Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Essential10]

Australia women's team batted at the start and collected only 207 runs for nine wickets. The performance of the Australian team in the test game is very bad because in the test game one must survive for a long time. The Australian team has become completely helpless against the bowling of the Indian women's team. Bowling performance was so good by Pooja Vastrakar she picked up 4 wickets alone with 53 runs in 16 overs. Today, the Australian team is very likely to lose all the wickets as they are under heavy wicket pressure on the first day.

In the only Test between the two teams, the Australian women's team was 219 all out on the first day. The Indian women's team has shown an excellent bowling line-up. Pooja vastrakar & Senh rana both played a big role for the 7 wicket team. Meanwhile, the Indian women's team ended the day with 98 runs for one wicket and trailed the Australian women's team by 121 runs. Australia women's team did not use spinner bowlers early on which gave Indian women's team an advantage to score early runs. India will be satisfied with their efforts so far, but Australia still have a chance to bounce back with a strong performance. Whether Australia Women can turn the game around on day two will depend on how the match unfolds in the coming days.

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I just hope he gets proper treatment and PCB serious about his fitness otherwise he'll fade away. I like Hasan Ali, yeah he sometimes gets off the road with his bowling but very spirited cricketer.
 

Considering how PCB allowed Naseem Shah to play in league cricket then dragging him to play for the team, shows how serious PCB has been for its players. Knowingly they make these guys suffer, don't expect something good from them, they haven't been able to schedule a fitness test for the players. All crucial players are either injured or are out of form and playing five day test requires a lot of energy and patience. I don't think they have players who can cope up with test format.

[Sithara007]

Considering how PCB allowed Naseem Shah to play in league cricket then dragging him to play for the team, shows how serious PCB has been for its players. Knowingly they make these guys suffer, don't expect something good from them, they haven't been able to schedule a fitness test for the players. All crucial players are either injured or are out of form and playing five day test requires a lot of energy and patience. I don't think they have players who can cope up with test format.

Teams like India and Australia have separate squads for both test and limited overs cricket. But in case of Pakistan, they don't have the player depth to attempt anything like this. And that automatically puts additional workload on the players. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah are regulars in both test and limited overs format. And their frequent injury woes can be blamed on this. Only solution is to increase the player pool. But in order to do that, they need to improve the quality of domestic cricket in Pakistan.

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Considering how PCB allowed Naseem Shah to play in league cricket then dragging him to play for the team, shows how serious PCB has been for its players. Knowingly they make these guys suffer, don't expect something good from them, they haven't been able to schedule a fitness test for the players. All crucial players are either injured or are out of form and playing five day test requires a lot of energy and patience. I don't think they have players who can cope up with test format.

Teams like India and Australia have separate squads for both test and limited overs cricket. But in case of Pakistan, they don't have the player depth to attempt anything like this. And that automatically puts additional workload on the players. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah are regulars in both test and limited overs format. And their frequent injury woes can be blamed on this. Only solution is to increase the player pool. But in order to do that, they need to improve the quality of domestic cricket in Pakistan.

I doubt they would be able to increase the talent pool. Too much corruption and favourism has become a normal thing with PCB. The other issue is that they only try to find or get players from only one province, while other province are not touched. There are many issues still PCB and the government of Pakistan need to rethink thier ways to find talents in cricket. Otherwise they would end up like the Westindies.

[WatChe]

Teams like India and Australia have separate squads for both test and limited overs cricket. But in case of Pakistan, they don't have the player depth to attempt anything like this. And that automatically puts additional workload on the players. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah are regulars in both test and limited overs format. And their frequent injury woes can be blamed on this. Only solution is to increase the player pool. But in order to do that, they need to improve the quality of domestic cricket in Pakistan.

Pakistan has a huge domestic setup and its not a big deal to extract few fast bowlers. PCB is more interested in T20 then test or ODI. Mostly Pakistan is busy playing T20 and whenever there is test series they failed miserably. Few days of criticism and then everything is normal in PCB. Fitness is a concern for Pakistani fast bowlers these days. Its high time for PCB to decide what there strategy will be for Test and ODI. Boxing day test is coming up and Khurram Shahzad is likely to miss that match due to injury.    

