Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Ashwin the new ball specialist, just doing his thing and back to business.

Yeah. 4 wickets just like that and his tally keeps rising like crazy with every passing match. On the other hand, Kuldeep turning the ball is magical to watch. England is all set to lose by an innings or give a small lead.

It all comes down to how long Root sticks around. Foakes and the tail-enders could support him and he is once again the big wicket.

Also, Keep in mind that he hasn't been in his best form in this series but still ended up as the leading wicket taker, it shows the quality of the man, the magician.

Now, I am more pissed at the possible 4-1 scoreline. It should've been 5-0, the winning margin was just 28 runs so it stings more.

~snip~

From now on, They will think twice about using the term "BAZBALL".

[Bd officer]

5 wickets gone in just a few hours because of Ashwin and Yadav. They both are again getting wickets in the second innings. Joe Root is still batting and he can become a saviour for England as he has done that once in the series. England still trailing by 156 runs and it doesn't look easy to get those runs with wickets falling so fast.

England have already lost 8 wickets. So far England has scored 171 runs losing 8 wickets. England trail by 88 runs, England don't have enough wickets they will lose by an innings margin. Shoaib Bashir and Joe Root are both at the crease, Shoaib Bashir on 9 runs and Joe Root on 64 runs unbeaten. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin bowled very well in the second innings. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav bowled well in the first innings but took only 1 wicket in the second innings. Let's see how many runs England can score.

[Bureau]

5 wickets gone in just a few hours because of Ashwin and Yadav. They both are again getting wickets in the second innings. Joe Root is still batting and he can become a saviour for England as he has done that once in the series. England still trailing by 156 runs and it doesn't look easy to get those runs with wickets falling so fast.

England have already lost 8 wickets. So far England has scored 171 runs losing 8 wickets. England trail by 88 runs, England don't have enough wickets they will lose by an innings margin. Shoaib Bashir and Joe Root are both at the crease, Shoaib Bashir on 9 runs and Joe Root on 64 runs unbeaten. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin bowled very well in the second innings. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav bowled well in the first innings but took only 1 wicket in the second innings. Let's see how many runs England can score.

Yes, they have already lost 8 wickets but Joe Root is still going on. The lead has been reduced to 76 runs which is good for England. I don't think they will be able to continue batting much longer as the tails have now started batting. After Bashir it will be Anderson so as for now India is looking strong. Ashwin on his 100th test has been the most successful bowler as in this innings he got 5 wickets and in the first innings he got 4 wickets.

[libert19]

..and there it ends, the shortest test match in this series, we never saw a single game with full play of 5 days, I kept hoping there wilI be one but it never happened.

I wanted to see Joe Root make century though, at least he got out himself instead of Anderson.

[Bitcoin Smith]

From now on, They will think twice about using the term "BAZBALL".

If I am not wrong, this is the first loss for them since they started playing bazball. And the attacking form of test cricket is good but they are trying to hit every ball which is why they failed, they have to strategize better if they want to win in subcontinent and have to make adjustments when to attack and when to go defensive.

Another win that made the no.1 position more comfortable for India in WTC table.

[JSRAW]

..and there it ends, the shortest test match in this series, we never saw a single game with full play of 5 days, I kept hoping there wilI be one but it never happened.

I wanted to see Joe Root make century though, at least he got out himself instead of Anderson.

This pitch was perfect for 5th day finish. It was a belter and Poms should have batted at least 5 sessions in the first inning but they were piss poor and lost the advantage.

In contrast, look at the Indian inning. Almost every batter feasted on and still looked pissed when they got out because they knew they missed the few personal milestones (Jaiswal, Sarfu and Paddikal).

From now on, They will think twice about using the term "BAZBALL".

If I am not wrong, this is the first loss for them since they started playing bazball. And the attacking form of test cricket is good but they are trying to hit every ball which is why they failed, they have to strategize better if they want to win in subcontinent and have to make adjustments when to attack and when to go defensive.

Another win that made the no.1 position more comfortable for India in WTC table.

