Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Essential10]

Indian women made 428 in first inning and England women scored only 136 for all out on Day 2. only Sciver brunt make fifty and what a excellent bowling by indian women team Deepti sharma takes 5 wickets in 6 overs by gave just 7 runs while in 2nd innings Indian women are 186/6 and Day 2 stumps off and captain kaur 44 runs is on the crease while Charlie dean takes 4 wickets and Ind-w is lead by 478 runs. after scoring 500 runs india-w should declared or all out because this will be huge target for Eng-w on remaining sessions and india will single handedly wins the one off test.

Despite losing the T20 series, India Women's performance in the only Test match of the tour impressed everyone. India women's team scored 428 runs in the first innings. This is a huge collection in women's cricket, except for the two openers, almost every batsman in the squad performed well. Also the bowlers have bowled well. Especially Deepti Sharma took 5 wickets. And because of Deepti's brilliant bowling, England's innings stopped at just 136 runs. Indian batsmen are not doing much better in the second innings. Even then India can provide more than 500 targets. And on this pitch England women batting 500+ lakhs in second innings seems impossible to me. India women's team will win the test match despite losing the T20 series.

Yes, Indian women have really impressed everyone. Indian women scored 428 runs in the first innings and were all out. Going into bat with a huge lead, England women were bowled out for 136 runs and England women fell far behind. So far in the second innings, India women have scored 186 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Indian Women lead by 478 runs so far which is enough for India Women to win. I do not see any possibility of this test match being a draw. Because only 2 days of games are over, still 3 days of games are left. Today maybe England women will get a chance to bat, it is not possible for England women to survive in batting until the last day and it is not possible to win by chasing a huge target. India women will win this test.

Indian women's cricket team has shown the best performance ever in their history. The India women's team did not bat on the third day and declared the innings. Batting a target of 479 runs, the England women's team lost 6 wickets to score 83 runs. While the pitch conditions seem to favor the bowlers, it doesn't look like England Women's batsmen will be able to chase down this huge target. England Women still need 396 runs with only 4 wickets in hand. Looks like I will get the result of the match today.

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[Sithara007]

Pakistan needs another 62 runs to avoid follow on (Australia is unlikely to enforce follow on even if Pakistan falls short, but that is another topic). When David Warner was batting, it looked as if the pitch at Perth Stadium doesn't have anything to offer to the bowlers. But now Pakistan is struggling to reach their primary target of 288, which is required to avoid follow on. Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman are at the crease and the 7th wicket partnership is already worth some 34 runs. Australia having a clear upper hand in this match as of now.

[Cheema02]

Imam-ul-Haq scored a half-century for 181 in 71 overs in the second day of the Test today in exchange for 4 wickets. However, the number of wickets falling by Pakistan team is seen more. Meanwhile Khurram Shahzad got out with a few runs. He scored just seven runs. If Pakistan can defend the wicket today and stay on the field for a long time then surely they can meet the target. As Imamul Haq is still alive, scoring 59 runs, Imam ul Haq will surely score a century today.

Pakistan poor batting performance they scored 230 runs and lost his 6 wicket in 2nd session of day 3. Imam ul haq played an outstanding innings of 62 runs in 199 balls but stamped out by ball of Nathan Lyon. Babar Azam is only scored 21 runs in 54 out after that wickets Pakistan lost quick three wickets. Australia bowling performance is outstanding especially Mitchell Starc who picked 2 important wicktes by giving 61 runs and Nathan Lyon also picked 2 Crusial wickets by giving 54 runs and now Pakistan trail by 257 runs, they have only 4 wickets in hand.

[MusaPk]

Imam-ul-Haq scored a half-century for 181 in 71 overs in the second day of the Test today in exchange for 4 wickets. However, the number of wickets falling by Pakistan team is seen more. Meanwhile Khurram Shahzad got out with a few runs. He scored just seven runs. If Pakistan can defend the wicket today and stay on the field for a long time then surely they can meet the target. As Imamul Haq is still alive, scoring 59 runs, Imam ul Haq will surely score a century today.

