Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[UmerIdrees]

Yesterday we saw the second day of test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh team, it is the matches of  A teams from both teams.
From the Paistan team Sahibzada Farhan is leading this series and in this first match, he made 66 in 88, good performance by him as the capain of the Pakistan A team.

Sahibzada Farhan ios a very good player, he also performed amazing at the Pakistan Super League but after that he was not selected for any series but this time he is leading and hopefully, he will make his place in the national team. Sahibzada Farhan the best player ever produce by
Pakistan team.

By the way, this test match was ended in a draw. Pakistan A team made 467 runs for 3 wickets down and then they declared the innings. After that Bangladesh made 203 for four wickets down and the match was ended with no results.

The game is not drawn yet day three is stumped and Bangladesh made only 20 runs. Pakistan A made 467 runs loss three wickets and declared the first innings and Bangladesh A team all out in 266 runs. Pakistan A Setting big total of 428 runs for Bangladesh A team to win first unofficial test game. day 3 stumps off excellent batting by Omair Yousuf Scored a brilliant hundred and out after scoring 100 runs while Mubasir Khan made 95 runs and contributed a few runs to miss his hundred. 

Bangladesh A team played seven over today they made 20 scores without lose of any wicket. Bangladesh A openers are on the crease and they will start the morning session of the 4th day if they save their wickets in first session then they will put pressure on Pakistan A side. Bangladesh A team that failed to deliver in the first inning of the game now needs 408 runs to win this game.

As we are all known to the fact that Muhammad Amir has came back into the International team. Also you may know the A team series is running between Bangladesh A and Pakistan A but on 21 August, they will be a series between Pakistan and Bangladesh original teams.

In that series, Muhammad Amir said that he took retirement decision back from the International cricket so he can play this test series too against Bangladesh. Also you may know that he took his retirement from the test since 2017 or 2018 but now we may see him back through the test matches and with his magical swing in this test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi and Karachi.

[Bitcoin_people]

In the third Test match, West Indies decided to bat and who they might play well to win the match against England. Two matches have been played and between these two matches England have not been able to equalize the West Indies game, we already know that England has qualified enough to win the series by winning two matches. The West Indies team is currently batting very well and their game is not that developed due to which they are constantly losing matches, although they are not very strong. West Indies team did not play very well against England due to which they lost badly in every match, today's match will probably try hard to win. But I think this third test match today England has one more and may beat West Indies in this match too.

[Sithara007]

Surprisingly, West Indies has got a good start, with Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis looking quite comfortably out there. Also, the good news for West Indies is that Gudakesh Motie has recovered from his injury and is a part of playing XI for this match. And West Indies have also won the toss, so they don't need to bat last. But the priority for now is to survive against the pace trio of  Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood. Anything above 350 would be a good total for the first innings.

[fuguebtc]

Surprisingly, West Indies has got a good start, with Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis looking quite comfortably out there. Also, the good news for West Indies is that Gudakesh Motie has recovered from his injury and is a part of playing XI for this match. And West Indies have also won the toss, so they don't need to bat last. But the priority for now is to survive against the pace trio of  Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood. Anything above 350 would be a good total for the first innings.

After the decent start that West Indies actually got, They had lost the first wicket at 76. And after that they have been losing wickets at regular intervals. In evening when I tuned their playing they had scored 187 so far and they had lost 5 wickets that process. Actually they had lost the fifth wicket when they were 115. So there is a good partnership was going on between Jason Holder and Desilva. You know they are the last recognized pair who can actually handle themselves with the bat in hand. After this there was not much batting left for the West Indies. So those two would have to go to at least 250, but they failed. At night when I tuned again their score is 270 within 9 wickets, 300 is expecting not more then. The bowling from England has actually been pretty good. They looked to break this partnership quickly. So far the fast bowlers have been pretty successful in this match.

[BALIK]

In the third Test match, West Indies decided to bat and who they might play well to win the match against England. Two matches have been played and between these two matches England have not been able to equalize the West Indies game, we already know that England has qualified enough to win the series by winning two matches. The West Indies team is currently batting very well and their game is not that developed due to which they are constantly losing matches, although they are not very strong. West Indies team did not play very well against England due to which they lost badly in every match, today's match will probably try hard to win. But I think this third test match today England has one more and may beat West Indies in this match too.

