Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[CryptoBuds]

Australia V West Indies

Labuschagne's brilliant batting on the first day saw Australia able to collect a total of 293 for the loss of just 2 wickets. Labuschagne is unbeaten on 154. The way he is batting responsibly, I don't think he will return to the dressing room before 200. Labuschagne is now joined by veteran batsman Steven Smith at the crease. Smith remains unbeaten on 59 runs. If Australia continues to bat like the first day on the second day, I think Australia will score at least 500 runs, then declare the innings.

The West Indies captain used 7 bowlers. Even then they are not succeeding. The performance of the bowlers was really bad. I would say the West Indies captain should use Kemar Roach and Jason Holder in the first session tomorrow. These two bowlers did not get wickets today but they bowled well enough.

[crunck]

India A is already in the lead. They have absolutely destroyed Bangladesh A team as you said. This was a really shameful performance by Bangladesh A team.
And honestly, I don’t think we can say that this is the Bangladesh A team. Because almost all the important players of Bangladesh's main team are playing. At least five of the Bangladeshi players are well-known in the international arena. Bangladesh only scored 112 runs and lost all 10 wickets. And India scored 120 without losing a single wicket.

After end of second day play India A having big lead of 292 with very good opening stand of 283 give them good boost both openers done stunning centuries look like tomorrow third day of play could be last day of this match with an inning win is already on cards because visitors already have big lead and Bangladesh A is having not quality batting lineup which can give them good resistance against this big score.
At the end of second day play, India A is having 404 in only 117 overs with now Upendra Yadav and Tilak Varma both on crease with the stand of 27 runs, hopefully after having 30 to 40 more runs they will give home side batting.

Most of the Bangladesh A team players are regular players of their national team as well. Even so, their performance against the India A team is shameful. Bangladesh's team has always been weak in the Test format. I have seen a such bad performance from them for a long time. Often I feel this team should be banned from the Test format. Watching such bad performances is a waste of time for the audience. However, this is my personal opinion.

India lost the first wicket for 283 runs, and the second wicket for 316 runs. Then they lost three wickets to collect 88 runs. I guess they will lose all wickets before 500 runs. Even then I think they can beat Bangladesh A team by an innings and 200 runs.

[Sithara007]

LOL.. I was wondering why the 2nd day of the test match hasn't started yet.. and then I realized that the match is being hosted at Perth. Australia got a very good start, with the partnership between Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith adding 142 runs so far (and that was after Usman Khawaja scored 65). West Indian bowlers looked completely out of sorts. Despite playing in one of the most bowler-friendly tracks in the world, at no point it looked as if they are able to trouble the Australian batsmen. My prediction is that Australia will make a total in excess of 500 in the first innings.

[BobK71]

Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test match did not start well by David Warner. He scored only 5 and go back. Usman Khawaja performed slightly better. But Marnus Labuschagne has done an amazing batting and managed to score 204 runs from 350 balls. On the other hand, Steven Smith also got a century. In addition to Australia in this session they performed brilliantly in Test Cricket besides ODI. At the moment Travis Head is on the field, let's see how far he can take his journey for Australia.

[JSRAW]

Pak vs Eng

30 runs in just 4 overs Bazball is in play i suppose.

Looks like Rambo strikes again with another flat deck in this historical England tour. PCB is being such a nice host for every important tour, may be because Shaheen is not there.

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Bloody hell. 100 in just 13.5 overs

[Juggy777]

Pak vs Eng

30 runs in just 4 overs Bazball is in play i suppose.

Looks like Rambo strikes again with another flat deck in this historical England tour. PCB is being such a nice host for every important tour, may be because Shaheen is not there.

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Bloody hell. 100 in just 13.5 overs

@JSRAW they started slowly but are 160 runs in 24 overs and that’s not bad score for a test match, and I believe that you underestimated them very early in the game. Furthermore given the news about that stomach bug I’m surprised that the match is yet on, but the key question is will England player’s be able to last all 5 day’s because from the news report it felt that they may not be at full strength heading into this match.

