Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

I am not sure - what has happened to Kholi - his performance is going down and after COVID - we have hardly seen him in form.
Also the IPL has taken so much of Indian Cricket time. I wish the IPL to be at least squeezed a bit so that other matches should be given importance as well

Kohli's career is all but finished. He did all the theatrics such as BLM and anti-cracker awareness and at the same time ignored his form. On top of that, there were accusations of nepotism towards RCB players. All this contributed to him being replaced as the captain of the Indian cricket team for the limited overs format. The only plus point is that none of the replacements have shown enough capability to cement their place, including Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Even Jasprit Bumrah was given a chance recently.

[UmerIdrees]

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For 100th time, there is no nepotism here whatsoever. Fans should not be that reactive with few bad performance. For selection their is a process.

Ranji > India A > National team

Likes of Vihari, Gill, Iyer, Siraj etc has a good record in Ranji and India A that's why they got picked in the first place. They do have some problems and they have to address them without any doubt but at the same time you have to give them a long rope. Likes of Mohsin Khan has a very long way to go, he didn't showed any extra ordinary skill in red ball so far that he should be fast tracked, he's no way Bumrah. Natarajan will not play test cricket as he's already 31, at best he might feature in 3-4 matches that's it. Prasidh Krishna will surely play in future.

Well.. I posted about it, because Hanuma Vihari is having a test batting average of less than 35. The average for the current Indian squad is >45. For comparison, Ravindra Jadeja has a batting average of 36.56 and he is not a yet regular in the Indian test side. Same with Siraj as well. His test bowling average is close to 31, which is far from impressive. Given his inability to bat, I don't believe that there is any logic in giving him chances again and again. For both Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, the average is in the 20s.

Why do you see only Hanuma Vihari, when the godfather of Indian cricket Virat Kholi is performing consistently bad and is still in the team?

If anyone you people need to replace is this man, Virat Kholi. I think he is still in the team because of his name only and no recent good performance. I remember we used to have shahid Afridi in our team for a long long time even though he performed consistently bad, but he had an advantage that he was a part time bowler too.

[rojan]

Sri Lanka vs Australia Australia is batting in today's game.  Australia scored 80 runs in 26 overs, they lost 2 wickets.  Marnus Labuschagne is playing much better as he can see he has scored 33 off 52 balls.

[pakhitheboss]

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For 100th time, there is no nepotism here whatsoever. Fans should not be that reactive with few bad performance. For selection their is a process.

Ranji > India A > National team

Likes of Vihari, Gill, Iyer, Siraj etc has a good record in Ranji and India A that's why they got picked in the first place. They do have some problems and they have to address them without any doubt but at the same time you have to give them a long rope. Likes of Mohsin Khan has a very long way to go, he didn't showed any extra ordinary skill in red ball so far that he should be fast tracked, he's no way Bumrah. Natarajan will not play test cricket as he's already 31, at best he might feature in 3-4 matches that's it. Prasidh Krishna will surely play in future.

Well.. I posted about it, because Hanuma Vihari is having a test batting average of less than 35. The average for the current Indian squad is >45. For comparison, Ravindra Jadeja has a batting average of 36.56 and he is not a yet regular in the Indian test side. Same with Siraj as well. His test bowling average is close to 31, which is far from impressive. Given his inability to bat, I don't believe that there is any logic in giving him chances again and again. For both Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, the average is in the 20s.

Why do you see only Hanuma Vihari, when the godfather of Indian cricket Virat Kholi is performing consistently bad and is still in the team?

If anyone you people need to replace is this man, Virat Kholi. I think he is still in the team because of his name only and no recent good performance. I remember we used to have shahid Afridi in our team for a long long time even though he performed consistently bad, but he had an advantage that he was a part time bowler too.

I also not sure why Kohli is still part of the test squad or the ODI. He has been given enough opportunities but he still remain inconsistent. I do not think he will selected if his performance does not improve soon. He is getting rested a lot it seems and someday he might himself declare his retirement.

[BobK71]

Sri Lanka vs Australia Australia is batting in today's game.  Australia scored 80 runs in 26 overs, they lost 2 wickets.  Marnus Labuschagne is playing much better as he can see he has scored 33 off 52 balls.

Whole matches Sri Lanka and Australia are playing well. If Sri Lanka is a little behind in terms of victory, but they are trying well. However, they lost the last Test match and are currently we see that 2nd Test match is running. In this match winning chance is really poor because Australia have already scored 204 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. So definitely they ahead from Sri lanka.

