Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[BALIK]

^ Three Tests will be played between Pakistan and Australia. Hosting the test series against Australia should be a very happy moment for Pakistani cricket. A great test series is on the way! Here's hoping both teams give it their all. Both teams will be targeting the top of the WTC table. A win over the Aussies will certainly put Pakistan in a position of stability on top. India must win all its home games and should not accept a draw. Every team should be played at home and at away equally, or else it is pointless. A team should play an equal number of home and away matches.

This match will be very competitive. The Pakistani players are in good form now. At the same time Australia's performance is very good. Australia won all four matches of the five-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. Australia have won four of their five-match Test series against England and drawn one. I don't expect to see the same result against Pakistan. Pakistan is a very good team now. However, Australia will also win this series. They will play three Test matches against Pakistan.

[savetheFORUM]

Less then 12 hours left for this historic test to begin. Skies are very much clear now in Rawalpindi still there is rain prediction on 4th day of test. Pakistan target will be to win the series they are never a good test team so I don't think WTC will be in there minds. Pakistan will be happy to see international cricket finally reviving in there country after 13 years.

No doubt it's a great moment for Pakistan cricket as they are going to host Australia after 24 years with any big team in town after very long time after Sri Lankan attack, but I am not agreed with this statement that they are not thinking about WTC because surely they have very fair chance, and they can win this series and after this they have some busy schedule which can help them for qualifying into final and win as they have few world-class players those can change tables with their abilities and spirited game.

About first test match it's going to be very exciting even most chances we are going to face some trouble with rain in third and fourth day but still very good chance of result with very entertaining cricket from both quality teams.

[7788bitcoin]

Finally Cricket is back in Pakistan and the speculation about whether Australia will tour Pakistan or skip in the last moment is basically over and the first match will begin in a few hours and i hope fans are allowed inside the stadiums to watch the match because the cricket world owe it to them because they were not able to watch their team playing live for decades.

[eaLiTy]

^ The players were happy touring Pakistan and definitely the fans deserve to watch their players live after a very long time and happy to see that the match will begin in a few hours. Pakistan is facing Australia and in another match Sri Lanka and India will be playing and i think the most viewership will go to Pakistan and Australia as that match will be competitive.

[Sithara007]

They are left with 7 test match ( 3 series). If they want to qualify for the finals without depending on any other team's result then they need minimum 6 wins.

Home - 2 tests against Sri Lanka
Away -  2 against Pakistan and 3 against England

Let's say they successfully beat SL easily at home but they still need to win 4 games against Pak and Eng, which i think would be very tough and really need a miracle because Pakis are no dummy imo. Already said about England, they are dead in WTC and hit the rock bottom. Their trajectory can only go up from here so i believe they will perform okay from now on, at least at home.

Only the series against Pakistan is problematic for them. Else they are in exceptional form and have a good record in England recently. Now coming to Pakistan, although they are very good at home, their team balance is not great at this moment. If all of their regular players are 100% fit, then I still believe that it will be possible for New Zealand to achieve this target. But anymore unexpected loss (such as the one happened against South Africa recently) can put them in a very bad position.

[pakhitheboss]

India vs Srilanka

The first test between India and Srilanka has started. This is the 100th test match for Kohli. India has already score 122 runs for the lost of 2 wicket. Kohli is batting on 19 and it is expected for him to perform in this test.

India has played 44 test matches against Srilanka wherein India has won 20 and Srilanka has won 7.  Out of the 44 matches 17 have ended in draw. The chance of India winning this test is very high.

[blatchcorn]

Finally after 24 years, Test match between Pakistan and Australia is finally in progress at Rawalpindi. Pakistan decided to bat first and so far its a smooth sailing for them, 105 for the loss of one wicket at the end of first session. Pakistan feeling good after having an opening stand of 105 runs before Abduaalh shafique getting out for 44 runs. Pakistan need to score 350+ runs as there main bowlers are not available.

[7788bitcoin]

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Pakistan feeling good after having an opening stand of 105 runs before Abduaalh shafique getting out for 44 runs. Pakistan need to score 350+ runs as there main bowlers are not available.

