Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

Yes, Pakistan will do better only when these two good bowlers give the ball to whom they can put pressure on South Africa more easily. And the 211 runs given by Pakistan may not be able to be met so easily by the South African team.

I disagree. South Africa still have the upper hand here considering the fact that Markram is set while Bavuma is in amazing form these days and they still have plenty of firepower remaining.

South Africa can comfortably win this one as long as they end up giving them a lead of 50+ runs which should be doable at this stage.

[virasog]

The top order of the Australian team played really well but we found trouble in the middle order players those are known as power hitters, they did not put effort to make score but the top 4 players named Sam Konstas , Usman, Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scored very high runs and each player scored more than 50 runs. Australia is likely to win this game according to me. This decision is good by the Australian team to win the toss and decided to bowl first it really helps them on the first day and I hope it proves to be good in next days too.

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

[Lidger]

The top order of the Australian team played really well but we found trouble in the middle order players those are known as power hitters, they did not put effort to make score but the top 4 players named Sam Konstas , Usman, Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scored very high runs and each player scored more than 50 runs. Australia is likely to win this game according to me. This decision is good by the Australian team to win the toss and decided to bowl first it really helps them on the first day and I hope it proves to be good in next days too.

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

Australia is batting in the first innings of the first test match where they managed to accumulate 311 runs on the scoreboard for 6 wickets. The number of runs Australia were able to score against India in the early stages is now considerably less but with the runs they have collected so far, they can still compete well with India in the first innings with these runs. Before this, India did not do much against Australia in the three Test matches. But I expect India to definitely work on their batting and they will prove it in their first innings of the fourth Test match against Australia. Having lost three of the first three matches, India lost the series so it is now a battle to save their honour.

[Sithara007]

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

Anything can happen. Either they can score 400 plus, or they may get dismissed for 325. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have scored valuable runs so far in this series, but the two players after them (Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland) are genuine tailenders. Also, Jasprit Bumrah seems to have regained his composure after getting smashed all around the park by Sam Konstas. So he will be on fire tomorrow morning. I am not expecting much from either Mohammed Siraj or Akash Deep, but at least they should be capable of cleaning up the tail.

[Ayers]

The top order of the Australian team played really well but we found trouble in the middle order players those are known as power hitters, they did not put effort to make score but the top 4 players named Sam Konstas , Usman, Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scored very high runs and each player scored more than 50 runs. Australia is likely to win this game according to me. This decision is good by the Australian team to win the toss and decided to bowl first it really helps them on the first day and I hope it proves to be good in next days too.

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

Considering the pitch conditions, Australia batted well on the first day. Australia scored 311 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The first 4 batsmen of Australia's top order were able to collect 50+ each. Marsh and Head did not play well. However, two experienced batsmen like Cummins and Steven Smith are still at the crease. And these two have the ability to play big innings. Smith is unbeaten on 68 runs from 111 balls. It seems that Australia will be able to collect more than 400 easily in the first innings.

[JunaidAzizi]

Does anyone still think that India can qualify for the final of the World Test Championship? Australia has dominated the first day, and on top of that South Africa has so far performed credibly in their match against Pakistan. By end of this month, I guess we will get confirmation for a final between South Africa and Pakistan. I am surprised with the Indian selectors, who are just being too adamant. At the moment, there are three non-performers in the team - Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Mohammed Siraj. But no matter how poor their performance is, the selectors are not ready to drop them from the team.

The chance for the Indian team to be the champion of the World Test Championship is a little bit hard, but it's not impossible. To win, the Indian team has to win both the remaining matches against Australia. Since their points are low, winning both matches will slightly increase their points. However, it is very difficult to win both matches because the opponent is the Australian team, which is also known for its excellent performance, so they can face hurdles. If they lose one match and win the other, their chances of winning will depend on the performance of other teams........The presence of non-performing players will directly affect the team's performance and the morale of the players. I don't know why the selectors did not take action,maybe they are the big sharks, which is why they can leave them in the team.

[Insanity]

The top order of the Australian team played really well but we found trouble in the middle order players those are known as power hitters, they did not put effort to make score but the top 4 players named Sam Konstas , Usman, Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scored very high runs and each player scored more than 50 runs. Australia is likely to win this game according to me. This decision is good by the Australian team to win the toss and decided to bowl first it really helps them on the first day and I hope it proves to be good in next days too.

