Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Little Mouse]

I didn't really expect Bangladesh to lose both the match with this big difference. India won the matches, it's normal but performance of Bangladesh was very much poor. Is it the affect of Shakib? Some things might be different but not much.

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[akhjob]

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Let the Birthday boy win the pot  

Really! I did not know that!
Happy birthday akhjob!

Thanks mate, it was 2 days back
I expected NZ to play well but not this good Let's see how it goes on Day 5, there is still a chance for ENG to fight for a draw  

Happy birthday akhjob. Have a life as like you want.

Thanks buddy Wish I don't get scammed this year 

[Clement Kaliyar]

First inning fifer Ishant
Second inning fifer Umesh
2 mins silence for Indian spinners...

The fast bowlers were really brutal as two of the Bangladesh players are injured Liton Das in the first innings and Mahmudullah in the second innings and this is the first time i am seeing the fast bowlers dominating in Indian pitches and the spinners does not have any role in the entire match and the day night match was interesting and hopefully we will see more matches like this in the future.
 

[AB de Royse777]

Thanks mate, it was 2 days back
I expected NZ to play well but not this good Let's see how it goes on Day 5, there is still a chance for ENG to fight for a draw  

After a good ashes I was expecting England to continue going with lucks but it never happened lol
NZ were too cruel to the English.
Now may be again Stokes can come as their saviour?
We will see.

By the way , I hope you had a good birthday.

[7788bitcoin]

I didn't really expect Bangladesh to lose both the match with this big difference. India won the matches, it's normal but performance of Bangladesh was very much poor. Is it the affect of Shakib? Some things might be different but not much.

If you look at the team composition you would understand that the series would have been single handed as India is having a really strong team and the bowling department is world class and could trouble any team in the world and when you look at the Bangladesh batting line up you cannot find any quality batsman and when that happens you cannot expect any competition and that is what we witnessed, complete domination and finishing the match within 3 to 4 days.

[TalkStar]

If you look at the team composition you would understand that the series would have been single handed as India is having a really strong team and the bowling department is world class and could trouble any team in the world and when you look at the Bangladesh batting line up you cannot find any quality batsman and when that happens you cannot expect any competition and that is what we witnessed, complete domination and finishing the match within 3 to 4 days.

Yeah it was a complete one sided test match. Teams like Australia, India, England, South Africa, Newzealand have already took them on different level but in comparison with Bangladesh their bowling department is slightly accepted but batting department is completely inexperienced for test cricket. Its already proven that they have lack of knowledge and maturity for test cricket. Although i am not a test cricket lover but there was an excitement due to pink ball day night match but it was totally a bad experience. It was look like Indian bowlers were net practicing for wickets. Hopefully supporters who purchased tickets for 4th and 5th day are spending bad time rather than me.

[Raja_MBZ]

They need 16 more with 2 wickets in hand. It is still going to be tough, given the form of the Australian bowlers. Yasir Shah just got out, and he was the last hope for Pakistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi is at the crease with Imran Khan and they should get another 15-20 runs and avoid the follow on. At least it will be a consolation if they could avoid the follow on.

Its all over for Pakistan. They lost by an innings and 5 runs and were completely outclassed in every department by a formidable Australian team. Starc and Hazlewood rose to the occasion once again as expected.

This is a horrible year for Pakistan and this series will probably end in a whitewash by the Australians. Pakistan can still end this one in a draw if they manage to bowl extremely well though.

This result was well-expected, but hey, at least they fought a bit today (thanks to Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizan), much better performance as compared to the previous three days of the test.

PCB needs to bring in some changes - Mohammad Abbas in the place of Imran Khan Jr. and Abid Ali instead of Haris Sohail. Then we may get to see a bit of competition.

[ene1980]

but hey, at least they fought a bit today (thanks to Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizan), much better performance as compared to the previous three days of the test.

It was good to see Pakistan fight back and delaying the inevitable defeat by Babar and Rizan and of Pakistan need to win matches the bowlers need to perform well rather than giving away runs and the only time they get wicket is when the opposition batsman looses concentration or by luck.

PCB needs to bring in some changes - Mohammad Abbas in the place of Imran Khan Jr. and Abid Ali instead of Haris Sohail. Then we may get to see a bit of competition.

Is this Imran Khan jr the son of former Pakistani captain ?

England will be looking to stay in the crease as long as possible and New Zealand needs to pick some wickets, interesting match is going on right now.

[vella85]

Just as I expected Australia won the match with an innings and 5 runs but I think Pakistan will take a lot out of this game heading into the second test match in Adelaide which will be a day/night test match. Pakistan fought back well and almost made Australia bat again so I think they go into the next match with some momentum even though they lost by an innings and 5 runs. I hope we see a close match in Adelaide as day/night test matches are unpredictable.

[Little Mouse]

I expected NZ to play well but not this good Let's see how it goes on Day 5, there is still a chance for ENG to fight for a draw  

Although the match was going to be a drawn earlier, it has now changed. NZ is really playing good and chance that they will win the match. ENG is trailed by 176 runs. It's sure that they can't get a big target for NZ. Also, they can't play the whole day.

