Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[jasonjm]

Sri Lanka and India won their respective matches.
In the match between England and India, India won the match by 106 runs. England's team lost their wickets at regular intervals and did not have a solid partnership in their innings. Bumrah and Ashwin took 3 wickets each to seal the victory for India.

Afghanistan lost their momentum against Sri Lanka in the first session. After the departure of set batters, their middle order failed miserably. Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets and destroyed the Afghan middle order. SL needed 56 runs to win the match in the fourth innings, and they did it quite easily.
Overall, a good day of cricket ended.

[Essential10]

Afghanistan lost their momentum against Sri Lanka in the first session. After the departure of set batters, their middle order failed miserably. Prabath Jayasuriya took 5 wickets and destroyed the Afghan middle order. SL needed 56 runs to win the match in the fourth innings, and they did it quite easily.
Overall, a good day of cricket ended.

In the only Test between Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, Afghanistan set a target of just 56 runs to Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets. Meanwhile, Afghanistan started the fourth day at 199/1, I thought Afghanistan would bat well on the fourth day and take a big lead. On the fourth day, he lost all wickets for just 97 runs. Without Afghanistan's first and second wicket pair, they could not form a big partnership, Afghanistan were bowled out for 296 runs. Ibrahim Zadran batted brilliantly and scored 114 runs for Afghanistan in the second innings. Prabath Jayasuriya bowled brilliantly in the second innings, he took 5 wickets with 107 runs in 47 overs. Anyway, the ODI series between the two teams is going to start from next Friday, hopefully there will be a competitive performance.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Although they lost the first match, they managed to win the second match. They have performed well. Especially Jiaswal batted brilliantly in the first innings. He was able to collect 209 runs in the first innings.

If the Indian bowlers did not perform well in the second innings, they could not have won. Bumrah in particular bowled well in this match. He took 6 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings. Also, although Aswin could not take any wicket in the first innings, he took 3 wickets in the second innings.

India won because of the 143 runs lead they got in first inning and this in turn is because of Yashasvi Jaiswal double century. In first innings a part from Yashasvi Jaiswal there is not even a single half century from any indian batsmen. Likewise in second innings, a apart from Shubman Gill century there is no half century in the entire batting. But in the end its India who came out victorious and they will be happy to level the series.

@JSRAW Shubman Gill has played a test spot saving innings and will not be dropped at least in next 3 matches of this series.

India team won because of a big lead of 143 runs in the first innings. And Jaiswal needs to be thanked for that. Jaiswal batted very responsibly and scored a double century. In the second innings, Shubman Gill scored 34 runs in the first innings and 104 runs in the second innings. The performance of the Indian batsmen was quite good. Bhumrah also needs to be thanked. India would have struggled to win this match if Bhumrah did not bowl well. I am waiting to see which team will win the third match. The third match will be held in Rajkot.

[elevates]

New Zealand vs  South Africa

I never expected NZ to play so well against RSA, Kane Williamson, and Ravindra got most of the runs. Ravindra 240 runs, what a talent NZ was able to find out and he is creating a name for himself. RSA has already lost 4 wickets and is trailing by 431 runs, not a good sign and it looks like they won't be able to get those runs. This game might end before the 4th day and most probably New Zealand would win the game without any trouble.

[DanWalker]

New Zealand vs  South Africa

I never expected NZ to play so well against RSA, Kane Williamson, and Ravindra got most of the runs. Ravindra 240 runs, what a talent NZ was able to find out and he is creating a name for himself. RSA has already lost 4 wickets and is trailing by 431 runs, not a good sign and it looks like they won't be able to get those runs. This game might end before the 4th day and most probably New Zealand would win the game without any trouble.

It was only because of Ravindra and Williamson's batting that New Zealand managed to post a huge total of 511. Besides, no other batsman of the team could play a big innings. Daryl Mitchell scored 34 runs and Philips collected 39 runs.
The pitch was batting friendly, so the New Zealand batsmen were able to collect big. I thought South Africa might bat well and collect big. The match will probably be a draw. But South Africa lost wickets very quickly. South Africa's top order has completely failed. The South African team is behind by a big margin of 431 runs.

[JSRAW]

@JSRAW Shubman Gill has played a test spot saving innings and will not be dropped at least in next 3 matches of this series.

