealand is looking to win this test match easily but the bowling performance of the Australian team is outstanding, especially the spinner Nathan Lyon who picked up 6 wickets by just giving 65 runs in the second inning of match and All Out New Zealand team in just 196 runs. Australia easily win the first test match by a huge margin of 172 runs against New Zealand and lead the 2-match series by 1-0.

Cameron Green was man of the match and he rightly deserves that award. It won't be wrong to say that Aussies won this match because of Green unbeaten knock of 174 runs. In bowling, its once again Nathan Lyon  who picked up 10 wickets in both innings. NZ had good start of the match but they lost the path as the match progresses. NZ scored 179 in first innings followed by 196 in second innings and that's too low to win the match.

[JSRAW]

Just saw this on Twitter, people criticizing BCCI because Ranji semifinal is being played in some random ground In Mumbai, although it looks great, but BCCI can to do better.

https://twitter.com/BCCIdomestic/status/1763771503399870602

I also find that bit funny when Sai Kishore is asked about why he decided to bat first, did he look at pitch and he replies with yea but didn't understand it lol

Vidharba playing on familiar territory so the skipper Sai Kishore and support staff could've done a better job of reading the pitch. I can understand Tamil Nadu's confusion because it's a away game for them but not for Vidharba.

Pitches are spicy and batters need patience to survive so no complaints from my side. Only following TN vs MUM because wanted to see Iyer but missed it, now will wait for the day 2 highlight package.

[synchronym]

The Australian team batted very well in the first innings compared to their second innings. Although the opener Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith got off to a good start in the first innings, both of them could not take the team very far. Steve Smith scored 31 runs and Usman Khawaja got out with 33 runs. Cameron Green batted brilliantly in the first innings and scored 174 runs unbeaten. In the second innings, the Australian team bowled very well and bowled New Zealand out for just 196 runs. Australia won the first test match by 172 runs.

[Cheema02]

Big win by Australian team in the first test match. I had a feeling while watching Rachin yesterday that he might go on but unfortunately he could not. Playing in their home ground if Newzealand are unable to win a test match then it shows how badly the team batted. It was a game when bowlers were in control but a test match is still considered a batters game. Cameron Green's first innings 174 runs contribution was the only reason why Australian won the first test.

Australia team defeated New Zealand in T20 match too New Zealand batsmen did not perform so well in test match if New Zealand batsmen could have batted well in the first test match against Australia then maybe they could not win the match against. But in the first test match, New Zealand could not do such a competitive performance against Australia. New Zealand was defeated by 172 runs against Australia in the first test match. New Zealand batsmen should practice better so that they can perform better against Australia.

Australia outstanding bowling performance in the second inning of the first test match bowled out New Zealand. The Player of the Match is Cameron Green from Australia for his All-around batting and bowling performance. They picked up 1 important wicket in the first inning by giving 16 runs. This amazing win credit goes to Green for his brilliant 174 runs batting in first inning and remain unbeaten and in second inning they scored 34 runs. I hope New Zealand will strongly bounce back in the second test match.

[synchronym]

Big win by Australian team in the first test match. I had a feeling while watching Rachin yesterday that he might go on but unfortunately he could not. Playing in their home ground if Newzealand are unable to win a test match then it shows how badly the team batted. It was a game when bowlers were in control but a test match is still considered a batters game. Cameron Green's first innings 174 runs contribution was the only reason why Australian won the first test.

Australia team defeated New Zealand in T20 match too New Zealand batsmen did not perform so well in test match if New Zealand batsmen could have batted well in the first test match against Australia then maybe they could not win the match against. But in the first test match, New Zealand could not do such a competitive performance against Australia. New Zealand was defeated by 172 runs against Australia in the first test match. New Zealand batsmen should practice better so that they can perform better against Australia.

