Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[WatChe]

After losing first two test matches in this historic test series now things looking not good for Pakistan as they lost all ten wickets on first day play with just 304 runs on board Babar, Salman and Azhar done good job on this dry wicket and post good runs with first time Pakistani batting play aggressively in this series Leach and debutant Rehan were the pick of the bowlers at the end of first day play England trailing by 297 runs with nine wickets in hands Abrar pick wicket in his first over as Crawley gone on duck.

Pakistan playing in this series without any planning and losing matches very comfortably which is surely giving all updates how things going in this team and management with now we have rumours Ramiz Raja is also going as he is not allowing Pakistani team to visit India for World Cup and present government is not happy with his this stand.

It's not the first time Pakistan has been doing badly in the home series, we saw similar behaviour in the test series against Australia earlier this year, but Pakistan was lucky enough to lose that series 1-0. I don't think Pakistan is in a bad situation at the moment. the first session of the 2nd day will clear the situation.
Ramiz Raja stance is good that if India not coming to Pakistan for Asia cup then Pakistan should not visit India for WC.

[jostorres]

Definitely a tremendous balling by Australians  Mitchell Starc 3 wickets Nathan Lyon 3 wickets . This first innings is totally for Australia as they'll chase this easily .

It should be a bowling friendly track which means you cannot expect high scores. Australia just lost their first wicket (Warner) for duck hence you can expect a close encounter throughout this test match. Still, I assume chasing a small total like less than 200 runs in forth inning would be easier for Australia and at the same time if they need to chase anything beyond 280 then the chances are belonging to South Africa.

Most of the time we have Gabba as batting track for the visitors but this time they change things which is surely good signal as most chances this match is going to end in three days because now we have 15 wickets on first day of the game and Australia is trailing by seven runs with five wickets in hands and Head is still on crease with 78 runs inning which can change the match for them with Green, Carey and Cummins to follow in tomorrow first session but still Australian bowlers done good job and have achieved their best against South African batting which completely fail to done positive things in first day play.

Starc, Lyon and Boland were on fire with just Verreynne and Bavuma done good resistance but still all out on just 152 runs but South African bowlers also done good job and now have chance of bowling Australia out under 200 runs with Rabada and Nortje also on fire from visitors.

[teosanru]

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Shakib is way past his prime which is why I'm not expecting any crazy heroics from him. Expecting him and the remaining 3 players who are basically bowlers to score 241 runs is crazy if you think about it.

This game is over because India has already won. What's left to see is by how big a margin they end up winning against them.

With the position Bangladesh is in right now, only weather can help them, either way i did not expect Bangladesh to play out the entire day tonight but the openers played an incredible fightback with a century partnership but the rest of the batsman were struggling and at one point i was thinking whether the pitch became flat with the way the openers were batting .

The way Bangladesh's opening pair was performing, I thought Bangladesh might win the match. But even though the two openers played well, we did not see good batting from the later batsmen. Bangladesh had a chance to win this match if the next three batsmen batted with some responsibility. Now Miraj and Shakib are at the crease. Both are experienced players. But collecting 241 runs is very difficult. I think next day Bangladesh will lose all wickets to collect 100-120 runs.

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings. It was obviously because of the openers who went on to put such a great first wicket partnership. While chasing such targets the opening partnership is obviously very crucial for any team. But yes it still doesn't looks like they could fetch a win out of this match.

[JSRAW]

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

[SirLancelot]

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

No doubt about your all analysis of this match and last day play but right now things are completely different with six wickets already down, and we have one tail ender and second all-rounder which can't give long stand on fifth day pitch specially while India is playing with quality spinners now this is easy task for them to win this first test match of this series even here Shakib can go for his hundred because right now Mahdi is also in good touch after giving his best in ODI series, but now he is in completely different format and here doing things like ODI is not helpful for any player or team India already done good in first inning with bad and bowl which is now helping them for having win in this first test match of the series.

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Shakib is way past his prime which is why I'm not expecting any crazy heroics from him. Expecting him and the remaining 3 players who are basically bowlers to score 241 runs is crazy if you think about it.

This game is over because India has already won. What's left to see is by how big a margin they end up winning against them.

With the position Bangladesh is in right now, only weather can help them, either way i did not expect Bangladesh to play out the entire day tonight but the openers played an incredible fightback with a century partnership but the rest of the batsman were struggling and at one point i was thinking whether the pitch became flat with the way the openers were batting .

