Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[tbterryboy]

Yeah, you are right every person has their own opinion and judgment about the teams but if looking at the statistics we found Australia the best team in the test format. Australia and India played Many matches and mostly Australia won the matches.
Today I saw a video on YouTube which was a few months ago but it's not a big deal because nothing gonna change that much that causes one team and the other down. In the video, I saw that Australia has a win rate of 47.50% while India has 30.15% which shows that Australia is better than India. There are many other things in the video here I am giving the link of the video so you can confirm it or any other person wants to check.

Test importance is declining because of too much T20 otherwise test is the proper cricket. Right now Australia is number 1 test team while India is number 2 in test format with little point difference. Australia are number one in test because they pay much attention to this format. There is BBL going on in Australia but there players including Warner were playing test series against Pakistan. While Pakistan main bowler Haris Rauf preferred playing BBL instead of Test series and result is 3-0 victory for Australia.

Test importance never been on decline because this is one of the best format even facing some problems due lack of quality and few other factors and I will blame ICC for this all they completely fail to bring anything positive and also just encouraging few big countries are never been idea for any sport we have too much discussion about this all, but we never ended with any positive note because in ICC we have peoples those are never been interested in development of this game, and they are doing just filling their deep pockets and this all happening because big 4 are controlling all things.

If ICC brings some good changes, and we will be able to bring all teams on one platform then surely many problems can solve, and we will be able to have enough funding for the many countries which will help for the development of this game but for this we need positive and professional mind-set which is not available currently in ICC.

[JahriMeayer]

Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test

Meanwhile i just notice that, there will be a test match between Australia vs West Indies Today which will be start within Some hours in Stadium: Adelaide Oval in North Adelaide, Australia. Well will see Pat Cummins(c) to lead the Australia team and Kraigg Brathwaite(c) to lead West Indies. According to Google prediction, it says Australia has 91% winning possibility, 5% possibility for draw and only 4% possibility for West Indies to win the match. Although we have seen many unexpected incidents in cricket history. So let's see the fight which will be start within short time

[Compromise me]

Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test

West indies has been playing the inning but But they have only one player left to bat and the score is still 187.

Australia is the father of cricket, Australia prefromance of batting and bowling both side are well . Australia two bowler took 8 wickets Hazlewood he took 4 wickets by giving 44 run in 15 overs and P Cummins he took also 4 wickets by giving 41 run in 17 overs .

[rojan]

Today's 1st Test match of Australia vs West Indies team has already started. West Indies team came to bat in 1st Innings and scored 188 runs for 10 wickets in 62.1 overs. Australia team performed well in the bowling line for which West Indies team will target more runs in today's match.  Could not give. Hazlewood bowled 15 overs and took 4 wickets with 44 runs. Cummins took 4 wickets with 41 runs with 17 overs.

[Publictalk792]

West indies has been playing the inning but But they have only one player left to bat and the score is still 187.

Australia is the father of cricket, Australia prefromance of batting and bowling both side are well . Australia two bowler took 8 wickets Hazlewood he took 4 wickets by giving 44 run in 15 overs and P Cummins he took also 4 wickets by giving 41 run in 17 overs .

As we know that Australia has won the test series from Pakistan recently and now they are playing with West Indies. And West Indies is looking much weaker in this match they made only 188 runs in first inning. And at this time Australia is playing and they made 95 runs and have lost 1 wicket already. If West Indies will bowl well so there are the chances of winning of West Indies. If West Indies will restrict the Australian team under 188 runs and then will make a lead of 250+ runs so they will have the chance of winning. By the way no one can say anything at this time. So let's wait.

[elevates]

Hazelwood and Cummins destroyed the WI batting, each taking 4 wickets. As expected WI a much weaker side then Australia were bowled out for only 188 runs. The Australian first innings did go well as they have already lost their opener Smith. He was only able to get 12 runs, I was not expecting a bad start from the Australian batters. Now the point is can WI wrap up the Australian innings belwo 200 runs? I doubt it but if they could then this test match would become interesting.

[fuguebtc]

Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test

West indies has been playing the inning but But they have only one player left to bat and the score is still 187.

Australia is the father of cricket, Australia prefromance of batting and bowling both side are well . Australia two bowler took 8 wickets Hazlewood he took 4 wickets by giving 44 run in 15 overs and P Cummins he took also 4 wickets by giving 41 run in 17 overs .

