Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

In their last tour, it took them 12 days to lose the series. Root had to stepped down as skipper and silverwood was sacked. They drastically changed the team culture with no fear of failure only to lose series in 11 days lol nicee.

Expectations are so low that if poms play normal ( grinding) test cricket which is an requirement and expected from every team in red ball but for england it's called their best performance hehe.

Stokes going all ga ga over agressive cricket for last two yr leading upto his biggest test as a team "Ashes", only to dump Bazball in middle of the series 

I'm giving them 17 days to lose Ashes 5-0  , if they somehow survive more than that ..English Media might declare moral victory.

Not just stokes but likes of brook, overton, duckett etc were bad as well, especially brook and duckett were unbearable in their public appearances with verbal diarrhea. Like saving test cricket, we are playing for entertainment, jaiswal should give credit to us , good practice for ashes etc.

Now I'm interested in post Ashes reshuffle in the squad.

[free-bit.co.in]

Third test match is finished and Australia has won game by 82 runs. Win will see Australia win series 3-0 and keep Ashes trophy. Although England made their best tries on final day with high scores of Zak Crawley and Jamie Smith, they failed to reach huge target of 435 runs. Match star was Travis Head with his great 170 runs and Mitchell Starc ended game by taking last wickets. Dream of England to win  series is now gone as Australia showed that they are better team.

If we talk about the leader Australia is on the top with five matches and five wins. If England is playing like this they are damaging to their own reputation but as well as they are making it easy for Australia to be the part of WTC final in 2027.
Ausralia seems to be in the best of their form.

England's performance has been very erratic for a long time. Especially England's batsmen are not able to do well. As a result, england has lost all three Test matches against Australia. And the main reason for england's defeat in  these three matches is the failure of the batsmen. If the batsmen had done well, they would  not have been able to win at least one match. But in the entire series, we have not seen any of england's batsmen continue their  good performance. Even  though england won the last two matches, they lost the series. Anyway, as they are in bad form, England will lose the last two matches as well.

[Crypto Library]

What a shocker! England losing against the Aussies so badly without a single close match in 3 encounters itself says a lot. England's overdependence on Root cost them quite a bit. I never liked Stokes as a captain, but I do love him as an all-rounder for sure.

On the other hand, I have no idea how some mediocre players like Crawley, Pope, Duckett etc keep getting so many opportunities. Let's see if this mediocre English side can avoid a whitewash or not.

I wouldn't gonna say it shocker rather I would say that the result of this match was expected as because we already know that currently the Australian team is most favourite team in the test format.
And in this aspect, the Australian team is currently a much stronger team in the Test format and that is why we can see that the England team has not performed well in even one match of this series and has lost in all three and in this case I think they can be whitewashed in this series too.

[Bitcoin_people]

The West Indies team is batting on the fourth day in order to meet the target given by New Zealand, the New Zealand team has given a target of 462 runs to the West Indies team, although it will be a bit challenging for the team to meet its run. However, if the West Indies team can perform well in batting, then it can definitely be possible to defeat New Zealand. At the moment, the West Indies team is batting, if the opening batsmen can score a century, then the game will largely go to the West Indies. Since the batting and bowling performance of the New Zealand team is very good, it is expected that the New Zealand team will be able to defeat the West Indies. However, the West Indies team has scored only 43 runs on the fourth day, they still need to score 419 runs to win this series match.

[Bluedrem]

The West Indies team is batting on the fourth day in order to meet the target given by New Zealand, the New Zealand team has given a target of 462 runs to the West Indies team, although it will be a bit challenging for the team to meet its run. However, if the West Indies team can perform well in batting, then it can definitely be possible to defeat New Zealand. At the moment, the West Indies team is batting, if the opening batsmen can score a century, then the game will largely go to the West Indies. Since the batting and bowling performance of the New Zealand team is very good, it is expected that the New Zealand team will be able to defeat the West Indies. However, the West Indies team has scored only 43 runs on the fourth day, they still need to score 419 runs to win this series match.