The way Bangladesh's opening pair was performing, I thought Bangladesh might win the match. But even though the two openers played well, we did not see good batting from the later batsmen. Bangladesh had a chance to win this match if the next three batsmen batted with some responsibility. Now Miraj and Shakib are at the crease. Both are experienced players. But collecting 241 runs is very difficult. I think next day Bangladesh will lose all wickets to collect 100-120 runs.

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

It true that they played much better than the first innings specially from the side of Batting. But still I also think that this match is already in the favour of India. Bangladeshi openers did well but the middle order batsmens performance was pretty bad I think If there was any chance of winning here, it is already lost for them. Shakin and Miraz on the strike lets see what can they do tomorrow.

[romero121]

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Shakib is way past his prime which is why I'm not expecting any crazy heroics from him. Expecting him and the remaining 3 players who are basically bowlers to score 241 runs is crazy if you think about it.

This game is over because India has already won. What's left to see is by how big a margin they end up winning against them.

With the position Bangladesh is in right now, only weather can help them, either way i did not expect Bangladesh to play out the entire day tonight but the openers played an incredible fightback with a century partnership but the rest of the batsman were struggling and at one point i was thinking whether the pitch became flat with the way the openers were batting .

The way Bangladesh's opening pair was performing, I thought Bangladesh might win the match. But even though the two openers played well, we did not see good batting from the later batsmen. Bangladesh had a chance to win this match if the next three batsmen batted with some responsibility. Now Miraj and Shakib are at the crease. Both are experienced players. But collecting 241 runs is very difficult. I think next day Bangladesh will lose all wickets to collect 100-120 runs.

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

It true that they played much better than the first innings specially from the side of Batting. But still I also think that this match is already in the favour of India. Bangladeshi openers did well but the middle order batsmens performance was pretty bad I think If there was any chance of winning here, it is already lost for them. Shakin and Miraz on the strike lets see what can they do tomorrow.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan on the strike gives them the hope, though India is getting closer to win as four wickets are left with 241 runs to be scored. The performance from Bangladesh is much better than the first innings. Being on the home ground, Bangladesh need to perform better than this.

[pakhitheboss]

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

[Vaskiy]

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

I don't think Bangladesh can drive the match towards a draw. If they plan to defend and extend the match this is surely going to be loss for Bangladesh. For now it is good to go with some agressive shots and bring runs. Maybe the same can increase the pressure on the Indian bowlers when a solid partnership is being built by Bangladesh.

[pakhitheboss]

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

I don't think Bangladesh can drive the match towards a draw. If they plan to defend and extend the match this is surely going to be loss for Bangladesh. For now it is good to go with some agressive shots and bring runs. Maybe the same can increase the pressure on the Indian bowlers when a solid partnership is being built by Bangladesh.

If they are able to take the agressive approach then they might lose wickets and end up losing the match. They do not have lot of wickets in hand and everytime they build a partnership the Indian bowlers were able to to end it. I feel they would take the defensive approach. They still need to chase 241 runs which is possible on the last day but they need to form a big partnership.

[noormcs5]

It's not the first time Pakistan has been doing badly in the home series, we saw similar behaviour in the test series against Australia earlier this year, but Pakistan was lucky enough to lose that series 1-0. I don't think Pakistan is in a bad situation at the moment. the first session of the 2nd day will clear the situation.
Ramiz Raja stance is good that if India not coming to Pakistan for Asia cup then Pakistan should not visit India for WC.

Okay, we have heard enough of it now. Arguments like No Visit India for WC,  No Asia Cup in Neutral  venue seems justifiable if the team (Pakistan) is performing well. Why not focus on winning the series which is held in the home ground first (England vs Pakistan) rather than keep insisting to play in your country?

Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

How can Bangladesh drive this test match to a draw ?  Only three Bangladesh wickets are left in the match and it is impossible that they can play out the 80 overs. Do we expect Shakib Al Hasan alone to stand for the whole day against Indian bowlers? It will be a miracle.

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I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

I don't think Bangladesh can drive the match towards a draw. If they plan to defend and extend the match this is surely going to be loss for Bangladesh. For now it is good to go with some agressive shots and bring runs. Maybe the same can increase the pressure on the Indian bowlers when a solid partnership is being built by Bangladesh.

