Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Patrol69]

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.   

Nathan Lyon bowled brilliantly and gave the New Zealand batsmen a tough test while Cameron Green played his best innings with the bat as the team needed these two Australian cricketers to secure a big win for Australia in the first Test match against New Zealand. In this complete series against Australia, why can't we find the New Zealanders of old who fought till the last ball and who never conceded defeat before losing. Every team goes through some bad times, maybe it's New Zealand's bad time, but this bad time won't last long, hopefully they will be back to their usual form soon.

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[JSRAW]

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.

Well, so far it has been one sided affair in TN vs MUM and there is a slight possibility of Mumbai not batting again unless Tamilnadu puts up some show, otherwise Mumbai will head for finals.

On the other hand, Vidarbha vs MP might turn into a thriller because there are no big differences in the scoreline.

[MusaPk]

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

Australia won not because of there poor batting in second innings but because of there first innings batting and brilliant bowling in both innings. Just look at the batting of Cameron Green in first innings and Nathan Lyon bowling in both innings. These two players alone took Aussies to victory in first test. Apart from Cameron Green there is not noticeable batting performance from any Aussie batsmen in both innings. NZ bowling is good but not much affective against Cameron Green.

[AirtelBuzz]

Australia won not because of there poor batting in second innings but because of there first innings batting and brilliant bowling in both innings. Just look at the batting of Cameron Green in first innings and Nathan Lyon bowling in both innings. These two players alone took Aussies to victory in first test. Apart from Cameron Green there is not noticeable batting performance from any Aussie batsmen in both innings. NZ bowling is good but not much affective against Cameron Green.

The Australian cricket team's batsmen have been better at bowling than they have been at batting. Cameron Greene's innings in the first innings was simply unbelievable. Aussie spinner Nathan Lyon played a big role as Australia bowled out New Zealand for 179 runs in their first innings. Nathan Lyon took four wickets in the first innings against New Zealand as well as contributed most to New Zealand's 196 all out in their second innings. Nathan Lyon took six wickets in New Zealand's second innings making him a total of 10 wickets in this Test match. Had Cameron Greene not played a brilliant innings Nathan Lyon might have been man of the match in this test match.

[3kpk3]

Two interesting test matches incoming. We have India vs England final test where India will try to acquire more points in the WTC table while England will simply try to save face and make it 3-2.

We also have Australia vs New Zealand where Aus will try to win and acquire more valuable WTC points while the Kiwis will try to draw the series. Excited!

[JahriMeayer]

In the first test of New Zealand vs Australia match, team Australia defeated new Zealand with 172 runs but i still believe that both team played so well. Australia luckily did 383-10 in first innings & only 164-10 in second innings. Where New Zealand made 179-10 runs and 196-10 runs respectively in 1st and 2nd inning. Here the difference wasn't much in 2nd innings. Both team had best batsman as well as bowlers But it was the first inning where Australia was dominating new Zealand with good amount of runs and Cameron Green (174) was the person who was about to made double century alone. Otherwise look at the 2nd innings of Australia team. Early out of Cameron Green, couldn't help Australia to make more than 164 runs with rest of 10 players. Hope 2nd test will be more interesting

[Sithara007]

Two interesting test matches incoming. We have India vs England final test where India will try to acquire more points in the WTC table while England will simply try to save face and make it 3-2.

We also have Australia vs New Zealand where Aus will try to win and acquire more valuable WTC points while the Kiwis will try to draw the series. Excited!

Last match has lost its relevance. I am only interested in it because I want to see James Anderson getting to 700 test wickets. Being a pacer, getting there is extremely hard. At this point, he has 698 scalps to his name. In the second place we have Stuart Broad with 604 wickets, but he announced his retirement after the 2023 Ashes series. Glenn McGrath is at the third place, with 563 wickets. I am sure that in the next 10-15 years no one is going to break Anderson's record. It may remain there forever.

[JSRAW]

^^ Not a series decider so yeah but as far as WTC is concerned it's not a dead rubber per se because 12 points are on the table. From England's perspective, points won't matter much because they are already lagging but they would prefer 2-3 scoreline, instead of 1-4.

India needs the remaining 12 points because they have a tough tour of Australia.

[AirtelBuzz]

Two interesting test matches incoming. We have India vs England final test where India will try to acquire more points in the WTC table while England will simply try to save face and make it 3-2.

Just as India dominated their three matches and won, India will try their best to dominate and win the fifth match as well. If India can defeat the England team in the fifth test match i.e. the last test match of the test series then India will win this test series 4-1. It is good to say that India have already clinched the series against England on their home soil.

We also have Australia vs New Zealand where Aus will try to win and acquire more valuable WTC points while the Kiwis will try to draw the series. Excited!

