Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

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The West Indies team has traveled to England to play a three-match Test series where England and the West Indies will play tomorrow in the first Test match of the series. We will see some old players in the England jersey. Most of the players in the team announced by England for the Test series against West Indies are familiar to us, but most of the players in the team announced by West Indies against England seem to be new. As every player in England has a lot of Test playing experience, this series will undoubtedly be England's lead. Both the teams will definitely focus on the first test match because if the first test match can be won then the next two matches will be easy for either team.

Yes you are right today they will start First Test match. And today will be the first day of the match. This is little bit difficult to day at this that which team is better and which team has ability to win the match. But in my point of view England team is looking more strong as compare to the West Indies team. As you have mentioned that player are experienced but here we can't underestimate the West Indies team too. Because they have the ability to beat England. So this is really difficult to predict at this time. So let's see who will perform well and win.

In the first innings of the first Test match against England, the visiting West Indies were bowled out for only 121 runs. England are now batting in the second innings where they have collected 30 runs for one wicket so far. I have done several posts earlier about the Test series between West Indies and England and in every post I have mentioned that England will definitely lead West Indies in the Test series. It must be said that England played well on the first day and the lead they took on the first day may lead them to win this Test match. If they can score only 91 runs, the host England will run equal to the first innings of the West Indies.

[noormcs5]

The team's performance in England was so severe that Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets alone, as no batsman could bowl well. Gus Atkinson put in a really strange bowling performance in today's game. Anyway, at the moment England team is batting only 110 more runs are needed to meet the target given by West Indies so they will reach this stage.

Back to back wickets by Gus Atkinson, three wickets in an over. He was also about to do hat trick but he has not that one luck, he picked wickets at 34.2 overs then after this the next wickets picked onto the next ball at 34.3 meanwhile he reached through the hat trick ball and could not do succeed.
However, on the last ball of the over, he picked another one. He picked 7 wickets and this time the West Indies batmen had been scared with his bowling, a very dangerous new bowler is here for England. 

Atkinson takes seven on Test debut to upstage retiring Anderson

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In the first test match of England vs West Indies, West Indies batted in the first innings and they made the worst score. The way the batting performance of the West Indies team in today's match and the target given to England will be fulfilled very easily by England and will be able to give a huge lead. The West Indies team collected only 121 runs and got all out in 41.4 overs, the West Indies went through a very bad batting performance in today's match. The team's performance in England was so severe that Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets alone, as no batsman could bowl well. Gus Atkinson put in a really strange bowling performance in today's game. Anyway, at the moment England team is batting only 110 more runs are needed to meet the target given by West Indies so they will reach this stage.

Yes I am watching this test match and first day of this match was completed today now and I also noticed that many new players added on both sides and I am surprised the performance of England bowlers in their inning and west indies batting Inning was fully completed and their batters only managed to scored 121 scores which was so bad and low quality score in test match. Many members of their west indies batters was not played good and also did not contribute their fantastic strength for their sqaud to emerge victory. Most wickets almost 75% of West indies batter wickets was wiped out by Gus Atkinson sqaud and he picked up total 7 wickets. Zak Crawley starter batter of England sqaud showcased impressive performance by collecting 49 scores this victory is so easy and simple for West indies sqaud. Hope this match will win by England squad.

[Nalain420]

England vs West Indies test series will start today and the two teams will face each other in the first test match today. Although England team is currently in better form than West Indies, so England has more chances to win the series. Still I think West Indies team will try to play well against England and they will play well to win the series. However, according to the betting ratings, England are more likely to go, if England can be bet on today's match, there is a chance to win.

In this I think England will win the match.  Because the West Indies team is getting weak now.  And England are making a good turnaround in perform and it can be gauged from the first match of this series as well.  West Indies batsmen have scored only 121 runs in 42 overs and the whole team will be out.  The pace of their batsmen has been very slow but their bowlers have been play very poorly.  England batsmen have score 49 runs in 10 overs and have lost 1 wicket.  Victory will be known only at the end.England batsmen need 69 runs to win the match and will win easily.

[CryptoBuds]

England vs West Indies test series will start today and the two teams will face each other in the first test match today. Although England team is currently in better form than West Indies, so England has more chances to win the series. Still I think West Indies team will try to play well against England and they will play well to win the series. However, according to the betting ratings, England are more likely to go, if England can be bet on today's match, there is a chance to win.

In this I think England will win the match.  Because the West Indies team is getting weak now.  And England are making a good turnaround in perform and it can be gauged from the first match of this series as well.  West Indies batsmen have scored only 121 runs in 42 overs and the whole team will be out.  The pace of their batsmen has been very slow but their bowlers have been play very poorly.  England batsmen have score 49 runs in 10 overs and have lost 1 wicket.  Victory will be known only at the end.England batsmen need 69 runs to win the match and will win easily.

