Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Compromise me]

This is not something new, Pakistan team is always having a whitewash at Australia. They are not able to manage pressure when playing at Australia. See they have good advantage in first innings but were not able to capitalise that advantage in second innings. Babar Azam who is backbone of Pakistan batting was not able to score even a fifty in his six innings, his highest score was 41. Players like Babar Azam need some break they are over hyped.  

In the third Test match, Pakistan batted well in the first innings but could not win the match due to poor batting in the second innings.Basically, one of the reasons why Pakistan lost the match with Australia was their batting failure. But their mental strength is also lacking, they have been nervous in every match against Australia. Babar Azam is the best batsman of Pakistan team but he is performing very poorly at present. Looking at his batting, it seems that he has never batted well. Aamer Jamal gave the best performance in the third Test match for Pakistan due to which he was named Man of the Match. On the other hand, Pat Cummins has been named Man of the Series for the Australian team due to his impeccable performance in this Test series.

Yes , that is right. Pakistani team performance is very bad and they are not performing good in all formats. In last World Cup 2023 they lose match against Afghanistan team . Pakistani International cricket team did not lose match against low class teams before World Cup of 2023 . But now that is time for Pakistani selector to select good team. Pakistani team should give their best to win match against any team . Australian International test cricket team clean sweep Pakistani team . And Pakistani International test cricket team is helpless and hopeless .

[AirtelBuzz]

Australia have won all three Test matches played by Australia against Pakistan Pakistan have whitewashed the Test series against Australia. After losing the first 2 matches, Pakistan showed a lot of promise in the third test match especially in the first innings batting and first innings bowling, but in the second innings, Pakistan performed very poorly due to which Australia easily secured the match against Pakistan. Failure in Asia Cup, failure in World Cup and last Test series failure against Australia means that Pakistan has turned from a successful team to a failed team. Pakistan Cricket Board should think about such a bad performance and take a tough decision.

But after the failure in the World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board made several changes to them, which did not work. Pakistan needs to change mainly the players Pakistan players are not in any form currently due to which they are failing in every match. They batted well in the first innings in the third test match, I thought maybe they were going to win this test match but in the second innings they batted very badly. On that occasion, Australia whitewashed Pakistan very easily in the Test series. Australia team was great in world cup they became 2023 world cup champions.After the World Cup, Australia whitewashed Pakistan in the Test series with Pakistan, continuing with their win.

[Patrol69]

Australia have won all three Test matches played by Australia against Pakistan Pakistan have whitewashed the Test series against Australia. After losing the first 2 matches, Pakistan showed a lot of promise in the third test match especially in the first innings batting and first innings bowling, but in the second innings, Pakistan performed very poorly due to which Australia easily secured the match against Pakistan. Failure in Asia Cup, failure in World Cup and last Test series failure against Australia means that Pakistan has turned from a successful team to a failed team. Pakistan Cricket Board should think about such a bad performance and take a tough decision.

But after the failure in the World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board made several changes to them, which did not work. Pakistan needs to change mainly the players Pakistan players are not in any form currently due to which they are failing in every match. They batted well in the first innings in the third test match, I thought maybe they were going to win this test match but in the second innings they batted very badly. On that occasion, Australia whitewashed Pakistan very easily in the Test series. Australia team was great in world cup they became 2023 world cup champions.After the World Cup, Australia whitewashed Pakistan in the Test series with Pakistan, continuing with their win.

After a poor performance in the World Cup, Pakistan's selection panel, coaching staff and captain were changed but these did not improve Pakistan's performance. Change of coach, change of selectors, but these cannot improve the team's performance, but the team's performance can be improved by the mindset of the players to do better. Whenever Babar Azam was relieved of the captaincy in the Pakistan team, there was a pressure created among the players that they must perform well and they took on extra pressure and this extra pressure did not allow them to perform well. A team can go through bad times and if the cricket board does not support them during those bad times then it is difficult for the players to recover from that. It is not the right decision to drop the players but the right decision is to motivate the players and get the maximum performance from them.

