Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Mahdirakib]

However, Bangladesh is not familiar with the pitch that New Zealand has made. Bangladesh's field pitch is completely different. The BCB should provide training to players on all types of pitches. Then Bangladesh team would not have faced such a bad performance.

Most probably Bangladesh will loss the match by an innings if New Zealand enforce the follow on. The pitch behaved differently on the second day. Only 1 wicket fallen on first day and we have seen 15 wickets fall on day two. And I agree with the fact that BCB should change the pitch condition of their home ground. Bangladeshi players always struggle when they plays in other countries filed.

Did anyone know whether Newzealand enforce the follow-on ?

They haven't made the decision yet. This is the last test match of Ross Taylor as he announced his retirement. They may choose to bat again if they want to give another batting chance to Ross Taylor in his last test match.

[CDC AP]

Did anyone know whether Newzealand enforce the follow-on ? Although Bangladesh innings were ended on 126 runs but i did not find any announcement whether Newzealand will bat on the 3rd day or will they allow Bangladesh to play again. I think they should enforce the follow on and the match could be finished on the 3rd day.

There is no announcement that has been made by the New Zealand team yet. However, it is expected that they will give another chance to the Bangladesh team to bat the next day. Bangladesh trailing by 395 runs. And they don't have the ability to score 395 runs on this type of pitch as they did in the first innings. My prediction is that Bangladesh will bat again tomorrow, and will be able to collect 220 runs. Bangladesh will lose all their wickets in the next day.

Well it is quiet obvious that newzealand will make Bangladesh bat again tomorrow. 395 is a huge huge lead and most probably this match will end tomorrow. Newzealand bowlers would still be fresh so there is no reason for newzealand to bat again. If Bangladesh able to take this match to 4th day then I will say well done to them.

[noormcs5]

Did anyone know whether Newzealand enforce the follow-on ?

They haven't made the decision yet. This is the last test match of Ross Taylor as he announced his retirement. They may choose to bat again if they want to give another batting chance to Ross Taylor in his last test match.

This will be not a wise decision by NZ captain  Latham to allow the team to bat again only because they want Ross Taylor to play another innings. What if he fails to score and even if he score 50+ runs what difference will it make to his career record. In any case he will be remembered as a great player for the new zealand team.
I hope Latham take the wise action tomorrow and enforce the follow on.

[romero121]

Did anyone know whether Newzealand enforce the follow-on ?

They haven't made the decision yet. This is the last test match of Ross Taylor as he announced his retirement. They may choose to bat again if they want to give another batting chance to Ross Taylor in his last test match.

This will be not a wise decision by NZ captain  Latham to allow the team to bat again only because they want Ross Taylor to play another innings. What if he fails to score and even if he score 50+ runs what difference will it make to his career record. In any case he will be remembered as a great player for the new zealand team.
I hope Latham take the wise action tomorrow and enforce the follow on.

Rather than a career record, his last match will be a remembered by him. He'll be remembered for his performance throughout his cricketing career. The performance of Bangladesh this time is completely opposite to the previous match. New Zealand have made them strong with the previous match defeat. Does anybody know whether the Bangladesh had a national holiday once after the win against New Zealand. Years back Bangladesh had a national holiday once after winning a match against India

[Haunebu]

Your point of views are very different from others. You still think that  D/L system is fair? I don't think so. This is one of the poor systems which gives a lot of benefit to the team batting first and making the target unrealistic for the chasing team. If you remember the Semifinal of 1992 world cup, where South Africa, despite being in a better position in the semifinals, was lost to England on this D/L Method.

Who else thinks this is a fair method  

Nonsense. If it wasn't fair, it would have been scrapped a long time back. The example which you gave is valid, but it is part of a minority of cases. It provides fair conclusions majority of the time which is what matters the most.

Other systems like the VAR in soccer perform in a similar manner. No system is perfect basically.

