Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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The first test series of India vs England is going to start tomorrow. I will definitely put India ahead in this test series. Because the Indian team is currently performing very well. The 2023 World Cup did not go well in England, they were in batting failure and could not do well in bowling. Considering the current performance of England, they will definitely not win the Test series against India. If England's batsmen perform exceptionally well, maybe the game can be competitive. But I think India can win the first Test series. Because the Indian team has experienced batsmen and it has to be said that we saw Rohit Sharma shine against Afghanistan. So it is expected that India's first Test win against England will be more likely.

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Two Test matches will be held on the 25th in which India and England will face each other in one Test and West Indies and Australia will face each other in the other Test.

India vs England

I think this match would be competitive and entertaining as both the teams are good in test format. India is ranked 2nd in test and England is ranked 3rd. Virat Kohli won't be playing tomorrow and it would be interesting to se which player would replace his in the playing 11.

West Indies vs Australia

The outcome of this match would be similar to the first one. It is not that easy to defeat Australia in test cricket and that to in their home ground. The first match ended in three days and Inam expecting similar ending from the second game.

[Compromise me]

The first test series of India vs England is going to start tomorrow. I will definitely put India ahead in this test series. Because the Indian team is currently performing very well. The 2023 World Cup did not go well in England, they were in batting failure and could not do well in bowling. Considering the current performance of England, they will definitely not win the Test series against India. If England's batsmen perform exceptionally well, maybe the game can be competitive. But I think India can win the first Test series. Because the Indian team has experienced batsmen and it has to be said that we saw Rohit Sharma shine against Afghanistan. So it is expected that India's first Test win against England will be more likely.

Brother, no doubt Indian International test cricket team has good batsmans and bowlers but you can't ignore England team . England International  test cricket team has Joe root which is top class player and he is technically sound player. Every day is different from previous day and every match is  different from previous one. So, England can win if they forgot ,they are playing in Indian . If England International test cricket team played natural inning then they have more chances to win the first test match.Ben stokes and Jonny Bairstow are good test cricketers and they can bend match to their side .

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Two Test matches will be held on the 25th in which India and England will face each other in one Test and West Indies and Australia will face each other in the other Test.

India vs England

I think this match would be competitive and entertaining as both the teams are good in test format. India is ranked 2nd in test and England is ranked 3rd. Virat Kohli won't be playing tomorrow and it would be interesting to se which player would replace his in the playing 11.

West Indies vs Australia

The outcome of this match would be similar to the first one. It is not that easy to defeat Australia in test cricket and that to in their home ground. The first match ended in three days and Inam expecting similar ending from the second game.

In the first test match of Australia vs West Indies, we did not see a good performance from West Indies. West Indies' batting failure in the first innings was followed by more batting failure in the second innings, which led to little hope that the second Test match would clinch the Test series against Australia. Because Australia is performing very well as Australia team is batting as well as bowling they are very strong in both so if they have to win the test series against Australia then they must perform well in both batting and bowling.Otherwise West Indies will never be able to win the Test series against Australia. If the Australian team can maintain the same performance as they did in the first test match, then they are going to beat the West Indies by a huge margin in the second test match as well. But since cricket is a game of uncertainty it cannot be predicted that West Indies will lose the match but if West Indies team can perform well on the field then the game can be competitive. But I think West Indies will not be able to win the Test series against Australia.

[Haunebu]

Great news for Cricket fans. It seems that Kochi will host a huge sports city which is supposed to be carbon neutral.

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I guess it will be ready in the next couple of years since Jay Shah already signed off on the proposal. Good to see more and more quality international cricket stadiums popping up in India these days.

[tbterryboy]

West Indies vs Australia

The outcome of this match would be similar to the first one. It is not that easy to defeat Australia in test cricket and that to in their home ground. The first match ended in three days and Inam expecting similar ending from the second game.

We already know how things are going into Australia vs West Indies as first match of this series already give all details about West Indies and their future their batting is completely down, and they need to work on this if they want to fight back which is surely not easy with in these circumstances board and players need to sit and settle all affairs then we can hope for some improvement.

India vs England which is also going to start their series at Hyderabad which is also clearly in Indian favour but tomorrow first inning will give all view how things will be gone in this series because if we have something good from England and their spinners then surely things will be interesting but if they fail to create anything positive then surely this series will be also one-sided.