[Sithara007]

Pakistan has a huge domestic setup and its not a big deal to extract few fast bowlers. PCB is more interested in T20 then test or ODI. Mostly Pakistan is busy playing T20 and whenever there is test series they failed miserably. Few days of criticism and then everything is normal in PCB. Fitness is a concern for Pakistani fast bowlers these days. Its high time for PCB to decide what there strategy will be for Test and ODI. Boxing day test is coming up and Khurram Shahzad is likely to miss that match due to injury.

They have a large domestic setup spread out across the provinces, districts and clubs, but the problem is that there is no stability. The structure is being changed every 2-3 years and this is having a big impact on the quality of the matches. And also, there is some impact from the franchise T20 leagues. A lot of Pakistani players are involved in various foreign leagues and in the end the domestic matches suffer from the unavailability of players. All that said, once in a while they are able to produce high quality players such as Khurram Shahzad and Aamer Jamal.

[SATWAT]

Pakistan has a huge domestic setup and its not a big deal to extract few fast bowlers. PCB is more interested in T20 then test or ODI. Mostly Pakistan is busy playing T20 and whenever there is test series they failed miserably. Few days of criticism and then everything is normal in PCB. Fitness is a concern for Pakistani fast bowlers these days. Its high time for PCB to decide what there strategy will be for Test and ODI. Boxing day test is coming up and Khurram Shahzad is likely to miss that match due to injury.

They have a large domestic setup spread out across the provinces, districts and clubs, but the problem is that there is no stability. The structure is being changed every 2-3 years and this is having a big impact on the quality of the matches. And also, there is some impact from the franchise T20 leagues. A lot of Pakistani players are involved in various foreign leagues and in the end the domestic matches suffer from the unavailability of players. All that said, once in a while they are able to produce high quality players such as Khurram Shahzad and Aamer Jamal.

Pakistan's cricket is never been in hands of professional peoples those can bring good and positive changes for the game and improvement of the system which is surely big disappointment we have too many controversies and other issues but no one care about this all with the arrival of the Ramiz Raja there were few hopes but due to political influence now these are also down and this team and system is going to the worst incoming days because no one care about team and players many are already trying to have other sources like shifting from this country for the better future and few are now leaking their wounds as well.
These two youngsters are done good job in their first test match but now out of the series with injuries mean things are not completely right before their departure and having them into this squad as well.

[Sithara007]

Pakistan's cricket is never been in hands of professional peoples those can bring good and positive changes for the game and improvement of the system which is surely big disappointment we have too many controversies and other issues but no one care about this all with the arrival of the Ramiz Raja there were few hopes but due to political influence now these are also down and this team and system is going to the worst incoming days because no one care about team and players many are already trying to have other sources like shifting from this country for the better future and few are now leaking their wounds as well.
These two youngsters are done good job in their first test match but now out of the series with injuries mean things are not completely right before their departure and having them into this squad as well.

Departure of Rambo was a big setback for cricket in Pakistan. He took several measures to improve the financial situation, such as signing a sweetened media deal for the PSL. But then, some of his inventions such as the PJL (Pakistan Junior League) was not financially viable and had to be shelved. Initial season of PJL resulted in losses of $4 million. Najam Sethi replaced him and backtracked most of his innovations. Then there is the never-ending clash with the BCCI, which made sure that tournaments such as Asia Cup were shifted out of Pakistan.

[rojan]

India Women team came out to bat 1st Innings today. Scored 141 runs in 35.5 overs. India Women team lost 2 wickets so far. Shafali Verma got out for 40 runs in 59 balls. Sneh Rana got out for 9 runs in 57 balls. Today India Women  The team has started to perform well. India Women team is still behind Australia Women team by 78 runs.

[kro55]

India Women vs Australia Women

India Women's team is performing well against Australia Women's team in the only Test match of the tour. Thanks to excellent bowling by Pooja and Sneh Rana, Australia women's team could only muster 219 runs. If the pitch was bowling friendly it might have been called a good collection, but the pitch was batting friendly.

Indian batsmen are also batting very responsibly. After losing 2 wickets, India now collects 147 runs. Safali was dismissed for 40 runs. Smriti remains unbeaten with 74 runs. India women's team is only 72 runs behind. India can take a lead of 100+ runs in the first innings.

[Sithara007]

India Women team came out to bat 1st Innings today. Scored 141 runs in 35.5 overs. India Women team lost 2 wickets so far. Shafali Verma got out for 40 runs in 59 balls. Sneh Rana got out for 9 runs in 57 balls. Today India Women  The team has started to perform well. India Women team is still behind Australia Women team by 78 runs.

