Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Dude, if you want to complain about the form of England team, then it is OK. But on what basis are you claiming that the Ashes is an overrated series? I can't think about a test series that is more famous than the Ashes. All the others, including the Border-Gavaskar and the Trans-Tasman comes behind Ashes in terms of popularity and viewership. Ashes is something special. It is the oldest rivalry, existing ever since test cricket was played for the first time. There may be a few occasions where the competition was not up to the mark. But that doesn't give you an opportunity to blame the series.

Silverwood and Joe on SL tour after winning : Our Ashes preparation are going as planned.

Silverwood and Joe on India tour after humiliation : We need to up our game standard for the Ashes.

Silverwood and Joe in middle of NZ and Ind series : We are playing world no 1 and no2 and we couldn't ask for better preparation for the ashes.

That's how English treated every series. You never hear Aussie talking like this even when they play Bangladesh. Ashes is cash cow only because of "Oldest Rivalry" .

No one care about Trans-Tasman series, even in NZ. I suggest you should re-check your BGT's revenue, viewership figure and avoid making baseless claim.

[Vaskiy]

Australia have lost 4 wickets scoring the first 100 runs of the second innings. More 100 runs will add them to a lead of 436 runs. Possibly Australia will declare with that giving opportunity for England. In the history of test cricket, the highest run chase is 418. This shows how difficult and the narrow chances of a chase by England.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Australia have lost 4 wickets scoring the first 100 runs of the second innings. More 100 runs will add them to a lead of 436 runs. Possibly Australia will declare with that giving opportunity for England. In the history of test cricket, the highest run chase is 418. This shows how difficult and the narrow chances of a chase by England.

If Australia can collect 4386runs, it will be enough for them to win. As good as the Australian bowlers are, at the same time the England batsmen are now completely irregular. With more than 400 runs targets, the match will remain under Australian control. England's players do not seem to have the capacity to score more than 400 runs at the moment.

[BALIK]

Australia have lost 4 wickets scoring the first 100 runs of the second innings. More 100 runs will add them to a lead of 436 runs. Possibly Australia will declare with that giving opportunity for England. In the history of test cricket, the highest run chase is 418. This shows how difficult and the narrow chances of a chase by England.

If Australia can collect 4386runs, it will be enough for them to win. As good as the Australian bowlers are, at the same time the England batsmen are now completely irregular. With more than 400 runs targets, the match will remain under Australian control. England's players do not seem to have the capacity to score more than 400 runs at the moment.

I don't think Australia are fully interested in playing two session today. Seeing the batting of Travis Head, I think so. He may have forgotten it was a Test match. He collected 51 runs from 49 balls. He has hit 7 boundaries. Now Austreia is ahead by 380 runs. They will probably play half of the second season.

[JSRAW]

Quality commentary or commentator curse and epic meme content.

-Stokes always contribute immensely to this bowling line up... followed by 24 runs off 2 overs with million more no balls.
-Robinson looking dangerous today - Chad Robinson: Skol!! I'll bowl offies now.
-99% Aussie commentators (Except Punter) trying to sell Green as next Kallis.

Anniversary lol 

[mm2543363580]

Quality commentary or commentator curse and epic meme content.

-Stokes always contribute immensely to this bowling line up... followed by 24 runs off 2 overs with million more no balls.
-Robinson looking dangerous today - Chad Robinson: Skol!! I'll bowl offies now.
-99% Aussie commentators (Except Punter) trying to sell Green as next Kallis.

Aussies commentators are high biased specially shane warne. I always mute the volume whenever there is Australia commentator, someone please teach them how to do it neutrally. Green just played 5 test and 1 ODI, his performance is below average in all his appearances. How can you compare that crap with legendary kallis?

[Swordsoffreedom]

Australia have lost 4 wickets scoring the first 100 runs of the second innings. More 100 runs will add them to a lead of 436 runs. Possibly Australia will declare with that giving opportunity for England. In the history of test cricket, the highest run chase is 418. This shows how difficult and the narrow chances of a chase by England.

If Australia can collect 4386runs, it will be enough for them to win. As good as the Australian bowlers are, at the same time the England batsmen are now completely irregular. With more than 400 runs targets, the match will remain under Australian control. England's players do not seem to have the capacity to score more than 400 runs at the moment.

I don't think Australia are fully interested in playing two session today. Seeing the batting of Travis Head, I think so. He may have forgotten it was a Test match. He collected 51 runs from 49 balls. He has hit 7 boundaries. Now Austreia is ahead by 380 runs. They will probably play half of the second season.

Australia declared their innings after losing 9 wickets. They scored 230 runs in the second innings. They gave England a huge target of 468 runs. I don't see the possibility of England winning. However, if the opening pair is able to collect more than 150, then maybe England can win. But I don't trust their openers. Within 50 runs, maybe two openers will return to the dressing room.

