Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Not a good day for Pakistan overall.. their last hope is new ball which is due soon. They should get at least some breakthrough. this partnership already done enough damage but couple of wickets could do some damage control and might give some breathing space which is very much necessary for Pak's cause.

289/4 80 overs
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And 300 up for England

[Indymoney]

Not a good day for Pakistan overall.. their last hope is new ball which is due soon. They should get at least some breakthrough. this partnership already done enough damage but couple of wickets could do some damage control and might give some breathing space which is very much necessary for Pak's cause.

289/4 80 overs
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And 300 up for England

First over with new ball cost 17 runs mean now Pakistan is out of business and its all on England and rain how they response 180 runs partnership is really worth for any team England easly can cross 450+ and then give Pakistan batting they already struggling so most chances they will lost by an inning or rain with give them salvage from here.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Zak Crawley made a good come back and took advantage of the opportunity he got in this series and scored his maiden ton and he is poised to score a double century and along with Jos Buttler who is short of century took the game away from Pakistan, the worrying factor for England is that the top order is not performing consistently and if not for the fifth wicket partnership things could have been different.

[akhjob]

Zak Crawley made a good come back and took advantage of the opportunity he got in this series and scored his maiden ton and he is poised to score a double century and along with Jos Buttler who is short of century took the game away from Pakistan, the worrying factor for England is that the top order is not performing consistently and if not for the fifth wicket partnership things could have been different.

True. Although there is a slight chance for Pakistan to come back hard and make a draw out of this match, I don't see a chance available for levelling the series. ENG has a clear upper hand in this match and I don't think that Pakistan could sack ENG in their second innings thereby winning this match and levelling the series. They had a chance at toppling the English innings when they managed to grab some quick wickets, but the partnership between Crawley and Butler costs them badly.   

[Indymoney]

Zak Crawley made a good come back and took advantage of the opportunity he got in this series and scored his maiden ton and he is poised to score a double century and along with Jos Buttler who is short of century took the game away from Pakistan, the worrying factor for England is that the top order is not performing consistently and if not for the fifth wicket partnership things could have been different.

True. Although there is a slight chance for Pakistan to come back hard and make a draw out of this match, I don't see a chance available for levelling the series. ENG has a clear upper hand in this match and I don't think that Pakistan could sack ENG in their second innings thereby winning this match and levelling the series. They had a chance at toppling the English innings when they managed to grab some quick wickets, but the partnership between Crawley and Butler costs them badly.   

Pakistani management not taking any lesson from mistakes and doing again and again just because of this now they are on verge of losing this second test match and series so badly today England was really on top from start of match and they outclass all bowlers just Muhammad Abbas done some good bowling others was really poor Yasir was also some good in start but after this big partnership he also lost his rythum now England in all control lets see how they do tomorrow.

[JSRAW]

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Pakistani management not taking any lesson from mistakes and doing again and again just because of this now they are on verge of losing this second test match and series so badly today England was really on top from start of match and they outclass all bowlers just Muhammad Abbas done some good bowling others was really poor Yasir was also some good in start but after this big partnership he also lost his rythum now England in all control lets see how they do tomorrow.

Not sure if blaming management or selectors is going to solve any problem right now. Pakistan went there with more than 20 plus players and best fast bowlers playing in the match, Afridi and Naseem are young players and lack experience so they will learn with the experience as the time goes but i am sure no one really want to see old Wahab Riaz replacing them in the Whites.

[Juggy777]

Zak Crawley made a good come back and took advantage of the opportunity he got in this series and scored his maiden ton and he is poised to score a double century and along with Jos Buttler who is short of century took the game away from Pakistan, the worrying factor for England is that the top order is not performing consistently and if not for the fifth wicket partnership things could have been different.

True. Although there is a slight chance for Pakistan to come back hard and make a draw out of this match, I don't see a chance available for levelling the series. ENG has a clear upper hand in this match and I don't think that Pakistan could sack ENG in their second innings thereby winning this match and levelling the series. They had a chance at toppling the English innings when they managed to grab some quick wickets, but the partnership between Crawley and Butler costs them badly.   

Pakistani management not taking any lesson from mistakes and doing again and again just because of this now they are on verge of losing this second test match and series so badly today England was really on top from start of match and they outclass all bowlers just Muhammad Abbas done some good bowling others was really poor Yasir was also some good in start but after this big partnership he also lost his rythum now England in all control lets see how they do tomorrow.

Not sure if blaming management or selectors is going to solve any problem right now. Pakistan went there with more than 20 plus players and best fast bowlers playing in the match, Afridi and Naseem are young players and lack experience so they will learn with the experience as the time goes but i am sure no one really want to see old Wahab Riaz replacing them in the Whites.

