Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JohnBitCo]

It is team Bangladesh. After losing all their wickets for just 87 runs in the first innings, they started batting in the second innings today. They lost 4 wickets in just 25 runs. With such a weak team and weak batting lineup, it would have been better not to play a Test series against a strong team like Pakistan. Bangladesh should have played T20 and ODI series against Pakisthan. Then they could fight a little.

If the team can't win or perform well in the test matches, don't expect any better performance from them in T20's and ODI's. After bangladesh scored 86 runs only in the first innings and were followed on, there was no way they could save the match. They showed a poor performance in the WC previously and now the recent series was a complete disaster for them.

[teosanru]

It is team Bangladesh. After losing all their wickets for just 87 runs in the first innings, they started batting in the second innings today. They lost 4 wickets in just 25 runs. With such a weak team and weak batting lineup, it would have been better not to play a Test series against a strong team like Pakistan. Bangladesh should have played T20 and ODI series against Pakisthan. Then they could fight a little.

If the team can't win or perform well in the test matches, don't expect any better performance from them in T20's and ODI's. After bangladesh scored 86 runs only in the first innings and were followed on, there was no way they could save the match. They showed a poor performance in the WC previously and now the recent series was a complete disaster for them.

I don't know how can Bangladesh be so inconsistent in their performance and that also at the very same venues, at once they will beat the world t20 champions in a t20 series by 3-2 and immediately after that they will get defeated from Scotland and struggle to even play respectable cricket in front of other teams. If they want to become a good team on the international stage, they have to become consistent for the least, you obviously cannot be so inconsistent in your performances in same format and expect the world to think of you as a great team, currently Bangladesh gets to play against top cricketing nations only because of their viewership otherwise their performance isn't worth that lately.

[UmerIdrees]

It is team Bangladesh. After losing all their wickets for just 87 runs in the first innings, they started batting in the second innings today. They lost 4 wickets in just 25 runs. With such a weak team and weak batting lineup, it would have been better not to play a Test series against a strong team like Pakistan. Bangladesh should have played T20 and ODI series against Pakisthan. Then they could fight a little.

If the team can't win or perform well in the test matches, don't expect any better performance from them in T20's and ODI's. After bangladesh scored 86 runs only in the first innings and were followed on, there was no way they could save the match. They showed a poor performance in the WC previously and now the recent series was a complete disaster for them.

I don't know how can Bangladesh be so inconsistent in their performance and that also at the very same venues, at once they will beat the world t20 champions in a t20 series by 3-2 and immediately after that they will get defeated from Scotland and struggle to even play respectable cricket in front of other teams. If they want to become a good team on the international stage, they have to become consistent for the least, you obviously cannot be so inconsistent in your performances in same format and expect the world to think of you as a great team, currently Bangladesh gets to play against top cricketing nations only because of their viewership otherwise their performance isn't worth that lately.

Although Pakistan won the series but I do wish Bangladesh should have performed better. The only way teams could do better and learn from their mistakes is when they have been given the equal opportunity by the ICC to play a series against different teams. After this series, when is the next series plan for Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan is my favorite batsman in the team and he performed well. Bangladesh need more of domestic cricket and more international matches and they would become much better team.

[pakhitheboss]

It is team Bangladesh. After losing all their wickets for just 87 runs in the first innings, they started batting in the second innings today. They lost 4 wickets in just 25 runs. With such a weak team and weak batting lineup, it would have been better not to play a Test series against a strong team like Pakistan. Bangladesh should have played T20 and ODI series against Pakisthan. Then they could fight a little.

If the team can't win or perform well in the test matches, don't expect any better performance from them in T20's and ODI's. After bangladesh scored 86 runs only in the first innings and were followed on, there was no way they could save the match. They showed a poor performance in the WC previously and now the recent series was a complete disaster for them.

I don't know how can Bangladesh be so inconsistent in their performance and that also at the very same venues, at once they will beat the world t20 champions in a t20 series by 3-2 and immediately after that they will get defeated from Scotland and struggle to even play respectable cricket in front of other teams. If they want to become a good team on the international stage, they have to become consistent for the least, you obviously cannot be so inconsistent in your performances in same format and expect the world to think of you as a great team, currently Bangladesh gets to play against top cricketing nations only because of their viewership otherwise their performance isn't worth that lately.

Although Pakistan won the series but I do wish Bangladesh should have performed better. The only way teams could do better and learn from their mistakes is when they have been given the equal opportunity by the ICC to play a series against different teams. After this series, when is the next series plan for Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan is my favorite batsman in the team and he performed well. Bangladesh need more of domestic cricket and more international matches and they would become much better team.