West Indies were unlikely to perform well against England at Lord's. But still I expected a bit better batting from West Indies in the first innings. West Indies failed to play well in the first innings. The chances of West Indies batting well in the second innings are very low. On the third or fourth day this pitch will become helpful for bowling.

West Indies collected only 121 runs in the first innings. The batsmen of West Indies cannot bat even up to 50 overs. On the other hand, England's players have batted responsibly. Opener Zak Crawley was dismissed for 76 runs. Ollie Pope's collection was 57 runs. Joe Root and Harry Brook are now at the crease. The England team has already managed to take a lead of 66 runs. West Indies will lose this match by an innings margin.

[kro55]

England vs West Indies test series will start today and the two teams will face each other in the first test match today. Although England team is currently in better form than West Indies, so England has more chances to win the series. Still I think West Indies team will try to play well against England and they will play well to win the series. However, according to the betting ratings, England are more likely to go, if England can be bet on today's match, there is a chance to win.

In this I think England will win the match.  Because the West Indies team is getting weak now.  And England are making a good turnaround in perform and it can be gauged from the first match of this series as well.  West Indies batsmen have scored only 121 runs in 42 overs and the whole team will be out.  The pace of their batsmen has been very slow but their bowlers have been play very poorly.  England batsmen have score 49 runs in 10 overs and have lost 1 wicket.  Victory will be known only at the end.England batsmen need 69 runs to win the match and will win easily.

West Indies were unlikely to perform well against England at Lord's. But still I expected a bit better batting from West Indies in the first innings. West Indies failed to play well in the first innings. The chances of West Indies batting well in the second innings are very low. On the third or fourth day this pitch will become helpful for bowling.

West Indies collected only 121 runs in the first innings. The batsmen of West Indies cannot bat even up to 50 overs. On the other hand, England's players have batted responsibly. Opener Zak Crawley was dismissed for 76 runs. Ollie Pope's collection was 57 runs. Joe Root and Harry Brook are now at the crease. The England team has already managed to take a lead of 66 runs. West Indies will lose this match by an innings margin.

West Indies' innings ended on just 121 runs. At the end of the first day, England team collected 189 runs with the loss of only three wickets. Although the West Indies batsmen are not batting well on this pitch, England are playing very well at their home ground.

Gus Atkinson's bowling in the first innings surprised us all. He broke the top order of West Indies. The interesting fact is that Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets in this match. Bowling 12 overs he conceded 45 runs and took 7 wickets. Besides, Woakes, Anderson and Stokes picked up one wicket each. West Indies bowlers cannot bowl controlled like England bowlers. Jayden Seales took two wickets and Holder took one.

[CryptoBuds]

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West Indies were unlikely to perform well against England at Lord's. But still I expected a bit better batting from West Indies in the first innings. West Indies failed to play well in the first innings. The chances of West Indies batting well in the second innings are very low. On the third or fourth day this pitch will become helpful for bowling.

West Indies collected only 121 runs in the first innings. The batsmen of West Indies cannot bat even up to 50 overs. On the other hand, England's players have batted responsibly. Opener Zak Crawley was dismissed for 76 runs. Ollie Pope's collection was 57 runs. Joe Root and Harry Brook are now at the crease. The England team has already managed to take a lead of 66 runs. West Indies will lose this match by an innings margin.

West Indies' innings ended on just 121 runs. At the end of the first day, England team collected 189 runs with the loss of only three wickets. Although the West Indies batsmen are not batting well on this pitch, England are playing very well at their home ground.

Gus Atkinson's bowling in the first innings surprised us all. He broke the top order of West Indies. The interesting fact is that Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets in this match. Bowling 12 overs he conceded 45 runs and took 7 wickets. Besides, Woakes, Anderson and Stokes picked up one wicket each. West Indies bowlers cannot bowl controlled like England bowlers. Jayden Seales took two wickets and Holder took one.

West Indies are not a strong team in Test format. The chances of West Indies doing well on the Lord's pitch were also slim. Even so, if West Indies could muster close to 200 in the first innings, the match was likely to become competitive. But none of the batsmen in the West Indies squad can do well. Mikyle Louis scored 27 runs for the team. Besides, Alick Athanaze scored 23 runs and Kavem Hodge scored 24 runs. West Indies batsmen have completely failed to play big innings against the bowling of Gus Atkinson.

