Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

West Indian collapse is surely nothing new because we all know about Pakistan and West Indies these countries can produce performance like this with one day they are hero and just second day they are going down like crap this is beauty of their quality and game with having end of this match like this is not good but still test cricket was at his best.

Agreed. Both West Indies and Pakistan have so many quality players, but they somehow manage to collapse under pressure sometimes due to which they end up losing critical matches.

They need players that can handle high pressure easily like Mohammed Yousuf, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram, Chanderpaul etc in order to win such matches.

[Sithara007]

Shoaib Bashir is promising talent for the England as he takes his second 5 wickets haul in 5 matches with this performance we can expect good future for this spinner in this country and this could be also huge motivation for the Asian origin players as well.

Joe Root is surely one of the best batsman which England produce in last few years, and now he is going to lead in many ways with his total runs and consistency which is amazing he is just 33, and I am expecting he will be on good way like James Anderson for having many records in front of his name in coming years.

West Indian collapse is surely nothing new because we all know about Pakistan and West Indies these countries can produce performance like this with one day they are hero and just second day they are going down like crap this is beauty of their quality and game with having end of this match like this is not good but still test cricket was at his best.

No matter how good Shoaib Bashir is, I don't think he will be able to perform well in sub-continental pitches against teams such as India and Pakistan. England really needs someone who can be effective in Indian pitches. Jack Leach doesn't have that quality and the same goes for both Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed. But then I don't want to deny the fact that Bashir and Ahmed are both young and there is a lot of scope for improvement. Bashir is 20, while Rehan is just 19 years old.

[ThemePen]

Yeah, the West Indies team falling wickets like water falling from a mountain. at start of the second innings West Indies didn't lose a single wicket by scoring 55 runs and i imagine that West Indies will fight till the last ball of the game and level the series after winning it because they give a lead to England in the first inning of the game but at the start of day four west indies starting losing wickets. In the second innings West Indies All team Out in just 143 runs while chasing a target of 385 runs. All credit to England spin bowler Shoaib Bashir who took 5 wickets and broke the spine of West Indies middle order and won the second test match by a big margin 241 runs.

The only reason of their falling wickets is Shoib Bashir. Basically he collected 4 Crucial wickets. He collected 5 wickets but 4 were very important because he collected 4 middle men. Especially Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge. Because they performed really well in the first inning. Of I will give credit of this match winning so I will give it to Shoaib Bashir. By the way overall England played really well. Congratulations to England.

[libert19]

No matter how good Shoaib Bashir is, I don't think he will be able to perform well in sub-continental pitches against teams such as India and Pakistan. England really needs someone who can be effective in Indian pitches. Jack Leach doesn't have that quality and the same goes for both Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed. But then I don't want to deny the fact that Bashir and Ahmed are both young and there is a lot of scope for improvement. Bashir is 20, while Rehan is just 19 years old.

Are you forgetting England's tour of India early this year where Bashir played in 3 out of 5 matches, took total of 17 wickets, including two 5 wickets hauls!? India won by an inning in last match, otherwise this stats could have been even better.

[Rustam Meraj]

No matter how good Shoaib Bashir is, I don't think he will be able to perform well in sub-continental pitches against teams such as India and Pakistan. England really needs someone who can be effective in Indian pitches. Jack Leach doesn't have that quality and the same goes for both Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed. But then I don't want to deny the fact that Bashir and Ahmed are both young and there is a lot of scope for improvement. Bashir is 20, while Rehan is just 19 years old.

Are you forgetting England's tour of India early this year where Bashir played in 3 out of 5 matches, took total of 17 wickets, including two 5 wickets hauls!? India won by an inning in last match, otherwise this stats could have been even better.

Yes yes I remember that was 5 matches series and India won 4 matches and series was closed at 4-1.
But here we are talking about Shoaib Bashir performance so Shoib Bashir played only 3 matches of this series. And he collected 17 wickets in these matches. Means he has ability to play in the sub-continental pitches and he performed well too. That was the England tour to India so he is a good bowler. Because in three matches collection of 17 wickets is a great achievement.