Bangladesh performance in this test match was the worst one. Getting beaten by an innings and eight runs at home ground suggest there is a big problem with this team. Sajid Khan bowled impressively for Pakistan, he took eight wickets in the first innings and then 4 wickets in the second innings. This might be his best bowling figure in an international match. 2-0 wipeout in their home ground suggests the Bangladesh board needs to make many things correct with this team.

[JSRAW]

Tough first session for the England.

England bowled really well at the first hour, they were pretty unlucky not to get couple of wickets. Marnus nicked few but ball didn't carry at all, on the other hand Warner got bowled by Ben stokes but it turned out to be no ball. Surprisingly Ben stokes stepped out of the line 4 times at the same over but third umpire finally woke up when Warner got bowled.

Now Warner-Marnus duo just cashing in and setting their team for big score.

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Warner riding his luck, dropped by Burns!

Daddy hundred coming up...

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Uh oh mini collapse

195-5

[kro55]

After England lost all their wickets for just 147 runs, Australia collected 343 runs at the end of the second day, they lost 7 wickets. They are 196 runs ahead of England. Travis Head is still at the crease, he is unbeaten on 112 runs. If Australia can take a 250-run lead, they have a chance to win. England played so badly in the first innings that the entire match is now under Australian control. They will win this match easily if they do not make any big mistake.

[galambo]

Even Queensland Police is making fun English team. Nobody was expecting such a bad start of Ashes from English team. Its a good start from Cummins of both his Captaincy and Ashes series by picking 5 wickets. Seems like its an English team of early 2000 when Mike Atherton was captain of very weak English team.

[onecall123]

After England lost all their wickets for just 147 runs, Australia collected 343 runs at the end of the second day, they lost 7 wickets. They are 196 runs ahead of England. Travis Head is still at the crease, he is unbeaten on 112 runs. If Australia can take a 250-run lead, they have a chance to win. England played so badly in the first innings that the entire match is now under Australian control. They will win this match easily if they do not make any big mistake.

As one of the fastest centuries ever in the Ashes, Terrific Head's century was joint-third fastest. It was an innings that basically reinforced Australia's dominance in the test so far. As long as Head can continue to bat, it won't be a big deal to reach 150+ runs. Yeah, England played really poorly! There are now questions regarding Ben Stokes. England will be at a disadvantage if he continues to play with an injury.

[Mahdirakib]

~ on the other hand Warner got bowled by Ben stokes but it turned out to be no ball. Surprisingly Ben stokes stepped out of the line 4 times at the same over but third umpire finally woke up when Warner got bowled.

Automated front-foot technology has failed to detect the no balls. Ben Stokes has delivered a lot of no balls today and all of those no balls was considered as right ball as the technology was broken. Only three of his no balls was detected by the umpires. I believe Ben Stokes would have changed his running stapes if the technology detected the no balls of his early deliveries. Australia has taken a good lead, most probably they will win the match.

[kro55]

After England lost all their wickets for just 147 runs, Australia collected 343 runs at the end of the second day, they lost 7 wickets. They are 196 runs ahead of England. Travis Head is still at the crease, he is unbeaten on 112 runs. If Australia can take a 250-run lead, they have a chance to win. England played so badly in the first innings that the entire match is now under Australian control. They will win this match easily if they do not make any big mistake.

As one of the fastest centuries ever in the Ashes, Terrific Head's century was joint-third fastest. It was an innings that basically reinforced Australia's dominance in the test so far. As long as Head can continue to bat, it won't be a big deal to reach 150+ runs. Yeah, England played really poorly! There are now questions regarding Ben Stokes. England will be at a disadvantage if he continues to play with an injury.

As long as Travis Head stays at the crease, Australia's collection will continue to grow. If he is out, other batsmen will not be able to stay in the crease for long. With the exception of Warner, Labuschange and Head, no other batsman has been able to collect more than 12. Australia will win this match. I don't think England's players will make a big splash in the second innings.

[JSRAW]

~ on the other hand Warner got bowled by Ben stokes but it turned out to be no ball. Surprisingly Ben stokes stepped out of the line 4 times at the same over but third umpire finally woke up when Warner got bowled.

Automated front-foot technology has failed to detect the no balls. Ben Stokes has delivered a lot of no balls today and all of those no balls was considered as right ball as the technology was broken. Only three of his no balls was detected by the umpires. I believe Ben Stokes would have changed his running stapes if the technology detected the no balls of his early deliveries. Australia has taken a good lead, most probably they will win the match.

Yeah, this info came out later and i was watching live. Guess Channel 7 broke the 14 no ball news to everyone. For some weird reasons no broadcaster bothered to share single no ball footage on live feed except the 2, which got caught by naked eyes.