[mm2543363580]

Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test match did not start well by David Warner. He scored only 5 and go back. Usman Khawaja performed slightly better. But Marnus Labuschagne has done an amazing batting and managed to score 204 runs from 350 balls. On the other hand, Steven Smith also got a century. In addition to Australia in this session they performed brilliantly in Test Cricket besides ODI. At the moment Travis Head is on the field, let's see how far he can take his journey for Australia.

Australia is batting outstanding  568 for 3 wickets,  148 overs
Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne made 204 runs on 350 balls and usman khawaja made 65 runs . Now they have Steven Smith 189 uns and Travis Head 80 runs on field no doubt all batsman are playing outclass .


West Indies ballers definitely having hard time on this pitch as far as wickets is concerned.

[JSRAW]

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Bloody hell. 100 in just 13.5 overs

@JSRAW they started slowly but are 160 runs in 24 overs and that’s not bad score for a test match, and I believe that you underestimated them very early in the game. Furthermore given the news about that stomach bug I’m surprised that the match is yet on, but the key question is will England player’s be able to last all 5 day’s because from the news report it felt that they may not be at full strength heading into this match.

Batting in the first session, especially in the first 10 overs was everything but slow.

I really don't understand why PCB creating a road for every series despite having a good pace attack. Also, you are debuting 2 fast bowlers and giving them a flat track to perform? Not sure if it's some kind of sorcery or fuckery.

[MoonOfLife]

Pak vs Eng

30 runs in just 4 overs Bazball is in play i suppose.

Looks like Rambo strikes again with another flat deck in this historical England tour. PCB is being such a nice host for every important tour, may be because Shaheen is not there.

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Bloody hell. 100 in just 13.5 overs

@JSRAW they started slowly but are 160 runs in 24 overs and that’s not bad score for a test match, and I believe that you underestimated them very early in the game. Furthermore given the news about that stomach bug I’m surprised that the match is yet on, but the key question is will England player’s be able to last all 5 day’s because from the news report it felt that they may not be at full strength heading into this match.

The way England are collecting runs, it seems that they will win the match even if they cannot survive for 5 days. England lost the first wicket for 233 runs. England collected 233 runs in 35.4 overs. They scored more than 6.5 runs per over. Looking at the batting of England's two openers, I don't think this is a Test format match. Batting like this, it is not a difficult task for England to collect more than 500 on the first day. Pakistan bowlers today look helpless on their own pitch.

[coinism]

Batting in the first session, especially in the first 10 overs was everything but slow.

I really don't understand why PCB creating a road for every series despite having a good pace attack. Also, you are debuting 2 fast bowlers and giving them a flat track to perform? Not sure if it's some kind of sorcery or fuckery.

Due to T20 the pace of cricket is very fast now and same is seen in Test format also. England were 233 in 36th over when they lost first wicket of Ben Duckett followed by Zak. Zahid Mahmood and Muhammad Ali are making there test debut and what a gift from PCB for these debutant. At the moment England are going with RR of 6.37.

[mm2543363580]

Pak vs Eng

30 runs in just 4 overs Bazball is in play i suppose.

Looks like Rambo strikes again with another flat deck in this historical England tour. PCB is being such a nice host for every important tour, may be because Shaheen is not there.

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Bloody hell. 100 in just 13.5 overs

@JSRAW they started slowly but are 160 runs in 24 overs and that’s not bad score for a test match, and I believe that you underestimated them very early in the game. Furthermore given the news about that stomach bug I’m surprised that the match is yet on, but the key question is will England player’s be able to last all 5 day’s because from the news report it felt that they may not be at full strength heading into this match.

The way England are collecting runs, it seems that they will win the match even if they cannot survive for 5 days. England lost the first wicket for 233 runs. England collected 233 runs in 35.4 overs. They scored more than 6.5 runs per over. Looking at the batting of England's two openers, I don't think this is a Test format match. Batting like this, it is not a difficult task for England to collect more than 500 on the first day. Pakistan bowlers today look helpless on their own pitch.

England is playing test like T20 and ODI match either its because of Pakistan balling or their batsman but this is clear they ll give a target of 500+ . On their first day they have made 376 runs in 60 overs their run rate is 6+ and only 3 wickets gone and take by zahid mahmood and haris Rauf.
Zak Crawley made 122 runs and Ben Duckett made 107 runs.

