Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[FIFA worldcup]

19 runs from the last over. Only 18 runs need to win. This is beauty from Stokes, the world cup winner. Very exciting moment.
Jack Leach needs to assist 2 more overs and history will be created.

This is getting more than exciting.  Can strokes bring England to home ? I am loving the atmosphere at the ground.
Leach surviving each time . A Half chance catch dropped for stokes. Drama continues.

[JSRAW]

Damn ripper.... run out missed

72 runs partnership and Leech hit the most important run in his career.

Jeez..... And History is made, no one going to forget 2 match in their life.

World Cup Final and 2nd Test of 2019 Ashes.

Only one player, single handedly won the both games for England

[erikalui]

They lost so many chances of getting Stokes out and then that run out and lost review.

England finally won the match and Stokes is just WOW! Without him, the team would never be able to even think of getting those runs. Last wicket and 76 run partnership. Unimaginable.

[Indymoney]

They lost so many chances of getting Stokes out and then that run out and lost review.

England finally won the match and Stokes is just WOW! Without him, the team would never be able to even think of getting those runs. Last wicket and 76 run partnership. Unimaginable.

We can say we watch one of best match of cricket history its really miracle by Stoke and England they deserve this win even after all out 67 in first inning now this Ashes is going to be more interesting as this is going to be moral booster for home team.

[Little Mouse]

72 runs partnership and Leech hit the most important run in his career.

Even the century in the first match is tiny than today's single. He did a very good job in his batting. Stokes, on the other hand, repeated the world cup final. Even Stokes didn't believe he can win the match.

[FIFA worldcup]

Damn ripper.... run out missed

72 runs partnership and Leech hit the most important run in his career.

Jeez..... And History is made, no one going to forget 2 match in their life.

World Cup Final and 2nd Test of 2019 Ashes.

Only one player, single handedly won the both games for England

That's really true, I have not seen such an interesting test match before.  This match was between Stokes and Australian team. The drama happened when a run out was missed and England had no more reviews to take that LBW in their favor.

Did you see that Stokes was not looking at Leach when he was at non-striking end and hoping leach survive the last balls of the overs. That much tense he was and the whole English crowd.

This match made my Sunday, a great day.  

[Tipstar]

Damn ripper.... run out missed

72 runs partnership and Leech hit the most important run in his career.

Jeez..... And History is made, no one going to forget 2 match in their life.

World Cup Final and 2nd Test of 2019 Ashes.

Only one player, single handedly won the both games for England

That's really true, I have not seen such an interesting test match before.  This match was between Stokes and Australian team. The drama happened when a run out was missed and England had no more reviews to take that LBW in their favor.

Did you see that Stokes was not looking at Leach when he was at non-striking end and hoping leach survive the last balls of the overs. That much tense he was and the whole English crowd.

This match made my Sunday, a great day.  

This could really be awarded the test match of this decade. It was one of the most exciting and nerve wrecking test match I've ever followed.
76 runs partnership for the last wicket of which 74 were from Ben Stokes. 1 win for both the teams and a tie. The next two matches would also be an interesting event to watch.

[UmerIdrees]

This Picture tell you the story of the day !!!!

[onrise]

This Picture tell you the story of the day !!!!

What a test match we had witnessed it. Something magical just happened where England fought back hard and rightly came back in the test match and also in the test series as well. Smith difference can be seen and with 1-1 in the test series the next both test match now become interesting .

[Little Mouse]

Poor West Indies. 37/7, Didn't expect it. None of the batsman got a 2 digits score. What a shame! West Indies certainly look for developing their test and ODI team, this team is really full of shit for both the format.

[UmerIdrees]

Poor West Indies. 37/7, Didn't expect it. None of the batsman got a 2 digits score. What a shame! West Indies certainly look for developing their test and ODI team, this team is really full of shit for both the format.

[vella85]

Australia had their chances to win the match but it wasn't to be. I can't believe Lyon missed that run out chance which would of sealed the win for Australia however that umpiring decision to not give the LBW was very bad as it was plum but again Australia have them self to blame on reviewing a poor decision with the ball clearly going down the leg side. Like I said before the series started I think England will win the Ashes and now this can become a reality as they will have all the momentum going into the fourth test match and will be hard to stop.

[bryant.coleman]

Damn ripper.... run out missed

72 runs partnership and Leech hit the most important run in his career.

Jeez..... And History is made, no one going to forget 2 match in their life.

World Cup Final and 2nd Test of 2019 Ashes.

Only one player, single handedly won the both games for England

I would have been happier if England had won both the matches, without help from the umpires. During the penultimate over, Stokes was clearly out LBW to Nathan Lyon. Fortunately for England, Joel Wilson refused to give him out and by then Australia had run out of reviews (they had wasted one review in the previous over). But still, it was a very poor decision from Joel Wilson and I can't see how anyone could rule that not out. Hawk-eye had the ball hitting the middle stump. So technically, Australia would have won the match by 1 run.

I don't want to explain what happened during the world cup final, but it was the one extra run awarded (6 runs were given instead of 5 after the ball deflected and reached the boundary rope) that helped England to take the super-over to tie. Else, NZ could have won by 1 run.