[teosanru]

It is team Bangladesh. After losing all their wickets for just 87 runs in the first innings, they started batting in the second innings today. They lost 4 wickets in just 25 runs. With such a weak team and weak batting lineup, it would have been better not to play a Test series against a strong team like Pakistan. Bangladesh should have played T20 and ODI series against Pakisthan. Then they could fight a little.

If the team can't win or perform well in the test matches, don't expect any better performance from them in T20's and ODI's. After bangladesh scored 86 runs only in the first innings and were followed on, there was no way they could save the match. They showed a poor performance in the WC previously and now the recent series was a complete disaster for them.

I don't know how can Bangladesh be so inconsistent in their performance and that also at the very same venues, at once they will beat the world t20 champions in a t20 series by 3-2 and immediately after that they will get defeated from Scotland and struggle to even play respectable cricket in front of other teams. If they want to become a good team on the international stage, they have to become consistent for the least, you obviously cannot be so inconsistent in your performances in same format and expect the world to think of you as a great team, currently Bangladesh gets to play against top cricketing nations only because of their viewership otherwise their performance isn't worth that lately.

Although Pakistan won the series but I do wish Bangladesh should have performed better. The only way teams could do better and learn from their mistakes is when they have been given the equal opportunity by the ICC to play a series against different teams. After this series, when is the next series plan for Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan is my favorite batsman in the team and he performed well. Bangladesh need more of domestic cricket and more international matches and they would become much better team.

Bangladesh performance in this test match was the worst one. Getting beaten by an innings and eight runs at home ground suggest there is a big problem with this team. Sajid Khan bowled impressively for Pakistan, he took eight wickets in the first innings and then 4 wickets in the second innings. This might be his best bowling figure in an international match. 2-0 wipeout in their home ground suggests the Bangladesh board needs to make many things correct with this team.

True. I think Bangladesh has to build a test team from scratch, they have good limited over teams because of the premier league in action, they get good players from there but for test cricket you need good level first-class cricket going on in your country which isn't really the case with Bangladesh. Their national cricket league hasn't been able to give their youngsters very much exposure to first clas

~ on the other hand Warner got bowled by Ben stokes but it turned out to be no ball. Surprisingly Ben stokes stepped out of the line 4 times at the same over but third umpire finally woke up when Warner got bowled.

Automated front-foot technology has failed to detect the no balls. Ben Stokes has delivered a lot of no balls today and all of those no balls was considered as right ball as the technology was broken. Only three of his no balls was detected by the umpires. I believe Ben Stokes would have changed his running stapes if the technology detected the no balls of his early deliveries. Australia has taken a good lead, most probably they will win the match.

Yeah, this info came out later and i was watching live. Guess Channel 7 broke the 14 no ball news to everyone. For some weird reasons no broadcaster bothered to share single no ball footage on live feed except the 2, which got caught by naked eyes.

What's the use of this modern technology when you still cannot be accurate in your decisions, these small things affect the matches so much these days, especially in the t20s. If third umpire is too occupied with other things, they should just have one extra person looking for no balls.

[jostorres]

As long as Travis Head stays at the crease, Australia's collection will continue to grow. If he is out, other batsmen will not be able to stay in the crease for long. With the exception of Warner, Labuschange and Head, no other batsman has been able to collect more than 12. Australia will win this match. I don't think England's players will make a big splash in the second innings.

English batting line up is completely crap just alone Root can't survive every time, and we have some good hype about Stokes return, but all forget he is coming into test cricket after very long gape, so he needs some good practice before doing any good thing.

Right now, Australian batting is also having not special but still Warner, Labuschange and Head are on target for them which is very good and positive after watching first English and then Australian batting now I am feeling Australia can whitewash them without any big trouble just rain can give them some room, otherwise they have nothing bad this time in the Ashes. Or may be rain is second option for having something better.

[JSRAW]

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Yeah, this info came out later and i was watching live. Guess Channel 7 broke the 14 no ball news to everyone. For some weird reasons no broadcaster bothered to share single no ball footage on live feed except the 2, which got caught by naked eyes.

What's the use of this modern technology when you still cannot be accurate in your decisions, these small things affect the matches so much these days, especially in the t20s. If third umpire is too occupied with other things, they should just have one extra person looking for no balls.

They clarified by saying that tech was not working at all and they went to old era technique which is on field umpires call but sounds bizarre clarification considering it took them 14 frigging no balls to act. Now imagine same scenario if it was any subcontinent country. There was big possibility of most of the cricketing world especially SENA countries reaction would be at spot fixing allegation and nonsense demands for bowler's head, including match officials integrity and spirit of the game.