Yeah and tbh they lost this series on very good pitches, these pitches were the same as pre 2018 era and nowhere close to the usual Rank Turner or Dustbawl.

Well, to be fair to them. Not many English batters have a good defense against spin, barring Root. This is like the 3rd-4th Indian tour for Bairstow/ Stokes, these guys spend 3 months in the IPL every now n then but still look like a walking wicket against spin.

[Essential10]

India won the fifth test by an innings and 65 runs, India won the series 4-1. After losing the first test, India came back brilliantly and won four consecutive tests. England started batting from 259 runs behind in the second innings of the fifth test. Within the first 10 overs of the second innings, Ashwin sent England's top-order batsmen back to the pavilion. Root and Jonny Bairstow tried to take the team forward but England lost control when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Jonny Bairstow. Root managed one end of the batting but no one could support him from the other end, so England had to suffer a big defeat. India's spinners bowled brilliantly in this test and spinners took 18 wickets in this test. Anyway, India ended the more than a month long Test series in style and congratulations to India for a nice Test series win.

[3kpk3]

India decimated England while Australia is decimating NZ on the other side. At this point, I feel that we will have a rematch between India and Australia in the WTC finals unless they suddenly lose a lot.

Australia would be really happy if India made it to the finals and we all know why. Let's see what happens.

[coinerer]

I thought Australia would take a 150+ lead in the Test match between Australia and New Zealand but Matt Henry bowled brilliantly and was trapped for 256 in Australia's first innings. Matt Henry took 7 first innings wickets against Australia.  New Zealand are batting in the second innings, their score is 122/2. New Zealand still lead by 28 runs. Kane Williamson is out for 51 runs. Tom Latham is still unbeaten on 59 and is trying to pair with Rachin Ravindra. I think the third wicket pairing will depend on which way New Zealand match go on. Only nine overs left to bowl. I think tomorrow's first session is going to be very exciting.

Australia is much ahead of New Zealand in terms of runs in the first innings so there will be no problem if Australia plays a bit badly in the 2nd innings. But if New Zealand has to win the match then they have to collect a lot of runs. New Zealand scored 132 for 2 which is quite a good performance.  They need to collect at least 350 runs then they can have a chance to win the match. Otherwise Australia will beat New Zealand. Australia is a top rated cricket team so they play very good cricket. So New Zealand probably won't win this match

[noormcs5]

India batted brilliantly in the first innings of their fifth Test match

Indian team has always been known for their great batting players over the years. 

Did you know, that there is only one player in the history of cricket who has a record that no one can beat especially Virat Kohli and Babar Azam but not only these two, I think no one in upcoming years can break this record which is the record of the Indian very good player Sachin Tendulkar, he never hit any shot on drive and on cover. He never tries to hit drive shots in the all the games. He made 49 centuries in which zero drives were hit by him. Now, Virat Kohli breaks his record by making 50 centuries but in these 50 centuries, you can't explain how much time, Virat Kohli hits cover drives or normal drives.

[MusaPk]

India decimated England while Australia is decimating NZ on the other side. At this point, I feel that we will have a rematch between India and Australia in the WTC finals unless they suddenly lose a lot.

Australia would be really happy if India made it to the finals and we all know why. Let's see what happens.

England would be happy that they were not whitewashed in this series, they are lucky to have a single test victory in this series. Indian spinners dominated last test and picked 18 English wickets, Bumrah picked two wickets in second innings. Muhammad Siraj remain wicket less throughout the test and was only given one over in second innings. There is nothing much to talk about English batting as it failed in both innings. India now on top of ICC WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS TABLE after this series win.

[redsun114]

India won the fifth test by an innings and 65 runs, India won the series 4-1. After losing the first test, India came back brilliantly and won four consecutive tests. England started batting from 259 runs behind in the second innings of the fifth test. Within the first 10 overs of the second innings, Ashwin sent England's top-order batsmen back to the pavilion. Root and Jonny Bairstow tried to take the team forward but England lost control when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Jonny Bairstow. Root managed one end of the batting but no one could support him from the other end, so England had to suffer a big defeat. India's spinners bowled brilliantly in this test and spinners took 18 wickets in this test. Anyway, India ended the more than a month long Test series in style and congratulations to India for a nice Test series win.

