Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[DanWalker]

Pakistani fans should not be disappointed with these results in Australia. You guys are not alone, almost every visiting team gets the same treatment whenever they tour Australia.

Before Proteas used to win and compete against Australia in Australia, nowadays it's just India so according to traditions at one time, Aussie only allows one team to win or compete in Australia and everything is going according to plans, your time will also come.

I don't think Pakistan will win the Test match against Australia, but I guess the match will be competitive. Pakistan have a strong batting order. However, Pakistan's overall performance against Australia was poor. The bowlers did not perform well, while the performance of the batsmen was very poor. While Australia managed to score 487 runs in the first innings, Pakistan scored only 271 runs. Pakistani bowlers are not doing well in the second innings as well. Pakistani bowlers picked up two wickets quite quickly but Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith batting very responsibly. Australia lead by 300 runs at the end of the third day.

[fuguebtc]

Pakistani fans should not be disappointed with these results in Australia. You guys are not alone, almost every visiting team gets the same treatment whenever they tour Australia.

Before Proteas used to win and compete against Australia in Australia, nowadays it's just India so according to traditions at one time, Aussie only allows one team to win or compete in Australia and everything is going according to plans, your time will also come.

I don't think Pakistan will win the Test match against Australia, but I guess the match will be competitive. Pakistan have a strong batting order. However, Pakistan's overall performance against Australia was poor. The bowlers did not perform well, while the performance of the batsmen was very poor. While Australia managed to score 487 runs in the first innings, Pakistan scored only 271 runs. Pakistani bowlers are not doing well in the second innings as well. Pakistani bowlers picked up two wickets quite quickly but Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith batting very responsibly. Australia lead by 300 runs at the end of the third day.

Well, I will actually say that Pakistani fans might eventually disappointed. Because a better performance from Pakistan was definitely expected by everyone. You know that pitch was not very bad. Pakistan could make a lot of runs on this track. Pakistan simply just failed to score. And now Australia is scoring fine on this track. So I don't think they actually have anything to complain about.  Pakistan just performed badly. Pakistan should know that it is something they are going to face whenever they play a test match against another country. That's why test cricket has become boring and most of the time one-sided.

[JSRAW]

Pakistani fans should not be disappointed with these results in Australia. You guys are not alone, almost every visiting team gets the same treatment whenever they tour Australia.

Before Proteas used to win and compete against Australia in Australia, nowadays it's just India so according to traditions at one time, Aussie only allows one team to win or compete in Australia and everything is going according to plans, your time will also come.

I don't think Pakistan will win the Test match against Australia, but I guess the match will be competitive. Pakistan have a strong batting order. However, Pakistan's overall performance against Australia was poor. The bowlers did not perform well, while the performance of the batsmen was very poor. While Australia managed to score 487 runs in the first innings, Pakistan scored only 271 runs. Pakistani bowlers are not doing well in the second innings as well. Pakistani bowlers picked up two wickets quite quickly but Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith batting very responsibly. Australia lead by 300 runs at the end of the third day.

We have only 2 days left so let's see if it's competitive or not so far it was hardly a contest. Maybe in patches but for a small amount of time in the 3rd inning.

The good thing is, there is no hope for Pakistan in this tour so they can only up their game from here, even one draw with a fighting performance from the bat or ball (Not rain, delay etc) would earn them respect from fans around the world. 

[leonair]

Pakistan were bowled out for 271 on the second day to try to make up Australia's wall lead. And the Australian team went into bat on the third day with a lead of 216 runs in the first innings, and they are in great form. This ICC World Cup winning Australia team has been playing brilliantly in their Test matches and with the way they are performing against Pakistan, we can say for sure that they will win this first Test match. If Pakistan team cannot stop Australia from a huge score in today's match, then Pakistan must lose against Australia on the second day as well. Till the last minute we think Australia can give a good lead to Pakistan and this lead Pakistan team may not be able to fill. At this moment, Australia has given a trial of 265 runs with the loss of two wickets.

