Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

Congratulation to Australia cricket team for a well-deserved victory by ten wickets in first match. The key to crushing the West Indies was Travis Head century scored 119 runs and the outstanding bowling performances of Pat Cummins and Hazlewood. i think in T20 encounters between Australia and the West Indies are expected to be more exciting. Australia win appeared effortless due to the West Indies very low traget of 26 runs in second inning. Hazlewood best bowler demonstrated his talent by bowling brilliantly in both innings which greatly aided Australia huge victory.

Australia without a doubt have the best pace attack in tests right now (Cummins, Starc & Hazlewood). Even their second string pacers such as Scott Boland and Jason Behrendorff are very aggressive. And under home conditions, they become unplayable. Only a very few batsmen have managed to take on the Australian batsmen down under. One of the reasons is that their first class competition (Sheffield Shield) is the best in the world right now. County championship of England has become diluted, but Sheffield Shield has maintained its quality.

[synchronym]

There is no comparison between Australia and West Indies in test cricket. Australia is far better than the Caribbean team and this is their continuous win after defeating Pakistan earlier. It was expected that Australia would win the first match and they will win comfortably the second one too. What I liked about West Indies is that they did not get an innings defeat as their last batters batted well to give Australia a small lead.

According to the ICC Test Ranking, Australia team is at the highest position and West Indies is at number 8.The fact that the Australian team is number one, they have proved in the field that they deserve to be number one.

Australia team previously won the ICC Test Championship by defeating India. Since then they have not lost a Test match against any team. Similarly, against the West Indies, the Australian team won the test match by playing well. West Indies batted very poorly in their second innings with two of their batsmen getting out for no runs and none of their players scoring 30 runs. Australia's Hazelwood bowled brilliantly as he took five wickets with 35 runs in 14 overs.

Congratulation to Australia cricket team for a well-deserved victory by ten wickets in first match. The key to crushing the West Indies was Travis Head century scored 119 runs and the outstanding bowling performances of Pat Cummins and Hazlewood. i think in T20 encounters between Australia and the West Indies are expected to be more exciting. Australia win appeared effortless due to the West Indies very low traget of 26 runs in second inning. Hazlewood best bowler demonstrated his talent by bowling brilliantly in both innings which greatly aided Australia huge victory.

West Indies batsmen should have batted more responsibly in Australia vs West Indies first test match. West Indies batsmen batted worse in the second innings. Due to their batting failure, Australia won easily. Team Australia won by 10 wickets. The way West Indies are performing every player, it seems that they will not be able to perform very well in the second Test match against Australia. If West Indies want to do well against Australia, they must bat and bowl well in the second Test match. Otherwise they will not be able to win against Australia.

[Mahdirakib]

Travis Head is man of the match by his century but i fell bad for Josh Hazlewood who got total 9wickets from two innings. This man also deserve something, maybe player of the series after 2nd test done between aus vs wi team. Let's wait till then

I also think that Hazlewood deserve man of the match award for his incredible bowling performance. He had destroyed the top order batting line-up of West Indies in the second innings. I believe that Australia will win the second test match too by dominating against West Indies. Hazlewood will get the man of the series award if he can take seven to eight wickets in the second test too.

[Sithara007]

I also think that Hazlewood deserve man of the match award for his incredible bowling performance. He had destroyed the top order batting line-up of West Indies in the second innings. I believe that Australia will win the second test match too by dominating against West Indies. Hazlewood will get the man of the series award if he can take seven to eight wickets in the second test too.

Hazlewood is an under-rated bowler, compared to Starc and Cummins. Unlike the other two, he doesn't have raw pace, and relies more on seam movement and swing to take the wickets. And also, he comes as the first change bowler and hardly ever opens the bowling. That is also one of the reasons. But over the years, he has done a splendid role for the Australians. And the best part is that he still have another 3-4 years of prime cricket remaining with him. He was also exceptional during the series against Pakistan, which got concluded recently.

[Haunebu]

Hazlewood is an under-rated bowler, compared to Starc and Cummins. Unlike the other two, he doesn't have raw pace, and relies more on seam movement and swing to take the wickets. And also, he comes as the first change bowler and hardly ever opens the bowling. That is also one of the reasons. But over the years, he has done a splendid role for the Australians. And the best part is that he still have another 3-4 years of prime cricket remaining with him. He was also exceptional during the series against Pakistan, which got concluded recently.

