Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

T20 batsmen needs no great batting technique. All they need to do is to smash the ball out of the park (just like the West Indian batsmen such as Dre Russ and Kieron Pollard).

Its not as easy as you guys think having played Cricket for a considerable part of my life. I find scoring boundaries easier(Since timing and placement is all that is required) while pulling off maximums need brute force(Big muscular bodies help) which is why both are difficult to execute.

History even can not figure out who is the best yet, Lara or Sachin.

Easy answer. Right handed batsman: Sachin and Left handed batsman: Lara. Simple and straight to the point.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

History even can not figure out who is the best yet, Lara or Sachin. These players had not only served their own countries but also the entire cricket. Without them any format cricket would have not many influences. Most of the youngsters from last decade dreamed to be the next Sachin and Lara back in the days and still they do. For example: Kohli

I do not like to identify the best as every legendary players had their own class which stood them apart from the rest of the players and sure Lara and Sachin influenced many young generation of players and so does players in the past generation like Viv Richards and Gavaskar and there were many legendary players.

When it comes to the match, Labuschagne continues his prime form as he yet again scored a century and Australia is in a good position.

[mersal]

And in the another test match between Eng and RSA,England is batting first but they lost both the openers too early now Root and Denly is on the process of steadying their batting lineup for a while now.Current score is 77/2.If RSA can get few more wickets by today then they will be in commanding position to win another match on this series.

[onrise]

And in the another test match between Eng and RSA,England is batting first but they lost both the openers too early now Root and Denly is on the process of steadying their batting lineup for a while now.Current score is 77/2.If RSA can get few more wickets by today then they will be in commanding position to win another match on this series.

Not the start England would have expected after winning the toss and decided to bat and have lost 4 wickets already for 127 runs . Stoakes is on crease and he will have to play big inning today if he has to bring England team out of trouble .

[mersal]

And in the another test match between Eng and RSA,England is batting first but they lost both the openers too early now Root and Denly is on the process of steadying their batting lineup for a while now.Current score is 77/2.If RSA can get few more wickets by today then they will be in commanding position to win another match on this series.

Not the start England would have expected after winning the toss and decided to bat and have lost 4 wickets already for 127 runs . Stoakes is on crease and he will have to play big inning today if he has to bring England team out of trouble .

Definitely not the day of ENG after won toss and elected to bat first.Stokes doing good job by conceding more balls and set himself up to the crease for longer innings hopefully he can do if there is enough support from another side.

[7788bitcoin]

Not the start England would have expected after winning the toss and decided to bat and have lost 4 wickets already for 127 runs . Stoakes is on crease and he will have to play big inning today if he has to bring England team out of trouble .

It is a long road for England as all the major players are struggling and Root their main player is not able to convert the starts he is getting for a very long time and the selectors might need to find good players from county cricket and give them the opportunities rather than sticking on to players who are proficient in the shorter format.

[Clement Kaliyar]

tokes doing good job by conceding more balls and set himself up to the crease for longer innings hopefully he can do if there is enough support from another side.

The England batsman needs to step up their game if they want to challenge South Africa, before the series even South Africa was not in great form but with the batting failures from England and how South Africa was able to defeat them they have regained the confidence and Ben Stokes and Buttler need to play a longer innings if they are to put a good total on the board.

[Vishnu.Reang]

England is in a slightly better position now, with the partnership between Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope taking them to 185/4. Considering the fact that their lower middle order is quite strong (Jos Buttler/Sam Curran/Dominic Bess), I expect them to score at least 300. Also, let's not forget the fact that their no.11 batsman (Stuart Broad) has one test century to his name. No other team can boast of such a no.11 batsman!!! 

[JSRAW]

Lol England was looking stable after 50+ run partnership in between Ben stokes-ollie pope. but Ben stokes lose the concentration and ended up throwing his wicket, poor guy. England would be very happy if they can touch 250 runs mark in the first inning.

England is in a slightly better position now, with the partnership between Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope taking them to 185/4. Considering the fact that their lower middle order is quite strong (Jos Buttler/Sam Curran/Dominic Bess), I expect them to score at least 300. Also, let's not forget the fact that their no.11 batsman (Stuart Broad) has one test century to his name. No other team can boast of such a no.11 batsman!!!  

Their Tail fight backs but for this at least one middle order batsmen need to stay there. hope Jos Buttler stay at the crease for some time.

[ene1980]

Lol England was looking stable after 50+ run partnership in between Ben stokes-ollie pope. but Ben stokes lose the concentration and ended up throwing his wicket, poor guy. England would be very happy if they can touch 250 runs mark in the first inning.

England is struggling as they lost Ben Stokes and their fifth wicket and if they are able to score another hundred runs then it would be great, if not it will be another easy game for South Africa, Jose Buttler is in the crease and he is playing as if this is another T20 game and if he looses the wicket going after every ball then it will be another disappointment.

Their Tail fight backs but for this at least one middle order batsmen need to stay there. hope Jos Buttler stay at the crease for some time.

With their 5th wicket down, they have to hope that the tail will fight for England to put a decent score on the board  .

[JSRAW]

Lol England was looking stable after 50+ run partnership in between Ben stokes-ollie pope. but Ben stokes lose the concentration and ended up throwing his wicket, poor guy. England would be very happy if they can touch 250 runs mark in the first inning.

England is struggling as they lost Ben Stokes and their fifth wicket and if they are able to score another hundred runs then it would be great, if not it will be another easy game for South Africa, Jose Buttler is in the crease and he is playing as if this is another T20 game and if he looses the wicket going after every ball then it will be another disappointment.