[AirtelBuzz]

This match could be go anywhere, maybe West Indies could win this or England. The two days after this day and as we have seen West Indies can make more than 400 so this time, England is also in danger (only if WI can repeat their performance).

I was expecting some good results from west indies as because they have shown really good performance in his previous innings and I taught may be it will be drawn results or may be west indies victory because they have to just chased 350 around run in 800+ balls which wasn't looking impossible if they has repeat his previous innings performance but in matter of minutes they thrown away all of his important wickets against a single spinner and out of no where England make a comeback after brutally exposing thier batting order to be honest I am still in shock because till 60 they hasn't lose a single wickets and then suddenly lose entire match 😂lol. Anyway a big congratulations to England for thier important victory hope West Indies will improve more with passage of time

West Indies batted brilliantly in the first innings of the second Test between West Indies and England.Perhaps their innings was a wake-up call to their fans that they could win or draw the second Test match against England.But no we saw an exceptional batting performance from them in the second innings which was a poor performance to say the least. West Indies managed to score only 143 runs in their second innings. England's young spin bowler Shoaib Bashir single-handedly stymied all the West Indies' batsmen in their second innings. He achieved the feat of taking five wickets in that match, perhaps the first five-wicket haul in his Test career. Due to his outstanding performance in both innings of the second Test match, Ollie Pope was selected as Man of the Match. The England team took the Test series with one match in hand.

[noormcs5]

West Indies batted brilliantly in the first innings of the second Test between West Indies and England.Perhaps their innings was a wake-up call to their fans that they could win or draw the second Test match against England.But no we saw an exceptional batting performance from them in the second innings which was a poor performance to say the least. West Indies managed to score only 143 runs in their second innings. England's young spin bowler Shoaib Bashir single-handedly stymied all the West Indies' batsmen in their second innings. He achieved the feat of taking five wickets in that match, perhaps the first five-wicket haul in his Test career. Due to his outstanding performance in both innings of the second Test match, Ollie Pope was selected as Man of the Match. The England team took the Test series with one match in hand.

Only one test match has left in the series between England and West Indies. This series has been won already by the England team and no match won by the West Indies but there are still chances for the West Indies team to maintain their respect by winning the last match and they could win it if they are willing to focus and dedication.

They have to remember the Australia series that how they gave defeat to the Australian team with full struggle. There is feeling to me that they will win this last match and will have something to celebrate in this series. This is a time for them to change the history as they changed in Australia. Let's hope for a more close fight between the two teams in this final test.

And for the England, Ollie Pope: England aiming to become 'more and more ruthless'

[Nanga Parbat]

L West Indies batted brilliantly in the first innings of the second Test between West Indies and England.Perhaps their innings was a wake-up call to their fans that they could win or draw the second Test match against England.But no we saw an exceptional batting performance from them in the second innings which was a poor performance to say the least. West Indies managed to score only 143 runs in their second innings. England's young spin bowler Shoaib Bashir single-handedly stymied all the West Indies' batsmen in their second innings. He achieved the feat of taking five wickets in that match, perhaps the first five-wicket haul in his Test career. Due to his outstanding performance in both innings of the second Test match, Ollie Pope was selected as Man of the Match. The England team took the Test series with one match in hand.

If we talk about their first inning in the first inning both the teams have work hard and struggled with good performance.  But West Indies were not expect to work harder than England in the first innings to score runs.  But West Indies perform well and surpassed England perform.  But West Indies will be weak in the second innings.  And the England team will win this match by 241 runs.  If seen West Indies are gradually work hard and struggling with good perform and trying to win the match.  But he is not able to win the match.  There was pressure from the England team in the second innings.  Due to which West Indies could not achieve the target.  Had she perform like the first England she could have easily won the match.  But England is not a weak team either.  Who loses the match so easily.  If West Indies work hard and struggle they can lose the match to England.  So they should work hard and struggle to beat England in the next match.