Imam ul Haq is out after scoring 62 runs with only 4 boundaries and took 199 balls, an opener must be aggressive even in test. Pakistan lost 3 wickets in shot span and now the game is in Australia favour. There is rear chance of Pakistan batting throughout day 3, still 57 over left for the day and Pakistan already lost 6 wickets. Lot was expected from Babar but Marsh got him out on just 21 runs.

[Patrol69]

Pakistan are still trailing Australia by 257 runs on the third day of the first Test between Pakistan vs Australia. Pakistan lost seven wickets to collect 230 runs, so it is assumed that Pakistan will not be able to make this innings bigger. If Australia can bowl Pakistan out from a lead of 240 runs or 230 runs, then Australia may again invite Pakistan to bat to beat them by an innings margin. The result of the first test match is easy to say from the current position, Australia is unlikely to lose this match, there is a possibility of a draw if Pakistan can bat in the second innings. However, the way Pakistan played in the first innings, it seems that they will not be able to score more runs in the second innings and Australia will win this match.

[3kpk3]

Another Pakistan collapse. What a shocker! These guys have made it a habit to collapse like crazy whenever they are going steady these days. Lyon opened the floodgates by removing Imam and Shafique as expected.

I don't see any other result apart from an Australian win which is good for me since I placed a prematch bet on them.

[Sithara007]

Trails by another 257 runs, with just 3 wickets remaining now. Saud Shakeel was nabbed by Josh Hazlewood just now, and it was quickly followed by a failed appeal against Agha Salman. Actually it doesn't matter whether they will avoid follow on or not, beacuse Australia is unlikely to enforce it. But Pakistan is well behind in this match and in all probability they are going to lose it by a big margin. When Australia comes out to bat, they are likely to go Bazball mode and will declare the innings after getting to a lead of 450-500.

[leonair]

Pakistan are still trailing Australia by 257 runs on the third day of the first Test between Pakistan vs Australia. Pakistan lost seven wickets to collect 230 runs, so it is assumed that Pakistan will not be able to make this innings bigger. If Australia can bowl Pakistan out from a lead of 240 runs or 230 runs, then Australia may again invite Pakistan to bat to beat them by an innings margin. The result of the first test match is easy to say from the current position, Australia is unlikely to lose this match, there is a possibility of a draw if Pakistan can bat in the second innings. However, the way Pakistan played in the first innings, it seems that they will not be able to score more runs in the second innings and Australia will win this match.

Australia scored in the 1st innings, doubt whether Pakistan will be able to score in 2 innings. Australia is a strong team in the game of cricket so it is not possible for Pakistan to win the match by giving them such a target  Yet Pakistan continues to play with confidence. It is quite admirable. Australia will set a target of at least 700 runs in two innings, but whether Pakistan can cross 600 runs is doubtful.

[MusaPk]

Trails by another 257 runs, with just 3 wickets remaining now. Saud Shakeel was nabbed by Josh Hazlewood just now, and it was quickly followed by a failed appeal against Agha Salman. Actually it doesn't matter whether they will avoid follow on or not, beacuse Australia is unlikely to enforce it. But Pakistan is well behind in this match and in all probability they are going to lose it by a big margin. When Australia comes out to bat, they are likely to go Bazball mode and will declare the innings after getting to a lead of 450-500.

This was deemed to happen. After a poor ODI world cup, every eye was on Babar and newly included Sarfraz Ahmed. They both fail to deliver anything in batting today. With 7 wickets down Pakistan can only hope to reach somewhere around 280 or 290. They conceded 487 run with bowl and now struggling to avoid follow on. There is only one half century in this game from Pakistan side so far from opener Imam.