If they are able to take the agressive approach then they might lose wickets and end up losing the match. They do not have lot of wickets in hand and everytime they build a partnership the Indian bowlers were able to to end it. I feel they would take the defensive approach. They still need to chase 241 runs which is possible on the last day but they need to form a big partnership.

I also think that aggressive batting approach will be wrong decisions because currently Bangladesh is under pressure not India and now Indian bowlers will also want to give Bangladesh more balls to hit long shots because there are more chances of wickets falling from long shots. So I think it will be better for Bangladesh batting with with cool head cause they don't have much wicket they have only Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidi Miraz and all others who will play for next batting is actually bowlers.

[noormcs5]

I think no one is watching the test match between Australia and South Africa, Australian bowlers have completely dominated the match. South Africa lost 7 wickets and scored only 64 runs.

Starc, Scott Boland, and  Pat Cummins took 2 weeks each while  Lyon took one wicket in the 2nd innings in the test being played at Brisbane.
I think South Africa needs to improve their game a lot if they want to win any match on the Australian home ground.

[BobK71]

I think Bangladesh have played fairly well in the fourth innings, i was never expecting them to win but a total of even 300 in the 4th innings is pretty decent considering what they made in their first innings.

I was not sure completely cause of Indian attack but i was counting for at least 80-90 overs grinds for bowlers in the 4th innings due to the historical record of Chattogram Stadium. Traditionally this pitch gets better to bat on as the match progress.

I mentioned in my previous posts that a couple of years back, the Windies chased down a mammoth target of 390+ in the 4th innings on the very same ground.

Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

I don't think Bangladesh can drive the match towards a draw. If they plan to defend and extend the match this is surely going to be loss for Bangladesh. For now it is good to go with some agressive shots and bring runs. Maybe the same can increase the pressure on the Indian bowlers when a solid partnership is being built by Bangladesh.

If they are able to take the agressive approach then they might lose wickets and end up losing the match. They do not have lot of wickets in hand and everytime they build a partnership the Indian bowlers were able to to end it. I feel they would take the defensive approach. They still need to chase 241 runs which is possible on the last day but they need to form a big partnership.

I also think that aggressive batting approach will be wrong decisions because currently Bangladesh is under pressure not India and now Indian bowlers will also want to give Bangladesh more balls to hit long shots because there are more chances of wickets falling from long shots. So I think it will be better for Bangladesh batting with with cool head cause they don't have much wicket they have only Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidi Miraz and all others who will play for next batting is actually bowlers.

Bangladesh VS India, 1st Test India win by 188 runs. Since the defeat in the first two matches of ODI series, there have been widespread changes in Indian batting. They won the last match as well as the first Test match. There is another match left in the Test series and India probably win again. India's current batsmen are performing excellent performances. In the 1st Test match, the Indian Lower Batting Order Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav scored a 98 run partnership. As a result, India was able to throw a big target ‍and win the match.

[TheGreatPython]

I think no one is watching the test match between Australia and South Africa, Australian bowlers have completely dominated the match. South Africa lost 7 wickets and scored only 64 runs.

Starc, Scott Boland, and  Pat Cummins took 2 weeks each while  Lyon took one wicket in the 2nd innings in the test being played at Brisbane.
I think South Africa needs to improve their game a lot if they want to win any match on the Australian home ground.

I was expecting some resistance from South Africa but they played like an associate team in Gabba. Now, Australia just need only 34 runs to win this first test match which could be done without losing a wicket, I guess. The next test match is on boxing day which must be more exciting but if South Africa continues similar kind of performance then we will have another two day encounter only.

[S A KHAIR]

I think no one is watching the test match between Australia and South Africa, Australian bowlers have completely dominated the match. South Africa lost 7 wickets and scored only 64 runs.

Starc, Scott Boland, and  Pat Cummins took 2 weeks each while  Lyon took one wicket in the 2nd innings in the test being played at Brisbane.
I think South Africa needs to improve their game a lot if they want to win any match on the Australian home ground.

I was expecting some resistance from South Africa but they played like an associate team in Gabba. Now, Australia just need only 34 runs to win this first test match which could be done without losing a wicket, I guess. The next test match is on boxing day which must be more exciting but if South Africa continues similar kind of performance then we will have another two day encounter only.

It was beyond my expectations that a Test match would end in just two days. South Africa showed very bad batting. After scoring only 152 runs in the first innings I thought they would score at least 200 runs in the second innings. But they lost all the wickets for just 99 runs. They gave Australia a target of only 34 runs. The pitch is not batting friendly. It looks like Australia will lose a few wickets to collect 34 runs.

