Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JohnBitCo]

The situation of England team is like Bangladesh team now. No matter how badly the opponent bats, their batsmen will bat worse than him and will be defeated. Australia scored only 267 runs. England had a good chance to give Australia a big target. But before the end of the second day, England lost 4 wickets. Their collection is only 31. England's batsmen are feeling more comfortable getting out early and going to the dressing room.

Keep in mind that England managed to make only 185 runs in the first innings, so even if Australians scored 267 runs, they still had the lead. This lead could be a physiological pressure and England went down by four wickets and scored only 31 runs. Australia should win this match tomorrow easily.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Early in the second day, the English bowlers found the truck. Before lunch, the Australian team collected 131/4. Now Head and Harri are at the crease. If these two batsmen are out before the end of the second session then England will be able to fight in the second innings. Otherwise, Australia will give a lead of at least 150 runs. As a result, another humiliating defeat awaits England.

Right now Australia have gained good momentum considering the starting overs. Somehow it has managed to score 219 runs losing 8 wickets. More two wickets left which will probably allow Australia to score around 250 runs. Anyhow Australia will set around 50 runs lead. Pat Cummins on the crease and this time England have got a chance to make use of it.

Australia managed to score 26 runs. Looking at the position of the pitch, it seems that the pitch is helping the bowlers. The batsmen have had a hard time collecting runs. 267 Although there was not enough collection. However, since England's batsmen are not in form, Australia's lead of just 82 runs is enough. Moreover, England lost 4 wickets and is still trailing by 51 runs.

[Vaskiy]

Early in the second day, the English bowlers found the truck. Before lunch, the Australian team collected 131/4. Now Head and Harri are at the crease. If these two batsmen are out before the end of the second session then England will be able to fight in the second innings. Otherwise, Australia will give a lead of at least 150 runs. As a result, another humiliating defeat awaits England.

Right now Australia have gained good momentum considering the starting overs. Somehow it has managed to score 219 runs losing 8 wickets. More two wickets left which will probably allow Australia to score around 250 runs. Anyhow Australia will set around 50 runs lead. Pat Cummins on the crease and this time England have got a chance to make use of it.

Australia managed to score 26 runs. Looking at the position of the pitch, it seems that the pitch is helping the bowlers. The batsmen have had a hard time collecting runs. 267 Although there was not enough collection. However, since England's batsmen are not in form, Australia's lead of just 82 runs is enough. Moreover, England lost 4 wickets and is still trailing by 51 runs.

The pitch is supportive to the bowlers than the batsmen which is the reason for low total on the innings. But, Australia manages to make more runs than England. Even in this innings Australia have lost 7 wickets when the run was 200, but later it has managed to score 67 runs. Why this isn't possible with England. Pitch is one factor, and there were more other factors that keeps England low.

[Minor Miner]

The situation of England team is like Bangladesh team now. No matter how badly the opponent bats, their batsmen will bat worse than him and will be defeated. Australia scored only 267 runs. England had a good chance to give Australia a big target. But before the end of the second day, England lost 4 wickets. Their collection is only 31. England's batsmen are feeling more comfortable getting out early and going to the dressing room.

Keep in mind that England managed to make only 185 runs in the first innings, so even if Australians scored 267 runs, they still had the lead. This lead could be a physiological pressure and England went down by four wickets and scored only 31 runs. Australia should win this match tomorrow easily.

As easy as Australia should be, I believe Australia will win easily. Because only 2 days have passed.

However, England's only hope Joe Root is not out yet. If he is at the crease, England's innings will be longer. The only plan of the Australian bowlers tomorrow will be to take Root's wicket and bring him back to the dressing room. Once rooted out, the rest of England's batsmen will not be able to stand in front of the Australian bowlers.

[kro55]

Kohli should take leave now on his own accord, spend time with family, try to get back to form by practicing well at the same time. If he continues to perform poorly in the upcoming series, the board will be forced to take his replacement and send him to rest. It would be insulting for a player like Kohli. So now Kohli should voluntarily rest for a few months.

Yes I do agree with this suggestion. Sometime taking break from international cricket and focus mainly on your family life gives you positive energy. Kohli wife is Indian film super star and they have enough money to enjoy vacations anywhere in the world. Kohli is star player and its not easy for BCCI to say him good bye forever.

