Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

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.

Batting is going to be tough on 5th day, and that too against experienced bowlers like Starc and Lyon. BTW, did anyone noticed that the Australian playing XI had two players who were born in South Africa? I guess this is the first time that has happened in test matches. Teams like New Zealand usually have 3-4 South Africans in their playing XI, but for quite some time Australia never had any foreign born players in their XI. Now with the inclusion of Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser, it is slowly changing.

[JSRAW]

^^ So that's a actual reason of English surrender   They should boycott South Africa and New Zealand for not sending enough talent to their shore. Spirit of cricket is in danger cause of Protea and Kiwis.

ECB should go on offensive mode and start poaching more players from the subcontinent, especially Pakistan.

They are still batting so moral victory. 

[Shagnasty]

So england are already 6 down and Australia going for another win may be in couple of hours. 2 wickets already this morning and butler and woakes are batting currently and after this only main bowlers are there. May be they will survive the first session and in thr second session they win all out and australia will get their second win of this ashes series.

[JSRAW]

And just like that its 2-0.

Poms did manage to save their face (Well kinda) by dragging game into final session and face 113 overs, some might argue that they only won 1-ish session in this match and its true but they also showed some sort of resistance on final day so that's a positive considering they were setting new milestone on "How to collapse" every time they came to bat.

English batters also making Green look good. Same guy went wicketless last summer.

No WTC finals for the Poms (ICC also docked the points). If we go simply by existing schedule scenario then Pakistan is hot fav, followed by Australia and may be India if they manage to compete in SA.

[romero121]

And just like that its 2-0.

Poms did manage to save their face (Well kinda) by dragging game into final session and face 113 overs, some might argue that they only won 1-ish session in this match and its true but they also showed some sort of resistance on final day so that's a positive considering they were setting new milestone on "How to collapse" every time they came to bat.

English batters also making Green look good. Same guy went wicketless last summer.

This time there is good resistance, because on the last day of the match with six wickets left England have managed to face almost 70 overs. Though the scoring is very slow, the team have withstood a long. This is something positive from the team, if this positive move continues by the upcoming match England could give a better play. Anyhow the series has almost into the hands of Australia.

[UmerIdrees]

^^ So that's a actual reason of English surrender   They should boycott South Africa and New Zealand for not sending enough talent to their shore. Spirit of cricket is in danger cause of Protea and Kiwis.

ECB should go on offensive mode and start poaching more players from the subcontinent, especially Pakistan.

They are still batting so moral victory. 

If ECB can give a place in a national team plus an England nationality, many from the subcontinent will happily leave the country for the sake of money. They would sell their soul for money. 

Australia winning first two tests; you can call it home advantage 

[CDC AP]

Another poor performance from England specially inthe batting department. Their batting line up collapses again and again just after the wicket of root fells. Their batting unit is not able to perform as a team. Today butler showed some resistant but that was not enough. Looking like a whitewash to me this series if rain done not spoil any of the matches  .

[GbitG]

^^ So that's a actual reason of English surrender   They should boycott South Africa and New Zealand for not sending enough talent to their shore. Spirit of cricket is in danger cause of Protea and Kiwis.

ECB should go on offensive mode and start poaching more players from the subcontinent, especially Pakistan.

They are still batting so moral victory. 

If ECB can give a place in a national team plus an England nationality, many from the subcontinent will happily leave the country for the sake of money. They would sell their soul for money. 

Australia winning first two tests; you can call it home advantage 

I am not agreed here with you on this statement that it's home advantage they are playing very good and having these both wins by big margins against crapy English team which need some better players for this Ashes but completely fail to have quality players. Root and Malan two batsmen can't handle the very aggressive Australian bowling attack with Starc, Richardson, Nesser and Lyon all doing a very good job. After watching English team I was expecting 5 - 0 from Australia, but media hype was going for some tough competition which was completely fraud for having some better viewership and attention for this series which is now having nothing good for cricket fans.

[doomloop]

This time there is good resistance, because on the last day of the match with six wickets left England have managed to face almost 70 overs. Though the scoring is very slow, the team have withstood a long. This is something positive from the team, if this positive move continues by the upcoming match England could give a better play. Anyhow the series has almost into the hands of Australia.

Mate, with this, nothing positive going to happen with England because they are clearly outclassed and now down very badly against a quality team with their very poor performance. Now in England many having questions about these batsmen's skills because Burns and Hameed specially bringing moral down very badly. Now if England want to do some better than surely they need to change with having Root or Malan in opening pair then some better batsmen for covering them Buttler is also under serious criticism due to his drop catches on very crucial moments.

