Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[noormcs5]

South Africa lost wickets quickly at the beginning of the innings. I thought that South Africa would probably face another batting disaster like in the first match. Maybe they will lose all their wickets before scoring 200 runs. But due to the innings of Bavuma and Ryan Rickelton, South Africa is moving towards a big total. Ryan Rickelton scored a century and Bavuma scored 78 runs. I would say that South Africa will be able to take a decent lead only if they can score 300+ on this pitch. The performance of Sri Lankan batsmen in away matches is a bit weak.

At the end of the day, Sri Lanka managed to get 7 wickets and therefore i think they are back in the game. It was the partnership between Ryan Rickelton and Temba Bavuma due to which we thought that South Africa may make a big score, but after Temba Bavuma lost the wicket at 177, then South Africa again started to lose wickets and at the end of the day they had lost 7 wickets. I don't know if they can even make 300 score as tomorrow morning the ball will be swinging more.



Everyone was talking about the bad start by Sri Lanka and even the commenters,  everyone was saying bad for Sri Lanka but then they have come back so should not underestimate the Sri Lanka team because they also could do something great. However, so far the match is in the balance.

[Haunebu]

Everyone was talking about the bad start by Sri Lanka and even the commenters,  everyone was saying bad for Sri Lanka but then they have come back so should not underestimate the Sri Lanka team because they also could do something great. However, so far the match is in the balance.

What comeback? South Africa look like they will give a target close to 300 runs which is a big target especially considering the form that some of their bowlers like Jansen are in these days. Rickleton and Bavuma took the game away from them.

Am not expecting any heroics from the Lankan batsmen. If the Proteas win this one and the series, they will get one step closer to the WTC final.

[kro55]

South Africa lost wickets quickly at the beginning of the innings. I thought that South Africa would probably face another batting disaster like in the first match. Maybe they will lose all their wickets before scoring 200 runs. But due to the innings of Bavuma and Ryan Rickelton, South Africa is moving towards a big total. Ryan Rickelton scored a century and Bavuma scored 78 runs. I would say that South Africa will be able to take a decent lead only if they can score 300+ on this pitch. The performance of Sri Lankan batsmen in away matches is a bit weak.

They were 44/3, and then Temba Bavuma and Ryan Rickelton got them to 177/3. But once Bavuma got out, their batting collapsed once more. David Bedingham is not in good form recently, and this time also he got out for a single digit score. Kyle Verreynne is at the crease right now, and he will be joined by Keshav Maharaj when the play resumes tomorrow. If South Africa can get to 320-330, it will give them a strong psychological advantage against Sri Lanka.

Ryan Rickelton and Bavuma were able to build a big partnership of 133 runs. And this partnership was very important. After losing Bavuma's wicket, South Africa also lost Bedingham's wicket quickly. However, Ryan Rickelton and Kyle Verreynne were able to build a partnership of 77 runs. Although Kyle Verreynne returned to the dressing room after collecting 101 runs, Kyle Verreynne is unbeaten on 48 runs. If South Africa can start well in the coming days, then it will not be difficult for South Africa to collect up to 350. However, Kyle Verreynne will definitely have to play well. If Kyle Verreynne does not play a big innings, there is a possibility of losing all the wickets of South Africa before 300.

[BALIK]

Ryan Rickelton and Bavuma were able to build a big partnership of 133 runs. And this partnership was very important. After losing Bavuma's wicket, South Africa also lost Bedingham's wicket quickly. However, Ryan Rickelton and Kyle Verreynne were able to build a partnership of 77 runs. Although Kyle Verreynne returned to the dressing room after collecting 101 runs, Kyle Verreynne is unbeaten on 48 runs. If South Africa can start well in the coming days, then it will not be difficult for South Africa to collect up to 350. However, Kyle Verreynne will definitely have to play well. If Kyle Verreynne does not play a big innings, there is a possibility of losing all the wickets of South Africa before 300.