[onecall123]

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Bangladesh VS India, 1st Test India win by 188 runs. Since the defeat in the first two matches of ODI series, there have been widespread changes in Indian batting. They won the last match as well as the first Test match. There is another match left in the Test series and India probably win again. India's current batsmen are performing excellent performances. In the 1st Test match, the Indian Lower Batting Order Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav scored a 98 run partnership. As a result, India was able to throw a big target ‍and win the match.

Indian team's performance was highly anticipated. It was a team effort that led to this win. Kuldeep and Pujara were superb. Team India performed brilliantly. They are now closer to qualifying for the test championship finals. Having lost the ODI series, there was a lot of immense pressure placed upon them. Although late, the Indian cricket team has demonstrated some competence. With Team India's winning rhythm, Bangladesh could easily whitewash the two-match test series.

[JSRAW]

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Not sure whether Bangladesh would be able to do the same, what Westindies did a few years back. They have already lost 6 wickets which most of their middle order has gone. The only strategy that Bangladesh would now apply is to drive this test match to a draw. Indian bowlers have done an excellent job till now. Another few wickets and the game goes in favour of India.

Well, no one was expecting Bongs to draw or win anyway.

It's just this pitch gets better to bat on the last day but you have to keep wickets in the bank to bat longer and it's not an easy task against a quality spin attack. Even if one bowler has an off day (in this case Ash Anna), you still have 2 other quality spinners to face throughout the day.

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I favor the -Smash The Batriarchy Movement- so I loved the outcome of Gabba test. Why should batters have all the fun?  

Demerit points are coming for the Brisbane pitch too.

[ZAINmalik75]

After losing first two test matches in this historic test series now things looking not good for Pakistan as they lost all ten wickets on first day play with just 304 runs on board Babar, Salman and Azhar done good job on this dry wicket and post good runs with first time Pakistani batting play aggressively in this series Leach and debutant Rehan were the pick of the bowlers at the end of first day play England trailing by 297 runs with nine wickets in hands Abrar pick wicket in his first over as Crawley gone on duck.

Pakistan playing in this series without any planning and losing matches very comfortably which is surely giving all updates how things going in this team and management with now we have rumours Ramiz Raja is also going as he is not allowing Pakistani team to visit India for World Cup and present government is not happy with his this stand.

It's not the first time Pakistan has been doing badly in the home series,

It's true that Pakistan batting side is weak than other teams like Australia, England, India etc but Pakistani bowler has no comparison in overall world.
Now in this third test match Pakistan perform well the king Baber Azam score a handsome score to help Pakistan to win this match. Pakistan give 304 runs in 79 overs which is not a bad score now again the young talented bowler Abrar dismiss few england batter. Now england has score 152 runs while 5 player are dismissed. Hope Pakistan will win this test match...

[noormcs5]

I think no one is watching the test match between Australia and South Africa, Australian bowlers have completely dominated the match. South Africa lost 7 wickets and scored only 64 runs.

Starc, Scott Boland, and  Pat Cummins took 2 weeks each while  Lyon took one wicket in the 2nd innings in the test being played at Brisbane.
I think South Africa needs to improve their game a lot if they want to win any match on the Australian home ground.

I was expecting some resistance from South Africa but they played like an associate team in Gabba. Now, Australia just need only 34 runs to win this first test match which could be done without losing a wicket, I guess. The next test match is on boxing day which must be more exciting but if South Africa continues similar kind of performance then we will have another two day encounter only.

It was beyond my expectations that a Test match would end in just two days. South Africa showed very bad batting. After scoring only 152 runs in the first innings I thought they would score at least 200 runs in the second innings. But they lost all the wickets for just 99 runs. They gave Australia a target of only 34 runs. The pitch is not batting friendly. It looks like Australia will lose a few wickets to collect 34 runs.

Yes, the wicket does not favors the batsmen. Even Australia scored on 218 in their first innings which was way less score. When Australia was all out on 218, I thought they played very badly and should have scored some more runs to make a big lead. South Africa never looked like they could win this match. A score of 152 and 99 shows that they had no clue on how to bat on this pitch.

The second test will be played in Melbourne on 26 December, 2022. There is still a week before that test match will start and South Africa have some time to regroup themselves.