Today 3 rd day ended today of 1 st test game between Pakistan team vs Australia team. In today, Pakistan team was not scored good runs and was not showed great effort in batting lineup and except of Imam ul haq players all of remaining batsman performed very poor effort. Imam ul hap only player of Pakistan team scored 62 runs in 199 balls and he hitted four 4s. Mostly players bowled out below of 10 runs and A.Shafiqur scored 42 runs in 121 balls and leader S.Maqsood scored 30 runs in 45 balls and he played good in test game before started this series but in 1 st game he performed very poorly. All bowled out of Pakistan team, when they scored 261 runs and in 1 st inning of Australia team, they scored 487 runs and they just chased down 287 runs it's mean that Australia team already lead by 216 runs and now they scored more 84 runs in 2 nd inning and total 300 runs lead by Australia team.

Australia scored 487 runs in the first innings while Pakistan scored 271 runs. the difference between these two in the first innings is 216 runs. so here Australia is way ahead.  And Australia started the game again in the second innings and scored 84 runs for 2 wickets in the second innings also Australia seems to be able to cross 300 runs while Pakistan need to score more than 500 runs in the second innings to win the match and Pakistan doesn't seem to be able to do it.  Because they managed to score only 271 runs in the first innings, how can they score more than 500 runs in the second innings. so it can be said in advance that Australia will win this test match

Of course Australia will target Pakistan with a huge run but Pakistan will not be able to overcome such a big target and win the match.  Since Australia has a big lead in the first innings, there is no problem if they don't collect too many runs in the second innings because Pakistan will have to play well enough to close that gap in the first innings, while the second innings runs will be very challenging for them. So it's anyone's guess that Australia will win here

[Patrol69]

Pakistan were bowled out for 271 on the second day to try to make up Australia's wall lead. And the Australian team went into bat on the third day with a lead of 216 runs in the first innings, and they are in great form. This ICC World Cup winning Australia team has been playing brilliantly in their Test matches and with the way they are performing against Pakistan, we can say for sure that they will win this first Test match. If Pakistan team cannot stop Australia from a huge score in today's match, then Pakistan must lose against Australia on the second day as well. Till the last minute we think Australia can give a good lead to Pakistan and this lead Pakistan team may not be able to fill. At this moment, Australia has given a trial of 265 runs with the loss of two wickets.

I thought Australia would invite Pakistan to bat in the second innings but Australia decided to bat again in the second innings. Batting in the second innings, Australia lost two wickets for 84 runs and ended the third day's play 300 runs ahead of Pakistan. They might add some more runs on their scoreboard tomorrow to avoid a draw and if they can stay on the wicket all day tomorrow then they can declare an innings by the end of the fourth day. Australia has a great chance to win against Pakistan in the first test match, hope Australia will not miss this opportunity at all and surely they will win against Pakistan in the first test. 

We are seeing much better performance of Australian batsmen and bowlers in the first test match compared to Pakistan batsmen and bowlers that is why the chances of Australia winning the first match are so high.

[kro55]

Pakistan were bowled out for 271 on the second day to try to make up Australia's wall lead. And the Australian team went into bat on the third day with a lead of 216 runs in the first innings, and they are in great form. This ICC World Cup winning Australia team has been playing brilliantly in their Test matches and with the way they are performing against Pakistan, we can say for sure that they will win this first Test match. If Pakistan team cannot stop Australia from a huge score in today's match, then Pakistan must lose against Australia on the second day as well. Till the last minute we think Australia can give a good lead to Pakistan and this lead Pakistan team may not be able to fill. At this moment, Australia has given a trial of 265 runs with the loss of two wickets.