[libert19]

Warner, Marsh playing test like ODIs, meanwhile Pakistan playing like pure test cricket; Pakistan's fielding still remains a concern, they desperately need to sort that out, Aussies wouldn't have put up this huge total they did, had Pakistan caught the catches on first day.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Trails by another 257 runs, with just 3 wickets remaining now. Saud Shakeel was nabbed by Josh Hazlewood just now, and it was quickly followed by a failed appeal against Agha Salman. Actually it doesn't matter whether they will avoid follow on or not, beacuse Australia is unlikely to enforce it. But Pakistan is well behind in this match and in all probability they are going to lose it by a big margin. When Australia comes out to bat, they are likely to go Bazball mode and will declare the innings after getting to a lead of 450-500.

This was deemed to happen. After a poor ODI world cup, every eye was on Babar and newly included Sarfraz Ahmed. They both fail to deliver anything in batting today. With 7 wickets down Pakistan can only hope to reach somewhere around 280 or 290. They conceded 487 run with bowl and now struggling to avoid follow on. There is only one half century in this game from Pakistan side so far from opener Imam.

Pakistan's top order managed to bat somewhat well in the first innings. But it wasn't enough. Because Australia was able to make a huge collection of 487 in the first innings. Pakistan team will probably collect around 300-320. They have no chance of winning this match if they are behind by 150 in the first innings. Pakistan should now aim to draw the match by any means necessary. Pakistan is unlikely to win on this batting friendly pitch. Either Pakistan will lose or the match will be a draw.

[MusaPk]

Pakistan's top order managed to bat somewhat well in the first innings. But it wasn't enough. Because Australia was able to make a huge collection of 487 in the first innings. Pakistan team will probably collect around 300-320. They have no chance of winning this match if they are behind by 150 in the first innings. Pakistan should now aim to draw the match by any means necessary. Pakistan is unlikely to win on this batting friendly pitch. Either Pakistan will lose or the match will be a draw.

There is high probability of Australia winning this game. Pakistan still 231 runs behind Australia first innings total of 487 and they don't have much batting to left. Decades passed but Pakistan performance in Australia is not improving. Australia dominating in all three departments of the game while Pakistan lagging in all three. These days its equally important to field well in test, Pakistan dropped catches and missed stumping chances. Result is Australia making 487. 

[Bureau]

There is high probability of Australia winning this game. Pakistan still 231 runs behind Australia first innings total of 487 and they don't have much batting to left. Decades passed but Pakistan performance in Australia is not improving. Australia dominating in all three departments of the game while Pakistan lagging in all three. These days its equally important to field well in test, Pakistan dropped catches and missed stumping chances. Result is Australia making 487. 

Undoubtedly, Australia would win the first test match as Pakistan has lost 9 wickets and 1 more wicket to go. They won't be able to avoid follow on looking at the current score of 260 runs, they are short of 28 runs. Why didn't the batter take an aggressive approach? Imam-ul-Haq played 199 balls and scored only 62 runs, it is too much of a defensive approach for an opener. Pakistan's batting is looking far worse than the bowling in the first test match. New captain, new coach, new team, and the result is depressing.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Pakistan's top order managed to bat somewhat well in the first innings. But it wasn't enough. Because Australia was able to make a huge collection of 487 in the first innings. Pakistan team will probably collect around 300-320. They have no chance of winning this match if they are behind by 150 in the first innings. Pakistan should now aim to draw the match by any means necessary. Pakistan is unlikely to win on this batting friendly pitch. Either Pakistan will lose or the match will be a draw.

There is high probability of Australia winning this game. Pakistan still 231 runs behind Australia first innings total of 487 and they don't have much batting to left. Decades passed but Pakistan performance in Australia is not improving. Australia dominating in all three departments of the game while Pakistan lagging in all three. These days its equally important to field well in test, Pakistan dropped catches and missed stumping chances. Result is Australia making 487. 