Before the final Test match of the series between Australia and New Zealand on March 8 New Zealand have lost three T20I matches and one Test match against Australia. If New Zealand fail to win the second Test match against Australia as well they will be completely embarrassed as they have been whitewashed by Australia in the T20I series.

[Sithara007]

^^ Not a series decider so yeah but as far as WTC is concerned it's not a dead rubber per se because 12 points are on the table. From England's perspective, points won't matter much because they are already lagging but they would prefer 2-3 scoreline, instead of 1-4.

India needs the remaining 12 points because they have a tough tour of Australia.

Australian tour would be interesting for sure. At this point, Australia are struggling at the 3rd place and there is a large gap between them and India. But then, Australia has one match remaining against New Zealand. And the 5-match series against India is towards the end of the year. Before that they don't have any other test series. This is a bit surprising, given the fact that Australians usually play more test matches compared to the other teams (the only exception maybe England, and perhaps India).

[synchronym]

In the first test of New Zealand vs Australia match, team Australia defeated new Zealand with 172 runs but i still believe that both team played so well. Australia luckily did 383-10 in first innings & only 164-10 in second innings. Where New Zealand made 179-10 runs and 196-10 runs respectively in 1st and 2nd inning. Here the difference wasn't much in 2nd innings. Both team had best batsman as well as bowlers But it was the first inning where Australia was dominating new Zealand with good amount of runs and Cameron Green (174) was the person who was about to made double century alone. Otherwise look at the 2nd innings of Australia team. Early out of Cameron Green, couldn't help Australia to make more than 164 runs with rest of 10 players. Hope 2nd test will be more interesting

You are right because in the first test match of New Zealand vs Australia, the Australian team had a batting disaster in the first innings but because of Cameron Green's responsible batting, the Australian team managed to score 383 runs. Cameron Green batted brilliantly in the first innings and remained unbeaten with 174 runs. The performance of the Australian team players in the second innings was very bad compared to the first innings, only 164 runs were all out in the second innings. But the batsmen of the New Zealand team could not bat very well in the first innings and second innings in the first test match. New Zealand's batsmen failed to bat responsibly which led to a massive 172-run defeat in the first Test match against Australia. So, although New Zealand team wants to win against Australia, they must play responsible batting otherwise they cannot win the match against Australia.

[Justin999]

So, although New Zealand team wants to win against Australia, they must play responsible batting otherwise they cannot win the match against Australia.

Australia can be called legendary team, they are good in bat and bowl both side. Although new Zealand can't be neglected. Cause without contribution of Cameron Green, you can see both team had similar runs where others players of Australia didn't perform well. at 8 march, another interesting match is waiting. Where we could see a good performance from Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra. But don't forget Australia also has Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head who are expecting to develop themselves in next match

[Cheema02]

In the first test of New Zealand vs Australia match, team Australia defeated new Zealand with 172 runs but i still believe that both team played so well. Australia luckily did 383-10 in first innings & only 164-10 in second innings. Where New Zealand made 179-10 runs and 196-10 runs respectively in 1st and 2nd inning. Here the difference wasn't much in 2nd innings. Both team had best batsman as well as bowlers But it was the first inning where Australia was dominating new Zealand with good amount of runs and Cameron Green (174) was the person who was about to made double century alone. Otherwise look at the 2nd innings of Australia team. 

The second test match starts from 8th match and New Zealand will strongly come back in this test match. The first test match was boring and emd and on the 4th day 1st session of the match Australia won by huge huge lead 170 plus runs. The Australian team is a dangerous side in test cricket winning from Australia is not easy for any team in the world.

[JSRAW]

^^ Not a series decider so yeah but as far as WTC is concerned it's not a dead rubber per se because 12 points are on the table. From England's perspective, points won't matter much because they are already lagging but they would prefer 2-3 scoreline, instead of 1-4.

India needs the remaining 12 points because they have a tough tour of Australia.

Australian tour would be interesting for sure. At this point, Australia are struggling at the 3rd place and there is a large gap between them and India. But then, Australia has one match remaining against New Zealand. And the 5-match series against India is towards the end of the year. Before that they don't have any other test series. This is a bit surprising, given the fact that Australians usually play more test matches compared to the other teams (the only exception maybe England, and perhaps India).

Ah well, I think this time they will spank us because we are still in a transition period, and for Opener Jaiswal or maybe in the middle order Sarfraz/Jurel it would be their first Australian tour.
 
Every team is playing 6 series (3 Home + 3 Away) and this is the 4th series for Australia. After that international schedule is packed with IPL and T-20 WC. Also, their home season kicks around Oct-Nov, which plays a big part in their cricketing schedule.

[WatChe]

The second test match starts from 8th match and New Zealand will strongly come back in this test match. The first test match was boring and emd and on the 4th day 1st session of the match Australia won by huge huge lead 170 plus runs. The Australian team is a dangerous side in test cricket winning from Australia is not easy for any team in the world.