Australia outstanding bowling performance in the second inning of the first test match bowled out New Zealand. The Player of the Match is Cameron Green from Australia for his All-around batting and bowling performance. They picked up 1 important wicket in the first inning by giving 16 runs. This amazing win credit goes to Green for his brilliant 174 runs batting in first inning and remain unbeaten and in second inning they scored 34 runs. I hope New Zealand will strongly bounce back in the second test match.

In the second innings against New Zealand, the Australian bowlers bowled very well due to which the Australian bowlers bowled out New Zealand for just 196 runs in the second innings. Australia's Nathan Lyon bowled brilliantly. Nathan Lyon took six wickets. Nathan Lyon was the hero of Australia's victory. As the day goes by the performance of Australian players is getting better and better every player is performing very well if one player is not playing well at times other player is playing well every player is batting and bowling well. Due to which the Australian team is getting more wins in every match. The way the Australian team is performing, it seems that their team will be stronger in the future.

[MusaPk]

The Australian team batted very well in the first innings compared to their second innings. Although the opener Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith got off to a good start in the first innings, both of them could not take the team very far. Steve Smith scored 31 runs and Usman Khawaja got out with 33 runs. Cameron Green batted brilliantly in the first innings and scored 174 runs unbeaten. In the second innings, the Australian team bowled very well and bowled New Zealand out for just 196 runs. Australia won the first test match by 172 runs.

The game is all about Cameron Green 174 runs. If NZ had picked up his wicket early in first innings then Aussies would have been bowled out under 200. Moreover poor batting from NZ in first innings was also one reason why NZ lost the game. Aussies were bowled out for just 164 runs in second innings but they had a big lead in first innings that's why they had no problem in winning the game. Last test will start on 8th March and NZ can now only draw this innings. 

[Sithara007]

New Zealand prepared a pitch that offered little assistance to the pacers, because they were afraid of the Aussie pace triad (Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins). But it backfired on them, as Green got to 174, and then Lyon destroyed the Kiwi batting lineup. It was a baffling tactic, given the fact that New Zealand has some of the best pace bowlers in the world (Southee, Henry, Jamison, Milne, Boult, Wagner.etc) and they are quite weak in spin bowling (it was Glenn Phillips who picked most wickets for them in this match). 

[Patrol69]

When New Zealand bowled Australia out by few runs in the second innings we had some hope that New Zealand might win the match but just as Australia got all out in the second innings as quickly as New Zealand got all out in the second innings. Australia secured a big victory by 172 runs with one day in hand in this Test series due to New Zealand's quick all-out. Australia went a long way towards winning the series with a 172-run win in the first match of the two-match Test series. If Australia wins the second and final Test match, New Zealand will be whitewashed in Test series and T20I series against Australia but if New Zealand can win then they will be able to go back to level in Test series. Since the New Zealand series was whitewashed in the T20 series, New Zealand should come back in the second Test match and not be embarrassed by the whitewash.

[tsaroz]

When New Zealand bowled Australia out by few runs in the second innings we had some hope that New Zealand might win the match but just as Australia got all out in the second innings as quickly as New Zealand got all out in the second innings. Australia secured a big victory by 172 runs with one day in hand in this Test series due to New Zealand's quick all-out. Australia went a long way towards winning the series with a 172-run win in the first match of the two-match Test series. If Australia wins the second and final Test match, New Zealand will be whitewashed in Test series and T20I series against Australia but if New Zealand can win then they will be able to go back to level in Test series. Since the New Zealand series was whitewashed in the T20 series, New Zealand should come back in the second Test match and not be embarrassed by the whitewash.

The first inning of Australia's batting is what carried Australia to the win. A 172 from Cameron Green on the first inning and he was again the highest scorer for Australia in the second inning and even took a wicket. It was his game. Nathan Lyon was the star bowler for Australia, he took 10 wickets in two innings and was very economical. Newzealand could not bat well on both inning.
I don't know if there are changed pitch condition for test matches or not but we are seeing most of the test in 2024 to be low scoring one and I don't remember one being draw. Most of them even finishing on the 4th day. New zealand need to work hard to save themselves from a whitewash.