Although I am not Indian, I like players like Kohli, Dhoni, Shachin. I respect them cause they are legends.
If you love cricket, you must love these players too. So I don't want Kohli to be insulted by BCCI now.
BCCI has already taken away the captaincy. This is a bit insulting. So before the BCCI asks Kohli to leave the team, Kohli should apply for leave. As if he is free from mental pressure and can better organize himself for the Indian team.

[mm2543363580]

Although I am not Indian, I like players like Kohli, Dhoni, Shachin. I respect them. They are legends. If you love cricket, you must love these players too. So I don't want Kohli to be insulted by BCCI now. BCCI has already taken away the captaincy. This is a bit insulting. So before the BCCI asks Kohli to leave the team, Kohlir should apply for leave. As if he is free from mental pressure and can better organize himself for the Indian team.

The way Kohli was removed from captaincy is really insulting for such a legend player. The whole Indian team failed miserably in the tournament. Sharma who failed to perform in crucial matches of T20 WC is made captain, thats so funny. Kohli need to perform in test else he will removed from test captaincy also.

[Sithara007]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

[GbitG]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

I already posted few time about England they are overrated for this series because they have no good batting line-up, so it's just going to be the worst series for them, now we are watching how they are playing. 5 - 0 is already on cards now they need some good overhaul because this system and team can't do good in future.

Bad news from India, BCCI President Saurav Ganguly test positive for Covid-19 and now into Hospital.

https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/india-bcci-president-sourav-ganguly-tests-covid-19-positive-1.1640666577459

[Minor Miner]

After playing through such dominance in the T20 World Cup, I find it difficult to accept such a poor performance. They lost by an innings and 14 runs against Australia.

You know, England are not a weak team that will lose by an innings. Players should be diligent. Not only playing well in the T20 format but ODI and Test formats should also be treated with equal importance. I have forgotten when England finally suffered such a humiliating defeat.

[CDC AP]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

The performance of England team is going from bad to worse in this ashes and 5-0 is looking inevitable right now.
Such a shame that they lost by an inning when australia not posted a big total.68 all out says it all and Australia are all over England this Ashes.

[JSRAW]

It was not a simple inning lose but humiliation. This current England team sucks on different level and hitting new low every time they come to bat.

They can't bat bat a single session on spin track when playing in India.
They can't survive 60 overs when playing in England against Kiwis and Indians.
They can't even bat on Aus's bouncy tracks.

This is second time a debutant ripped their complete batting line up. First it was Axar Patel and now Scott Boland.

[JohnBitCo]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

This is a nightmare for the England team and fans. Something is seriously gone wrong in their team. No one would have expected that England will close the year on such miserable performance. They need to work out on something or make big changes in the team to be able to show some performance in the remaining last two test matches.

[coinism]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

Even Aussies debutant is unplayable by English batsman. Just when things went slightly in England way as they bowled out Aussies in 267, England batting failed once again. Boland has a dream start of his test career, look at his bowling figure in second innings 6 wickets in just 4 overs. England is surely at the verge of another whitewash.

[virasog]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

This is a nightmare for the England team and fans. Something is seriously gone wrong in their team. No one would have expected that England will close the year on such miserable performance. They need to work out on something or make big changes in the team to be able to show some performance in the remaining last two test matches.

How will you explain the bowling by Scott Boland. He took 6 wickets in just 4 overs and gave only seven runs. I wonder how many records have broken by this bowling spell from Scott Boland ?
Australian looking in full form at the moment and their target should be to whitewash the series.

[Vaskiy]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

This is a nightmare for the England team and fans. Something is seriously gone wrong in their team. No one would have expected that England will close the year on such miserable performance. They need to work out on something or make big changes in the team to be able to show some performance in the remaining last two test matches.

There is nothing to say specific, because in the same pitch Australia is playing. As it is home ground for Australia, we can say it has got an advantage. However the climatic conditions between Australia and England is almost the same. If any of the Asian team is playing, then they'll find difficulty. England need to work on different things, if this continues further they'll fall even against the small teams.