I am watching the home Test match for Pakistan for the first time and they had a great start against Australia with a century partnership and they will be posting a huge total from here as Babar Azam is yet to come out and they have some good players to come out.
Indian batsman had good starts but they failed to convert that into a big innings.

[JSRAW]

India is in very comfortable position but main news is... Kohli is still searching for his 71st.

And Pant missed out another well deserve ton. Poor guy is making habit of missing out 100 every now and then.

92, 92, 97, 91, 96

[coinism]

I am watching the home Test match for Pakistan for the first time and they had a great start against Australia with a century partnership and they will be posting a huge total from here as Babar Azam is yet to come out and they have some good players to come out.

So far Pakistan have lost only Abdullah Shafique. Second wicket partnership bw Imam and Azhar also crossed 100 run. Imam is palying on 114 and Azhar has just completed his fifty. Pakistan is treating Australia like the way Australia treats visitor's to there country. 15 overs left in today's play, Pakistan will try to cross 250 without losing anymore wickets.

[kro55]

Finally after 24 years, Test match between Pakistan and Australia is finally in progress at Rawalpindi. Pakistan decided to bat first and so far its a smooth sailing for them, 105 for the loss of one wicket at the end of first session. Pakistan feeling good after having an opening stand of 105 runs before Abduaalh shafique getting out for 44 runs. Pakistan need to score 350+ runs as there main bowlers are not available.

At the end of day one, Pakistan has scored 245 runs for only the loss of one wicket. I think this is a really good score for Pakistan and they will be able to pile up a really big score at the end of their first innings. Not much success for the Australian bowlers. Only Nathan Lyon got the wicket. Pakistan played really responsibly knowing that they don't have their usual bowlers available.

[coinism]

At the end of day one, Pakistan has scored 245 runs for only the loss of one wicket. I think this is a really good score for Pakistan and they will be able to pile up a really big score at the end of their first innings. Not much success for the Australian bowlers. Only Nathan Lyon got the wicket. Pakistan played really responsibly knowing that they don't have their usual bowlers available.

Pakistan are not in hurry to score runs, 245 runs in 90 overs with 2.70 RR clearly indicates that they are careful with bat. Pakistan will eye on 400 total of first innings. Pitch is very much grass less and here is funny thing,  Australian broadcasters put road signs, footpath in hilarious dig at grassless Rawalpindi pitch ahead of 1st Test

[Mahdirakib]

I am watching the home Test match for Pakistan for the first time and they had a great start against Australia with a century partnership and they will be posting a huge total from here as Babar Azam is yet to come out and they have some good players to come out.

Pakistani batsman has done incredible job in the first day, but they are scoring very slowly. However, they are completely dominating in the game. Still I'm expecting a good comeback from Australian bowlers tomorrow.

Indian batsman had good starts but they failed to convert that into a big innings.

Indian batsman has scored very quickly and they have lost their valuable 6 wickets as well. I think they will score above 450 runs in the first innings. It will be enough to stay in the game. Perhaps, Sri Lanka won't be able to play in the same way. India has pretty good bowling lineup.

We may see black badges on Australian players hand tomorrow. Because, one of their legendary players, Shane Warne has died today. He was a great bowler, especially in test format. Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne passes away aged 52

[UmerIdrees]

The historic test between Pakistan and Australia started today and Pakistan scored around 245 runs with only one wicket down. The home team is in a strong position in this test match.

My question to the NZ, "Hun aram ay ?"  Meaning, if your daddy Australians can come to pakistan to play here, what was the problem with you.

[Minecache]

The historic test between Pakistan and Australia started today and Pakistan scored around 245 runs with only one wicket down. The home team is in a strong position in this test match.
My question to the NZ, "Hun aram ay ?"  Meaning, if your daddy Australians can come to pakistan to play here, what was the problem with you.

I think Pakistan has The upper hand in this test match right now because they have scored a good amount of runs at the loss of only one wicket. And if they can survive the first session tomorrow they will be able to score a lot more runs. They have to score really big because they don't have the strength in bowling because of injuries. If Pakistan can score something around 550 its will be enough in my opinion.