[Patrol69]

When New Zealand bowled Australia out by few runs in the second innings we had some hope that New Zealand might win the match but just as Australia got all out in the second innings as quickly as New Zealand got all out in the second innings. Australia secured a big victory by 172 runs with one day in hand in this Test series due to New Zealand's quick all-out. Australia went a long way towards winning the series with a 172-run win in the first match of the two-match Test series. If Australia wins the second and final Test match, New Zealand will be whitewashed in Test series and T20I series against Australia but if New Zealand can win then they will be able to go back to level in Test series. Since the New Zealand series was whitewashed in the T20 series, New Zealand should come back in the second Test match and not be embarrassed by the whitewash.

The first inning of Australia's batting is what carried Australia to the win. A 172 from Cameron Green on the first inning and he was again the highest scorer for Australia in the second inning and even took a wicket. It was his game. Nathan Lyon was the star bowler for Australia, he took 10 wickets in two innings and was very economical. Newzealand could not bat well on both inning.
I don't know if there are changed pitch condition for test matches or not but we are seeing most of the test in 2024 to be low scoring one and I don't remember one being draw. Most of them even finishing on the 4th day. New zealand need to work hard to save themselves from a whitewash.

Australia collected a huge first innings against New Zealand. Had the first innings collection been a little lower, it might have fought evenly in the Test match against Australia. Both the teams played two innings each and from watching their two innings I felt that the Australian batsmen and Australian bowlers fared better than the New Zealand batsmen and bowlers. Responsible batting by the Australian batsmen and all-round performance by the Australian all-rounders as well as some deliveries by the bowlers, Australia beat New Zealand to their heart's content.

[Marvell1]

New Zealand prepared a pitch that offered little assistance to the pacers, because they were afraid of the Aussie pace triad (Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins). But it backfired on them, as Green got to 174, and then Lyon destroyed the Kiwi batting lineup. It was a baffling tactic, given the fact that New Zealand has some of the best pace bowlers in the world (Southee, Henry, Jamison, Milne, Boult, Wagner.etc) and they are quite weak in spin bowling (it was Glenn Phillips who picked most wickets for them in this match). 

Cameron Green is probably the only player who found it easy to score, and that also in the first innings. Because nobody found it easy to score on this pitch. Philips did score for New Zealand in the first innings. Rachin Ravindra was able to do something for New Zealand in their second innings. But other than that, both of the teams have not been able to score big. Nathan Lyon was incredible by the way.

When New Zealand bowled Australia out by few runs in the second innings we had some hope that New Zealand might win the match but just as Australia got all out in the second innings as quickly as New Zealand got all out in the second innings. Australia secured a big victory by 172 runs with one day in hand in this Test series due to New Zealand's quick all-out. Australia went a long way towards winning the series with a 172-run win in the first match of the two-match Test series. If Australia wins the second and final Test match, New Zealand will be whitewashed in Test series and T20I series against Australia but if New Zealand can win then they will be able to go back to level in Test series. Since the New Zealand series was whitewashed in the T20 series, New Zealand should come back in the second Test match and not be embarrassed by the whitewash.

I also actually had some hope when I saw Australia getting bold out for so cheap in their second innings.
But New Zealand was also able to do anything, to be honest. Except from the first match of the T20 series, New Zealand has been losing pretty badly against Australia in this whole series.

Let's see if New Zealand can win the second test match against Australia. And New Zealand better rethink the strategy they are going to apply for the second test. Because if they prepare another track like this, it might not be the best idea.

[WatChe]

Australia collected a huge first innings against New Zealand. Had the first innings collection been a little lower, it might have fought evenly in the Test match against Australia. Both the teams played two innings each and from watching their two innings I felt that the Australian batsmen and Australian bowlers fared better than the New Zealand batsmen and bowlers. Responsible batting by the Australian batsmen and all-round performance by the Australian all-rounders as well as some deliveries by the bowlers, Australia beat New Zealand to their heart's content.