They have very few days which are not enough for having something positive, but they can change attitude and strategy for having some better results with they already lost this series.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Another poor performance from England specially inthe batting department. Their batting line up collapses again and again just after the wicket of root fells. Their batting unit is not able to perform as a team. Today butler showed some resistant but that was not enough. Looking like a whitewash to me this series if rain done not spoil any of the matches  .

England should plan for the long term. Otherwise, they can now focus on winning the next World Cup without worrying about the Test format. If the players practice accordingly, they may be able to perform well in the World Cup. After the World Cup they can make a successful team selection for the Test format. They badly need some experienced opener.

[pakhitheboss]

Another poor performance from England specially inthe batting department. Their batting line up collapses again and again just after the wicket of root fells. Their batting unit is not able to perform as a team. Today butler showed some resistant but that was not enough. Looking like a whitewash to me this series if rain done not spoil any of the matches  .

England should plan for the long term. Otherwise, they can now focus on winning the next World Cup without worrying about the Test format. If the players practice accordingly, they may be able to perform well in the World Cup. After the World Cup they can make a successful team selection for the Test format. They badly need some experienced opener.

I will still say that this English team is not that bad, they are far better than their predecessor. In my opinion, they lack the skills and experience to play test cricket. Australia has won the recent WC there morale is high and have players who have played all kinds of formats in cricket. With three more matches left in this series, the English side can still come back.

[Sithara007]

I will still say that this English team is not that bad, they are far better than their predecessor. In my opinion, they lack the skills and experience to play test cricket. Australia has won the recent WC there morale is high and have players who have played all kinds of formats in cricket. With three more matches left in this series, the English side can still come back.

The problem with England is that they are overdependent on a few players. For batting, they are dependent upon Joe Root. And the pace bowling pair of Anderson and Broad are supposed to carry the brunt of the bowling workload. There is hardly any contribution from the other players. Now look at the Australian team. They are well balanced. Apart from Smith and Labuschagne, others like Travis Head and David Warner are scoring runs. And in the bowling department, Jhye Richardson and Michael Neser have provided excellent support to Mitchell Starc. 

[JSRAW]

I will still say that this English team is not that bad, they are far better than their predecessor. In my opinion, they lack the skills and experience to play test cricket. Australia has won the recent WC there morale is high and have players who have played all kinds of formats in cricket. With three more matches left in this series, the English side can still come back.

Bhai you have to make up your mind first. They are better than their predecessor or They lack skills? Btw previous teams had champion batters like Cook, Bell and Pietersen. Their last won came back in 2010-11 series when they won 3-1. After that its just one sided affair so everything is going according to the script.

2013-14 Ashes in Australia  = 5-0
2017-18 Ashes in Australia  = 4-0

Only inspirational and collective team effort can save England now. I fear Root is going to lose his captaincy soon, he's not looking good as a captain. May be weakest English test captain in the last decade. Team selectors and management really fucked up their combination with rotation policy.

Plus Home advantage.

[goku19]

Another poor performance from England specially inthe batting department. Their batting line up collapses again and again just after the wicket of root fells. Their batting unit is not able to perform as a team. Today butler showed some resistant but that was not enough. Looking like a whitewash to me this series if rain done not spoil any of the matches  .

England should plan for the long term. Otherwise, they can now focus on winning the next World Cup without worrying about the Test format. If the players practice accordingly, they may be able to perform well in the World Cup. After the World Cup they can make a successful team selection for the Test format. They badly need some experienced opener.

England's team for white ball cricket is already strong both in t20 and one day format their team in amongst the best.
But in test matches their performance is going down too much. Their batting line up largely depends upon root and may be stokes. Apart from these two none of the batsman has performed consistently. Their opening combination is also not settled.

[kingangel]

Another poor performance from England specially inthe batting department. Their batting line up collapses again and again just after the wicket of root fells. Their batting unit is not able to perform as a team. Today butler showed some resistant but that was not enough. Looking like a whitewash to me this series if rain done not spoil any of the matches  .

England should plan for the long term. Otherwise, they can now focus on winning the next World Cup without worrying about the Test format. If the players practice accordingly, they may be able to perform well in the World Cup. After the World Cup they can make a successful team selection for the Test format. They badly need some experienced opener.

England's team for white ball cricket is already strong both in t20 and one day format their team in amongst the best.
But in test matches their performance is going down too much. Their batting line up largely depends upon root and may be stokes. Apart from these two none of the batsman has performed consistently. Their opening combination is also not settled.