Today 3 rd day ended today of 1 st test game between Pakistan team vs Australia team. In today, Pakistan team was not scored good runs and was not showed great effort in batting lineup and except of Imam ul haq players all of remaining batsman performed very poor effort. Imam ul hap only player of Pakistan team scored 62 runs in 199 balls and he hitted four 4s. Mostly players bowled out below of 10 runs and A.Shafiqur scored 42 runs in 121 balls and leader S.Maqsood scored 30 runs in 45 balls and he played good in test game before started this series but in 1 st game he performed very poorly. All bowled out of Pakistan team, when they scored 261 runs and in 1 st inning of Australia team, they scored 487 runs and they just chased down 287 runs it's mean that Australia team already lead by 216 runs and now they scored more 84 runs in 2 nd inning and total 300 runs lead by Australia team.

Australia scored 487 runs in the first innings while Pakistan scored 271 runs. the difference between these two in the first innings is 216 runs. so here Australia is way ahead.  And Australia started the game again in the second innings and scored 84 runs for 2 wickets in the second innings also Australia seems to be able to cross 300 runs while Pakistan need to score more than 500 runs in the second innings to win the match and Pakistan doesn't seem to be able to do it.  Because they managed to score only 271 runs in the first innings, how can they score more than 500 runs in the second innings. so it can be said in advance that Australia will win this test match

Of course Australia will target Pakistan with a huge run but Pakistan will not be able to overcome such a big target and win the match.  Since Australia has a big lead in the first innings, there is no problem if they don't collect too many runs in the second innings because Pakistan will have to play well enough to close that gap in the first innings, while the second innings runs will be very challenging for them. So it's anyone's guess that Australia will win here

I would say if Australia set a target of less than 400 then there is a chance for Pakistan to win. But if the target is more than 400 then Australia will win this match. The match is unlikely to be a draw.

At the end of the third day, Australia lost 2 wickets and collected 84 runs. And Australia are now 300 runs ahead of Pakistan. Australia's batsmen are in good form. It will not be difficult for Australia to score 100 runs tomorrow. And probably Pakistan will get a chance to bat for 5 sessions. And it is unlikely that Pakistani batsmen will survive in 5 session cricket. Because in the first innings we have seen a very poor performance by the Pakistani batsmen. None of Pakistan's batsmen can bat responsibly.

[SATWAT]

Pakistan were bowled out for 271 on the second day to try to make up Australia's wall lead. And the Australian team went into bat on the third day with a lead of 216 runs in the first innings, and they are in great form. This ICC World Cup winning Australia team has been playing brilliantly in their Test matches and with the way they are performing against Pakistan, we can say for sure that they will win this first Test match. If Pakistan team cannot stop Australia from a huge score in today's match, then Pakistan must lose against Australia on the second day as well. Till the last minute we think Australia can give a good lead to Pakistan and this lead Pakistan team may not be able to fill. At this moment, Australia has given a trial of 265 runs with the loss of two wickets.

Today 3 rd day ended today of 1 st test game between Pakistan team vs Australia team. In today, Pakistan team was not scored good runs and was not showed great effort in batting lineup and except of Imam ul haq players all of remaining batsman performed very poor effort. Imam ul hap only player of Pakistan team scored 62 runs in 199 balls and he hitted four 4s. Mostly players bowled out below of 10 runs and A.Shafiqur scored 42 runs in 121 balls and leader S.Maqsood scored 30 runs in 45 balls and he played good in test game before started this series but in 1 st game he performed very poorly. All bowled out of Pakistan team, when they scored 261 runs and in 1 st inning of Australia team, they scored 487 runs and they just chased down 287 runs it's mean that Australia team already lead by 216 runs and now they scored more 84 runs in 2 nd inning and total 300 runs lead by Australia team.

