Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[FinePoine0]

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England done good job as their positive start of second inning where it will bring them with pitch is having some good favour to batting, and they need to bat calmly if they want to have 0–2 lead in this series with their inexperienced bowlers done good job in second inning Hartley again having good day in bowling which give him another good spell.

England faces a target of 332 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand. Their aggressive approach and resilience give me confidence that they can chase down this target. While it promises to be a thrilling chase, there's also the possibility of India making a comeback. The runs on the board are defendable, and it's crucial for the bowlers, especially Bumrah, to take regular wickets. Ashwin has been relatively quiet this series, so Bumrah becomes the key bowler. If England can handle Bumrah and see him off, victory is likely for them.

The biggest problem of the England team is that they cannot perform patiently for a long time. Although India's strong bowler Bhomra has taken quite a lot of wickets, Bhomra took the highest wickets in the first innings. Only if the England team batsmen can handle Bhomra then there is a chance of victory. So far England players have to collect 332 runs. These 332 runs need to be collected at the exchange of nine wickets, so the duo who have formed a partnership at the moment are strong batsmen.  Especially Rehan Ahmed, he is batting well, he can show his performance in today's match.

[Essential10]

New Zealand scored 511 runs in their first innings. They were eying on over 600, but their middle order failed to score big. Ravindra batted beautifully for his maiden test double hundred. Apart from Ravindra and Williamson, no other Kiwi batter stays at the crease for a longer period. A little cameo from Henry pushed the total to over 500 runs. South African stood up to the challenge and led his team from the front. Neil Brand is the pick of the bowler; he picked up 6 wickets in the innings. This series will be a test for this inexperienced SA team.

Williamson was bowled out for 118 to add just 13 runs to the team's score on the second day and the third wicket partnership of Williamson& Ravindra was stopped at 232 runs. Mitchell then came into bat and added 103 runs in the fourth wicket partnership with Ravindra. After Ravindra was dismissed for a personal 240, the latter batsmen managed to add 37 runs to go up to 511 runs. However, Ravindra batted brilliantly, scoring a double century in only the fourth match of his Test career. On the other hand, South African bowler Neil Brand bowled well on the second day and took six wickets. Now South Africa are batting in the first innings, their score is 26/2. Kyle Jamieson took a pair of wickets in the 10th over. If South Africa has not to make a big partnership, South Africa has the possibility follow-on.

[Out of mind]

England are batting in the second Test match on the fourth day, and they still need a lot of runs to make up the lead given by India. Indian team after losing the first test match came to the second test match and improved their bowling and batting performance due to which they played full of excitement and managed to produce good scores in the second test match. With India batting at 399 on the third day, the England team is currently one wicket away from meeting this target, although it is not so easy to collect such a huge score. If this target is not met, the second Test match will surely be lost by a huge margin, still needing 317 runs for England to win.

[cryptoWODL]

England are batting in the second Test match on the fourth day, and they still need a lot of runs to make up the lead given by India. Indian team after losing the first test match came to the second test match and improved their bowling and batting performance due to which they played full of excitement and managed to produce good scores in the second test match. With India batting at 399 on the third day, the England team is currently one wicket away from meeting this target, although it is not so easy to collect such a huge score. If this target is not met, the second Test match will surely be lost by a huge margin, still needing 317 runs for England to win.

England still need 274 runs to win this Test match and they have eight valuable wickets in their hand and they can do it even if they win this Test match today. England's Zak Crawley is unbeaten on 51 and is slowly becoming a threat against the Indians. Indian batsmen had a very good batting performance in the first innings but could not do the same in the second innings only Shubman Gill played a good innings.

Jasprit Bumrah who basically collapsed in England's first innings conceded six wickets alone but has yet to pick up any wickets in England's second innings. To win this test match Indian bowlers will have to play their hearts out today and give a great bowling performance otherwise they will not be able to win this match.

[Insanity]

In the 2nd Test match between India and England team, India team came to bat in the 1st innings and scored 396 runs in 112 overs. In the 1st innings, the batsmen of the India team batted very well. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 209 runs off 290 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal did a very good batting in the batting  For India team was able to score so many runs in the 1st Innings.