I think that this match is already out of Pakistan’s hand, and if England manage to score 500+ runs, and also manage take some early wickets, then I believe that Pakistan innings will crumble and eventually they’ll loose the match.

Also @JSRAW has a fair point at this stage those player’s are young, and they need to get experiences like this to get better, and hence instead of being critical of the selectors we should instead appreciate them for taking such risks, and giving these player’s the required experience that will help them become better player’s in the long run.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Although there is a slight chance for Pakistan to come back hard and make a draw out of this match, I don't see a chance available for levelling the series. ENG has a clear upper hand in this match and I don't think that Pakistan could sack ENG in their second innings thereby winning this match and levelling the series. They had a chance at toppling the English innings when they managed to grab some quick wickets, but the partnership between Crawley and Butler costs them badly. 

England could score over 500 runs and they are in as strong position and Pakistan will struggle against the pace and swing bowlers and Babar Azam could score some runs as he is the only consistent player in the team and if anyone could give him a good partnership we might see the match going to the last day, the worst situation would be Pakistan struggling to avoid follow on as it is hard to predict how are going to play.

[JohnBitCo]

Rain could be part of today's play and match begin and it started raining and covers were called on. Now after inspection it is confirmed that it will resume at 12:40 PM and lunch has been postponed to 2PM instead of 1 scheduled time. At times it can act as a distraction as well since again the batsman has to start to re-focus themself on the pitch and can be an issue. On other hand Pakistan would like to pick couple of quick wickets so that they do not score a very big total in 1st innings.

England have already scored a big total and even if they lose quick wickets they can easily make 450+ runs which is impressive. Considering Pakistani batsmen previous performances, i don't think they will be able to compete in this match and might lose this match by an innings.

[akhjob]

^Yeah rain could come into play in this match. But if England manages to score around 550 runs by the end of the day, I'm afraid Pakistan will lose this match even if we have rain interruptions. Although, Pakistan bowling seemed a bit better compared to yesterday, Butler has safely completed his century and Crawley is only 14 runs short of his double century. Only way for Pakistan to get back into the game is by breaking the partnership at the earliest then continue the momentum and pick up some quick wickets.

[JSRAW]

^^ England don't want to bat again in this match and everything seems to going on their way so far. If they succeed to put big total then Pakistan need some monumental performances from their premiere batsmen. Tough criticisms are on the way for skipper Azhar Ali if he fails as batsman here again.

[pakhitheboss]

I am sure Pakistani batsmen will not be able to chase any score above 350. England is still going strong and they will easily surpass 400 on the board. Crawley is only 3 runs short to get a double hundred. Butler is on 166 and most of the Pakistan bowlers have failed to stop these two guys.

[eaLiTy]

^Yeah rain could come into play in this match. But if England manages to score around 550 runs by the end of the day, I'm afraid Pakistan will lose this match even if we have rain interruptions. Although, Pakistan bowling seemed a bit better compared to yesterday, Butler has safely completed his century and Crawley is only 14 runs short of his double century. Only way for Pakistan to get back into the game is by breaking the partnership at the earliest then continue the momentum and pick up some quick wickets.

I thought the entire day will be lost due the rain but happy to see that the match was able to resume and England is piling up runs especially Zak Crawley who is 33 runs short of his triple century and he is able to reach that milestone then it would be awesome as this is his first century and then going on to score a triple century would be a record meanwhile Jos Buttler is playing the second fiddle and he is playing defensively which i did not expect considering his strike rate of above hundred in ODI. 

[akhjob]

I thought the entire day will be lost due the rain but happy to see that the match was able to resume and England is piling up runs especially Zak Crawley who is 33 runs short of his triple century and he is able to reach that milestone then it would be awesome as this is his first century and then going on to score a triple century would be a record meanwhile Jos Buttler is playing the second fiddle and he is playing defensively which i did not expect considering his strike rate of above hundred in ODI.  

You got crawley out   I was expecting a triple ton from him, but he got out just when you made the above post 

[JSRAW]

I thought the entire day will be lost due the rain but happy to see that the match was able to resume and England is piling up runs especially Zak Crawley who is 33 runs short of his triple century and he is able to reach that milestone then it would be awesome as this is his first century and then going on to score a triple century would be a record meanwhile Jos Buttler is playing the second fiddle and he is playing defensively which i did not expect considering his strike rate of above hundred in ODI.  

You got crawley out  

He's cursed .....

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Edit :

Butler gone.. 536/6, 30 overs left

England need to change gears now and add some quick runs on the board, give at least 15 overs to Pakistan to bat on. Who know if English bowlers gets lucky with the new ball.. they wont mind couple of early wickets.

