Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

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+1 yeah old timers were not great athletes but almost everyone had good pair of hands, especially when guarding slips and we don't see many good catchers there nowadays.  

Rohit is good slip fielder but lazy when out of the circle. Ishant well he's disappointment when chasing a ball.
edit : shiiit Babar gone.....

Pak : 158/6.

[pakhitheboss]

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+1 yeah old timers were not great athletes but almost everyone had good pair of hands, especially when guarding slips and we don't see many good catchers there nowadays.  

Rohit is good slip fielder but lazy when out of the circle. Ishant well he's disappointment when chasing a ball.
edit : shiiit Babar gone.....

Pak : 158/6.

Pakistan in big trouble 175/7

Rizwan batting on 23 and trying to stay on the pitch, Afridi on zero. What happened to Pakistan batting today. I do not think they will be able to score 200 if wickets keep falling like this.

[JSRAW]

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Pakistan in big trouble 175/7

Rizwan batting on 23 and trying to stay on the pitch, Afridi on zero. What happened to Pakistan batting today. I do not think they will be able to score 200 if wickets keep falling like this.

They are not very far from 200 mark so they should reach there and try to push for extra 10-15 runs, it would give some fighting chance to their bowlers. Conditions are good for seamers here and Pakistan pace battery can do some damage for sure.

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Lol run out... now 200 looking far... hehe

Wasim Akram bashing tailender  ....

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Rizwan doing exceptional job for his team. 196/8

and 200 up for Pakistan... every run from here is bonus for them..

[BitSat19]

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Pakistan in big trouble 175/7

Rizwan batting on 23 and trying to stay on the pitch, Afridi on zero. What happened to Pakistan batting today. I do not think they will be able to score 200 if wickets keep falling like this.

They are not very far from 200 mark so they should reach there and try to push for extra 10-15 runs, it would give some fighting chance to their bowlers. Conditions are good for seamers here and Pakistan pace battery can do some damage for sure.

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Lol run out... now 200 looking far... hehe

Wasim Akram bashing tailender  ....

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Rizwan doing exceptional job for his team. 196/8

and 200 up for Pakistan... every run from here is bonus for them..

Rizwan has helped Pakistan team to cross 200 runs and Pakistan is now 223/9. Though it is not a big score, but rains/bad light is helping the team to save the game. Just if the match does not happen or only few more overs happen today so basically in 2 days only 1 innings has happened and this means England needs to score big in their first innings only if they see any chance of winning from here.

Forecast is not good for next few days so only this is good thing going in Pakistan favour other all things going against them Rizwan is doing good job until even 223/9 is not good but still some manageable I am really upset with Azhar Ali Asad Shafiq after playing lots of matches still doing same mistakes matter of shame for them.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Rain interruption is having a more disruptive role in international cricket nowadays, compared to the situation we had a few decades back. Climate change may be one of the reasons. ICC needs to look in to this issue and find a solution which is acceptable to all. One of the solutions would be to stage more matches in countries such as UAE and Australia, where the chances of rain interruption are low.

[JSRAW]

^^^English weather flirting with the cricket is not new thing tho. How about...
- Avoid mansoon season in subcontinent. Fix domestic series during mansoon, if necessary.
- No ICC tournament in England  

[JohnBitCo]

Rain interruption is having a more disruptive role in international cricket nowadays, compared to the situation we had a few decades back. Climate change may be one of the reasons. ICC needs to look in to this issue and find a solution which is acceptable to all. One of the solutions would be to stage more matches in countries such as UAE and Australia, where the chances of rain interruption are low.

Rain delay and bad light give advantage to one team and this time it is Pakistan who are getting benefits from this delay. The match may resume in some time but if Pakistan were able to draw this match, then the credit will goes to the weather. England team deserve to win the 2nd test if the weather permits.

[Indymoney]

Rain interruption is having a more disruptive role in international cricket nowadays, compared to the situation we had a few decades back. Climate change may be one of the reasons. ICC needs to look in to this issue and find a solution which is acceptable to all. One of the solutions would be to stage more matches in countries such as UAE and Australia, where the chances of rain interruption are low.

