Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Swordsoffreedom]

England vs New Zealand

England vs New Zealand 2 nd test game was stated between these teams and England team already won 1 st test game and their effort in this game looks weak compare to 1 st game.  New Zealand team won toss and they elected field first and this game is playing Basin Reserve stadium. Root was dismissed in this 1 turn and he made only 3 runs. Ben showed very poor effort and did not perform well and made 0 runs. Thai is the quite to judge them and think about their lose hope England team will bounce back in game and will show brilliant effort in bowling as well in batting. Brook is not dismissal yet and he complete his half century and made 51 runs in 55 balls and hitted five 4s and two 6s. Ollie helping him to make good runs for their team and he scored 29 runs in 36 balls and hitting Four 4s.

New Zealand disappointed performance continue they lost back to back quick wickets at the end of day 1. England all out after scoring 280 runs in first inning. New Zealand in trouble after losing 5 wickets at just 86 runs. England used four bowlers and all these bowler's picked wickets. Brydon Carse picked 2 important wickets by just giving 28 runs. gus atkinson and ben Stokes also bowl good spell picked one, one wicket. I think England will bowled out New Zealand under 140 or 150 runs and start their second inning with huge lead and easily win this match if New Zealand didn't performed well in second inning of test match.

England could not play a big innings in their first innings. Except Ollie Pope and Harry Brook, no other batsman could stay at the crease for long. England could only collect 280 runs in the first innings. Harry Brook scored 123 runs in 115 balls. Ollie Pope's collection was 66 runs. Because of these two responsible innings, England could collect up to 280. If these two batsmen could not play well, England's innings would have stopped before 200.

However, we can see a weaker batting from New Zealand batsmen. At the end of the first day, New Zealand lost 5 wickets in just 26 overs. At the end of the day, New Zealand's collection is 86 runs. New Zealand is still behind by a big margin of 194 runs. However, the team has already lost 5 wickets. In the first innings, I think England will be able to take a decent lead.

If England can take a lead of 100 runs and give a target of 300+, then it will be very difficult for New Zealand to win this match. New Zealand batsmen are not in good shape at the moment.

[Sithara007]

Adelaide test will resume today, with Australia having the strong upper hand. Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney have added 62 runs so far for the second wicket. This is surprising because Marnus has been out of form for so long, and Nathan is playing just his second test match. If Marnus can get a hundred tomorrow, then it would be great. For India, Jasprit Bumrah was exceptional once again. But then he got hardly any support from the other bowlers. I really don't know why the selectors are persisting with Mohammed Siraj.

[fuguebtc]

The Lankans looks good today. They are at 146/1 and they have to score 212 more to start getting lead. To be honest, I thought Sri Lankans won't be able able to score 300 runs in the first innings. But the current partnership reached 100+ and still positive. It is the 3rd session of the day and if they can finish the day without losing a wicket or do not lose too many wickets, then it will be the day for Sri Lankans.

The overall batting from South Africans wasn't good to be honest. Only three of their batter scored 284 runs and the rest 8 players scored 74 runs. But the pitch looks good today. It seems like the bowlers does not have much to do today. Not sure if pitch started to change.

South Africa managed to score a decent 358 runs. We have seen quite good batting from the South African players. Especially due to two centuries from Ryan Rickelton and Bedingham, South Africa was able to score 358 runs. Even after scoring 358 runs, South Africa will probably fail to take the lead. On the second day, we saw controlled batting by Sri Lankan batsmen.

Almost every batsman in the top order of Sri Lanka has been able to bat well. South African bowlers are not able to do well on this pitch. Opener Pathum Nissanka returned to the dressing room with 89 runs, Angelo Mathews 40 and Mendis is still unbeaten with 30 runs. At the end of the second day, Sri Lanka has managed to score 242 runs with the loss of only 3 wickets. Sri Lanka is only 116 runs behind South Africa. I guess Sri Lanka will be able to score more than 400 in their first innings.

[noormcs5]

The Lankans looks good today. They are at 146/1 and they have to score 212 more to start getting lead. To be honest, I thought Sri Lankans won't be able able to score 300 runs in the first innings. But the current partnership reached 100+ and still positive. It is the 3rd session of the day and if they can finish the day without losing a wicket or do not lose too many wickets, then it will be the day for Sri Lankans.

The overall batting from South Africans wasn't good to be honest. Only three of their batter scored 284 runs and the rest 8 players scored 74 runs. But the pitch looks good today. It seems like the bowlers does not have much to do today. Not sure if pitch started to change.

