Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[rojan]

What a pathetic performance from the lankans and that too at home, no wonder test cricket is dying there for good and overall everywhere.

Aussie spinners outbowled Lankans bowlers completely. Heck even Head took a 4-for.

What happened to Srilankan batters? They were not able to play on a pitch created by them. This pitch from the beginning was a spinner paradise. Srilanka had more spinners than medium pacers but yet they were not able to stop the Australian batters and nor were able to play only two Australian spinners. What a shameful way to lose a 5-day match in a day.

Last time Sri Lanka won. And everyone was so excited. This time Aussie came back real stronger.
I believe Aussies are real competitors are the living example of what the hard work and team work is. Better luck to Sri Lanakans.

I never thought Sri Lanka would play so badly. I thought Sri Lanka would play badly but I didn't know it would play so badly.  However, Australia seems to be a very strong team.

[Iranus]

India : England

The first Test between India and England is being played in Birmingham today. England won the toss and elected to bowl. England's players are very confident after winning 3 Test matches against New Zealand. I think they will be able to maintain their consistency against India as well.

India lost their first wicket by 27 runs, and Shubman Gill returned to the dressing room with 17 runs. Experienced players like Virat Kohli, Iyer, Pant and Jadeja are in the Indian squad. Hopefully the match will be competitive.

[Sithara007]

James Anderson seems to be improving as he ages. This guys is already 40 years old and his deliveries are getting unplayable by the day. He got both the openers (Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara) in the first session of play, before rain interfered. Virat Kohli is at the crease along with the useless guy Hanuma Vihari. Let's see how it goes from here for the visitors. BTW, did anyone followed the match between Australia and Sri Lanka? Lankans got a taste of their own medicine, as the Aussie spinners destroyed them.

[BALIK]

India : England

The first Test between India and England is being played in Birmingham today. England won the toss and elected to bowl. England's players are very confident after winning 3 Test matches against New Zealand. I think they will be able to maintain their consistency against India as well.

India lost their first wicket by 27 runs, and Shubman Gill returned to the dressing room with 17 runs. Experienced players like Virat Kohli, Iyer, Pant and Jadeja are in the Indian squad. Hopefully the match will be competitive.

India did not start their innings well. Two openers Shubman Gill and Cheteswar Pujara were dismissed for 17 and 13 runs respectively. I thought Pujara would play a big inning today. Because Pujara and Hanuma Vihari was batting quite responsibly. Pujara was dismissed for 17 off 46 balls. And Hanuma Vhihari is still unbeaten on 14 off 46 balls. Kohli and Hanuma Vihari are still at the crease. If these two players do not form a big partnership, I guess India will lose all the wickets before 200.

[Tony116]

BTW, did anyone followed the match between Australia and Sri Lanka? Lankans got a taste of their own medicine, as the Aussie spinners destroyed them.

I watched the match. But I was not ready to see such a catastrophe for the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka lost all their wickets for 113 runs. Nathan Lyon and Trevis Head took four wickets each. And Karunaratne has scored the highest 23 runs for Srilingkar. Sri Lanka gave a target of only 5 runs. Australia reached the target by collecting 10 runs from 4 balls. The win was what Australia needed after a humiliating defeat in the ODI series.

[Sithara007]

BTW, did anyone followed the match between Australia and Sri Lanka? Lankans got a taste of their own medicine, as the Aussie spinners destroyed them.

I watched the match. But I was not ready to see such a catastrophe for the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka lost all their wickets for 113 runs. Nathan Lyon and Trevis Head took four wickets each. And Karunaratne has scored the highest 23 runs for Srilingkar. Sri Lanka gave a target of only 5 runs. Australia reached the target by collecting 10 runs from 4 balls. The win was what Australia needed after a humiliating defeat in the ODI series.

This is why I have been saying again and again that host teams should not prepare substandard pitches to give undue advantage to home players. Now see what happened. The pitch was so horrible that Travis Head picked up 4 wickets. Can you imagine this? Before this match, Mr.Head had a total of 0 wickets from 26 matches. If Alex Carey was not there in the squad, then in all probability he would have been the keeper. This entire series is turning out to be a shit show. If I was the chairman of the ICC, then I would immediately ban Sri Lanka from test cricket or at least ban them from hosting any international matches.

[pakhitheboss]

BTW, did anyone followed the match between Australia and Sri Lanka? Lankans got a taste of their own medicine, as the Aussie spinners destroyed them.

