Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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Proteas sent tailender Anrich Nortje as Night watchman, just to save De Kock. no teams likes to send regular batsman when few overs left for the Stumps. Agreed they have good chance of winning the first game.

South Africa have a really huge lead and it is difficult to chase that much score in this pitch but England have the players to chase any score if they are able to built partnerships as there is plenty of time for the match as this is just the third day and the target for England is 376 and they have a session left in the third day and two full days to win the match and it is not that easy as it sounds but it will show the temperament of the English players if they are able to win from this situation.

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Quinton de Kock was the stand out performer for South Africa and considering this as a bowling friendly wicket where the bowlers took 15 wickets in a day you need to give props to Quinton de Kock for his stroke play in scoring 95 runs where the rest of the batsman was struggling

Agreed. I have no idea why they are sending him so late down the order, but he seems to be doing well in any position these days. South Africa could win this one if they give England a lead of +300 since Philander is on fire currently.

Proteas sent tailender Anrich Nortje as Night watchman, just to save De Kock. no teams likes to send regular batsman when few overs left for the Stumps. Agreed they have good chance of winning the first game.

Going to be interesting match as England require another 351 runs and still 10 wickets left . But very much likely that SA will win the match easily as 2 days still left in the games play . If England has slightest  of the chance then the top 3 batsman has to big innings.

[BitSat19]

Quinton de Kock was the stand out performer for South Africa and considering this as a bowling friendly wicket where the bowlers took 15 wickets in a day you need to give props to Quinton de Kock for his stroke play in scoring 95 runs where the rest of the batsman was struggling

Agreed. I have no idea why they are sending him so late down the order, but he seems to be doing well in any position these days. South Africa could win this one if they give England a lead of +300 since Philander is on fire currently.

Proteas sent tailender Anrich Nortje as Night watchman, just to save De Kock. no teams likes to send regular batsman when few overs left for the Stumps. Agreed they have good chance of winning the first game.

Going to be interesting match as England require another 351 runs and still 10 wickets left . But very much likely that SA will win the match easily as 2 days still left in the games play . If England has slightest  of the chance then the top 3 batsman has to big innings.

I was not expecting this from England they are doing very good job against average bowling of South Africa bringing them under pressure if these openers able to stay some more time on crease then surely South African moral will down and England can win this game as they have 2 more days.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

I was not expecting this from England they are doing very good job against average bowling of South Africa bringing them under pressure if these openers able to stay some more time on crease then surely South African moral will down and England can win this game as they have 2 more days.

England started really well and they are giving a good fight for the South African bowlers, they just lost their first wicket and if they are able to build partnership like these then they have a fighting chance to win the match as Jose Butler has given them some thrilling wins in the past and if they can take the team closer to the target then they have a long batting line up to challenge the South African team, it all depends how the pitch behaves in the last two days.

[JSRAW]

England started really well and they are giving a good fight for the South African bowlers, they just lost their first wicket and if they are able to build partnership like these then they have a fighting chance to win the match as Jose Butler has given them some thrilling wins in the past and if they can take the team closer to the target then they have a long batting line up to challenge the South African team, it all depends how the pitch behaves in the last two days.

121/1 and 5 overs left today. Early Stump

Tension for SA and big relief for England, considering their first inning misadventure but game is 50-50 now. one more good partnership means home run for England and SA need only 1 good spell.

[akhjob]

121/1 and 5 overs left today. Early Stump

Tension for SA and big relief for England, considering their first inning misadventure but game is 50-50 now. one more good partnership means home run for England and SA need only 1 good spell.

I believe that it was a good thing that I cashed out my bet on SA early at 1.5x. Considering the current scenario, I believe that ENG now have a chance to win this match.

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England started really well and they are giving a good fight for the South African bowlers, they just lost their first wicket and if they are able to build partnership like these then they have a fighting chance to win the match as Jose Butler has given them some thrilling wins in the past and if they can take the team closer to the target then they have a long batting line up to challenge the South African team, it all depends how the pitch behaves in the last two days.

121/1 and 5 overs left today. Early Stump

Tension for SA and big relief for England, considering their first inning misadventure but game is 50-50 now. one more good partnership means home run for England and SA need only 1 good spell.

Tomorrow's morning will be the right time,if they really wanted to win the match or if the ENG batsmen got settled then they will simply take this match away from them.But I still feel the match got 50/50 side for both the team.