I would say West Indies lost the first two matches because of bad batsmen. We were not at all prepared for West Indies' terrible batting in the first match. The West Indies team was defeated by a huge margin. However, West Indies' comeback in the first innings of the second match was very commendable. But in the second innings again we saw bad batting from West Indies batsmen. And as usual West Indies faced defeat again.

My expectations from West Indies were a bit higher in today's match. I thought West Indies would collect big in their first innings. While the top order did not play well, Holder and de Silva batted responsibly in the sixth wicket partnership. But in the first innings, West Indies managed to collect a total of only 282 runs.

[Sithara007]

Anyone watching the test match between Ireland and Zimbabwe? There were a lot of twists and turns until now. At one point Ireland were 165/3, and then they collapsed to 206/9. This is a carbon copy of what happened to Zimbabwe during the first innings. They were 167/3, and then collapsed to 210 all around. Look how similar the scores are. Then at the most crucial moment rain happened. So we don't know yet who will get the first innings lead (which doesn't matter as far as the outcome is concerned anyway).

[CryptoBuds]

Surprisingly, West Indies has got a good start, with Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis looking quite comfortably out there. Also, the good news for West Indies is that Gudakesh Motie has recovered from his injury and is a part of playing XI for this match. And West Indies have also won the toss, so they don't need to bat last. But the priority for now is to survive against the pace trio of  Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood. Anything above 350 would be a good total for the first innings.

After the decent start that West Indies actually got, They had lost the first wicket at 76. And after that they have been losing wickets at regular intervals. In evening when I tuned their playing they had scored 187 so far and they had lost 5 wickets that process. Actually they had lost the fifth wicket when they were 115. So there is a good partnership was going on between Jason Holder and Desilva. You know they are the last recognized pair who can actually handle themselves with the bat in hand. After this there was not much batting left for the West Indies. So those two would have to go to at least 250, but they failed. At night when I tuned again their score is 270 within 9 wickets, 300 is expecting not more then. The bowling from England has actually been pretty good. They looked to break this partnership quickly. So far the fast bowlers have been pretty successful in this match.

I can't say that 282 is a good collection on this pitch. Had the West Indies managed to score more than 350, the match was likely to be competitive. But now probably we will see only England's dominance in this match. Because in the last two matches, we have seen that England's batsmen are in very good form. And in both the matches England's batsmen batted responsibly.

Gus Atkinson bowled well in this innings. Gus Atkinson took 4 wickets. Besides, Chris Woakes took 3 wickets and Mark Wood took two wickets. However, if the West Indies bowlers can bowl well now, the match is likely to be competitive.

[hafiztalha]

England vs West Indies

So today England and West Indies will played their third match.
As we know they have played two matches already. And England has won both. And I think they will win the third one too. In the first inning of the second match West Indies performance was very admirable and they were showing that they can win this match but unfortunately in the second inning they didn't play well but they show that they can give a tough time to England.  So let's wait for the match start. May be West Indies will give a tough time to England.

West Indies and England have met twice in Test matches, and England in the first and second matches. And England team won by a huge margin, so England team is definitely more likely to win this test match between these two teams today. 

Because the England team has enough experienced batsmen, especially in today's match, both the teams will perform seriously.  In two of those matches, the West Indies team performed well in terms of batting but could not perform well in terms of bowling. So if they want to win today's game, they have to seriously bowl and batting performance.

West indies team Vs England team 3 rd game was started now and today day 1 was played and stump. Past two games of their teams, England team both won these games with good effort hope in last 3 rd game England team again showed brilliant struggle in innings and make possible to win this game and also whitewash the west indies team with 3 wins. West indies first won the toss and selected batting first. This game is playing on Edgbaston stadium. West indies again performed poor just like in past game in first inning. West indies made only 282 runs in 75.1 overs, Kraigg batsman played good ans he scored 61 runs in 86 balls. Holder and Da Silva both also played excellent effort and both scores total 117 runs. England inning also started in 1 st day and bit Thier inning was more poor and worst than West indies team. They lost 3 wickets in only 8 overs and made 38 runs. Seales bowler took down 2 wickets and other 1 wicket was down by Joseph bowlers I know this is the start of inning and England played also good in past game when everyone believe that they lost this game. I still believe that their remaining batsman will do a great comeback in game and beat bowlers of West indies team and set good trail runs.

