Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Practically the weather in Australia is not like that it keep on raining for two days. I am hopeful that Australia will easy win this match tomorrow and with that take the series. Pakistan has a lot to learn from the mistakes in this series and the coach/ captain has some serious business on hand to get this team going.

Pakistan already lost three wickets and Australia just need less than three sessions to pick up the rest of the wickets and finish the match and their in form batsman Babar Azam is back in the pavilion and there is no hope that the rest of the players will score a big ton in the second innings, rain will be another factor as the pitch might offer more swing that will be difficult for the batsman and Australia will win the match even if rain interrupt.

[Indymoney]

Practically the weather in Australia is not like that it keep on raining for two days. I am hopeful that Australia will easy win this match tomorrow and with that take the series. Pakistan has a lot to learn from the mistakes in this series and the coach/ captain has some serious business on hand to get this team going.

Pakistan already lost three wickets and Australia just need less than three sessions to pick up the rest of the wickets and finish the match and their in form batsman Babar Azam is back in the pavilion and there is no hope that the rest of the players will score a big ton in the second innings, rain will be another factor as the pitch might offer more swing that will be difficult for the batsman and Australia will win the match even if rain interrupt.

Now we have Rain so Three sessions are too much for Pakistan as Australian bowlers doing job they only need 35 to 40 overs for winning this match comprehensivly and series becasue now pitch is more seamers heaven and Pakistani batting line up struggles on pitches like this in last few years they have many talented players but never good management and they never win in Australia.

[ene1980]

There's no way that rain is gonna make this match conclude in a draw. Aussies have easily outclassed Pakistani team and they deserve to win this one.

Looking at the weather there wont be that much rain to help Pakistan draw the match and who knows whether there will be a magical turn of events because i am not giving one percentage for them to draw the match with or without rain or the entire two days have to be washed out for them to have a result that they did not deserve.

Waseem Akram kept on commenting against Misbah throughout his commentary today, and IMO, Misbah deserves to be criticized. His defensive approach (as a batting coach) and bad selection (as a chief selector) has caused way too much damage.

I am not too keen about the politics of the team and what is the problem between Wasim Akram and Misbah but what would have Akram done if he was at the helm, i do not see any massive difference.

[vella85]

Rain has saved Pakistan for now and if the rain didn't come I think Pakistan would of been at least or few more wickets down. However now Pakistan can put the pressure back on Australia and try and bat well in the afternoon session before the night session and try and get as close to the target as they can. If they can get at least 100+ runs with no loss of wickets in the afternoon session they can put the pressure back on Australia.

[Sithara007]

No one interested in the New Zealand vs England match? That is very surprising, because it is the only competitive match ongoing right now. The balance of the match has once again tipped in favor of England. The sixth wicket partnership between Ollie Pope and Joe Root has given them a first innings lead. Root is unbeaten on 200 as of now, with the partnership worth 152 till now.

Earlier I had posted how the absence of Trent Boult is going to affect the New Zealand bowling. And the same happened this time, with the Kiwi bowlers struggling to break partnerships. About 140 overs remaining in this match, but the chances of a result looks slim. That is unless England declares in around 20-25 overs from now and bowls out New Zealand.

[JSRAW]

^^ Joe Root inning is satisfying to watch but this game is heading towards draw unless something dramatic happens. rain already wasted 30 overs so far. for some exciting 5th day gameplay England need to add 125ish quick runs (190ish target, very much possible) and give atleast 5-10 overs kiwis to bat today which i am sure they are going to ....(then bowled out like you mentioned).

Hope we witness some mini collapse from Kiwis, things can get spicy.

Wasim was saying that he's one of the top performer in pakistan (Domestic cricket)  still selector never consider him for selection in the test format.

edit : Rain saved the day for Pakistan.

Fawad Alam is one of best All Rounders in Pakistan and he performed many times for Pakistan in past and have one of best players in domestic but sadly he is common person and have no any relative or high profile back ground so Inzimam prefer his Nephew and sack him now same policy by new selection committee you can check his profile http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40250.html

Thanks ! Not surprising though, Politics at it best.


With in 5 balls scenario changed lol Root and Ollie pope got out. lead is 83 runs. now i doubt if they can even touch 150 100ish. they don't have much firework left down the order.

[Sithara007]

With in 5 balls scenario changed lol Root and Ollie pope got out. lead is 83 runs. now i doubt if they can even touch 150 100ish. they don't have much firework left down the order.

With one wicket remaining (all done, last wicket taken by Wagner), they are having a lead of 101. 35 overs remaining today and approx. 90 tomorrow. I don't think that there is enough time left to get a result. But New Zealand should be happy, as they won the first test. If this one ends in a draw, then they win the series 1-0. Wagner ends with 124/5, after his 5/44 during the Mount Maunganui test. still, the New Zealand bowling looked very weak. They could have picked Lockie Ferguson instead of Matt Henry.

[BitSat19]

With in 5 balls scenario changed lol Root and Ollie pope got out. lead is 83 runs. now i doubt if they can even touch 150 100ish. they don't have much firework left down the order.

With one wicket remaining (all done, last wicket taken by Wagner), they are having a lead of 101. 35 overs remaining today and approx. 90 tomorrow. I don't think that there is enough time left to get a result. But New Zealand should be happy, as they won the first test. If this one ends in a draw, then they win the series 1-0. Wagner ends with 124/5, after his 5/44 during the Mount Maunganui test. still, the New Zealand bowling looked very weak. They could have picked Lockie Ferguson instead of Matt Henry.

Today we have Joe Root with his best 101 runs lead is not enough but now time for English bowlers to show some magic if they able to bowled out New Zealand around 250 to 275 this could be very interesting end of bore test match just Curran take his first wicket lets see what happen in remaining session of this match.