Australia scored 487 runs in the first innings while Pakistan scored 271 runs. the difference between these two in the first innings is 216 runs. so here Australia is way ahead.  And Australia started the game again in the second innings and scored 84 runs for 2 wickets in the second innings also Australia seems to be able to cross 300 runs while Pakistan need to score more than 500 runs in the second innings to win the match and Pakistan doesn't seem to be able to do it.  Because they managed to score only 271 runs in the first innings, how can they score more than 500 runs in the second innings. so it can be said in advance that Australia will win this test match

Of course Australia will target Pakistan with a huge run but Pakistan will not be able to overcome such a big target and win the match.  Since Australia has a big lead in the first innings, there is no problem if they don't collect too many runs in the second innings because Pakistan will have to play well enough to close that gap in the first innings, while the second innings runs will be very challenging for them. So it's anyone's guess that Australia will win here

First inning was really disappointing with Pakistani batsmen which completely fail to give any positive impression and now Australia is having good lead with things can go perfect for them, and they will allow Khawaja and Smith play freely which will help them to build a big task for them as they have enough time as well mostly in last inning 100 to 120 overs are enough to wrap up things easily so now how they will manage this all in second inning It's going to be entertaining even not good for them but still will be they able to learn from their first inning mistakes this could be also important for them with mostly they are never having intention like this, but fans back at home are expecting good resistance from them in this match and series.

[Westinhome]

Pakistan initially showed some fight with ball, but Australia quickly fight back. The Aussie team, led by Khawaja and Steven Smith, has established a decent lead.

Honestly, Australia seems to be a much stronger team compared to Pakistan in this test. Both Pakistan's batters and bowlers haven't delivered a standout performance. Unfortunately, Pakistan missed a chance to perform well with the bat in favorable conditions, making it difficult to salvage a draw in this test. I think it's very likely Australia will get a win, and Pakistan might face a challenging situation in their second innings as well.

The Australian had more potential game like the England in the game of cricket,they also was in the strongest mind set with the World Cup win.The bowling of the Pakistan was really good in this test match,because clean wicket of the World Cup winning team is not the easy for the team which never qualified in the World Cup semi final.The good way of Pakistan was take all wickets before the 500 runs was impressive one.But the Australian team take the good revenge by taking all the wickets of Pakistan before the 300 runs and keep above the 300 upfront to play the current test with 84/2 wickets.If the Pakistan doesn’t take all wickets before 150-200,the match will become draw.

[synchronym]

Pakistan were bowled out for 271 on the second day to try to make up Australia's wall lead. And the Australian team went into bat on the third day with a lead of 216 runs in the first innings, and they are in great form. This ICC World Cup winning Australia team has been playing brilliantly in their Test matches and with the way they are performing against Pakistan, we can say for sure that they will win this first Test match. If Pakistan team cannot stop Australia from a huge score in today's match, then Pakistan must lose against Australia on the second day as well. Till the last minute we think Australia can give a good lead to Pakistan and this lead Pakistan team may not be able to fill. At this moment, Australia has given a trial of 265 runs with the loss of two wickets.

Today 3 rd day ended today of 1 st test game between Pakistan team vs Australia team. In today, Pakistan team was not scored good runs and was not showed great effort in batting lineup and except of Imam ul haq players all of remaining batsman performed very poor effort. Imam ul hap only player of Pakistan team scored 62 runs in 199 balls and he hitted four 4s. Mostly players bowled out below of 10 runs and A.Shafiqur scored 42 runs in 121 balls and leader S.Maqsood scored 30 runs in 45 balls and he played good in test game before started this series but in 1 st game he performed very poorly. All bowled out of Pakistan team, when they scored 261 runs and in 1 st inning of Australia team, they scored 487 runs and they just chased down 287 runs it's mean that Australia team already lead by 216 runs and now they scored more 84 runs in 2 nd inning and total 300 runs lead by Australia team.