West Indies batsmen could not stay at the crease for long against Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. West Indies' innings stopped at just 188 runs. McKenzie scored a maximum of 50 runs. Hazlewood and Cummins took 4 wickets each. I had higher expectations from the West Indies batsmen. I did not think that they will not be able to collect even 200 runs.

Australian batsmen are not batting well either. Australian batsmen are also facing a lot of trouble to score runs as the pitch is bowling friendly. Australia lost two wickets in 15 overs and managed to collect 43 runs. Australia team is still behind West Indies by 143 runs.

[Patrol69]

The West Indies cricket team has traveled to Australia to play a full series against Australia. Australia and West Indies will play two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is. 
In the first match of the Test series, West Indies entered the field against Australia where West Indies collected 128 runs at the end of the first innings. In other words, the Caribbean batsmen were all out very quickly in the first innings of the first test match. Australia has managed to collect 45 runs for 2 wickets by batting in their first innings so far. That is, according to the current position, Australia is still behind by 146 runs, but at the end of the day, it may be seen that Australia ends the first innings ahead of the West Indies. 

Having been bowled out for just 188 runs in the first innings, the second innings must have been much more challenging for the Caribbean batsmen as the second innings would certainly have added pressure on the batsmen.

[elevates]

Australian batsmen are not batting well either. Australian batsmen are also facing a lot of trouble to score runs as the pitch is bowling friendly. Australia lost two wickets in 15 overs and managed to collect 43 runs. Australia team is still behind West Indies by 143 runs.

2 wickets gone in quick succession, looks like the pitch favors bowlers. Marnus Labuschagne was out for only 10 runs before Smith got out for 12 runs and both wickets were taken by Shamar Joseph. WI has got the initial breakthrough and two good batters are back in the pavilion now they need to continue their attack. Australia still trailing by 136 runs and it does seem that the Australian batting is struggling to get those runs. The betting odds favour Australia and they still have batters left to get those runs.
 

[redsun114]

Australian batsmen are not batting well either. Australian batsmen are also facing a lot of trouble to score runs as the pitch is bowling friendly. Australia lost two wickets in 15 overs and managed to collect 43 runs. Australia team is still behind West Indies by 143 runs.

2 wickets gone in quick succession, looks like the pitch favors bowlers. Marnus Labuschagne was out for only 10 runs before Smith got out for 12 runs and both wickets were taken by Shamar Joseph. WI has got the initial breakthrough and two good batters are back in the pavilion now they need to continue their attack. Australia still trailing by 136 runs and it does seem that the Australian batting is struggling to get those runs. The betting odds favour Australia and they still have batters left to get those runs.

Pitch is favourable for the batsmen and bowlers as well but as we have things with Pakistan same are going to happen with West Indian batsmen which are now not having quality and technique to handle this all so they lost wickets cheaply early, and then we have all dominance by the Australian bowlers which wrap them quickly and Kirk McKenzie done some resistance which able to complete his fifty 23 years old playing his second test match done good work before going out with Hazlewood done impressive work to clean all top order batsmen then we have Cummins who took 4 wickets and bowled out West Indies at the score of 188.

In replay West Indies also have some success and have two early wickets with Usman Khawaja and Cameroon Green on crease we can expect this match is going to be ended in three or four days because if we have one or two big innings from Australians then they will not bat again.

[fuguebtc]

Australian batsmen are not batting well either. Australian batsmen are also facing a lot of trouble to score runs as the pitch is bowling friendly. Australia lost two wickets in 15 overs and managed to collect 43 runs. Australia team is still behind West Indies by 143 runs.

2 wickets gone in quick succession, looks like the pitch favors bowlers. Marnus Labuschagne was out for only 10 runs before Smith got out for 12 runs and both wickets were taken by Shamar Joseph. WI has got the initial breakthrough and two good batters are back in the pavilion now they need to continue their attack. Australia still trailing by 136 runs and it does seem that the Australian batting is struggling to get those runs. The betting odds favour Australia and they still have batters left to get those runs.