West Indies have a good chance of winning this Test match but the history of winning a Test match by going past 500 runs in the fourth innings is very rare. There is still one day left in this match so I think the match is more likely to be drawn than won. I don't think West Indies will take such a big risk to win this match where they will have to score more than 400 runs in a day which is a big challenge even though they have 10 wickets in hand but if any wicket falls from here then things can go the other way. So I would say the chances of a draw are much higher than any team winning this match.

[Danica22]

The West Indies team is batting on the fourth day in order to meet the target given by New Zealand, the New Zealand team has given a target of 462 runs to the West Indies team, although it will be a bit challenging for the team to meet its run. However, if the West Indies team can perform well in batting, then it can definitely be possible to defeat New Zealand. At the moment, the West Indies team is batting, if the opening batsmen can score a century, then the game will largely go to the West Indies. Since the batting and bowling performance of the New Zealand team is very good, it is expected that the New Zealand team will be able to defeat the West Indies. However, the West Indies team has scored only 43 runs on the fourth day, they still need to score 419 runs to win this series match.

West Indies batted very well in the first innings. West Indies batted for about 130 overs. If the West indies batsmen can bat with such  responsibility in the second innings, then the match  is most likely to be drawn. West Indies got the opportunity to bat for  16 overs on the fourth day. They scored 43  runs without losing any wickets.
New zealand has a high chance of winning the match. But let's not forget that this is a batting friendly pitch. It is very difficult for bowlers to bowl well on such a pitch. So it is not  surprising if the match is drawn.

[UmerIdrees]

WIndies batting in last test of the series has surprised everyone. Latham and Conway gave NZ a record opening stand on 323 runs, this is one of highest opening partnerships in test history. WIndies have to settle NZ first innings total of 575 and at the end of day 3 WIndies score is 381 runs. Two days left in this test and WIndies still have 4 wickets in hand before NZ will start there second innings. The pitch looks batting friendly and that's why batsmen are scoring runs quite easily. Most likely this test will end in draw.

The pitch was completely batting friendly. And we are seeing the expected performance from both the players. New zealand batted very well. They scored 575 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the first innings and 306 runs for the loss of only 2 wickets in the second  innings. New zealand was able to give a huge target of 462 runs.

The performance of the West Indies batsmen is also quite decent. They scored  420 runs in the first innings and 43  runs in the second innings and have not lost a wicket yet. The match is going to be a draw, it is almost certain if West Indies can bat well tomorrow. Anyway, the performance of the West Indies batsmen is erratic. I will not be surprised if  they face a batting disaster tomorrow. But so  far the match is most likely to be a draw.

Even though it is a batting wicket but still it will not be easy for the West Indies team to make another 419 runs on the last day to get to the victory. I think the best they can do is to try not to lose the wickets and try to save the game. If they lose some eary wickets, the pressure will be immense on them and it won't be easy for them to save the game.

By the way, Brandon King and John Campbell are batting well with 43 on the board and not lost any wicket. A good opening partnership.

[Compromise me]

Australia won the Ashes, I think this kind of game play by England team ends the hype of rivarly between them and washed down the history. It is the rivalry that going on from the 18th century and right now after seeing the latest performance by England team that they are just making the hype ends and that is it.

Last time they won in 2015, 10 years before. Ben Stokes' captaincy is really bad, he is not taking anything seriously, including his form and everything.

Travis Head has its peak because he is performing well in all series and he is top priority player in all leagues and tournaments because he is playing well in all formats. Australia International cricket team is best and their BBL is also best and we are watching big players in that tournament. Travis Head made 170 runs in this match because he gave good start to his team when opponent team tried to build pressure in this match. Australia International cricket team won the match by 82 runs because they gave big target in this match and England team could not handle the pressure and gave back to back wickets in this match.England team could not play well in the first inning and that was the reason they lose this match at the end of the match.

[WatChe]

I wouldn't gonna say it shocker rather I would say that the result of this match was expected as because we already know that currently the Australian team is most favourite team in the test format.
And in this aspect, the Australian team is currently a much stronger team in the Test format and that is why we can see that the England team has not performed well in even one match of this series and has lost in all three and in this case I think they can be whitewashed in this series too.