[Sithara007]

This will be not a wise decision by NZ captain  Latham to allow the team to bat again only because they want Ross Taylor to play another innings. What if he fails to score and even if he score 50+ runs what difference will it make to his career record. In any case he will be remembered as a great player for the new zealand team.
I hope Latham take the wise action tomorrow and enforce the follow on.

This is something that the Asian teams do, but not the SENA nations. One exception was the recently concluded 4th test of Ashes, where the Australian captain delayed declaring his innings, so that Usman Khawaja could complete his century. And this in turn resulted in a draw, as the last wicket partnership between James Anderson and Stuart Broad managed to survive the 5th day. I don't want the New Zealand captain to make the same mistake. Ross Taylor is a legendary player and he always put his team above his personal milestones.

[pakhitheboss]

Day 3 at Christchurch with Bangladesh requiring a massive innings to improve their run rate yet 5 wickets gone. I question how much long they will survive on the pitch. I hope nothing but at this point but at least a respective performance. Maybe being too optimistic but waiting to see a better bating display from Bangladeshi batters Liton Das or Hasan.

This match is being dominated by Newzealand. They want to forget the humiliating defeat that they faced in the first test match. Bangladesh has already lost 7 wickets and are still trailing by 127 runs. I do not think that the tailenders will be able to chase that score. I also feel after winning the first match Bangladesh became over confident and elected to bowl first. If they had batted first then the situation might have been different now.

[Minor Miner]

New Zealand   VS   Bangladesh

The match ended, and New Zealand won by an innings and 117 runs. However, looking at the pitch, it was thought that Bangladesh would not be able to win on such a pitch. Because Bangladesh team is not accustomed to playing on the pitch in such a way. After seeing the devastating batting of the New Zealand players on the first day, it was easily guessed that Bangladesh would be defeated. Opener Tom Latham played an innings of 252 which was remarkable.
I thought Bangladesh could not win. However, their first innings disappointed me a lot. I expected at least 200 runs from them in the first innings. They finished the innings with just 126 runs. They scored 278 runs in the second innings. This is a good collection for a team like Bangladesh.

[LittleBitFunny]

The third Test match between South Africa and India will be held shortly after. This is the last Test match of the series. The series is still in a 1-1 draw. India won the first Test match and they dominate the full 5 days. South Africa won the second Test. I hope this match will be competitive. My hope is that India will win.
Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.

[Vaskiy]

The third Test match between South Africa and India will be held shortly after. This is the last Test match of the series. The series is still in a 1-1 draw. India won the first Test match and they dominate the full 5 days. South Africa won the second Test. I hope this match will be competitive. My hope is that India will win.
Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.

Virat Kohli had come back after rest. In most of the match he does his contribution. In several matches his contribution has helped the team succeed. The match have started, India have won the toss and elected to bat. Starting the innings India have lost 2 wickets for 33 runs. Now Virat Kohli have come and has faced 9 balls taking zero runs.

[Juggy777]

The third Test match between South Africa and India will be held shortly after. This is the last Test match of the series. The series is still in a 1-1 draw. India won the first Test match and they dominate the full 5 days. South Africa won the second Test. I hope this match will be competitive. My hope is that India will win.
Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.

Virat Kohli had come back after rest. In most of the match he does his contribution. In several matches his contribution has helped the team succeed. The match have started, India have won the toss and elected to bat. Starting the innings India have lost 2 wickets for 33 runs. Now Virat Kohli have come and has faced 9 balls taking zero runs.

@Vaskiy Virat has to score big in this match, and he should at least try and stay as long as he can on the pitch and help other player’s make valuable contributions, and then inspire them to beat this SA side.

Also if India don’t win this match then I fear he’ll lose test captaincy too, and it’s a possibility that he along with Rahane, and Pujara maybe removed from the team as they’re not in their best form, hence these 3 need to ensure team India wins this match, and in the process prolong their test career.

