Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Ashwin sitting out  

It really makes me sad that one of our finest and professional spinner is not being selected for the playing 11 especially when he has very good stats in Test format. I think it has been over a year since Ashwin played for India despite the bowling performance he has shown earlier when India needed someone to take wickets the most. Wonder if he will ever get a chance to play again.

If we honestly look at Ashwin's red ball career then he's a champion bowler in subcontinent but average in SENA countries. Having said that I was surprised too when I looked at today's playing XI, considering the fact that his record is very good in west Indies and if I am not wrong then he was the man of the series in his last tour.

I have a feeling that India is one bowler short in this match. Don't know if 4 bowlers can take 20 wickets or may be kohli will use hanuma vihari as a 5th bowler.

After this series India have couple of series at home, so I don't think Ashwin's red ball career is finished. He is still first choice in subcontinent.

[DeathAngel]

AUS - 179 all out

Archer ripped through them, amazing bowling performance. AUS are up against it now, can England get a good 1st innings though, that’s the question.

[Little Mouse]

If we honestly look at Ashwin's red ball career then he's a champion bowler in subcontinent but average in SENA countries. Having said that I was surprised too when I looked at today's playing XI, considering the fact that his record is very good in west Indies and if I am not wrong then he was the man of the series in his last tour.

Ashwin got 77 wickets from 893 overs against Australia while 60 wickets from 436 overs against West Indies. These are top 2 of his career in test. This shows how much successful he is against WI. Sunil Gavaskar as well talked about this issue of exclusion of Ashwin, even Sehwag criticized the decision.

In the last series against WI, he got 9 wickets.

In India, Ashwin got 234 wickets with an average of 22.69, in away matches, he got 108 wickets with an average of 31.40, he was successful in both home and away.

I don't think his red ball career is in danger. He will be picked on the upcoming series certainly.

Edit-
Rahane is showing his class, he is one of the best batsman for team India after Pujara. Anyway, 5th gone now. Pant and Rahane is fighting, hopefully the score will be more or close to 300.

I have a feeling that India is one bowler short in this match. Don't know if 4 bowlers can take 20 wickets or may be kohli will use hanuma vihari as a 5th bowler.

4 regular bowlers? This is really strange. I didn't notice, however Bihari will be the 5th but this is really a poor selection, why not a regular bowler.

[JSRAW]

@little mouse I will get back to you regarding ashwin's stats in the morning, using phone now. As of now 6th wicket down. Rahane gone as well, now it's all up to jaddu and Pant.

[ene1980]

AUS - 179 all out
Archer ripped through them, amazing bowling performance. AUS are up against it now, can England get a good 1st innings though, that’s the question.

I am really impressed with Jofra Archer with his pace and his ability to confuse the batsman with bouncers every now and then and as expected without Smith in the team the Australians are struggling to put runs on the board, Warner scored a half century but the team wants him to score big hundreds, but i am surprised to see a new face in the team Labuschagne who played really well, i am expecting England to take the lead in the first innings but i do not expect them to score beyond 300 runs.

[vella85]

AUS - 179 all out
Archer ripped through them, amazing bowling performance. AUS are up against it now, can England get a good 1st innings though, that’s the question.

I am really impressed with Jofra Archer with his pace and his ability to confuse the batsman with bouncers every now and then and as expected without Smith in the team the Australians are struggling to put runs on the board, Warner scored a half century but the team wants him to score big hundreds, but i am surprised to see a new face in the team Labuschagne who played really well, i am expecting England to take the lead in the first innings but i do not expect them to score beyond 300 runs.

Not sure if Smith would of made a difference as he's replacement Labuschagne played well like I thought he would as I said he was a good replacement for Smith. It was nice to see Warner finally make some runs but he couldn't go on to make that century which Australia really needed. The middle order let Australia down which is why they score what they did and also because of the amazing bowling performance by Archer, even with Smith playing I'm not sure if he could withstand the onslaught from Archer. Australia will need to bowl well if they have any chance in this match, I still don't understand why Strac isn't playing but I guess the selectors know something we don't.