Rain delay and bad light give advantage to one team and this time it is Pakistan who are getting benefits from this delay. The match may resume in some time but if Pakistan were able to draw this match, then the credit will goes to the weather. England team deserve to win the 2nd test if the weather permits.

Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.
English Empire's mistake and ICC anti corruption unit in action https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29661711/umpire-richard-kettleborough-spoken-anti-corruption-officials-smartwatch

[FIFA worldcup]

Rain interruption is having a more disruptive role in international cricket nowadays, compared to the situation we had a few decades back. Climate change may be one of the reasons. ICC needs to look in to this issue and find a solution which is acceptable to all. One of the solutions would be to stage more matches in countries such as UAE and Australia, where the chances of rain interruption are low.

Rain delay and bad light give advantage to one team and this time it is Pakistan who are getting benefits from this delay. The match may resume in some time but if Pakistan were able to draw this match, then the credit will goes to the weather. England team deserve to win the 2nd test if the weather permits.

Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.
English Empire's mistake and ICC anti corruption unit in action https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29661711/umpire-richard-kettleborough-spoken-anti-corruption-officials-smartwatch

So wearing smart watches is not allowed in the field ? This is a new rule to my understanding. So what will be the outcome of this investigation ? Will the umpire be punished in this case or the player  and what would be the punishment ?

[Indymoney]

Rain interruption is having a more disruptive role in international cricket nowadays, compared to the situation we had a few decades back. Climate change may be one of the reasons. ICC needs to look in to this issue and find a solution which is acceptable to all. One of the solutions would be to stage more matches in countries such as UAE and Australia, where the chances of rain interruption are low.

Rain delay and bad light give advantage to one team and this time it is Pakistan who are getting benefits from this delay. The match may resume in some time but if Pakistan were able to draw this match, then the credit will goes to the weather. England team deserve to win the 2nd test if the weather permits.

Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.
English Empire's mistake and ICC anti corruption unit in action https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29661711/umpire-richard-kettleborough-spoken-anti-corruption-officials-smartwatch

So wearing smart watches is not allowed in the field ? This is a new rule to my understanding. So what will be the outcome of this investigation ? Will the umpire be punished in this case or the player  and what would be the punishment ?

Until now no punishment just reminder for future as its not allowed in 2018 few Pakistani players also done same mistake may be in future they will introduce any new rule or puniishment about this.

[FIFA worldcup]

Rain interruption is having a more disruptive role in international cricket nowadays, compared to the situation we had a few decades back. Climate change may be one of the reasons. ICC needs to look in to this issue and find a solution which is acceptable to all. One of the solutions would be to stage more matches in countries such as UAE and Australia, where the chances of rain interruption are low.

Rain delay and bad light give advantage to one team and this time it is Pakistan who are getting benefits from this delay. The match may resume in some time but if Pakistan were able to draw this match, then the credit will goes to the weather. England team deserve to win the 2nd test if the weather permits.

Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.
English Empire's mistake and ICC anti corruption unit in action https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29661711/umpire-richard-kettleborough-spoken-anti-corruption-officials-smartwatch

So wearing smart watches is not allowed in the field ? This is a new rule to my understanding. So what will be the outcome of this investigation ? Will the umpire be punished in this case or the player  and what would be the punishment ?

Until now no punishment just reminder for future as its not allowed in 2018 few Pakistani players also done same mistake may be in future they will introduce any new rule or puniishment about this.

Not sure but what harm the smart watch can do if the players wear it. The players can get message and instructions from the dressing room through smart watch but even without this smart gadget they still get the instructions and messages, don't they ?
The other thing is that fielders can get busy though smart watches and may lose focus on the match temporarily.

[JSRAW]

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Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.

Both teams known for their batting collapse and looking at current scenario Pakistan already reached at respectable total. Pitch is still alive so who knows if its low total game, we might see result despite bad weather.

[Vishnu.Reang]

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Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.

Both teams known for their batting collapse and looking at current scenario Pakistan already reached at respectable total. Pitch is still alive so who knows if its low total game, we might see result despite bad weather.