Australians are not doubt a strong test team and can beat any team anywhere. They become extra strong, when they play test at there home. After losing the third test and the series, the biggest challenge for England team is avoid a whitewash in Ashes. The way Australians have performed in first three matches, it is possible that they can win remaining two tests also. England need to revisit there strategy and must come well prepared for the boxing day test match. It will be good for England to end this Ashes 3-2 rather then 5-0.   

[Farhan99]

The West Indies team is batting on the fourth day in order to meet the target given by New Zealand, the New Zealand team has given a target of 462 runs to the West Indies team, although it will be a bit challenging for the team to meet its run. However, if the West Indies team can perform well in batting, then it can definitely be possible to defeat New Zealand. At the moment, the West Indies team is batting, if the opening batsmen can score a century, then the game will largely go to the West Indies. Since the batting and bowling performance of the New Zealand team is very good, it is expected that the New Zealand team will be able to defeat the West Indies. However, the West Indies team has scored only 43 runs on the fourth day, they still need to score 419 runs to win this series match.

Yeah, in the test game between New Zealand and West Indies at the end of day 4 West Indies scores 43 runs and needs 419 more runs to win the game. At the end of the day 3 West Indies scores 381 runs with loss of 6 wickets and at the start of the day 4 West Indies continue his 1st innings and Kewam Hodge played a well inning of 123 runs and also Alick Athanaze scores 45 runs and at the end of the innings West Indies scores 420 runs. New Zealand opens his 2nd inning with Tom Lathum and Devon Conway and both the openers give a very positive start to the team and Lathum played a well inning of 101 runs.

 Devon Conway played a well inning of 100 runs and in middle order kane Williamson scores 40 runs and also Rachin Ravindra scores a well inning of 45 runs and New Zealand declared the innings at 306 runs with loss of 2 wickets and set a huge target of 462 for West Indies. West Indies opens his 2nd inning with John Campbell and Brandon King and Campbell scores only 2 runs and remains  not out and also Brandon king scores 37 runs and at the end of the day 4 West Indies scores 43 runs and needs 419 runs to win.

[ZAINmalik75]

Australia won the Ashes, I think this kind of game play by England team ends the hype of rivarly between them and washed down the history. It is the rivalry that going on from the 18th century and right now after seeing the latest performance by England team that they are just making the hype ends and that is it.

Last time they won in 2015, 10 years before. Ben Stokes' captaincy is really bad, he is not taking anything seriously, including his form and everything.

Yeh it's kind of as they already lost current ongoing ashes and soon expected to be whitewash by mighty Aussies the way they were facing batting collapse now days at crucial situation, English top order were really off colour throughout the series and after having awful start definitely rest of lineup face mounting pressure and that's how they messed up things for several as momentum were already gone out of thier hand. Anyway it was great effort from smith and jacks to catch the required rate for his team in order to met target but all in vain as soon as thier partnership broke by starc.

[Haunebu]

I wouldn't gonna say it shocker rather I would say that the result of this match was expected as because we already know that currently the Australian team is most favourite team in the test format.
And in this aspect, the Australian team is currently a much stronger team in the Test format and that is why we can see that the England team has not performed well in even one match of this series and has lost in all three and in this case I think they can be whitewashed in this series too.

I was actually being sarcastic there when I called it a shocker. Everyone and their grandmas were expecting the Aussies to easily win thanks to England's shitty batting lineup and lack of great bowlers. Root and Archer cannot save the team everytime.

I placed a bet earlier on Australia winning this whole series(Futures bet) and it turned out to be epic value for money. Placed another bet to watch England getting whitewashed. Hope I win that one too.

[hafiztalha]

The West Indies team is batting on the fourth day in order to meet the target given by New Zealand, the New Zealand team has given a target of 462 runs to the West Indies team, although it will be a bit challenging for the team to meet its run. However, if the West Indies team can perform well in batting, then it can definitely be possible to defeat New Zealand. At the moment, the West Indies team is batting, if the opening batsmen can score a century, then the game will largely go to the West Indies. Since the batting and bowling performance of the New Zealand team is very good, it is expected that the New Zealand team will be able to defeat the West Indies. However, the West Indies team has scored only 43 runs on the fourth day, they still need to score 419 runs to win this series match.

