Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Tony116]

Would be disappointing if the 4th test ends as a draw as it means AUS would retain the Ashes regardless of what happens in the 5th test. I don’t think even AUS would like to be victorious thanks to the weather.

As it stands ENG need 6 wickets. Hopefully they get at least the full day tomorrow to do that. Would be good to get a few overs today if weather permits but it’s not looking good at the moment.

Australia is still trailing by 61. They have five wickets in hand. Surviving the entirety of the fifth day seems to be a daunting task for them. This is still looking like very much winnable from England. Actually, this is easier to win for England. I have no idea how Australia is going to actually survive the day.

I also do not think that Australia actually have any good alternative other than playing out the fifth day. Because if Australia wants to get a good score to give a good target to England, you can actually be a problem for them. Because Australia might actually lose all the 5 wickets wanting to do that.

But the problem is if Australia drives to just hold back and play out the whole day. They might actually lose the five wickets that they have left anyway. So will it be a good idea to go for some good score? Australia has a decision to make.

[WatChe]

Finally the game changer Kraigg Brathwaite from west indies side has been dismissed by Ashwin, before his dismissal things were little bit in favour of west indies because they were continuously building partnership and try hard to reduce as much as possible trail, now all set batter has been dismissed so to get into the game again they must hold thier wickets and to reduce pressure and burden they must exchange wickets through out every delivery.
Still they are trail by 269 which is a difficult target against quality indian spinners to chase down and then lead some dozen of significant runs, but anyway one things is confirmed that this series Gona be whitewash..

West indies are now 4 down and they are still 260 runs behind. Kraigg Brathwaite is the highest scorer so far with 75 runs and took 235 balls for that. No other half century seen so far. West Indies must give there best in this test to prove that they deserve test status.
Meanwhile England picked an important wicket of Labuschagne on day 4. Much of the play time lost due to rain. If there is no rain tomorrow then we might see result tomorrow.

[JSRAW]

Hard day for batters and bowlers. The pitch is slow and the outfield is super slow, virtually no purchase for even quality shots. No help for bowlers as well, only the rough part of the pitch giving some hope to spinners. This kind of pitch is tailormade for draws.

Oh boy! peach of a delivery from Siraj, perfect inswinger.

[teosanru]

Would be disappointing if the 4th test ends as a draw as it means AUS would retain the Ashes regardless of what happens in the 5th test. I don’t think even AUS would like to be victorious thanks to the weather.

As it stands ENG need 6 wickets. Hopefully they get at least the full day tomorrow to do that. Would be good to get a few overs today if weather permits but it’s not looking good at the moment.

Australia is still trailing by 61. They have five wickets in hand. Surviving the entirety of the fifth day seems to be a daunting task for them. This is still looking like very much winnable from England. Actually, this is easier to win for England. I have no idea how Australia is going to actually survive the day.

I also do not think that Australia actually have any good alternative other than playing out the fifth day. Because if Australia wants to get a good score to give a good target to England, you can actually be a problem for them. Because Australia might actually lose all the 5 wickets wanting to do that.

But the problem is if Australia drives to just hold back and play out the whole day. They might actually lose the five wickets that they have left anyway. So will it be a good idea to go for some good score? Australia has a decision to make.

No doubt Australia did a good defensive batting today but it was still just rain which saved Aussies today. problem now for England is that you need quick wickets in the first two sessions, because even if I say England bats for last session target they would want in front of them shouldn't be more than 150 because anything above that would be difficult to chase under pressure. But you have to say it was mostly Rain which saved the Aussies today from a crushing defeat on Day 4.

[romero121]

Would be disappointing if the 4th test ends as a draw as it means AUS would retain the Ashes regardless of what happens in the 5th test. I don’t think even AUS would like to be victorious thanks to the weather.

As it stands ENG need 6 wickets. Hopefully they get at least the full day tomorrow to do that. Would be good to get a few overs today if weather permits but it’s not looking good at the moment.