[Nazmul012]

Two test match is going to held tomorrow with same time. "India vs England, 1st Test"  and another one is "Australia vs West Indies, 2nd Test" i think India vs England test match will be more interesting cause we can guess Australia have 95% possibility to win the test match again with WI, even i doubt maybe this time Australia will win by a inning lol. But i believe, there'll be a good competition between india and English cause both team are experienced enough. Although i will give India priority and i believe they'll ahead from English in this match cause india team is stronger than English team. Still some hours left to start.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Both are boring replacements. These are great opportunities for them though which they should try and use wisely.

I think recently Patidar scored 2 tons against England Lions (2-day warm up and 4-day first class match)

Yes, he is having good form but if Kohli comes back then Patidar has no place in the squad, so my guess is he won't be playing the first match and I believe they will go with Shreyas and KL at no.4 and 5 respectively.

This venue can assist spinners but not much of turner like other Indian pitches so England stand a chance if they play better cricket than India but India leads in every department comparing England team and the fun fact England was the team to beat in India in 2013 while no other SENA team did that so England can do that?

[Bureau]

England won the toss and choose to bat first. India went with three spinners and two pace bowlers. That is a good strategy as Indian pitches do support  spin bowling. Patidar is not part of the playing team. I saw Shubhman Gill coming in the position where Kohli bats. The form that he is in now, I am not sure whether taking him was a good decision.

[FinePoine0]

England won the toss and choose to bat first. India went with three spinners and two pace bowlers. That is a good strategy as Indian pitches do support  spin bowling. Patidar is not part of the playing team. I saw Shubhman Gill coming in the position where Kohli bats. The form that he is in now, I am not sure whether taking him was a good decision.

I have lost faith in the England team as they have performed poorly throughout the season. So I don't support England team in today's game, because they are not patient players. They have lost with a huge margin even with the normal teams, that's why I think India is strong in today's test match. Farooq's team has reliable batting in Test matches, so if India can put up a good bowling performance today, they can all out England in the first innings on the first day.

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The first Test match between India and England has already started.In the first Test match between India and England, the England team is batting first in their first season.Right now, England team has collected 21 runs without losing any wicket in 3.2 overs.At such a stage, their average runs are 6.3 per over.They have been scoring great runs so far.The opening batsmen for the England team are Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley.

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The first Test match between India and England has already started.In the first Test match between India and England, the England team is batting first in their first season.Right now, England team has collected 21 runs without losing any wicket in 3.2 overs.At such a stage, their average runs are 6.3 per over.They have been scoring great runs so far.The opening batsmen for the England team are Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley.

It seems England are comfortably batting today was the fastest between England versus India in Hyderabad stadium. I think India will be benefited because they are playing in home ground even then India position in ICC world cup test championship is better than England team so let's see what's going to happen. Currently England is on 41 run after 8 over Bowl done they didn't lose any wicked.

[Bureau]

England won the toss and choose to bat first. India went with three spinners and two pace bowlers. That is a good strategy as Indian pitches do support  spin bowling. Patidar is not part of the playing team. I saw Shubhman Gill coming in the position where Kohli bats. The form that he is in now, I am not sure whether taking him was a good decision.

I have lost faith in the England team as they have performed poorly throughout the season. So I don't support England team in today's game, because they are not patient players. They have lost with a huge margin even with the normal teams, that's why I think India is strong in today's test match. Farooq's team has reliable batting in Test matches, so if India can put up a good bowling performance today, they can all out England in the first innings on the first day.

Both openers are playing well against the Indian bowling attack. They have not lost a single wicket and are nearing 50 runs. The pitch is not giving any assistance to the pacers it is just flat for now. Later in the day, the spinners might get some assistance. As of now England is batting aggressively and is not facing any issues.

[FinePoine0]

West Indies VS Australia

The second Test match between these two teams Australia and West Indies has started today. As the Australian team won the first match by a wide margin, the Australian team was able to perform for a long time by protecting the wicket. But comparatively, the West Indies team could not save wickets in the first Test match. West Indies lost one wicket in the power play today, if they keep losing wickets then there is a possibility of getting all out in the second innings on the first day.

So far the West Indies team has scored 19 runs for 1 wicket in 11 overs.

[Dimitri94]

West Indies VS Australia

The second Test match between these two teams Australia and West Indies has started today. As the Australian team won the first match by a wide margin, the Australian team was able to perform for a long time by protecting the wicket. But comparatively, the West Indies team could not save wickets in the first Test match. West Indies lost one wicket in the power play today, if they keep losing wickets then there is a possibility of getting all out in the second innings on the first day.