[eaLiTy]

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Yeah, this info came out later and i was watching live. Guess Channel 7 broke the 14 no ball news to everyone. For some weird reasons no broadcaster bothered to share single no ball footage on live feed except the 2, which got caught by naked eyes.

May be the third umpire was sleeping or he was not having the footage to call the no ball, the third umpire is responsible for these front foot no ball i believe.

Australia is in a good position and David Warner once again missed his century but he played well but Travis Head surprised me as he was playing as it is an T20 or ODI striking at over 120 and he is still in the crease and by morning they will be having a 200 runs lead and it is going to be a difficult match for England to recover in this match.

[doomloop]

May be the third umpire was sleeping or he was not having the footage to call the no ball, the third umpire is responsible for these front foot no ball i believe.

Australia is in a good position and David Warner once again missed his century but he played well but Travis Head surprised me as he was playing as it is an T20 or ODI striking at over 120 and he is still in the crease and by morning they will be having a 200 runs lead and it is going to be a difficult match for England to recover in this match.

Third empire was sleeping or not good thing it's all happening in Australia and match between Australia vs England so media will also not highlight and ICC and relative Boards will also quite because it's all about failure of technology. If this can have any link with Sub-Continent specially with Pakistan then surely it's going to be spot fixing case and all guns start firing against Pakistan because it's the easiest victim for them.

Now it's all in control of Australia their batting done some better job, and they have 197 lead with 3 wickets still in hand and Head is on crease so if they will take 55 to 60 more runs than it's going to be very difficult for England to avoid inning defeat because their batting line up is very bad for this series, and they can't handle quality bowling of Australia with Cummins, Start and Hazelwood all on fire.

[pakhitheboss]

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Yeah, this info came out later and i was watching live. Guess Channel 7 broke the 14 no ball news to everyone. For some weird reasons no broadcaster bothered to share single no ball footage on live feed except the 2, which got caught by naked eyes.

May be the third umpire was sleeping or he was not having the footage to call the no ball, the third umpire is responsible for these front foot no ball i believe.

Australia is in a good position and David Warner once again missed his century but he played well but Travis Head surprised me as he was playing as it is an T20 or ODI striking at over 120 and he is still in the crease and by morning they will be having a 200 runs lead and it is going to be a difficult match for England to recover in this match.

Just checked the highlights of this test match. Australia is in a good position at the moment. They have a lead of 197 runs and they will try to take it to 300 if possible as not too many wickets left now. Still better than the English team, what pathetic batting from them they could not even score 150.

[ibuddy122505]

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Yeah, this info came out later and i was watching live. Guess Channel 7 broke the 14 no ball news to everyone. For some weird reasons no broadcaster bothered to share single no ball footage on live feed except the 2, which got caught by naked eyes.

May be the third umpire was sleeping or he was not having the footage to call the no ball, the third umpire is responsible for these front foot no ball i believe.

Australia is in a good position and David Warner once again missed his century but he played well but Travis Head surprised me as he was playing as it is an T20 or ODI striking at over 120 and he is still in the crease and by morning they will be having a 200 runs lead and it is going to be a difficult match for England to recover in this match.

Just checked the highlights of this test match. Australia is in a good position at the moment. They have a lead of 197 runs and they will try to take it to 300 if possible as not too many wickets left now. Still better than the English team, what pathetic batting from them they could not even score 150.

Travis Head pitched a brilliant inning. The man is simply outstanding. Travis Head passes the 150 mark in Tests for the second time in his career! As a result, Australia posted a 400+ total and led by 278 runs. Australia retaliate with Malan and Root after losing 2 wickets in the afternoon session. Dawid Malan and Joe Root must both bat well. Despite Australia's strong chances of winning, anything can happen.

[LittleBitFunny]

Australia finished their innings with 425 runs and they were leading by 278 runs. England are surprising everyone in their performance in the second innings. Although the two openers did not play well, Malan and Root's extraordinary batting skills helped England collect 204 runs, losing only 2 wickets. Although they are still 74 runs behind. The match will be competitive till the last innings if they can continue batting so well. Now the game of season 3 is going on on the third day.

[RealMalatesta]

Although the two openers did not play well, Malan and Root's extraordinary batting skills helped England collect 204 runs, losing only 2 wickets. Although they are still 74 runs behind.

Day's first session will be challenging hence I will not be surprised if I need to see that England to be losing all their remaining 8 wickets in two sessions. Still, if Australia need to chase anything beyond 250 runs then I guess England will get chances to take the lead of this Ashes series. I guess playing like counter attack will help any batsman for better scoring and we have already seen Head cracked a century that way. I guess we can expect expect a cameo from Ben Stokes to turn this match on England favour but Australia will not give up that easily hence we can expect more exciting test cricket days for next 2 days if weather allows.