Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[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.

[elevates]

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.

[onecall123]

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.

[elevates]

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.

[Publictalk792]

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.

Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root are still on the pitch and holding tight the wickets. If they will remain on pitch till end of the day so I hope England will easily go above 250+ which I think a good score. Then India will Play it's turn. If India will not able to give any lead in the first inning so I hope England will win this test match.
By the way according to the current situation England has made 116 runs and lost 3 wickets.

In West Indies and Australia test match West Indies performance is little bit bad again. West Indies lost 5 wickets on 77 runs. I don't think so they will go above 150 runs.

[Popkon6]

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.

The West Indies team is still under heavy wicket pressure on the first day of the second Test match today. The West Indies scored just 77 runs for the loss of five wickets, the main goal in Test matches being to protect wickets. But today the West Indies team is very upset in terms of bowling against Australia. The batsmen that are there now are not dependable batsmen, basically they are famous for bowling so there is very little reliance on them. Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva, the two all-rounder batsmen standing in the fridge, are strong but cannot take the team to victory. Today's performance is still a long time away so I think West Indies are likely to go all out in this long period.

[Bitcoin Smith]

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.

Indian spin trio is grabbing everything and Axar also began his account in the wicket column by taking the wicket of Bairstow with a brilliant left arm dream delivery. He is turning every chances given to him in any format into great performances, hopefully he will get a permanent slot atleast in any one format for India due to his contributions with bat and ball.

Edit: Jaddu got another one, and Root has to go back this time.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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.

Indian spin trio is grabbing everything and Axar also began his account in the wicket column by taking the wicket of Bairstow with a brilliant left arm dream delivery. He is turning every chances given to him in any format into great performances, hopefully he will get a permanent slot atleast in any one format for India due to his contributions with bat and ball.

Edit: Jaddu got another one, and Root has to go back this time.

I knew this pitch in Hyderabad as batting friendly. Because we have seen high scores in almost every Test match played on this pitch. But we don't see better batting from England's batsmen today. England lost 6 experienced batsmen in the order to collect 137 runs.

India's two experienced pacers Mohammad Siraj and Bumrah failed to pick up a single wicket. Jadeja and Aswin and Axar Patel picked up two wickets each. Ben Stokes is still at the crease. If Stokes is able to play well, maybe the England team will be able to collect around 200 runs. The pitch seems completely spin friendly.

[elevates]

Indian spin trio is grabbing everything and Axar also began his account in the wicket column by taking the wicket of Bairstow with a brilliant left arm dream delivery. He is turning every chances given to him in any format into great performances, hopefully he will get a permanent slot atleast in any one format for India due to his contributions with bat and ball.

Edit: Jaddu got another one, and Root has to go back this time.

England has this issue with spinners and on the subcontinent, spinners rule the game of test. All three were taken in the playing 11 because the management knew that England wouldn't be able to survive with this kind of spin attack. Look at the scoreboard after lunch, the way wickets are falling the first innings will get over by the end of day 1. All three spinners have now taken 2 wickets each, now everything depends on Ben Stokes, if can survive today then England can continue till tomorrow. 

[Bitcoin Smith]

Indian spin trio is grabbing everything and Axar also began his account in the wicket column by taking the wicket of Bairstow with a brilliant left arm dream delivery. He is turning every chances given to him in any format into great performances, hopefully he will get a permanent slot atleast in any one format for India due to his contributions with bat and ball.

Edit: Jaddu got another one, and Root has to go back this time.

England has this issue with spinners and on the subcontinent, spinners rule the game of test. All three were taken in the playing 11 because the management knew that England wouldn't be able to survive with this kind of spin attack. Look at the scoreboard after lunch, the way wickets are falling the first innings will get over by the end of day 1. All three spinners have now taken 2 wickets each, now everything depends on Ben Stokes, if can survive today then England can continue till tomorrow. 

Bazball can be successful in their condition but as I said it won't work, but that is their way of gameplay so they are going by this in subcontinent too after having success on Pakistan series.

Three quality spinners, with high accuracy then no batsmen stands a chance to play long innings unless someone who can destruct by taking on the batting like Mccullum, Viru. If this wickets falling at this rate then I doubt they won't even last long till the tea but let's hope England can score decent total to make the match interesting or else this match will end in day three itself.

[cryptoWODL]

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.

Today's first test match England team has been caught by the Indian spinners. The England team was initially scoring runs at a fast pace but then India's one of the best spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hit the England team for 55 runs. England team is currently collecting 155 runs for six wickets in 48.2 overs. The three spin bowlers of the Indian team took six of the six wickets that England lost. Ravichandran Ashwin Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja took six wickets for England.

England team now starts their batting in the second season let's see how well they can play against the Indian spinners today.

[synchronym]

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.

