Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[ZAINmalik75]

I think the change of sarfaraz in place of Rizwan give a huge strength to Pakistani batting lineup, this is the first change of new chief selector Shahid Afraid and it's worth. 
we know Rizwan is phenomenal player he build too much record in few years and placed himself on first spot in T20 batter ranking. But from his performance it's clear that he is best in short format cricket like T20 and ODI rather than performing in test matches, ln recent World cups and Asia Cup he was the only performer after baber who help team in difficult situation.

Pakistan recovered nicely after losing 3 early wickets today. Pakistan at the moment is 243/4, and what a come back by Sarfraz after 4 years. He is not out on 84 along with Babar, who is on 145. I don't know much about the pitch, but stats telling that this must be a balanced pitch that has something for both bowlers and batsmen. Pakistan will try to avoid third consecutive home series loss.

A good change of Sarfaraz Ahmed and prominent difference in performance of Pakistan

Yeh absolutely with sarfaz ahmad the team got more potential, sarfaz ahmad play a phenomenal inning of 86 runs which is quite good for a player who has been dropped for a long time, now after long time when he got his first match in team he do more than his best ,
It's very difficult for any player who are far away from team for a long time and come again and perform in first match, I think he deserves chance early but it can't happen and now due to new chief selector it happened.
Now Pakistan has almost reach to 317 in 90 over with a phenomenal performance of baber by scoring more than 150.

[n0ne]

I think the change of sarfaraz in place of Rizwan give a huge strength to Pakistani batting lineup, this is the first change of new chief selector Shahid Afraid and it's worth. 
we know Rizwan is phenomenal player he build too much record in few years and placed himself on first spot in T20 batter ranking. But from his performance it's clear that he is best in short format cricket like T20 and ODI rather than performing in test matches, ln recent World cups and Asia Cup he was the only performer after baber who help team in difficult situation.

Pakistan recovered nicely after losing 3 early wickets today. Pakistan at the moment is 243/4, and what a come back by Sarfraz after 4 years. He is not out on 84 along with Babar, who is on 145. I don't know much about the pitch, but stats telling that this must be a balanced pitch that has something for both bowlers and batsmen. Pakistan will try to avoid third consecutive home series loss.

Great comeback and the batting from Babar Azam is as usual. There is a saying Pakistan is a team that depends on very few players. Even in today's match this has been proven with the performance of Babar Azam when team is struggling to maintain good partnership. End of 85 overs Pakistan have scored 306 runs with 153* from Babar Azam and 86* from Sarfaraz.

Sarfaraz's selection by Pakistan's chief selector was welcomed. Sarfraz Ahmed is an extremely reliable player, so I had no doubt he would do well in test matches. While Sarfaraz was unable to convert 86 to a century, Babaz Azam finished the day on a high note as Pakistan finished with a solid score. Babar Azam and Sarfaraz should not always bail out the opening batters. While Sarfaraz missed out on his well-deserved century, he played a superb knock. Pakistan are 317/5 after 90 overs

Everyone expected a century from Sarfaraz, but he missed it. However a big game for him after a big break. As mentioned, the selection committee needs to be appreciated for giving opportunity. In the first day end making 317 runs is really good. Being on the home ground have advantage over New Zealand. We can expect similar performance from New Zealand too, upon which the chances of match to end on a draw is high.

[WatChe]

Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st Test match was very well played. Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed may not have thought that he will play Tests again. The wicketkeeper-batsman returned to the Pakistan team four years after the tumultuous whitewash against England at home. Such a return may be called a royal change. Along with Babar Azam's century, Pakistan had a good first day of the Karachi Test against New Zealand. At the beginning of the Test, cricket fans got a big shock by seeing the Pakistan 11th. Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has been dropped from the team. Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed got a chance to replace him after almost four years. The 35 year-old wicketkeeper-batter wrote Rajsik's comeback story. Captain Babar Azam reached the brink of a century to save Pakistan from disaster in the Karachi Test. Babar Azam, the most successful Test batsman this year, scored a century even though he could not. Pakistan lost the toss and batted in the first Test of the series. At the end of the day, Pakistan lost 5 wickets and accumulated 317 runs. Captain Babar Azam scored a century. Babar Azam scored 161 runs off 277 balls and scored the highest run in the match. And Sarfaraz is leading the run chart with 86 off 153 balls.

It was Sarfraz 50th Test match and after day 1 stumps he told media that he was thinking whether he will be able to play his 50th test or not because of his long absence from international cricket. He was unlucky to miss his hundred by just 14 runs but still its a good come back. Babar Azam no doubt is making record but he has to see that the team is also making records of losing. Its first time in history of Pakistan cricket that they were whitewashed at home ground.