South Africa's overall batting was decent at the end of the first day. South Africa managed to score 269 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of the day. Rickelton scored 101 runs and Temba Bavuma returned to the dressing room with 78 runs. And Verreynne scored 48 runs and is still at the crease. Verreynne batted very carefully. Verreynne was able to score 48 runs from 84 balls.

Sri Lankan bowlers are trying hard to do well. The pitch was not batting friendly. So I would say Sri Lankan bowlers had a chance to do better. I hope Sri Lankan bowlers can do well in the beginning of the next day. However, if South Africa does not lose wickets in the first 10 overs, then South Africa has the possibility of scoring 350+. However, apart from Verreynne, there is no other experienced batsman at the crease. So Verreynne will have to bat very carefully at the beginning of the next day and try to play a big innings.

[Nalain420]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test match South Africa batsman Tony de Zorzi could not bat well at the beginning. Tony de Zorzi got out on the first ball which weakened them a lot although if the opening batsmen survive the team has a courage and collects a good score. However since South Africa team lost an important wicket at the beginning so their current pair will have to play well at the moment. We have seen that South Africa team won the first Test match brilliantly so in the second match they will definitely try to play great to win. But if Sri Lanka team is going to equal the series result then they will have to bat and bowl well and if they can do well then they can equalize the series. If Sri Lanka team performs like in the first match then they will definitely not be able to compete with South Africa so Sri Lanka team's performance will have to improve even more.

Today is the start of the 2nd test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa. In the last match, very bad game by the Sri Lanka team but this time too I am not seeing any type of improvement in their play. Sri Lankan bowlers got some initial wickets but later they seemed helpless.

However, in what way South Africa are playing, they are going to win this match, that's it. 180 runs in the first 54 overs is no joke, especially in the test matches, it is a very good game. The start was not good by the openers of the South African team Aiden Markram and Tony de Zorzi
were not played long innings but Ryan Rickelton seems to bat well and he may well make his century today.

In the last Test match, Sri Lanka's poor performance in the first innings forced them to lose the match. In the 2nd innings, they also failed to get the expected score. That's why they lost the match. But I think they will definitely come back from the mistakes they made. They did well in the last few ODI and T20 series but their batting has changed a bit in the Test match against South Africa. South Africa is already hoping to score a big in the 2nd Test match. The team has scored 269 runs for 7 wickets. Kyle Verreynne has taken the responsibility of a set batsman on the field. If the other batsmen can play with him tomorrow, the target can be even bigger. If Sri Lanka does not change from that position, then they will lose this match too.

Yes I remember the match in which Sri Lanka had a very poor performance in which the first innings was 42 runs and the second was about 287.  But the Sri Lankan bowlers are doing very well in this match.  But it is difficult to say victory in this match because the real victory is in the hands of their batsmen, if they play well, it can be difficult for South Africa in the second innings after scoring good runs in the first innings.  In this match, Sri Lankan batsmen will win because of their speed and scoring a lot of runs, otherwise if they play slowly, they will not be able to win in the second innings and they will lose the second match as well.  They should win this match and have a chance to win the series in the next match which will be a great achievement for them.

[Nanga Parbat]

South Africa lost wickets quickly at the beginning of the innings. I thought that South Africa would probably face another batting disaster like in the first match. Maybe they will lose all their wickets before scoring 200 runs. But due to the innings of Bavuma and Ryan Rickelton, South Africa is moving towards a big total. Ryan Rickelton scored a century and Bavuma scored 78 runs. I would say that South Africa will be able to take a decent lead only if they can score 300+ on this pitch. The performance of Sri Lankan batsmen in away matches is a bit weak.

South Africa has lost wickets in the match, but they scored bad runs in the beginning, due to which South Africa have scored very few runs so far.  The South African batsmen have scored 269 runs in 87 overs and have lost 7 wickets so far.  The way they have played, it is an easy win for Sri Lanka if their batsmen play well too. If the South African batsmen score more runs in the same match, they can give a good and tough target of 350 but it will not be that big because the Sri Lankan bowlers also have to play hard and stop the runs due to which South Africa  Will not be able to make so many runs. Now the match has been stumped due to which the innings has been stopped due to which no further match has been played.