The West Indies batsmen batted badly, but if the West Indies bowlers could have done better, the match would have been competitive. But the performance of the West Indies bowlers is also not good. If England can somehow score 320+ and take a lead of 200 runs, then England will win very easily. West Indies will not be able to muster 200+ in the second innings on this pitch.

[hafiztalha]

I have watched all games of ODI series between Sir Lanka U19 team vs England U19 team and now in between these teams, test series has start today 3 rd day of 1 st test game was ended and condition of game is in favour Sri Lanka U19 according to me. 1 st Inning of Sri Lanka U19 made 324 runs and all wickets were gone and down. Dinura best Batsman of Sri Lanka U19 team and played very good in 1 st Inning and he made brilliant century of 104 runs in 144 balls and he hitted thirteen 4s and one 6s. First few batsman did not play well but he helped a lot to score good runs. Now England inning is continuing and 4 wickets were down and Fonseka batsman who played good and made 72 runs still not dismissed and other Rockey both playing their inning and hopefully England U19 team chased 324 runs and trail good runs for next inning to Sri Lanka U19 team.

[Publictalk792]

West Indies are not a strong team in Test format. The chances of West Indies doing well on the Lord's pitch were also slim. Even so, if West Indies could muster close to 200 in the first innings, the match was likely to become competitive. But none of the batsmen in the West Indies squad can do well. Mikyle Louis scored 27 runs for the team. Besides, Alick Athanaze scored 23 runs and Kavem Hodge scored 24 runs. West Indies batsmen have completely failed to play big innings against the bowling of Gus Atkinson.

The West Indies batsmen batted badly, but if the West Indies bowlers could have done better, the match would have been competitive. But the performance of the West Indies bowlers is also not good. If England can somehow score 320+ and take a lead of 200 runs, then England will win very easily. West Indies will not be able to muster 200+ in the second innings on this pitch.

I agree they are not strong in the Test format but I was not expecting such kind of performance by West Indies team. Because they made only 121 runs. Means I was feeling that I am looking at a T20 match stats.
Well England is looking much stronger as compare to them. England has made 189 runs and they have lost three wickets. So at this time England is leading with 68 runs. And I think England will make this lead much higher. May be they will give a lead of 200+ runs. So if they will give 200+ runs lead so the current situation is saying West Indies will not be able to give any lead to England and England will win without playing the second inning.

[ThemePen]

I have watched all games of ODI series between Sir Lanka U19 team vs England U19 team and now in between these teams, test series has start today 3 rd day of 1 st test game was ended and condition of game is in favour Sri Lanka U19 according to me. 1 st Inning of Sri Lanka U19 made 324 runs and all wickets were gone and down. Dinura best Batsman of Sri Lanka U19 team and played very good in 1 st Inning and he made brilliant century of 104 runs in 144 balls and he hitted thirteen 4s and one 6s. First few batsman did not play well but he helped a lot to score good runs. Now England inning is continuing and 4 wickets were down and Fonseka batsman who played good and made 72 runs still not dismissed and other Rockey both playing their inning and hopefully England U19 team chased 324 runs and trail good runs for next inning to Sri Lanka U19 team.

The match is now entered in an interesting zone. Means the Srilanka was on 177 runs and they lost 5 wickets on the first day. But after that the rain was interfering. And I was not expecting that the Srilanka will cross the 300 runs. Because their situation was looking little bit weak. But they have proven their selves and they made 324 runs. And I really appreciate the batting of Dinura Kalupahana who made 104 runs.
Well England has now started their turn and they have made 193 runs with the lost of 4 wickets. So let's see how much they will give lead to Srilanka team. If England will give a lead of 200+ runs which is looking impossible so they may have a chance of winning.

[Out of mind]

West Indies scored 121 runs in the first innings with the loss of 10 wickets. England's Gus Atkinson was in great form in the match as he took seven wickets and his bowling was outstanding as none of the West Indies batsmen could play the ball well. In the first innings, England batted to meet West Indies' target, and they lost only three wickets, Zak Crawley batting brilliantly, he was dismissed for 76 runs, unfortunately could not reach the century. England scored 189 runs for the loss of three wickets and gave the West Indies a lead of 68 runs, but if they can bat well in today's match, they can give a bigger lead.

[Swordsoffreedom]

West Indies scored 121 runs in the first innings with the loss of 10 wickets. England's Gus Atkinson was in great form in the match as he took seven wickets and his bowling was outstanding as none of the West Indies batsmen could play the ball well. In the first innings, England batted to meet West Indies' target, and they lost only three wickets, Zak Crawley batting brilliantly, he was dismissed for 76 runs, unfortunately could not reach the century. England scored 189 runs for the loss of three wickets and gave the West Indies a lead of 68 runs, but if they can bat well in today's match, they can give a bigger lead.

