Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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Am still rooting for SA even though they missed a golden opportunity right here. If they somehow manage to dismiss England within 250, they still have a shot at winning this one.

It will be a difficult game for South Africa to win from this situation, England already have a 114 run lead and they just lost one wicket in the second innings and they can score 200 plus runs from this situation and take the lead over 300 runs and i do not see any good batsman for South Africa that can help them chase this score.

Its not just the main umpire in the middle. I have observed so many wrong decisions from the VAR umpire and other umpires too these days which is why I made that statement. They need to make a new bet deciding whether umpire will make the right decision or not(Joke).

Earlier the errors were more but now the wrong decisions are comparatively low but still having these wrong decisions from umpires and nothing can be done about that.

[akhjob]

Am still rooting for SA even though they missed a golden opportunity right here. If they somehow manage to dismiss England within 250, they still have a shot at winning this one.

It will be a difficult game for South Africa to win from this situation, England already have a 114 run lead and they just lost one wicket in the second innings and they can score 200 plus runs from this situation and take the lead over 300 runs and I do not see any good batsman for South Africa that can help them chase this score.

Yeah, it's true that England has a lead of 132 runs now at the cost of 1 wicket. But, you forgot the fact that ENG specializes in unexpected turns of events. But SA should have to find a breakthrough at the earliest before it's too late to come back into the game.

[UmerIdrees]

@Pakistan is at No. 3 

[onrise]

England is turning the table in this test match as they have just lost 2 wickets in 2nd innings for a score of 163 runs and already have a total lead now of 209 runs. England may have around 400 runs lead and batting fourth on this track would put SA under pressure and to chase the score would be more difficult.

[mersal]

England is turning the table in this test match as they have just lost 2 wickets in 2nd innings for a score of 163 runs and already have a total lead now of 209 runs. England may have around 400 runs lead and batting fourth on this track would put SA under pressure and to chase the score would be more difficult.

Eng taking time and conceding more balls that is really good thing while playing a test match,still two days left they have to force the match as long as possible to make RSA batsmen to struggle while facing balls.For wicket three already they posted 70 runs partnership now the lead mount to 216 and counting...

South Africa has really less chance in this match to be honest  based on the form of batsmen but its their home ground will they do something enormous to count this match as well into their side!

[SaShiRaJaVu]

England is turning the table in this test match as they have just lost 2 wickets in 2nd innings for a score of 163 runs and already have a total lead now of 209 runs. England may have around 400 runs lead and batting fourth on this track would put SA under pressure and to chase the score would be more difficult.

There is no way South Africa can win the match from this stage as the lead keeps on increasing and they just lost two wickets and they can easily put a lead of over 400 runs if they keep on batting like this and props to the England batsman to bat really well in the second innings and to the bowlers for bowling out South Africa to a modest total and with two days to go England have more time to win the match.

[7788bitcoin]

South Africa has really less chance in this match to be honest  based on the form of batsmen but its their home ground will they do something enormous to count this match as well into their side!

The lead is increasing and England now lost a couple of wickets in quick succession but Dom Sibley is still in the crease and i hope he can get to a century as he played really well and this is his outstanding performance in his young career and he deserves the century here and if South Africa needs to even draw the match they need to have some extraordinary performance from two batsman but it is highly unlikely and i do not see the weather interfering in the match too to help South Africa.

[BitSat19]

South Africa has really less chance in this match to be honest  based on the form of batsmen but its their home ground will they do something enormous to count this match as well into their side!

The lead is increasing and England now lost a couple of wickets in quick succession but Dom Sibley is still in the crease and i hope he can get to a century as he played really well and this is his outstanding performance in his young career and he deserves the century here and if South Africa needs to even draw the match they need to have some extraordinary performance from two batsman but it is highly unlikely and i do not see the weather interfering in the match too to help South Africa.

At the end of third day England leading by 264 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Sibley on crease with 85 runs look like its end of test for South Africa and England on driving seat for winning second test and level of series just 70 to 80 runs could be enough for England as fourth inning never been easy for any team to survive with 325+ runs.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

At the end of third day England leading by 264 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Sibley on crease with 85 runs look like its end of test for South Africa and England on driving seat for winning second test and level of series just 70 to 80 runs could be enough for England as fourth inning never been easy for any team to survive with 325+ runs.