Australia scored 487 runs in the first innings while Pakistan scored 271 runs. the difference between these two in the first innings is 216 runs. so here Australia is way ahead.  And Australia started the game again in the second innings and scored 84 runs for 2 wickets in the second innings also Australia seems to be able to cross 300 runs while Pakistan need to score more than 500 runs in the second innings to win the match and Pakistan doesn't seem to be able to do it.  Because they managed to score only 271 runs in the first innings, how can they score more than 500 runs in the second innings. so it can be said in advance that Australia will win this test match

Of course Australia will target Pakistan with a huge run but Pakistan will not be able to overcome such a big target and win the match.  Since Australia has a big lead in the first innings, there is no problem if they don't collect too many runs in the second innings because Pakistan will have to play well enough to close that gap in the first innings, while the second innings runs will be very challenging for them. So it's anyone's guess that Australia will win here

First inning was really disappointing with Pakistani batsmen which completely fail to give any positive impression and now Australia is having good lead with things can go perfect for them, and they will allow Khawaja and Smith play freely which will help them to build a big task for them as they have enough time as well mostly in last inning 100 to 120 overs are enough to wrap up things easily so now how they will manage this all in second inning It's going to be entertaining even not good for them but still will be they able to learn from their first inning mistakes this could be also important for them with mostly they are never having intention like this, but fans back at home are expecting good resistance from them in this match and series.

op I agree with you. Indeed Australia vs Pakistan first test match Australia looks much stronger than Pakistan. Australia batted brilliantly in the first innings giving Pakistan a huge lead in the first innings. Australia bowled brilliantly to bowl Pakistan out for just 271 runs. The Australian team went into bat in the second innings with David Warner dismissed for no runs, so the pressure was on for the Australian team. Australia lost 2 wickets for 84 runs in the second innings. Let's see how many runs Australia can give to Pakistan in lead the second innings.

[Bureau]

Not much left with this game as the lead is now 394 runs. I bet that Australia will declare their innings after the lunch break and try to get as many wickets as they can before the fourth day ends. Shaheen Afridi has not been at his best in this test match, he has not got a single wicket in the second innings. I am disappointed with the way the Pakistani team has played the first test match.

[JSRAW]

The pitch is looking spicy now, with lots of inconsistent bounce. Short balls reaching waist high, good length balls picking up and batters are getting hit.

Fair to say Australia already has 150 extra runs on this pitch. One of the Pakistani batters needs to do Pujara here, just pad up all his body with an arm guard and offer himself to Starc-Cumdog-Hazelwood.

[UmerIdrees]

op I agree with you. Indeed Australia vs Pakistan first test match Australia looks much stronger than Pakistan. Australia batted brilliantly in the first innings giving Pakistan a huge lead in the first innings. Australia bowled brilliantly to bowl Pakistan out for just 271 runs. The Australian team went into bat in the second innings with David Warner dismissed for no runs, so the pressure was on for the Australian team. Australia lost 2 wickets for 84 runs in the second innings. Let's see how many runs Australia can give to Pakistan in lead the second innings.

Pakistan needs to win this match, if Pakistan wins so they have two advantages of this win, one is Pakistan has never had a Test match in Australia and against Australia so the Pakistan team created a history that we never forget but this is a normal thing but second thing is crazy.

Actually, I just saw the table for the World Test Championship that will end in 2025 and it has started in 2023 as you know, and what I see on that table is Pakistan is at the top on this table, Pakistan team played two matches and they also won two matches so if Pakistan wins this test match so Pakistan can maintain this.

[Bureau]

Pakistan needs to win this match, if Pakistan wins so they have two advantages of this win, one is Pakistan has never had a Test match in Australia and against Australia so the Pakistan team created a history that we never forget but this is a normal thing but second thing is crazy.

Do you still think that Pakistan has a chance to win the first test match? They have already lost one of their opener and the runs they need to chase to win is beyond 400. They have only one option and that is to draw the game, which looks like a distant dream as of now. They would need a big partnership with the attitude to only defend the ball and not go after the bowlers.

[Bitcoin_people]

The Pakistan team is batting in a desperation to meet their target on the fourth day against Australia. Due to this disappointing and bad batting performance of Pakistan team, today's match may not be even and Australia will win. Pakistan team has already lost three important wickets in the field which is not good news for Pakistan team, Pakistan team is yet to meet the first day target given by Australia. Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam are at the crease right now if they can hold on to the game then it is possible to score some runs and if they get out Pakistan team might be all out in no time. Australia's bowlers have been putting up an outstanding performance with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc both taking a total of three wickets. Due to the excellent bowling of these Australian bowlers, Pakistan team is not able to collect their runs and Pakistan still need to collect 424 runs to reach the target.