[jasonjm]

England are 4 down and still need 236 runs to win the test match. Ravichandran Ashwin joins the party at such a crucial time. Things are getting tough for England, and they have to play exceptional cricket to win this match from here. All the departed English batters got a start but were unable to capitalize on it. Zak Crawley is playing nicely, but he has to continue this batting for another two sessions if England wants to win the match. One more wicket here, and England's chances of winning will effectively go to zero.

[noormcs5]

New Zealand scored 511 runs in their first innings. They were eying on over 600, but their middle order failed to score big. Ravindra batted beautifully for his maiden test double hundred. Apart from Ravindra and Williamson, no other Kiwi batter stays at the crease for a longer period. A little cameo from Henry pushed the total to over 500 runs. South African stood up to the challenge and led his team from the front. Neil Brand is the pick of the bowler; he picked up 6 wickets in the innings. This series will be a test for this inexperienced SA team.

Today Kane Williamson completed his second century at the test, and it will be a shock because a player who has been playing since 2010 did just 2 centuries at the Test.

I also don't know how many centuries did by him so I asked this question to Google and in the reply to this question Google said 2 centuries. Although Today we also have seen the century of Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson used 259 balls and made 112 runs while Rachin Ravindra used  211 balls and made 118 runs so it will be a great instant of Kane Williamson and let's count both runs that they made by boundaries so Rachin Ravindra made 58 runs by boundaries and Kane made 60 runs. So, in boundaries, Kane Williamsons wins.

[jasonjm]

Today Kane Williamson completed his second century at the test, and it will be a shock because a player who has been playing since 2010 did just 2 centuries at the Test.

I also don't know how many centuries did by him so I asked this question to Google and in the reply to this question Google said 2 centuries.

Buddy, you are mistaken. Kane Williamson has 30 centuries in test cricket and is number 1 in the ICC test ranking. It seems that Google is wrong this time  , or you have searched for some other players. For the record, Ravindra scored his maiden double ton today.

Update: SA are 4 down at 80 runs and trail by 431 runs. This New Zealand bowling attack is too good for an inexperienced SA team. New Zealand will probably impose a follow-on tomorrow and will win the match comfortably.

[BitcoinsGreat]

England faces a target of 332 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand. Their aggressive approach and resilience give me confidence that they can chase down this target. While it promises to be a thrilling chase, there's also the possibility of India making a comeback. The runs on the board are defendable, and it's crucial for the bowlers, especially Bumrah, to take regular wickets. Ashwin has been relatively quiet this series, so Bumrah becomes the key bowler. If England can handle Bumrah and see him off, victory is likely for them.

According to the current situation, the England team had a very good chance to win and this time they were fully prepared against Indian pacers and spinners. Remember that, if England wins this match so they win the series, I know it's a series of 5 matches but when India can't win the first 2 matches and struggles in it of course in the next matches their performance will be the same.

[JSRAW]

Clearly, India's session by a mile but Jeez what a roller coaster!

Poms didn't hold for a bit and kept scoring at a ridiculous rate despite losing wickets but the last 2 quick wickets of Crawley and Bairstow made India the favorite now. England needs another heroic from skipper Stokes and he'll be against Bumrah after lunch and his tail is up with Bairstow's wicket.

[BitcoinsGreat]

In the 2nd Test match between India and England team, India team came to bat in the 1st innings and scored 396 runs in 112 overs. In the 1st innings, the batsmen of the India team batted very well. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 209 runs off 290 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal did a very good batting in the batting  For India team was able to score so many runs in the 1st Innings.

If England will win then they had a very great chance or opportunity would you like to say come to them and then they can also whitewash to Indian team but at the same time, 3 matches are still left after this match so India can at least win a match and they should because if they whitewashed so they whitewashed in their home.
Anyways England lost two quick wickets just before the lunch, making this match more tilted towards India.

[Publictalk792]

England faces a target of 332 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand. Their aggressive approach and resilience give me confidence that they can chase down this target. While it promises to be a thrilling chase, there's also the possibility of India making a comeback. The runs on the board are defendable, and it's crucial for the bowlers, especially Bumrah, to take regular wickets. Ashwin has been relatively quiet this series, so Bumrah becomes the key bowler. If England can handle Bumrah and see him off, victory is likely for them.

According to the current situation, the England team had a very good chance to win and this time they were fully prepared against Indian pacers and spinners. Remember that, if England wins this match so they win the series, I know it's a series of 5 matches but when India can't win the first 2 matches and struggles in it of course in the next matches their performance will be the same.