[Bitcoin Smith]

T20 is great and we see more people are watching it but look at what it is doing, to the traditional cricket form which is test cricket and we witnessed the shortest test match recently between IND vs SA and the last record was in 19th century.

I don't know why so many are bummed about that particular test being the shortest test ever since I enjoyed it a lot. Tests as the name implies are tests for both teams in all areas which is why they can end in 1 day or not end even after 5 days.

Exactly, all these leagues are more money than the actual sport which uses the fanactics drive their business and try to reach new heights.

All of that doesn't really matter as long as we are getting entertained at the end of the day which is the whole point of these sports events.

I would love to be the game as it is supposed to be as much as I am getting entertained, and not just this particular test and everyone who is fan of cricket will agree that white ball cricket especially T20 is destroying the OG formats and if it goes like this on and on for a while then we may see 5 year over leagues too because we already have T10.

[Z_MBFM]

Australia have won all three Test matches played by Australia against Pakistan Pakistan have whitewashed the Test series against Australia. After losing the first 2 matches, Pakistan showed a lot of promise in the third test match especially in the first innings batting and first innings bowling, but in the second innings, Pakistan performed very poorly due to which Australia easily secured the match against Pakistan. Failure in Asia Cup, failure in World Cup and last Test series failure against Australia means that Pakistan has turned from a successful team to a failed team. Pakistan Cricket Board should think about such a bad performance and take a tough decision.

But after the failure in the World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board made several changes to them, which did not work. Pakistan needs to change mainly the players Pakistan players are not in any form currently due to which they are failing in every match. They batted well in the first innings in the third test match, I thought maybe they were going to win this test match but in the second innings they batted very badly. On that occasion, Australia whitewashed Pakistan very easily in the Test series. Australia team was great in world cup they became 2023 world cup champions.After the World Cup, Australia whitewashed Pakistan in the Test series with Pakistan, continuing with their win.

Pakistan played very well in the first innings but in the second innings they managed to collect very few runs. And this is why Australia won the match by 8 wickets. In this case, Australia's quality of play was much better in the second innings. The first innings could have collected less runs than Pakistan because it seemed that Pakistan might have changed their game a bit as a result of which they are playing well. But when the second innings started, Pakistan lost all wickets for just 115 runs.

[Sithara007]

Pakistan played very well in the first innings but in the second innings they managed to collect very few runs. And this is why Australia won the match by 8 wickets. In this case, Australia's quality of play was much better in the second innings. The first innings could have collected less runs than Pakistan because it seemed that Pakistan might have changed their game a bit as a result of which they are playing well. But when the second innings started, Pakistan lost all wickets for just 115 runs.

Pakistani bowlers did a decent job in this series. It was their batsmen who failed them. Babar Azam and the openers in particular were in very pathetic form throughout the series. Apart from the second test where Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mir Hamza managed to restrict the Australian batsmen, the margin of defeat was too wide in all the other matches. They have a few positives to take away from this series, but the performance of top order batsmen was horrific. It is up to the management and selectors to take the future course of action.

[Haunebu]

I would love to be the game as it is supposed to be as much as I am getting entertained, and not just this particular test and everyone who is fan of cricket will agree that white ball cricket especially T20 is destroying the OG formats and if it goes like this on and on for a while then we may see 5 year over leagues too because we already have T10.

It all comes down to how much we value our time. We get more and more busier as time passes due to which the amount of time alloted to watching sports events keeps decreasing.

This is why short formats like the T20 and T10 are gaining more popularity and are replacing the OG formats. Quality over quantity!

[fuguebtc]

But after the failure in the World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board made several changes to them, which did not work. Pakistan needs to change mainly the players Pakistan players are not in any form currently due to which they are failing in every match. They batted well in the first innings in the third test match, I thought maybe they were going to win this test match but in the second innings they batted very badly. On that occasion, Australia whitewashed Pakistan very easily in the Test series. Australia team was great in world cup they became 2023 world cup champions.After the World Cup, Australia whitewashed Pakistan in the Test series with Pakistan, continuing with their win.

