Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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England vs Australia
The 4th Test match of England vs Australia test series will start from today. Australia won the first two Tests. England lost the first two tests and won the third test. If Australia wins this 4th test match, they will win the series. And if England can win it will draw 2-2. England did not perform well despite playing at England's home ground.

In the 4th test match in this series, I actually have a prediction that England can win the match and the scores are both tied at 2 - 2 so it will be very exciting in the final match to determine who the real winner is in this series.
You are wrong, England can take advantage of home games to win and of course England did not waste this opportunity.
We'll see how the game goes but still I'm more inclined to support England's victory.

[GigaBit]

England VS Australia 4th Test

England will take on Australia today in the fourth match of the Ashes Test series. England are looking for a win to level the series in the fourth match as they are trailing in the series after losing the first two matches but they got a win in the third match which has kept them in the series so far. England must win if they want to survive the final match in this series. After losing the third match to England, the mistakes that Australia made in the third match may have worked on those mistakes. Australia team hopes that they will not make the same mistakes as in the third match against England in the fourth match. Australia will want to win the series with one match in hand. We cricket lovers are looking forward to watch a great match.

This fourth Test match will be a life and death battle for England. England were in trouble after losing two consecutive matches but they made a remarkable comeback in the third match. In the third match,only Pacers dominated. Both teams can make some changes in today's fourth match. Cameron Green has recovered from injury and is replaced by Mitchell Marsh. Mitchell Marsh,who scored a century in the third match,will definitely not be left out of the eleven. Josh Hazlewood's name is also being heard. Australia will enter the field with a strong team to win the series. On the other hand, Jimmy Anderson can be seen in the England team today. Both teams will go for a win today as Australia will look to clinch the series and level the series with England.

Out of 3 Test matches, Australia won 2. If Australia can win today's match then they will win the series. England team will not want to miss their last chance either. Since they bounced back by winning the last match, they can turn around in today's match as well. But if you can start well, it is beneficial for any team to win so any team need to good start to get their desired result. There are two more Tests remaining in this series including today's match. If England wins this match then the upcoming match can be very exciting for both of teams.

[JSRAW]

Pakistan is in a good position, spinners are doing their job nicely by chipping wickets and not leaking runs which is also essential. Only a miracle could save SL from here, which seems unlikely atm.
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4th test of the Ashes and both teams are going with some strange combinations. Aussie dropped the spin idea and selected full pace attack. England on the other side sticking with the Moeen at number 3 xD and ofc Jimmy is back.

[ITExpert]

Day 4: 1st Session Sri Lanka batting looks like they will put up a good batting performance today.  Yesterday, Pakistan batted and gave a lead of 149 runs to Sri Lanka, now Sri Lanka is in a good position.  Sri Lankan batsmen are batting brilliantly today and may be able to fill the lead given by Pakistan very soon. Pakistan's bowlers have not taken any wickets so far, so Sri Lanka are batting without pressure.

1st Test, Day 4 Lunch Break Sri Lanka 94-3. Srilanka trial by 55 runs. Pakistan spinner doing a great job noman Ali picks up 2 important of including Mathews wicket well catch taken by babar azam at slip and Abrar Ahmad also pick 1 wicket. Pakistan score in 1st inning is 461 runs possibly dueto Suad brilliant double hundred score of 208*. If Pakistan got couples of wickets before they make trail runs that would be great while Madushka playing at 47 Not Out his wicket is important for Pakistan victory.

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Pakistan is in a good position, spinners are doing their job nicely by chipping wickets and not leaking runs which is also essential. Only a miracle could save SL from here, which seems unlikely atm.

Still Sri Lanka trial by 5 runs at this moment. They have already lost four wickets. I don't know if they will be able to score more than four hundred runs from here with six wickets in hand. Even if they can score around four hundred runs, Pakistan will have a easy target of 250 -+. Now the question is how long Sri Lanka will be able to bat?

Dhananjaya de Silva scored a century in the first innings. He is still batting in the 2nd innings. If someone can bat like him in the 2nd innings, they might end up scoring a good total. If Sri Lanka post less then 300 target for Pakistan, they are unlikely to defend them.

[Sithara007]

Pakistan is in a good position, spinners are doing their job nicely by chipping wickets and not leaking runs which is also essential. Only a miracle could save SL from here, which seems unlikely atm.
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4th test of the Ashes and both teams are going with some strange combinations. Aussie dropped the spin idea and selected full pace attack. England on the other side sticking with the Moeen at number 3 xD and ofc Jimmy is back.