Agreed. He is easily one of the best weapons of the Australian team across all formats and his consistency is seriously something else. His injuries sidelined him way too often sadly.

I feel he is better than Starc, but not better than Cummins who is a proper all-rounder in my opinion.

[cryptoWODL]

First test is done and aus just got the victory as expected. It was between Australia vs Wi, where team WI played below avarage and did 188 run But in 2nd  innings, wi performance became decreased than their 1st inning. Maybe Australian bowling was too accurate to face. Australia team proved themselves stronger again. Even they could won the test by an inning if they could manage to did 26 runs more in their 1st innings. Travis Head is man of the match by his century but i fell bad for Josh Hazlewood who got total 9wickets from two innings. This man also deserve something, maybe player of the series after 2nd test done between aus vs wi team. Let's wait till then

Yes I thought after watching this match maybe Hazlewood will be awarded Man of the Match but TravisHead was awarded Man of the Match because he scored a century. Hazelwood and Cummins both took four wickets in the first innings of the first Test match against the West Indies.However, in this innings Pat Cummins gave less runs than Hazelwood and took the same number of wickets. However, in the second innings too, Hazelwood took five wickets against West Indies team.

The second Test match between Australia and West Indies is scheduled to start on January 25. Let's see how well HazleWood can perform in this test match and how well he can bowling against West Indies. If he continues this best ball performance in every test match then he can be man of the series in this test series.

[Sithara007]

Agreed. He is easily one of the best weapons of the Australian team across all formats and his consistency is seriously something else. His injuries sidelined him way too often sadly.

I feel he is better than Starc, but not better than Cummins who is a proper all-rounder in my opinion.

In terms of batting, Hazlewood is a proper tailender when compared to both Starc and Cummins. Anyway, he is 33 years old and has another 3-4 years of international cricket left (provided he stays injury-free). And Hazlewood is one of those players who participate in all the formats. And this increases the probability of getting injured. Actually Cricket Australia should ask players like Hazlewood and Starc to focus on test format. But then I am not sure whether these players will agree to that, since they just landed with lucrative deals in IPL.

[Patrol69]

West Indies have played test matches, that's why their runs in two innings are so low, if they were given the condition that they have to hit one boundary after another without staying
You are right. The performance of West Indies players in Test format is very poor. Although they can play well in T20 format, we rarely see good performances from West Indies players in Test format. West Indies players have very little patience. No West Indies player can survive at the crease for long. And this is why we don't see West Indies players performing well in the Test format against the big teams.

West Indies players are not in good form now. This renowned team could not qualify for the last ODI World Cup. West Indies' poor performance started after several players in the squad retired simultaneously. I would say West Indies players need to be more patient and hard working. If not, we will not see good performance from this team in the future.

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

[synchronym]

West Indies have played test matches, that's why their runs in two innings are so low, if they were given the condition that they have to hit one boundary after another without staying
You are right. The performance of West Indies players in Test format is very poor. Although they can play well in T20 format, we rarely see good performances from West Indies players in Test format. West Indies players have very little patience. No West Indies player can survive at the crease for long. And this is why we don't see West Indies players performing well in the Test format against the big teams.

West Indies players are not in good form now. This renowned team could not qualify for the last ODI World Cup. West Indies' poor performance started after several players in the squad retired simultaneously. I would say West Indies players need to be more patient and hard working. If not, we will not see good performance from this team in the future.

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

op I agree with you. That's because the way the West Indies team is actually performing is very disappointing. There are good players in the West Indies team, but they give very little importance to playing in the national team, they play more in the Premier League. Especially in the big events like IPL, the best players of West Indies are seen participating. If all those players had played with the importance of playing in their national team, the West Indies team might not have been in this situation today. I have seen very bad performance of West Indies team especially in ODI and Test. They play fairly well in T20 but they can't perform so well in ODI and Test cricket. So if the West Indies team wants to improve the game then the team management should give priority to the national team first and then play the premier league. If such rules are issued then the game of West Indies will definitely change.