[Smack That Ace]

England vs West Indies

So today England and West Indies will played their third match.
As we know they have played two matches already. And England has won both. And I think they will win the third one too. In the first inning of the second match West Indies performance was very admirable and they were showing that they can win this match but unfortunately in the second inning they didn't play well but they show that they can give a tough time to England.  So let's wait for the match start. May be West Indies will give a tough time to England.

West Indies and England have met twice in Test matches, and England in the first and second matches. And England team won by a huge margin, so England team is definitely more likely to win this test match between these two teams today. 
Because the England team has enough experienced batsmen, especially in today's match, both the teams will perform seriously.  In two of those matches, the West Indies team performed well in terms of batting but could not perform well in terms of bowling. So if they want to win today's game, they have to seriously bowl and batting performance.

West indies team Vs England team 3 rd game was started now and today day 1 was played and stump. Past two games of their teams, England team both won these games with good effort hope in last 3 rd game England team again showed brilliant struggle in innings and make possible to win this game and also whitewash the west indies team with 3 wins. West indies first won the toss and selected batting first. This game is playing on Edgbaston stadium. West indies again performed poor just like in past game in first inning. West indies made only 282 runs in 75.1 overs, Kraigg batsman played good ans he scored 61 runs in 86 balls. Holder and Da Silva both also played excellent effort and both scores total 117 runs. England inning also started in 1 st day and bit Thier inning was more poor and worst than West indies team. They lost 3 wickets in only 8 overs and made 38 runs. Seales bowler took down 2 wickets and other 1 wicket was down by Joseph bowlers I know this is the start of inning and England played also good in past game when everyone believe that they lost this game. I still believe that their remaining batsman will do a great comeback in game and beat bowlers of West indies team and set good trail runs.

West Indies scored 282 runs in the first innings. I did not expect a better innings from this team. West Indies' batting order is quite strong. But their main problem is that the performance of the batsmen is very erratic. The squad has a lot of talented players. But they are not able to bat consistently. This is why the West Indies team is lagging behind.

I expected better batting from England's top order. I expected England to score 400+ in this innings as well. But the England team lost wickets very quickly. But England lost 3 wickets to collect only 31 runs. At the end of the day, England collected 38 runs after losing 3 wickets in 8 overs.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I can't say that 282 is a good collection on this pitch. Had the West Indies managed to score more than 350, the match was likely to be competitive. But now probably we will see only England's dominance in this match. Because in the last two matches, we have seen that England's batsmen are in very good form. And in both the matches England's batsmen batted responsibly.

Gus Atkinson bowled well in this innings. Gus Atkinson took 4 wickets. Besides, Chris Woakes took 3 wickets and Mark Wood took two wickets. However, if the West Indies bowlers can bowl well now, the match is likely to be competitive.

Test match is kind of funny cause you can often see unexpected results, after scoring 282 it looked like a small score for ENG and they thought they could post a big 1st innings total so they can have huge lead but it turned out to be wrong, Windies right back on the top by taking 3 wickets in just 8 overs for stumps so they are on the top now but Eng has to concentrate now and focus on reducing their trail now.

[ZAINmalik75]

England vs West Indies

So today England and West Indies will played their third match.
As we know they have played two matches already. And England has won both. And I think they will win the third one too. In the first inning of the second match West Indies performance was very admirable and they were showing that they can win this match but unfortunately in the second inning they didn't play well but they show that they can give a tough time to England.  So let's wait for the match start. May be West Indies will give a tough time to England.