After a poor performance in the World Cup, Pakistan's selection panel, coaching staff and captain were changed but these did not improve Pakistan's performance. Change of coach, change of selectors, but these cannot improve the team's performance, but the team's performance can be improved by the mindset of the players to do better. Whenever Babar Azam was relieved of the captaincy in the Pakistan team, there was a pressure created among the players that they must perform well and they took on extra pressure and this extra pressure did not allow them to perform well. A team can go through bad times and if the cricket board does not support them during those bad times then it is difficult for the players to recover from that. It is not the right decision to drop the players but the right decision is to motivate the players and get the maximum performance from them.

I think Pakistan's problem is in batting and fielding. I lost count of how many catches they had dropped in the 4 innings total. They had poor fielding performances. I think the reason is that I don't think fitness is given importance in Pakistan's cricket. Their batting has been inconsistent and mediocre. Some players perform and some players don't. It is almost as if they want a miracle to happen before for them to win a few matches. They were destroyed in Australia and only put up a fight in the 2nd test match. I don't know if they can do anything in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

[elevates]

I had some expectations that Pakistan would pass this humiliation. Unfortunately they did not, as for 31 years they have not been able to defeat Australia in thier home. It is such a big humiliation for them as they were not able to even draw the last game. Pathetic batting, out of the line bowling and to rub it all worst feilding. When a team doesn't have a physical test and is governed by favouritism the result would be the same. I started following them briefly from Asia Cup and surely they are becoming like WI.

[JSRAW]

The point table is looking alright. Australia will strengthen their position, considering their next series is against Windies and then away series against NZ and SL. I guess they will fix their spot for the finals. For next spot fight should be between IND, NZ, and to some extent PAK if they manage to perform well.

[Sithara007]

The point table is looking alright. Australia will strengthen their position, considering their next series is against Windies and then away series against NZ and SL. I guess they will fix their spot for the finals. For next spot fight should be between IND, NZ, and to some extent PAK if they manage to perform well.

For India, the next series is against England at home. Apart from Australia, none of the other teams are capable of challenging India at home, so I would say that India should get full points from this match. It is a long and extended series with 5 test matches spread out across three months. And for Australia, the next series is against New Zealand. The Kiwis are not in good form, but they always perform well when they are up against their arch-rivals. And at the moment, the gap between Australia and India is not that wide.

[onecall123]

This is not something new, Pakistan team is always having a whitewash at Australia. They are not able to manage pressure when playing at Australia. See they have good advantage in first innings but were not able to capitalise that advantage in second innings. Babar Azam who is backbone of Pakistan batting was not able to score even a fifty in his six innings, his highest score was 41. Players like Babar Azam need some break they are over hyped. 

Today was the last day of cricket where we saw David Warner in international cricket and in his last match, he hit a half-century, and now the best duo of Test has been finished of Usman Khawaja and David Warner and before this series when David Warner announced his retirement form the International cricket so he was cried to say that because as you all know from how much years he played cricket and what thing that he didn't do for Australia. When he was out in today's match so all the people who present in the ground was stood and clap for him.

The good thing for David Warner is that he was able to win the last test match for his team and it is always good for such big players to get retirement on the winning side of the match. This match will always remain memorable to David Warner.

This chapter of his book is finally done. He was one of the best opening batsmen I've seen, providing a lot of thrills and excitement over his long career. In this journey, David Warner and Usman Khawaja have come a long way together! An awesome partnership and friendship between David Warner and Usman Khawaja. And gratefully, they walked out to bat together for the final time. It's also a great way to finish, Davey, retiring on the winning side of the match. From me personally, congratulations on achieving so much in your career, Dave.

[Patrol69]

But after the failure in the World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board made several changes to them, which did not work. Pakistan needs to change mainly the players Pakistan players are not in any form currently due to which they are failing in every match. They batted well in the first innings in the third test match, I thought maybe they were going to win this test match but in the second innings they batted very badly. On that occasion, Australia whitewashed Pakistan very easily in the Test series. Australia team was great in world cup they became 2023 world cup champions.After the World Cup, Australia whitewashed Pakistan in the Test series with Pakistan, continuing with their win.