[UmerIdrees]

Yes, the first innings batting performance of the Bangladesh cricket team in this second Test match is quite clear that the West Indies team will win this international Test series unilaterally. Although I have selected the Bangladesh cricket team as the favorite team for betting in this second Test match and have placed a bet. Still, it must be admitted that none of the Bangladesh team's batsmen have been able to score a match-winning score so far. Bangladesh team batsmen Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain Dipu could pass a somewhat long innings but could not benefit in terms of score. The batsmen Taijul Islam and Mehedi Hasan Miraj who are now at the crease are also in the same situation. Mehedi Hasan Miraj has collected 25 off 51 balls and Taijul Islam is unbeaten by collecting 11 off 58 balls. I am really disappointed with such a poor performance of the Bangladesh team's batsmen.

As everyone was expecting from the team of Bangladesh, they exactly did it. All out on the low score of 164, by the way it is still good otherwise I was looking for less than even 130 runs but they have made it up still it does not change the game they should play good and also in the bowling side there is nothing going good for them as they have picked just one wicket of West Indies while the West Indies team is on the 70 runs already, West Indies have already chased half of the target so you can well imagine how big lead they will get in this first innings.

How is it possible, West Indies has even lost the game. Did you remember in the first day when Bangladesh were doing batting, they have lost thier first 2 wickets at the less score at only 10 and every one was shouting Bnagladesh has finsihed but nothing, they were just lost played wrong single time and then then they have dominated to the West Indies team, what an outstanding performance by their bowling. In the second innings, I noticed many of the improvements and changes in their batting style. Finally that was another win for Bangladesh.

[rugrats]

Yes, the first innings batting performance of the Bangladesh cricket team in this second Test match is quite clear that the West Indies team will win this international Test series unilaterally. Although I have selected the Bangladesh cricket team as the favorite team for betting in this second Test match and have placed a bet. Still, it must be admitted that none of the Bangladesh team's batsmen have been able to score a match-winning score so far. Bangladesh team batsmen Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain Dipu could pass a somewhat long innings but could not benefit in terms of score. The batsmen Taijul Islam and Mehedi Hasan Miraj who are now at the crease are also in the same situation. Mehedi Hasan Miraj has collected 25 off 51 balls and Taijul Islam is unbeaten by collecting 11 off 58 balls. I am really disappointed with such a poor performance of the Bangladesh team's batsmen.

As everyone was expecting from the team of Bangladesh, they exactly did it. All out on the low score of 164, by the way it is still good otherwise I was looking for less than even 130 runs but they have made it up still it does not change the game they should play good and also in the bowling side there is nothing going good for them as they have picked just one wicket of West Indies while the West Indies team is on the 70 runs already, West Indies have already chased half of the target so you can well imagine how big lead they will get in this first innings.

How is it possible, West Indies has even lost the game. Did you remember in the first day when Bangladesh were doing batting, they have lost thier first 2 wickets at the less score at only 10 and every one was shouting Bnagladesh has finsihed but nothing, they were just lost played wrong single time and then then they have dominated to the West Indies team, what an outstanding performance by their bowling. In the second innings, I noticed many of the improvements and changes in their batting style. Finally that was another win for Bangladesh.

I don't remember the last time I saw a good performance from Bangladesh's opening pair. Usually we don't see good performance from Bangladesh's opening pair. Bangladesh's opener JOy's performance was also bad in the second match against West Indies. JOy's collection was 3 runs in two innings.

Anyway, it was unimaginable that Bangladesh would win against West Indies. Bangladesh lost by a big margin in the first match. But Bangladesh showed a surprise in the second match. Bangladesh was able to take a lead of 18 runs in the first innings and gave a target of 287 runs. Bangladesh won by a big margin of 101 runs. Bangladesh won due to the controlled bowling of Nahid Rana and Taijul.