[Fuso.hp]

West Indies batted brilliantly in the first innings of the second Test between West Indies and England.Perhaps their innings was a wake-up call to their fans that they could win or draw the second Test match against England.But no we saw an exceptional batting performance from them in the second innings which was a poor performance to say the least. West Indies managed to score only 143 runs in their second innings. England's young spin bowler Shoaib Bashir single-handedly stymied all the West Indies' batsmen in their second innings. He achieved the feat of taking five wickets in that match, perhaps the first five-wicket haul in his Test career. Due to his outstanding performance in both innings of the second Test match, Ollie Pope was selected as Man of the Match. The England team took the Test series with one match in hand.

The West Indies led by 41 runs in the first innings but were then beaten by 241 runs. Although three wickets fell to make 84 runs in the first innings, the Athanaze and Kavem Hodge partnership helped West Indies to collect big in the first innings. Among the top order batsmen of the two teams, the performance of England batsmen was ahead in this match, but in the case of West Indies, the top order batsmen did not show performance in both the innings. Talking about the second innings, West Indies put in a cheap performance. In the second innings Mikyle Louis and Brathwaite put on 66 runs in the opening partnership, when Mikyle got out, the procession of wickets started. England used only four bowlers in the second innings and the bowlers bowled brilliantly, especially Shoaib Bashir. West Indies need to work harder and bat patiently if they can hope for anything in the third Test.

[Publictalk792]

The West Indies led by 41 runs in the first innings but were then beaten by 241 runs. Although three wickets fell to make 84 runs in the first innings, the Athanaze and Kavem Hodge partnership helped West Indies to collect big in the first innings. Among the top order batsmen of the two teams, the performance of England batsmen was ahead in this match, but in the case of West Indies, the top order batsmen did not show performance in both the innings. Talking about the second innings, West Indies put in a cheap performance. In the second innings Mikyle Louis and Brathwaite put on 66 runs in the opening partnership, when Mikyle got out, the procession of wickets started. England used only four bowlers in the second innings and the bowlers bowled brilliantly, especially Shoaib Bashir. West Indies need to work harder and bat patiently if they can hope for anything in the third Test.

By looking at the first test match I was not expecting a good performance by West Indies but they perform really well in the first inning. And they had a led of 41 runs. And this that was a good luck of them. But in the second inning their batting was not good. And I also appreciate the bowling of Shoaib Bashir only he is the one who destroyed the West Indies team. He collected some crucial wickets which made a lot of pressure of West Indies team. They have another match and I hope West Indies will do better in upcoming match.

[Sithara007]

By looking at the first test match I was not expecting a good performance by West Indies but they perform really well in the first inning. And they had a led of 41 runs. And this that was a good luck of them. But in the second inning their batting was not good. And I also appreciate the bowling of Shoaib Bashir only he is the one who destroyed the West Indies team. He collected some crucial wickets which made a lot of pressure of West Indies team. They have another match and I hope West Indies will do better in upcoming match.

One off performances doesn't matter much. West Indies imploded during the second innings. And it was not just Shoaib Bashir who did the damage. Chris Woakes was the one who got both the openers, and then Gus Atkinson also nabbed a few crucial wickets. And from the other end, Mark Wood was constantly terrorizing the batsmen with his 90+ mph deliveries. I was a bit concerned for the England bowling after Jimmy Anderson retired, but those concerns are pretty much gone now.

[Compromise me]

Are you forgetting England's tour of India early this year where Bashir played in 3 out of 5 matches, took total of 17 wickets, including two 5 wickets hauls!? India won by an inning in last match, otherwise this stats could have been even better.

We know that Indian cricket is best and their cricket is best due to their great effort because Indians are great player .Their skills and after that they perform in the ground and that is big reason of their success. I think there is no opponent team has same capacity again Indian. Indian team can win matches against any team of World but there are two teams which can give tough time Indian Woman team ,these teams are Australia W team and England Women team because the cricket of that countries is at top and they are improving well.England Women team is also good and they are performing well against all teams but I saw England Women team against Indian W team in pressure so Indian Women team is best and they are fully prepared for next World Cup.

[justdimin]

By looking at the first test match I was not expecting a good performance by West Indies but they perform really well in the first inning. And they had a led of 41 runs. And this that was a good luck of them. But in the second inning their batting was not good. And I also appreciate the bowling of Shoaib Bashir only he is the one who destroyed the West Indies team. He collected some crucial wickets which made a lot of pressure of West Indies team. They have another match and I hope West Indies will do better in upcoming match.

