Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[libert19]

We close the day and England is leading with 126 runs, brilliant innings from Ollie Pope, everytime I hear this name, Lollypop comes to the mind, anyway he's unbeaten at 148 and with 4 wickets in hand I like to hope they'll be able to give 200 runs lead minimum tomorrow, 250 the better, and we see India on crease somewhere in second session.

[JSRAW]

Excellent batting effort from England. Tbh, in the last decade or so I don't remember any visiting side testing Indians that much in the 3rd innings of any match. It's a very new experience for the Indian bowling line up and England can take full credit for that.

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

[BALIK]

Excellent batting effort from England. Tbh, in the last decade or so I don't remember any visiting side testing Indians that much in the 3rd innings of any match. It's a very new experience for the Indian bowling line up and England can take full credit for that.

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

After batting so badly in the first innings, I didn't think we would see such a great comeback from England in the second innings. But it is not possible to say that every batsman of England has batted well. With the help of Ollie Pope's 148 runs, at the end of the third day, England accumulated 316 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Zak Crawley, Duckett, and Foakes batted somewhat well. We don't see better batting than Joe Root, Bairstwo and Stokes. However, if Ollie Pope's innings extends further in the coming days, England will be able to provide a descent target. If this pitch can deliver 250+ targets I think it will be enough to win.

[libert19]

If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

Did you just assume everyone's gender to ladies?  

We don't see better batting than Joe Root, Bairstwo and Stokes. However, if Ollie Pope's innings extends further in the coming days, England will be able to provide a descent target. If this pitch can deliver 250+ targets I think it will be enough to win.

Joe Root hasn't been living up to his name, been a while, England needs his batting services as well.

[LDL]

We close the day and England is leading with 126 runs, brilliant innings from Ollie Pope, everytime I hear this name, Lollypop comes to the mind, anyway he's unbeaten at 148 and with 4 wickets in hand I like to hope they'll be able to give 200 runs lead minimum tomorrow, 250 the better, and we see India on crease somewhere in second session.

It must be said that after England were all out for 246 runs in the first innings, it was beyond my imagination that England would come back like this in the second innings. However, apart from Ollie Pope's 148 runs, no other batsman could have scored such a significant run, that is, no one had scored a half-century. For England's second innings I would say one man army Ollie Pope alone has managed to add 316 runs to the scoreboard so far this innings. But till now England's lead of 126 runs will not be a big target for India, but if they can bowl out England before the lead of 200 runs tomorrow, India will definitely have a high chance of winning.

[JSRAW]

Excellent batting effort from England. Tbh, in the last decade or so I don't remember any visiting side testing Indians that much in the 3rd innings of any match. It's a very new experience for the Indian bowling line up and England can take full credit for that.

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

After batting so badly in the first innings, I didn't think we would see such a great comeback from England in the second innings. But it is not possible to say that every batsman of England has batted well. With the help of Ollie Pope's 148 runs, at the end of the third day, England accumulated 316 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Zak Crawley, Duckett, and Foakes batted somewhat well. We don't see better batting than Joe Root, Bairstwo and Stokes. However, if Ollie Pope's innings extends further in the coming days, England will be able to provide a descent target. If this pitch can deliver 250+ targets I think it will be enough to win.

Can't blame those 3 much because all of em lost their wickets to peach deliveries.

Bumrah set it up Root nicely with the outswingers + slower ones and out of nowhere came an inswinger. Similarly, Jadeja bowled 2 freaking deliveries from the same trajectory, one turned enough to put some doubt on Bairstow's mind and the next ball just straightened up and rattled his timber.

Ashwin also did the same with Stokes. He was setting up Stokes nicely for the last 2 overs, forcing him to play and testing his defense and finally, it paid off.

If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

Did you just assume everyone's gender to ladies?  

Arey Na 

[Z_MBFM]

We close the day and England is leading with 126 runs, brilliant innings from Ollie Pope, everytime I hear this name, Lollypop comes to the mind, anyway he's unbeaten at 148 and with 4 wickets in hand I like to hope they'll be able to give 200 runs lead minimum tomorrow, 250 the better, and we see India on crease somewhere in second session.

It must be said that after England were all out for 246 runs in the first innings, it was beyond my imagination that England would come back like this in the second innings. However, apart from Ollie Pope's 148 runs, no other batsman could have scored such a significant run, that is, no one had scored a half-century. For England's second innings I would say one man army Ollie Pope alone has managed to add 316 runs to the scoreboard so far this innings. But till now England's lead of 126 runs will not be a big target for India, but if they can bowl out England before the lead of 200 runs tomorrow, India will definitely have a high chance of winning.