[HelliumZ]

South Africa started out really well thanks to Rickleton and Bavuma playing well. I never really like Bavuma if I am being honest, but he has been in prime form recently in the test format scoring consistently well.

If they end up scoring 350+ runs, the Lankans will be at a psychological disadvantage. Both teams are fighting hard for one of the WTC final spots.

A score of 350 might be tough for South Africa as Rockelton (101) then Marco Jansen did not last long at the wicket. Got out just before the end of the first day's play. But till now a reliable batsman and wicket keeper verreynne is unbeaten on 48 runs so if any of the next batsmen can give him good support then the score of 350 runs can definitely be made. However, the nervousness of Sri Lanka in the first test match made Sri Lanka a difficult target by scoring 269 runs.

[hafiztalha]

England vs New Zealand

England vs New Zealand 2 nd test game was stated between these teams and England team already won 1 st test game and their effort in this game looks weak compare to 1 st game.  New Zealand team won toss and they elected field first and this game is playing Basin Reserve stadium. Root was dismissed in this 1 turn and he made only 3 runs. Ben showed very poor effort and did not perform well and made 0 runs. Thai is the quite to judge them and think about their lose hope England team will bounce back in game and will show brilliant effort in bowling as well in batting. Brook is not dismissal yet and he complete his half century and made 51 runs in 55 balls and hitted five 4s and two 6s. Ollie helping him to make good runs for their team and he scored 29 runs in 36 balls and hitting Four 4s. Matt and Nathan each bowlers took 2 wickets of England batsman and let's see what happens in next and England team will bounce back in game and successfully win one more.

[Nrcewker]

India vs Australia

The second match of the BGT series starts in the next one hour. Captain Rohit Sharma is back in the squad. Though many fans are not happy seeing this, the captain has sacrificed his opening spot and decided to bat somewhere in the middle. Moreover, in Adelaide, Australia has never lost any pink ball match. So it will be really interesting to see today’s battle. After the WTC point deductions of New Zealand and England, India now only needs to win 2 out of the next 4 matches to qualify for the finals. Will this be possible in today’s match?

[Patrol69]

England vs New Zealand

England vs New Zealand 2 nd test game was stated between these teams and England team already won 1 st test game and their effort in this game looks weak compare to 1 st game.  New Zealand team won toss and they elected field first and this game is playing Basin Reserve stadium. Root was dismissed in this 1 turn and he made only 3 runs. Ben showed very poor effort and did not perform well and made 0 runs. Thai is the quite to judge them and think about their lose hope England team will bounce back in game and will show brilliant effort in bowling as well in batting. Brook is not dismissal yet and he complete his half century and made 51 runs in 55 balls and hitted five 4s and two 6s. Ollie helping him to make good runs for their team and he scored 29 runs in 36 balls and hitting Four 4s. Matt and Nathan each bowlers took 2 wickets of England batsman and let's see what happens in next and England team will bounce back in game and successfully win one more.

The New Zealand team won the toss first and decided to field. Due to New Zealand's aggressive bowling, England's batsmen were under a lot of pressure from the beginning. They lost wickets in the beginning and England's batsmen were under a lot of pressure, but Harry Brook and Ollie Pope batted responsibly from there. If England's opener could have taken responsibility in the pair, then England could have given the opponent a bigger lead. Harry Brook 115 balls  was dismissed for 123 and Ollie Pope was dismissed for 66 off 78 balls. New Zealand bowled brilliantly to bowl England out for just 280 runs. Will O'Rourke and Nathan Smith both bowled brilliantly with Nathan Smith taking four wickets and Ollie Pope taking three wickets. New Zealand's bowlers have bowled very well, now it is a matter of seeing how responsible the England batsmen can be and how many more runs they can give to England after crossing the list of 280 runs given by England. Maybe the New Zealand batsmen will try to bat responsibly. They lost the first test match against England, so New Zealand will try hard to win the second test match. Let's see how responsible the New Zealand batsmen can bat.