Sri Lankan's are batting equally well or if i am not wrong, they are batting even better than the South African's. I was impressed seeing the batting performance of the Sri Lanka batsmen. Pathum Nissanka opened the innings and played so well but he was unfortunate not to complete his century. He was out on 89 runs and missed the 100. Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis are looking to bat well too and it seems that Sri Lanka will get to the South Africa score of 358 runs.

Right now it is difficult to guess as who will win this test but if both the teams continue to bat well in the 2nd innings too then I am afraid we will be heading towards a draw.

[Minor Miner]

The Lankans looks good today. They are at 146/1 and they have to score 212 more to start getting lead. To be honest, I thought Sri Lankans won't be able able to score 300 runs in the first innings. But the current partnership reached 100+ and still positive. It is the 3rd session of the day and if they can finish the day without losing a wicket or do not lose too many wickets, then it will be the day for Sri Lankans.
The overall batting from South Africans wasn't good to be honest. Only three of their batter scored 284 runs and the rest 8 players scored 74 runs. But the pitch looks good today. It seems like the bowlers does not have much to do today. Not sure if pitch started to change.

Sri Lankan's are batting equally well or if i am not wrong, they are batting even better than the South African's. I was impressed seeing the batting performance of the Sri Lanka batsmen. Pathum Nissanka opened the innings and played so well but he was unfortunate not to complete his century. He was out on 89 runs and missed the 100. Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis are looking to bat well too and it seems that Sri Lanka will get to the South Africa score of 358 runs.
Right now it is difficult to guess as who will win this test but if both the teams continue to bat well in the 2nd innings too then I am afraid we will be heading towards a draw.

Sri Lankan batsmen have been able to bat better than South Africa. Basically 3 batsmen of South Africa squad were able to bat well. Because of the performance of these three, South Africa was able to collect 358 runs. Rickelton and Bedingham were able to score centuries. Bavuma was able to play an important innings of 78 runs. Apart from this, no other batsman of South Africa squad could survive at the crease for a long time.

On the other hand, Sri Lankan players are batting very well. If Sri Lanka can start the next day well, they will be able to collect 450+ and take a lead of 100+ runs. Two experienced batsmen like Mathews and Mendis are still at the crease. And these two batsmen are batting very carefully.

[GbitG]

India vs Australia
 
The second match of the BGT series starts in the next one hour. Captain Rohit Sharma is back in the squad. Though many fans are not happy seeing this, the captain has sacrificed his opening spot and decided to bat somewhere in the middle. Moreover, in Adelaide, Australia has never lost any pink ball match. So it will be really interesting to see today’s battle. After the WTC point deductions of New Zealand and England, India now only needs to win 2 out of the next 4 matches to qualify for the finals. Will this be possible in today’s match?

Here we go the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been begin and littrely indian team performed so badly in their first inning, none of their crucial players played their important role nor filled their responsibility and gave away their wicket to Australian pacers . Still, many fans are in the belief that they will come back just like they have done in previous matches, but they need to understand that the situation can be changed at anytime, I mean it is an athlete anything can happen. After a long time Australian were criticized by their own senior due to bad performance against India so the reaction will be completely changed also, they will have deep sight on the standing table, which can be changed completely if India gets back-to-back victories, so they will try hard to put them below by themselves.

Besides that now Australia has been trailing by 94 runs and they have just lost one wicket so the main drama will be begin tomorrow. But I don't know why I have a gut feeling that the Indian team will get defeated in the second match so if these were really to happen, so indeed the series will become spicier after the 1-1 results.

[kro55]

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Sri Lankan batsmen have been able to bat better than South Africa. Basically 3 batsmen of South Africa squad were able to bat well. Because of the performance of these three, South Africa was able to collect 358 runs. Rickelton and Bedingham were able to score centuries. Bavuma was able to play an important innings of 78 runs. Apart from this, no other batsman of South Africa squad could survive at the crease for a long time.

On the other hand, Sri Lankan players are batting very well. If Sri Lanka can start the next day well, they will be able to collect 450+ and take a lead of 100+ runs. Two experienced batsmen like Mathews and Mendis are still at the crease. And these two batsmen are batting very carefully.

Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets. And Sri Lanka have managed to collect a big score of 242 by losing 3 wickets. So it can be expected that Sri Lanka will be able to collect more than 450 in their first innings. Because on this pitch, South African bowlers are not able to make any advantage.