It's true that England has a good chance to win the match and maybe the series, but it's too early to say they will definitely win based on India's performance in the first two matches. India is a strong team and can analyze their weaknesses and improve their game. And now you can see the current situation of the match England has made 196 runs and have lost 6 wickets. They need 205 runs to win this test match. And I think England is going more weaker and they will not be able to win this match.

[libert19]

194-6, ok finally I have lost hopes on England. Ben Stokes just came on crease, and after him Foakes and Hartley can bat but still a huge chase left of 205 runs. Crawley's wicket was fatal blow to England.

Tbh you could hope on Stokes to play good innings and he's mighty player no doubt but even he's struggling against Bumrah

[noormcs5]

Excellent recovery from Afghanistan side in second innings. On stumps day 3, Afghanistan lead by 42 runs and they still have 9 wickets in hand. Ibrahim Zadran scored his first test hundred and is still on crease with Rehmat Shah. Sri Lanka need to get rid of them as quickly as possible to stop Afghanistan from extending lead beyond 250. Afghanistan openers have done a decent job, now it responsibility of middle order to capitalise on that early advantage. 

When the test was started, on that time in early Sri Lanka team played very well and at this time, they played much better than the old. First, they did bowling which didn't allow to Afghanistan to make 200 and all out on 198, and in the result of 198 they gave 439, and this target gave a very good lead to Sri Lanka but now the Afghanistan team came in the lead but the lead came was not any value because they had a lead of 8 runs which didn't have any value,

And they also left just 4 wickets and tomorrow is the last day of this test so the better thing for Afghanistan is that they take innings and draw it because if they declare so they can't do bowl well so the best decision is to draw the match for Afghanistan because at this time, the match was gone from the hands of Afghanistan.

[Patrol69]

It must be said that the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly against the England batsmen on the fourth day. England have lost 5 wickets in the second session where they had one wicket yesterday which means England now have only four wickets left where they still need to score 200 plus runs to win. It is very difficult for England to score 200 plus runs against a strong bowling line-up like India with four late wickets. At this stage of the match I feel this match will go in India's favor and India is still in a driving position in this match. If the England batsmen don't hold on, they are likely to be all out quickly. If India wins this match, they will return to parity with England.

[Popkon6]

It must be said that the Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly against the England batsmen on the fourth day. England have lost 5 wickets in the second session where they had one wicket yesterday which means England now have only four wickets left where they still need to score 200 plus runs to win. It is very difficult for England to score 200 plus runs against a strong bowling line-up like India with four late wickets. At this stage of the match I feel this match will go in India's favor and India is still in a driving position in this match. If the England batsmen don't hold on, they are likely to be all out quickly. If India wins this match, they will return to parity with England.

England team is now facing huge pressure after losing six wickets. England had plenty of chances to keep this match under control, but the team is now under pressure due to the fall of extra wickets. Stokes (captain) and Foakes (WK) are the two batsmen currently at the crease and if they can perform well today, they can definitely lead their team to victory. Now England team needs to collect 189 runs, so far England team has collected 210 runs for 6 wickets. The two batsmen who are performing in the current position are likely to go if they can perform for a long time.

[vennali]

The last 2 dedicated batsmen remain for England and the partnership is crucial if they still have any hopes left to get a result in the match. Really good chances for India to win the match and level the series. Can't take away the credit to this English lineup that managed to win the first test in India though. Not an easy task but they have bought their own set of spinners and making it work.

In the other test between New Zealand and South Africa, New Zealand made a massive total of 511 in the first innings and now, The South Africans have come in to bat but are crumbling to the Kiwi quicks as the score stands at 80/4.

[Haunebu]

All eyes on Stokes at the moment who can change things drastically as long as he doesn't get out. Am still expecting the Indians win by 100+ runs though through Bumrah and Ashwin.

Also, Rachin freaking Ravindra! What a class act. 240 runs despite coming against a weak South African side is still something special.

[libert19]

Stokes gone, it was sad to see him getting run-out though, with him goes the remnant chances for England to win this match.

[roksana.hee]

Day 2 - South Africa trail by 431 runs. 431 runs is a good lead for the New Zealand team. Rachin Ravindra is the protagonist of the executive score. Also, he gains a double century for his career. 240 runs from 366 balls. South African's team did fight against Rachin Ravindra. His batting was very attractive against South Africa. I hope next inning he will do a double again. Best of luck.