Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

^^^ West Indies committed two mistakes in this match. First, after having South Africa down to 97/9, they allowed them to recover. Dane Piedt and Nandre Burger added 63 precious runs for the 10th wicket partnership. Then while batting they were clueless against the seam and swing of Nandre Burger and Wiaan Mulder. Jason Holder and Gudakesh Motie tried to stabilize the innings, but then Keshav Maharaj struck and got Motie out. The first aim for West Indies today would be to reduce the South African lead in first innings as much as possible.

[Crypto Library]

It is a completely bowling friendly pitch. The batsmen are not able to make any advantage on this pitch. South Africa's batsmen batted very badly. However, after losing 9 wickets for 97 runs, the South African team was able to collect up to 160 runs. South Africa are not playing well, and now we are not seeing good batting from the West Indies batsmen either. At the end of the first day, West Indies managed to collect 97 runs after losing 7 wickets.

Like South Africa, West Indies also lost wickets very quickly. Jason Holder remains unbeaten with 33 runs. Besides, Carty got out after collecting 26 runs. And no batsman could bat better. Failed to score even 10 runs. Wiaan Mulder bowled just 6 overs and took four wickets. Burger also picked up two wickets. West Indies players are likely to lose all wickets before reaching 140 runs.

I didn't know that the pitch was bowling friendly however all test matches pitch were made for the bowling friendly pitch. But even then I think the performance of the both teams bowlers did good but the batting performance of the both team is very low effort in this match.

Yes is true that SOuth Africa done 160 even then were in 9 wicket but I think the case of west indies can be different here because in test format South Africa have form better than the West Indies team. Now let's see what is going to be happening by West Indies team batters.

[Popkon6]

^^^ West Indies committed two mistakes in this match. First, after having South Africa down to 97/9, they allowed them to recover. Dane Piedt and Nandre Burger added 63 precious runs for the 10th wicket partnership. Then while batting they were clueless against the seam and swing of Nandre Burger and Wiaan Mulder. Jason Holder and Gudakesh Motie tried to stabilize the innings, but then Keshav Maharaj struck and got Motie out. The first aim for West Indies today would be to reduce the South African lead in first innings as much as possible.

After South Africa lost all wickets in today's match, I was very worried because West Indies team gave a very good bowling performance. But this match was completely turned around by the players of the South African team, collecting 97 runs and losing 7 wickets of the West Indies team in 28.2 balls. Although Alick Athanaze performed well in the first match but in this match he got out early, I have never seen such a bad performance. 
However, this pitch of today's match is famous for bowling, because the ball swings and goes to the stumps, so the batsmen are definitely under pressure.

[Mahdirakib]

I find it hard to believe that South Africa scored just 160 runs in the first innings. The South African team is more experienced and stronger than the West Indies in the Test format. So we had very high expectations from South Africa. But the South African batsmen batted like fools today. 4 batsmen of the squad could not add any runs to the scoreboard today.

The condition of the pitch is difficult for batting. This is why South Africa ended with a low score. I won't blame the batsmen a lot, but they could have indeed shown some responsibilities instead of losing the wickets frequently. West Indies has already lost their 7 wickets by scoring 97 runs only. We might see the result of this match within first two and a half days.