In this match it seemed that England will lose the match badly against India but in the second innings England are able to play much better and they scored 316 for 6 and they have chances to collect more runs so they will not let India win the match very easily. India is gradually pressing and if second innings India plays as well as first innings then they will win very well and surely. But if England are able to bowl well then their performance will put a lot of pressure on India.So far England lead India by 126 runs and 4 wickets.  Let's see how many runs England can collect in the end  

[MJSO22]

Excellent batting effort from England. Tbh, in the last decade or so I don't remember any visiting side testing Indians that much in the 3rd innings of any match. It's a very new experience for the Indian bowling line up and England can take full credit for that.

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

If England plays well, India's victory is sure.  India always plays very well.  Their players are very good.  Their style of play is also very good.  Even if England play well now, they cannot win against India.Batting is also good among Indian players.  Bowling is also very good.  They play very well, their quality of play is very good.So it can be said that England can never win with India.  India will win this match.

[noormcs5]

West Indies performed very poorly in the second innings compared to the first innings. West Indies were bowled out for 193 in the second innings, Australia set a target of 215. Tagenarine Chanderpaul has had a very poor performance in the Australia series, although he has played 10 Test matches so far, scoring 560 runs. He has one fifty, one century, 1 double century in Test cricket. However, Australia had already dropped into the batting, with Australia amassing 30 runs for one wicket in eight overs. Australia need only 186 runs. 15 more overs to play today. I think Australia will win easily in the first session in coming days.

The match between West Indies and Australia in progress from 3 days, and now I will tell you how Kraigg Brathwaite the captain of the West Indies team was out. So, in the ball of Green, Labuschagne took the catch and how the captain of the West Indies team played this ball, there is no chance for not to them.

The ball comes in but when the ball bounces so it goes to outside and Kraigg Brathwaite is in search of the cover drive but as Green bowled there is no chance for cover, he could drop this ball or lift it to the bat into the boundary, so it will go from the upper of fielders.

[Bureau]

Another great example of how a single batter can make a ripple effect on the opposition side. Ollie Pope with the disguise of not being a good spin batter has become an issue with the Indian bowlers. Where three batters from the Indian side were not able to achieve their century. He alone has made it clear that he would get where none of his buddy batters could get. Some well-established batting by this lad as he is now on the verge of getting his 150. He might be able to gain a win for his team if he continuously bats and gets to his double century as it is now so far for him if he gets his 150.

[Haunebu]

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

Pope is just delaying the inevitable. England will probably end up giving a lead close to 200 which is nowhere near enough against the Indian side on their own turf. Even 300 might not be enough against such a skilled Indian batting line-up.

To top it all off, almost all English bowlers suck these days which they demonstrated pretty clearly in the first innings.

[libert19]

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

Pope is just delaying the inevitable. England will probably end up giving a lead close to 200 which is nowhere near enough against the Indian side on their own turf. Even 300 might not be enough against such a skilled Indian batting line-up.

There is psychological factor involved when you are chasing, you play according to target you have to reach and that often kills the chasing team no matter how skilled they might be or how low chase it might be. That's why you often see even low chase games becoming thrillers where it should have been an easy win.

SA in odiwc was prime example of this.

You are free to disagree, but I'll stand by. And, we'll see in two days how this match turns out.

[JSRAW]

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

Pope is just delaying the inevitable. England will probably end up giving a lead close to 200 which is nowhere near enough against the Indian side on their own turf. Even 300 might not be enough against such a skilled Indian batting line-up.

To top it all off, almost all English bowlers suck these days which they demonstrated pretty clearly in the first innings.

There is no doubt about it that India bats deep and ridiculously strong, also Poms hardly challenged them with the ball.

Having said that, cricket is a funny game and IMO everything is possible, sometimes it surprises you. My money is still on India for sure but don't forget, even mighty Aussie lost the fortress Gabba against India B team with net bowlers so I'd never rule out the opposition.

[Popkon6]

Another great example of how a single batter can make a ripple effect on the opposition side. Ollie Pope with the disguise of not being a good spin batter has become an issue with the Indian bowlers. Where three batters from the Indian side were not able to achieve their century. He alone has made it clear that he would get where none of his buddy batters could get. Some well-established batting by this lad as he is now on the verge of getting his 150. He might be able to gain a win for his team if he continuously bats and gets to his double century as it is now so far for him if he gets his 150.