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Pakistan vs New Zealand, 1st Test match was very well played. Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed may not have thought that he will play Tests again. The wicketkeeper-batsman returned to the Pakistan team four years after the tumultuous whitewash against England at home. Such a return may be called a royal change. Along with Babar Azam's century, Pakistan had a good first day of the Karachi Test against New Zealand. At the beginning of the Test, cricket fans got a big shock by seeing the Pakistan 11th. Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has been dropped from the team. Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed got a chance to replace him after almost four years. The 35 year-old wicketkeeper-batter wrote Rajsik's comeback story. Captain Babar Azam reached the brink of a century to save Pakistan from disaster in the Karachi Test. Babar Azam, the most successful Test batsman this year, scored a century even though he could not. Pakistan lost the toss and batted in the first Test of the series. At the end of the day, Pakistan lost 5 wickets and accumulated 317 runs. Captain Babar Azam scored a century. Babar Azam scored 161 runs off 277 balls and scored the highest run in the match. And Sarfaraz is leading the run chart with 86 off 153 balls.

It was Sarfraz 50th Test match and after day 1 stumps he told media that he was thinking whether he will be able to play his 50th test or not because of his long absence from international cricket. He was unlucky to miss his hundred by just 14 runs but still its a good come back. Babar Azam no doubt is making record but he has to see that the team is also making records of losing. Its first time in history of Pakistan cricket that they were whitewashed at home ground.

Pakistan finished their first innings very well today, they still have five wickets to spare and Babar Azam is on strike, I think if Pakistan plays like this tomorrow they can easily reach 450 runs. But New Zealand should not be taken lightly either, their batting is still to come, let's see what happens in the next few days.  However, Pakistan will benefit a little as the host.

[Haunebu]

Can someone post the screenshot of kholi as to whenever he got out in the test series against Bangladesh. As I remember he was like a child who wanted to only bat and if he got out he would fight with everyone to get his out nullified. He might be the only legend who is cribbing like a child and arguing to save his wicke or otherwise a clueless batter, whenever he gives that look after getting destroyed by the bowler. He has become now a legitimate liability for BCCI and most probably he will remain the same in the next few years.

Kohli didn't play well in the recent series against Bangladesh, but calling him a crybaby because of that is dumb as hell. Was he a liability when he saved India on countless occasions(Including the T-20 World Cup recently)? Nope.

Another legend who was getting trolled vigorously was Azam recently, but he shut them up as usual with another spectacular performance against NZ. Think!

[mm2543363580]

Can someone post the screenshot of kholi as to whenever he got out in the test series against Bangladesh. As I remember he was like a child who wanted to only bat and if he got out he would fight with everyone to get his out nullified. He might be the only legend who is cribbing like a child and arguing to save his wicke or otherwise a clueless batter, whenever he gives that look after getting destroyed by the bowler. He has become now a legitimate liability for BCCI and most probably he will remain the same in the next few years.

Kohli didn't play well in the recent series against Bangladesh, but calling him a crybaby because of that is dumb as hell. Was he a liability when he saved India on countless occasions(Including the T-20 World Cup recently)? Nope.

Another legend who was getting trolled vigorously was Azam recently, but he shut them up as usual with another spectacular performance against NZ. Think!

Babar spectacular innings made everyone quite he has proved himself a responsibility captain and experienced player.  Recent series with new Zealand he is on 150 runs and still batting.

Kohli performance in T20 world cup can never be denied he saved his team in many difficult matches and made them win those matches.

[romero121]

Can someone post the screenshot of kholi as to whenever he got out in the test series against Bangladesh. As I remember he was like a child who wanted to only bat and if he got out he would fight with everyone to get his out nullified. He might be the only legend who is cribbing like a child and arguing to save his wicke or otherwise a clueless batter, whenever he gives that look after getting destroyed by the bowler. He has become now a legitimate liability for BCCI and most probably he will remain the same in the next few years.

Kohli didn't play well in the recent series against Bangladesh, but calling him a crybaby because of that is dumb as hell. Was he a liability when he saved India on countless occasions(Including the T-20 World Cup recently)? Nope.

Another legend who was getting trolled vigorously was Azam recently, but he shut them up as usual with another spectacular performance against NZ. Think!

Criticism keeps rolling from the viewers whenever a player fails to perform as expected. Most of the time leading players will be trolled and these players never take these things big. Because they know well about their own ability. No one can perform constantly, there'll be breaks. We can't blame the viewers, because when the expectation isn't fulfilled the same creates negative thoughts over the players.