The pitch is not batting friendly, it was understood in the first innings of West Indies. At the end of the first day, Australia lost 2 wickets and collected 59 runs. The Australian team is still 129 runs behind the West Indies. Opener Usman Khawja is batting very responsibly. Usman Khawaja remains unbeaten with 30 runs. Also Cameroon Green is batting very carefully. He is unbeaten with 6 runs from 22 balls. If these two batsmen can do well in the early next day, I would say Australia can collect around 300. And if Australia start losing wickets at the beginning of the day, then maybe Australia will lose all wickets within 200-230. It will be very difficult to score 300 runs on this pitch.

[3kpk3]

Why would you say that?

In the Last 2 year, Australia played 2 away and 3 home series. India has played 1 home and 4 away series.

Australia's last 5 Test Series : 2 Away series and 3 Home series

Away series against India: Australia lost
Away series against England: Draw
Home series against PAK: Australia Won
Home series against Windies: Australia Won
Home series against SA: Australia Won

India's Last 5 Test Series : 4 Away series and 1 Home series

Away Test series against ENG : Draw
Away Test series against BAN : India Won
Away Test series against SA : Draw
Away Test series against WI : India won
Home Test series against Aus : India Won

Great analysis. I do feel that Australia is leading the ranking board in the test format though India is definitely not close behind. India's biggest issue is that they keep choking in crucial encounters.

The big ICC cup winners are remembered to a greater extent when compared to smaller tournament(Home and Away) winners.

[Bitcoin_people]

West Indies lost all wickets after scoring 188 runs in the first innings on the first day. It is very less runs in test matches we have seen that in t20 matches many runs are scored by each team accordingly the number of runs in test matches is very less. 188 runs is not too difficult for Australia but will be able to meet this target very quickly and give West Indies a huge lead. The current position of the West Indies team is not very good due to which no player can bat well that's why the score is not very high. But both the batting and bowling performance of the Australian team is good due to which they play brilliantly in every match and bring victory to the team. Anyway, to meet the target given by Australia West Indies in today's match, they need to collect 129 runs on the first day only, they currently collect 59 runs after losing 3 wickets.

[jasonjm]

In the match between Australia and West Indies, WI was expected to don't do well in Australian conditions. Apart from McKenzie, no other batter showed some resistance; in the end, it was a piece of cake for the Aussies bowlers. Hazelwood and Cummins were exceptional with the ball. In response, AUS are 2 down for 59 runs. Smith's outing as an opener was not fruitful, hopefully, he will perform well in the upcoming innings.  This will be an easy win for AUS

[HelliumZ]

Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test

West indies has been playing the inning but But they have only one player left to bat and the score is still 187.

Australia is the father of cricket, Australia prefromance of batting and bowling both side are well . Australia two bowler took 8 wickets Hazlewood he took 4 wickets by giving 44 run in 15 overs and P Cummins he took also 4 wickets by giving 41 run in 17 overs .

After the Test series between Pakistan and Australia that ended a few days ago, the Test match between West Indies and Australia has started. Pakistan lost the Test series and West Indies are following the same path against Australia. West Indies were all out for 188 in the first innings and at the end of the first day so far Australia have collected 59 for 2 but Australia are trailing by 159 runs so far. But it is true that if Australia can bat in the first innings and give a lead of 200 runs then there is definitely a possibility that Australia will lose by an innings.

[Haunebu]

In the match between Australia and West Indies, WI was expected to don't do well in Australian conditions. Apart from McKenzie, no other batter showed some resistance; in the end, it was a piece of cake for the Aussies bowlers. Hazelwood and Cummins were exceptional with the ball. In response, AUS are 2 down for 59 runs. Smith's outing as an opener was not fruitful, hopefully, he will perform well in the upcoming innings.  This will be an easy win for AUS

Another bonus for the Australians is the fact that they are playing the series on their own turf which is why these are easy points for them and will help them solidify their position in the WTC final later on.

Am not expecting the Windies to win any match, but I hope they don't make it too easy for the Australians.

[onecall123]

In the match between Australia and West Indies, WI was expected to don't do well in Australian conditions. Apart from McKenzie, no other batter showed some resistance; in the end, it was a piece of cake for the Aussies bowlers. Hazelwood and Cummins were exceptional with the ball. In response, AUS are 2 down for 59 runs. Smith's outing as an opener was not fruitful, hopefully, he will perform well in the upcoming innings.  This will be an easy win for AUS

Another bonus for the Australians is the fact that they are playing the series on their own turf which is why these are easy points for them and will help them solidify their position in the WTC final later on.