If South Africa still has players like Amla, Kallis and ABD then i would have given a chance from any situation but the players they have right now even does not have the shadow of these legendary players they had in the past and my bet on South Africa will be lost as England will level the series with the win unless there is some magic  .

[mersal]

At the end of third day England leading by 264 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Sibley on crease with 85 runs look like its end of test for South Africa and England on driving seat for winning second test and level of series just 70 to 80 runs could be enough for England as fourth inning never been easy for any team to survive with 325+ runs.

If South Africa still has players like Amla, Kallis and ABD then i would have given a chance from any situation but the players they have right now even does not have the shadow of these legendary players they had in the past and my bet on South Africa will be lost as England will level the series with the win unless there is some magic  .

Last match also looks too easy for ENG to win but they didn't so don't lose your hope anything can happen at any time.

Who knows there maybe a future legendary player is unspotted at the moment in their squad.If there is someone then its their time to show who are they to the real world.

[Indymoney]

At the end of third day England leading by 264 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Sibley on crease with 85 runs look like its end of test for South Africa and England on driving seat for winning second test and level of series just 70 to 80 runs could be enough for England as fourth inning never been easy for any team to survive with 325+ runs.

If South Africa still has players like Amla, Kallis and ABD then i would have given a chance from any situation but the players they have right now even does not have the shadow of these legendary players they had in the past and my bet on South Africa will be lost as England will level the series with the win unless there is some magic  .

Last match also looks too easy for ENG to win but they didn't so don't lose your hope anything can happen at any time.

Who knows there maybe a future legendary player is unspotted at the moment in their squad.If there is someone then its their time to show who are they to the real world.

Last time England was playing in fourth inning and now this time South Africa is going to play in fourth inning right now they have no batsman which is able to stand and give them good support as @SaShiRaJaVu saying even no one shadow of them so its mission impossible for them in fourth inning 300+

[Sithara007]

At the end of third day England leading by 264 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Sibley on crease with 85 runs look like its end of test for South Africa and England on driving seat for winning second test and level of series just 70 to 80 runs could be enough for England as fourth inning never been easy for any team to survive with 325+ runs.

If they could make 264 for the loss of 4 wickets, then they will make another 200-250 with the loss of the remaining six wickets. In the first innings they had a lead of 46 runs, so the target for South Africa will be in the range of 500-550, which is going to be impossible to achieve. But this series have been full of twists and turns and if South Africa can get the remaining England wickets for another 30-35 runs, then the target will be within the achievable range and they will have a go at it.

BTW, Australia looks comfortably placed in their match against New Zealand. The Kiwi bowlers are not offering any sort of resistance and Warner have made his 24th test century. Labuschagne is currently on 57, and I won't be surprised if he also hits another century. Matt Henry and William Somerville are looking completely clueless and surprisingly Neil Wagner isn't being used much (another injury?). This is going to be one of the most one-sided test match between the two sides.

[onrise]

At the end of third day England leading by 264 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Sibley on crease with 85 runs look like its end of test for South Africa and England on driving seat for winning second test and level of series just 70 to 80 runs could be enough for England as fourth inning never been easy for any team to survive with 325+ runs.

If they could make 264 for the loss of 4 wickets, then they will make another 200-250 with the loss of the remaining six wickets. In the first innings they had a lead of 46 runs, so the target for South Africa will be in the range of 500-550, which is going to be impossible to achieve. But this series have been full of twists and turns and if South Africa can get the remaining England wickets for another 30-35 runs, then the target will be within the achievable range and they will have a go at it.

BTW, Australia looks comfortably placed in their match against New Zealand. The Kiwi bowlers are not offering any sort of resistance and Warner have made his 24th test century. Labuschagne is currently on 57, and I won't be surprised if he also hits another century. Matt Henry and William Somerville are looking completely clueless and surprisingly Neil Wagner isn't being used much (another injury?). This is going to be one of the most one-sided test match between the two sides.