[JahriMeayer]

Australia won the 1st test match with WI, as expected. WI performance was much disappointing. I expected more run from Kraigg Brathwaite but two time he out with very low run rate. Kirk McKenzie only reached till half century from whole WI team. Maybe Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were responsible to stopped WI by their best bowling specially  Hazlewood created history by getting total 9 wickets in two innings. Besides, No new word to describe Australia performance mainly Travis Head for his brilliant century. Hope Win will have seen more serious in 2nd test which will take place on 25th January, as far i know

[Essential10]

West Indies have played test matches, that's why their runs in two innings are so low, if they were given the condition that they have to hit one boundary after another without staying
You are right. The performance of West Indies players in Test format is very poor. Although they can play well in T20 format, we rarely see good performances from West Indies players in Test format. West Indies players have very little patience. No West Indies player can survive at the crease for long. And this is why we don't see West Indies players performing well in the Test format against the big teams.

West Indies players are not in good form now. This renowned team could not qualify for the last ODI World Cup. West Indies' poor performance started after several players in the squad retired simultaneously. I would say West Indies players need to be more patient and hard working. If not, we will not see good performance from this team in the future.

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

op I agree with you. That's because the way the West Indies team is actually performing is very disappointing. There are good players in the West Indies team, but they give very little importance to playing in the national team, they play more in the Premier League. Especially in the big events like IPL, the best players of West Indies are seen participating. If all those players had played with the importance of playing in their national team, the West Indies team might not have been in this situation today. I have seen very bad performance of West Indies team especially in ODI and Test. They play fairly well in T20 but they can't perform so well in ODI and Test cricket. So if the West Indies team wants to improve the game then the team management should give priority to the national team first and then play the premier league. If such rules are issued then the game of West Indies will definitely change.

They have been the most criticized for not getting a place in the ODI World Cup.There was a time when West Indies cricket was very successful but those days are now gone. They have ruled the entire cricket. Under the power of West Indies, the cricketers of the opposing team lived in fear. Currently, West indies have fallen very fast, they are heading towards relegation. The fans of the country of West Indies still love cricket a lot. I think the West Indies Cricket Board should change its thinking. Changing coaches, captains or new players frequently will not help. West Indies cricket still has many talented players, West Indies cricket today is going backwards due to weak structure. If the necessary steps are not taken from now, the West Indies cricket color may change in the future.

[dezoel]

The current West Indies team is quite different from the previous West Indies team. The previous team had enough talent to play all formats of Test ODI T20 but the current team is busy with T20 only, ODI and Test they have no headache. Now most of the players of West Indies are cricketers only to play various domestic tournaments but they have no headache about this poor state of cricket in the country. We admit that playing various domestic tournaments earns more money but playing national cricket can bring fame to the country. West Indies do not play various bilateral series throughout the year so the West Indies players must play seriously in the few series that are organized by the West Indies Cricket Board.

op I agree with you. That's because the way the West Indies team is actually performing is very disappointing. There are good players in the West Indies team, but they give very little importance to playing in the national team, they play more in the Premier League. Especially in the big events like IPL, the best players of West Indies are seen participating. If all those players had played with the importance of playing in their national team, the West Indies team might not have been in this situation today. I have seen very bad performance of West Indies team especially in ODI and Test. They play fairly well in T20 but they can't perform so well in ODI and Test cricket. So if the West Indies team wants to improve the game then the team management should give priority to the national team first and then play the premier league. If such rules are issued then the game of West Indies will definitely change.

Now it's almost nearly two decades we lost top quality from the West Indies with now they are having the worst time around them in test format with they are also having no hope for the better results in other formats because they surely lack structure and strong management which is important for the quality of the game before start of this series expectations were not good because they are not having any batsman or bowler who can bring better results and same happen test ended into 3 days with huge defeat for them and Australian enjoy their summer with fourth win which bring them to the top of WTC table for the another final.

For me now, it's time for them to think about their future and try to regroup them into ODI and twenty instead of going for all formats which are surely more troubling because of having issues with players about salaries as well.

[cryptoWODL]

Australia won the 1st test match with WI, as expected. WI performance was much disappointing. I expected more run from Kraigg Brathwaite but two time he out with very low run rate. Kirk McKenzie only reached till half century from whole WI team. Maybe Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were responsible to stopped WI by their best bowling specially  Hazlewood created history by getting total 9 wickets in two innings. Besides, No new word to describe Australia performance mainly Travis Head for his brilliant century. Hope Win will have seen more serious in 2nd test which will take place on 25th January, as far i know

If a team wins a Test cricket match by 10 wickets, then the opposing team who loses the match has no respect. In the first Test between West Indies and Australia Australia beat the West Indies by a huge margin of ten wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the Test series.