[LittleBitFunny]

Sri lanka vs Australia

After a very easy win against Sri Lanka in the first Test, Australia entered the field in the second Test today. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. And they are playing well enough. However, he returned to the dressing room after collecting only 5 runs. However, Labuschange was able to collect 104 runs. Australia lost 3 wickets to collect 216 runs. My guess is Australia will collect more than 400 in the first innings.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Sri lanka vs Australia

After a very easy win against Sri Lanka in the first Test, Australia entered the field in the second Test today. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. And they are playing well enough. However, he returned to the dressing room after collecting only 5 runs. However, Labuschange was able to collect 104 runs. Australia lost 3 wickets to collect 216 runs. My guess is Australia will collect more than 400 in the first innings.

It's 233 for 3. Steve Smith is still unbeaten on 70 runs and Travis Head is unbeaten on 9. Australia will bat about 19 more overs today. If the batting disaster does not happen, Australia will collect more than 300 runs today. The Australian batsmen are batting very carefully. Apart from Labuschange, no other batsman had a strike rate of more than 50. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can't get Smith out today, Australia will undoubtedly collect more than 500 and Sri Lanka will lose by a huge margin.

[laurenB7742]

Sri lanka vs Australia

After a very easy win against Sri Lanka in the first Test, Australia entered the field in the second Test today. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. And they are playing well enough. However, he returned to the dressing room after collecting only 5 runs. However, Labuschange was able to collect 104 runs. Australia lost 3 wickets to collect 216 runs. My guess is Australia will collect more than 400 in the first innings.

It's 233 for 3. Steve Smith is still unbeaten on 70 runs and Travis Head is unbeaten on 9. Australia will bat about 19 more overs today. If the batting disaster does not happen, Australia will collect more than 300 runs today. The Australian batsmen are batting very carefully. Apart from Labuschange, no other batsman had a strike rate of more than 50. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can't get Smith out today, Australia will undoubtedly collect more than 500 and Sri Lanka will lose by a huge margin.

Travis Head failed to play well in today's match as well as in the first match. He returned to the dressing room after collecting only 12 runs. Australia lost the fifth wicket for 252 runs. As long as Steve Smith is at the crease, there will be a possibility of a big collection for Australia. If Smith will out, I think the rest of Australia's batsmen will return to the dressing room quickly.
The pitch seems to be a bit helpful in bowling. And the spin bowlers are cooperating enough. Prabath Jayasuriya was able to take 3 wickets. It seems to me that collecting 380 runs on such a pitch is enough.

[pakhitheboss]

Sri lanka vs Australia

After a very easy win against Sri Lanka in the first Test, Australia entered the field in the second Test today. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. And they are playing well enough. However, he returned to the dressing room after collecting only 5 runs. However, Labuschange was able to collect 104 runs. Australia lost 3 wickets to collect 216 runs. My guess is Australia will collect more than 400 in the first innings.

It's 233 for 3. Steve Smith is still unbeaten on 70 runs and Travis Head is unbeaten on 9. Australia will bat about 19 more overs today. If the batting disaster does not happen, Australia will collect more than 300 runs today. The Australian batsmen are batting very carefully. Apart from Labuschange, no other batsman had a strike rate of more than 50. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can't get Smith out today, Australia will undoubtedly collect more than 500 and Sri Lanka will lose by a huge margin.

Travis Head failed to play well in today's match as well as in the first match. He returned to the dressing room after collecting only 12 runs. Australia lost the fifth wicket for 252 runs. As long as Steve Smith is at the crease, there will be a possibility of a big collection for Australia. If Smith will out, I think the rest of Australia's batsmen will return to the dressing room quickly.
The pitch seems to be a bit helpful in bowling. And the spin bowlers are cooperating enough. Prabath Jayasuriya was able to take 3 wickets. It seems to me that collecting 380 runs on such a pitch is enough.

I do not think there will be any difference with the result of this test match. I am pretty confident that Australia will win this test match too. Unless the rain god's play a spoil sport. Australia will be targeting 400+ runs and they are in a very comfortable position now with 290 runs. Smith is still batting and has already reached his century.
 