Yeah, you can't drop a batter after scoring a ton. Although he needs consistency, neither he nor the team India can't afford his 30-35 run knocks in the next 10 innings.

But I am more interested in other changes. We did win the match but the batting is underperforming and leaving lots of runs by throwing wickets. Management must ask if they want Shreyas in the team if Rahul/Virat returns for the remaining matches. With an already shaky batting lineup, Bharat's spot is also a major concern as he looked like a walking wicket despite coming into the team after scoring 100.

Another point of discussion would be whether you want 2 seamers or not, knowing that your 2 seamers Siraj and Mukesh hardly bowled in the last 2 matches so you could also strengthen your batting by adding a specialist batter or batting allrounder (Sundar), in that case, you could go with 1 seamer.

[Minor Miner]

New Zealand vs  South Africa

I never expected NZ to play so well against RSA, Kane Williamson, and Ravindra got most of the runs. Ravindra 240 runs, what a talent NZ was able to find out and he is creating a name for himself. RSA has already lost 4 wickets and is trailing by 431 runs, not a good sign and it looks like they won't be able to get those runs. This game might end before the 4th day and most probably New Zealand would win the game without any trouble.

It was only because of Ravindra and Williamson's batting that New Zealand managed to post a huge total of 511. Besides, no other batsman of the team could play a big innings. Daryl Mitchell scored 34 runs and Philips collected 39 runs.
The pitch was batting friendly, so the New Zealand batsmen were able to collect big. I thought South Africa might bat well and collect big. The match will probably be a draw. But South Africa lost wickets very quickly. South Africa's top order has completely failed. The South African team is behind by a big margin of 431 runs.

The stadium at Mount Maunganui provides ample support to the batsmen in the first two innings. The first innings average score of this ground is 339 runs and the second innings average score is 404 runs. New Zealand batsmen collected big, I guess South Africa team will also collect big. And the match will be competitive. But South Africa's top order batsmen could not stay at the crease for long. The team is now in trouble after losing wickets very quickly. It will be very difficult for South Africa to get back on track in this match. The South African team will probably lose all the wickets before 200 runs in the first innings.

[JahriMeayer]

New Zealand has made another historical 511 Runs target in 1st innings against South Africa in their 1st Test match. South Africa won the toss and New Zealand was send to bat. New Zealand was trying to score but Devon Conway(1) and Tom Latham(20) gone with few runs. And then the thrilling was started with Kane Williamson(118) and Rachin Ravindra(240). I guessed Rachin Ravindra for century but wasn't ready for his double century. What a brilliant player. 511 runs was total made by team New Zealand. And South Africa already started batting but due to pressure of huge Target, they already lost their top batsman at 80-4 runs only. I'll be a super harder for South Africa to win this test even if they do well in 2nd innings.

[Bitcoin_people]

India won the second test match between India and England by 106 runs against England which they probably deserved in their first match too but they failed to win the first match. Jasprit Bhumra smashed England's batting line-up in the first innings of the second Test match.
Similarly, in the second innings too, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandra Ashwin crushed England's batting lineup both of them took three wickets. The Test series between India and England is now tied at one point due to India's victory in this second Test match.

India's well-deserved 106-run win in the second Test match was made possible by the improvement in their game. India team lost the first match but in the second test match against England it was really interesting because India's great batting performance on the first day made them win. India's batsmen have played really well due to which they can fight well against the opposition team as well as batting as well as bowling line-up. However, the England team was easily overcome by India's bowling line where the England batsmen could not stay at the crease for very long. Each bowled exceptionally well which made the win possible by such a huge margin but we hope India deserved it. Although both teams have won one match each, now the game is tied, but the team that wins the next test match will be able to win the series only, so the performance of the two teams should be improved.

[libert19]

JSRAW Shubman Gill has played a test spot saving innings and will not be dropped at least in next 3 matches of this series.

Yeah, you can't drop a batter after scoring a ton. Although he needs consistency, neither he nor the team India can't afford his 30-35 run knocks in the next 10 innings.

IMO, 30+ runs in each inning is rather consistent, add once in a while 50s and 100s and you are gold.