I watched the match. But I was not ready to see such a catastrophe for the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka lost all their wickets for 113 runs. Nathan Lyon and Trevis Head took four wickets each. And Karunaratne has scored the highest 23 runs for Srilingkar. Sri Lanka gave a target of only 5 runs. Australia reached the target by collecting 10 runs from 4 balls. The win was what Australia needed after a humiliating defeat in the ODI series.

This is why I have been saying again and again that host teams should not prepare substandard pitches to give undue advantage to home players. Now see what happened. The pitch was so horrible that Travis Head picked up 4 wickets. Can you imagine this? Before this match, Mr.Head had a total of 0 wickets from 26 matches. If Alex Carey was not there in the squad, then in all probability he would have been the keeper. This entire series is turning out to be a shit show. If I was the chairman of the ICC, then I would immediately ban Sri Lanka from test cricket or at least ban them from hosting any international matches.

By the way who are you? An ICC official, curator of the pitch, a field staff or someone who knows nothing but still knows everything.

 I do not understand from where you got that audacity to proclaim that you are a king/queen of a pitch and decision maker. Just read what you said, if a host team follows your recommendation then they will always be buried.

Technically you should point out on the performance of a team than question the pitch. It is known that South Asian countries create pitch suitable to a spin bowler? This is why they have maximum spinners.

Overall it is the srilankan team and the board that has to be blamed. Moreover, I am happy they are generating revenue not like Pakistan where their minister said donot drink tea or we will be bankrupt.

[ibuddy122505]

BTW, did anyone followed the match between Australia and Sri Lanka? Lankans got a taste of their own medicine, as the Aussie spinners destroyed them.

I watched the match. But I was not ready to see such a catastrophe for the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka lost all their wickets for 113 runs. Nathan Lyon and Trevis Head took four wickets each. And Karunaratne has scored the highest 23 runs for Srilingkar. Sri Lanka gave a target of only 5 runs. Australia reached the target by collecting 10 runs from 4 balls. The win was what Australia needed after a humiliating defeat in the ODI series.

As a result of being bowled out quickly in their second innings Test, Sri Lanka had their shortest innings ever. The Australians played a good replay after a humiliating loss in the ODI series. Sri Lanka lost both T20I and Test Series versus Australia at home. Sri Lanka's batting failed and their bowling combination was not great, looking like Sri Lanka is falling behind teams like BD, WI, and ZIM.

[CryptoBuds]

India : England

The first Test between India and England is being played in Birmingham today. England won the toss and elected to bowl. England's players are very confident after winning 3 Test matches against New Zealand. I think they will be able to maintain their consistency against India as well.
India lost their first wicket by 27 runs, and Shubman Gill returned to the dressing room with 17 runs. Experienced players like Virat Kohli, Iyer, Pant and Jadeja are in the Indian squad. Hopefully the match will be competitive.

India did not start their innings well. Two openers Shubman Gill and Cheteswar Pujara were dismissed for 17 and 13 runs respectively. I thought Pujara would play a big inning today. Because Pujara and Hanuma Vihari was batting quite responsibly. Pujara was dismissed for 17 off 46 balls. And Hanuma Vhihari is still unbeaten on 14 off 46 balls. Kohli and Hanuma Vihari are still at the crease. If these two players do not form a big partnership, I guess India will lose all the wickets before 200.

India were likely to lose all their wickets before 200 runs. But due to the responsible batting of Rishabh Pant and Jadeja, maybe India will be able to collect more than 200 runs. India lost their fifth wicket by 98 runs. They managed to score 50 runs from the partnership of Pant and Jadeja. Apart from these two batsmen, there is no other experienced batsman in the Indian squad. And so if Pant and Jadeja are out, India's innings will end very quickly.

[JSRAW]

This 76* runs partnership between Pant and Jaddu saved India from another collapse. Don't want to jinx it but i wish they bat for another 40 overs.

Every Indian batter were looking good and did the hard work except Iyer but each one of em failed but it's mainly because of vintage Anderson and new kid Potts.

Poor Kohli can't catch a break at all. Iyer need to work on facing short ball otherwise he won't feature in test team regularly especially in SENA countries, you know you can't play short ball when 40 yo guy scaring you with his moderate speed.

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Lol pant reverse sweeping Anderson again.