[eaLiTy]

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England is playing test like T20 and ODI match either its because of Pakistan balling or their batsman but this is clear they ll give a target of 500+ . On their first day they have made 376 runs in 60 overs their run rate is 6+ and only 3 wickets gone and take by zahid mahmood and haris Rauf.
Zak Crawley made 122 runs and Ben Duckett made 107 runs.

May be the pitch is flat and there is nothing the Pakistan bowlers could do, everyone scored a century except Joe Root. These type of flat wickets will not attract fans to Test cricket. Need some competitive aspect to the match and if not it will end up in a draw unless the Pakistan batsman messes up.

Even Australia set a huge total with Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scoring double centuries and Travis Head missing on his century by a run. Flat batting pitches everywhere as West Indies also had a great start without loosing any wickets.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

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England is playing test like T20 and ODI match either its because of Pakistan balling or their batsman but this is clear they ll give a target of 500+ . On their first day they have made 376 runs in 60 overs their run rate is 6+ and only 3 wickets gone and take by zahid mahmood and haris Rauf.
Zak Crawley made 122 runs and Ben Duckett made 107 runs.

May be the pitch is flat and there is nothing the Pakistan bowlers could do, everyone scored a century except Joe Root. These type of flat wickets will not attract fans to Test cricket. Need some competitive aspect to the match and if not it will end up in a draw unless the Pakistan batsman messes up.

Even Australia set a huge total with Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scoring double centuries and Travis Head missing on his century by a run. Flat batting pitches everywhere as West Indies also had a great start without loosing any wickets.

So England become first team to score 500 runs on Day 1 and first ever team whose 4 players scored centuries on Day 1. What an innings by England batsman and still they have a day to score and make centuries .
Pakistani pitch is definitely suitable for England batters but let's see how Pakistan batsman will play on that pitch.
So England ended day 1 on 507 runs 4 wickets  (75 overs.)

[onecall123]

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England is playing test like T20 and ODI match either its because of Pakistan balling or their batsman but this is clear they ll give a target of 500+ . On their first day they have made 376 runs in 60 overs their run rate is 6+ and only 3 wickets gone and take by zahid mahmood and haris Rauf.
Zak Crawley made 122 runs and Ben Duckett made 107 runs.

May be the pitch is flat and there is nothing the Pakistan bowlers could do, everyone scored a century except Joe Root. These type of flat wickets will not attract fans to Test cricket. Need some competitive aspect to the match and if not it will end up in a draw unless the Pakistan batsman messes up.

Even Australia set a huge total with Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scoring double centuries and Travis Head missing on his century by a run. Flat batting pitches everywhere as West Indies also had a great start without loosing any wickets.

Similarly, the West Indies are off to a great start, but they still have a long way to go! What are the chances of West Indies extending their winning streak tomorrow? West Indies could be down 3-4 today. Even though they bowled well, they couldn't get an edge. Despite Australia's strong bowlers, WI is doing well. I look forward to seeing Chanderpaul score big tomorrow with those bouncy bowls. As far as I'm concerned, this test match will end in a draw.

It is always a pleasure to watch test cricket on good pitches. However, there are road tracks everywhere. Rawalpindi followed Perth road. Cricket on a wicket like this is not suited to the game of test cricket due to its slowness, lowness and flatness. It needs to be competitive, but I'll wait until England bowls and swings it either way.

[Sithara007]

Sorry to say this but PCB should get some kick in the back from ICC for creating that absolute road of a Pitch for first test between Pakistan and England. There was nothing for bowlers in that pitch.

They did the same during the previous series against Australia, and back then also it backfired. This time they went with a very inexperienced bowling lineup. The only one with some sort of experience was Naseem Shah, and he performed relatively well. This is a lesson for all the sub-continental teams. If they prepare sub-standard pitches, then they need to be prepared to face the consequences. England batsmen just butchered the Pakistani bowlers today. There was no respite at any stage of the match. It was a relentless onslaught. 

[JSRAW]

Sorry to say this but PCB should get some kick in the back from ICC for creating that absolute road of a Pitch for first test between Pakistan and England. There was nothing for bowlers in that pitch.

