Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[mm2543363580]

Pakistan after having an impressive day yesterday is now again struggling on their homeground. Babar Azam was the only reason why they were able to score 350+ runs and now after he got out they have lost 6 wickets and are unable to score runs. Overall I am certain they would be able to reach to 400 runs which in my opinion is good score and it wouldn't be easy for Kiwi batter to chase those runs.

Yes indeed pakistan started great game in batting i think pakistan can score like 420 runs today. pakistan have lost 7 wickets till now. they still have 3 wickets left. pakistan batsman babar azam he batting amazingly. 161 off 280 balls  Babar Azam is out for a run. If Babar Azam could have played a few more overs, he might have scored a few more runs.

Pakistan ended the innings for 438 runs. This is good score for the first innings. The players at the bottom have contributed good. After Babar Azam, it is Agha Salman who have played an awesome innings scoring 103 runs out of 155 balls. New Zealand need to start the innings strong, and early wicket fall should not happen. Early wicket fall increase the winning chance of Pakistan.

It is a very good sign that players like Agha Salman and Sarfaraz have played very well. Rizwan has been out of form for a long time. If Rizwan had been able to perform well against England then maybe Pakistan would not have been defeated in all the Test matches. Against New Zealand, Babar, Salman and Sarfraz played very well. However, after collecting 438 runs on such a pitch, it cannot be said that Pakistan is in a safe place. The match seems more likely to be a draw. New Zealand scored 92 runs without losing any wickets.

Pakistan ended up their inningd on 438 runs all out , Good match  played by Pakistani batsman Babar Azam, Sarfaraz and Agha Salman. So the decision taken by PCB so far seems to be good for Pakistan team.
Newzealand  is batting now and they are very much settled on pitch as they have made 143 runs no loss of wickets.  Latham and Conway made their half centuries  if they keep on batting like that the match is very much in theri control.

[Naficopa]

Pakistan after having an impressive day yesterday is now again struggling on their homeground. Babar Azam was the only reason why they were able to score 350+ runs and now after he got out they have lost 6 wickets and are unable to score runs. Overall I am certain they would be able to reach to 400 runs which in my opinion is good score and it wouldn't be easy for Kiwi batter to chase those runs.

Yes indeed pakistan started great game in batting i think pakistan can score like 420 runs today. pakistan have lost 7 wickets till now. they still have 3 wickets left. pakistan batsman babar azam he batting amazingly. 161 off 280 balls  Babar Azam is out for a run. If Babar Azam could have played a few more overs, he might have scored a few more runs.

Pakistan ended the innings for 438 runs. This is good score for the first innings. The players at the bottom have contributed good. After Babar Azam, it is Agha Salman who have played an awesome innings scoring 103 runs out of 155 balls. New Zealand need to start the innings strong, and early wicket fall should not happen. Early wicket fall increase the winning chance of Pakistan.

Pakistan collected good runs in their first innings now they should focus on their balling for taking wickets as Newzealand have settled comfortably on the pitch.
Tomorrow new start of day and Pakistan nerd to focus on wickets if they want to win this test match otherwise till now match is totally in Newzealand hands.

[ZAINmalik75]

Pakistan after having an impressive day yesterday is now again struggling on their homeground. Babar Azam was the only reason why they were able to score 350+ runs .

It's totally true that Pakistan runs such a huge score of 350+ due to the presence of Baber Azam on a pitch. Because baber Azam is the only batter who always take the responsibility as a captain to push the team toward wining side, after baber Salman agha score a sensational century of his career and build a strong target of 438.

400 runs which in my opinion is good score and it wouldn't be easy for Kiwi batter to chase those runs.

Yeh it will be if Pakistani bowler took few wickets in early but they didn't and now they has almost build a partnership of more than 160 runs while no wicket is dismissed. Now Pakistan need a wicked to end the partnership otherwise it will be easy chase for kiwi.

[Naficopa]

Pakistan after having an impressive day yesterday is now again struggling on their homeground. Babar Azam was the only reason why they were able to score 350+ runs .

It's totally true that Pakistan runs such a huge score of 350+ due to the presence of Baber Azam on a pitch. Because baber Azam is the only batter who always take the responsibility as a captain to push the team toward wining side, after baber Salman agha score a sensational century of his career and build a strong target of 438.

400 runs which in my opinion is good score and it wouldn't be easy for Kiwi batter to chase those runs.

Yeh it will be if Pakistani bowler took few wickets in early but they didn't and now they has almost build a partnership of more than 160 runs while no wicket is dismissed. Now Pakistan need a wicked to end the partnership otherwise it will be easy chase for kiwi.