[pakhitheboss]

England started really well and they are giving a good fight for the South African bowlers, they just lost their first wicket and if they are able to build partnership like these then they have a fighting chance to win the match as Jose Butler has given them some thrilling wins in the past and if they can take the team closer to the target then they have a long batting line up to challenge the South African team, it all depends how the pitch behaves in the last two days.

121/1 and 5 overs left today. Early Stump

Tension for SA and big relief for England, considering their first inning misadventure but game is 50-50 now. one more good partnership means home run for England and SA need only 1 good spell.

Tomorrow's morning will be the right time,if they really wanted to win the match or if the ENG batsmen got settled then they will simply take this match away from them.But I still feel the match got 50/50 side for both the team.

England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

[Indymoney]

England started really well and they are giving a good fight for the South African bowlers, they just lost their first wicket and if they are able to build partnership like these then they have a fighting chance to win the match as Jose Butler has given them some thrilling wins in the past and if they can take the team closer to the target then they have a long batting line up to challenge the South African team, it all depends how the pitch behaves in the last two days.

121/1 and 5 overs left today. Early Stump

Tension for SA and big relief for England, considering their first inning misadventure but game is 50-50 now. one more good partnership means home run for England and SA need only 1 good spell.

Tomorrow's morning will be the right time,if they really wanted to win the match or if the ENG batsmen got settled then they will simply take this match away from them.But I still feel the match got 50/50 side for both the team.

England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

They have two days full days no one its enough time for them one opener is already set and he can give them some good stand with other batsmen now need some calm and patience from expereinced players for this historical win very good fightback by them after very poor first inning bowlers also on target now just batting lineup can complete this all.

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England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

The target looks acheiavable considering that England have 9 wickets in hand but anything can happen in a match and we all saw how they struggled in the first innings and went on to loose wickets at regular interval and who knows that might not happen again, either way it is a reachable target and hope the England players could somehow win the match, there will be only two outcome in this match, England can defend and loose their wickets or go for the win.

[Sithara007]

England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

The target looks acheiavable considering that England have 9 wickets in hand but anything can happen in a match and we all saw how they struggled in the first innings and went on to loose wickets at regular interval and who knows that might not happen again, either way it is a reachable target and hope the England players could somehow win the match, there will be only two outcome in this match, England can defend and loose their wickets or go for the win.

It is still very difficult to predict and I would give 50/50 chances to both the teams. If the target was in the 300-320 range, then I would have gone with England. But they need 376 to win (255 more with 9 wickets in hand now), and the South African bowlers seems to have regained their form. Today is the fourth day and Keshav Maharaj will be getting a lot of support from the pitch. Also, Vernon Philander picked up 4 wickets during the first innings and he may prove to be a bit tough to handle for the Brits.

[onrise]

England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

The target looks acheiavable considering that England have 9 wickets in hand but anything can happen in a match and we all saw how they struggled in the first innings and went on to loose wickets at regular interval and who knows that might not happen again, either way it is a reachable target and hope the England players could somehow win the match, there will be only two outcome in this match, England can defend and loose their wickets or go for the win.

As expected OZ won the match very easily by 247 runs and only thing NZ would be happy is that Blundell made century and played well for 121 runs. With this NZ lost the series as already down by 2-0 in 3 test match . Travis was the player of the match.

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England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

The target looks acheiavable considering that England have 9 wickets in hand but anything can happen in a match and we all saw how they struggled in the first innings and went on to loose wickets at regular interval and who knows that might not happen again, either way it is a reachable target and hope the England players could somehow win the match, there will be only two outcome in this match, England can defend and loose their wickets or go for the win.

As expected OZ won the match very easily by 247 runs and only thing NZ would be happy is that Blundell made century and played well for 121 runs. With this NZ lost the series as already down by 2-0 in 3 test match . Travis was the player of the match.

At least NZ try to avoid the complete qhitewash by giving some real effort to win the next match which is about to happen between Jan 02 and 06.On the other match, Can england get another 255 to win the match?Looks easy but let's wait and see.

[Haunebu]

The target looks achievable considering that England have 9 wickets in hand but anything can happen in a match and we all saw how they struggled in the first innings and went on to loose wickets at regular interval and who knows that might not happen again, either way it is a reachable target and hope the England players could somehow win the match, there will be only two outcome in this match, England can defend and loose their wickets or go for the win.

