Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Little Mouse]

The other teams are yet to play matches in this test championship and according to the number of matches, their points will be calculated. Regarding how many matches each team will play is inconsistent. I counted that England will play 22 matches, Aus about 19, Ind about 18, NZ 14 so each team gets to play different number of matches then how will they have a fair result. It's all confusing.

Have you checked how much series will each team play? I think each team will have the same amount of series, so matches don't count here as per your previous calculation. It would be better if the ICC put the same number of matches for each team.
By the way, I think Ban vs Afg match is out of the count since this series had only one test.

[bryant.coleman]

I think some of the users are still confused about the World Test Championship with the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Not all the test playing nations are taking part in this tournament. Out of the 12 test playing countries (now 11), only 9 are taking part. Ireland and Afghanistan (previously Zimbabwe) as well are part of the Division 2 test championship and don't have the rights to take part in the WTC.

The ICC Cricket World Cup Super League is different. It is an ODI championship and a total of 13 nations are taking part (12 test playing nations + Netherlands). The format is similar to the World Test Championship, with each nation playing against the other at least once during the period. It needs to be seen whether Zimbabwe will be replaced by the 14th ranking team (Scotland?).

[Avirunes]

It would be better if the ICC put the same number of matches for each team.

I feel also the same. I think it is kinda unfair where one team is getting bigger share of points winning in one match in 3 match series than other team which is getting fairly low points winning one match in 5 match series. They should bring it down to same no. of match for each team and same no. of matches to be played against each team as well.

BTW I love that ICC is kinda giving a weight to Test format now.  

[deadley]

It would be better if the ICC put the same number of matches for each team.

I feel also the same. I think it is kinda unfair where one team is getting bigger share of points winning in one match in 3 match series than other team which is getting fairly low points winning one match in 5 match series. They should bring it down to same no. of match for each team and same no. of matches to be played against each team as well.

BTW I love that ICC is kinda giving a weight to Test format now.  

But at the end points in single series is equal that is 120, big teams don't want to play many matches with small teams because they don't earn much revenues from those teams/tours.

[BitSat19]

It would be better if the ICC put the same number of matches for each team.

I feel also the same. I think it is kinda unfair where one team is getting bigger share of points winning in one match in 3 match series than other team which is getting fairly low points winning one match in 5 match series. They should bring it down to same no. of match for each team and same no. of matches to be played against each team as well.

BTW I love that ICC is kinda giving a weight to Test format now.  

But at the end points in single series is equal that is 120, big teams don't want to play many matches with small teams because they don't earn much revenues from those teams/tours.

But if ICC want more interest and some good and quality cricket then they surely try to give equal chance to all teams revenues are also important but you are giving test world championship its need some more work from them.

[bryant.coleman]

But if ICC want more interest and some good and quality cricket then they surely try to give equal chance to all teams revenues are also important but you are giving test world championship its need some more work from them.

First of all, their format is wrong. It is not good to include 9 teams in the first division and only 3 in the second division. If there are 12 teams in total, then each of the divisions should be having 6 teams each. Among the "top" 9, there are teams such as Sri Lanka and West Indies, who are not capable of playing against the Big 3. Such teams should be demoted to the division 2.

That will also ensure the competitiveness. If a team continues to perform poorly, then it will be demoted to the second division and won't be able to play against teams such as India and Australia. On the other hand, if a team from the division 2 performs well (such as Afghanistan), then it will be promoted to the first division. Ideally this should be the format, but ICC don't want to antagonize the smaller test playing nations.

[AB de Royse777]

Feeling good to be back after a week. I was in holiday and it was a holiday with no internet, there were tele but no cable. There were no pre-plan for this holiday. A group of friends came in and asked me to join them, they stayed overnight and in the next morning we headed to the place. Everything was very quick starting from the flight ticket to hotel booking. Around 5,000 miles by flight, 4 hours road trip, it's a remote place where you are surrounded by mountains, sea.

Fresh food, clean air, beautiful nature, camping, mountain claiming, swimming all sorts of do it yourself activities. It was too entertaining and different than my normal lifestyle that I had no idea a week was gone too quick.

Now, back to my regular lifestyle. Missed the forum sometimes but not much. I hope you lot were doing great!

[JSRAW]

Feeling good to be back after a week. I was in holiday and it was a holiday with no internet, there were tele but no cable. There were no pre-plan for this holiday. A group of friends came in and asked me to join them, they stayed overnight and in the next morning we headed to the place. Everything was very quick starting from the flight ticket to hotel booking. Around 5,000 miles by flight, 4 hours road trip, it's a remote place where you are surrounded by mountains, sea.

Fresh food, clean air, beautiful nature, camping, mountain claiming, swimming all sorts of do it yourself activities. It was too entertaining and different than my normal lifestyle that I had no idea a week was gone too quick.

Now, back to my regular lifestyle. Missed the forum sometimes but not much. I hope you lot were doing great!

Welcome Back bro

Its nice to have small trip, cut out completely from Phone, Internet and regular life from time to time. everything is going good so far, new series is coming up and Aussie retained the Ashes. Afghanistan won the Test match against the Bangladesh.

Pffrt still missing though. he's not active for some time.

[AB de Royse777]

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Welcome Back bro

Its nice to have small trip, cut out completely from Phone, Internet and regular life from time to time. everything is going good so far, new series is coming up and Aussie retained the Ashes. Afghanistan won the Test match against the Bangladesh.

Pffrt still missing though. he's not active for some time.

Bangladesh is not in good shape since the WC is confirmed again LOL

England was not a better team in the entire series. The win in the third match was all for Stokes. Group performance was nothing significant. I think Australia is going to win the last test too.