West Indies played worst cricket in thier previous two matches against England and lose both of thier matches by giving advantage of 2-0 lead to England, it's true that especially test cricket at current time didn't suit West Indies played because of thier aggressive mindset and behaviour so that why they really lost most of thier matches they should keep patience build as much as possible partnership and keep as much as high possible wickets in hand. Anyway according to scoreboard West Indies batting order failed like usually they did and scored 280 around target I taught it gona be another disaster for west indies but surprisingly while England batting they not only restrict them and put them under huge pressure but took three important wickets of them still they have plenty of wickets and I ma sure they will recovered as much as possible damage but I am really impressed for west indies they way they show his intent

[Rustam Meraj]

West Indies played worst cricket in thier previous two matches against England and lose both of thier matches by giving advantage of 2-0 lead to England, it's true that especially test cricket at current time didn't suit West Indies played because of thier aggressive mindset and behaviour so that why they really lost most of thier matches they should keep patience build as much as possible partnership and keep as much as high possible wickets in hand. Anyway according to scoreboard West Indies batting order failed like usually they did and scored 280 around target I taught it gona be another disaster for west indies but surprisingly while England batting they not only restrict them and put them under huge pressure but took three important wickets of them still they have plenty of wickets and I ma sure they will recovered as much as possible damage but I am really impressed for west indies they way they show his intent

Yes you are right West Indies again show that they are not better than England team. They played their first turn and they made only 282 runs and all team got out. But here is surprising things is that England has also lost 3 wickets on 38 runs. And they are also looking little bit weak.
If West Indies will bowl well today and collect the remaining wickets before 150 runs so I think there will be chances of winning of West Indies. And in this case West Indies will win due to the bowling otherwise batting line is weak and they need to improve. I hope West Indies will do better today.

[Unknown Op]

Anyone watching the test match between Ireland and Zimbabwe? There were a lot of twists and turns until now. At one point Ireland were 165/3, and then they collapsed to 206/9. This is a carbon copy of what happened to Zimbabwe during the first innings. They were 167/3, and then collapsed to 210 all around. Look how similar the scores are. Then at the most crucial moment rain happened. So we don't know yet who will get the first innings lead (which doesn't matter as far as the outcome is concerned anyway).

Yes
Zimbabwe against Ireland both participated in test match and both sqauds completed their first innings and these two innings completed in two days and again Zimbabwean batters reached on crease for starting their second Inning. Just few overs were played of this inning and Zimbabwe managed 12 scores but Ireland sqaud already lead this match with 28 scores and their first inning performance was slightly better than Zimbabwe sqaud and right now it is very difficult to predict that which sqaud will emerge victory in test match. Zimbabwe sqaud managed 210 scores but Ireland squad achieved this 210 scores of Zimbabwe sqaud and lead match with 40 more scores. Zimbabwe sqaud starter batters showcased incredible performance and both Prince Masvaure  and Joylord Gumbie build strong partnership more than 100 scores and total both managing 74 and 49 scores respectively. But resting members did not collect high scores from above two batter scores and fastly lost their wickets. Their bowlers gave 59 extra scores to Ireland squad in first innings and their bowlers need to fix themselve for future lose.

[Sithara007]

Surprising fightback from Ireland. From 203/9, they managed to reach 250. And thereby they took a lead of 40 runs for the first innings. Andy McBrine along with Matthew Humphreys added valuable runs towards the end, as they put up a 10th wicket partnership of 47 runs. And these runs may prove to be very valuable in the end. Zimbabwe bowlers ran out of steam, when it mattered the most. Ireland has an advantage at this point, but let's also not forget the fact that they need to bat last in this pitch.

[Cheema02]

England vs West Indies

So today England and West Indies will played their third match.
As we know they have played two matches already. And England has won both. And I think they will win the third one too. In the first inning of the second match West Indies performance was very admirable and they were showing that they can win this match but unfortunately in the second inning they didn't play well but they show that they can give a tough time to England.  So let's wait for the match start. May be West Indies will give a tough time to England.

West Indies played disappointing test cricket in last 2 matches and England now leading the series by winning back to back test match. In third match West indies all out in 282 runs. The Captain of West indies Kraigg Brathwaite played highest individual inning of 61 runs and Jason Holder batting scored half century 59 runs. Joshua Da Silva batting performance is good scored 49 runs unfortunately missed a well deserved half century by 1 runs short but reached the west indies total to 280 plus runs against England. at the end lod day 1 England loss its 3 crucial wickets in just 38 runs and now trail by 244 runs. West Indies have a chances to restricted England under 200 runs and start their second innings with a decent lead.