Historically nature of West Indian cricket is always unpredictable, but recently they have huge decline in quality just because of this, mostly people have no good hopes from them for consistently performing. But here we have good development in second test match's first inning but sadly in second inning we see another disappointment which is clearly indicating things are still not as required.

England bowling was not good in second test match but we still have good comeback from them in second inning through Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir after Gus Atkinson was also on fire. Now seems like that West Indian batting is having serious trouble in test format because now their batsmen not having any technique which is important for the test matches just because of this, their performance is having serious problems especially against top teams as they are not able to give their best.

[cryptoWODL]

The West Indies led by 41 runs in the first innings but were then beaten by 241 runs. Although three wickets fell to make 84 runs in the first innings, the Athanaze and Kavem Hodge partnership helped West Indies to collect big in the first innings. Among the top order batsmen of the two teams, the performance of England batsmen was ahead in this match, but in the case of West Indies, the top order batsmen did not show performance in both the innings. Talking about the second innings, West Indies put in a cheap performance. In the second innings Mikyle Louis and Brathwaite put on 66 runs in the opening partnership, when Mikyle got out, the procession of wickets started. England used only four bowlers in the second innings and the bowlers bowled brilliantly, especially Shoaib Bashir. West Indies need to work harder and bat patiently if they can hope for anything in the third Test.

By looking at the first test match I was not expecting a good performance by West Indies but they perform really well in the first inning. And they had a led of 41 runs. And this that was a good luck of them. But in the second inning their batting was not good. And I also appreciate the bowling of Shoaib Bashir only he is the one who destroyed the West Indies team. He collected some crucial wickets which made a lot of pressure of West Indies team. They have another match and I hope West Indies will do better in upcoming match.

In the two Test matches between West Indies and England, we saw poor performances from West Indies. The players West Indies fielded against England have been playing unprofessional cricket which has resulted in them failing in every match. Basically this is where the West Indies players lag behind the England players. However, the England team is as strong as ever on their home soil. As a result, England players are confidently playing well against West Indies in every match which is playing an important role in their team's victory. West Indies have already lost the series against England as they have lost two consecutive matches.

There is one more match left between them and maybe in that match West Indies team will try to play their best to at least keep their honor and win the last match.

[virasog]

Zimbabwe tour of Ireland

After one day there will be a test match between Zimbabwe and Ireland team, this match will be hosted in Belfast. This is not any series match or any significant match in cricket, just only test match, you may say just a tour match.

It will be an important test match for both the team especially the Ireland team

Ireland's precarious financial position meant they went four years without playing a Test, though they have now played five in the last 15 months. Their most recent fixture came in March, when Adair's eight-wicket match haul proved instrumental in their first-ever Test win over Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi - and won him the match award.

However, I doubt even if this test match will even be played or not as I checked the weather prediction of the venue and it is not healthy at all.
Ahh, not good weather on the ground, from tomorrow it will be raining and also there will rain continuously for four days or a minimum of three days which means maybe we will not see this match and by chance, if there is luck then we may see just one day of play.

[Fuso.hp]

The West Indies led by 41 runs in the first innings but were then beaten by 241 runs. Although three wickets fell to make 84 runs in the first innings, the Athanaze and Kavem Hodge partnership helped West Indies to collect big in the first innings. Among the top order batsmen of the two teams, the performance of England batsmen was ahead in this match, but in the case of West Indies, the top order batsmen did not show performance in both the innings. Talking about the second innings, West Indies put in a cheap performance. In the second innings Mikyle Louis and Brathwaite put on 66 runs in the opening partnership, when Mikyle got out, the procession of wickets started. England used only four bowlers in the second innings and the bowlers bowled brilliantly, especially Shoaib Bashir. West Indies need to work harder and bat patiently if they can hope for anything in the third Test.

By looking at the first test match I was not expecting a good performance by West Indies but they perform really well in the first inning. And they had a led of 41 runs. And this that was a good luck of them. But in the second inning their batting was not good. And I also appreciate the bowling of Shoaib Bashir only he is the one who destroyed the West Indies team. He collected some crucial wickets which made a lot of pressure of West Indies team. They have another match and I hope West Indies will do better in upcoming match.