In the first innings of the West Indies team, only one player of their team managed to collect 50 runs and all the other players batted poorly. Similarly in the second innings too, all their players batted badly, none of them could complete their batting half-century. If a good pair is not formed in the Test match it is never possible to make a good run, just like the West Indies team did not develop a strong pair in this match for which they were not able to score big runs.

[JSRAW]

There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.

[Cheema02]

Australia won the 1st test match with WI, as expected. WI performance was much disappointing. I expected more run from Kraigg Brathwaite but two time he out with very low run rate. Kirk McKenzie only reached till half century from whole WI team. Maybe Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were responsible to stopped WI by their best bowling specially  Hazlewood created history by getting total 9 wickets in two innings. Besides, No new word to describe Australia performance mainly Travis Head for his brilliant century. Hope Win will have seen more serious in 2nd test which will take place on 25th January, as far i know

Australia is top in point table after India in world test championship. Australia won 6 matches in 9 match of test championship 2 lost and 1 draw. I think Australia will early qualify for the test championship final if they played like this way recently Australia whitewash pakistan in 3-0 and they will easily whitewash West indies in this series beacuse Australia is very strong team as compared to west indies in test history.
Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood both picked 4,4 wickets in first inning and all out in just 188 runs. in second inning West indies bowling well they all out Australia in 283 runs with amazing batting performance of travis head scored century runs, Australia lead by more than 100 runs and easily won this test match against west indies.

[Swordsoffreedom]

There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.

Yes I do not think he actually needs to worry about anything at this moment. The only thing he has to worry about is the performance that he has to deliver. There are definitely a lot of expectations from him. And we also have to remember that people are always going to compare the next wicket keeper with the best that they had, Dhoni. People are always going to say ‘yes he is great but he's not Dhoni'.

Anyway I think he can do well. But he will have to keep calm under pressure. Because the pressure is definitely going to be on him.

And remember in recent times and also in the future, a wicketkeeper will have to be good at batting. There is no more good wicket keeper, there are only good wicket keeper batsmen.

[Bitcoin Smith]

There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.

SK Bharat also played for India A in SA and he is decent with his performances and if team India needs to form a test side then they need to groom certain players for the particular format. Keep rolling the same players for all the format and along with IPL the main players got no rest and extreme stress which definitely hinder the potential from player and if it affects their performance which can also reduce the confidence of the players.

Just few days left for the Ind vs Eng test match, hope India will continue to bully the visitors like they do and get back in the WTC top ranking cycle.

[Haunebu]

Just few days left for the Ind vs Eng test match, hope India will continue to bully the visitors like they do and get back in the WTC top ranking cycle.

India will definitely decimate the English since they are in far better form these days and the series is taking place on their own turf. Am expecting their spinners to take a cluster of wickets.

Also, I heard that Harry Brook pulled out due to personal reasons which works in their favor too.

[WatChe]

India will definitely decimate the English since they are in far better form these days and the series is taking place on their own turf. Am expecting their spinners to take a cluster of wickets.

Also, I heard that Harry Brook pulled out due to personal reasons which works in their favor too.

Lots of test cricket for England in India. There will be five test matches and good thing is weather will be very much cold during that test series. It will be a tough task for England team keeping in view there current form and also its very difficult to beat India on there home ground.

Brook has an average of 62 in test and his absence will defiantly hurt England.

[AirtelBuzz]

Lots of test cricket for England in India. There will be five test matches and good thing is weather will be very much cold during that test series. It will be a tough task for England team keeping in view there current form and also its very difficult to beat India on there home ground.

Brook has an average of 62 in test and his absence will defiantly hurt England.

The England national cricket team is coming to India to play a Test series against India. Indian national team has always been strong on Indian soil. England national cricket team is coming to India for a long Test series with India which will be extended from 25th January to 7th March.
The Test series between England and India will consist of five Test matches. A look at England's Test squad shows that many players in their team are new and inexperienced. England team is relatively weaker than India in this test series.