Another point of discussion would be whether you want 2 seamers or not, knowing that your 2 seamers Siraj and Mukesh hardly bowled in the last 2 matches so you could also strengthen your batting by adding a specialist batter or batting allrounder (Sundar), in that case, you could go with 1 seamer.

Bumrah as one seamer looks to be fine, Mukesh was rather expensive and batsman had no trouble with him, almost like there was no advantage of having him in the team, he got one wicket in two innings that too of the tail-end batter (i.e, of Bashir today). Remove the Mukesh's one wicket and Siraj had similar scenario in first match.

[Haunebu]

India won as expected thanks to the usual performers. Bumrah was exceptional while Ashwin is so freaking close to cracking 500 wickets in tests. Hoping for a tighter contest in their next encounter.

Also, Sri Lanka decimated Afghanistan pretty comfortably in their one-off test match. So many tests, so little time!

[elevates]

India won because of the 143 runs lead they got in first inning and this in turn is because of Yashasvi Jaiswal double century. In first innings a part from Yashasvi Jaiswal there is not even a single half century from any indian batsmen. Likewise in second innings, a apart from Shubman Gill century there is no half century in the entire batting. But in the end its India who came out victorious and they will be happy to level the series.

@JSRAW Shubman Gill has played a test spot saving innings and will not be dropped at least in next 3 matches of this series.

Yeah, you are write apart from Jaiswal and Gill none of the other batters batted well. If they had then India would have won by a huge margin, India won with 106 runs that England was not able to get. I mean if every batter of the Indian side had contributed that number of runs could have been 300 or 400. It is not that easy to understand test cricket and by your point, you do not have a clue how tough is test cricket. Gill was out of form and he was out of confidence this 100 would help him get his confidence back, not sure about his form. He still may get dropped if Kohli makes a comeback in the third test, there is a lot of competition between batters in the Indian team as there are too many talents waiting for their selection.

[AirtelBuzz]

Has anyone watched the Test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka?

In the Test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by a huge margin of 10 wickets. Afghanistan were not able to bat well in the first match of this series for which they were bowled out for 198 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, they scored 439 runs in the first innings which was too many runs. Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal both completed centuries for Sri Lanka. There was only one match in the Test series between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in which the Sri Lanka team defeated Afghanistan to win the Test series. The ODI series between the two will start on February 9 Let's see how much the two teams can dominate in this series.

[Patrol69]

A convincing victory by India in the second test of 106 runs. The star of this win is Bhumrah, Jaiswal and Gill and for me it was all because of Bhumrah that India. Till yesterday it looked that England had the slight upper edge but today the Indian bowling was perfect. Ashwin started with wickets and Bhumrah ended it. A great comeback by the Indian team in this series, three more matches left both teams have won 1 match each.

The second Test match between India vs England ended on the fourth day with India defeating England by 106 runs in the second match. When India lost 6 wickets in a short run, their defeat was almost certain. Because to chase such a big target and win, you have to play by holding the wicket but England failed there. Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly for India in the second match, because of his brilliant bowling, Team India was able to keep the England team below the set target. Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly in this Test match and picked up several wickets due to which he was adjudged Man of the Match. 

The series between India and England is tied 1-1 so far, with three more matches to go, I think we may have to wait until the last match to confirm the team that will win the series.

[Ayers]

Has anyone watched the Test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka?

In the Test match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by a huge margin of 10 wickets. Afghanistan were not able to bat well in the first match of this series for which they were bowled out for 198 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, they scored 439 runs in the first innings which was too many runs. Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal both completed centuries for Sri Lanka. There was only one match in the Test series between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in which the Sri Lanka team defeated Afghanistan to win the Test series. The ODI series between the two will start on February 9 Let's see how much the two teams can dominate in this series.

I was very disappointed with the performance of the Afghanistan batsmen. Afghanistan batted very badly in the first match. The team managed to collect only 198 runs for 10 wickets. But seeing their comeback in the second innings, I thought the team might be able to collect big.

Afghanistan collected 106 runs from their opening pair. Afghanistan collected 108 runs from the second wicket pair. Afghanistan lost two of their wickets at 214. But none of the subsequent batsmen could play a big innings. After losing the second wicket at 214, Afghanistan's innings stopped at 296 runs. If Afghanistan could have scored 400 runs, the match would have been competitive.