So far the West Indies team has scored 19 runs for 1 wicket in 11 overs.

It seems everyone knows that the condition of West Indies is not good in Test cricket. In this situation, when they play against Australia, their situation will be somewhat terrible. West Indies lost the first match and their second match was also very bad. The West Indies team batting in the first innings of the 2nd Test where they have lost 3 wickets after batting only 20 overs by scoring 57. In this condition, there is a doubt whether they will be able to play the entire innings today. In this situation, they cannot think of winning. I think it's not win if West Indies can draw a match I'll cheer them but they probably won't.

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Looks like all India needed were Ashwin and Jadeja to start getting wickets. Again both have started well and Ashwin is on fire with 2 quick wickets. Axar is also bowling well and he can get some wickets without much issue. England now needs a partnership for them to stay on the pitch till day 1 ends and it doesn't look good. They are struggling to play the spin attack which has been a problem with them in the past. 3 wickets gone for the score of 100 runs, more wickets to fall for sure.

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England won the toss and choose to bat first. India went with three spinners and two pace bowlers. That is a good strategy as Indian pitches do support  spin bowling. Patidar is not part of the playing team. I saw Shubhman Gill coming in the position where Kohli bats. The form that he is in now, I am not sure whether taking him was a good decision.

I have lost faith in the England team as they have performed poorly throughout the season. So I don't support England team in today's game, because they are not patient players. They have lost with a huge margin even with the normal teams, that's why I think India is strong in today's test match. Farooq's team has reliable batting in Test matches, so if India can put up a good bowling performance today, they can all out England in the first innings on the first day.

Both openers are playing well against the Indian bowling attack. They have not lost a single wicket and are nearing 50 runs. The pitch is not giving any assistance to the pacers it is just flat for now. Later in the day, the spinners might get some assistance. As of now England is batting aggressively and is not facing any issues.

55/0 to 60/3

The game takes a different turn when spinners come into play. Indian spinners Ashwin and Jadeja made a breakthrough, taking three quick wickets for the home side. It could be a combination of good bowling and poor shot selection. England needs to approach the game with more pragmatism. As usual, Indian spinners might pose a challenge for England's batting.

[virasog]

Looks like all India needed were Ashwin and Jadeja to start getting wickets. Again both have started well and Ashwin is on fire with 2 quick wickets. Axar is also bowling well and he can get some wickets without much issue. England now needs a partnership for them to stay on the pitch till day 1 ends and it doesn't look good. They are struggling to play the spin attack which has been a problem with them in the past. 3 wickets gone for the score of 100 runs, more wickets to fall for sure.

The first test match between England and India is in progress where England choose to bat after winning the important toss. They have scored 108 runs with 3 wickets down. Overall it was a good session of the Indian team where the Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets while Ranvindra Jadeja took one wicket. Jasprit Bumrah and Muhammad Siraj are wicketless till now.

England top order failed in the first innings. Zak Crawley was able to make 20 runs while Ben Duckett scored 35 runs. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow needs to steady the innings and they are doing exactly that. The last wicket felt on 60 runs and from that point onwards these two are in good partnership for their team.  England will be hoping that this partnership continues even after the lunch at Hyderabad.

[JSRAW]

Brilliant first session for this hyped test series and it had everything.

Couple of good seam overs from Jassi and a counterattack from Ducket-Crawley but again Chadwin followed the usual script with the ball and Jaddu's excitement in the DRS call lol.

England won't mind first session scorecard but they could've been in a great position if Crawley hadn't played that dumb shot. From the get-go England has shown that they will play positive cricket and Indians should not take them for granted thinking that this is the same team that toured them in 2021-22. One could hope for tug of war in this series.

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England won't mind first session scorecard but they could've been in a great position if Crawley hadn't played that dumb shot. From the get-go England has shown that they will play positive cricket and Indians should not take them for granted thinking that this is the same team that toured them in 2021-22. One could hope for tug of war in this series.

Right, they are doing far better than what they usually have been doing in the past. Bairstow and Root are going well and India now needs Ashwin Anna to come from the end which helped him take 2 wickets. These two are now slowly getting into the mode where they can form a big partnership. I feel their approach from the morning has been different and they are not holding back on hitting the ball and defending themselves they are trying to go after the bowling attack.