Now Mathews and Kamindu Mendis are at the crease. These two batsmen have the ability to play big innings. At the same time, Dhananjaya De Silva and Kusal mendis are also capable of playing big innings when the team needs them. If these four batsmen can bat decently, it will not be difficult for Sri Lanka to collect big scores.

[minairia3]

Adelaide test will resume today, with Australia having the strong upper hand. Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney have added 62 runs so far for the second wicket. This is surprising because Marnus has been out of form for so long, and Nathan is playing just his second test match. If Marnus can get a hundred tomorrow, then it would be great. For India, Jasprit Bumrah was exceptional once again. But then he got hardly any support from the other bowlers. I really don't know why the selectors are persisting with Mohammed Siraj.

India had a small total. Even then I thought the match would be competitive. In the first match we saw India in the first innings, India could only score 150 runs. Even then, India took a lead of 46 runs. And in the second innings, India batted well and gave a target of 500+.

In the first innings of the second match, we also saw India's weak batting. India scored only 180 runs. However, the Australian batsmen are batting very responsibly. Australia scored 86 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. If Australia wants to win the match, they need to take a lead of at least 100+ runs. Otherwise, maybe India will give a big target.

[HelliumZ]

Adelaide test will resume today, with Australia having the strong upper hand. Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney have added 62 runs so far for the second wicket. This is surprising because Marnus has been out of form for so long, and Nathan is playing just his second test match. If Marnus can get a hundred tomorrow, then it would be great. For India, Jasprit Bumrah was exceptional once again. But then he got hardly any support from the other bowlers. I really don't know why the selectors are persisting with Mohammed Siraj.

India had a small total. Even then I thought the match would be competitive. In the first match we saw India in the first innings, India could only score 150 runs. Even then, India took a lead of 46 runs. And in the second innings, India batted well and gave a target of 500+.

In the first innings of the second match, we also saw India's weak batting. India scored only 180 runs. However, the Australian batsmen are batting very responsibly. Australia scored 86 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. If Australia wants to win the match, they need to take a lead of at least 100+ runs. Otherwise, maybe India will give a big target.

Australia are trailing by 94 runs but comparing India's first match with Australia, it is not possible to accurately predict which team will win. Seeing how India won the match incredibly despite the batting disaster in the first Test match, it seems that India will come back in the second innings in this match as well. However, in this match, Australia's batting style seems to be taking a big run lead. And if Australia can give a big run lead then Australia will definitely have more chances to win.

[Texac]

Adelaide test will resume today, with Australia having the strong upper hand. Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney have added 62 runs so far for the second wicket. This is surprising because Marnus has been out of form for so long, and Nathan is playing just his second test match. If Marnus can get a hundred tomorrow, then it would be great. For India, Jasprit Bumrah was exceptional once again. But then he got hardly any support from the other bowlers. I really don't know why the selectors are persisting with Mohammed Siraj.

India had a small total. Even then I thought the match would be competitive. In the first match we saw India in the first innings, India could only score 150 runs. Even then, India took a lead of 46 runs. And in the second innings, India batted well and gave a target of 500+.
In the first innings of the second match, we also saw India's weak batting. India scored only 180 runs. However, the Australian batsmen are batting very responsibly. Australia scored 86 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. If Australia wants to win the match, they need to take a lead of at least 100+ runs. Otherwise, maybe India will give a big target.

Australia are trailing by 94 runs but comparing India's first match with Australia, it is not possible to accurately predict which team will win. Seeing how India won the match incredibly despite the batting disaster in the first Test match, it seems that India will come back in the second innings in this match as well. However, in this match, Australia's batting style seems to be taking a big run lead. And if Australia can give a big run lead then Australia will definitely have more chances to win.

Australia will not allow a repeat of the same incident as in the first match. If Australia had batted a little better in the first innings of the first match, then India would not have had a chance to dominate the match. Australia fell behind in the first innings itself.

As usual, we saw India's weak batting in the first innings of the second match. However, the Australian batsmen batted very carefully. However, it is not possible to say whether Australia will be able to start the next day well. If Australia does not lose any wickets in the first 10 overs tomorrow, then I would say that Australia will score at least 300 runs in the first innings.