[akhjob]

With in 5 balls scenario changed lol Root and Ollie pope got out. lead is 83 runs. now i doubt if they can even touch 150 100ish. they don't have much firework left down the order.

With one wicket remaining (all done, last wicket taken by Wagner), they are having a lead of 101. 35 overs remaining today and approx. 90 tomorrow. I don't think that there is enough time left to get a result. But New Zealand should be happy, as they won the first test. If this one ends in a draw, then they win the series 1-0. Wagner ends with 124/5, after his 5/44 during the Mount Maunganui test. still, the New Zealand bowling looked very weak. They could have picked Lockie Ferguson instead of Matt Henry.

While Kiwis don't have a chance to win this one. Let's hope that we don't see an upset like what happened to ENG in the first test.

[onrise]

Pakistan trails by 100 runs and only left with 5 wickets . Seeing the overall match it seems that Pz will win this match with an innings and few runs it seems and Pakistan would just be unhappy the overall performances in this series from them .

[Haunebu]

While Kiwis don't have a chance to win this one. Let's hope that we don't see an upset like what happened to ENG in the first test.

Why do you think NZ is out of this one? They already established a lead right now and could probably set up a decent total for England to chase unless they collapse dramatically which I doubt will happen since Williamson and Taylor are set at the moment.

The most likely result is that this will end in a draw and you end up scooping a big portion of the pool which is why betting on the draw option seems to have favored you this time around.

[JSRAW]

While Kiwis don't have a chance to win this one. Let's hope that we don't see an upset like what happened to ENG in the first test.

Why do you think NZ is out of this one? They already established a lead right now

As of now NZ trailing by 5 runs and 2 wickets already gone. Tomorrow we have full 90 overs if rain doesn't pops up, if not then for any win-loss result both teams need to play with T-20 mindset, which is very unlikely IMO but i am open for 0.01% chance.

Otherwise akhjob wins 

[akhjob]

While Kiwis don't have a chance to win this one. Let's hope that we don't see an upset like what happened to ENG in the first test.

Why do you think NZ is out of this one? They already established a lead right now and could probably set up a decent total for England to chase unless they collapse dramatically which I doubt will happen since Williamson and Taylor are set at the moment.

The most likely result is that this will end in a draw and you end up scooping a big portion of the pool which is why betting on the draw option seems to have favored you this time around.

As JSRAW pointed out, the only way for NZ to win this match is by playing the game like a T20 format and create a major collapse with the ball. All this will have to happen within 90 overs. On the other hand, if ENG was able to take down Newzealand by the end of 2nd session, ENG might have a fighting chance to win the game. But... I don't see this happening  So yeah, I'm gonna win this pool
If I don't win this one, I might be the unluckiest fellow here 

[SaShiRaJaVu]

As of now NZ trailing by 5 runs and 2 wickets already gone. Tomorrow we have full 90 overs if rain doesn't pops up, if not then for any win-loss result both teams need to play with T-20 mindset, which is very unlikely IMO but i am open for 0.01% chance.

The match is a draw by the way things are going and rain has played a role in this match and i do not see New Zealand doing anything different to change this match, they will look the play out the balls carefully and England will be looking for pick wickets so that they will have a chance to fight back and win a thriller but the chances are low and if they play according to the situation it is a draw and New Zealand still have a lead on them.

[AB de Royse777]

~snip~
If I don't win this one, I might be the unluckiest fellow here  

This time it will be hard to take away the winnings from you and seems like it's just me only who always far miles away for winning :-P

I have not watched a single ball from this NZ vs ENG Test and also Pakistan vs Australia Test (except some recorded clips) but looking at the score board of NZ vs England it's easily assumable that this will be a draw match even there are no weather interruption. If any miracle happens like NZ lost rest of the 8 wickets in the next 20 - 40 overs and was only able to give a target of 100 or 120 then we may see some excitements. Other than that I am getting ready to pay akhjob :-D

[akhjob]

~snip~
If I don't win this one, I might be the unluckiest fellow here  

This time it will be hard to take away the winnings from you and seems like it's just me only who always far miles away for winning :-P

Dude, that's because you placed a 1.5 mbtc bet on Bangladesh knowingly that they'll lose against India. In this series, the odds were even for both NZ and ENG in my opinion. So yeah you were unlucky in this series. Honestly, both the matches should have been a draw and I should have won both the bets  But here I am dreaming of atleast winning this bet 

[AB de Royse777]

~snip~
But here I am dreaming of atleast winning this bet 

I see your dream is about to turn into reality.
God bless you my child :-D
What odd you are getting by the way?

[akhjob]

~snip~
But here I am dreaming of atleast winning this bet 

I see your dream is about to turn into reality.
God bless you my child :-D
What odd you are getting by the way?

Made a bet of 0.3 mbtc, if I win, I'll get ~1.35 mbtc. So I guess, it's 4.5x , not bad at all 

[onrise]

OZ won the test match again easily and by innings and 48 runs which is like the best period going on for them . Warner not out of. 300+ runs and Lyon 5 wicket haul just helping them to make the strong match for the team and thus win the match easily .

[Clement Kaliyar]

OZ won the test match again easily and by innings and 48 runs which is like the best period going on for them . Warner not out of. 300+ runs and Lyon 5 wicket haul just helping them to make the strong match for the team and thus win the match easily .

The Pakistan bowlers did not allow the rest of the Australian batsman to play in this match and it was a smart move so that they could avoid other players too scoring centuries  . Warner is back in form and even i thought his cricket career in the longer format is over as he was really struggling against England and with a different bowling unit he is back in form which is good for the team as they would have struggled to find a worthy contender to replace Warner for the opening slot.