[Bitcoin_people]

In the 3rd Test match, the West Indies team batted on the first day and collected 282 runs, losing 10 wickets. Although West Indies did well in today's match, if they want to beat England, they must improve their bowling performance and bowl strongly. Meanwhile the England team came out to bat and none of their opening batting could sustain due to which they lost wickets very soon and their runs were comparatively less. If the West Indies team continues to bowl like this in today's match, England will definitely lose. At the moment England are 38 runs 3 wickets from 8 overs, although today's match is not so important for England as they have won both the previous matches so the Test series is in their hands.

[Sithara007]

In the 3rd Test match, the West Indies team batted on the first day and collected 282 runs, losing 10 wickets. Although West Indies did well in today's match, if they want to beat England, they must improve their bowling performance and bowl strongly. Meanwhile the England team came out to bat and none of their opening batting could sustain due to which they lost wickets very soon and their runs were comparatively less. If the West Indies team continues to bowl like this in today's match, England will definitely lose. At the moment England are 38 runs 3 wickets from 8 overs, although today's match is not so important for England as they have won both the previous matches so the Test series is in their hands.

England lost three wickets, but one of those was Mark Wood who came in as the night watchman. I don't understand why he was delegated to this role, as he is not a good lower order batsman. Chris Woakes or Gus Atkinson would have been more suitable. Anyway, Joe Root came out to bat once Wood got out, and was joined by Ollie Pope at the crease. From what we saw yesterday, both Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales were exploiting the seam-friendly conditions at the Edgbaston stadium.

[noormcs5]

West Indies scored 282 runs in the first innings. I did not expect a better innings from this team. West Indies' batting order is quite strong. But their main problem is that the performance of the batsmen is very erratic. The squad has a lot of talented players. But they are not able to bat consistently. This is why the West Indies team is lagging behind.

I expected better batting from England's top order. I expected England to score 400+ in this innings as well. But the England team lost wickets very quickly. But England lost 3 wickets to collect only 31 runs. At the end of the day, England collected 38 runs after losing 3 wickets in 8 overs.

The West Indies team made 282 runs in the first innings, once again we can judge from here the West Indies team will lose it because this time too they have made the same mistake that they did in the last two matches, they were not able to get lead means when by chance they had a lead then they are becoming overconfident and later every time, they lost their lead as well.

Today we also have seen in the start, that they did good batting but once again they were starting to be overconfident and playing long shots with no clear plan cause of their losing wickets. By the way, it is not a problem with any particular batsman, it is a problem for the whole West Indies team.

[UmerIdrees]

The West Indies team made 282 runs in the first innings, once again we can judge from here the West Indies team will lose it because this time too they have made the same mistake that they did in the last two matches, they were not able to get lead means when by chance they had a lead then they are becoming overconfident and later every time, they lost their lead as well.

Today we also have seen in the start, that they did good batting but once again they were starting to be overconfident and playing long shots with no clear plan cause of their losing wickets. By the way, it is not a problem with any particular batsman, it is a problem for the whole West Indies team.

This time the captain of West Indies played well and did his responsibility in this innings of the third and the last test match. He was playing so good and well but the problem started when the other opener Mikyle Louis was out, he was not making runs but at least he stayed with his captain.

When he was out then the team was going to be out and after him when back to back two or three wickets were gone then the caption Kraigg Brathwaite also lost his wicket and then not good situation was there for the West Indies team for a long time because after his out once more wickets were gone and the West Indies team came under a lot of pressure.

[Sithara007]

There is a good chance that West Indies may get a first innings lead at Edgbaston. First of all, they put up a decent total of 282. And then in return, England are struggling at 38/3, with two of their crucial batsmen back in pavilion (Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett). At this point they have Ollie Pope and Joe Root at the crease, with Brook and Stokes yet to come. But given the seam movement and bounce that Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales are generating out of the pitch, it is going to be a tough second day for them.