[Vaskiy]

The historic test between Pakistan and Australia started today and Pakistan scored around 245 runs with only one wicket down. The home team is in a strong position in this test match.
My question to the NZ, "Hun aram ay ?"  Meaning, if your daddy Australians can come to pakistan to play here, what was the problem with you.

I think Pakistan has The upper hand in this test match right now because they have scored a good amount of runs at the loss of only one wicket. And if they can survive the first session tomorrow they will be able to score a lot more runs. They have to score really big because they don't have the strength in bowling because of injuries. If Pakistan can score something around 550 its will be enough in my opinion.

As of now Pakistan is in good position to win the match. However once after the first innings of Australia we can get into conclusion on the match results. Pakistan is quite strong with the top order and even by tomorrow morning session the wickets won't fall big. If I'm not wrong Pakistan will declare the innings by the end of day 2. Good decision to bat first after winning the toss.

[jostorres]

I think Pakistan has The upper hand in this test match right now because they have scored a good amount of runs at the loss of only one wicket. And if they can survive the first session tomorrow they will be able to score a lot more runs. They have to score really big because they don't have the strength in bowling because of injuries. If Pakistan can score something around 550 its will be enough in my opinion.

Today first day of this historic test match between Pakistan and Australia after winning toss having first batting was surprising decision for me because here just 2 teams won after having first inning and 3 draw and 6 lost, so I was also expecting that they will give first batting to visitors, but Babar have other things in mind, and they start batting which was good at the end of first day.

But this is going to be drawn because nothing for bowlers in this pitch and batting is very easy with Australia having services of some of the best batsmen, so they also can do some big runs which is going to be good for them as next two matches are going to be very important most chances this series is going to end with result of 1 - 0 or 1 - 1 because home teams facing some problems with injured bowlers, so they will not take any chance.

[SirLancelot]

India is in very comfortable position but main news is... Kohli is still searching for his 71st.

Amazing performance from Indian side after having first batting today they completely outclass Sri Lankan bowling with very big total on board 357/6 in just 85 overs, feeling sad for Pant as he deserves this triple figure in this match after having very good batting throughout the day but sadly again can't handle pressure of this nerve's nineteen's.

Today Kohli was playing his 100th test, and I was also very excited about his batting because now it is very long time he is in not good touch and deserve something big on this great occasion, but sadly he also dismisses for just 46 hopefully tomorrow we will watch 450+ from Indian side with this score most chances this match is going to end very quickly because Sri Lankan batting side is not strong enough to handle Indians here in this match, and they can lose this match very quickly as on first day their moral is down with very good batting from quality players.

[Sithara007]

Surprised with the meek performance from the Australian bowlers. After such an excellent series against England, all of a sudden they looked toothless. And I don't understand why the best performing bowler from that series (Scott Boland) is not in the playing XI. Mitchell Starc has proved again and again that he is inconsistent. Including him in the place of Boland was a controversial decision. I would still support the inclusion of Josh Hazlewood, because his type of bowling is more suited for the subcontinent.

[JohnBitCo]

The historic test between Pakistan and Australia started today and Pakistan scored around 245 runs with only one wicket down. The home team is in a strong position in this test match.
My question to the NZ, "Hun aram ay ?"  Meaning, if your daddy Australians can come to pakistan to play here, what was the problem with you.

I think Pakistan has The upper hand in this test match right now because they have scored a good amount of runs at the loss of only one wicket. And if they can survive the first session tomorrow they will be able to score a lot more runs. They have to score really big because they don't have the strength in bowling because of injuries. If Pakistan can score something around 550 its will be enough in my opinion.

As of now Pakistan is in good position to win the match. However once after the first innings of Australia we can get into conclusion on the match results. Pakistan is quite strong with the top order and even by tomorrow morning session the wickets won't fall big. If I'm not wrong Pakistan will declare the innings by the end of day 2. Good decision to bat first after winning the toss.

Most probably we may see this test match ending in a draw. I know this statement looks pre-mature as we have seen only the first day of this first test match. I think that if the pakistan team played so well and managed to lose only one wicket on the first day against the best australian bowling attack, this shows the pitch is very good for batting and its hard to take 40 wickets in 5 days and therefore i would bet on a draw.