Australia is still trailing by 61. They have five wickets in hand. Surviving the entirety of the fifth day seems to be a daunting task for them. This is still looking like very much winnable from England. Actually, this is easier to win for England. I have no idea how Australia is going to actually survive the day.

I also do not think that Australia actually have any good alternative other than playing out the fifth day. Because if Australia wants to get a good score to give a good target to England, you can actually be a problem for them. Because Australia might actually lose all the 5 wickets wanting to do that.

But the problem is if Australia drives to just hold back and play out the whole day. They might actually lose the five wickets that they have left anyway. So will it be a good idea to go for some good score? Australia has a decision to make.

No doubt Australia did a good defensive batting today but it was still just rain which saved Aussies today. problem now for England is that you need quick wickets in the first two sessions, because even if I say England bats for last session target they would want in front of them shouldn't be more than 150 because anything above that would be difficult to chase under pressure. But you have to say it was mostly Rain which saved the Aussies today from a crushing defeat on Day 4.

Just 100 runs scored in the day. If the match have started on-time without rain interruption surely England could've got two more wickets. Tomorrow it is a pressure situation for England to take wickets at the earliest and go for the scoring of runs. Labuschagne is really awesome that he performs well and saved Australia team at many similar situations. The team had succeeded with the defensive technique and the weather too had supported them.

[n0ne]

Finally the game changer Kraigg Brathwaite from west indies side has been dismissed by Ashwin, before his dismissal things were little bit in favour of west indies because they were continuously building partnership and try hard to reduce as much as possible trail, now all set batter has been dismissed so to get into the game again they must hold thier wickets and to reduce pressure and burden they must exchange wickets through out every delivery.
Still they are trail by 269 which is a difficult target against quality indian spinners to chase down and then lead some dozen of significant runs, but anyway one things is confirmed that this series Gona be whitewash..

West indies are now 4 down and they are still 260 runs behind. Kraigg Brathwaite is the highest scorer so far with 75 runs and took 235 balls for that. No other half century seen so far. West Indies must give there best in this test to prove that they deserve test status.
Meanwhile England picked an important wicket of Labuschagne on day 4. Much of the play time lost due to rain. If there is no rain tomorrow then we might see result tomorrow.

West Indies team ended the 3^rd day's play with 229/5. Athanaze and Holder on the crease need to score good runs on the fourth day of the match. India will look for quick wickets and end the match. After a long this looked like the West Indies team is playing test match same as what we see in the past days of Brian Lara. Every West Indies batsmen other than McKenzie in the ongoing test match have the strike rate around 35 - 40 which is the real test cricket.

Two sessions missed and England struggling to win the match as Australia have gained good momentum to stand wicket. Final day of the match gonna be interesting as things could get closer to draw and a win from England.

[Haunebu]

The 4th test between England and Australia is going down to the wire. I feel that Stokes should have declared a bit earlier in order to put more pressure on the ozzies so that they could aim for a proper result despite rain interference.

Manchester weather forecast looks bleak which implies that the final day might not see a single ball bowled. Lucky Australians!

[Bitcoin_people]

Day 3: Stumps West Indies trail by 209 runs and they lose 5 wickets. West Indies have not been able to score a lot of runs today with the loss of 5 wickets and 229 runs. West Indies batsman Kraigg Brathwaite scored good runs in the first overs but could not sustain the game well thereafter. Although there is still Alick Athanaze in the batting phase but he has not collected many runs due to which the run rate has stopped for West Indies. However, if West Indies batsman can survive the match, the chances of runs can increase.

[Jateng]

Finally the game changer Kraigg Brathwaite from west indies side has been dismissed by Ashwin, before his dismissal things were little bit in favour of west indies because they were continuously building partnership and try hard to reduce as much as possible trail, now all set batter has been dismissed so to get into the game again they must hold thier wickets and to reduce pressure and burden they must exchange wickets through out every delivery.