Sri Lanka is still trailing and they have lost 4 wickets already. Both Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed are bowling brilliantly. And the Pakistan skipper is doing the right thing by sticking with spin for now. Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva are trying desperately to restore some decency to the Lankan innings. They still need another 150 runs to have even a remote chance of saving this test match. BTW, Pakistan captain may decide to give one short spell each to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, if this partnership persists for some more time. 

[JSRAW]

Dhananjaya de Silva scored a century in the first innings. He is still batting in the 2nd innings. If someone can bat like him in the 2nd innings, they might end up scoring a good total. If Sri Lanka post less then 300 target for Pakistan, they are unlikely to defend them.

Would be a surprise if they even cross the 250 mark.

Pakistan is in a good position, spinners are doing their job nicely by chipping wickets and not leaking runs which is also essential. Only a miracle could save SL from here, which seems unlikely atm.
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Sri Lanka is still trailing and they have lost 4 wickets already. Both Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed are bowling brilliantly. And the Pakistan skipper is doing the right thing by sticking with spin for now. Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva are trying desperately to restore some decency to the Lankan innings. They still need another 150 runs to have even a remote chance of saving this test match. BTW, Pakistan captain may decide to give one short spell each to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, if this partnership persists for some more time. 

They are already 6 down so need a blinder from at least 1 batter, possibly Dhananjaya to get 150 runs leads or maybe Lankan's tail needs to wag.

Seems unlikely to me but you never know. We have seen some fine comebacks in recent times.

[LDL]

They are already 6 down so need a blinder from at least 1 batter, possibly Dhananjaya to get 150 runs leads or maybe Lankan's tail needs to wag.

Seems unlikely to me but you never know. We have seen some fine comebacks in recent times.

If Sri Lanka can give Pakistan a target of 250 plus runs in the state of play so far, something might happen, but that might be impossible for Sri Lanka as six wickets have already fallen but their run lead is 42 runs.
Sri Lanka needs to form a big partnership right now. If Dhananjay De Silva and Ramesh Mendis can form a big partnership then maybe something positive can be expected for Sri Lanka.

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Would be a surprise if they even cross the 250 mark.

They were four down when I was writing this. But they are six down at this moment. Dhananjaya de Silva is still in the crease. Someone has stuck with him to give him support. But Sadeera was the last recognized batter who could have given him some support. I won't be surprised if they can score a 250 mark from here.

I still expect them to score 300 runs if Dhananjaya de Silva can bat till the end. As I said before, someone has to stick with him to give support. No matter how much they can score from here, it won't be hard for Pakistan to win the match.

[Sithara007]

The 4th Ashes test will start in around 10 minutes time. England has won the toss and asked Australia to bat first. This seems to be a sensible decision, given the fact that the pitch at Old Trafford is likely to offer a lot of support for pace bowlers. Surprisingly, James Anderson has been included in the playing XI for this test, despite his poor form so far. The new ball is likely to be shared by Anderson and Broad, with Chris Woakes and Mark Wood backing up. No full-time spinner for England, and part-time duties will be performed by Joe Root and Moeen Ali.   

[ITExpert]

If Sri Lanka can give Pakistan a target of 250 plus runs in the state of play so far, something might happen, but that might be impossible for Sri Lanka as six wickets have already fallen but their run lead is 42 runs.
Sri Lanka needs to form a big partnership right now. If Dhananjay De Silva and Ramesh Mendis can form a big partnership then maybe something positive can be expected for Sri Lanka.

Before the Tea break Srilanka lead by 61 runs and they have 4 wickets in hand. I think they will set a target of 150 plus runs for Pakistan. If Pakistan took the wicket of De Silva then Pakistan chances of winning increases but the Partnership between De Silva and Mandis is very important for Sirlinka. I hope Pakistan spinner breaks down this partnership and all out Srilanka under the lead of 100 While De Silva playing at 54 runs and Mandis at 22*.

[Fuso.hp]

They are already 6 down so need a blinder from at least 1 batter, possibly Dhananjaya to get 150 runs leads or maybe Lankan's tail needs to wag.

Seems unlikely to me but you never know. We have seen some fine comebacks in recent times.

If Sri Lanka can give Pakistan a target of 250 plus runs in the state of play so far, something might happen, but that might be impossible for Sri Lanka as six wickets have already fallen but their run lead is 42 runs.