England team did not perform well in the first innings but performed very well in the second innings. Ollie pope has been at his best and is still unbeaten with 148 off 208 balls. If unique batsmen like Ollie Pope could have performed well then surely England team would have been in stronger form. But Ollie Pope is not supported by other batsmen of England team, because with him the unique batsman enters the crease and gets out one after another but still remains unbeaten with good performance. If he performs well tomorrow too, there is definitely a chance of scoring a double century.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

Pope is just delaying the inevitable. England will probably end up giving a lead close to 200 which is nowhere near enough against the Indian side on their own turf. Even 300 might not be enough against such a skilled Indian batting line-up.

To top it all off, almost all English bowlers suck these days which they demonstrated pretty clearly in the first innings.

There is no doubt about it that India bats deep and ridiculously strong, also Poms hardly challenged them with the ball.

Having said that, cricket is a funny game and IMO everything is possible, sometimes it surprises you. My money is still on India for sure but don't forget, even mighty Aussie lost the fortress Gabba against India B team with net bowlers so I'd never rule out the opposition.

Atleast someone spiced things up when everyone thinking India is running through the Englishmen, I missed watching the final session drama because I thought the match is going nowhere but 148* against the spin trio is not something amazing.

India didn't have the backup plan which is why they couldn't get his wicket but tomorrow morning this might be changed because they will come up with a better strategy and even if England can set a target of 300 India has deep batting to chase it down.

[Compromise me]

Another great example of how a single batter can make a ripple effect on the opposition side. Ollie Pope with the disguise of not being a good spin batter has become an issue with the Indian bowlers. Where three batters from the Indian side were not able to achieve their century. He alone has made it clear that he would get where none of his buddy batters could get. Some well-established batting by this lad as he is now on the verge of getting his 150. He might be able to gain a win for his team if he continuously bats and gets to his double century as it is now so far for him if he gets his 150.

England team did not perform well in the first innings but performed very well in the second innings. Ollie pope has been at his best and is still unbeaten with 148 off 208 balls. If unique batsmen like Ollie Pope could have performed well then surely England team would have been in stronger form. But Ollie Pope is not supported by other batsmen of England team, because with him the unique batsman enters the crease and gets out one after another but still remains unbeaten with good performance. If he performs well tomorrow too, there is definitely a chance of scoring a double century.

Yes England played very well in this innings and scored 316 runs which is a strong performance.  This shows the consistency of his batting line-up.  But India is now becoming a top-class team and they have a potent bowling team that shows success even in such challenging situations.Chasing 316 runs will be tough but India top-order batsmen have done better on similar occasions before.Their current form and skills give confidence that they can achieve this target.  The next part of the match will be vital and it will be seen how India rise to the challenge but as they stand now they have the ability to get those runs.

[FinePoine0]

Anyone following West Indies vs Australia? A lot was talked about Tagenarine Chanderpaul before this series. But so far has has turned out to be a big disappointment. In the first test, he got out for 6 and 0. And in the second test he made 21 and 4. He has made a total of 31 runs from 4 innings. Two decades ago, Ramnaresh Sarwan had a similar disastrous tour of Australia. Tagenarine's struggles remind me of that era. Anyway, West Indies has performed better than what was expected from them so far in the second test.

West Indies performed very poorly in the second innings compared to the first innings. West Indies were bowled out for 193 in the second innings, Australia set a target of 215. Tagenarine Chanderpaul has had a very poor performance in the Australia series, although he has played 10 Test matches so far, scoring 560 runs. He has one fifty, one century, 1 double century in Test cricket. However, Australia had already dropped into the batting, with Australia amassing 30 runs for one wicket in eight overs. Australia need only 186 runs. 15 more overs to play today. I think Australia will win easily in the first session in coming days.

The West Indies team did not perform well in this innings because they already collected 193 runs in the second innings. I would say the West Indies team is not fit enough to play Test matches this season as they are too tired at the moment. Australia team has been performing well throughout the season, Australian team players are patient and experienced batsman bowling line is very strong. Due to the strong bowling line of the Australian team, the batsmen of the West Indies team got out very easily.