Am not expecting the Windies to win any match, but I hope they don't make it too easy for the Australians.

Aussie bowlers made it look easy, consistently taking wickets and causing trouble for the opposition batsmen. Their impressive stats speak itself, highlighting that Test cricket remains a game dominated by bowlers. This Aussie unit seems unstoppable, and it's expected that they will continue their dominance on their own turf against West Indies as well.

[JSRAW]

Why would you say that?

In the Last 2 year, Australia played 2 away and 3 home series. India has played 1 home and 4 away series.

Australia's last 5 Test Series : 2 Away series and 3 Home series

Away series against India: Australia lost
Away series against England: Draw
Home series against PAK: Australia Won
Home series against Windies: Australia Won
Home series against SA: Australia Won

India's Last 5 Test Series : 4 Away series and 1 Home series

Away Test series against ENG : Draw
Away Test series against BAN : India Won
Away Test series against SA : Draw
Away Test series against WI : India won
Home Test series against Aus : India Won

Great analysis. I do feel that Australia is leading the ranking board in the test format though India is definitely not close behind. India's biggest issue is that they keep choking in crucial encounters.

The big ICC cup winners are remembered to a greater extent when compared to smaller tournament(Home and Away) winners.

Yeah, I mentioned this point in my previous posts " Only Piss poor in ICC knockouts". In this department, Australia got an immense edge over India.

But in Test format, they are slightly lagging. One main parameter to judge is to just look at how both of these teams perform in each other's territories. The last time Australia won test series in India was way back in 2003-04 and India has won 2 series in Australia.

Don't judge Australia performance when they are up against low ranking teams like Pakistan or Windies, especially when they are playing at home. One can make an argument for an away series though, even against low ranking teams because most of the teams are largely dominating at home.

[justdimin]

After the Test series between Pakistan and Australia that ended a few days ago, the Test match between West Indies and Australia has started. Pakistan lost the Test series and West Indies are following the same path against Australia. West Indies were all out for 188 in the first innings and at the end of the first day so far Australia have collected 59 for 2 but Australia are trailing by 159 runs so far. But it is true that if Australia can bat in the first innings and give a lead of 200 runs then there is definitely a possibility that Australia will lose by an innings.

We currently have three best test playing countries Australia, England and India with we need some improvement in South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand but things are not going as they needed which is leading this format into trouble, but there is no doubt still we have good potential, and we can expect good matches with exciting results even this current Australian season is not ideal as they look for because of poor quality of Pakistan and now West Indies which is surely not good for future of test cricket.

After end of the first day play, Australia having advantage and most chances they will win this match quickly and with big margin because West Indies' batting is also not good compared to recently concluded Pakistan series which is because of lack of strong domestic system, but sadly things are not going as West Indies needed.

[leonair]

After the Test series between Pakistan and Australia that ended a few days ago, the Test match between West Indies and Australia has started. Pakistan lost the Test series and West Indies are following the same path against Australia. West Indies were all out for 188 in the first innings and at the end of the first day so far Australia have collected 59 for 2 but Australia are trailing by 159 runs so far. But it is true that if Australia can bat in the first innings and give a lead of 200 runs then there is definitely a possibility that Australia will lose by an innings.

We currently have three best test playing countries Australia, England and India with we need some improvement in South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand but things are not going as they needed which is leading this format into trouble, but there is no doubt still we have good potential, and we can expect good matches with exciting results even this current Australian season is not ideal as they look for because of poor quality of Pakistan and now West Indies which is surely not good for future of test cricket.

After end of the first day play, Australia having advantage and most chances they will win this match quickly and with big margin because West Indies' batting is also not good compared to recently concluded Pakistan series which is because of lack of strong domestic system, but sadly things are not going as West Indies needed.

Australia,England and India playing cricket is very good here I disagree with you about England because England perform very bad in cricket game they need a lot of improvement but south is considered as a good team and they played great in test match this year. South Africa has performed much better than India this time. So India need some more improvement to overtake South Africa. If not, South Africa will beat India in this Test match