[bryant.coleman]

AUS - 179 all out

Archer ripped through them, amazing bowling performance. AUS are up against it now, can England get a good 1st innings though, that’s the question.

No surprises there. I expected a score of less than 200, as during the first two tests Steve Smith had scored close to half of the Australian total. Astralia without Steve Smith is like India without Virat Kohli. For a while I thought that Warner was back in form and Oz may be able to make a decent total. But once Warner was gone, Australian lineup collapsed like a pack of cards.

Jasprit Bumrah may get a ban after posting a controversial pic using his Twitter account. Some of the users have commented that it was "indecent". The BCCI may take up this matter.

Which type of picture Jasprit Bumrah posted on social media which may give him ban ? 
Do you have that picture or share the link of the tweet ?

Transparent underwear

This is definitely not something that is expected from a national level player, who may be having millions of fans (including minors). If you remember, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were given bans for just using inappropriate (?) language in a TV show. I don't care whether he is the no.1 bowler or not. BCCI should give him a life ban.

[onrise]

AUS - 179 all out

Archer ripped through them, amazing bowling performance. AUS are up against it now, can England get a good 1st innings though, that’s the question.

Archer ripped the lower order batsman and got OZ all out quickly as they were 6 down only for 162 and lower order could also bat well for OZ. But Archer line and pace just could be withstanded by any of the OZ batsman and as a result they got out quickly. Now bigger quetsion is that like 1st test England bowled well in first innings, but can they manage to take a good lead to put pressure on OZ for 2nd innings.

[Haunebu]

Transparent underwear:

I saw this picture earlier, but did not realize that he wore transparent underwear. Its funny how people think that he will get banned for such a comical reason. Bumrah is one of the world's best bowlers currently and he won't get banned for such silly reasons.

Archer ripped the lower order batsman and got OZ all out quickly as they were 6 down only for 162 and lower order could also bat well for OZ. But Archer line and pace just could be withstanded by any of the OZ batsman and as a result they got out quickly. Now bigger quetsion is that like 1st test England bowled well in first innings, but can they manage to take a good lead to put pressure on OZ for 2nd innings.

He was always the X-factor in the England team and he is easily the best replacement for Anderson at the moment. This guy is seriously one heck of a bowler. England looks like it might take this one at the moment unless rain intervenes again.

[onrise]

Rain is effecting the matches of England and also for the  Nz. Today second session of SL vs NZ got washed out due to rain and SL is struggling as such as they are 124-6. They will steal at have to post 200 in order to have something for their bowlers to bowl at though outfield will now be quite slow due to rain so making runs would not be that easy .

[akhjob]

Rain is effecting the matches of England and also for the  Nz. Today second session of SL vs NZ got washed out due to rain and SL is struggling as such as they are 124-6. They will steal at have to post 200 in order to have something for their bowlers to bowl at though outfield will now be quite slow due to rain so making runs would not be that easy .

Actually, it's 144/6, I doubt SL will get past 200 with only 4 wickets in hand. If NZ gets the wicket of Dhananjaya de Silva, then SL are done for the 1st innings. NZ may try to bowl them out as quickly as possible, try to outscore them and once again hopes to bowl them out. Looks highly unlikely. With only 3 days left and all the rain in play, this match is headed towards a draw, thereby declaring SL the winner of the series.

Coming to the match I'm following, IND vs WI, IND did really well considering the fact that they lost 3 early wickets in the game. If Pant and Jadeja manage to get the scores anywhere near 300, it will be great. But I personally think that they'll get past 250 for sure.  If IND manage to get some early wickets, then its a sure game to win.

[AB de Royse777]

PS : RIP

RIP Australia. I missed the whole day yesterday but once I checked the score after the day I was like, well it is expected. All out for 179 runs!

Anyway, England seems not responding well too. They lost 4 wickets to collect 38 runs so far. I am expecting anyone from England will build a partnership. England should win this test. Without Smith, the Australian team is broken. Good news that Warner got few runs in the first innings.

