Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Farhan99]

In 1 st test game of Bangladesh A tour of Pakistan series, both played very well and at last this game was drawn and no one won this game. Bangladesh A team did not bat good in both innings and they made 122 runs only in 1 st Inning and in 2 nd inning, they scored 153 runs. Pakistan A team made 367 runs in single inning. Umar Pakistan A team Batsman he made 177 runs in 211 ball with hitting 23 4s and three 6s. S Shakeel also showed excellent effort and made 76 runs in 132 balls with hitting nine 4s. M.Hamza in bowling side, he took down 3 wickets in 1 st Inning and gave 33 runs.

Yeah, South Africa posted a nice target 246 runs in second innings and set the target of 257 runs south  Africa team played well as compared to their first innings excellent innings played by Aiden Markram and Kyle Verreynne both made fifties brilliant bowling by west indies bowlers they put pressure on south Africa team. Jayden Seales destroyed South Africa's batting lineup by taking six wickets, while Gudakesh Motie and Jomel Warrican took two wickets, and South Africa gave the target of 257 runs. West indies are on the way to chasing this target they scored 28 runs with the loss of only one wicket Keacy Carty and Kraigg Brathwaite are on the crease it will be a very difficult task for West Indies batsmen to chase the target because South Africa showed brilliant bowling in first innings and now the pressure is on west indies team

[noormcs5]

Yes we can say that a good opportunity has been created for West Indies now let's see if they can use that opportunity to win the second test match. West Indies did not bat very well in the first innings of the second Test match as they were all out for just 144 runs.
Now in front of them i.e. they need only 224 runs to win. At the moment they have collected 39 runs for one wicket. West Indian batsmen now have to bat responsibly, if they put in a poor batting performance like the first innings, they might miss out on an easy win.

What the West Indies batsmen need right now is to make it difficult for their opponents South Africa's bowlers. So that they hesitate to bowl.

So far, here is the lunch break in the match between South Africa and West Indies teams. The West Indies team batting on 43 runs in the loss of one wicket. Hopes have risen again for them. There are still days left, they can achieve what they want to do in this series and they can make win from here.
Just 220 more score they have to make then they win it. Kraigg Brathwaite is still batting that is good for the team, if he will play the 70-80 runs innings for the team then it is the clue for the win for the West Indies. After winning against Australia, this will be the second win for West Indies in test matches in 2024. 

[virasog]

https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/news-bangladesh-players-frustrated-slow-internet-connection-amid-test-tour-pakistan-report
A slow internet connection is causing some problems.

I also heard this news that the Internet is not working properly in Pakistan due to some infrastructural issues in the connectivity.
Another update is that Sarfraz Ahmed is back in the Pakistan team. By the way, from much time he was not in the team and dropped out for the all series but in this series, he come back as the vice-captain.

Muhammad Rizwan and Sarfraz Ahmed both are the wonderful wicket-keeper and also both are very experienced. Also, both have the experience of being vice-captain for Pakistan but there is no one who is happy with Shan Masood captaincy. Not only players, the audience is also very unhappy with his captaincy due to his performance in the last matches. He don’t deserve to even play in the test matches but he is leading them.

[minairia3]

Yes we can say that a good opportunity has been created for West Indies now let's see if they can use that opportunity to win the second test match. West Indies did not bat very well in the first innings of the second Test match as they were all out for just 144 runs.
Now in front of them i.e. they need only 224 runs to win. At the moment they have collected 39 runs for one wicket. West Indian batsmen now have to bat responsibly, if they put in a poor batting performance like the first innings, they might miss out on an easy win.

What the West Indies batsmen need right now is to make it difficult for their opponents South Africa's bowlers. So that they hesitate to bowl.

So far, here is the lunch break in the match between South Africa and West Indies teams. The West Indies team batting on 43 runs in the loss of one wicket. Hopes have risen again for them. There are still days left, they can achieve what they want to do in this series and they can make win from here.
Just 220 more score they have to make then they win it. Kraigg Brathwaite is still batting that is good for the team, if he will play the 70-80 runs innings for the team then it is the clue for the win for the West Indies. After winning against Australia, this will be the second win for West Indies in test matches in 2024. 