[Vaskiy]

The third Test match between South Africa and India will be held shortly after. This is the last Test match of the series. The series is still in a 1-1 draw. India won the first Test match and they dominate the full 5 days. South Africa won the second Test. I hope this match will be competitive. My hope is that India will win.
Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.

Virat Kohli had come back after rest. In most of the match he does his contribution. In several matches his contribution has helped the team succeed. The match have started, India have won the toss and elected to bat. Starting the innings India have lost 2 wickets for 33 runs. Now Virat Kohli have come and has faced 9 balls taking zero runs.

@Vaskiy Virat has to score big in this match, and he should at least try and stay as long as he can on the pitch and help other player’s make valuable contributions, and then inspire them to beat this SA side.

Also if India don’t win this match then I fear he’ll lose test captaincy too, and it’s a possibility that he along with Rahane, and Pujara maybe removed from the team as they’re not in their best form, hence these 3 need to ensure team India wins this match, and in the process prolong their test career.

You're right, also it looks like the Indian cricket board is full of politics than fair functioning. Considering the contribution of Virat Kohli he can be given chances than directly taking the captaincy.

Virat has been doing the best, Pujara managed to score 43 runs whereas Rahane lost his wicket scoring just 9 runs in a very important match. Virat Kohli has taken the responsibility and playing the best test cricket scoring 40 runs out of 139 balls. Considering the early wickets what India have scored by now seems to be a better score. If I'm not wrong, Kohli will focus much on withstanding partnership than scoring runs. Because, if the winning chance decreases he needs to manage atleast for a draw.

[onecall123]

The third Test match between South Africa and India will be held shortly after. This is the last Test match of the series. The series is still in a 1-1 draw. India won the first Test match and they dominate the full 5 days. South Africa won the second Test. I hope this match will be competitive. My hope is that India will win.
Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.

Virat Kohli had come back after rest. In most of the match he does his contribution. In several matches his contribution has helped the team succeed. The match have started, India have won the toss and elected to bat. Starting the innings India have lost 2 wickets for 33 runs. Now Virat Kohli have come and has faced 9 balls taking zero runs.

@Vaskiy Virat has to score big in this match, and he should at least try and stay as long as he can on the pitch and help other player’s make valuable contributions, and then inspire them to beat this SA side.

Also if India don’t win this match then I fear he’ll lose test captaincy too, and it’s a possibility that he along with Rahane, and Pujara maybe removed from the team as they’re not in their best form, hence these 3 need to ensure team India wins this match, and in the process prolong their test career.

Despite losing 8 wickets, India's captain Virat Kohli maintains his position. Virat Kohli took 157 deliveries to get to fifty runs! He played a classy innings in such conditions. He's not out of shape, he's just not performing up to his usual standard. Virat Kohli has scored an extremely important half century at crusial time, and is now heading to century if the two batters remain on this pitch a little longer.

update: India have been dismissed for 223 and Virat Kohli has scored 79 (201).

[LittleBitFunny]

The third Test match between South Africa and India will be held shortly after. This is the last Test match of the series. The series is still in a 1-1 draw. India won the first Test match and they dominate the full 5 days. South Africa won the second Test. I hope this match will be competitive. My hope is that India will win.
Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.

Virat Kohli had come back after rest. In most of the match he does his contribution. In several matches his contribution has helped the team succeed. The match have started, India have won the toss and elected to bat. Starting the innings India have lost 2 wickets for 33 runs. Now Virat Kohli have come and has faced 9 balls taking zero runs.

Although Virat Kohli could not score a century, he played very well today. He is the highest run-scorer among Indian players. He scored 79 runs off 201 balls. India collected 223 runs. While the Indian collection is not enough,though  I am happy because in great form. He will play better in the next innings if he is back in form, i hope so.

[noormcs5]

Day 3 at Christchurch with Bangladesh requiring a massive innings to improve their run rate yet 5 wickets gone. I question how much long they will survive on the pitch. I hope nothing but at this point but at least a respective performance. Maybe being too optimistic but waiting to see a better bating display from Bangladeshi batters Liton Das or Hasan.