Their Tail fight backs but for this at least one middle order batsmen need to stay there. hope Jos Buttler stay at the crease for some time.

With their 5th wicket down, they have to hope that the tail will fight for England to put a decent score on the board  .

Scoring runs is not easy against the new ball and its due with in 10 overs, So Buttler playing T-20 style and looking for quick runs. SA fielders are quite unlucky today. okay amount of half chances missed with the catches and LBW.

Edit : Jeez, Luck is favoring English batsmen. nicking here and there..

Australia is in a good position and Marnus Labuschagne is find of the season for Australia as his incredible form continues and today he reached his 4th century and with injury from the main players New Zealand is struggling to have an impact in the match.

This game looks dead..

[eaLiTy]

Making runs is not easy against the new ball and its due with in 10overs, So Buttler playing T-20 style and looking for quick runs. SA fielders are quite unlucky today. okay amount of half chances missed with the catches and LBW.

With the new ball Nortje is bowling at serious pace and Jos Buttler is counter attacking as that is the only game he knows, if he try to defend he might loose his wicket and so he is playing the only way he knows best and if he is able to score some runs and built a good partnership with Pope then England can easily reach a total of over 300 runs so that the bowlers will have something to defend.

Edit: and the cameo from Jos Buttler ended as it began and now they are struggling at 235 runs with one wicket left.
Australia is in a good position and Marnus Labuschagne is find of the season for Australia as his incredible form continues and today he reached his 4th century and with injury from the main players New Zealand is struggling to have an impact in the match.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Can't believe this... The England guys just threw away their wickets. They are at 235/9 now. If this is how England performs against a weak South African side (which lost more than half of its top players to the Kolpak loophole), then it reflects poorly on them. From 4/185, they slumped to 9/235. Around 6 overs remaining for today.. and I don't even think that England will survive for that long. 

[7788bitcoin]

Scoring runs is not easy against the new ball and its due with in 10 overs, So Buttler playing T-20 style and looking for quick runs. SA fielders are quite unlucky today. okay amount of half chances missed with the catches and LBW.
Edit : Jeez, Luck is favoring English batsmen. nicking here and there..

The luck ran out of England as they already lost their 9th wicket and they will try their best to reach 250 runs and it is another repeat of the first Test matches where South Africa will take a good lead and how much they can score depends upon how England bowlers are able to bowl and how the South African players can perform if Quinton de Kock have a bad match as he is only player that performed in the last match if i remember correctly.

[ene1980]

The luck ran out of England as they already lost their 9th wicket and they will try their best to reach 250 runs

The last wicket partnership is already nearing 30 runs and they have very crossed 262 runs and a couple of overs left and Pope is batting well protecting  Anderson and still trying to score the most runs for England and now they have called stumps and i am surprised that Anderson was able to defend when Nortje and Rabada was bowling, Anderson will be facing the first ball tomorrow and if he is able to survive the first over it will be a surprise for me.

[JSRAW]

South Africa was feeling good till 85th overs but after that Rabada ruined the party for his own team, by sticking with his bouncer against the Ollie Pope. 90% of last wicket runs partnership came from Rabada's bouncers in the third man area, Poor choice of deliveries from this fine bowler and big no ball when ollie pope got out was unforgivable.

Now England team got some room to catch their breathe and they wouldn't mind fresh start tomorrow morning. if last wicket partnership gets big even 30 runs more, then its a big plus for them. i would say they are very much in the game if they get close to 290 score.

[mersal]

Now England team got some room to catch their breathe and they wouldn't mind fresh start tomorrow morning. if last wicket partnership gets big even 30 runs more, then its a big plus for them. i would say they are very much in the game if they get close to 290 score.

Yes scoring few more runs will put pressure on the South Africa especially if ENG can cross 300 mark.If ENG losing wickets too often then possibility of same thing will happen with RSA also high if pitch didn't change much and bowlers give their best while bowling.I get Ollie Pope will fire in the morning to get some quick runs before bowlers get into a rhythm.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

South Africa was feeling good till 85th overs but after that Rabada ruined the party for his own team, by sticking with his bouncer against the Ollie Pope. 90% of last wicket runs partnership came from Rabada's bouncers in the third man area, Poor choice of deliveries from this fine bowler and big no ball when ollie pope got out was unforgivable.

I was not able to watch the last few overs as i stopped watching when Buttler got out and then the wickets started to fall and i never thought they will reach 250 runs but England was able to put some runs on the board for the last wicket which will help them if they are able to bowl well tomorrow.

Now England team got some room to catch their breathe and they wouldn't mind fresh start tomorrow morning. if last wicket partnership gets big even 30 runs more, then its a big plus for them. i would say they are very much in the game if they get close to 290 score.

As already mentioned Anderson will be facing the first ball and i will not be surprised if South Africa will pick up the wicket in the first over and any runs added to the score is a bonus if not England bowlers will be having a hard time to win a match with a low total on the board and the match depends upon how South Africa is going to play the first innings.

[onrise]

England poor performance continue in this test match as well and like last match they are making less score in first inning and this will result in the match to them in the end . SA on other hand has bowled well and just 1 wicket away to start their batting .

[deadley]

England poor performance continue in this test match as well and like last match they are making less score in first inning and this will result in the match to them in the end . SA on other hand has bowled well and just 1 wicket away to start their batting .

Very annoyed to see them play like ODI or T20 in test match. Test match require patience for bad ball to hit it boundary. Not like playing risky shots. Otherwise pitch was easy to bat.