Sri Lanka have managed to score 233 runs for 6 wickets in their second innings so far. Sri Lanka are 84 runs ahead of Pakistan so far. The result of this match is more likely to go Pakistan's way as Sri Lanka have only four wickets left and they are leading by 84 runs so far.If nothing surprises, Sri Lanka will be all out within a century then Pakistan will be set a target of 184 runs to 200 runs. If such a target is set for Pakistan, it will not be too difficult to collect these runs for Pakistan to win. Basically I want to keep Pakistan ahead in this test match considering these statistics. With the four wickets in hand, we hope that the Pakistani bowlers will be able to quickly destroy the four wickets of Sri Lanka. The faster Pakistan can take these four wickets from Sri Lanka, the more likely Pakistan will win.

[ZAINmalik75]

Pakistan is in a good position, spinners are doing their job nicely by chipping wickets and not leaking runs which is also essential. Only a miracle could save SL from here, which seems unlikely atm.

Pakistan spinners has done thier job by damaging the opponent side batting lineup as much as possible, but now just like previous innings every important wickets has dismissed before adding significant runs to total board but the only danger which can make things different is de.Silva which is the only hope for Siri Lankan side too need to be dismissed,
Spinners get a lot help from pitch so that why it's really necessary for Pakistani captain to try more different strategic spinner in order to dismissed the only set danger batter which is currently is good form.
Currently they had scored 245/6 with a lead of 96 runs, if they scored 300+ then still it will not be a big problem for Pakistan to chase..

[WatChe]

Sri Lanka is still trailing and they have lost 4 wickets already. Both Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed are bowling brilliantly. And the Pakistan skipper is doing the right thing by sticking with spin for now. Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva are trying desperately to restore some decency to the Lankan innings. They still need another 150 runs to have even a remote chance of saving this test match. BTW, Pakistan captain may decide to give one short spell each to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, if this partnership persists for some more time. 

Pakistan in command of this test at the moment. Srilanka have given a target of 131 runs to Pakistan on day 4. 20 overs still to be bowled today and if Pakistan can bat with quick run rate then there is chance that we have a result today. Naseem Shah had good time with bat as he blocked almost 75 balls and had a 94 runs partnership with Saud. Naseem kept one end and allowed Saud to score runs. Pakistan if wins today then it will be a win after a long time.

[Gulttam2a2]

Amazing bowling by Pakistan bowlers. The match was taken over by Pakistan. The spinners destroyed Sri Lanka's batting. The 1st innings centurion dismissed Silva for 82 runs. Sri Lanka was all out for 279 runs. Spinners picked up 8 wickets and Shaheen Afridi picked up 2 wickets. Sri Lanka has given a target of 131 runs to Pakistan. Fewer runs to chase for Pakistan. I think Pakistan will win the 1st test match. Congratulations in advance to the Pakistan team. There are 18 overs left in the fourth day's play today. Sri Lanka will have to take wickets very quickly but it will be very difficult for Sri Lanka. Like the first innings, Pakistan's opening batsmen will not make any mistakes in the second innings.

[ITExpert]

Pakistan is in a good position, spinners are doing their job nicely by chipping wickets and not leaking runs which is also essential. Only a miracle could save SL from here, which seems unlikely atm.

Pakistan spinners has done thier job by damaging the opponent side batting lineup as much as possible, but now just like previous innings every important wickets has dismissed before adding significant runs to total board but the only danger which can make things different is de.Silva which is the only hope for Siri Lankan side too need to be dismissed
Currently they had scored 245/6 with a lead of 96 runs, if they scored 300+ then still it will not be a big problem for Pakistan to chase..

Pakistan need 131 runs to win this test match and lead the series. I'm watching this test watch match turning wicket of mandis that took up by Abrar Ahmad and the Crucial wicket of De Silva at score of 82 taken by Shaheen Shah in his over after taking the Second New ball. Spinners doing well Abrar Ahmad and Noman Ali picked 3, 3 wickets and all out Sir Linka at the score of 279. Outclass bowling performance by Pakistani bowler Credit goes to Abrar Ahmad. I think Pakistan will easily chance down the target of 131 runs.