Two days gone and not even one innings completed till now. I would be really surprised, if this match doesn't end up as another boring draw. Weather predictions are also not looking that great. Heavy rains are predicted for the next three days and we can expect the same situation we had during the first two days. I don't expect more than 100-150 overs of play to happen in the remaining three days.

[FIFA worldcup]

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Surely this rain is going to be in favour of Paksitan right now if we have one more day lost due to rain then surely this match is going to be draw or if we able to have some cricket in all three days then surely we will able to have result but weather is not good for next few days which is not good.

Both teams known for their batting collapse and looking at current scenario Pakistan already reached at respectable total. Pitch is still alive so who knows if its low total game, we might see result despite bad weather.

Two days gone and not even one innings completed till now. I would be really surprised, if this match doesn't end up as another boring draw. Weather predictions are also not looking that great. Heavy rains are predicted for the next three days and we can expect the same situation we had during the first two days. I don't expect more than 100-150 overs of play to happen in the remaining three days.

This is not the good news and neither all the cricket fans would be happy about it as they could not watch the live match between both the teams. The match is moving towards draw unless if we can see next 3 days of cricket without much rain’s interruption. England team would be disappointed because when they perform well things become more difficult for them in a way.

It will be interesting to know how the pitch behaves after this two days of rain. Even if the play resumes, we could not have consecutive 3 days of cricket because rain may interrupt again. Also the outfield will be wet and this will make bowlers job more difficult with wet ball.

[JSRAW]

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Both teams known for their batting collapse and looking at current scenario Pakistan already reached at respectable total. Pitch is still alive so who knows if its low total game, we might see result despite bad weather.

Two days gone and not even one innings completed till now. I would be really surprised, if this match doesn't end up as another boring draw. Weather predictions are also not looking that great. Heavy rains are predicted for the next three days and we can expect the same situation we had during the first two days. I don't expect more than 100-150 overs of play to happen in the remaining three days.

Your calculation is not wrong as weather forecast backing your statement but you are under estimating mighty modern day batsmen.. Pun intended  

[Haunebu]

England team would be disappointed because when they perform well things become more difficult for them in a way.

I admit that England has been facing a lot of bad luck these days like rain interference when they are in winning positions etc due to which their chances of ending up in the top 3 of the WTC drastically decrease with time.

Your calculation is not wrong as weather forecast backing your statement but you are under estimating mighty modern day batsmen.. Pun intended 

Lol. Inzamam is saying the same thing about how the Pakistan batsmen are getting scared to play big shots. Makes sense though since Pakistan are basically looking for a draw at this point are doing whatever it takes to not get out.

[UmerIdrees]

Makes sense though since Pakistan are basically looking for a draw at this point are doing whatever it takes to not get out.

Don't know what Pakistan team is looking for but we as an audience wanted to see the match in action regardless of who win or who lose. The series is played after a long delay due to covid but it is spoiled by the weather. 

[Haunebu]

Only thing now remain is that how less the match happens the match’s just goes in favour of the draw.

Google predictions suggest a 90% draw chance which basically means that this match is over at this point. Pakistan were lucky to escape here while England will probably be cursing the weather currently.

Despite the pandemic issues, the boards organized these tournaments, but rain played spoil-sport once again. Its a good thing that IPL 2020 takes place at the end of the year since weather issues will probably be on the lower side.

[JohnBitCo]

Only thing now remain is that how less the match happens the match’s just goes in favour of the draw.

Google predictions suggest a 90% draw chance which basically means that this match is over at this point. Pakistan were lucky to escape here while England will probably be cursing the weather currently.

Despite the pandemic issues, the boards organized these tournaments, but rain played spoil-sport once again. Its a good thing that IPL 2020 takes place at the end of the year since weather issues will probably be on the lower side.

I always come up with the odds at the crucial time of the match. This time is to bet on the draw for this match.
Below are the odds for your reference.

[JSRAW]

Pakistani team right now, no one minds free points when you are down on the point table....


English team needs points to get on top but rain messing up with him. BTW They don't need our best wishes, they are already riding lucky horse if we think about last 2 year cricket.