[AirtelBuzz]

Anyone following West Indies vs Australia? A lot was talked about Tagenarine Chanderpaul before this series. But so far has has turned out to be a big disappointment. In the first test, he got out for 6 and 0. And in the second test he made 21 and 4. He has made a total of 31 runs from 4 innings. Two decades ago, Ramnaresh Sarwan had a similar disastrous tour of Australia. Tagenarine's struggles remind me of that era. Anyway, West Indies has performed better than what was expected from them so far in the second test.

West Indies had a very good batting performance in the first innings of the second Test match between West Indies and Australia, I thought they might have a great batting performance in the second innings as well.But in their second innings, they are batting like in their first test match, in the second innings they were all out for only 193 runs. If we look at the batting of the West Indies batsmen in the second innings, then their batting is full of disappointment. From the first innings batting of West Indies in this test match, I thought maybe they will win this test match against Australia but it seems to be the opposite.

[tsaroz]

Another great example of how a single batter can make a ripple effect on the opposition side. Ollie Pope with the disguise of not being a good spin batter has become an issue with the Indian bowlers. Where three batters from the Indian side were not able to achieve their century. He alone has made it clear that he would get where none of his buddy batters could get. Some well-established batting by this lad as he is now on the verge of getting his 150. He might be able to gain a win for his team if he continuously bats and gets to his double century as it is now so far for him if he gets his 150.

England team did not perform well in the first innings but performed very well in the second innings. Ollie pope has been at his best and is still unbeaten with 148 off 208 balls. If unique batsmen like Ollie Pope could have performed well then surely England team would have been in stronger form. But Ollie Pope is not supported by other batsmen of England team, because with him the unique batsman enters the crease and gets out one after another but still remains unbeaten with good performance. If he performs well tomorrow too, there is definitely a chance of scoring a double century.

Yes England played very well in this innings and scored 316 runs which is a strong performance.  This shows the consistency of his batting line-up.  But India is now becoming a top-class team and they have a potent bowling team that shows success even in such challenging situations.Chasing 316 runs will be tough but India top-order batsmen have done better on similar occasions before.Their current form and skills give confidence that they can achieve this target.  The next part of the match will be vital and it will be seen how India rise to the challenge but as they stand now they have the ability to get those runs.

England had a low scoring 1st inning and are currently leading by only 126 runs. There are two days left and England has just 4 wickets left.
India would be trying to take those remaining 4 wickets tomorrow and any target around 300 would be easily achievable in a day. India is closer to win on this test.
If England wants to save itself from a defeat, they should try to hold onto their wickets the whole fourth day and at least the morning of the 5th which would led to a draw. There's no way they can give a target in the range of 400 and hope to stop India by taking all their wickets. The best England could hope for is a draw.

[BALIK]

Excellent batting effort from England. Tbh, in the last decade or so I don't remember any visiting side testing Indians that much in the 3rd innings of any match. It's a very new experience for the Indian bowling line up and England can take full credit for that.

Ollie Pope just played a perfect inning, in recent times only Smith achieved this sort of feat in India so props to Pope. If England reaches 200 lead then Ladies we are up for some finish in this test match and all 3 results are on the card.

After batting so badly in the first innings, I didn't think we would see such a great comeback from England in the second innings. But it is not possible to say that every batsman of England has batted well. With the help of Ollie Pope's 148 runs, at the end of the third day, England accumulated 316 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Zak Crawley, Duckett, and Foakes batted somewhat well. We don't see better batting than Joe Root, Bairstwo and Stokes. However, if Ollie Pope's innings extends further in the coming days, England will be able to provide a descent target. If this pitch can deliver 250+ targets I think it will be enough to win.

Can't blame those 3 much because all of em lost their wickets to peach deliveries.

Bumrah set it up Root nicely with the outswingers + slower ones and out of nowhere came an inswinger. Similarly, Jadeja bowled 2 freaking deliveries from the same trajectory, one turned enough to put some doubt on Bairstow's mind and the next ball just straightened up and rattled his timber.

Ashwin also did the same with Stokes. He was setting up Stokes nicely for the last 2 overs, forcing him to play and testing his defense and finally, it paid off.

I don't blame them. I saw the condition of the pitch. It was a completely spin bowling friendly pitch. I have never seen such a bad spin friendly pitch in matches played at Hyderabad ground in the past. However, since Joe Root, Bairstwo and Stokes are among the most experienced batsmen in England, if these three batsmen bat well, it would be easy for England to collect big.

If Pope and Rehan Ahmed can bat well in the first session tomorrow, England will probably be able to give a target of more than 200/250. England team is now leading by 126 runs.