West indies are now 4 down and they are still 260 runs behind. Kraigg Brathwaite is the highest scorer so far with 75 runs and took 235 balls for that. No other half century seen so far. West Indies must give there best in this test to prove that they deserve test status.
Meanwhile England picked an important wicket of Labuschagne on day 4. Much of the play time lost due to rain. If there is no rain tomorrow then we might see result tomorrow.

West Indies still have a chance to back in the match despite trail by 209 runs. Wi loss his 5 wickets in score of 229 runs in 108 over. Kraigg Brathwaite is bowled by Ashwin his brilliant 75-run effort was very promising. Blackwood and Chanderpaul important dismissals by Jadeja increased the strain on the West Indies team. But with Jason Holder at 11 and Alick Athanaze current unbeaten score of 33, there is a chance for a powerful comeback. With their resilience West Indies can still get a competitive total and fight hard in the match

[Fuso.hp]

England trail Australia by 61 runs at the end of the fourth day's play. So far, Australia have collected 214 runs in which they have already lost five wickets. Marnus Labuschagne played a crucial innings for Australia before being dismissed. Marnus Labuschagne's innings of 111 runs has managed to bring the team to a good level. There is only one day left of the fourth Test, that is, the win, loss or draw of the match depends on this one day. Australia still have five wickets in hand if Australia can build a good partnership and get through the day somehow then the result of this match will be a draw. But I personally think the chances of this match being a draw is very low. England are leading in this match so far. If England can pick up two quick wickets early in the fifth day then this match will be easy for England.

[MusaPk]

England trail Australia by 61 runs at the end of the fourth day's play. So far, Australia have collected 214 runs in which they have already lost five wickets. Marnus Labuschagne played a crucial innings for Australia before being dismissed. Marnus Labuschagne's innings of 111 runs has managed to bring the team to a good level. There is only one day left of the fourth Test, that is, the win, loss or draw of the match depends on this one day. Australia still have five wickets in hand if Australia can build a good partnership and get through the day somehow then the result of this match will be a draw. But I personally think the chances of this match being a draw is very low. England are leading in this match so far. If England can pick up two quick wickets early in the fifth day then this match will be easy for England.

News from Manchester are not good for England. After all hard work done by England in first 3 days the forth day play was spoiled by rain and 5th days play is also delayed because of rain. England only need 30 to 40 overs today to finish the match. They have go the important wicket of Labuschagne yesterday and need 5 more wickets. Australia on the other hand will be please with the rain and they dont want rain to stop pouring down.

[Learn Bitcoin]

The 4th test between England and Australia is going down to the wire. I feel that Stokes should have declared a bit earlier in order to put more pressure on the ozzies so that they could aim for a proper result despite rain interference.

Manchester weather forecast looks bleak which implies that the final day might not see a single ball bowled. Lucky Australians!

Well, stokes never knew both days might be washed out. Two full days were in hand; initially, it was a good decision. As you already said, Australians are lucky here. Even though the weather forecast doesn't give much hope, Cricbuzz reported it's dry in Old Trafford. England needs just one good session, and they are good to go.

Australia defended 30 overs yesterday and lost only one wicket; the other two sessions were washed out. Let's hope the weather will remain good to see some cricket, and I am very excited to see this match's result (Not the draw).

[noormcs5]

England trail Australia by 61 runs at the end of the fourth day's play. So far, Australia have collected 214 runs in which they have already lost five wickets. Marnus Labuschagne played a crucial innings for Australia before being dismissed. Marnus Labuschagne's innings of 111 runs has managed to bring the team to a good level. There is only one day left of the fourth Test, that is, the win, loss or draw of the match depends on this one day. Australia still have five wickets in hand if Australia can build a good partnership and get through the day somehow then the result of this match will be a draw. But I personally think the chances of this match being a draw is very low. England are leading in this match so far. If England can pick up two quick wickets early in the fifth day then this match will be easy for England.