[Minecache]

I am not sure - what has happened to Kholi - his performance is going down and after COVID - we have hardly seen him in form.
Also the IPL has taken so much of Indian Cricket time. I wish the IPL to be at least squeezed a bit so that other matches should be given importance as well

Kohli's career is all but finished. He did all the theatrics such as BLM and anti-cracker awareness and at the same time ignored his form. On top of that, there were accusations of nepotism towards RCB players. All this contributed to him being replaced as the captain of the Indian cricket team for the limited overs format. The only plus point is that none of the replacements have shown enough capability to cement their place, including Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Even Jasprit Bumrah was given a chance recently.

Virat Kohli has to realize that if he wants to play further for the Indian cricket team and cement his place in the team this is his time. BCCI have tried a lot of players to replace Virat Kohli, however, none of those players have succeeded and have not shown a good enough performance.

Virat Kohli has been involved in a lot of dumb things like black lives matters and anti cracker movement. He was too politically motivated to do anything positive for the team or himself. This should be his cue to improve on his recent form and cement his position in the team again. And he has to realize that nepotism is not the way to get him anywhere or anyone else for that matter.

[Sithara007]

Virat Kohli has to realize that if he wants to play further for the Indian cricket team and cement his place in the team this is his time. BCCI have tried a lot of players to replace Virat Kohli, however, none of those players have succeeded and have not shown a good enough performance.

Virat Kohli has been involved in a lot of dumb things like black lives matters and anti cracker movement. He was too politically motivated to do anything positive for the team or himself. This should be his cue to improve on his recent form and cement his position in the team again. And he has to realize that nepotism is not the way to get him anywhere or anyone else for that matter.

I don't see any encouraging signs coming from Virat. One thing that he could do is to play more domestic cricket, so that he will regain his form. But so far he has refused to do that. When was the last time he played for Delhi? If he believes that Indian domestic cricket is substandard, then he can always opt for county cricket in England. But he prefers to spend any free time he gets with family. I don't think that there is anything wrong in that, but then the question comes about how long the selectors need to persist with him in the playing XI. 

[JohnBitCo]

Sri lanka vs Australia

After a very easy win against Sri Lanka in the first Test, Australia entered the field in the second Test today. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. And they are playing well enough. However, he returned to the dressing room after collecting only 5 runs. However, Labuschange was able to collect 104 runs. Australia lost 3 wickets to collect 216 runs. My guess is Australia will collect more than 400 in the first innings.

It's 233 for 3. Steve Smith is still unbeaten on 70 runs and Travis Head is unbeaten on 9. Australia will bat about 19 more overs today. If the batting disaster does not happen, Australia will collect more than 300 runs today. The Australian batsmen are batting very carefully. Apart from Labuschange, no other batsman had a strike rate of more than 50. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can't get Smith out today, Australia will undoubtedly collect more than 500 and Sri Lanka will lose by a huge margin.

Travis Head failed to play well in today's match as well as in the first match. He returned to the dressing room after collecting only 12 runs. Australia lost the fifth wicket for 252 runs. As long as Steve Smith is at the crease, there will be a possibility of a big collection for Australia. If Smith will out, I think the rest of Australia's batsmen will return to the dressing room quickly.
The pitch seems to be a bit helpful in bowling. And the spin bowlers are cooperating enough. Prabath Jayasuriya was able to take 3 wickets. It seems to me that collecting 380 runs on such a pitch is enough.

I do not think there will be any difference with the result of this test match. I am pretty confident that Australia will win this test match too. Unless the rain god's play a spoil sport. Australia will be targeting 400+ runs and they are in a very comfortable position now with 290 runs. Smith is still batting and has already reached his century.
 

Marnus Labuschagne  and Steven Smith centuries give a good start to the Australian team. Yes, this will be another easy win for Australia.

After showing some very good performance in the ODI matches, i thought that Srilanka will play better cricket in test matches too but this is not the case. Australia won by four wickets in the first test match and they may again win by a big margin in this 2nd and final test match.

[SirLancelot]

After a very easy win against Sri Lanka in the first Test, Australia entered the field in the second Test today. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. And they are playing well enough. However, he returned to the dressing room after collecting only 5 runs. However, Labuschange was able to collect 104 runs. Australia lost 3 wickets to collect 216 runs. My guess is Australia will collect more than 400 in the first innings.

A very good day for Australia as they choose for batting and have very good scorecard with Labu and Smith both complete their test centuries with now Smith and Carey still on crease and can do some big score which is going to be trouble for this struggling Sri Lankan team which is facing lack of quality and improvement in last few years.