We all expected West Indies to perform worse in the second Test than the performance they did against England in the first Test, but that was not the case. We have seen that West Indies performed well enough against England in the second Test match but if the West Indies bowlers could have bowled a little better then the result of this match could have been different. However, in the first match, West Indies were defeated by England by innings and big runs, but in the second test match, at least West Indies were not defeated by innings. England have already won the series against West Indies so now the third match for West Indies is only a match to save their honor. I hope they will surely give tough competition against England in the third match.

[Sithara007]

We all expected West Indies to perform worse in the second Test than the performance they did against England in the first Test, but that was not the case. We have seen that West Indies performed well enough against England in the second Test match but if the West Indies bowlers could have bowled a little better then the result of this match could have been different. However, in the first match, West Indies were defeated by England by innings and big runs, but in the second test match, at least West Indies were not defeated by innings. England have already won the series against West Indies so now the third match for West Indies is only a match to save their honor. I hope they will surely give tough competition against England in the third match.

So not being defeated by an innings is a big thing now? West Indies still lost the match by 241 runs. That is a massive margin, in any format of cricket. To be honest, I can't find any improvement in the performance of that team and I don't think that teams such as West Indies should be allowed to play test cricket against top-tier nations such as England. Like I said many times before, we need a top division in test cricket comprising of the following teams - India, Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa.

[cryptoWODL]

The only Test match between Ireland and Zimbabwe is going to start today. Zimbabwe team is visiting Ireland to play this test series against Ireland. If we judge the strength between these two teams in Test ODI and T20 format then both teams will be equal.

In the only Test match, we want to keep these two teams equally ahead as they are not less than each other in terms of performance. Zimbabwe cricket team got test status from ICC long before Ireland cricket but still there is no improvement in their cricket. Due to which they have performed poorly in most of the series against different teams, let's see how strong Zimbabwe can show in the only test match against Ireland. Maybe the Ireland team will try to take advantage of their own home ground in this test match even if they will be more confident in this match.

[Bitcoin_people]

The Zimbabwean team is batting in the first innings of the Zimbabwe vs Ireland test match. Today's match will be played very seriously by both teams although I can see Ireland team in great bowling form in today's match. The Ireland team that is bowling today, the Zimbabwean team is not able to bat well, the batsmen are under a lot of pressure. Although no wickets have fallen so far, their runs have been very low, with Zimbabwean batsmen Prince Masvaure and Joylord Gumbie in the openers scoring just 11 runs in their partnership of 5 overs.

[Fuso.hp]

In the first Test of the three-match Test series, West Indies lost by a series margin to England and in that match we saw the five-day game come to an end before just three days were over. West Indies batsmen could not stand up against England bowlers on the other hand West Indies bowlers could not bowl well against England batsmen resulting in a big defeat. The two teams will again face each other to play the second Test match of the series on 18th. I will put England ahead in the second test as well and there is a possibility of England winning the second test by a big margin. The West Indies cricketers must be patient enough in the second Test match if they rush too much then the same result as the first Test match can be repeated in the second Test match.

IMO, unless there is rain interruption England is going to sweep the series 3-0 and each of the matches will be won by them with a big margin. For West Indies, the biggest challenge remains facing the England seamers. Although Anderson is gone, they need to deal with Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson. And Atkinson nabbed 12 wickets in the first test and the West Indian batsmen were completely clueless against him. The only one who got a score of more than 30 in the first test was tailender Gudakesh Motie.

West Indies were badly defeated by England in the first match. Today is the second match of the series where the England team looks very confident even before the start of the match. There will definitely be a change in England's XI as one of England's cricketers has retired from playing in the first Test match, so another bowler will be added to the team in his place. If England win the toss then they will invite West Indies to bat so that they can all out West Indies in less runs and in their own first innings so that they can beat West Indies by an innings margin like in the first match. It is difficult to expect a result for the West Indies in this test match, so naturally I will favor England to win the second match, just like the first match.