England is on one side and the Rain & Australian team are playing on the other side. I wonder if this test match ends in a draw and it would be Rain who comes to the rescue of the Aussie team. Well, its still time (one whole day) left in the match and if we happen to get 80+ overs then England might still win but we can't say anything with surety at the moment.

Let's suppose there is no rain interruption today, Australia still trail by 64 runs and they have 5 wickets in hand only. They need to bat and survive the first two sessions today in order to save this test match.

[MusaPk]

England is on one side and the Rain & Australian team are playing on the other side. I wonder if this test match ends in a draw and it would be Rain who comes to the rescue of the Aussie team. Well, its still time (one whole day) left in the match and if we happen to get 80+ overs then England might still win but we can't say anything with surety at the moment.

Let's suppose there is no rain interruption today, Australia still trail by 64 runs and they have 5 wickets in hand only. They need to bat and survive the first two sessions today in order to save this test match.

Right now its raining at old Trafford. A pitch inspection was scheduled at 11 am but because of rain there will no play till the rain stops. Due to heavy rain the out field is wet and even if rain stops it will take time to clear the outfield . England are defiantly in command at the moment but its rain that's stopping the England way. England can finish the game if they got 30 to 40 overs today without any interruption.

[Minor Miner]

England is on one side and the Rain & Australian team are playing on the other side. I wonder if this test match ends in a draw and it would be Rain who comes to the rescue of the Aussie team. Well, its still time (one whole day) left in the match and if we happen to get 80+ overs then England might still win but we can't say anything with surety at the moment.
Let's suppose there is no rain interruption today, Australia still trail by 64 runs and they have 5 wickets in hand only. They need to bat and survive the first two sessions today in order to save this test match.

Right now its raining at old Trafford. A pitch inspection was scheduled at 11 am but because of rain there will no play till the rain stops. Due to heavy rain the out field is wet and even if rain stops it will take time to clear the outfield . England are defiantly in command at the moment but its rain that's stopping the England way. England can finish the game if they got 30 to 40 overs today without any interruption.

Had the match not been delayed by rain, England would have been the most likely to win. I'd say it's England's misfortune that it's still raining today. And England's chances of victory are slowly diminishing. Australia has lost 5 wickets and is still trailing by 61 runs. If it had not rained today, maybe Australia's batsmen would have been able to give a maximum target of 100 runs. It would have been very easy for England to win this match. The England team is still trailing 2-1 in the series. Rain brought misfortune to England.

[noormcs5]

England is on one side and the Rain & Australian team are playing on the other side. I wonder if this test match ends in a draw and it would be Rain who comes to the rescue of the Aussie team. Well, its still time (one whole day) left in the match and if we happen to get 80+ overs then England might still win but we can't say anything with surety at the moment.

Let's suppose there is no rain interruption today, Australia still trail by 64 runs and they have 5 wickets in hand only. They need to bat and survive the first two sessions today in order to save this test match.

Right now its raining at old Trafford. A pitch inspection was scheduled at 11 am but because of rain there will no play till the rain stops. Due to heavy rain the out field is wet and even if rain stops it will take time to clear the outfield . England are defiantly in command at the moment but its rain that's stopping the England way. England can finish the game if they got 30 to 40 overs today without any interruption.

At present it is still raining, so once the rains stop, then we will have to wait for the wet outfield to get dried up. So all this will take time and every passing moment is a blessing for the Australians.

England on the other hand would be feeling very frustrated as they thought they are so close to winning this match but yet so far. The rain is becoming a serious hurdle between them and the victory.

Even if England continues their good form for the next test match, they cannot win the Ashes, the maximum they can do is to draw it.

[Vaskiy]

England is on one side and the Rain & Australian team are playing on the other side. I wonder if this test match ends in a draw and it would be Rain who comes to the rescue of the Aussie team. Well, its still time (one whole day) left in the match and if we happen to get 80+ overs then England might still win but we can't say anything with surety at the moment.