Okay, this win basically won my 2nd multi bet tip:
India to win or draw
Australia to win or draw

Yeah, the trip was very disconnecting with my regular life style. (24/7 online)
I hope Pffrt is well.

Edit: Smith is again unstoppable.

[Little Mouse]

BTW I love that ICC is kinda giving a weight to Test format now.  

Test Championship is a plan from couple of years ago, it's because test format is in threat. People don't watch, enjoy it much because of t20 most probably. You can see the affect too. Some players already have gone retired from test even they have the age. Test championship is for motivating players and bringing back excitement into test.


Welcome back Royse bro.
Pffrt was recently seen online on 10th September but no activity.

[Haunebu]

Around 5,000 miles by flight, 4 hours road trip, it's a remote place where you are surrounded by mountains, sea.

Interesting. Was it the Bermuda Triangle by any chance? Kidding! Great to enjoy nature when its peaceful and I can vouch for that. Sad that the future generations might not be able to enjoy in the same manner thanks to global warming.

Okay, this win basically won my 2nd multi bet tip:
India to win or draw
Australia to win or draw

Your recent multi-bets are all winning bets. You need to place parlay bets(3 fold or 4 fold) more often since you seem to be good at winning them. Risky, but worth it with small amounts.

[AB de Royse777]

Interesting. Was it the Bermuda Triangle by any chance? Kidding! Great to enjoy nature when its peaceful and I can vouch for that.

They say nothing comes back from Bermuda Triangle but here I am. It was somewhere in South Asia, food was delicious.

Sad that the future generations might not be able to enjoy in the same manner thanks to global warming.

It really is alarming. We need to go green very soon in everything if possible.

Your recent multi-bets are all winning bets. You need to place parlay bets(3 fold or 4 fold) more often since you seem to be good at winning them. Risky, but worth it with small amounts.

All depends on the matches that are in scheduled. In football especially in leagues there are many options, many matches but in cricket not many mach in the same day or week.

[erikalui]

Have you checked how much series will each team play? I think each team will have the same amount of series, so matches don't count here as per your previous calculation. It would be better if the ICC put the same number of matches for each team.
By the way, I think Ban vs Afg match is out of the count since this series had only one test.

The number of series played by each team are the same: 6. But still some teams like England are getting more chances of getting points. Whoever has set this schedule is a weirdo. Ind directly earned 120 points while Aus earned 56 by winning same number of matches.

Tomorrow even if Aus wins, they'll be at 80 points after winning 3 matches out of 5. Only 2 series matches are beneficial as you can directly earn 60 points but rain and the weather can just ruin the chances and matches may end up in a draw.

[onrise]

BTW I love that ICC is kinda giving a weight to Test format now.  

Test Championship is a plan from couple of years ago, it's because test format is in threat. People don't watch, enjoy it much because of t20 most probably. You can see the affect too. Some players already have gone retired from test even they have the age. Test championship is for motivating players and bringing back excitement into test.


Welcome back Royse bro.
Pffrt was recently seen online on 10th September but no activity.

Soon they may have to restructure the test format in order to attract more people get interested in watching this game . Something like 1 innings only and 3 -4 days of the test match . This will have result as well . Something on this format they will need to think .

[Little Mouse]

Soon they may have to restructure the test format in order to attract more people get interested in watching this game . Something like 1 innings only and 3 -4 days of the test match . This will have result as well . Something on this format they will need to think .

I do't think anyone will watch 1 innings test match, cause it will be more monotonous, I think. 3 days test is still there if I am correct, for ex. check the practice test match between Australia vs England A or something else. If I can remember correctly, we have seen 3 days international match as well (may be I am wrong).

[JSRAW]

^^
One good edition could be regular use of Pink ball cricket - Day Night Test match, so that regular peeps can visit stadium after work for at least 2-3 hours. it can surely help with revenue and attracting more crowd in the ground.

[AB de Royse777]

I still watch test match between Australia - England, Australia - India, India - England, South Africa - India - Australia - England, in times New Zealand with all those four test nations. They are not boring to watch.

[bryant.coleman]

Long wait for the 5th and final Ashes test match, which will start tomorrow at the Oval... for me I am most interested in the final tally of Steve Smith. So far he has 671 runs from 3 tests (that is more than 220 runs per test)... and I believe that there is a small chance of him scoring another 329 runs in the 5th test to become the first player in the history to score 1,000 runs in the Ashes.

BTW, an unofficial test between India A and South Africa A is going on... India seems to be in good position thanks to a fighting 90 by Shubman Gill and a brisk 61 by Jalaj S Saxena. South African batting collapsed in both the innings, despite having a star studded lineup (Wiaan Mulder, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen.etc). The Indian bowlers were also good, especially Shardul Thakur and Krishnappa Gowtham.

[romero121]

I still watch test match between Australia - England, Australia - India, India - England, South Africa - India - Australia - England, in times New Zealand with all those four test nations. They are not boring to watch.

Test matches from these teams were quite interesting to watch. These days matches of Bangladesh too getting more interesting, because they are giving tough competence. I never meant the match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh. I used to watch the test matches of Pakistan, particularly until the wicket of Mohammed Yousuf. These days there is no player as strong as him.

[Haunebu]

I still watch test match between Australia - England, Australia - India, India - England, South Africa - India - Australia - England, in times New Zealand with all those four test nations. They are not boring to watch.

I can't remember the last time I actually watched a test match to be honest. Its been ages. I usually only check out the highlights through ICC and other channels on Youtube and other such channels.

T-20 matches(Especially the IPL) are what I usually watch from start to finish whenever I find the time these days. This format is truly the best format in my opinion in the Cricketing world(Entertainment etc).