The West Indies team is still under heavy wicket pressure on the first day of the second Test match today. The West Indies scored just 77 runs for the loss of five wickets, the main goal in Test matches being to protect wickets. But today the West Indies team is very upset in terms of bowling against Australia. The batsmen that are there now are not dependable batsmen, basically they are famous for bowling so there is very little reliance on them. Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva, the two all-rounder batsmen standing in the fridge, are strong but cannot take the team to victory. Today's performance is still a long time away so I think West Indies are likely to go all out in this long period.

West Indies vs Australia batting failure again in the second test match. Like the first test match, the batsmen of West Indies are not able to perform so well in the second test match. The batsmen of West Indies are disoriented by falling one after another wicket. The way the Australian bowlers are bowling, it seems West Indies can give a not big run lead. The way the West Indies batsmen are performing is really disappointing, it seems that Australia is going to beat the West Indies by a huge margin in the second Test match as well. The current score of the West Indies team is 105 runs for 5 wickets in 40 overs. Looking at the current state of their game, it seems that if the West Indies team can bat well, they can give the maximum lead of 200 runs to Australia. If Australia bowlers can all out West Indies within 200 runs, then West Indies batsmen will easily take the lead of 200 runs and give a big lead to West Indies.

[Bureau]

Today's first test match England team has been caught by the Indian spinners. The England team was initially scoring runs at a fast pace but then India's one of the best spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hit the England team for 55 runs. England team is currently collecting 155 runs for six wickets in 48.2 overs. The three spin bowlers of the Indian team took six of the six wickets that England lost. Ravichandran Ashwin Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja took six wickets for England.

England team now starts their batting in the second season let's see how well they can play against the Indian spinners today.

Yes, you are right they started well but lost the momentum when Ashwin and Jadeja started to bowl. They are struggling now as they have lost 7 wickets till now and have been only able to get 160 runs. The situation has changed so much for them that I do not think they will get to 200 runs if they continue to lose wickets. After lunch, they lost 4 wickets and now the Bhumrah has taken a wicket which means the lower order will be more in trouble now.

[BALIK]

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.

The West Indies team is still under heavy wicket pressure on the first day of the second Test match today. The West Indies scored just 77 runs for the loss of five wickets, the main goal in Test matches being to protect wickets. But today the West Indies team is very upset in terms of bowling against Australia. The batsmen that are there now are not dependable batsmen, basically they are famous for bowling so there is very little reliance on them. Kavem Hodge and Joshua Da Silva, the two all-rounder batsmen standing in the fridge, are strong but cannot take the team to victory. Today's performance is still a long time away so I think West Indies are likely to go all out in this long period.

West Indies vs Australia batting failure again in the second test match. Like the first test match, the batsmen of West Indies are not able to perform so well in the second test match. The batsmen of West Indies are disoriented by falling one after another wicket. The way the Australian bowlers are bowling, it seems West Indies can give a not big run lead. The way the West Indies batsmen are performing is really disappointing, it seems that Australia is going to beat the West Indies by a huge margin in the second Test match as well. The current score of the West Indies team is 105 runs for 5 wickets in 40 overs. Looking at the current state of their game, it seems that if the West Indies team can bat well, they can give the maximum lead of 200 runs to Australia. If Australia bowlers can all out West Indies within 200 runs, then West Indies batsmen will easily take the lead of 200 runs and give a big lead to West Indies.

I don't expect good performance from West Indies players in Test format. This team is strong, but only in the T20 format. Their performance in Test or ODI format is quite poor. I don't expect West Indies to do well against an experienced team like Australia. Australia won the first match by 10 wickets.

Like the first match, the performance of the West Indies batsmen today is also poor. He lost 5 wickets to collect only 64 runs. However, Kavem Hodge and Josua De Silva form an excellent pair. Hodge remained unbeaten on 32 and Silva on 28. Now the collection of West Indies is 124 runs. West Indies are likely to collect 180-200 in their first innings.

[rojan]

The 2nd Test match of Australia vs West Indies team has already started. West Indies team now comes to bat. They scored 196 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 51.3 overs. Now the West Indies team is under pressure with the loss of 4 wickets. Mitchell Starc of Australia team says 12.5 overs.  Took 3 wickets with 44 runs. Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket with 14 runs from 11 overs. Pat Cummins took 1 wicket with 39 runs from 11 overs.

[HelliumZ]

The 2nd Test match of Australia vs West Indies team has already started. West Indies team now comes to bat. They scored 196 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 51.3 overs. Now the West Indies team is under pressure with the loss of 4 wickets. Mitchell Starc of Australia team says 12.5 overs.  Took 3 wickets with 44 runs. Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket with 14 runs from 11 overs. Pat Cummins took 1 wicket with 39 runs from 11 overs.

The West Indies lost five wickets for 65 runs, a great batting disaster but so far no wickets have fallen in West Indies' 145. Kavem Hodge 45* and Joshua da Silva unbeaten on 37*. A big partnership of 81 runs was formed between them. If they can go through the next third session unbeaten today, West Indies' run score can go up to 250 plus. But the five batsmen of West Indies' top order could not stand in front of the Australian presser( Pat Commins , Hazelwood, Mitchell starc)in today's match.