The West Indies batsmen should have batted more responsibly on this pitch in the first innings. Because on this pitch it is very difficult to score big by batting in the second innings. West Indies completely failed to collect big in the first innings. A very small collection of only 121 runs. Looking at England's batting, it seems that England will take a lead of at least 200 runs.

England bowler Gus Atkinson I have not seen bowling before. This is the first match of Gus Atkinson that I have seen. A mesmerizing performance was Gus Atkinson's. Gus Atkinson bowled only 12 overs. Out of this Maiden gave 5 overs. And the important thing is that he picked up 7 wickets. West Indies' innings stopped at just 121 runs due to Gus Atkinson's bowling.

The England team is batting responsibly at the start of the day. Root and Harry Brook are now at the crease. England collected 218 runs after losing 3 wickets. Brook scored 41 runs and Root scored 28 runs unbeaten.

[BALIK]

West Indies scored 121 runs in the first innings with the loss of 10 wickets. England's Gus Atkinson was in great form in the match as he took seven wickets and his bowling was outstanding as none of the West Indies batsmen could play the ball well. In the first innings, England batted to meet West Indies' target, and they lost only three wickets, Zak Crawley batting brilliantly, he was dismissed for 76 runs, unfortunately could not reach the century. England scored 189 runs for the loss of three wickets and gave the West Indies a lead of 68 runs, but if they can bat well in today's match, they can give a bigger lead.

The West Indies batsmen should have batted more responsibly on this pitch in the first innings. Because on this pitch it is very difficult to score big by batting in the second innings. West Indies completely failed to collect big in the first innings. A very small collection of only 121 runs. Looking at England's batting, it seems that England will take a lead of at least 200 runs.

England bowler Gus Atkinson I have not seen bowling before. This is the first match of Gus Atkinson that I have seen. A mesmerizing performance was Gus Atkinson's. Gus Atkinson bowled only 12 overs. Out of this Maiden gave 5 overs. And the important thing is that he picked up 7 wickets. West Indies' innings stopped at just 121 runs due to Gus Atkinson's bowling.

The England team is batting responsibly at the start of the day. Root and Harry Brook are now at the crease. England collected 218 runs after losing 3 wickets. Brook scored 41 runs and Root scored 28 runs unbeaten.

England lost their fourth batsman for 244 runs. Harry Brook returned to the dressing room with a 50 off 64 balls. And right now the England team has collected 250 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. Joe Root remains unbeaten with 47 runs.

England team has already managed to take a lead of 129 runs. West Indies mustered only 121 runs in their first innings. The West Indies team will be defeated very badly in this match. West Indies should now be hosting series against relatively minor teams. Because West Indies players are not in good form for a long time. West Indies did not play well in the last T20 World Cup. At the moment, the chances of performing well in Test matches against a strong team like England are very unlikely.

[noormcs5]

I agree they are not strong in the Test format but I was not expecting such kind of performance by West Indies team. Because they made only 121 runs. Means I was feeling that I am looking at a T20 match stats.
Well England is looking much stronger as compare to them. England has made 189 runs and they have lost three wickets. So at this time England is leading with 68 runs. And I think England will make this lead much higher. May be they will give a lead of 200+ runs. So if they will give 200+ runs lead so the current situation is saying West Indies will not be able to give any lead to England and England will win without playing the second inning.

After the next some time, the test match day two will start and yesterday we have seen too much effort by the England team and yesterday when the day has finished, the England team were leading with 68 runs. The half match almost finished yesterday and most probably England will have the upper hand in this test match.
Now, today the England team must try to make more than 300+ runs and for this, they could use day three, because then on days 4 and 5, they can easily bowl out the West Indies team. In that case, they don’t have to bat once again. But maybe today we will see changes in the match, let’s see.

[Ayers]

I agree they are not strong in the Test format but I was not expecting such kind of performance by West Indies team. Because they made only 121 runs. Means I was feeling that I am looking at a T20 match stats.
Well England is looking much stronger as compare to them. England has made 189 runs and they have lost three wickets. So at this time England is leading with 68 runs. And I think England will make this lead much higher. May be they will give a lead of 200+ runs. So if they will give 200+ runs lead so the current situation is saying West Indies will not be able to give any lead to England and England will win without playing the second inning.