The Sri Lankan team batted at a target of only 56 runs. It was a very small target. Sri Lanka's two openers batted responsibly. So Sri Lanka collected 56 runs without losing any wicket.

[BitcoinsGreat]

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

They should play in a calm mood because in calm conditions they can do good in peace, and Ben Stokes was batting but he didn't make any runs because lunch time was coming, I hope after lunch Ben Stokes build wonderful innings but not to be, and his partner will start with Ben Stokes is not found and it will also found after lunch but England team completely collapsed after the lunch.

[JSRAW]

JSRAW Shubman Gill has played a test spot saving innings and will not be dropped at least in next 3 matches of this series.

Yeah, you can't drop a batter after scoring a ton. Although he needs consistency, neither he nor the team India can't afford his 30-35 run knocks in the next 10 innings.

IMO, 30+ runs in each inning is rather consistent, add once in a while 50s and 100s and you are gold.

Another point of discussion would be whether you want 2 seamers or not, knowing that your 2 seamers Siraj and Mukesh hardly bowled in the last 2 matches so you could also strengthen your batting by adding a specialist batter or batting allrounder (Sundar), in that case, you could go with 1 seamer.

Bumrah as one seamer looks to be fine, Mukesh was rather expensive and batsman had no trouble with him, almost like there was no advantage of having him in the team, he got one wicket in two innings that too of the tail-end batter (i.e, of Bashir today). Remove the Mukesh's one wicket and Siraj had similar scenario in first match.

Not good enough IMO. He's Pujara's replacement at number 3 and Pujara had the same kind of run with the bat in 2023 (2022 Puji was doing well) and he's phased out by management, so you need to do a little better and outbat all the candidates.

Just read an article that Bumrah might be rested and Siraj could replace him.
https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/129394/bumrah-could-be-rested-for-third-test-against-england

[noormcs5]

New Zealand vs  South Africa

The New Zealand vs South Africa match turned out to be completely one-sided. New Zealand's batsmen have done a great batting.
Although the two openers did not get off to a good start, New Zealand scored 511 runs in the first innings thanks to the excellent batting duo of Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson. New Zealand collected 232 runs from Williamson-Rachin pair. Williamson scored 118 runs and Rachin Ravindra scored 240 runs.

Along with the batsmen, New Zealand's bowlers are also bowling well now. South Africa lost four top-order batsmen to manage just 74 runs. Now at the crease are Bedingham and Peterson. The South African team will probably be defeated by the innings margin.

The second day of the test match between New Zealand and South Africa ended and today we see a lot of things like Rachin Ravindra's double century and the bowling of New Zealand, how they picked four wickets of South African batsmen.

Mitchell Santner took a wicket and Matt Henry also picked a wicket, and the player who took 2 wickets was Kyle Jamieson and the best and most experienced player of New Zealand Tim Southee didn't take any wicket, we had very hopes with him but the new players make us happy by taking wickets and in today's bowling attack Tim Southee didn't do anything. In response to 500 runs by the NZ, the scorecard of 80 for four wickets down looks embarrassing for South Africa.

[tsaroz]

We have result on 4th day of the test cricket for two different games today. India bowled out England early to secure a win by 106 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal's double century in first innings was the key to Indian's success. Both the team performed poor on bating in the 2nd inning. Now the series is on 1-1 equalizer and there are three more test matches to go.

On the only test match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, Sri Lanka had a 10 wicket win chasing a small aggregate from Afghanistan. The century from Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal on the 1st inning of Sri Lanka was important. None of the other player did so well in terms of batting. Afghanistan itself is a easier opponent for Sri Lanka.

[AirtelBuzz]

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

They should play in a calm mood because in calm conditions they can do good in peace, and Ben Stokes was batting but he didn't make any runs because lunch time was coming, I hope after lunch Ben Stokes build wonderful innings but not to be, and his partner will start with Ben Stokes is not found and it will also found after lunch but England team completely collapsed after the lunch.

England collapsed completely when the fifth and sixth wickets fell for 194 runs. All the players in the England team except Zak Crawley were out of form i.e. all played badly. We saw impatient batting from the England batsmen in this match which led to their 106-run loss to India in the second Test match. In the second Test match between India and England, Jasprit Bhumra bowled brilliantly as he took a total of nine wickets in two innings, earning him the Man of the Match award.