They did the same during the previous series against Australia, and back then also it backfired. This time they went with a very inexperienced bowling lineup. The only one with some sort of experience was Naseem Shah, and he performed relatively well. This is a lesson for all the sub-continental teams. If they prepare sub-standard pitches, then they need to be prepared to face the consequences. England batsmen just butchered the Pakistani bowlers today. There was no respite at any stage of the match. It was a relentless onslaught. 

It's more like a Pakistani problem tbh and it's quite new as well. They just don't have confidence in their bowling and batting against BIG-3 ( in that case Aussie and Poms) They give spicy wickets to every other team like windies, Ban, SA, SL.

You would never see this kind of pitch in India, last time India prepared a flat deck against England (their last tour), the curator got fired unofficially. There is a reason we didn't lose a single test series in the last decade. This might change in the next 6 months or so tho.

[Mahdirakib]

Sorry to say this but PCB should get some kick in the back from ICC for creating that absolute road of a Pitch for first test between Pakistan and England. There was nothing for bowlers in that pitch.

England has made a lot of record today with their thrilling batting performance. But there is no fun of test match if the pitch has nothing for the bowlers. England has played it like an ODI match, which had made the pitch condition questionable. But look at the match between Australia and West Indies. Australia has scored 598 runs by losing 4 wickets only. Then West Indies has made 75 runs without losing any wicket. Test cricket has already lost a good amount of popularity from the spectators. These type of matches making it more boring.

[CryptoBuds]

Sorry to say this but PCB should get some kick in the back from ICC for creating that absolute road of a Pitch for first test between Pakistan and England. There was nothing for bowlers in that pitch.

England has made a lot of record today with their thrilling batting performance. But there is no fun of test match if the pitch has nothing for the bowlers. England has played it like an ODI match, which had made the pitch condition questionable. But look at the match between Australia and West Indies. Australia has scored 598 runs by losing 4 wickets only. Then West Indies has made 75 runs without losing any wicket. Test cricket has already lost a good amount of popularity from the spectators. These type of matches making it more boring.

Test matches should be played on bowling-friendly pitches. Then the match is competitive. Both teams have equal chances of winning. But enjoying such test matches on batting-friendly, these types of matches are so boring. A lot of time is wasted. And these matches do not result, most of the time the matches are drawn.
England scored 506 runs in just 75 overs. It's unbelievable. They scored 6.74 runs per over. And their collection is 96 in the last 10 overs. Pakistan is playing a home match after a long time. The Pakistani audience may not have imagined that they would perform so badly.

[pakhitheboss]

Being in thier home and playing on the pitch that is known by them I still fail to understand how Pakistani bowlers became so incompetent against the English side. I have not clue what went wrong the only answer to such a debacle would be that the pitch is batter friendly. The best argument to my theory is that out of 4 wickets lost by England all these batters scored century.

First day of this test cricket is providing to be an embarrassment for the Pakistani team. PCB is not generating any revenue in this tournament as most of thier earnings is being spent on the security of English players and then the team is performing so bad.

[darewaller]

Test matches should be played on bowling-friendly pitches. Then the match is competitive. Both teams have equal chances of winning. But enjoying such test matches on batting-friendly, these types of matches are so boring. A lot of time is wasted. And these matches do not result, most of the time the matches are drawn.
England scored 506 runs in just 75 overs. It's unbelievable. They scored 6.74 runs per over. And their collection is 96 in the last 10 overs. Pakistan is playing a home match after a long time. The Pakistani audience may not have imagined that they would perform so badly.

This is surely one of the worst thing happen in recent time and credit goes to PCB which is never been an ideal cricket board and have never been done things which help cricket instead of pitch like this they can go an airport run away which could be better feeling frustrated with this pitch and start of the match which is already showing going to end with usual result of draw or lost of Pakistan because their batting is never been ideal for any situation, and they can go under pressure after having score like 700+ in first inning by England.

Today I was reading few social media posts and mostly Pakistani fans were also frustrated and giving amazing memes about Rambo and his approach about this historical series first against Australia and now England same shit happening which is never been positive for the game of cricket.