India done good work for handling this Bazball and give English humiliating defeat in this series after winning last and final test by huge margin of an inning and 64 runs here we have to praise India who study well about the England's weakness and then bring them on tracks which were never been ideal for their batting, and they have completely falling down in this series even they won their first test but after this strategy and better spinner friendly wickets give huge success to India.

Ashwin which was not in good touch able to secure 26 wickets in this series and Jaiswal which is new generation batsman also secure good innings which give him good confidence and man of the series as well is having bright future in the Indian team for the long time.

[Patrol69]

I was discussing in earlier post that if India can score more runs against England then India can take a chance to beat England by innings and India took that chance and they succeeded. India defeated England by an innings in the fifth and final Test match. England managed just 195 in the second innings as India defeated the visiting England by a huge margin of 65 runs and an innings. 

The Indian team, which was defeated by England in the first match, may not have thought that the Indian team would win four consecutive matches against England in this way, but India did it against England. 
Big thanks to Team India for giving us a great Test series.

[jasonjm]

India won the test match by an inning and 64 runs. It was a dominating performance by the Indian team, particularly the spinners. English batters were not in control throughout the test match. Root batted beautifully for his 84 runs, but the spinners were too good for the rest of the batters. Ashwin took a fifer and is currently in third place for the most number of fifers in test cricket.

In the match between Australia and New Zealand, Aussies are in a comfortable position. Australia got out on 256 in their first inning. Matt Henery took 7 wickets. New Zealand leads by 40 runs, and they have to work hard to get back on track and win the match. By the look of it, I think Australian bowlers will wind up the Kiwi inning in the 2nd session of day 3.

Indian very good player Sachin Tendulkar never hit any shot on drive and cover. He never tries to hit drive shots in the all the games. He made 49 centuries in which zero drives were hit by him.

This is true for one innings he played against Australia, where he did not play a cover drive. In that inning, he scored 241*.

[tsaroz]

India won the fifth test by an innings and 65 runs, India won the series 4-1. After losing the first test, India came back brilliantly and won four consecutive tests. England started batting from 259 runs behind in the second innings of the fifth test. Within the first 10 overs of the second innings, Ashwin sent England's top-order batsmen back to the pavilion. Root and Jonny Bairstow tried to take the team forward but England lost control when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Jonny Bairstow. Root managed one end of the batting but no one could support him from the other end, so England had to suffer a big defeat. India's spinners bowled brilliantly in this test and spinners took 18 wickets in this test. Anyway, India ended the more than a month long Test series in style and congratulations to India for a nice Test series win.

India done good work for handling this Bazball and give English humiliating defeat in this series after winning last and final test by huge margin of an inning and 64 runs here we have to praise India who study well about the England's weakness and then bring them on tracks which were never been ideal for their batting, and they have completely falling down in this series even they won their first test but after this strategy and better spinner friendly wickets give huge success to India.

Ashwin which was not in good touch able to secure 26 wickets in this series and Jaiswal which is new generation batsman also secure good innings which give him good confidence and man of the series as well is having bright future in the Indian team for the long time.

The game turned out to be exactly what I have previously predicted. India started the morning trying to get quick runs and even though didn't succeed, them being all out made England to bat their 2nd inning early on and Ravichandran Ashwin destroyed the batting order of England. Joe Root tried to rescue the English inning but was not successful. This made India comfortably win it without batting for an inning and on the 3rd day. It might be the quickest result of the 5 test on the tournament. India won the series 4-1. This also ends the English tour to India.

[cryptoWODL]

In the fifth Test match between India and England, like the first innings the batsmen of the England team were caught by the Indian spin bowlers in the second innings as well. In both innings of the fifth Test match, the Indian spin bowlers completely dominated the bowling against the England team. For India Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets in England's first innings and five wickets in the second innings. Of the five Test matches played between India and England the fifth Test match ended very quickly. India beat England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth Test to clinch the series by 4-1. India's young opening batsman Jaswal has been the player of the series for his impeccable batting throughout the series as well as scoring two double centuries.