Unbelievable start for the second innings of NZ. In first innings they lost first wicket at 68 and now they are already 5 wickets down for score of just 44 runs. NZ still require 372 runs to win the match which does not look to happen and OZ winning this match easily again.

[JSRAW]

IMO its safe to say, South Africa about to lose the game and series should be tied 1-1 very soon. anything above 300 looks pretty much winning target to me and i have my doubts if Proteas batsmen have any calibre to chase down target in the 4th inning.

@Royse Am i allowed to switch team? 

[Haunebu]

Unbelievable start for the second innings of NZ. In first innings they lost first wicket at 68 and now they are already 5 wickets down for score of just 44 runs. NZ still require 372 runs to win the match which does not look to happen and OZ winning this match easily again.

They already got decimated thanks to Lyon and Starc primarily. Australia won by 279 runs and secured a whitewash proving how powerful they truly are at present. Excited to watch the series between India and Australia in the near future.

IMO its safe to say, South Africa about to lose the game and series should be tied 1-1 very soon. anything above 300 looks pretty much winning target to me and i have my doubts if Proteas batsmen have any calibre to chase down target in the 4th inning.

Agreed. I am disappointed with the Proteas now. They had a golden opportunity to establish a sizeable lead, but faltered badly. Missed players like Amla who scored centuries like they were nothing. The final 2 tests between them will be interesting to watch.

[onrise]

IMO its safe to say, South Africa about to lose the game and series should be tied 1-1 very soon. anything above 300 looks pretty much winning target to me and i have my doubts if Proteas batsmen have any calibre to chase down target in the 4th inning.

@Royse Am i allowed to switch team? 

Sibley , root and Stokes innnings have changed the game for England as now England is in comfortable position as they lead by 437 runs and 2 wickets left . Most likely either England won’t he match or ends in the draw match from this point .

[7788bitcoin]

IMO its safe to say, South Africa about to lose the game and series should be tied 1-1 very soon. anything above 300 looks pretty much winning target to me and i have my doubts if Proteas batsmen have any calibre to chase down target in the 4th inning.

@Royse Am i allowed to switch team?  

If South Africa is able to display patience and occupy the crease for a long period of time which is unlikely but since they are yet to loose a wicket and if they are able to display a different class of batting and bat the entire day and continue like that the next day for 3 more sessions without loosing the main players then they can draw the match  . The South African bowlers disappointed big time and Philander was not able to pick a single wicket in the second innings while Sibley and stokes played a good innings for England.

[Raja_MBZ]

I'm not sure if it's just me, but this whole idea of Test Championship looks quite nonsensical. Some teams are playing in the home ground against the weaker teams, while some teams are playing in tough and rough conditions against stronger teams, gaining points all the time.

Is this how a "World Championship" is supposed to be?

[JSRAW]

IMO its safe to say, South Africa about to lose the game and series should be tied 1-1 very soon. anything above 300 looks pretty much winning target to me and i have my doubts if Proteas batsmen have any calibre to chase down target in the 4th inning.

@Royse Am i allowed to switch team?  

If South Africa is able to display patience and occupy the crease for a long period of time which is unlikely but since they are yet to loose a wicket and if they are able to display a different class of batting and bat the entire day and continue like that the next day for 3 more sessions without loosing the main players then they can draw the match  . The South African bowlers disappointed big time and Philander was not able to pick a single wicket in the second innings while Sibley and stokes played a good innings for England.

SA's openers are building a partnership but unfortunately i don't have much hope. Having said that if by any chance they manage to chase target sucessfully then i have no hesitation to say this that it would be perfect ending of the match as we already witnessed fair amount of twists in the first 2 innings. more importantly this win might strengthen new South African management who are trying to manage their team with the Quota system. 

SA : 61/0 and they need 377 runs to win.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

SA : 61/0 and they need 377 runs to win.

We are in the same situation as i too expected South Africa to win the match but they need 325 runs more to win and they have 9 wickets but it is hard to chase that kind of score but if two other batsman can stay in the crease and give a good battle as the pitch is not helping the bowlers then there is a glimmer of hope for South Africa and it all depends upon their determination and temperament