[FIFA worldcup]

Damn ripper.... run out missed

72 runs partnership and Leech hit the most important run in his career.

Jeez..... And History is made, no one going to forget 2 match in their life.

World Cup Final and 2nd Test of 2019 Ashes.

Only one player, single handedly won the both games for England

I would have been happier if England had won both the matches, without help from the umpires. During the penultimate over, Stokes was clearly out LBW to Nathan Lyon. Fortunately for England, Joel Wilson refused to give him out and by then Australia had run out of reviews (they had wasted one review in the previous over). But still, it was a very poor decision from Joel Wilson and I can't see how anyone could rule that not out. Hawk-eye had the ball hitting the middle stump. So technically, Australia would have won the match by 1 run.

I don't want to explain what happened during the world cup final, but it was the one extra run awarded (6 runs were given instead of 5 after the ball deflected and reached the boundary rope) that helped England to take the super-over to tie. Else, NZ could have won by 1 run.

You maybe right but who told Aussies to waste a review on a ball which was clearly Not Out. If Aussie had that review, they could have taken it.
At the end of the day, it is the result which matters the most and what do you say about the innings from stokes ?
You cannot deny that luck favors the brave.

[Vishnu.Reang]

You maybe right but who told Aussies to waste a review on a ball which was clearly Not Out. If Aussie had that review, they could have taken it.
At the end of the day, it is the result which matters the most and what do you say about the innings from stokes ?
You cannot deny that luck favors the brave.

Australia wasted a review and there is no doubt that it cost them the match. But the fact remains that Joel Wilson made a very poor decision, as it looked plumb in front of the stumps for me. You may find umpires giving not out in cases where the ball is hitting the off-stump or the leg-stump, but in this case it was clearly hitting the middle-stump. In the end, only the result matters as you said. No one cares whether they won the match fairly or not. And this gives advantage to teams such as England.

[romero121]

What a game, Australia could never thought such a situation that will happen at the end of the match. Stokes proved his ability in all forms of cricket. How he played the match and took the team towards win is really perfect. He started slowly as a tortoise and got turned to be a storm at the end. His second second boundary was hit at 74 runs. With this we can see how hard he had kept himself in control and did the right thing at the right time understanding the wicket fall at the other side.

[FIFA worldcup]

You maybe right but who told Aussies to waste a review on a ball which was clearly Not Out. If Aussie had that review, they could have taken it.
At the end of the day, it is the result which matters the most and what do you say about the innings from stokes ?
You cannot deny that luck favors the brave.

Australia wasted a review and there is no doubt that it cost them the match. But the fact remains that Joel Wilson made a very poor decision, as it looked plumb in front of the stumps for me. You may find umpires giving not out in cases where the ball is hitting the off-stump or the leg-stump, but in this case it was clearly hitting the middle-stump. In the end, only the result matters as you said. No one cares whether they won the match fairly or not. And this gives advantage to teams such as England.

Just be fair with the umpires. They are also human beings. You know this decision can make or break the match for the home crowd. The match pressure and the crowd pressure can also effect on the umpire and he gave the benefit of the doubt in this last moment lbw case. You have just a fraction of a second to declare Out or not out.
I will still insist England win was due to great innings by the Stokes and not by the help of umpires.

[Haunebu]

Looks like I won 2 out of 3 bets in my 3 fold. Never expected England to win this one, but Stokes is something else this year. He was never this good before, but he has become the best player of England through hard work at the moment. I don't think England could have come this far if Starc and Smith were playing.

Also, loved the manner in which Bumrah(The destroyer) ripped through the West Indian batting lineup like it was nothing. Completely justifies the statement that Vivian Richards made about him recently.

[FIFA worldcup]

Looks like I won 2 out of 3 bets in my 3 fold. Never expected England to win this one, but Stokes is something else this year. He was never this good before, but he has become the best player of England through hard work at the moment. I don't think England could have come this far if Starc and Smith were playing.

Also, loved the manner in which Bumrah(The destroyer) ripped through the West Indian batting lineup like it was nothing. Completely justifies the statement that Vivian Richards made about him recently.

How much profit will you gain if you won all three bets ? Also, if you lost one of those three, will you get any amount ?

Srilanka 33/5 and lit look like NZ will easily win this match. Still two sessions remain in the match. After their first match win, i never expected Srilanka to play so badly.

[JSRAW]

Poor West Indies. 37/7, Didn't expect it. None of the batsman got a 2 digits score. What a shame! West Indies certainly look for developing their test and ODI team, this team is really full of shit for both the format.

Windies played very poor cricket yesterday. During Indian batting pitch was looking dead for bowlers but When Windies came to bat of final inning bowl suddenly to move out of nowhere, Says a lot about Indian fast battery line up and Windies batting technique. At Start, I thought that Indians were one bowler short due to flat wicket (not so seaming wicket) but Windies batsmen and Indian bowlers had some other plans.

Srilankans are finding a way to lose 60 points in the Test Championship. They need to survive 39 overs and only 3 wickets left.

@Haunebu @Royce congrats guys for your wins.