The South African team could not start the third day well. So South Africa lost all the wickets to collect 246 runs. South Africa managed to set a target of 263 runs. But our estimate was that South Africa could deliver the target of 300. Like the West Indies batsmen, the performances of the South African batsmen are now completely erratic. It is impossible to predict when the batsmen of this team will play well.

Batting at a target of 263 runs, the West Indies team lost wickets at the beginning. West Indies lost all three batsmen of the top order to collect 62 runs. West Indies are under pressure at the moment. 263 runs is impossible if the batsmen cannot stay at the crease. The team managed to collect only 144 runs in the first innings. So winning by 263 runs is not an easy task for West Indies.

[Nalain420]

In 1 st test game of Bangladesh A tour of Pakistan series, both played very well and at last this game was drawn and no one won this game. Bangladesh A team did not bat good in both innings and they made 122 runs only in 1 st Inning and in 2 nd inning, they scored 153 runs. Pakistan A team made 367 runs in single inning. Umar Pakistan A team Batsman he made 177 runs in 211 ball with hitting 23 4s and three 6s. S Shakeel also showed excellent effort and made 76 runs in 132 balls with hitting nine 4s. M.Hamza in bowling side, he took down 3 wickets in 1 st Inning and gave 33 runs. In 2 nd Inning of Bangladesh a team, Hamza again dropped 2 batsman from pitch in 6.2 overs with 13 runs. Hope in 2 nd game, Bangladesh A team will show some better effort and try hard to beat Pakistan A team.

If you focus on the perform of both of them you will realize that the perform of Bangladesh batsmen has not been good.  Because his two-innings performance on target looks very low.  The perform of Pakistan batsmen has proved to be very good but due to luck they could not win the match and the victory did not go in favor of anyone.  Umar has scored runs with full effort and hard work on his part and he has achieved half of the target.  If you emphasize the balls of the Pakistan batsmen, their batsmen waste a lot of balls, yes they score runs, but they should guard against it because it will help them to achieve the target in a difficult situation.  Pakistan bowler's performance was better and more impressive than the batsmen.  Bangladesh batsmen should speed up their pace because if they don't give a tough target even in the Test match, where will they give in the series?

[Mahdirakib]

Batting at a target of 263 runs, the West Indies team lost wickets at the beginning. West Indies lost all three batsmen of the top order to collect 62 runs. West Indies are under pressure at the moment. 263 runs is impossible if the batsmen cannot stay at the crease. The team managed to collect only 144 runs in the first innings. So winning by 263 runs is not an easy task for West Indies.

West Indies already lost their 6 wickets. They need around 100 more runs to win the match. At this moment, it will be pretty hard for them to chase the target. They have made a strong comeback in the 7th wicket partnership, which has brought back some hope for West Indies. I thought the match will end within two and a half days. South Africa did a little better in the second innings.

[ZAINmalik75]

On the third day, the West Indies team came out to bat and they tried to play brilliantly to win. Although the South African team has given a target of 263 runs for this match, if the West Indies can meet this score, then they will surely win this Test match. Although they have lost one wicket at the moment so they still have a good chance to win the match if they can put up a good batting performance. In that case, the West Indies team will have to put in a good batting performance today and improve their game if they want to win this Test match against South Africa. At the moment, West Indies still need to collect 220 runs if they want to reach the target of victory

West Indies were currently looking in very good position because they have more than 200 overs left while they have just chased the 100 runs required and still they have around four wicket in hand but currently the main important things for west indies team revival in that series is partnership between silva and motie because they are only hope to meet the required and if by chance any of these two lose his wicket then ultimately it will execute huge pressure on thier rest of batting lineup and thier chances to meet the target will be definitely goes below so they has to played slow but inorder to neglect pressure they has to be on crease and to be honest it will be really shocking moments for everyone if west indies won that match because no one expect that results.