[pakhitheboss]

Australia have lost 4 wickets scoring the first 100 runs of the second innings. More 100 runs will add them to a lead of 436 runs. Possibly Australia will declare with that giving opportunity for England. In the history of test cricket, the highest run chase is 418. This shows how difficult and the narrow chances of a chase by England.

If Australia can collect 4386runs, it will be enough for them to win. As good as the Australian bowlers are, at the same time the England batsmen are now completely irregular. With more than 400 runs targets, the match will remain under Australian control. England's players do not seem to have the capacity to score more than 400 runs at the moment.

I don't think Australia are fully interested in playing two session today. Seeing the batting of Travis Head, I think so. He may have forgotten it was a Test match. He collected 51 runs from 49 balls. He has hit 7 boundaries. Now Austreia is ahead by 380 runs. They will probably play half of the second season.

Australia declared their innings after losing 9 wickets. They scored 230 runs in the second innings. They gave England a huge target of 468 runs. I don't see the possibility of England winning. However, if the opening pair is able to collect more than 150, then maybe England can win. But I don't trust their openers. Within 50 runs, maybe two openers will return to the dressing room.

They have already lost one opener and there might be another tomorrow. This match has also slipped away from England they are struggling and especially in batting. Neither the openers are in form nor the lower middle order. The whole team is dependent on Malan and Root. If this continues they will lose all the matches in this series.

[Theones]

They have already lost one opener and there might be another tomorrow. This match has also slipped away from England they are struggling and especially in batting. Neither the openers are in form nor the lower middle order. The whole team is dependent on Malan and Root. If this continues they will lose all the matches in this series.

There are 25 overs still left for today's play. Haseeb is gone for zero, he is not having a good time in his debut. Odds are in favour of Australia. We saw similar situation in recent first test match between India and NZ. NZ was at verge of losing first match but they draw the match with one wicket remaining. Can England do the same ?

[RealMalatesta]

There are 25 overs still left for today's play. Haseeb is gone for zero, he is not having a good time in his debut. Odds are in favour of Australia. We saw similar situation in recent first test match between India and NZ. NZ was at verge of losing first match but they draw the match with one wicket remaining. Can England do the same ?

Indian pitches are flat and New Zealand managed to bat through out 5th day with the help of India origin Rachin Ravindra (some meme creators teased it like New Zealand hired Indians to beat India in India). So, that must be a very tactical move which may not be possible for most countries. Still, if more players other than Malan and Root start contributing then there would be a better chances for England to draw from here.

Yeah, there would be zero chances for England to win this match but they are having less than 50% chances to draw. Let's wait and watch what are exciting moments available for test cricket lovers but I guess Australia will pick all remaining 9 wickets for another 150 to 200 runs.

[Theones]

Indian pitches are flat and New Zealand managed to bat through out 5th day with the help of India origin Rachin Ravindra (some meme creators teased it like New Zealand hired Indians to beat India in India). So, that must be a very tactical move which may not be possible for most countries. Still, if more players other than Malan and Root start contributing then there would be a better chances for England to draw from here.

Yeah, there would be zero chances for England to win this match but they are having less than 50% chances to draw. Let's wait and watch what are exciting moments available for test cricket lovers but I guess Australia will pick all remaining 9 wickets for another 150 to 200 runs.

England are three down now. Malan gone after scoring just 20 runs. Ben Stokes is on the crease, can he deliver something extraordinary in this match? There was much hype before Ashes that Ben is fit n will play Ashes. So far it looks like England were over confidence while Australians prepared well for this series.

[Swordsoffreedom]

They have already lost one opener and there might be another tomorrow. This match has also slipped away from England they are struggling and especially in batting. Neither the openers are in form nor the lower middle order. The whole team is dependent on Malan and Root. If this continues they will lose all the matches in this series.

England lost 3 wickets for 70 runs. Malan was in form. I thought Malan and Root's partnership would be long in today's innings as well. But Malan was out for 20 runs. The match now depends on the root. In fact, even if Root plays well now, I don't think England will be able to draw the match. Because, even if Root survives at the crease, other batsmen will not be able to fight against the Australian bowlers for long.

[Theones]

England lost 3 wickets for 70 runs. Malan was in form. I thought Malan and Root's partnership would be long in today's innings as well. But Malan was out for 20 runs. The match now depends on the root. In fact, even if Root plays well now, I don't think England will be able to draw the match. Because, even if Root survives at the crease, other batsmen will not be able to fight against the Australian bowlers for long.

Both Root and Malan are gone. England batting in this series so far is mainly dependent on these two players. After Root dismissal, 4th days play was called off. As long as Root was there on the crease,  there were some chances of draw. But now it's surely 2-0.

[Vaskiy]

They have already lost one opener and there might be another tomorrow. This match has also slipped away from England they are struggling and especially in batting. Neither the openers are in form nor the lower middle order. The whole team is dependent on Malan and Root. If this continues they will lose all the matches in this series.