[Raja_MBZ]

Is this Imran Khan jr the son of former Pakistani captain ?

Heh, no.

[Sithara007]

The New Zealand vs England match looks like going to an exciting finish. With 57 overs remaining, New Zealand needs 6 wickets to win. England is trying really hard for a draw, with Ben Stokes and Joe Denly defending even bad deliveries. The problem for them is that Mitchell Santner looks to be on fire (24-14-28-3), and it may not be possible to defend all day against him.

BTW, in two days the test between Afghanistan and West Indies will get underway at Lucknow. The West Indies whitewashed the Afghans during the ODI series, but the latter came back strongly and won the T20 series. Now test format is polar opposite to the T20s, but the Afghan morale will be high. And to add to that, the recent performances by West Indies in this format is not up to the mark.

[JSRAW]

^^ They can only play for Draw here, no other options are available. Joe root short inning was painful to watch, whenever team need him to stand up he gets out. England's made their first 80 runs in 50 overs 

6th wicket gone.....

They are lucky this series is not related to World Test Championship.

[ene1980]

Is this Imran Khan jr the son of former Pakistani captain ?

Heh, no.

Oh my bad, usually the kids will be named with jr .

New Zealand just need three more wickets to win the match, Neil Wagner just took a couple of wickets and Santner just took a beauty diving full length and Mitchell Santner is the man of the match without a doubt as he bowled really well and he needs two more wickets to reach 5 wicket haul and he scored his maiden century in this  match.

[Sithara007]

^^ They can only play for Draw here, no other options are available. Joe root short inning was painful to watch, whenever team need him to stand up he gets out. England's made their first 80 runs in 50 overs 

6th wicket gone.....

They are lucky this series is not related to World Test Championship.

I guess England is done here. They are 139/8 and New Zealand needs just two more wicket to wrap this up. Both Mitchell Santner and Neil Wagner have taken 3 wickets apiece and now it is a competition between them to take the remaining two and thereby get to a 5-wicket haul. Surprisingly Trent Boult has been out of action for the entire day today. I hope he is not injured. England needs another 123 runs to avoid innings defeat, which looks inevitable now. A sweet revenge by New Zealand, after all the heartache and drama during the final of the 2019 CWC. 

[SaShiRaJaVu]

New Zealand just need three more wickets to win the match

Another wicket down and they just need two more wickets and now the new ball are taken and Jos Buttler just got bowled clean as he was not even able to read the line of the ball nor did he wanted to defend it. Sam Curran and Jofra Archer in the crease and i hope they will pick those soon, the spinners were bowling well and Santner should have bowled to the tail and the captain should give him the opportunity to pick those wickets.

[Avirunes]

^^ They can only play for Draw here, no other options are available. Joe root short inning was painful to watch, whenever team need him to stand up he gets out. England's made their first 80 runs in 50 overs 

6th wicket gone.....

They are lucky this series is not related to World Test Championship.

I guess England is done here. They are 139/8 and New Zealand needs just two more wicket to wrap this up. Both Mitchell Santner and Neil Wagner have taken 3 wickets apiece and now it is a competition between them to take the remaining two and thereby get to a 5-wicket haul. Surprisingly Trent Boult has been out of action for the entire day today. I hope he is not injured. England needs another 123 runs to avoid innings defeat, which looks inevitable now. A sweet revenge by New Zealand, after all the heartache and drama during the final of the 2019 CWC. 

Call it an innings defeat unless there is someone which can play a good innings in lower lineup which I don't see anyone being capable of.

I would call defeating in T-20 format kinda revenge BTW.

Sorry wasn't following cricket these days but really Santner scored a century? Lol . Gotta have to say Test really is a good show platform for bowlers to show their batting skills as well. Remember Ashton Agar, Ashwin, now Santner? ...I am sure there are few more names more.

[Little Mouse]

England is batting at 3rd session now and they have a long way to go with 2 wickets in hand although Sam Curran & Jofra Archer seems to be very confident. Anyway, I think New Zealand will get them soon. I can't believe now that akhjob is going to miss the pool 

[JSRAW]

England is batting at 3rd session now and they have a long way to go with 2 wickets in hand although Sam Curran & Jofra Archer seems to be very confident. Anyway, I think New Zealand will get them soon. I can't believe now that akhjob is going to miss the pool  

In recent time kiwis are very unlucky and their opponent English team is very lucky

Only 22 overs left, we might witness some panic in kiwis's camp, if they didn't get any break through in next 5-6 overs.

edit :

i am lucky for Kiwis lol

Jofra out


New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
Australia won by an innings and 5 runs
India Won by an innings and 46 runs

[7788bitcoin]

In recent time kiwis are very unlucky and their opponent English team is very lucky
Only 22 overs left, we might witness some panic in kiwis's camp, if they didn't get any break through in next 5-6 overs.

The lucky days are back for New Zealand as they were able to pick the last two wickets and win the first test match, if the main batsman were able to hold the wicket then there was a chance for them to draw the match but some of the shot selection for England were disastrous and it was like gifting wickets to New Zealand and finally New Zealand won a match convincingly against England without any controversy .