Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[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.

[Sithara007]

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.

Until Duckett is there, none of these tactics are going to work. At no point of time, he looked lacking confidence. Tomorrow's first session is going to be very crucial. If Duckett survives it, then he may even take England to a first-innings lead. Else, Root and Ben Stokes need to build a partnership to stabilize the innings. BTW, I am not really sure whether Jasprit Bumrah will be available for extended spells tomorrow. He was showing some signs of discomfort during the last session today. And I would still say that selecting two pacers for this match was a blunder by the Indian selectors.

[HelliumZ]

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?

Ben Duckett completed his half century with 12 T4's then his batting style was completely T20 style. Unbeaten on 133 off 118 balls so far. If Duckett can get through the two sessions till tomorrow then England's run score will be relatively high. If England want to draw this match then England must play two sessions tomorrow. Duckett and Joe Root have been on the wicket so far and if these two batsmen put together a good partnership tomorrow, the third Test match is likely to be a draw.

[AirtelBuzz]

Until Duckett is there, none of these tactics are going to work. At no point of time, he looked lacking confidence. Tomorrow's first session is going to be very crucial. If Duckett survives it, then he may even take England to a first-innings lead. Else, Root and Ben Stokes need to build a partnership to stabilize the innings. BTW, I am not really sure whether Jasprit Bumrah will be available for extended spells tomorrow. He was showing some signs of discomfort during the last session today. And I would still say that selecting two pacers for this match was a blunder by the Indian selectors.

Ben duckett is becoming increasingly formidable against the Indian bowlers for the England team. Looking at the batting performance of both teams in this match, it seems that the pitch of this test match is a batting pitch. First Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett put together a good partnership then Jack Crawley got out for 89 but Ben Duckett is still unbeaten even as he completes his century. Looking at the batting performance of the England team, it seems that they are going to easily surpass the 445 runs given by India and give India a big target.

[jasonjm]

NZ won the match comprehensively in the New Zealand vs South Africa match. This is New Zealand's first test series win against South Africa in 92 years. Kane Williamson batted beautifully in the 4th innings to chase a target of 269. William O’Rourke took 9 wickets in the match and played a major role in the NZ victory. Dane Piedt also took 8 wickets, but he was a lone warrior in this SA bowling unit.

In the match between India and England, ENG is batting aggressively. India put 445 runs on the board thanks to Sharma and Jadeja. So far, Ben Duckett is putting up a show in this 2nd inning.

[ZAINmalik75]

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.

Yeh it's true pitch look like favouring batting side and that's why we have a big bunch of target in first innings from indian side, while just like we expect we will have a big target tomorrow like around 400+ exact same things happened now while second innings England were looking under pressure and that why they lose thier important top order two batter but later after that they took a good start and brutally smashed entire indian bowling lineup. Now they were looking at good position because they just lose thier two wickets with a total score of 207 and main contribution has been done by of Duckett till now with his century and still unbeaten. Hope we will see a draw results if England continue his rythm and momentum

[Patrol69]

Yesterday, New Zealand needed 227 runs to win against South Africa and I said then that runs will not matter to New Zealand if they build a good partnership. New Zealand started the fourth day well and their team captain secured the victory. Williamson was unbeaten on 133 runs. New Zealand batsmen did not perform well in the first innings but in the second innings they managed to play an important innings and that important innings helped them win. In Test matches, one cannot expect to win only one innings well, instead of just one innings, one should try to perform two consecutive innings, but the victory will likely come in favor of that team. Congratulations to the New Zealand team.

[Popkon6]

Ben Duckett is truly a great player with a century on day one, and will have plenty more to do. Because today the England team is up to 207 runs for just two wickets, and he can do better when the second innings break comes on the second day. Ben Duckett and Root will open the innings tomorrow and both of them are very efficient batting. If these two batsmen can perform for a long time, then the England team will definitely be able to fulfill the target of 445 runs given by India. Currently England team players are performing better than in the past.

[Bitcoin Smith]

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.

Captaincy was not up to the mark in the beginning but at last he did something that he has been reluctant to do in this series.

Tomorrow morning could be the only hope for India, or else ENG will tally the score in another two sessions and then go for runs before spinners came into attack. 500 wickets for ASH that is quite impressive but overall the top class Indian spin attack looks very average against attacking play.

[Z_MBFM]

Ben Duckett is truly a great player with a century on day one, and will have plenty more to do. Because today the England team is up to 207 runs for just two wickets, and he can do better when the second innings break comes on the second day. Ben Duckett and Root will open the innings tomorrow and both of them are very efficient batting. If these two batsmen can perform for a long time, then the England team will definitely be able to fulfill the target of 445 runs given by India. Currently England team players are performing better than in the past.

England played very well against a team like India, not expected from them.They collected 207 runs for 2 wickets.  Meanwhile, India have given their first innings target of 445 runs which is really high. But England continues to play with confidence despite getting such a big run target. Their performance is really commendable. England may not win the match against India but on the other hand they won't lose by a huge margin