England lost 3 wickets for 70 runs. Malan was in form. I thought Malan and Root's partnership would be long in today's innings as well. But Malan was out for 20 runs. The match now depends on the root. In fact, even if Root plays well now, I don't think England will be able to draw the match. Because, even if Root survives at the crease, other batsmen will not be able to fight against the Australian bowlers for long.

More 90 overs to be played with six wickets left England can't draw the game. End of day 4 England have lost 4 wickets for 82 runs. More 386 runs required in the last day. Ben Stokes is on the grease, Ollie Pope and Jos Butler are left as batsmen. So, the match is in the hands of Australia. Second innings of Australia isn't that better, just because of the high first innings score they're taking the lead.

[Mahdirakib]

More 90 overs to be played with six wickets left England can't draw the game. End of day 4 England have lost 4 wickets for 82 runs. More 386 runs required in the last day. Ben Stokes is on the grease, Ollie Pope and Jos Butler are left as batsmen. So, the match is in the hands of Australia. Second innings of Australia isn't that better, just because of the high first innings score they're taking the lead.

Undoubtedly England will loss the match. Their batters are struggling again. Still they have some good batman, but all of them are in off form. England need to chase huge run to get the victory with their remaining 6 wickets, which won't be possible in the last day. And I believe their batsman won't be able to play for long on day 5. Betting odds is almost 10 on draw and it is 1.04 for Australia win.

[CDC AP]

More 90 overs to be played with six wickets left England can't draw the game. End of day 4 England have lost 4 wickets for 82 runs. More 386 runs required in the last day. Ben Stokes is on the grease, Ollie Pope and Jos Butler are left as batsmen. So, the match is in the hands of Australia. Second innings of Australia isn't that better, just because of the high first innings score they're taking the lead.

Undoubtedly England will loss the match. Their batters are struggling again. Still they have some good batman, but all of them are in off form. England need to chase huge run to get the victory with their remaining 6 wickets, which won't be possible in the last day. And I believe their batsman won't be able to play for long on day 5. Betting odds is almost 10 on draw and it is 1.04 for Australia win.

Well the match will not last even half a day. Looking at england batting performance even batting one session would be a challange for them. Root already out and only stokes a solid batsman left. They can collapse yet again as they collapsed last two times also. England batting is really bad. As soon as root gets out they always get bundled out cheapely.

[blatchcorn]

England was never good and no one was feeling good about them just some hype was created by few media reports which was ended after first test result and now second test result is going to be giving them complete silent because all realizes it's just dumb team which can perform some better at home against weak sides.

And playing against Australia, India and New Zealand is completely different thing, so they fail here very badly now mostly peoples feeling this ashes is going to end with result of 5 - 0 which is not wrong because with current players and form it's surely written of the wall. Just some good rain can give them good relief from this, otherwise they are going to be completely outclass by all one off best team in current cricket game in this format.

I dont think England is weak team, they are just outclassed by professional cricket of Australia. Current England team is much better then what they were in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 WC. I do agree that there was hype before ashes that England is much stronger then Aus. Aus just broke that hype by there quality performance in first two matches.

[eaLiTy]

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Well the match will not last even half a day. Looking at england batting performance even batting one session would be a challange for them. Root already out and only stokes a solid batsman left. They can collapse yet again as they collapsed last two times also. England batting is really bad. As soon as root gets out they always get bundled out cheapely.

After watching the three innings they played in the Ashes, there is nothing much they will do in this match, their plan is to play as long as possible and delay the loss, which batsman will test the patience of Australian bowlers is to be seen as they have not done that till now and now they are playing to save the match, they will fold soon but expect some cameo performance.

[TheGreatPython]

I dont think England is weak team, they are just outclassed by professional cricket of Australia. Current England team is much better then what they were in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 WC. I do agree that there was hype before ashes that England is much stronger then Aus. Aus just broke that hype by there quality performance in first two matches.

Here you are not right because current team is completely useless in technique and have nothing to face Australian quality pace attack just how they are doing like Burns, Hameed and few others just Root and Malan both have some better figures all others are giving wickets like crap because they are very poor in quality. Recently their form is not good just very few players able to have done something good at home all others are doing worst which will continue for some more time because their counties are also having not good quality batsmen which is now main concern for them.

They need to change few things for better quality, but they have very poor record for this all which is the biggest problem ECB need to overhaul all system.

[Haunebu]

Aus just broke that hype by there quality performance in first two matches.

True. One sided Aussie domination surprised me. Their recent T-20 World Cup win coupled with their home ground advantage boosted team morale due to which they have been performing really well recently.

Players like Warner, Marnus etc continue performing consistently which has helped other players in their team like Smith(Has been in a slump for sometime now) perform well too.

Their plan is to play as long as possible and delay the loss, which batsman will test the patience of Australian bowlers is to be seen as they have not done that till now and now they are playing to save the match, they will fold soon but expect some cameo performance.

They already lost 4 wickets so far and are struggling against the Aussie bowlers currently. Am expecting them to get bowled out within 150-200 at this rate.