Australians were able to collect 383 runs in first innings and were able to restrict New Zealand to 179 runs. New Zealand batting in both innings was awful, only 2 of there batsmen were able to score a fifty in 2 innings. If you see batting of Australians in second innings it was also a failure but they have collected enough runs in first innings to win the test. Cameron Green in batting and Nathan Lyon in bowling were simply too good for Australians.   

[noormcs5]

Australia collected a huge first innings against New Zealand. Had the first innings collection been a little lower, it might have fought evenly in the Test match against Australia. Both the teams played two innings each and from watching their two innings I felt that the Australian batsmen and Australian bowlers fared better than the New Zealand batsmen and bowlers. Responsible batting by the Australian batsmen and all-round performance by the Australian all-rounders as well as some deliveries by the bowlers, Australia beat New Zealand to their heart's content.

Australians were able to collect 383 runs in first innings and were able to restrict New Zealand to 179 runs. New Zealand batting in both innings was awful, only 2 of there batsmen were able to score a fifty in 2 innings. If you see batting of Australians in second innings it was also a failure but they have collected enough runs in first innings to win the test. Cameron Green in batting and Nathan Lyon in bowling were simply too good for Australians.   

Below is the summary of this match between Australia and New Zealand. Its very clear that the Australian first innings score of 383 runs was the match decider and after that we say that none of the team were able to cross even 200 runs in an innings.




If we analyse that innings of 383 runs, it was only Cameron Green who made 174 not out in that innings. Also in the 2nd innings, he was able to make important 34 runs. Also he got a wicket too, what an all-round performance by him.
However, the Australian team still need to analysis this game and focus on their mistakes. If we omit Cameron Green from the match then it was a pretty similar performance by both the teams.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Just saw this on Twitter, people criticizing BCCI because Ranji semifinal is being played in some random ground In Mumbai, although it looks great, but BCCI can to do better.

https://twitter.com/BCCIdomestic/status/1763771503399870602

I also find that bit funny when Sai Kishore is asked about why he decided to bat first, did he look at pitch and he replies with yea but didn't understand it lol

Vidharba playing on familiar territory so the skipper Sai Kishore and support staff could've done a better job of reading the pitch. I can understand Tamil Nadu's confusion because it's a away game for them but not for Vidharba.

Pitches are spicy and batters need patience to survive so no complaints from my side. Only following TN vs MUM because wanted to see Iyer but missed it, now will wait for the day 2 highlight package.

TN vs MUM is getting spicier and to be honest Mumbai added over 200 runs as lead that too scored by 8th, 9th and 10th wicket pair from 106/7 to 353/9, Lord played like God in this inning.

TN was looking good in this season but their hope of winning Ranji after 35 years is getting thinner, any anti climax or MUM is going to the one.

[ZAINmalik75]

Big win by Australian team in the first test match. I had a feeling while watching Rachin yesterday that he might go on but unfortunately he could not. Playing in their home ground if Newzealand are unable to win a test match then it shows how badly the team batted. It was a game when bowlers were in control but a test match is still considered a batters game. Cameron Green's first innings 174 runs contribution was the only reason why Australian won the first test.

I wasn't expecting Australia to won this first test match of the series especially after worse performance in second innings of test match but things got automatically changed for them within blink of eye especially after they broke the important partnership of Mitchell and the young impactful Ravindra. I taught they still have Philips and plenty of batters to chase down the required target which wasn't too big in my mind but Australia magician lyon nailed it and take each and every important player who can make huge difference at that format especially like Williamson, Ravindra, Philips , etc. but I think NewZeland batters too lose his wickets too quickly due to mounting pressure and that's the Turing point of them otherwise they will have easy win. Anyway congratulations to Australia for being so successful and undefeated in his recent series