[Insanity]

Adelaide test will resume today, with Australia having the strong upper hand. Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney have added 62 runs so far for the second wicket. This is surprising because Marnus has been out of form for so long, and Nathan is playing just his second test match. If Marnus can get a hundred tomorrow, then it would be great. For India, Jasprit Bumrah was exceptional once again. But then he got hardly any support from the other bowlers. I really don't know why the selectors are persisting with Mohammed Siraj.

India had a small total. Even then I thought the match would be competitive. In the first match we saw India in the first innings, India could only score 150 runs. Even then, India took a lead of 46 runs. And in the second innings, India batted well and gave a target of 500+.
In the first innings of the second match, we also saw India's weak batting. India scored only 180 runs. However, the Australian batsmen are batting very responsibly. Australia scored 86 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. If Australia wants to win the match, they need to take a lead of at least 100+ runs. Otherwise, maybe India will give a big target.

Australia are trailing by 94 runs but comparing India's first match with Australia, it is not possible to accurately predict which team will win. Seeing how India won the match incredibly despite the batting disaster in the first Test match, it seems that India will come back in the second innings in this match as well. However, in this match, Australia's batting style seems to be taking a big run lead. And if Australia can give a big run lead then Australia will definitely have more chances to win.

Australia will not allow a repeat of the same incident as in the first match. If Australia had batted a little better in the first innings of the first match, then India would not have had a chance to dominate the match. Australia fell behind in the first innings itself.

As usual, we saw India's weak batting in the first innings of the second match. However, the Australian batsmen batted very carefully. However, it is not possible to say whether Australia will be able to start the next day well. If Australia does not lose any wickets in the first 10 overs tomorrow, then I would say that Australia will score at least 300 runs in the first innings.

It is very difficult to predict the batting performance of the Australian team's batsmen in relation to the first Test match. However, it is true that the Australian team's batsmen can stay at the crease with patience on day 2 and bat, then they will be able to create a chance to lead the score higher than expected against India. Hopefully, the Australian team players will be able to surprise the cricket fans against India in this second Test match. Cricket fans also always expect to enjoy constructive matches and tough series.

[Fuso.hp]

England vs New Zealand

England vs New Zealand 2 nd test game was stated between these teams and England team already won 1 st test game and their effort in this game looks weak compare to 1 st game.  New Zealand team won toss and they elected field first and this game is playing Basin Reserve stadium. Root was dismissed in this 1 turn and he made only 3 runs. Ben showed very poor effort and did not perform well and made 0 runs. Thai is the quite to judge them and think about their lose hope England team will bounce back in game and will show brilliant effort in bowling as well in batting. Brook is not dismissal yet and he complete his half century and made 51 runs in 55 balls and hitted five 4s and two 6s. Ollie helping him to make good runs for their team and he scored 29 runs in 36 balls and hitting Four 4s. Matt and Nathan each bowlers took 2 wickets of England batsman and let's see what happens in next and England team will bounce back in game and successfully win one more.

England are looking once again on a front line to divert match results in thier favor while on the other hand instead of making some good progress for his team new Zealand are also on a aim to pushing them toward victory, it's really awful and unexpected because we have seen a good face of new Zealand especially in test cricket in recent time but something is going wrong with them. First they face a very brutal results from SiriLankan team at thier home ground and then they continue that defeat run with england. Now after ordinary innings from brooke and pope england scored a decent target but when it come to bat for new Zealand they failed once again and lose his top and middle order wicket below 100 and look they will give away more tomorrow so that they can lose in decent way lol

England's big win against New Zealand awaits. When England scored 280 runs in the first innings, New Zealand managed to score only 125 runs in their first innings. England are again batting in the second innings against New Zealand where England managed to accumulate 215 runs for 3 wickets on the scoreboard so far. England are still 370 runs ahead of New Zealand. If England bats for a little longer scores 450 plus runs, if England declares their innings, then New Zealand's defeat is certain because they will not be able to score at least that many runs while keeping so many wickets. So it can be said that England is going to win this test match against New Zealand by a big margin.

[Shishir99]

Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets. And Sri Lanka have managed to collect a big score of 242 by losing 3 wickets. So it can be expected that Sri Lanka will be able to collect more than 450 in their first innings. Because on this pitch, South African bowlers are not able to make any advantage.

Well, anything can happen. If the world's best team could have a batting collapse within a single session, then Sri Lanka might have as well. I am not saying they won't be able to score 450+ runs. They may score those runs. But there is always a possibility of a batting collapse. It's not like the African bowling line up is weak. They are strong enough to Bowl them out in the first session of day three.