New Zealand don't have much options left in this series, they can draw this series by wining the last test. It's very difficult to beat Australians in test. Australians recently white washed Pakistan (3-0) followed by a draw series against West Indies. They are in good form and New Zealand need to perform exceptionally well in last test to win the game. The batting of New Zealand was disappointing in first test and they need to improve it to draw the series.   

[dezoel]

The second test match starts from 8th match and New Zealand will strongly come back in this test match. The first test match was boring and emd and on the 4th day 1st session of the match Australia won by huge huge lead 170 plus runs. The Australian team is a dangerous side in test cricket winning from Australia is not easy for any team in the world.

New Zealand don't have much options left in this series, they can draw this series by wining the last test. It's very difficult to beat Australians in test. Australians recently white washed Pakistan (3-0) followed by a draw series against West Indies. They are in good form and New Zealand need to perform exceptionally well in last test to win the game. The batting of New Zealand was disappointing in first test and they need to improve it to draw the series.   

Australians are clearly favourite for the win in second match and series as well, but their main concern is batting with in first game they have problems, but Cameron Green was the saviour for them all their top order badly fail in both innings even New Zealand were also failed to give their best, but now we will be in second match hopefully New Zealand will try to improve at home for the win and ending their home season on positive note but still its never been easy because Australian bowling is currently at the top and their all bowlers are giving their best.

Both teams are also looking for the WTC points as well because currently we have India, Australia and New Zealand and most chances these teams will be stayed at the top until long time as now after this match we will have IPL and the Twenty world cup, and then we will have matches which are going to take long time.

[Iranus]

^^ Not a series decider so yeah but as far as WTC is concerned it's not a dead rubber per se because 12 points are on the table. From England's perspective, points won't matter much because they are already lagging but they would prefer 2-3 scoreline, instead of 1-4.

India needs the remaining 12 points because they have a tough tour of Australia.

Australian tour would be interesting for sure. At this point, Australia are struggling at the 3rd place and there is a large gap between them and India. But then, Australia has one match remaining against New Zealand. And the 5-match series against India is towards the end of the year. Before that they don't have any other test series. This is a bit surprising, given the fact that Australians usually play more test matches compared to the other teams (the only exception maybe England, and perhaps India).

Ah well, I think this time they will spank us because we are still in a transition period, and for Opener Jaiswal or maybe in the middle order Sarfraz/Jurel it would be their first Australian tour.
 
Every team is playing 6 series (3 Home + 3 Away) and this is the 4th series for Australia. After that international schedule is packed with IPL and T-20 WC. Also, their home season kicks around Oct-Nov, which plays a big part in their cricketing schedule.

First of all Australia was able to win the last match and the series is on the line on this match.

But in the India match, they have already won the series. So I don't think India has the same level of incentive for going to go for a win in this match. At least compared to them Australia or New Zealand has a lot more incentive to win this match.

So I think this match between Australia and New Zealand is going to be more interesting compared to India versus England.

Dont get me wrong, I am not saying the match between India and England is going to be not interesting. But for some reason, I expect this match might be a little boring or one sided. Either England or India, one of them are going to be playing too well for the other team.

[3kpk3]

Dont get me wrong, I am not saying the match between India and England is going to be not interesting. But for some reason, I expect this match might be a little boring or one sided. Either England or India, one of them are going to be playing too well for the other team.

Did you even watch the recent India-England tests? None of them were one-sided so far thanks to twists and turns on a regular basis which entertained a lot of viewers across the world.

For example, everyone thought India would win the first test, but England literally pulled off a heist. Am not expecting the final test to be one-sided for these reasons.

[JSRAW]

Did you even watch the recent India-England tests? None of them were one-sided so far thanks to twists and turns on a regular basis which entertained a lot of viewers across the world.

For example, everyone thought India would win the first test, but England literally pulled off a heist. Am not expecting the final test to be one-sided for these reasons.

The first match was competitive, the scorecard suggests that (28 runs winning margin).

But 2nd and 3rd matches were competitive in patches only and the winning margins were 106 and freaking 435 runs (their biggest defeat in 100 years). It was a similar story for the 4th test match, Poms had their moment but failed to strengthen their positions when the Indians were down.

Overall competitive series and at times they raised the bar by putting tremendous pressure but now we have enough data that BAZBALL can't sustain for long against top teams like Australia and India, especially in the 5-test match series. IMO BGT 2017 was better.

[Bureau]

Only one change in the England team, Mark wood is in and Ollie Robinson is out. Earlier speculation was that England was planning to add another seamer to the contingent for the final test in Dharamshala due to the cold conditions. India has not announced about the probable 11 for the final test. I do not think that they will make any changes to the current team structure. Still clueless whether Bhumrah will be rested or he will be playing the final test.