Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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New Zealand vs South Africa 2nd Test match New Zealand team need 48 runs. New Zealand batsman Tom Latham is out for 30 from 57 balls. Devon Conway is out for 17 runs from 44 balls. Rachin Ravindra is out for 20 runs from 72 balls.Rachin  Ravindra did not play well in batting today. Kane Williamson started a great performance in batting. He scored 105 runs in 214 balls.

[JSRAW]

As usual, Jadeja didn't bother the scoreboard much and got out. He followed the typical Jaddu script, go not out by the end of the day and gift your wicket the next day early in the morning.

I hope it's not a repeat of 1st inning of the first match, where India handed out the advantage to Poms by losing 5 wickets cheaply. The tail needs to wag today, wishful thinking.

[Out of mind]

The batting performance of the Indian team on the first day was huge for them. But no one had planned for India's poor batting performance on the second day. The England team had a great bowling performance today which easily put the Indian batsmen under pressure and India lost wickets quickly. At the moment, India's collection of 357 runs with the loss of 7 wickets, if they can hold on to the wickets, may be over 400 runs on the second day.

[ThemePen]

The batting performance of the Indian team on the first day was huge for them. But no one had planned for India's poor batting performance on the second day. The England team had a great bowling performance today which easily put the Indian batsmen under pressure and India lost wickets quickly. At the moment, India's collection of 357 runs with the loss of 7 wickets, if they can hold on to the wickets, may be over 400 runs on the second day.

I think the Indian team did a great job batting on the first day. They showed their skills and it looked like they were going to do well in the whole match. But the second day was not good. The Indian team didn't bat well and it was disappointing. According to the current situation if India can manage to hold on to their wickets they have the potential to reach a score of over 400 runs on the second day. And now they have made 364 runs and still lost 7 wickets.

[libert19]

Jurel looking better than I expected, certainly a better choice than Bharat. We are seeing some proper test cricket being played by Ashwin Jurel, also gotta give applause to Stokes for how he plays with the field, and how he tries to bait the batters.

India is at 380 right now, minimum 400 is on cards, I stick with 400 despite 3 wickets left because I feel after 1 wickets falls from, there won't be much run increase — defend, defend and out.

Jimmy Anderson hasn't had much success, only 1 wicket so far, may be due to pressure to reach 700 wickets, or is it not-so helpful pitch?

[Haunebu]

As usual, Jadeja didn't bother the scoreboard much and got out. He followed the typical Jaddu script, go not out by the end of the day and gift your wicket the next day early in the morning.

I hope it's not a repeat of 1st inning of the first match, where India handed out the advantage to Poms by losing 5 wickets cheaply. The tail needs to wag today, wishful thinking.

Your predictions about Jadeja are always spot on. You read him perfectly. He really needs to work on that particular weakness of his.

Also, India is in a great position at the moment thanks to the middle order and bottom order scoring crucial runs. Jurel and Ashwin are making sure that India cross the 400 line mark which I feel is pretty competitive.

[JSRAW]

Jurel looking better than I expected, certainly a better choice than Bharat. We are seeing some proper test cricket being played by Ashwin Jurel, also gotta give applause to Stokes for how he plays with the field, and how he tries to bait the batters.

India is at 380 right now, minimum 400 is on cards, I stick with 400 despite 3 wickets left because I feel after 1 wickets falls from, there won't be much run increase — defend, defend and out.

Jimmy Anderson hasn't had much success, only 1 wicket so far, may be due to pressure to reach 700 wickets, or is it not-so helpful pitch?

It's a batting track with a bit of bounce and reverse swing but atm the ball is not reversing so can't blame Jimmy much. Stokes captaincy and his unorthodox field setup manufactured a fair amount of wickets in this series so he has been proactive, one of the reasons they keep getting penalty points in almost every match because of poor over rates so it's a double edge sword unless you don't care about the points at all.

Crucial partnership but they need to be greedy and keep moving forward and the pitch will remain the same for tomorrow so need all extra cushion for the bowlers.

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Your predictions about Jadeja are always spot on. You read him perfectly. He really needs to work on that particular weakness of his.

His batting pattern is open book and he's already 35 so i don't think he has any time left to work on it. The best he can do is work on his running calls, he should know that other players are not as quick as him.

[Jateng]

The batting performance of the Indian team on the first day was huge for them. But no one had planned for India's poor batting performance on the second day. The England team had a great bowling performance today which easily put the Indian batsmen under pressure and India lost wickets quickly. At the moment, India's collection of 357 runs with the loss of 7 wickets, if they can hold on to the wickets, maybe over 400 runs on the second day.