Indian women were cruising nicely, before they lost two quick wickets. The run out from Smriti Mandhana was quite unnecessary. It was Richa Ghosh who initiated the run, but then she stopped mid-way. Mandhana sacrificed her wicket for Ghosh's mistake. Now Jemimah Rodrigues is batting along with Ghosh and India are still behind by 57 runs. These two need to stay there and build a good partnership for the 4th wicket. Australia has spin from both the ends - off spin from Ashleigh Gardner, and leg-break from Alana King.   

[Swordsoffreedom]

India Women vs Australia Women

India Women's team is performing well against Australia Women's team in the only Test match of the tour. Thanks to excellent bowling by Pooja and Sneh Rana, Australia women's team could only muster 219 runs. If the pitch was bowling friendly it might have been called a good collection, but the pitch was batting friendly.

Indian batsmen are also batting very responsibly. After losing 2 wickets, India now collects 147 runs. Safali was dismissed for 40 runs. Smriti remains unbeaten with 74 runs. India women's team is only 72 runs behind. India can take a lead of 100+ runs in the first innings.

I thought Smriti Mandhana would score a century today. But he ended his innings with 74 runs. Although he could not score a century, he batted well enough. Both the Indian openers performed well today. If India's middle order can do well like the two openers, India can easily score 350+ runs. But it is not possible to say whether India's middle order will do well. We have seen many times in the past that after a great performance by the top order, India failed to collect big due to the middle order batsmen not doing well. India collected 174 runs in 45 overs. The Indian team is still behind by 45 runs.

[HelliumZ]

India Women team came out to bat 1st Innings today. Scored 141 runs in 35.5 overs. India Women team lost 2 wickets so far. Shafali Verma got out for 40 runs in 59 balls. Sneh Rana got out for 9 runs in 57 balls. Today India Women  The team has started to perform well. India Women team is still behind Australia Women team by 78 runs.

Indian women were cruising nicely, before they lost two quick wickets. The run out from Smriti Mandhana was quite unnecessary. It was Richa Ghosh who initiated the run, but then she stopped mid-way. Mandhana sacrificed her wicket for Ghosh's mistake. Now Jemimah Rodrigues is batting along with Ghosh and India are still behind by 57 runs. These two need to stay there and build a good partnership for the 4th wicket. Australia has spin from both the ends - off spin from Ashleigh Gardner, and leg-break from Alana King.   

A run out is especially unfortunate in Tests as it is nothing more than giving away a needless wicket. Smriti Mandhana was run out and got out after scoring a personal 74 runs where the runs were coming only on the wicket. However, had She not been run out, the Indian score would certainly have increased and she would have got an individual career century. However, the Indian women's team is behind by 40 runs. If the Indian women's team can give a lead of more than 150 runs in the first innings, Australia will have to sweat to draw this test. But the chances of Indian women's team winning the Test only is 100%.

[Publictalk792]

India Women vs Australia Women

Today is the second day of the match. As we know that Australia Women team made 219 runs. And now India is playing and have made 193 runs and lost 3 wickets. Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues are facing the Australian bowlers. Australia is trying to get wickets but Indian team is not giving chance. Smriti Mandhana was also good in this match and made 74 runs. If India will not lose all wickets I think India will give 150+ lead to Australian team which will be good lead.

[Sithara007]

OK... India has recovered well after losing two quick wickets. The partnership between Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues is now worth 46 runs, and India is very close to gaining first innings lead. Jess Jonassen is causing some issues for the Indian batters, but apart from that other bowlers are being handled with ease by the Indians. The track at Wankhede is batter-friendly as usual and the Indians need to make sure that they get to a total of 400+. This will enable them to target an innings victory against Australia in this match.

[JSRAW]

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Indian batting lineup is no mug, yeah sometimes collapse does come but in the test match, they bat deep down to 9th position, similar to the Men's team when they play in India.

Deepti is the lady version of Jaddu and bats at 7-8th position and Pooja Vastrakar also knows how to hang around in tough conditions, she has a healthy batting average for the number 9 batter.

[kro55]

India Women vs Australia Women

Today is the second day of the match. As we know that Australia Women team made 219 runs. And now India is playing and have made 193 runs and lost 3 wickets. Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues are facing the Australian bowlers. Australia is trying to get wickets but Indian team is not giving chance. Smriti Mandhana was also good in this match and made 74 runs. If India will not lose all wickets I think India will give 150+ lead to Australian team which will be good lead.