Today is the third day of gameplay. I say if Pakistan can stay at the crease in the second session then the match is likely to be a draw. Pakistan collected 261 runs losing 9 wickets. The team is still behind by 226 runs. If Pakistan can't stay at the crease in the second session, then their chances of defeat are high. Because, the Australia team will declare the innings by collecting like 420-450. And most likely they will not bat more than 40/50 overs. Even then, surviving the 5-session crease will be an almost impossible task for the Pakistani batsmen.

[Patrol69]

There is high probability of Australia winning this game. Pakistan still 231 runs behind Australia first innings total of 487 and they don't have much batting to left. Decades passed but Pakistan performance in Australia is not improving. Australia dominating in all three departments of the game while Pakistan lagging in all three. These days its equally important to field well in test, Pakistan dropped catches and missed stumping chances. Result is Australia making 487. 

Undoubtedly, Australia would win the first test match as Pakistan has lost 9 wickets and 1 more wicket to go. They won't be able to avoid follow on looking at the current score of 260 runs, they are short of 28 runs. Why didn't the batter take an aggressive approach? Imam-ul-Haq played 199 balls and scored only 62 runs, it is too much of a defensive approach for an opener. Pakistan's batting is looking far worse than the bowling in the first test match. New captain, new coach, new team, and the result is depressing.

Pakistan were bowled out for 271 runs and Australia lead Pakistan by 216 runs so far in the first innings. The three-day game is now underway so it is certain that Pakistan is going to lose the first Test match. Pakistan will lose the first test match against Australia I don't think we can wait till five days to see the result. On the fourth day this might be the deciding result as Australia win against Pakistan.  Australia is leading by 216 runs so now it depends on them whether they will bat again or field again. Australia must invite Pakistan to bat again if they want to take a chance to beat them by an innings. Australia may follow that path and they will again invite Pakistan to bat.

[MusaPk]

Undoubtedly, Australia would win the first test match as Pakistan has lost 9 wickets and 1 more wicket to go. They won't be able to avoid follow on looking at the current score of 260 runs, they are short of 28 runs. Why didn't the batter take an aggressive approach? Imam-ul-Haq played 199 balls and scored only 62 runs, it is too much of a defensive approach for an opener. Pakistan's batting is looking far worse than the bowling in the first test match. New captain, new coach, new team, and the result is depressing.

Everything is new for Pakistan except there performance which is still the same. Pakistan team is all out for just 271 runs and they are well short of 216 runs. There is not even a single player who adopted aggressive approach rather everyone was on back foot. Imam who is a product of nepotism in Pakistan cricket scored 62 runs on 199 balls. Its up to Australia whether they take follow on or not. In both situation its obvious that Pakistan will lose.

[Tony116]

Undoubtedly, Australia would win the first test match as Pakistan has lost 9 wickets and 1 more wicket to go. They won't be able to avoid follow on looking at the current score of 260 runs, they are short of 28 runs. Why didn't the batter take an aggressive approach? Imam-ul-Haq played 199 balls and scored only 62 runs, it is too much of a defensive approach for an opener. Pakistan's batting is looking far worse than the bowling in the first test match. New captain, new coach, new team, and the result is depressing.

Everything is new for Pakistan except there performance which is still the same. Pakistan team is all out for just 271 runs and they are well short of 216 runs. There is not even a single player who adopted aggressive approach rather everyone was on back foot. Imam who is a product of nepotism in Pakistan cricket scored 62 runs on 199 balls. Its up to Australia whether they take follow on or not. In both situation its obvious that Pakistan will lose.

I would say it is not possible to win the match after trailing by 216 runs. And Pakistan's defeat is more likely at the moment. Unless a miracle happens, Pakistan will lose this match. The three batsmen in the top order batted somewhat well. We have not seen good performances from talented batsmen like Khurram Shahjad, Babar Azam and Sarfaraz. If these three batsmen could have batted well, maybe Pakistan could have collected 350+ runs easily.