India well played so far in this test match their current score is 388/7 on day two at the end of season one. India's team will look to score a 400-plus total in the First inning against England. D. Jurel and R. Ashwin are playing together after a partnership of more than 50 plus runs. England's team didn't bowl well Mark Wood only successful English bowler who took three wickets. England needs to break that partnership and All out India team to under 400 runs to come in this test game.

[elevates]

After the brilliant 61 runs in 66 balls by Sarfaraz Khan the runs have dried down so much that it might take a whole day for India to get to 400 runs. I didn't understand the need to put Kuldeep Yadav before Jurel he wasn't going to do anything. Jurel and Ashwin are still batting but runs are not coming as they were yesterday. I think after India reaches 400 runs and if wickets are in hand then Rohit can declare the innings. The wicket is now looking friendly for spinners and Indian spin attack would love to bowl on it.

[JSRAW]

Brilliant effort in the end, tail did wag for India. Things could've been better but the Indian camp wouldn't be too disappointed with this scoreline.

It's 440 because England were awarded 5 runs already. After all, Jadeja and Ashwin were a bit naughty and the former was touching the danger area quite regularly. The penalty for such an offense should be higher than 5 runs IMO.

[libert19]

Didn't expect India to close the inning at 445, Bumrah played really well and fast too, he could come at early position at place of Kuldeep. India will be really happy with the score, also there is doubt if Siraj will bowl today due to knee injury he received.

Would have been lit if Jurel made fifty, would have been mighty motivator for debutant, missed by just four runs.

Brilliant effort in the end, tail did wag for India.

Ok, that's funny 

[Bitcoin_people]

In the 3rd Test match, India batted brilliantly on the first day, and they came to the second day and scored 445 runs losing all wickets. England have given the team a target of 445 runs but there is a long way to go to achieve this target and it looks like it will be very difficult for the team to achieve this target. If India can put up a good bowling performance against England today, they can easily put the team under pressure and fight for the win. Also on the second day as the England team comes out to bat and if they play well from the start then they will be able to achieve their target. Although two matches of the Test match have been completed and both teams have won one match each, the game is currently tied but the third match is most likely to be won by India. However, if England manage to complete the target of 445 runs and give them a big lead, it will surely be difficult for both the teams to win.

[elevates]

Both debutant played well in thier first test, Jurel neede only 4 runs to get to his furst half century. He missed it an he still has a second innings to get another. Brilliant effort by the tail batters they added good runs to the Indian scoreboard. It won't be that easy for the English batters to chase 445 runs. They will need a good innings and a big partnership to get those runs. Indian bowling attack would prevent them in getting those runs as they did last time.

[onecall123]

In the 3rd Test match, India batted brilliantly on the first day, and they came to the second day and scored 445 runs losing all wickets. England have given the team a target of 445 runs but there is a long way to go to achieve this target and it looks like it will be very difficult for the team to achieve this target. If India can put up a good bowling performance against England today, they can easily put the team under pressure and fight for the win. Also on the second day as the England team comes out to bat and if they play well from the start then they will be able to achieve their target. Although two matches of the Test match have been completed and both teams have won one match each, the game is currently tied but the third match is most likely to be won by India. However, if England manage to complete the target of 445 runs and give them a big lead, it will surely be difficult for both the teams to win.

From 33/3 to 445 runs, that's amazing! It's a remarkable comeback, with fantastic performances from Rohit, Jadeja, Sharfaraz, and Jurel contributing to India's big total in their first innings.
At the same time Mark Wood deserves credit for his tremendous effort. Without him, England might be in a much worse position in the match. He bowled really well yesterday and today. Now, let's see how England perform with the bat. Hopefully, this match will have a result on the 5th day.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Both debutant played well in thier first test, Jurel neede only 4 runs to get to his furst half century. He missed it an he still has a second innings to get another. Brilliant effort by the tail batters they added good runs to the Indian scoreboard. It won't be that easy for the English batters to chase 445 runs. They will need a good innings and a big partnership to get those runs. Indian bowling attack would prevent them in getting those runs as they did last time.

Well this time the pitch is completely batting friendly so We can't take them for granted.

As usual openers started attacking early and if they manage to survive without losing wickets for the first 10 overs then they are going to be in the crease for very long time. I hope Bumrah will do the magic here too that can make things difficult for them apart from that it's gonna be a run feast.