India mustered 193 runs before the lunch break. The team lost only three wickets. The two openers got off to a decent enough start. Although Sneh Rana was out for just 9 runs, Richa and Jemimah are batting very responsibly. Both are unbeaten with 24 runs. The Australian captain used his 7 bowlers. Still unable to get the Indian batsmen out.

Australia's bowlers' performance today is very poor. They gave 22 extra runs in 52 overs. On the other hand, the Indian bowlers gave only 2 extra runs in the first innings. India might even be able to take a lead of 200+ runs if Australia women's bowlers continue such uncontrolled bowling.

[DanWalker]

India Women vs Australia Women

Today is the second day of the match. As we know that Australia Women team made 219 runs. And now India is playing and have made 193 runs and lost 3 wickets. Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues are facing the Australian bowlers. Australia is trying to get wickets but Indian team is not giving chance. Smriti Mandhana was also good in this match and made 74 runs. If India will not lose all wickets I think India will give 150+ lead to Australian team which will be good lead.

India mustered 193 runs before the lunch break. The team lost only three wickets. The two openers got off to a decent enough start. Although Sneh Rana was out for just 9 runs, Richa and Jemimah are batting very responsibly. Both are unbeaten with 24 runs. The Australian captain used his 7 bowlers. Still unable to get the Indian batsmen out.

Australia's bowlers' performance today is very poor. They gave 22 extra runs in 52 overs. On the other hand, the Indian bowlers gave only 2 extra runs in the first innings. India might even be able to take a lead of 200+ runs if Australia women's bowlers continue such uncontrolled bowling.

India women's team collected 219 runs losing only 3 wickets. Top order players are playing very well. After responsible batting by openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, middle order batsmen Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues managed to build a much needed partnership. After losing the third wicket for 147 runs, India now muster 230 runs. India women team has already managed to collect 83 runs from this partnership. Richa Ghosh scored an unbeaten 46 from 88 balls and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 39 from 80 balls. Both are slowly moving towards half-centuries. It seems that the India women's team will not face any problem in taking a lead of more than 150 runs.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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Indian batting lineup is no mug, yeah sometimes collapse does come but in the test match, they bat deep down to 9th position, similar to the Men's team when they play in India.

Deepti is the lady version of Jaddu and bats at 7-8th position and Pooja Vastrakar also knows how to hang around in tough conditions, she has a healthy batting average for the number 9 batter.

you are right Indian batsmen are capable of performing very well in Test format. They are batting well against Australia's experienced bowlers in today's match as well. And I won't be at all surprised if India take a 200-plus lead in the first innings. And now the batting of the Indian women's team looks like the team can take a lead of more than 200.

India women team collected 247 runs in 67 overs. Richa and Jemimah put on a 100-run partnership. These two batsmen are batting very responsibly. The Australian captain has used 8 of his bowlers so far. Even then they are not able to take the wicket of India.

[Iranus]

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Indian batting lineup is no mug, yeah sometimes collapse does come but in the test match, they bat deep down to 9th position, similar to the Men's team when they play in India.
Deepti is the lady version of Jaddu and bats at 7-8th position and Pooja Vastrakar also knows how to hang around in tough conditions, she has a healthy batting average for the number 9 batter.

you are right Indian batsmen are capable of performing very well in Test format. They are batting well against Australia's experienced bowlers in today's match as well. And I won't be at all surprised if India take a 200-plus lead in the first innings. And now the batting of the Indian women's team looks like the team can take a lead of more than 200.
India women team collected 247 runs in 67 overs. Richa and Jemimah put on a 100-run partnership. These two batsmen are batting very responsibly. The Australian captain has used 8 of his bowlers so far. Even then they are not able to take the wicket of India.

India lost their fourth wicket for 260 runs. Richa Ghosh returned to the dressing room scoring 52 off 104 balls. He played a very important innings. Jemimah is still unbeaten with 63 runs
Ashleigh Gardner is playing very well today. India lost 4 wickets. Gardner was responsible for picking up three wickets. The performance of Australia's bowlers is not very good. If India somehow muster more than 350 in the first innings, it will be impossible for Australia Women to win this match. This match is unlikely to be a draw. Just the second day of play is underway today. So if Australia wants to win the match then India must be stopped before 350.