Burns is hanging on at the moment, but I still think South Africa will win this one easily since England is under immense pressure and I am expecting a collapse once Burns gets out. Most of the batsmen lower down the order are great ODI and T-20 batsmen(Not Test batsmen except Root).

As expected OZ won the match very easily by 247 runs and only thing NZ would be happy is that Blundell made century and played well for 121 runs. With this NZ lost the series as already down by 2-0 in 3 test match . Travis was the player of the match.

Nothing surprising here. New Zealand has been winning primarily due to their bowling these days(Not batting) which is where they seriously need to improve.

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I believe that it was a good thing that I cashed out my bet on SA early at 1.5x. Considering the current scenario, I believe that ENG now have a chance to win this match.

haha, you did good. this match still got some juice left though.

At least NZ try to avoid the complete qhitewash by giving some real effort to win the next match which is about to happen between Jan 02 and 06.

Nothing surprising here. New Zealand has been winning primarily due to their bowling these days(Not batting) which is where they seriously need to improve.

2 consecutive defeat with 200+ runs tells the story of this tour. I would say disappointing performance from Kiwis so far, especially Williamson.

On the other match, Can england get another 255 to win the match?Looks easy but let's wait and see.

Burns is hanging on at the moment, but I still think South Africa will win this one easily since England is under immense pressure and I am expecting a collapse once Burns gets out. Most of the batsmen lower down the order are great ODI and T-20 batsmen(Not Test batsmen except Root).

This game is balanced atm. both teams has equal chance of winning the game. if South Africa goes wicketless in the first session then they are in big trouble. Personally i would like to see 3-4 hour of good cricket from both sides with bat and ball.

[sureshnsnet]

England started really well and they are giving a good fight for the South African bowlers, they just lost their first wicket and if they are able to build partnership like these then they have a fighting chance to win the match as Jose Butler has given them some thrilling wins in the past and if they can take the team closer to the target then they have a long batting line up to challenge the South African team, it all depends how the pitch behaves in the last two days.

121/1 and 5 overs left today. Early Stump

Tension for SA and big relief for England, considering their first inning misadventure but game is 50-50 now. one more good partnership means home run for England and SA need only 1 good spell.

Tomorrow's morning will be the right time,if they really wanted to win the match or if the ENG batsmen got settled then they will simply take this match away from them.But I still feel the match got 50/50 side for both the team.

England only need 255 runs to win. They have lost only one wicket and have the full day to chase this target which is less than 6 runs an over. Personally I think this achievable, if England does not lose quick wickets.

England can reach the target very easy if the same partnership continues more than 100 runs And England still has two more days to go they have to utilize the that and still have 9 wickets in hand.

[JSRAW]

How many of you watching this game?

Its keep getting interesting ball after ball, spell after spell  

Ben stokes out, England is 4 down now and need 168 runs . They have 3 recognized batsmen left Root,Bairstow, Buttler.

[mersal]

How many of you watching this game?

Its keep getting interesting ball after ball, spell after spell  

Ben stokes out, England is 4 down now and need 168 runs . They have 3 recognized batsmen left Root,Bairstow, Buttler.

I am not watching this game,but I am seeing the scores too often since the match is getting more excited.RSA really have a chance if they can tempt ENG tails to play strokes than defending balls.

[Indymoney]

How many of you watching this game?

Its keep getting interesting ball after ball, spell after spell  

Ben stokes out, England is 4 down now and need 168 runs . They have 3 recognized batsmen left Root,Bairstow, Buttler.

Now England need 156 runs Root and Baristow on and South Africa going to take new ball its very important time for both teams Rabada going to start with new ball and Root survived and Bairstow four on first new ball very interesting match still balanced for both sides.

Edit Bairstow gone on second ball of new ball.

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Burns is hanging on at the moment, but I still think South Africa will win this one easily since England is under immense pressure and I am expecting a collapse once Burns gets out. Most of the batsmen lower down the order are great ODI and T-20 batsmen(Not Test batsmen except Root).

England lost their 5th wicket and still need 153 runs to win the match and there is plenty of time and the advantage for England right now is that Joe Root is still in the crease and if South Africa need to win then they need to pick his wicket and he is accompanied by Buttler and one more wicket and then the tail will get expose and it is interesting to see how Buttler is going to approach the match, will he try to smash the ball rather than holding on to his wicket.