[Shaha98]

Babar Azam Pakistan are very lucky to have such a player.  Because he is going to perform extensively this time for Pakistan in the test match when this game is held in Karachi.  Because among them there are very few such players in Pakistan, he is the best in terms of bowling and has shown very good performance in terms of batting.  It is very difficult to score 161 runs from 277 balls.  And he is still unbeaten amassing an unbeaten total of 317 with the fall of five wickets in a total of 90 overs.

[noormcs5]

Babar Azam Pakistan are very lucky to have such a player.  Because he is going to perform extensively this time for Pakistan in the test match when this game is held in Karachi.  Because among them there are very few such players in Pakistan, he is the best in terms of bowling and has shown very good performance in terms of batting.  It is very difficult to score 161 runs from 277 balls.  And he is still unbeaten amassing an unbeaten total of 317 with the fall of five wickets in a total of 90 overs.

I am just surprised how the Pakistan team recover so well. Babar Azam never looked in the form in the previous series against England and now all of a sudden we see him making 150+ and still going on.
317 is a good score and still, they have five wickets in hand. They will be aiming at 400+ runs. I will be looking to see how Babar Azam will start his innings in 2nd day morning and whether will he be able to make 200 runs.

[WatChe]

Babar Azam Pakistan are very lucky to have such a player.  Because he is going to perform extensively this time for Pakistan in the test match when this game is held in Karachi.  Because among them there are very few such players in Pakistan, he is the best in terms of bowling and has shown very good performance in terms of batting.  It is very difficult to score 161 runs from 277 balls.  And he is still unbeaten amassing an unbeaten total of 317 with the fall of five wickets in a total of 90 overs.

I am just surprised how the Pakistan team recover so well. Babar Azam never looked in the form in the previous series against England and now all of a sudden we see him making 150+ and still going on.
317 is a good score and still, they have five wickets in hand. They will be aiming at 400+ runs. I will be looking to see how Babar Azam will start his innings in 2nd day morning and whether will he be able to make 200 runs.

There is no doubt that Babar Azam is great batsmen but not a good captain. Under his captaincy Pakistan have lost so many series home and broad. I think its best time to bring back Sarfraz in the squad and give him back the captaincy also. Babar can fit in the squad as a batmen but not as a captain. Pakistan need to be careful on second day of play as they are in habit of losing quick wickets in first session of days play.

[BobK71]

Babar Azam Pakistan are very lucky to have such a player.  Because he is going to perform extensively this time for Pakistan in the test match when this game is held in Karachi.  Because among them there are very few such players in Pakistan, he is the best in terms of bowling and has shown very good performance in terms of batting.  It is very difficult to score 161 runs from 277 balls.  And he is still unbeaten amassing an unbeaten total of 317 with the fall of five wickets in a total of 90 overs.

I am just surprised how the Pakistan team recover so well. Babar Azam never looked in the form in the previous series against England and now all of a sudden we see him making 150+ and still going on.
317 is a good score and still, they have five wickets in hand. They will be aiming at 400+ runs. I will be looking to see how Babar Azam will start his innings in 2nd day morning and whether will he be able to make 200 runs.

There is no doubt that Babar Azam is great batsmen but not a good captain. Under his captaincy Pakistan have lost so many series home and broad. I think its best time to bring back Sarfraz in the squad and give him back the captaincy also. Babar can fit in the squad as a batmen but not as a captain. Pakistan need to be careful on second day of play as they are in habit of losing quick wickets in first session of days play.

There has been a change in the performance pattern of the Pakistan team and if they can keep up the consistency in the coming days, i expect to win the match as well. However, Pakistan managed to perform admirably on the first day. A major change in Pakistan cricket can be through this test series. A few days ago Pakistan did well on the first day against England, they could not maintain that consistency for the next day. Hope Pakistan don't do anything like that event against New Zealand.

[KennyR]

The second day's game of Australia vs South Africa test match have begun. As Warner is nearing the 50 runs, he's making runs very slowly. Rabada and Nortje have opened the session and some early wickets at this stage is a must for South Africa to keep them active on the match.

[pakhitheboss]

David Warner is going strong against South African pace attack. Already at 85 and looks like he will get his century today. Australia only trailing by 56 runs and they have lost only 2 wickets. Looks like a big score in the making I am expecting anything above 250 for today. A good partnership between Warner and Smith can easily achieve those runs.