Do you guys remember my picks:
England to win or draw
India to win or draw
New Zealand to win or draw.

I should have risked some money in this multibet but I am under an oath :-(

EDIT:
Who is going to rescue England? 54/6 LOL Lunch break.

[ene1980]

RIP Australia. I missed the whole day yesterday but once I checked the score after the day I was like, well it is expected. All out for 179 runs!

You can watch the entire match like highlights and i expected England to fight and take a lead here, but i was wrong as they already lost 8 wickets for just 56 runs, they will be lucky if they get to 100 runs with just 2 wickets remaining and i would like to see the Australian fast bowlers peppering Archer with short balls . Australia is going to win the test even without Smith in the team and the series with ease.

[Vishnu.Reang]

WTF just happened? I just reached home from office and I am seeing a scoreboard of 56/8 for the England innings. Just when I thought that England had this match under their complete control, something like this happens. Archer and Broad are batting... and Hazlewood seems to be on fire. Anyway I am glad. I had developed a deep aversion to England due to the dramatics during the final of the CWC 2019. Just want to say one thing: "Karma is a bitch".

I saw this picture earlier, but did not realize that he wore transparent underwear. Its funny how people think that he will get banned for such a comical reason. Bumrah is one of the world's best bowlers currently and he won't get banned for such silly reasons.

I don't think that this is a silly reason. Indecent exposure is a criminal offense in India (Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code) and the perpetrator can be jailed for up to 3 months.

[Indymoney]

RIP Australia. I missed the whole day yesterday but once I checked the score after the day I was like, well it is expected. All out for 179 runs!

You can watch the entire match like highlights and i expected England to fight and take a lead here, but i was wrong as they already lost 8 wickets for just 56 runs, they will be lucky if they get to 100 runs with just 2 wickets remaining and i would like to see the Australian fast bowlers peppering Archer with short balls . Australia is going to win the test even without Smith in the team and the series with ease.

What a come back by Australia its one of best bowling from them and now I can say this Ashes series belong to them bowlers done extra ordinary stuff and now they are in complete command 66/9 mean now they are taking lead by more then 100 runs and this is very good stuff for them and big below for England.

[akhjob]

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EDIT:
Who is going to rescue England? 54/6 LOL Lunch break.

None 66/9 now
Cummins & Hazelwood have pierced through the ENG players. I think AUS is going to enforce a follow-on. Shit thought AUS scored 279 in 1st innings

[AB de Royse777]

BIG LOL
What is going on with England?
NINE DOWN! :-P

Australia is going to win the test even without Smith in the team and the series with ease.

England had their best chance to win a Test match in this series but their betting line up is showing the worse commitment LOL

[Vishnu.Reang]

~snip~

EDIT:
Who is going to rescue England? 54/6 LOL Lunch break.

None 66/9 now
Cummins & Hazelwood have pierced through the ENG players. I think AUS is going to enforce a follow-on.

LOL.. follow on? How that is possible? To force follow on, you need a lead of 200 plus. The latest update is that England have been bowled out of 67, with Hazlewood taking 5 wickets. Australia currently leads by 112 runs and they will be looking to build their lead to 300 plus. Complete humiliation for England in front of the home crowd.  

[AB de Royse777]

Man I am worried about the tip: England to win or draw :-P

However! however!! I am very happy with the performance of Australian bowlers.

EDIT: 67 runs and booked LOL
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is our ODI World cup champion 2019 

[Haunebu]

I don't think that this is a silly reason. Indecent exposure is a criminal offense in India (Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code) and the perpetrator can be jailed for up to 3 months.

The rules usually apply to common people only and celebrities usually get a pass. Also, I don't really see what is the big deal in accident exposure. No need to over-complicate simple things people.

EDIT: 67 runs and booked LOL
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is our ODI World cup champion 2019 

What in the world? This is absolute insanity. I still cannot believe my eyes. This is why it is never smart to underestimate teams like Australia or England. They are playing really well even without Smith which shows their caliber.