I did not place a bet on any of them. So, I am not going to support one over another. Since Sri Lanka had a terrible test, they should try to come back and prove their strength. 116 more runs needed to start to take lead which won't be too hard.

[Sithara007]

It is very difficult to predict the batting performance of the Australian team's batsmen in relation to the first Test match. However, it is true that the Australian team's batsmen can stay at the crease with patience on day 2 and bat, then they will be able to create a chance to lead the score higher than expected against India. Hopefully, the Australian team players will be able to surprise the cricket fans against India in this second Test match. Cricket fans also always expect to enjoy constructive matches and tough series.

India got a strong start today, but then wasted it as Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana failed to properly backup the opening bowlers (Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj). In particular, Rana was extremely wayward and expensive. Australians look quite comfortable out there after the initial wobble, when Nathan McSweeney and Steven Smith got out in quick succession. Marnus Labuschagne look comfortable out there. He has really dug in, and from the other end Travis Head is becoming more aggressive.

[Swordsoffreedom]

We are seeing good batting from the Australian batsmen in the second Test match. The Australian team had to lose due to the weakness of the batsmen in the first Test match. In the first Test match, the Australian team was able to collect only 104 runs in the first innings. Since the Australian batsmen performed very badly in the first innings, the Indian team was able to give a big target.

The Australian batsmen are batting carefully in the second Test match. Australia has lost only 3 wickets. Australia has scored 160 runs. Marnus Labuschagne is unbeaten on 62 runs. However, there is no good batting from an important batsman like Steven Smith. Australia is trailing by only 20 runs. Since Australia has lost only 3 wickets. So it is expected that Australia will be able to take a big lead in the first innings.

[libert19]

Travis Head being headache for India once again.

Meanwhile, on Mitch Marsh's LBW, the fuck is wrong with third umpire. It was clear as day that ball was pad first, could tell without any minute observation and yet you say 'inconclusive evidence' about whether ball hit pad or bat first — that's BS.

[JSRAW]

3rd umpires seem to be in some sort of rush and unfortunately India on the receiving hand, umpires are not following protocol and giving judgment based on only 1 angle.

It happened in 1st test and happened today as well in 2nd test just before lunch and worse India lost a review, this shouldn't have happened. Hope the onfield umpire talk to 3rd umpire during lunch and India get back their review.

[virasog]

India got a strong start today, but then wasted it as Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana failed to properly backup the opening bowlers (Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj). In particular, Rana was extremely wayward and expensive. Australians look quite comfortable out there after the initial wobble, when Nathan McSweeney and Steven Smith got out in quick succession. Marnus Labuschagne look comfortable out there. He has really dug in, and from the other end Travis Head is becoming more aggressive.

Usman Khawaja was gone in the start of the Australian innings and when he was out I was completely worried for Australia because as in the last match, Indian bowlers smashed to Australian batsmen. Hence, the fear was coming but nope because after this wicket, Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne played really a long innings that caused Australia to get into a good position in the game and at the same time lead the game now. I was thinking that Steven Smith might be played amazing innings but he lost his wicket in the 2 runs but now Travis Head is batting on 50+. Let's see what he can do for the Aussies.

[noormcs5]

It is very difficult to predict the batting performance of the Australian team's batsmen in relation to the first Test match. However, it is true that the Australian team's batsmen can stay at the crease with patience on day 2 and bat, then they will be able to create a chance to lead the score higher than expected against India. Hopefully, the Australian team players will be able to surprise the cricket fans against India in this second Test match. Cricket fans also always expect to enjoy constructive matches and tough series.

India got the lead of 12 runs and Travis Head is on the strike that means the night mare for the Indian team is here. Travis Head gave a tough time to India in every single game and so far he has reached 63 runs but he is playing not in an anger mood, but calmly. Marnus Labuschagne scored 64 in 126 balls which is the highest score in the team so far but I think Travis Head will smash a wonderful 100 on this ground in Adelaide.



Still, India can make a comeback in the game if they can somehow stop this run flow and take some quick wickets of the Australian team.

[Bitcoin_people]

Australia batted well on the second day, the way they scored runs was really great. Australia has lost 7 wickets at the moment, but India has managed to achieve the target and give a big lead. Australia has only three wickets left at the moment, so they will be all out, but if Australia can give India a lead of 200 runs in the end, it will be very difficult for India. Australia must bat well at the moment to give a big lead, Australia has given India a lead of 135 runs at the moment, but they will try to give a bigger lead.