[Sithara007]

Warner is inching close to a century.. which is good for him. But at the same time, I am disappointed with the one-sided nature of this test match. South Africa couldn't make a total of 200, and Australia looks all set to make a total of 400 plus. I am also baffled at the continuation of Temba Bavuma in the test squad. He hasn't performed ever since he made his debut, and still there is one guaranteed slot allotted to him. Now Khaya Zondo has also joined him, further overburdening the remaining batsmen. If not for Kyle Verreynne and Marco Jansen, South Africa would have struggled to get to three digit total.

[ThemePen]

Warner is inching close to a century.. which is good for him. But at the same time, I am disappointed with the one-sided nature of this test match. South Africa couldn't make a total of 200, and Australia looks all set to make a total of 400 plus. I am also baffled at the continuation of Temba Bavuma in the test squad. He hasn't performed ever since he made his debut, and still there is one guaranteed slot allotted to him. Now Khaya Zondo has also joined him, further overburdening the remaining batsmen. If not for Kyle Verreynne and Marco Jansen, South Africa would have struggled to get to three digit total.

Yes this match is looking one sided. Australia is in its good form and performing really well. But on the other hand if we talk about South Africa so they are looking half to the Australia. They should struggle more to compete Australia.
Africa's players are not performing well they should concentrate on their bowling or batting.

[pakhitheboss]

106 and Warner is still going strong. Very sensible batting by both batters till now. Smith is just few runs close to his half century and the way these two are playing it looks like 300+ runs will be easy for Australia. South African pace attack has been unsuccessful till now. Spinners are also not that effective at the moment. The situation might change after lunch.

[Insanity]

Warner is inching close to a century.. which is good for him. But at the same time, I am disappointed with the one-sided nature of this test match. South Africa couldn't make a total of 200, and Australia looks all set to make a total of 400 plus. I am also baffled at the continuation of Temba Bavuma in the test squad. He hasn't performed ever since he made his debut, and still there is one guaranteed slot allotted to him. Now Khaya Zondo has also joined him, further overburdening the remaining batsmen. If not for Kyle Verreynne and Marco Jansen, South Africa would have struggled to get to three digit total.

Yes this match is looking one sided. Australia is in its good form and performing really well. But on the other hand if we talk about South Africa so they are looking half to the Australia. They should struggle more to compete Australia.
Africa's players are not performing well they should concentrate on their bowling or batting.

The match between these two teams seems to show that Australia is a very strong team. Australia batsman David Warner scored 106 runs in 147 balls in this match. Looks like he will score 150. If he can play the whole match then he can easily score 150.  In this match, South Africa had a poor batting performance due to which South Africa could not score much runs.

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Warner is inching close to a century.. which is good for him. But at the same time, I am disappointed with the one-sided nature of this test match. South Africa couldn't make a total of 200, and Australia looks all set to make a total of 400 plus. I am also baffled at the continuation of Temba Bavuma in the test squad. He hasn't performed ever since he made his debut, and still there is one guaranteed slot allotted to him. Now Khaya Zondo has also joined him, further overburdening the remaining batsmen. If not for Kyle Verreynne and Marco Jansen, South Africa would have struggled to get to three digit total.

Yes this match is looking one sided. Australia is in its good form and performing really well. But on the other hand if we talk about South Africa so they are looking half to the Australia. They should struggle more to compete Australia.
Africa's players are not performing well they should concentrate on their bowling or batting.

The match between these two teams seems to show that Australia is a very strong team. Australia batsman David Warner scored 106 runs in 147 balls in this match. Looks like he will score 150. If he can play the whole match then he can easily score 150.  In this match, South Africa had a poor batting performance due to which South Africa could not score much runs.

Australia have already secured a 1-0 lead in one of the three Test matches between Australia and South Africa. And in this match, Australia is already leading by 12 runs in the first innings and they have more 8 wickets in hands and David Warner still on strike . I think the runs that Australia will score in the first innings will not be able to be beaten by the South African batsmen in front of the Australian bowlers. I think Australia is going to win this one too.

[Sithara007]

Australia is already leading by 32 runs, with the partnership between David Warner and Steven Smith adding 147 runs till now. All the South African bowlers are looking ineffective, including their pacers and the spinners. Kagiso Rabada is the only one who managed to take a wicket till now, but even he has conceded more than 4 runs per over. For the boxing day crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), this is good entertainment. Warner has hit his century and in some time Steve Smith maybe able to reach that mark as well. And then they have Travis Head, Cameron Green and Alex Carey to come.

[pakhitheboss]

This test match is turning out to be a completely one sided one. Hardly any South African bowler has been effective today. Smith might now reach is century as he has already scored 60 runs. If Warner and Smith stay on the pitch the whole day then 300+ runs can be easily achieved by the Australian team.