[laurenB7742]

This 76* runs partnership between Pant and Jaddu saved India from another collapse. Don't want to jinx it but i wish they bat for another 40 overs.
Every Indian batter were looking good and did the hard work except Iyer but each one of em failed but it's mainly because of vintage Anderson and new kid Potts.
Poor Kohli can't catch a break at all. Iyer need to work on facing short ball otherwise he won't feature in test team regularly especially in SENA countries, you know you can't play short ball when 40 yo guy scaring you with his moderate speed.
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Lol pant reverse sweeping Anderson again.

India have scored 286 runs and has not lost any other wickets. Rishab Pant's batting surprised me. He scored 128 runs off 99 balls. Pant's strike rate is more than 129. And India collected 75 runs in the last 10 overs. Although Jadeja batted responsibly, Rishab Pant is very aggressive today. If India can collect like 350-400, it will be a good collection for them.

[posi]

This 76* runs partnership between Pant and Jaddu saved India from another collapse. Don't want to jinx it but i wish they bat for another 40 overs.
Every Indian batter were looking good and did the hard work except Iyer but each one of em failed but it's mainly because of vintage Anderson and new kid Potts.
Poor Kohli can't catch a break at all. Iyer need to work on facing short ball otherwise he won't feature in test team regularly especially in SENA countries, you know you can't play short ball when 40 yo guy scaring you with his moderate speed.
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Lol pant reverse sweeping Anderson again.

India have scored 286 runs and has not lost any other wickets. Rishab Pant's batting surprised me. He scored 128 runs off 99 balls. Pant's strike rate is more than 129. And India collected 75 runs in the last 10 overs. Although Jadeja batted responsibly, Rishab Pant is very aggressive today. If India can collect like 350-400, it will be a good collection for them.

Rishab Pant returned to the dressing room after collecting 146 runs. He has hit 19 fours and 4 over boundaries. Seeing his batting, I thought he was performing in a T20 match. However, the sad thing is that he could not score 150 runs for only 4 runs. Jadeja is unbeaten on 83 runs. At the end of the first day, India's collection was 338/7. India will probably lose all their wickets between 360-370.

[LittleBitFunny]

In the Test format, on England's pitch, it is very difficult to bat against England's experienced bowlers at a strike rate of more than 130. Rishab Pant has done this hard work and he has been able to add 146 runs to the team's scoreboard. India lost five top-order experienced batsmen by 98 runs. Then with the responsible batting of Pant and Jadeja, India's collection at the end of the day was 338/7. Since Jadeja is still at the crease, it is estimated that India could easily collect another 40-50 runs. The match will definitely be competitive. It will not be easy for England to defeat India.

[eaLiTy]

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The match will definitely be competitive. It will not be easy for England to defeat India.

It was a special innings from Rishabh Pant and he is instrumental for India in the Test format as he has rescued India single handedly many times in his short career and when India lost their 5th wicket for 98 runs i never expected India to bounce back from that stage but Rishabh Pant had other ideas and he started counter attacking rather than defending which is really crazy considering the pathetic situation the team was in. His innings reminded me of the batting of Adam Gilchrist who comes down at number 7 and when the opposition think that they have done their hard work he starts his counter attack and take the game away  .

[romero121]

Rishab Pant returned to the dressing room after collecting 146 runs. He has hit 19 fours and 4 over boundaries. Seeing his batting, I thought he was performing in a T20 match. However, the sad thing is that he could not score 150 runs for only 4 runs. Jadeja is unbeaten on 83 runs. At the end of the first day, India's collection was 338/7. India will probably lose all their wickets between 360-370.

It looks like India have begun to follow the scoring pattern of England. During the series against New Zealand the same kind of batting was seen with England. By the first session end of day 2 India will end the innings scoring above 400 runs. The first day scoring have gave more confidence to India, but England is more dangerous in their home ground. India have got good chance of winning, and if India is able to make a win then it is record that India haven't won 3 test matches in a series played in England.

[JSRAW]

His innings reminded me of the batting of Adam Gilchrist who comes down at number 7 and when the opposition think that they have done their hard work he starts his counter attack and take the game away  .

If he continuously play for next 6 years then he's going to surpass Gilchrist in the test cricket and might end up as GOAT wicket keeper batter in history of test cricket.