Kiwis are very much set to chase such big score, pakistan tomorrow needs to take quick wickets early morning to break the partnership between latham and Conway.
Babar Azam performance brilliantly in this match and contributed alot to his team now ballers have to perform to win this match.

[Haunebu]

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.

Makes sense, but so many trolls cross certain limits like scolding their families etc which is why such trolls need to be banned completely from all social media platforms in my honest opinion.

Kiwis are very much set to chase such big score, pakistan tomorrow needs to take quick wickets early morning to break the partnership between latham and Conway.
Babar Azam performance brilliantly in this match and contributed alot to his team now ballers have to perform to win this match.

New Zealand are playing brilliantly at the moment and I am expecting this match to end in a draw unless we witness a Pakistan collapse in the 2nd innings.

Pakistan are basically close to losing hope for qualifying for the second spot in the WTC finals at the moment.

[JSRAW]

3rd big home series for Pakistan and another road is prepared to welcome SENA country. This is happening in an era where every random country at least tries to introduce result-oriented pitches.

No wonder stands are empty throughout this run fest barring a few days in 32 active days of test cricket.

Let's hope there are some cracks for spinners on the 4th- 5th day otherwise it would be good to introduce bowling machines for such pitches.

[ZAINmalik75]

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.

Australians are dominating south Africa in this 2nd test match of the series, at first warner score runs too slowly but after set on pitch he almost hit 16 boundaries as well 2 six and score a stunning double century what a gem player, but unfortunately when he jump during celebration of his double century he hit with ground and got injured, after injury he left the ground and replace with other batter.
The way Australia defeat South Africa in First team I am pretty sure that they will easy beat them in second test match, because they has score 386 in 90 over while just 3 batter are dismissed.

[crunck]

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.

Australians are dominating south Africa in this 2nd test match of the series, at first warner score runs too slowly but after set on pitch he almost hit 16 boundaries as well 2 six and score a stunning double century what a gem player, but unfortunately when he jump during celebration of his double century he hit with ground and got injured, after injury he left the ground and replace with other batter.
The way Australia defeat South Africa in First team I am pretty sure that they will easy beat them in second test match, because they has score 386 in 90 over while just 3 batter are dismissed.

Like the first Test, the Australian players continued to dominate the second Test. They are playing very well. They collected 386 runs losing only 3 wickets. South Africa on the other hand continued their poor performance. South Africa's first innings ended with just 189 runs. I think South Africa will lose this match by innings. Australia must score at least 500 runs, after which they declare an innings.

[savetheFORUM]

Pakistan ended up their inningd on 438 runs all out , Good match  played by Pakistani batsman Babar Azam, Sarfaraz and Agha Salman. So the decision taken by PCB so far seems to be good for Pakistan team.
Newzealand  is batting now and they are very much settled on pitch as they have made 143 runs no loss of wickets.  Latham and Conway made their half centuries  if they keep on batting like that the match is very much in theri control.

Surely this was a good score for Pakistan on this flat pitch and New Zealand were lucky to have four early wickets on first day but after this completely batsmen dominating with no help for any bowler which is surely not positive development for the test format and team like Pakistan which is looking for improving cricketing ties with SENA countries even change of management is happening late but still they are not doing good things in this way they surely have to change their mindset for better results.

Good comeback for the veteran Sarfraz and good inning from Agha Salman who is playing his sixth test match having first test hundred but still he is not near the Fawad Alam who is suffering again just because of having not powerful sources for keeping his place in test team.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Pakistan ended up their inningd on 438 runs all out , Good match  played by Pakistani batsman Babar Azam, Sarfaraz and Agha Salman. So the decision taken by PCB so far seems to be good for Pakistan team.
Newzealand  is batting now and they are very much settled on pitch as they have made 143 runs no loss of wickets.  Latham and Conway made their half centuries  if they keep on batting like that the match is very much in theri control.

Surely this was a good score for Pakistan on this flat pitch and New Zealand were lucky to have four early wickets on first day but after this completely batsmen dominating with no help for any bowler which is surely not positive development for the test format and team like Pakistan which is looking for improving cricketing ties with SENA countries even change of management is happening late but still they are not doing good things in this way they surely have to change their mindset for better results.

Good comeback for the veteran Sarfraz and good inning from Agha Salman who is playing his sixth test match having first test hundred but still he is not near the Fawad Alam who is suffering again just because of having not powerful sources for keeping his place in test team.

Several changes are done in Pakistan team and hoping for them as good changes. Shahid Afridi as chief selector is a good decision by Pakistan cricket board as he knows about cricketers and hopefully will go fair while selecting team.
Sarfaraz came back strong and shut all the people speculations about him

[WatChe]

3rd big home series for Pakistan and another road is prepared to welcome SENA country. This is happening in an era where every random country at least tries to introduce result-oriented pitches.