Yeah, in the test game between New Zealand and West Indies at the end of day 4 West Indies scores 43 runs and needs 419 more runs to win the game. At the end of the day 3 West Indies scores 381 runs with loss of 6 wickets and at the start of the day 4 West Indies continue his 1st innings and Kewam Hodge played a well inning of 123 runs and also Alick Athanaze scores 45 runs and at the end of the innings West Indies scores 420 runs. New Zealand opens his 2nd inning with Tom Lathum and Devon Conway and both the openers give a very positive start to the team and Lathum played a well inning of 101 runs.

 Devon Conway played a well inning of 100 runs and in middle order kane Williamson scores 40 runs and also Rachin Ravindra scores a well inning of 45 runs and New Zealand declared the innings at 306 runs with loss of 2 wickets and set a huge target of 462 for West Indies. West Indies opens his 2nd inning with John Campbell and Brandon King and Campbell scores only 2 runs and remains  not out and also Brandon king scores 37 runs and at the end of the day 4 West Indies scores 43 runs and needs 419 runs to win.

3 rd test game between New Zealand and WI teams is playing and last turn is live and WI team needs 388 runs to win this game and they scored 74 runs in 2 nd turn and did not lose any wicket yet. New Zealand team already beated WI team in 2 nd game and 1 st test game was abandoned. New Zealand team made 575 big runs in 1 st turn and both opener batsmen Tom and Devon batted so brilliant, Tom made brilliant century 137 runs in 246 balls and hitted fifteen 4s and one 6s. But Devon made double century and he showed mind blowing in 1 st turn and scored total 227 runs in 367 balls and hitted thirteen one 4s. WI team also batted good and they chased 420 runs but unfortunately that was not enough to win game. In 2nd turn of New Zealand team, again Tom and Devon performed brilliantly and again both completed outstanding century Tom scored 101 runs and Devon scored 100 runs. There is no chance for WI team to survive in this game neither win game.

[Sithara007]

Australia won the Ashes, I think this kind of game play by England team ends the hype of rivarly between them and washed down the history. It is the rivalry that going on from the 18th century and right now after seeing the latest performance by England team that they are just making the hype ends and that is it.

Last time they won in 2015, 10 years before. Ben Stokes' captaincy is really bad, he is not taking anything seriously, including his form and everything.

It is unfair to blame Stokes, when the other players doesn't perform. If Stokes is removed from the captaincy, who else will be the captain? Joe Root is not very interested and I don't think that anyone in the current squad fits that role. So for the foreseeable future, I guess Stokes will be the test captain. They still have two matches remaining. The series is already lost as the Aussies won the first three matches. But they can add respectability by performing strongly in the next two matches. But in order to do that, they should make the necessary changes to the playing XI.

[noormcs5]

In the Test match, the batsmen of the team played brilliantly in New Zealand, their opening batting was really interesting. Latham scored 137 and Conway scored 227, and the other batsmen also batted well, as a result of which they gave a huge target of 575 runs. However, the West Indies team is batting at the moment and they have lost 6 wickets on the 3rd day, although their batting is under pressure at the moment. Kavem Hodge has scored a brilliant century and is still unbeaten to increase the runs. On the 3rd day, the West Indies team has scored 381 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, they still need to score 194 runs to meet the target. However, if the West Indies team loses wickets quickly in this match, then they will definitely lose the match.

The result of this third Test match have not yet come which was played between the New Zealand and West Indies team. The first match was drawn and the second match was won by the New Zealand team. In this match too, in the first inning, they scored 575 runs and the performance of their players in this first innings was amazing. Out of these, Devon Conway and Tom Latham, who opened, one of them scored 137 runs and the other scored 227 runs. The performance of the rest was also similar to theirs, due to which they were able to set such a magnificent target. On the other hand, when the West Indies team was changing this target, they failed in it. It so happened that their team scored only 381 runs in 113 overs and failed in this first innings. The results of this match have not come yet and let's see what happens next. Kavem Hodge only scored 109 runs and none of the others showed any good performance, that's why they  Could not meet this target.