After the next some time, the test match day two will start and yesterday we have seen too much effort by the England team and yesterday when the day has finished, the England team were leading with 68 runs. The half match almost finished yesterday and most probably England will have the upper hand in this test match.
Now, today the England team must try to make more than 300+ runs and for this, they could use day three, because then on days 4 and 5, they can easily bowl out the West Indies team. In that case, they don’t have to bat once again. But maybe today we will see changes in the match, let’s see.

Ben Stokes did not bat well. Stokes got out after collecting only 4 runs. England team managed to collect 291 runs after losing 6 wickets. It seems that England team will be able to collect around 340-350 runs. If they can take a lead of more than 200 runs, England will win this match very easily. I don't think West Indies can collect more than 200 in the second innings.

The England team has already taken a lead of 170 runs. Joe Root is out after collecting 68 runs. Jamie Smith is batting very carefully. Jamie Smith remains unbeaten with 16 runs from 43 balls. West Indies bowlers are not able to bowl well on this pitch.

[noormcs5]

Ben Stokes did not bat well. Stokes got out after collecting only 4 runs. England team managed to collect 291 runs after losing 6 wickets. It seems that England team will be able to collect around 340-350 runs. If they can take a lead of more than 200 runs, England will win this match very easily. I don't think West Indies can collect more than 200 in the second innings.

The England team has already taken a lead of 170 runs. Joe Root is out after collecting 68 runs. Jamie Smith is batting very carefully. Jamie Smith remains unbeaten with 16 runs from 43 balls. West Indies bowlers are not able to bowl well on this pitch.

No doubt it is the best chance for the England team to make as much lead as possible and make things almost impossible for West Indies in this first test match.

The first wicket of England team bowling was broken at 10.5 overs, which was bowled by Atkinson. He gave the ball on the off side but after a bounce ball started to came inside and the batsmen saw this ball with the mood of cover drive, as I said the ball slowly came inside and after touching the edge side of the batsmen bat, the ball direct hit to the stumps and like this there captain lost his wicket who is Kraigg Brathwaite.



That was the first wicket of the West Indies innings and of the match too.

[JahriMeayer]

England vs West Indies, 1st Test already started. England won the toss and opted to fielding. West indies started batting first and they did worst performance ever in their 1st inngins.Only scored 121-10 runs in 42 Overs. Most of players got out with zero runs and This score is very low, maybe okey for t20 but its ridiculous while we are discussing about test match. Besides England already Crossed 300 runs galary and Scored 329-6 runs in 80 overs and still they have good players for archiving more runs. Zak Crawley(76), Joe Root(68) and Ollie Pope(57) made good amount of runs. Gus Atkinson got 7 wickets alone. What a legendary bowler, maybe he is going to selected as player of the match if England win. Now waiting for 2nd inngins to see how west indies perform in batting. Although i think England already have archived advantage to won this 1st test match against West Indies

[Haunebu]

West Indies are playing like crap against England in literally every department as expected. Atkinson decimated their batting line-up while almost all of their batsmen are scoring enough runs.

When the heck will Stokes retain his form with both bat and ball? Anyway, I feel like England will end up winning this particular match without even batting in the 2nd innings.

[Fuso.hp]

West Indies scored 121 runs in the first innings with the loss of 10 wickets. England's Gus Atkinson was in great form in the match as he took seven wickets and his bowling was outstanding as none of the West Indies batsmen could play the ball well. In the first innings, England batted to meet West Indies' target, and they lost only three wickets, Zak Crawley batting brilliantly, he was dismissed for 76 runs, unfortunately could not reach the century. England scored 189 runs for the loss of three wickets and gave the West Indies a lead of 68 runs, but if they can bat well in today's match, they can give a bigger lead.

England have been batting so far on the second day where they have managed to score 351 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. 

England are 230 runs ahead of West Indies at the end of the first innings. The way England are batting, it seems that with a few more runs, they will again invite the West Indies to bat and they will have a chance of beating the West Indies by an innings margin. With the state of the match so far, West Indies are likely to lose by an innings margin. The way West Indies batted in the first innings, if they wanted, they could have batted a little more responsibly, so the number of runs on the scoreboard would have increased, but West Indies could not do that.

[Bitcoin_people]

England team completed the target of West Indies and gave a lead of 250 runs. England team scored 371 runs in today's match, though comparatively England did not score much runs in today's match. But the lead given to the West Indies, I think the West Indies will be under a lot of pressure to meet this target. In the second innings, the West Indies team batted and they lost an opening wicket early on which put them under a lot of pressure. Kraigg Brathwaite as a captain of the team did not score good runs for the team but got out. However, the West Indies team has now batted for 13 runs in 10 overs with the loss of 1 wicket and if they fail to meet the target and give a lead in today's match, they are likely to lose the match.