No wonder stands are empty throughout this run fest barring a few days in 32 active days of test cricket.

Let's hope there are some cracks for spinners on the 4th- 5th day otherwise it would be good to introduce bowling machines for such pitches.

When Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets in first session of Day 1, I had the feeling that this pitch is good for bowling. As the game progressed, it turn out that its another road. Pakistan's record, even on such roads, is not too good as they have lost series recently to Aus and England. Also Multan test is also shifted to karachi because of foggy weather in Multan. So we will see 2 test on this pitch.

[dezoel]

3rd big home series for Pakistan and another road is prepared to welcome SENA country. This is happening in an era where every random country at least tries to introduce result-oriented pitches.

No wonder stands are empty throughout this run fest barring a few days in 32 active days of test cricket.

Let's hope there are some cracks for spinners on the 4th- 5th day otherwise it would be good to introduce bowling machines for such pitches.

After watching end of the second day play at Karachi I have feeling Pakistan cricket is still behind from International cricket around 15 to 20 years because they have no idea how to handle things at home against top teams and how to attract fans in stadium for the entertaining cricket which is surely the worst part of these last three big tours from SENA countries which mostly ended in lost of Pakistan and now in this test match most chances we are not going to have any big change just any collapse from Kiwis can help Pakistan which is also looking not happened.

Devon Conway looking very impressive as he completed his 1000 test runs with the average of 55, and hopefully he will complete his another test hundred on this GT Road which could be good for his career mystery spinner is having nothing in this inning until know even having 17 overs today early Southee done good job and bowled out Babar Azam early which helps them for wrapping up their inning quickly with Salman who is playing his sixth test match having his first test hundred.

[lixer]

Warner got to his 200 and then retired hurt. He seems to be in trouble and has difficulty in walking back to the pavillion. Meanwhile Keshav Maharaj has hit a century for South Africa. He has conceded 102 runs till now. Now it is up to Cameroon Green and Travis Head to take Australia to a total where they don't need to bat again. Till now the South African bowlers have conceded 344 runs and taken just two wickets with the ball. And this is the same MCG pitch where they were bowled out for a total of less than 200.

Even few controversies but still an idea career for this lefty from Australia who completed his 100 test matches and having 8122 runs with 25 hundreds and 34 fifties I love thing is his strike rate in test matches 71 which is amazing and having treble hundred in front of his name is also one of the ideal thing for any test batsman now 36 years old means his days are numbered in this game but still good player in all three formats.

After end of second day play situation looking completely one-sided for Australia they are leading by 197 runs and have seven wickets in hand mean 150+ runs we can expect from them on third day and then another an inning win for them as well because South African batting is completely crap in last three innings which can't handle Australian quality bowling.

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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.

Australians are dominating south Africa in this 2nd test match of the series, at first warner score runs too slowly but after set on pitch he almost hit 16 boundaries as well 2 six and score a stunning double century what a gem player, but unfortunately when he jump during celebration of his double century he hit with ground and got injured, after injury he left the ground and replace with other batter.
The way Australia defeat South Africa in First team I am pretty sure that they will easy beat them in second test match, because they has score 386 in 90 over while just 3 batter are dismissed.

I also agreeing with your words that Australia is much ahead in the percentage of winning probability of this match. A great performance by David Warner today I thought he will remain in the strike more time but unfortunately he got injured even the I think South Africa will have to in Trouble to face this target . So I still think Australia will win this match and in this Test series also they will decide the win through this match.

[eaLiTy]

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When Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets in first session of Day 1, I had the feeling that this pitch is good for bowling. As the game progressed, it turn out that its another road. Pakistan's record, even on such roads, is not too good as they have lost series recently to Aus and England. Also Multan test is also shifted to karachi because of foggy weather in Multan. So we will see 2 test on this pitch.

I wonder why Pakistan did not create pitches that would help the spinners and test the New Zealand batsman as they do not have quality spinners while Pakistan has some new talents and i was surprised to see that New Zealand got to a flying start without loosing any wickets and most probably this match will end up in a draw.

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Australians are dominating south Africa in this 2nd test match of the series, at first warner score runs too slowly but after set on pitch he almost hit 16 boundaries as well 2 six and score a stunning double century what a gem player, but unfortunately when he jump during celebration of his double century he hit with ground and got injured, after injury he left the ground and replace with other batter.

Warner was struggling with his fitness even before reaching his double century as he was really exhausted and it was a really hot day and Green is also injured and retired, despite these Australia is in a great position and should win the match easily.