After a poor performance in the World Cup, Pakistan's selection panel, coaching staff and captain were changed but these did not improve Pakistan's performance. Change of coach, change of selectors, but these cannot improve the team's performance, but the team's performance can be improved by the mindset of the players to do better. Whenever Babar Azam was relieved of the captaincy in the Pakistan team, there was a pressure created among the players that they must perform well and they took on extra pressure and this extra pressure did not allow them to perform well. A team can go through bad times and if the cricket board does not support them during those bad times then it is difficult for the players to recover from that. It is not the right decision to drop the players but the right decision is to motivate the players and get the maximum performance from them.

I think Pakistan's problem is in batting and fielding. I lost count of how many catches they had dropped in the 4 innings total. They had poor fielding performances. I think the reason is that I don't think fitness is given importance in Pakistan's cricket. Their batting has been inconsistent and mediocre. Some players perform and some players don't. It is almost as if they want a miracle to happen before for them to win a few matches. They were destroyed in Australia and only put up a fight in the 2nd test match. I don't know if they can do anything in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Better fielding is more important than batting and bowling. A bowler bowled well but the fielders did not take the catch or did not field well due to which the confidence of the bowlers went down a bit which resulted in them not playing the ball in the right place later on. Pakistan finished the game quickly where the Test is a 5-day game. It was not easy for Pakistan to play against Australia on Australian soil, I admit it but Pakistan is one of the big teams and they must do well in the away series. A good performance at home is worthless if the visiting team can't do well against the opposition. Pakistan could not perform well against Australia on Australian soil, rather their performance has worsened.

[UmerIdrees]

Better fielding is more important than batting and bowling. A bowler bowled well but the fielders did not take the catch or did not field well due to which the confidence of the bowlers went down a bit which resulted in them not playing the ball in the right place later on. Pakistan finished the game quickly where the Test is a 5-day game. It was not easy for Pakistan to play against Australia on Australian soil, I admit it but Pakistan is one of the big teams and they must do well in the away series. A good performance at home is worthless if the visiting team can't do well against the opposition. Pakistan could not perform well against Australia on Australian soil, rather their performance has worsened.

Today's test match was the last test match for David Warner, and in his last International and test match, he created a half-century and after this match, Usman Khawaja will open with a new partner in further matches.

When David Wanrer came to the bat so before coming into the ground he touched the frame of Phillips Hughes who died because of the bouncer in 2014, and he was the best friend of David Warner. This is the last match of one of the best David Warner eras, and in his last match, he was out by a Pakistani spinner, and he knew it was out but review was taken, anyways he knew it was the last match of his.

[Haunebu]

The point table is looking alright. Australia will strengthen their position, considering their next series is against Windies and then away series against NZ and SL. I guess they will fix their spot for the finals. For next spot fight should be between IND, NZ, and to some extent PAK if they manage to perform well.

Whichever team ends up going through to the finals would gladly want India to end up on the other side because we all know how good they are at choking in major events these days.

Jokes aside, I feel that Australia will definitely secure a finals spot as you mentioned, but it's way too early to tell who will grab the other spot.

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For India, the next series is against England at home. Apart from Australia, none of the other teams are capable of challenging India at home, so I would say that India should get full points from this match. It is a long and extended series with 5 test matches spread out across three months. And for Australia, the next series is against New Zealand. The Kiwis are not in good form, but they always perform well when they are up against their arch-rivals. And at the moment, the gap between Australia and India is not that wide.

I would also like to agree with you on this point, I am also thinking that India is gonna be a good benefit from the upcoming England series. Because if we see the present England team then I have to say that they are now one of the weakest teams for India so if India can take full benefits of this series I think there is a chance for India place on the top.