He's just 24 yo and already got 5 tons and 4 of em in SENA countries (except NZ) and made runs in very tough situation when team needed the runs most + 5-6 90+ scores. He could've at least 10 centuries under his belt but he live by the sword and die by the sword.

Cracking contest is in making as England batters will also counter attack our bowlers.

Sir Jadeja also deserve his ton.

[Naficopa]

You don't need bother to talk about Bangladesh when it comes to test cricket. There is no doubt that they will dominate white ball matches, but not tests. It's okay not to be disappointed. It has been over 22 years since they've played test cricket and haven't learned anything about it. However, they continue to play test cricket. This format should be encouraged by Bangladesh so they can take a self-determination. This game is so boring, I'm curious as to how they managed to find sponsors.

That is correct - test cricket is so boring, the dull uniform and timings are really not attractive at all.
But a player should show his skills in every field not only in ODIs.

[savetheFORUM]

It was a special innings from Rishabh Pant and he is instrumental for India in the Test format as he has rescued India single handedly many times in his short career and when India lost their 5th wicket for 98 runs i never expected India to bounce back from that stage but Rishabh Pant had other ideas and he started counter attacking rather than defending which is really crazy considering the pathetic situation the team was in. His innings reminded me of the batting of Adam Gilchrist who comes down at number 7 and when the opposition think that they have done their hard work he starts his counter attack and take the game away  .

After going down 98/5 and having end of day with 338/7 is amazing feeling for any team and inning from Rishabh Pant giving great entertainment against quality English bowling attack Jaddu was also in good touch and this 222 runs partnership could be turning point for this match because after rain I was not expecting batting like this from these two but both done amazing job and now Indian team is on driving seat until they have any serious collapse in second inning because this is also on cards in English conditions.

Now they need 50 to 60 runs which can make big difference and their bowlers can feel good with their bowling here Jaddu deserve century because he is key player for them.

Anderson is still going for some more years as he is superfast guy and having great rhythm as fast bowler at age of 40 years.

[TheGreatPython]

As a result of being bowled out quickly in their second innings Test, Sri Lanka had their shortest innings ever. The Australians played a good replay after a humiliating loss in the ODI series. Sri Lanka lost both T20I and Test Series versus Australia at home. Sri Lanka's batting failed and their bowling combination was not great, looking like Sri Lanka is falling behind teams like BD, WI, and ZIM.

Sri Lanka have very good result in ODI, but suddenly we have nightmare for them because they completely down and out from this game and Australia able to give them surprise with their ability of return into game. 321 was not good target but sadly home team not able to achieve this and having some healthy lead in both innings. Lyon was hero with nine wickets, but Head give them big surprise with his spin and able to end this match very quickly with career best figure even this was first time he takes wickets in test matches.

Now Anglo Mathews is again out for second test most chances they will lose this match as well and having another poor series against Pakistan which is also coming for two test matches in coming days.

[pakhitheboss]

This 76* runs partnership between Pant and Jaddu saved India from another collapse. Don't want to jinx it but i wish they bat for another 40 overs.
Every Indian batter were looking good and did the hard work except Iyer but each one of em failed but it's mainly because of vintage Anderson and new kid Potts.
Poor Kohli can't catch a break at all. Iyer need to work on facing short ball otherwise he won't feature in test team regularly especially in SENA countries, you know you can't play short ball when 40 yo guy scaring you with his moderate speed.
Edit
Lol pant reverse sweeping Anderson again.

India have scored 286 runs and has not lost any other wickets. Rishab Pant's batting surprised me. He scored 128 runs off 99 balls. Pant's strike rate is more than 129. And India collected 75 runs in the last 10 overs. Although Jadeja batted responsibly, Rishab Pant is very aggressive today. If India can collect like 350-400, it will be a good collection for them.

Rishab Pant returned to the dressing room after collecting 146 runs. He has hit 19 fours and 4 over boundaries. Seeing his batting, I thought he was performing in a T20 match. However, the sad thing is that he could not score 150 runs for only 4 runs. Jadeja is unbeaten on 83 runs. At the end of the first day, India's collection was 338/7. India will probably lose all their wickets between 360-370.

I was hoping that he would complete his 150 runs. Overall without his contribution, India would have collapsed on the first day of this test match. Jadeja as usual came to the rescue again and is still not out. I hope he is able to get his century today. India needs to score more than 350 runs in their first innings as the English side can bat as we have seen in the previous test match with NZ.