[onecall123]

Sri Lanka is still trailing and they have lost 4 wickets already. Both Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed are bowling brilliantly. And the Pakistan skipper is doing the right thing by sticking with spin for now. Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva are trying desperately to restore some decency to the Lankan innings. They still need another 150 runs to have even a remote chance of saving this test match. BTW, Pakistan captain may decide to give one short spell each to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, if this partnership persists for some more time. 

Pakistan in command of this test at the moment. Srilanka have given a target of 131 runs to Pakistan on day 4. 20 overs still to be bowled today and if Pakistan can bat with quick run rate then there is chance that we have a result today. Naseem Shah had good time with bat as he blocked almost 75 balls and had a 94 runs partnership with Saud. Naseem kept one end and allowed Saud to score runs. Pakistan if wins today then it will be a win after a long time.

Pakistan need 131 runs to register victory in this test match. Sri Lanka will need to deliver an exceptional bowling performance to stay in the game, but based on Pakistan's impressive batting display in the first innings, it won't happen. The target should be easy to get, as long as Pakistan avoids complicating matters. The outcome of the first test in Pakistan's favor, 1-0 lead is loading.

[Haunebu]

In the Aus-Eng match, the Australians are all set to score something in excess of 300 which is a great score. Several players got starts, but failed to convert. Also, Anderson needs to take some wickets and not just bowl maidens.

In the Pak-Lanka match, it's almost over even though Pak is 3 down since the target is way too small. De Silva single-handedly carried the team in this match.

[Gladitorcomeback]

I won't blame number 10 that much but he did a tremendous job by occupying one end, due to this he and Sakeel added 90-ish runs. His score was in single digits but it's alright as his partner was regularly ticking the scoreboard.

Yes you are right but if he score 20-25 runs , it would better then just playing every ball dot. Naseem could play and he has shown in previous games. Still i appreciate him for giving Shakeel to score which give Pakistan team bonus lead.

Spinners will play the crucial role but the ball is still 4 overs old so Afridi and Naseem must do the damage early as both of them are attacking bowlers.

As it was expected, Naseem and Shaheen Afridi not picked up wickets and Agha salman, Noman and abrar did tremendous job at first and then De silve which was looking dangerous bowled out by Shaheen afridi.

Pakistan need 131 runs to register victory in this test match. Sri Lanka will need to deliver an exceptional bowling performance to stay in the game, but based on Pakistan's impressive batting display in the first innings, it won't happen. The target should be easy to get, as long as Pakistan avoids complicating matters. The outcome of the first test in Pakistan's favor, 1-0 lead is loading.

Pakistan first three wickets fall very early and Sri Lanka will be looking to continue this momentum. Babar and Imam will start fifth day and only 83 runs required to win first match. Credit goes to Pakistani bowlers , bowled tremendously and restricted Sri Lanka batsmen in fourth day and now looking that Pakistan will win easily tomorrow before launch break

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Sri Lanka is still trailing and they have lost 4 wickets already. Both Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed are bowling brilliantly. And the Pakistan skipper is doing the right thing by sticking with spin for now. Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva are trying desperately to restore some decency to the Lankan innings. They still need another 150 runs to have even a remote chance of saving this test match. BTW, Pakistan captain may decide to give one short spell each to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, if this partnership persists for some more time. 

Pakistan in command of this test at the moment. Srilanka have given a target of 131 runs to Pakistan on day 4. 20 overs still to be bowled today and if Pakistan can bat with quick run rate then there is chance that we have a result today. Naseem Shah had good time with bat as he blocked almost 75 balls and had a 94 runs partnership with Saud. Naseem kept one end and allowed Saud to score runs. Pakistan if wins today then it will be a win after a long time.

Pakistan need 131 runs to register victory in this test match. Sri Lanka will need to deliver an exceptional bowling performance to stay in the game, but based on Pakistan's impressive batting display in the first innings, it won't happen. The target should be easy to get, as long as Pakistan avoids complicating matters. The outcome of the first test in Pakistan's favor, 1-0 lead is loading.

With only 48 runs on the board, Pakistan finds themselves three wickets down and in a precarious position. Tomorrow will not provide any respite as they come under more pressure. The task at hand is to score 83 runs, and with a full day of play ahead, there is plenty of time to reach that target. The presence of Imam ul Haq and Babar Azam in the batting lineup offers some hope for Pakistan, although if they were to depart, the situation would quickly turn dire. But I still think that Sri Lanka will try to get both of them quickly at the start of the fifth day, so of course, Pakistan should be able to win this test match.