[elevates]

Both debutant played well in thier first test, Jurel neede only 4 runs to get to his furst half century. He missed it an he still has a second innings to get another. Brilliant effort by the tail batters they added good runs to the Indian scoreboard. It won't be that easy for the English batters to chase 445 runs. They will need a good innings and a big partnership to get those runs. Indian bowling attack would prevent them in getting those runs as they did last time.

Well this time the pitch is completely batting friendly so We can't take them for granted.

As usual openers started attacking early and if they manage to survive without losing wickets for the first 10 overs then they are going to be in the crease for very long time. I hope Bumrah will do the magic here too that can make things difficult for them apart from that it's gonna be a run feast.

The pitch should give some assistance to the spin attack as I saw earlier how spinners were able to utilize those cracks for advantage. Already Kuldeep has started bowling but I am not sure why Jadeja or Ashwin were not given the ball. I think it is a new ball and Rohit will wait for the ball to become old then he will bring them. Duckett is batting very well and has been aggressive against the Indian bowler, he has been hitting the ball constantly out of the boundary. The tactic has been similar in the earlier test match these two openers are creating pressure on the bowlers.

[vennali]

Well this time the pitch is completely batting friendly so We can't take them for granted.

As usual openers started attacking early and if they manage to survive without losing wickets for the first 10 overs then they are going to be in the crease for very long time. I hope Bumrah will do the magic here too that can make things difficult for them apart from that it's gonna be a run feast.

445 is chasable as long as there is 1 English batsmen who can anchor the innings. England start strong with 54 runs in just 9 overs. They are trying to score as fast as possible before the pitch deteriorates, without losing a wicket. Ben Duckett is off to a flying start with 41 runs in just 35 balls. India needs a couple of wickets to put a wrench into the opening gear.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Duckett of to a flying start and posted 50 in no time.

ENG is pushing for the defensive mindset after such start which is exactly what they need to do and finally ball has been given to Ashwin but so far the runs are flowing in singles as well as boundaries.

Who is going to draw the first blood?

[Smack That Ace]

Well this time the pitch is completely batting friendly so We can't take them for granted.

As usual openers started attacking early and if they manage to survive without losing wickets for the first 10 overs then they are going to be in the crease for very long time. I hope Bumrah will do the magic here too that can make things difficult for them apart from that it's gonna be a run feast.

445 is chasable as long as there is 1 English batsmen who can anchor the innings. England start strong with 54 runs in just 9 overs. They are trying to score as fast as possible before the pitch deteriorates, without losing a wicket. Ben Duckett is off to a flying start with 41 runs in just 35 balls. India needs a couple of wickets to put a wrench into the opening gear.

Despite losing three wickets for 33 runs, India managed to amass a massive total of 445. But the pitch is batting friendly. It cannot be said that India is in a safe position even with a big collection of 445. The match will probably be a draw.

The England team got off to a good start. Ben Duckett's batting in particular looks like an ODI match. Duckett is unbeaten with 79 runs off 72 balls. England lost one wicket in 21 overs and managed to collect 117 runs. England team is also likely to collect more than 400 on this batting friendly pitch.

[CryptoBuds]

South Africa Women vs Australia Women

Probably no one is interested in the Test match between South Africa Women's team and Australia Women's team. I just checked the scoreboard for this match. And I was very surprised to see the scoreboard.

South Africa women's team lost all wickets to collect only 76 runs. I don't find the pitch batting friendly. It is not expected that South Africa will bat so badly on this pitch. Australia women team managed to score 251 runs in just 56 overs and they lost 5 wickets. Australia women's team can collect more than 300 runs. And they can easily take more than 200 leads. It seems that Australia women's team will win this match by innings.

As two Test matches between India vs England and South Africa vs New Zealand are taking place now, no one is interested in women's cricket.

The batting of the South African batsmen made the pitch seem completely bowling friendly, and the batting of the Australian batsmen made the pitch seem batting friendly. I am confused. Sune Luus collected the maximum 26 runs for South Africa.
Australia women's team captain Alyssa Healy played an innings of 99 runs. Opener Mooney scored 78 runs. Sutherland is also unbeaten with 54 runs. South Africa women's team will surely lose this match.

Australia women's batting really surprised me. They declared the innings with a huge collection of 575 runs. Australia women's team scored 575 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Annabel Sutherland was dismissed with a brilliant innings of 210 runs. And I feel that South Africa women's team will not even score 210 runs in their two innings.

South Africa scored only 76 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, as usual, the South African team is batting badly. The team lost three wickets to collect only 13 runs. And right now the collection of South Africa women's team is 43/3.