[Out of mind]

England scored 280 runs on the first day of the second Test match between England and New Zealand. England won the first Test match brilliantly and they are ahead in the series results. However, if the New Zealand team can easily meet England's target today and is able to give a big lead, then they can level the series. But New Zealand must play well against England as they have a big target to meet so they need to improve their batting performance. If these two batsmen Devon Conway and Tom Latham can score 100 plus runs in partnership, then New Zealand will have a chance to meet the target. England will try to bowl well enough to put pressure today, but the New Zealand batsmen must bat patiently in this match because their second Test match is very important.

[Cheema02]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test match South Africa batsman Tony de Zorzi could not bat well at the beginning. Tony de Zorzi got out on the first ball which weakened them a lot although if the opening batsmen survive the team has a courage and collects a good score. However since South Africa team lost an important wicket at the beginning so their current pair will have to play well at the moment. We have seen that South Africa team won the first Test match brilliantly so in the second match they will definitely try to play great to win. But if Sri Lanka team is going to equal the series result then they will have to bat and bowl well and if they can do well then they can equalize the series. If Sri Lanka team performs like in the first match then they will definitely not be able to compete with South Africa so Sri Lanka team's performance will have to improve even more.

Yes, In second test match South Africa are favorite because current scored a near to 300 runs. Sri Lanka bowlers in start bowl good spell picked three wickets at just 44 runs but after the Ryan Rickelton and Temba Bavuma fourth wicket partnership changed the senioro and South Africa are very comfortable position 269 runs. from Sri lanka lahiru kumara picked three crucial wickets. Ryan Rickelton Outstanding batting performance in first inning of test match scored a well deserved hundred. Temba Bavuma captain of South Africa also played well scored 78 runs, unfortunately missed his century by few runs short but helped his team to cross 250 runs.

[CryptoBuds]

England vs New Zealand

England vs New Zealand 2 nd test game was stated between these teams and England team already won 1 st test game and their effort in this game looks weak compare to 1 st game.  New Zealand team won toss and they elected field first and this game is playing Basin Reserve stadium. Root was dismissed in this 1 turn and he made only 3 runs. Ben showed very poor effort and did not perform well and made 0 runs. Thai is the quite to judge them and think about their lose hope England team will bounce back in game and will show brilliant effort in bowling as well in batting. Brook is not dismissal yet and he complete his half century and made 51 runs in 55 balls and hitted five 4s and two 6s. Ollie helping him to make good runs for their team and he scored 29 runs in 36 balls and hitting Four 4s. Matt and Nathan each bowlers took 2 wickets of England batsman and let's see what happens in next and England team will bounce back in game and successfully win one more.

The New Zealand team won the toss first and decided to field. Due to New Zealand's aggressive bowling, England's batsmen were under a lot of pressure from the beginning. They lost wickets in the beginning and England's batsmen were under a lot of pressure, but Harry Brook and Ollie Pope batted responsibly from there. If England's opener could have taken responsibility in the pair, then England could have given the opponent a bigger lead. Harry Brook 115 balls  was dismissed for 123 and Ollie Pope was dismissed for 66 off 78 balls. New Zealand bowled brilliantly to bowl England out for just 280 runs. Will O'Rourke and Nathan Smith both bowled brilliantly with Nathan Smith taking four wickets and Ollie Pope taking three wickets. New Zealand's bowlers have bowled very well, now it is a matter of seeing how responsible the England batsmen can be and how many more runs they can give to England after crossing the list of 280 runs given by England. Maybe the New Zealand batsmen will try to bat responsibly. They lost the first test match against England, so New Zealand will try hard to win the second test match. Let's see how responsible the New Zealand batsmen can bat.

England's batsmen needed to bat more responsibly. England's top order players in particular were not batting well. If the top order players had played well, England would have been able to collect big numbers. England lost four wickets for 43 runs. Experienced players like Joe Root, Duckett and Crawley failed to play big innings.

Harry Brook and Ollie Pope were able to build a big partnership of 174 runs. Harry Brook scored 123 runs from 115 balls and Pope managed to collect 66 runs. However, apart from these two batsmen, no other batsman in the England squad could have batted well. Every player's batting was weak. If Root or Stokes had batted with some responsibility, England would have been able to collect a descent of 320 +.