Surely england are the best team in the world when it comes to white ball cricket. Yes they were beaten in the semis by newzealand in the t20 world cup. But overall the style of play of england is very aggresive and dominating.
They just to need to work on their test match quality of cricket.

[Sithara007]

England's team for white ball cricket is already strong both in t20 and one day format their team in amongst the best.
But in test matches their performance is going down too much. Their batting line up largely depends upon root and may be stokes. Apart from these two none of the batsman has performed consistently. Their opening combination is also not settled.

Let's not forget the fact that the Australians are having home advantage. Playing at home, Australia is almost invincible. On top of that, they have top players like Smith, Labuschagne, Starc and Cummins. On the other side, there is no stability in England team. Their openers are not in form, and the same can be said about their spinners and middle order. The absence of Archer is hurting them, and Ben Stokes is yet to return to full form. Australia is up by 2-0, and I won't be surprised if the series ends at 5-0.

[onecall123]

Another poor performance from England specially inthe batting department. Their batting line up collapses again and again just after the wicket of root fells. Their batting unit is not able to perform as a team. Today butler showed some resistant but that was not enough. Looking like a whitewash to me this series if rain done not spoil any of the matches  .

England should plan for the long term. Otherwise, they can now focus on winning the next World Cup without worrying about the Test format. If the players practice accordingly, they may be able to perform well in the World Cup. After the World Cup they can make a successful team selection for the Test format. They badly need some experienced opener.

England's team for white ball cricket is already strong both in t20 and one day format their team in amongst the best.
But in test matches their performance is going down too much. Their batting line up largely depends upon root and may be stokes. Apart from these two none of the batsman has performed consistently. Their opening combination is also not settled.

Ashes series now stands at 2-0 in favor of the hosts. Thankful moment for Australia's bowlers and batters.
Disappointed with England. It should have been much better. As a result, their performance has declined too much, and if this trend continues, the worst is yet to come. To win the 3rd ashes test, England should win the toss and elect to bat first. They must bat well to win the match. In both their previous innings, England did not reach the target of 250. It was a disappointing batting performance by the Englishmen.

[Haunebu]

Jos Buttler seriously gave it everything to save his team, but the manner in which he got out surprised me. Who would have expected him to hit an own goal after so much effort? Extremely bad luck.

He almost got out for a single digit score though which implies that luck sided with him initially. My random prediction is that the series will end as 3-1 in Australia's favor.

[JSRAW]

Came across excellent article about Ashwin. This guy is one of the brightest spinner in World cricket history, if not history then at least in the last decade due to exposure of technical aspect in mordern cricket which previous spinners lacked.

Highly recommended article about his overall personality. Which includes his insecurity, fragile body and preparations toward any series.
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1293861/r-ashwin---ive-always-been-good-at-assessing-batsmen-but-now-i-think-ive-taken-it-to-another-level



This is real nerd level observation.



Despite all admiration i don't believe he should play in the first match against South Africa because its in Centurion.   Its a absolute graveyard for the spinners but if any chance he does gets a chance in playing XI, then i would be very happy if he even gets 3-4 wickets.


Big blow to Proteas - Anrich Nortje is ruled out of the full test series due to injury-
https://twitter.com/OfficialCSA/status/1473219481266794498


 

[savetheFORUM]

England's team for white ball cricket is already strong both in t20 and one day format their team in amongst the best.
But in test matches their performance is going down too much. Their batting line up largely depends upon root and may be stokes. Apart from these two none of the batsman has performed consistently. Their opening combination is also not settled.

Let's not forget the fact that the Australians are having home advantage. Playing at home, Australia is almost invincible. On top of that, they have top players like Smith, Labuschagne, Starc and Cummins. On the other side, there is no stability in England team. Their openers are not in form, and the same can be said about their spinners and middle order. The absence of Archer is hurting them, and Ben Stokes is yet to return to full form. Australia is up by 2-0, and I won't be surprised if the series ends at 5-0.

We all know before this series what is going to happen with England because their performance against India at home was not good, and they were going to face Australia in Australia with they are having services of some top ranked players currently in test world.

Still many were feeling England is going to have some very good but this all was in media or on papers in reality they were really crap with no good batsman and just two bowlers those have not enough back up but still they are doing some better and batsmen are completely outclassed which is big concern at the time. Let's watch now how they plan and complete this tour because surely they are going to lose by whitewash.