[minairia3]

Batting at a target of 263 runs, the West Indies team lost wickets at the beginning. West Indies lost all three batsmen of the top order to collect 62 runs. West Indies are under pressure at the moment. 263 runs is impossible if the batsmen cannot stay at the crease. The team managed to collect only 144 runs in the first innings. So winning by 263 runs is not an easy task for West Indies.

West Indies already lost their 6 wickets. They need around 100 more runs to win the match. At this moment, it will be pretty hard for them to chase the target. They have made a strong comeback in the 7th wicket partnership, which has brought back some hope for West Indies. I thought the match will end within two and a half days. South Africa did a little better in the second innings.

A target of 263 runs cannot be called a big target. But so far the chances of winning are equal for both the teams. Because we know that the performance of West Indies batsmen is very erratic. So it is impossible to predict in advance whether this team will win or not.

West Indies lost 6 wickets to collect only 104 runs. I thought maybe the team would lose the rest of the wickets very quickly. But now West Indies have collected 172 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. Joshua Da Silva scored 24 runs and Gudakesh Motie remained unbeaten with 38 runs. The West Indies team has already managed to collect 68 runs from this pair. West Indies will win if this pair survives at the crease. But if these two batsmen cannot extend their innings more, West Indies are likely to be defeated. West Indies need to collect 50 more runs from this pair if they want to win.

[JSRAW]

At the start of this series, I was under the impression that the Windies were on a South Africa tour but then realized it's a home series for the Windies.

Usually, they compete well at home against SENA countries but this series going only in one direction and many could argue that it's a new low because Proteas is not a good touring team, it's true for everyone (Barring Aus and Ind).

As far as the last recognized batter's (Joshua) dismissal is concerned, luck didn't favor the Windies as well but they should've batted well in the first inning. Things could've been interesting if they needed 40 odd runs but chasing 70 runs with tailender batting sounds a bit too much.

[CryptoBuds]

A target of 263 runs cannot be called a big target. But so far the chances of winning are equal for both the teams. Because we know that the performance of West Indies batsmen is very erratic. So it is impossible to predict in advance whether this team will win or not.

West Indies lost 6 wickets to collect only 104 runs. I thought maybe the team would lose the rest of the wickets very quickly. But now West Indies have collected 172 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. Joshua Da Silva scored 24 runs and Gudakesh Motie remained unbeaten with 38 runs. The West Indies team has already managed to collect 68 runs from this pair. West Indies will win if this pair survives at the crease. But if these two batsmen cannot extend their innings more, West Indies are likely to be defeated. West Indies need to collect 50 more runs from this pair if they want to win.

You were probably right that the West Indies would have won this match if the Silva-Motie partnership had been prolonged. But West Indies lost Motie's wicket for 181 runs and Silva's wicket for 182 runs. At this moment West Indies batsmen have managed to collect 194 runs by losing 8 wickets. West Indies batsmen need to collect 69 more runs to win. But at the moment there is no experienced batsman at the crease.

Every bowler in South Africa has been able to bowl well. Rabada, Piedt, Mahraj and Mulder took two wickets each. Jomel Warrican and Joseph are now at the crease. But these two batsmen cannot be trusted. These two batsmen will not be able to collect 69 runs. South Africa team is going to win the second match even if they don't win the first match.

[JahriMeayer]

West Indies vs South Africa, 2nd Test is Still ongoing. In the 1st Innings, RSA opted to bat first but their performance were very lower than i expected. They collected total 160-10 runa where they lost 3 wickets at 20-3 runs and lost 9 wickets at 97-9 runs. Shamar Joseph just destroyed them by hunting 5 wickets alone. Besides same situation was seen in west indies team. They all out within 144-10 runs. But in 2nd inngins, rsa developed themselves a little bit and able to score decent runs. Aiden Markram(51) and Kyle Verreynne(59) both of them did half century this time. Although rest of players performance were same dumb as before. Well they have scored 246-10 runs this time and west indies team already in the Field and yet they have collected 200-8 runs. They don't have good batsman and they still need 63 runs to win which will be very challenging for them. RSA supposed to have more chance to win this match IMHO