This match is being dominated by Newzealand. They want to forget the humiliating defeat that they faced in the first test match. Bangladesh has already lost 7 wickets and are still trailing by 127 runs. I do not think that the tailenders will be able to chase that score. I also feel after winning the first match Bangladesh became over confident and elected to bowl first. If they had batted first then the situation might have been different now.

There need to be no excuses that if they bat first, they could have won. Teams should be capable of showing performance batting first or second. Bangladesh did not play well in this match and New Zealand won this test by an innings and 117 runs.

The main highlight of the match was Ross Taylor took the last wicket of bangladesh on the last ball of his final test appearance.

[eaLiTy]

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Although Virat Kohli could not score a century, he played very well today. He is the highest run-scorer among Indian players. He scored 79 runs off 201 balls. India collected 223 runs. While the Indian collection is not enough,though  I am happy because in great form. He will play better in the next innings if he is back in form, i hope so.

If not for the patient innings from Virat Kohli, India would be struggling to get to this total, if one player was able to give him a decent support from the other end, the situation would have been different. Now this match also looks likes the second Test match and if the bowlers are not able to restrict South Africa then it will be hard to get back in this match as it looks like a difficult pitch to bat.

[Sithara007]

Really frustrated with the Indian selectors persisting with Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteswar Pujara. When was the last time these two scored a century? After repeated poor performances, it looks as if they have assured slots in the playing XI. And all this at a time when promising youngsters like Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad are relegated to the sidelines. Rahane now averages just 39 in test cricket and I really don't understand the logic in keeping him in the playing XI.

[Haunebu]

There need to be no excuses that if they bat first, they could have won. Teams should be capable of showing performance batting first or second. Bangladesh did not play well in this match and New Zealand won this test by an innings and 117 runs.

The main highlight of the match was Ross Taylor took the last wicket of bangladesh on the last ball of his final test appearance.

Spot on. Excuses related to toss and other factors are downright silly and stupid. NZ demolished Bangladesh thanks to a spectacular innings by Latham and amazing bowling performances by Boult and Jamieson.

Ross Taylor had a fairy-tale ending to his test career thanks to that wicket. Another legend is out. Will miss him for sure.

Now this match also looks likes the second Test match and if the bowlers are not able to restrict South Africa then it will be hard to get back in this match as it looks like a difficult pitch to bat.

I feel like I am watching an ODI series between India and South Africa at this point. South Africa definitely has the advantage currently though they could lose it if we witness a batting collapse.

[pakhitheboss]

Really frustrated with the Indian selectors persisting with Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteswar Pujara. When was the last time these two scored a century? After repeated poor performances, it looks as if they have assured slots in the playing XI. And all this at a time when promising youngsters like Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad are relegated to the sidelines. Rahane now averages just 39 in test cricket and I really don't understand the logic in keeping him in the playing XI.

Indian selectors are not at all bothered with Ajinkya Rahane or Pujara it seems. They still get a berth in the team  regardless of their performance. Pujara still played well yesterday but Rahane has been scoring single digit for a long time now and he needs to go out of the team. There are others like you suggested who can replace this guy.

[Sithara007]

Indian selectors are not at all bothered with Ajinkya Rahane or Pujara it seems. They still get a berth in the team  regardless of their performance. Pujara still played well yesterday but Rahane has been scoring single digit for a long time now and he needs to go out of the team. There are others like you suggested who can replace this guy.

To rub salt to the wounds, Rahane also wasted one review yesterday. There was a clear edge, and he still went to take the DRS. At least Kohli on the other end should have told him that there is no point in going for the DRS. Rahane had a consultation with Kohli, and after that went for the review (which was obviously turned down). Social media channels are full of posts against him. Anyway, this is the last test match of the series and he has one more chance left (second innings). After that he should be kicked out of the team and kept away for a long long time.