Nathan Lyon bowled very well. He took three wickets in 23 overs. Staarc and Pat Cummins also managed to pick up two wickets each. It is highly likely that the Australian team will set a target of more than 450. After batting well in the first innings, the Australian batsmen will be more confident in the second innings.

[Popkon6]

Pakistan middle order collapsed on the 3rd day. 6 wickets gone for only 200+ runs, the current situation is bad for Pakistan. They would need 70 more odd runs to avoid follow on and the last known batter they have is Saud Shakeel. If he gets out then Pakistan would be in big trouble. I wasn't expecting Babar Azam to bat so poorly, he only got 21 runs today.

Pakistan came at the last minute and got all out under the pressure of the wicket. In fact, I think Pakistan team players do not have the endurance to play Test matches, because they could not stay on the field for a long time. Nathan Layon took 3 wickets alone, Pakistan managed to score only 271 runs in the last minute under the pressure of Australia bowling. In the first innings, Pakistan team is behind a lot and going into the next match, Pakistan team will surely face a lot of pressure.

[Iranus]

Pakistan middle order collapsed on the 3rd day. 6 wickets gone for only 200+ runs, the current situation is bad for Pakistan. They would need 70 more odd runs to avoid follow on and the last known batter they have is Saud Shakeel. If he gets out then Pakistan would be in big trouble. I wasn't expecting Babar Azam to bat so poorly, he only got 21 runs today.

Pakistan came at the last minute and got all out under the pressure of the wicket. In fact, I think Pakistan team players do not have the endurance to play Test matches, because they could not stay on the field for a long time. Nathan Layon took 3 wickets alone, Pakistan managed to score only 271 runs in the last minute under the pressure of Australia bowling. In the first innings, Pakistan team is behind a lot and going into the next match, Pakistan team will surely face a lot of pressure.

I agree with you. Pakistani batsmen do not have the patience to survive at the crease in Test format. This pitch was not bowling friendly. The batsmen could easily score runs. But the Pakistani batsmen cannot take advantage of the batting friendly pitch. The team managed to collect only 271 runs. A score of at least 350 runs was likely to make the match competitive. It seems impossible that Pakistan will make a comeback in the second innings after trailing by 216 runs. Because their opponent is a strong Australian team. Australia is a very experienced team. At the same time, Australia is more powerful in its own field. The bowlers also bowled well in the first innings. Because of these reasons, it seems that Australia will win the test match.

[noormcs5]

Pakistan middle order collapsed on the 3rd day. 6 wickets gone for only 200+ runs, the current situation is bad for Pakistan. They would need 70 more odd runs to avoid follow on and the last known batter they have is Saud Shakeel. If he gets out then Pakistan would be in big trouble. I wasn't expecting Babar Azam to bat so poorly, he only got 21 runs today.

Pakistan came at the last minute and got all out under the pressure of the wicket. In fact, I think Pakistan team players do not have the endurance to play Test matches, because they could not stay on the field for a long time. Nathan Layon took 3 wickets alone, Pakistan managed to score only 271 runs in the last minute under the pressure of Australia bowling. In the first innings, Pakistan team is behind a lot and going into the next match, Pakistan team will surely face a lot of pressure.

The Pakistan team has been all out in the test match against the Australian cricket team. The all batsmen of Pakistan didn't play well.  Imam Ul Haq is a very slow player, he takes too many balls to make just some runs, can you imagine he made 68 runs in 199 balls, how many balls he played and he make just some runs, this is a mistake by the PCB chairman that they selected him. I think Ireland's team test batting is much better than Imam Ul Haq's. He is not an active player in making runs.

Also Abdullah Shafique didn't play well in this match against Australia. He made just 42 runs, which is good runs but as he used to play balls, he should made at least 60 or 70 runs but unfortunately, he lost his wicket, He missed his half-century by 8 runs.