Most chances we will have another the worst defeat for Sri Lankan with now their next guest is Pakistan who is also here in Sri Lanka for two test matches series, even their arrival is not good as first causality of Covit-19 in their camp now we have to wait some more updates about this.

[jaberwock]

Kohli's career is all but finished. He did all the theatrics such as BLM and anti-cracker awareness and at the same time ignored his form. On top of that, there were accusations of nepotism towards RCB players. All this contributed to him being replaced as the captain of the Indian cricket team for the limited overs format. The only plus point is that none of the replacements have shown enough capability to cement their place, including Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Even Jasprit Bumrah was given a chance recently.

Kohli is just 33 and still having few years in his game but with current form too much talk about his future which is surely right because now it's almost two years we have no three figures from this great cricketer if we can check his career figures these are still showing some great hopes, but fans are losing their patience and want something quick results about his future.

I have feeling now India is having some good period for doing good in white ball, and they can give him some rest from cricket which could be helpful, and surely he can come out of this stress and start again his career in good shape.

But, as many were feeling he can break many records now it's all gone because time is running out very quickly for him, he needs to give himself a favor with take a short break from cricket.

[Iranus]

At the end of the first day, Australia scored 298 runs. Although they lost 5 wickets. However, it still seems that the Australian batsmen will be able to collect more than 400. Steven Smith and Alex Carry are both experienced batsmen. Looking at the condition of the pitch, we have an idea that if we can collect more than 400 on such a pitch, Australia will be in a very good position. Since Australia's bowling lineup is strong. And Sri Lankan batsmen are not experienced. So if Australia can collect more than 400 in the first innings, they will definitely win unless there is an accident.

[Haunebu]

Great to watch one of the finest test batsmen of this era score another century taking his tally to 28 centuries equalling Root and overtaking Kohli. Sad to see Kohli stuck at 27 though.

Australia will decimate Sri Lanka and win this series quite easily if you ask me since I am not expecting a lot from the Lankan batsmen.

[S A KHAIR]

Kohli is just 33 and still having few years in his game but with current form too much talk about his future which is surely right because now it's almost two years we have no three figures from this great cricketer if we can check his career figures these are still showing some great hopes, but fans are losing their patience and want something quick results about his future.

Kohli has been in poor form for the last few years, but his performance is not improving. He is even performing poorly in all formats. Although he was able to play well in T20 or Test format, the fans relied on him. But he has failed miserably in the international series as well as in the IPL. In this situation, he should rest voluntarily. And practice hard. Otherwise I don't see any possibility of improving his performance

[topman21]

At the end of the first day, Australia scored 298 runs. Although they lost 5 wickets. However, it still seems that the Australian batsmen will be able to collect more than 400. Steven Smith and Alex Carry are both experienced batsmen. Looking at the condition of the pitch, we have an idea that if we can collect more than 400 on such a pitch, Australia will be in a very good position. Since Australia's bowling lineup is strong. And Sri Lankan batsmen are not experienced. So if Australia can collect more than 400 in the first innings, they will definitely win unless there is an accident.

In the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, Australia scored 298 runs on the first day for five wickets.It is doubtful whether they will be able to score 400 runs in this second Test because they have lost five wickets.Yes indeed if they can collect 400 runs they will have the whole match to win.However, they still have experienced people at the crease. It is not impossible for them to score 400 plus runs at home. Let's see what the Australian team can do.
 
Steven smith* 109 (212)

Alex Carey* 16 (35)

[eaLiTy]

Great to watch one of the finest test batsmen of this era score another century taking his tally to 28 centuries equalling Root and overtaking Kohli. Sad to see Kohli stuck at 27 though.

Two players scored centuries and they are still at 298 runs with the loss of 5 wickets which is not a great score but the positive aspect is that Steve Smith is still in the crease. Virat Kohli was in prime form for a long time and it is impossible to continue that form for an extended long period of time.

Australia will decimate Sri Lanka and win this series quite easily if you ask me since I am not expecting a lot from the Lankan batsmen.

It is too early to say that, Sri Lanka is yet to bat and Australia is not in a really strong position to decimate them .

[JSRAW]

Marnus-Smith duo is going to gang up with Warner-Khawaja along with Maxwell (if he get selected) and belt us next year for sure.

They lost 2 back to back BG Trophy at their backyard and they are upping their game in subcontinent so may be now it's our time to lose the home series.