Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[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.

[JSRAW]

Indian tail and lower order had to work so hard for those 110 odd runs and here we are looking at Duckett making mockery of everything and just having fun with the field and bowlers.

Madlad is not even respecting Ashwin lol who just happened to touch a big milestone of a 500th wicket. Runs on the board for India but in the BAZBALL era there is no pressure of the scoreboard on this England team.

[Sithara007]

LOL.. so far it is like one-man show from Ben Duckett. He has scored with a strike rate of ~120, while Ollie Pope from the other end has crawled to 18 from 30 balls. Zak Crawley also struggled before he got out to Ravichandran Ashwin. He made just 15 from 28 balls. Duckett has moved to 97 from 79 balls, and he has scored almost 70% of the total (England are 137/1 as of now). England seems to be in a very strong position, and they have recovered from the loss of Crawley. BTW, Rohit is doing the right thing by sticking with Ravichandran Ashwin. He seems to be the best bowler for India as of now.

[Ayers]

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.

Ollie Pope bats responsibly but Ben Duckett continues his explosive batting. Duckett scored 106 runs off 89 balls. He hit 20 boundaries and one over boundary. Ben Duckett is batting brilliantly, while Ollie Pope remains unbeaten with 20 runs from 40 balls.

England team has collected 148 runs in 26 overs. England scored an average of 5.69 runs per over. And the way England are going it will not be challenging for them to collect 445 runs. Indian bowlers need to bowl more controlled. And quick to pick up the wickets of Ollie Pope and Duckett. If these two batsmen survive at the crease, the Indian team will be under more pressure. These two batsmen have the ability to play big innings.

[3kpk3]

Am not surprised to see England absolutely hammering the Indians at the moment since this is a batting pitch and I heard that it will get better to bat on over time. Duckett is on fire while Pope is just enjoying the show.

I feel that Jadeja might break this partnership soon. A draw seems like the most probable result for this encounter in my opinion.

[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.

Ollie Pope bats responsibly but Ben Duckett continues his explosive batting. Duckett scored 106 runs off 89 balls. He hit 20 boundaries and one over boundary. Ben Duckett is batting brilliantly, while Ollie Pope remains unbeaten with 20 runs from 40 balls./
England team has collected 148 runs in 26 overs. England scored an average of 5.69 runs per over. And the way England are going it will not be challenging for them to collect 445 runs. Indian bowlers need to bowl more controlled. And quick to pick up the wickets of Ollie Pope and Duckett. If these two batsmen survive at the crease, the Indian team will be under more pressure. These two batsmen have the ability to play big innings.

Ollie Pope could not play a big innings. Ollie Pope's innings stopped at 39 runs. But Ben Duckett continues his aggressive batting. Duckett scored 130 runs off 109 balls. England team collected 199 runs after losing 2 wickets. England team will probably bat 9 more overs today. The way Ben Duckett is batting, he will be able to collect 150 runs today.

We don't see better bowling from Indian bowlers today. Mohammad Siraj scored 53 runs in 9 overs. He took a wicket. Bhumrah gave 34 runs in 8 overs. And Kuldeep Yadav gave 42 runs in 6 overs. He scored 7 runs in every over. Batting like this England team will collect more than 500.

[Sithara007]

Am not surprised to see England absolutely hammering the Indians at the moment since this is a batting pitch and I heard that it will get better to bat on over time. Duckett is on fire while Pope is just enjoying the show.

I feel that Jadeja might break this partnership soon. A draw seems like the most probable result for this encounter in my opinion.

What will happen if Duckett gets out early tomorrow? None of the other English batsmen looked comfortable out there, including Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Joe Root. Duckett on the other hand started attacking the bowlers from the very first ball and continued with Bazball style till the end of day's play. Neither the pacers, nor the spinners were effective against him. And more worryingly for India, Jasprit Bumrah showed signs of unease. If this guy gets broken down every now and then, I don't know how he can be a regular in the team. 

[JSRAW]

Poms are sprinting and deserve a lot of credit for such positive batting and it'd be no surprise if they manage to wipe out all deficits in the next 50 overs.

Having said that, the last 5 overs showed a bit of sign that this attacking beast can be tamed. Rohit just needs to be proactive with their field settings and bowlers must follow the instruction.

Rohit took a page from Stoke's playbook and set a heavy leg side field and Siraj went with the short ball tactics and in the same over they managed to manufacture a wicket, similar to what England did. India needs more of that, even if they go for runs.

[Swordsoffreedom]

South Africa Women vs Australia Women
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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.

I was watching India vs England match live. So I couldn't watch the South Africa women's team vs Australia match. But I was very surprised to see the scoreboard. Australia women's team managed to collect 575 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. I have never seen a team score so big in women's cricket in the past.

Almost every batsman in the lower order of the Australian squad has batted well. Alyssa Healy was dismissed with 99 runs. Sutherland made a huge collection of 210 Besides, Gardner collected 65 runs. Kim Gart remained unbeaten on 49 runs. This is going to be a memorable victory in the history of Australian women's cricket.