[Crypto Library]

3rd big home series for Pakistan and another road is prepared to welcome SENA country. This is happening in an era where every random country at least tries to introduce result-oriented pitches.

No wonder stands are empty throughout this run fest barring a few days in 32 active days of test cricket.

Let's hope there are some cracks for spinners on the 4th- 5th day otherwise it would be good to introduce bowling machines for such pitches.

When Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets in first session of Day 1, I had the feeling that this pitch is good for bowling. As the game progressed, it turn out that its another road. Pakistan's record, even on such roads, is not too good as they have lost series recently to Aus and England. Also Multan test is also shifted to karachi because of foggy weather in Multan. So we will see 2 test on this pitch.

I think Pakistan played well in their first innings match 438 runs it is not a small amount . Although their top-order three batsmen failed to score or sustain at the start, but Babar Azam and Agha Salman's good performances enabled them to achieve this score. But New Zealand are also not talking  them too easily, they have also scored 165 runs for zero wickets so far.  I think New Zealand have the ability to touch Pakistan's target and they are only 273 runs behind with 10 wickets to spare.

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When Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets in first session of Day 1, I had the feeling that this pitch is good for bowling. As the game progressed, it turn out that its another road. Pakistan's record, even on such roads, is not too good as they have lost series recently to Aus and England. Also Multan test is also shifted to karachi because of foggy weather in Multan. So we will see 2 test on this pitch.

I wonder why Pakistan did not create pitches that would help the spinners and test the New Zealand batsman as they do not have quality spinners while Pakistan has some new talents and i was surprised to see that New Zealand got to a flying start without loosing any wickets and most probably this match will end up in a draw.

I am seeing Pakistan still playing with three spinners and two fast bowlers and this pitch can't take any benefits to them for the condition. And I also think that if New Zealand's batting continues like this, they will be able to surpass the target given by Pakistan easily. And if New Zealand can improve their bowling performance in the next innings then I think New Zealand can win this match.

[pakhitheboss]

Australia lost 6 wickets, scored 420 runs but the lead is only 200+ runs. Green is also retired hurt, hopefully he will come back when required. If they want to win this match Australia needs a lead of 300+ runs and I am hoping they will be able to get those. It is only day 3 plenty of cricket still left in this game. A great come back for Warner sadly he could not continue after scoring 200 runs.

[SATWAT]

Australia lost 6 wickets, scored 420 runs but the lead is only 200+ runs. Green is also retired hurt, hopefully he will come back when required. If they want to win this match Australia needs a lead of 300+ runs and I am hoping they will be able to get those. It is only day 3 plenty of cricket still left in this game. A great come back for Warner sadly he could not continue after scoring 200 runs.

A good fight between bat and ball at MCG now Australia is leading by 251 runs and having three wickets remaining into their first inning Cameroon Green and Alex Carey at the crease but Nortje done good damage to Australia as he takes important wickets specially Warner bowled without adding run to his last day score.

Here I have feeling you are missing that Australia is batting in his first inning and leading by 251 runs with they have to bat again as South Africa will not good at batting, and they will be lost this match by big margin or most chances by an inning.

[JSRAW]

3rd big home series for Pakistan and another road is prepared to welcome SENA country. This is happening in an era where every random country at least tries to introduce result-oriented pitches.

No wonder stands are empty throughout this run fest barring a few days in 32 active days of test cricket.

Let's hope there are some cracks for spinners on the 4th- 5th day otherwise it would be good to introduce bowling machines for such pitches.

When Pakistan lost 4 quick wickets in first session of Day 1, I had the feeling that this pitch is good for bowling. As the game progressed, it turn out that its another road. Pakistan's record, even on such roads, is not too good as they have lost series recently to Aus and England. Also Multan test is also shifted to karachi because of foggy weather in Multan. So we will see 2 test on this pitch.

Oh wow, so Karachi gets to host 3 back to back matches in just 20 days?

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After watching end of the second day play at Karachi I have feeling Pakistan cricket is still behind from International cricket around 15 to 20 years because they have no idea how to handle things at home against top teams and how to attract fans in stadium for the entertaining cricket which is surely the worst part of these last three big tours from SENA countries which mostly ended in lost of Pakistan and now in this test match most chances we are not going to have any big change just any collapse from Kiwis can help Pakistan which is also looking not happened.

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Pitches for domestic cricket were pretty good tho, majority of em produced 250-300 runs matches on average and had a fair amount of assistance for bowlers with grass on.

Also, PCB offered competitive pitches when SA toured them last time, which happened with Bangbros too.