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Pakistan needs to win this match, if Pakistan wins so they have two advantages of this win, one is Pakistan has never had a Test match in Australia and against Australia so the Pakistan team created a history that we never forget but this is a normal thing but second thing is crazy.

Do you still think that Pakistan has a chance to win the first test match? They have already lost one of their opener and the runs they need to chase to win is beyond 400. They have only one option and that is to draw the game, which looks like a distant dream as of now. They would need a big partnership with the attitude to only defend the ball and not go after the bowlers.

It is quite difficult to think about the possibility of Pakistan winning this match. Because they have already lost three batsmen of their top operators. They still need 425 runs and only seven wickets left. And the big thing is that I don't think Pakistan will be able to touch the target before the opponent team Australia, all their wickets will fall.

[Webetcoins]

Pakistani fans should not be disappointed with these results in Australia. You guys are not alone, almost every visiting team gets the same treatment whenever they tour Australia.

Before Proteas used to win and compete against Australia in Australia, nowadays it's just India so according to traditions at one time, Aussie only allows one team to win or compete in Australia and everything is going according to plans, your time will also come.

Even we don't need to be panic about Pakistani cricketing fans but still I believe they were expecting results like these from this tour of Australia because these are nothing new as in past their strongest teams are also not able to win any match and this was really the weakest side which is having too many issues as well after the ODI world cup few groups are already involved for bringing each other down which is also tradition of this team in history as well.

But, good thing is happening they will found one or two good players which will give them better performance for sometime in near future their collapse in batting was also expecting because we all know how they are unpredictable, and mostly they faltered on pitches where opponents score huge runs easily so most chances Australia will try to have 450+ and then we will have Pakistan in action which will against faltered between 250 and 300 runs which are enough for them in fourth inning.

[elevates]

The way Pakistani wickets are falling it looks like Australia wants to end the game today. Second innings of Pakistan is even worst than the first, again the middle order struggling and this time the top order didn't work. The pitch is having uneven bounce which is helping the seam bowlers. Babar Azam again got out cheaply, it now depends on Shakeel and Sarfaraz to get thier partnership going.

[|MINER|]

The way Pakistani wickets are falling it looks like Australia wants to end the game today. Second innings of Pakistan is even worst than the first, again the middle order struggling and this time the top order didn't work. The pitch is having uneven bounce which is helping the seam bowlers. Babar Azam again got out cheaply, it now depends on Shakeel and Sarfaraz to get thier partnership going.

This will become so true after the tea break  . Babar Azam ended his game for the day at the tea break. The target is still very big, I don't think Sarfaraz Ahmed will be able to complete this target with the rest of the batsmen. I think the remaining 6 wickets will fall today too

[MusaPk]

Pakistan in hurry to finish the game today, they have lost 5 wickets and we still have 38 more overs to be bowled today. Poor batting performance by Pakistan in second innings. Only two batsmen able to make it to double figures so far. Now the only question left is whether Pakistan able to score 100 runs in second innings or they will be bowled out before that.

[elevates]

Pakistan in hurry to finish the game today, they have lost 5 wickets and we still have 38 more overs to be bowled today. Poor batting performance by Pakistan in second innings. Only two batsmen able to make it to double figures so far. Now the only question left is whether Pakistan able to score 100 runs in second innings or they will be bowled out before that.

Yes, they are in a hurry to finish the game today. Poor batting and bowling by Pakistan in this match not just batting. There star bowler and batter were not able to generate the desired result. They have been too defensive in the first innings and when they need to play defensive in the second innings they are losing wickets in quick succession. Already lost 6 wickets too early after they started they started thier batting. In this rate the match would end before time.