[noormcs5]

Yeh you are right paksitani team were mostly in trouble especially in test series against Australia at thier home ground and the only guy who mostly punished Australian and put his team out of danger zone is baber Azam and we have seen some quality innings from him at previous test series too so if he manage to score decent then paksitan will be on a driving seat to be victorious but recently baber is going with one of his worst time and without his contribution none of our player can Handel Australian quality bowler.
Anyway paksitan lose his last match too and give a handsome gift to warner on his last match of his test career. I taught paksitan will give them tough time as still they have Rizwan and Jamal on crease at start of the day but unfortunately they unable to make any difference.

In this test inning, Rizwan didn't play well, he made just 28 runs and he was out by Lyon and Warner, Lyon took the ball and Warner took the catch of him.

It was the 8th wicket. Lyon gave the ball on the near of his pads but Rizwan rounded the bat to his Leg side and to this, the ball was gone at the slip and David Warner picked a beautiful catch, and by the way, this is the second last catch of David Warner's career. He took a wonderful catch, it was a diving catch but he picked it up without diving.

[UmerIdrees]

It was the 8th wicket. Lyon gave the ball on the near of his pads but Rizwan rounded the bat to his Leg side and to this, the ball was gone at the slip and David Warner picked a beautiful catch, and by the way, this is the second last catch of David Warner's career. He took a wonderful catch, it was a diving catch but he picked it up without diving.

David Warner was out by Sajid Khan, and it was the leg before the wicket, and when he was out Australian team needed just 11 runs to win, and in his last, he got a chance to finish but unfortunately, he missed it.

Sajid Khan gave the ball inside but David Warner thought it would go outside off but he was wrong, the ball came inside and hit on his pads but the umpire didn't give it out and if the umpire knew it out so the umpire also give it because we will never see him, but Shan Masood took the review and it was out. Sajid Khan led to the end of David Wanrer's era.

[JSRAW]

The point table is looking alright. Australia will strengthen their position, considering their next series is against Windies and then away series against NZ and SL. I guess they will fix their spot for the finals. For next spot fight should be between IND, NZ, and to some extent PAK if they manage to perform well.

For India, the next series is against England at home. Apart from Australia, none of the other teams are capable of challenging India at home, so I would say that India should get full points from this match. It is a long and extended series with 5 test matches spread out across three months. And for Australia, the next series is against New Zealand. The Kiwis are not in good form, but they always perform well when they are up against their arch-rivals. And at the moment, the gap between Australia and India is not that wide.

Securing full points against England won't be possible as Poms usually win at least 1 match in almost every tour and this time they are in fine form due to BAZBALL. They are not very skilled against spin so they will go ahead with attacking and at times brainless cricket, it could win them at least 1 match and if they get lucky then who knows? Having said that 3-1 in favor of India looks reasonable with 1 draw (because of flat track at 1 venue or weather).

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Whichever team ends up going through to the finals would gladly want India to end up on the other side because we all know how good they are at choking in major events these days.

Jokes aside, I feel that Australia will definitely secure a finals spot as you mentioned, but it's way too early to tell who will grab the other spot.

In English conditions our chances against any SENA country in a one-off test (finals) are slim. So yeah,  another choke might be on the cards. Not because we are weak but teams need some match practice to get used to the conditions. For SENA it's familiar conditions so it suits them more. The situation would be exactly the opposite if WTC finals are scheduled in the Subcontinent.

[roksana.hee]

For India, the next series is against England at home. Apart from Australia, none of the other teams are capable of challenging India at home, so I would say that India should get full points from this match. It is a long and extended series with 5 test matches spread out across three months. And for Australia, the next series is against New Zealand. The Kiwis are not in good form, but they always perform well when they are up against their arch-rivals. And at the moment, the gap between Australia and India is not that wide.

I would also like to agree with you on this point, I am also thinking that India is gonna be a good benefit from the upcoming England series. Because if we see the present England team then I have to say that they are now one of the weakest teams for India so if India can take full benefits of this series I think there is a chance for India place on the top.

I agree with you the current England team is considered weak, and if India is capable of winning the series India will get this opportunity, In this situation, it's easy to defeat England. It's a chance for India to secure a top position. Best wishes for India.