Let's suppose there is no rain interruption today, Australia still trail by 64 runs and they have 5 wickets in hand only. They need to bat and survive the first two sessions today in order to save this test match.

Right now its raining at old Trafford. A pitch inspection was scheduled at 11 am but because of rain there will no play till the rain stops. Due to heavy rain the out field is wet and even if rain stops it will take time to clear the outfield . England are defiantly in command at the moment but its rain that's stopping the England way. England can finish the game if they got 30 to 40 overs today without any interruption.

At present it is still raining, so once the rains stop, then we will have to wait for the wet outfield to get dried up. So all this will take time and every passing moment is a blessing for the Australians.

England on the other hand would be feeling very frustrated as they thought they are so close to winning this match but yet so far. The rain is becoming a serious hurdle between them and the victory.

Even if England continues their good form for the next test match, they cannot win the Ashes, the maximum they can do is to draw it.

Lucky Australia team, fourth day of the match ended with the play taking place for the last session. This is a big disappointment as England weren't able to take wickets. If they had taken few wickets it could've been a happy moment for them. In these kind of match situation surely rescheduling is a must. The match which is supposed to be an easy win gonna end in a draw will surely make cricket followers lose interest on watching test matches. If this match gets the result in favour of England, the final test match will be very interesting and both the teams will try to win the match which will be the deciding match of the Ashes Series.

[LDL]

Lucky Australia team, fourth day of the match ended with the play taking place for the last session. This is a big disappointment as England weren't able to take wickets. If they had taken few wickets it could've been a happy moment for them. In these kind of match situation surely rescheduling is a must. The match which is supposed to be an easy win gonna end in a draw will surely make cricket followers lose interest on watching test matches. If this match gets the result in favour of England, the final test match will be very interesting and both the teams will try to win the match which will be the deciding match of the Ashes Series.

The 4th Test is very lucky for Australia as the fourth day's play is suspended for the entire session due to rain and the weather forecast for the 5th day is unlikely to start before lunch. If this continues then there is no chance of starting the game today and it can be said that the game will be a draw due to rain in Australia. On the other hand, if the game starts then the rest of Australia's batsmen have to get out very early for England to win and if Australia gives a run lead then England has to target that run and fill the target by batting in T20 style.

[romero121]

Lucky Australia team, fourth day of the match ended with the play taking place for the last session. This is a big disappointment as England weren't able to take wickets. If they had taken few wickets it could've been a happy moment for them. In these kind of match situation surely rescheduling is a must. The match which is supposed to be an easy win gonna end in a draw will surely make cricket followers lose interest on watching test matches. If this match gets the result in favour of England, the final test match will be very interesting and both the teams will try to win the match which will be the deciding match of the Ashes Series.

The 4th Test is very lucky for Australia as the fourth day's play is suspended for the entire session due to rain and the weather forecast for the 5th day is unlikely to start before lunch. If this continues then there is no chance of starting the game today and it can be said that the game will be a draw due to rain in Australia. On the other hand, if the game starts then the rest of Australia's batsmen have to get out very early for England to win and if Australia gives a run lead then England has to target that run and fill the target by batting in T20 style.

Final day's first session is already over and it is lunch. In the remaining two sessions the rain needs to stop, even in that situation England needs to take all the wickets. There is no signs of rain getting stopped. The covers were taken off and once again the rain is continuing steadily. The ground is covered. This means the bad luck of England continues.

[eaLiTy]

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The 4th Test is very lucky for Australia as the fourth day's play is suspended for the entire session due to rain and the weather forecast for the 5th day is unlikely to start before lunch. If this continues then there is no chance of starting the game today and it can be said that the game will be a draw due to rain in Australia.

The match is played in England and the rain God's are favoring Australia, i placed a bet on England to win without checking the weather conditions for the last two days and i had to cash out once the 4th day's play was washed out, if not England would have won the match and levelled the series. It is really disappointing that the rain is disrupting the final day as well and there is no signs of play to resume and a lucky day for Australia.