[Indymoney]

I thought the entire day will be lost due the rain but happy to see that the match was able to resume and England is piling up runs especially Zak Crawley who is 33 runs short of his triple century and he is able to reach that milestone then it would be awesome as this is his first century and then going on to score a triple century would be a record meanwhile Jos Buttler is playing the second fiddle and he is playing defensively which i did not expect considering his strike rate of above hundred in ODI.  

You got crawley out  

He's cursed .....

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Edit :

Butler gone.. 536/6, 30 overs left

England need to change gears now and add some quick runs on the board, give at least 15 overs to Pakistan to bat on. Who know if English bowlers gets lucky with the new ball.. they wont mind couple of early wickets.

Today some very busy time in different places so unable to watch match but now after checking score board some confuse what are they doing because we are expecting some good rain in last two days and they already in full command but still no declaration is something going wrong with these weather sites or England want give batsmen full training session.

[UmerIdrees]

I thought the entire day will be lost due the rain but happy to see that the match was able to resume and England is piling up runs especially Zak Crawley who is 33 runs short of his triple century and he is able to reach that milestone then it would be awesome as this is his first century and then going on to score a triple century would be a record meanwhile Jos Buttler is playing the second fiddle and he is playing defensively which i did not expect considering his strike rate of above hundred in ODI.  

You got crawley out  

He's cursed .....

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Edit :

Butler gone.. 536/6, 30 overs left

England need to change gears now and add some quick runs on the board, give at least 15 overs to Pakistan to bat on. Who know if English bowlers gets lucky with the new ball.. they wont mind couple of early wickets.

Today some very busy time in different places so unable to watch match but now after checking score board some confuse what are they doing because we are expecting some good rain in last two days and they already in full command but still no declaration is something going wrong with these weather sites or England want give batsmen full training session.

This is good for Pakistan as they would not want to bat in the depth overs for today. They will not mind if England score some more runs today.
I am not sure what England is thinking at the moment. The more overs they bat now, this will just move the match towards the draw if the rains effects the match in next 3 days.

[Indymoney]

I thought the entire day will be lost due the rain but happy to see that the match was able to resume and England is piling up runs especially Zak Crawley who is 33 runs short of his triple century and he is able to reach that milestone then it would be awesome as this is his first century and then going on to score a triple century would be a record meanwhile Jos Buttler is playing the second fiddle and he is playing defensively which i did not expect considering his strike rate of above hundred in ODI.  

You got crawley out  

He's cursed .....

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Edit :

Butler gone.. 536/6, 30 overs left

England need to change gears now and add some quick runs on the board, give at least 15 overs to Pakistan to bat on. Who know if English bowlers gets lucky with the new ball.. they wont mind couple of early wickets.

Today some very busy time in different places so unable to watch match but now after checking score board some confuse what are they doing because we are expecting some good rain in last two days and they already in full command but still no declaration is something going wrong with these weather sites or England want give batsmen full training session.

This is good for Pakistan as they would not want to bat in the depth overs for today. They will not mind if England score some more runs today.
I am not sure what England is thinking at the moment. The more overs they bat now, this will just move the match towards the draw if the rains effects the match in next 3 days.

You are right but one thing is sure they are going to give last few overs for batting today to Pakistan as its very old and good tactic by teams today Pakistani bowling is very ordinary and now all depend on batting how they response in last few days of this series beccause now Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq both have last chance to perform some better other their time is up.

[akhjob]

This is good for Pakistan as they would not want to bat in the depth overs for today. They will not mind if England score some more runs today.
I am not sure what England is thinking at the moment. The more overs they bat now, this will just move the match towards the draw if the rains effects the match in next 3 days.

There is still 22 overs left for the day and ENG are currently at 570 runs.. ENG is most probably looking at the 600 run mark in the next 5-7 overs and then declare. So Pak will have 15 overs to bat.

[BitSat19]

This is good for Pakistan as they would not want to bat in the depth overs for today. They will not mind if England score some more runs today.
I am not sure what England is thinking at the moment. The more overs they bat now, this will just move the match towards the draw if the rains effects the match in next 3 days.

There is still 22 overs left for the day and ENG are currently at 570 runs.. ENG is most probably looking at the 600 run mark in the next 5-7 overs and then declare. So Pak will have 15 overs to bat.

Not 15 overs most probably they have to play nearly 9 or 10 overs because now time is also running out very quickly and 15 overs left so they will reduce 3 overs for change as well

583/8 Broad gone and we have declaration now nearly 12 overs.