[Lidger]

England scored 280 runs on the first day of the second Test match between England and New Zealand. England won the first Test match brilliantly and they are ahead in the series results. However, if the New Zealand team can easily meet England's target today and is able to give a big lead, then they can level the series. But New Zealand must play well against England as they have a big target to meet so they need to improve their batting performance. If these two batsmen Devon Conway and Tom Latham can score 100 plus runs in partnership, then New Zealand will have a chance to meet the target. England will try to bowl well enough to put pressure today, but the New Zealand batsmen must bat patiently in this match because their second Test match is very important.

In response to England being bowled out for 280 in the first innings of the second Test match, New Zealand are now batting in their first innings where they have managed to score 26 runs for one wicket so far. 

280 runs in the first innings is not a very big collection. If New Zealand can bat well I think they can score above 350 runs. Since England have scored less than 300 runs, New Zealand will definitely not want to fall behind England. If a team is behind by some runs from an innings in Test cricket, then in the second innings, those few runs make a big difference. I hope New Zealand will bat against England keeping these things in mind.

[Publictalk792]

England vs New Zealand

England vs New Zealand 2 nd test game was stated between these teams and England team already won 1 st test game and their effort in this game looks weak compare to 1 st game.  New Zealand team won toss and they elected field first and this game is playing Basin Reserve stadium. Root was dismissed in this 1 turn and he made only 3 runs. Ben showed very poor effort and did not perform well and made 0 runs. Thai is the quite to judge them and think about their lose hope England team will bounce back in game and will show brilliant effort in bowling as well in batting. Brook is not dismissal yet and he complete his half century and made 51 runs in 55 balls and hitted five 4s and two 6s. Ollie helping him to make good runs for their team and he scored 29 runs in 36 balls and hitting Four 4s. Matt and Nathan each bowlers took 2 wickets of England batsman and let's see what happens in next and England team will bounce back in game and successfully win one more.

Yes second test match between England and New Zealand is happening now at Basin Reserve stadium. England already won  first test match but they are not playing as well in this match. New Zealand won coin toss and decided to make England bat first. England player Root got out early and only scored 3 runs, and Ben did not play well and scored 0 runs. So for now they total made 280 runs in the first inning. And now at this time New Zealand is playing. And they have made 44 runs. And lost only one wicket. So I hope they will give a good lead to England. So let's see what they will do.?

[JSRAW]

Lucky KL Rahul! Now need to play at least 150 balls and tire out the Aussie attack, runs will come along if you occupy the crease for this long.

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[BALIK]

Lucky KL Rahul! Now need to play at least 150 balls and tire out the Aussie attack, runs will come along if you occupy the crease for this long.

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India's top order has collapsed. India has scored 82 runs and lost 4 wickets in 22 overs. Jaiswal could not score any runs. He returned to the dressing room with the first ball. We saw a good performance from Virat Kohli in the last match. But in this match he seems to have lost his form again. Virat Kohli returned to the dressing room after scoring 7 runs. KL Rahul and Gill have managed to score 37 and 31 runs respectively.

Now at the crease are Rohit Sharma and RIshab Pant. Two experienced players of the Indian squad. And both of them have the ability to play big innings. However, I have not seen Rohit Sharma perform well in the last few matches. It is not possible to say whether Rohit will be able to play a big innings in today's match. Mitchell Starc took three of the 4 wickets. Scott Boland took one.

[libert19]

India's batting order looked stupendous on cards tbh but they played rather aggressive and threw away wickets, fun to watch but recipe for disaster. That run between Gill-Kohli was completely unnecessary — Kohli taking risky runs in goddamn test match.

From Australia's side, I am surprised mcSweeney has still got chance in second game, good catch of Rahul though.

Now our bluds are 84-4 after being 70 something at 1 wicket. May be this is proper situation for Pant to play because he fails when things are easy.