[UmerIdrees]

Indian very good player Sachin Tendulkar never hit any shot on drive and cover. He never tries to hit drive shots in the all the games. He made 49 centuries in which zero drives were hit by him.

This is true for one innings he played against Australia, where he did not play a cover drive. In that inning, he scored 241*.

Yes, I understood it's a very good record, no one can able to beat this but in reality, it is not a record it's a weakness. If any normal player played swipe on the ball where he should hit to drive and not just a time, 3 or more times then we would never want to see his batting, it is just the popularity of his name. It's an ability he can hit different types of short in the ball of a drive but at the same time, it is also a weakness because he is not able to play a ball that's the main drive ball of cricket and because of this he also out many times and it is just magic of name otherwise it is a weakness or normal thing, not a record.

[synchronym]

In the fifth Test match between India and England, like the first innings the batsmen of the England team were caught by the Indian spin bowlers in the second innings as well. In both innings of the fifth Test match, the Indian spin bowlers completely dominated the bowling against the England team. For India Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets in England's first innings and five wickets in the second innings. Of the five Test matches played between India and England the fifth Test match ended very quickly. India beat England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth Test to clinch the series by 4-1. India's young opening batsman Jaswal has been the player of the series for his impeccable batting throughout the series as well as scoring two double centuries.

India vs England 5th Test match England's batting failure England batsmen were bowled out for just 218 runs in the first innings of the fifth test match due to England's batting failure. India's batsmen batted very well in the lead of 218 runs given by England and India ended the first innings with 477 runs. England team's batting failure again in the second innings England batsman should have batted responsibly because they did not bat well in the first innings and in the third innings due to the weakness of England's batting, they were all out for only 195 runs in the second innings of the fifth test match. Due to which the Indian team won the Test series 4-1. India have performed exceptionally well against England, winning each test match with a bang. Of course, best wishes to the Indian team.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Yeah and tbh they lost this series on very good pitches, these pitches were the same as pre 2018 era and nowhere close to the usual Rank Turner or Dustbawl.

Well, to be fair to them. Not many English batters have a good defense against spin, barring Root. This is like the 3rd-4th Indian tour for Bairstow/ Stokes, these guys spend 3 months in the IPL every now n then but still look like a walking wicket against spin.

English men always had issues against wrist spinners but this unit more experienced than Indian batting line-up didn't show any sign of fight back at all and you said it right this is not happened in usual rank turners so the English players can't hide under that for poor batting performance. I still like the bazball but as I said they have to adapt to the condition and apply that batting style instead of going all guns blazing.

India squared their win loss ratio of all time with this match. And they are having the most winning ratio in the last 10 years and in second place Australia.

[Patrol69]

In the fifth Test match between India and England, like the first innings the batsmen of the England team were caught by the Indian spin bowlers in the second innings as well. In both innings of the fifth Test match, the Indian spin bowlers completely dominated the bowling against the England team. For India Ravichandran Ashwin took four wickets in England's first innings and five wickets in the second innings. Of the five Test matches played between India and England the fifth Test match ended very quickly. India beat England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth Test to clinch the series by 4-1. India's young opening batsman Jaswal has been the player of the series for his impeccable batting throughout the series as well as scoring two double centuries.

Indian spin bowlers have made a huge impact in winning or losing the game. England is definitely the best team in all three formats, so England should have planned the team according to how the wicket could be in Asian conditions or which fast bowler or spin bowler would be more effective for the test match. Why didn't England add extra spin bowlers to their team if spin bowlers get extra advantage. If a quality spin bowler like India had in the XI, the result of this series might have been different but it was not. England are used to playing most of their matches on bouncing wickets, so adapting to such spin assisted wickets has been a challenge which they have not been able to do in this series. However, the batsmen could have performed a little better.