After playing so good for the first four days of this test match, the West Indies batting collapsed on the last day of this test match. Nothing went right for them in the final innings.

Although when Brandon King and John Campbell were batting, it seems that West Indies will once again make a big total but as soon as Brandon King got out at 87, the wickets started falling so quickly. Before West Indies could recover they were 91 for four wickets down and after that they never looked to recover back. The whole team was booked at only 138 runs, its hard to imagine this type of performance by them.

[Rustam Meraj]

3 rd test game between New Zealand and WI teams is playing and last turn is live and WI team needs 388 runs to win this game and they scored 74 runs in 2 nd turn and did not lose any wicket yet. New Zealand team already beated WI team in 2 nd game and 1 st test game was abandoned. New Zealand team made 575 big runs in 1 st turn and both opener batsmen Tom and Devon batted so brilliant, Tom made brilliant century 137 runs in 246 balls and hitted fifteen 4s and one 6s. But Devon made double century and he showed mind blowing in 1 st turn and scored total 227 runs in 367 balls and hitted thirteen one 4s. WI team also batted good and they chased 420 runs but unfortunately that was not enough to win game. In 2nd turn of New Zealand team, again Tom and Devon performed brilliantly and again both completed outstanding century Tom scored 101 runs and Devon scored 100 runs. There is no chance for WI team to survive in this game neither win game.

Performance of New Zealand openers, Tom Latham and Devon Conway, was amazing as they both scored hundreds in both turns, and this has placed West Indies in very tough spot. New Zealand controlled game after they scored huge 575 runs in their first turn, and one of them, Conway, scored double century. Although West Indies have begun their last turn in good shape at 74/0, but all team got out at 138 runs and they lost match 323 runs. I Think this is failure of bowlers in West Indies that pitch was too flat, and they simply bowl wrong line and length to Latham and Conway?

[Bd officer]

After playing so good for the first four days of this test match, the West Indies batting collapsed on the last day of this test match. Nothing went right for them in the final innings.

Although when Brandon King and John Campbell were batting, it seems that West Indies will once again make a big total but as soon as Brandon King got out at 87, the wickets started falling so quickly. Before West Indies could recover they were 91 for four wickets down and after that they never looked to recover back. The whole team was booked at only 138 runs, its hard to imagine this type of performance by them.

In the beginning of the 2nd innings, West Indies did well, the opening two batsmen made a partnership of 87 runs, but lost 10 wickets to make the next 51 runs. In the 2nd innings, Brandon King was the only batsman who was able to score 50+ runs, besides, no one could score 16+. However, maybe the West Indies batsmen wanted to draw the match but that was not possible either, because Shai Hope faced a lot of balls, he was out for 3 runs off 78 balls. However, West Indies scored 400+ in the 1st innings but were all out for just 138 runs in the 2nd innings which was very disappointing. There was a 3-match Test series where New Zealand won the series 2-0. West Indies batting line has been weak, they are not able to do well, so West Indies batting line needs to improve, otherwise they will lose to any other team.

[MusaPk]

In the beginning of the 2nd innings, West Indies did well, the opening two batsmen made a partnership of 87 runs, but lost 10 wickets to make the next 51 runs. In the 2nd innings, Brandon King was the only batsman who was able to score 50+ runs, besides, no one could score 16+. However, maybe the West Indies batsmen wanted to draw the match but that was not possible either, because Shai Hope faced a lot of balls, he was out for 3 runs off 78 balls. However, West Indies scored 400+ in the 1st innings but were all out for just 138 runs in the 2nd innings which was very disappointing. There was a 3-match Test series where New Zealand won the series 2-0. West Indies batting line has been weak, they are not able to do well, so West Indies batting line needs to improve, otherwise they will lose to any other team.

After seeing WIndies batting in first innings, it was expected that they will do good in second innings but we saw once again a typical WIndies batting collapse. After scoring 420 runs in first innings, the whole team surprised everyone by getting out for just 138 runs. Brandon King 67 runs in second innings saved the team from humiliation otherwise the team won't be able to score 100 runs. Openers gave 87 runs stand and not even a single batsmen from middle order was able to score in double figure. Devon Conway was man of the match for scoring centuries in both innings.