[Haunebu]

It was not a simple inning lose but humiliation. This current England team sucks on different level and hitting new low every time they come to bat.

They can't bat bat a single session on spin track when playing in India.
They can't survive 60 overs when playing in England against Kiwis and Indians.
They can't even bat on Aus's bouncy tracks.

This is second time a debutant ripped their complete batting line up. First it was Axar Patel and now Scott Boland.

I feel like this is their karma for their unfair World Cup win sometime back. Luck sided with them back then, but it isn't with them anymore clearly. England is still a powerful team in ODIs and T-20s, but they suck in tests currently.

Australia continues to rise back up across all formats. Betting on Australia in this series : Easy money!

[coinism]

Meanwhile there is another test going on between South Africa and India, India bowled very well in there first inning. South Africa top 4 players are gone by just scoring 32 runs. Second day was washed out by rain but still game is very much on India side. If India bowl out South Africa today with lead of 100 runs they have bright chance of winning this test.

[onecall123]

Unbelievable scenes unfolding at the MCG. England blown away by Scott Boland and Mitchell Starc for 68, as they slip to an innings defeat. Australia is up by 3-0 in Ashes, and with every passing day a 5-0 whitewash looks likely. Had anyone even considered this possibility before the start of the series? I have followed most of the posts in this thread, and a lot of users actually predicted 5-0 in England's favor. And today morning they got bowled out for a two digit total, and that too without key bowlers in the Australian playing XI (Hazlewood, Richardson.etc).

This is a nightmare for the England team and fans. Something is seriously gone wrong in their team. No one would have expected that England will close the year on such miserable performance. They need to work out on something or make big changes in the team to be able to show some performance in the remaining last two test matches.

There is nothing to say specific, because in the same pitch Australia is playing. As it is home ground for Australia, we can say it has got an advantage. However the climatic conditions between Australia and England is almost the same. If any of the Asian team is playing, then they'll find difficulty. England need to work on different things, if this continues further they'll fall even against the small teams.

Having started the day at 31/4, England ended the day at 68. I wonder what England will be like after Anderson retires. He is still their best bowler at 39. The only exciting English bowler I've seen is Jofra Archer. A problem in bowling can't arise where lead is just 82. England loses by an innings. Australia makes a brutal attack. With the way the Aussies are dominating, the ashes will be won 5-0. England really needs to improve.

[JSRAW]

It was not a simple inning lose but humiliation. This current England team sucks on different level and hitting new low every time they come to bat.

They can't bat bat a single session on spin track when playing in India.
They can't survive 60 overs when playing in England against Kiwis and Indians.
They can't even bat on Aus's bouncy tracks.

This is second time a debutant ripped their complete batting line up. First it was Axar Patel and now Scott Boland.

I feel like this is their karma for their unfair World Cup win sometime back. Luck sided with them back then, but it isn't with them anymore clearly. England is still a powerful team in ODIs and T-20s, but they suck in tests currently.

Australia continues to rise back up across all formats. Betting on Australia in this series : Easy money!

Would say ignorance, mediocrity and poor leadership played a major role. I saw majority of their statements (Captain-Coach). Every series they lost in recent time, they downplayed every defeat and refused to make any changes or improvements by saying that its a preparation for the ashes. What they end up with their so called preparations in last 2 years?

4 seam bowling attack with similar style, led by 39 yo old. Virtually no spinner. No openers, no middle order. Everytime someone failed miserably they replaced him, only to bring him back again. More like dhandiya competition between Roy-Crawley-Burns-Bairstow-Buttler-Leach-Bess-Pope-Lawrence. Last 2 are (Pope-Lawrence) excellent player tho but one of em doesn't get much chance along with WK Ben foakes.

Are you watching SA vs IND

Check the scorecard -See i told you moment -
 

[Pffrt]

Are you watching SA vs IND

Check the scorecard -See i told you moment -
 

I wasn't watching because I'm really going through a lot of busy schedules these days. After watching your reply, I just checked and it seems quite similar to the first test of the 1996-97 test series in South Africa where Africa win the match by 328 runs. Maybe revenge? None of the Indian batsmen were able to score in two innings though Bavuma did it today for Africa.