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

Australia is batting in the first innings of the first test match where they managed to accumulate 311 runs on the scoreboard for 6 wickets. The number of runs Australia were able to score against India in the early stages is now considerably less but with the runs they have collected so far, they can still compete well with India in the first innings with these runs. Before this, India did not do much against Australia in the three Test matches. But I expect India to definitely work on their batting and they will prove it in their first innings of the fourth Test match against Australia. Having lost three of the first three matches, India lost the series so it is now a battle to save their honour.

I don't think the Indian cricket team will be able to achieve success in the fight to save their honor. Because the players of the Australian cricket team are now able to play much better. The Australian cricket team has become responsible in both their batting and bowling. The batting of the Australian cricket team on the first day of the first innings in the fourth match of this Test series was very good. However, if the batsmen of the Australian cricket team can go through a long innings in the second day's batting tomorrow, they can make the victory journey of this fourth Test match much easier.

[noormcs5]

Well it's true that south African main bowlers were not able to get the wickets while the new names (Dene Pietersen and Corbin Bosch) surprised Pakistani top batting lineup through his majestic deliveries but looking to current condition things are clear that it's completely bowling friendly track and that's why Pakistan consistent performer unable to put some decent number on board while on the other hand when it come for south African they lose their top order too in very early stage before adding a handsome score, so now I believe in such condition 200 around target will be enough to defend. if bavuma got departure to pavilion early on because in his recent matches especially at test format he has very good stats.

Amazingly, Corbin Bosch picked up a wicket on his first international ball. He took it on his debut, what a luck it is.  And the wicket was not an ordinary person, the wicket was of Shan Masood who is the captain of the Pakistan team . But after that wicket, he would not get another wicket till some of the overs later and then he got another one out. That was the wicket of Saud Shakeel, he is a really good bowler and will provide many wickets to the team throughout the series.

[cryptoWODL]

The Test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan will begin again tomorrow. When Zimbabwe defeated Afghanistan in the first T20 match, it seemed like they might perform much better against Afghanistan in this series. But the Zimbabwe cricket team could not maintain their consistent performance, due to which they lost to Afghanistan in many matches.

Tomorrow they will face a strong Afghanistan in another series. I think Afghanistan is a strong team in the T20 format, Afghanistan is a strong team in the ODI format, and they are a much stronger team in the Test format as well.

If we talk about the test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, Afghanistan is a strong team but it does not mean that you will underestimate Zimbabwe team. head to head two Test matches have been played so far between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe and one test match is won by zimbabwe and the other is won by afghanistan so far and i think 50% chances of both teams and it is going to be a good match.

It is true that Afghanistan is a strong team but Zimbabwe can also perform very well in the Test format as I got proof of that today . Maybe according to the statistics you mentioned between these two teams both teams have equal chances of winning. The way every batsman in the Zimbabwe team played consistently well today, one would never think that they have lost a few consecutive matches against Afghanistan before. Zimbabwe team batted first today and every batsman in their team batted very efficiently and now they have collected 363 runs for four wickets.

[CryptoBuds]

Well it's true that south African main bowlers were not able to get the wickets while the new names (Dene Pietersen and Corbin Bosch) surprised Pakistani top batting lineup through his majestic deliveries but looking to current condition things are clear that it's completely bowling friendly track and that's why Pakistan consistent performer unable to put some decent number on board while on the other hand when it come for south African they lose their top order too in very early stage before adding a handsome score, so now I believe in such condition 200 around target will be enough to defend. if bavuma got departure to pavilion early on because in his recent matches especially at test format he has very good stats.

Amazingly, Corbin Bosch picked up a wicket on his first international ball. He took it on his debut, what a luck it is.  And the wicket was not an ordinary person, the wicket was of Shan Masood who is the captain of the Pakistan team . But after that wicket, he would not get another wicket till some of the overs later and then he got another one out. That was the wicket of Saud Shakeel, he is a really good bowler and will provide many wickets to the team throughout the series.

Dane Paterson and Corbin Bosch bowled well in the first innings. This is why Pakistan could not make a big score in the first innings. Pakistan's innings was limited to 211 runs in the first innings. This is not a good score in any way. Pakistan should have scored at least 300 runs in the first innings. Corbin Bosch took 4 wickets and Peterson took 5 wickets in the first innings.

No batsman in the Pakistan squad could play a big innings. Kamran Ghulam was able to score a maximum of 54 runs. Besides, Aamer Jamal was able to play an innings of 28 and Rizwan 27 runs. At the end of the first day, South Africa's score was 82 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Aiden Markram is still unbeaten on 47 runs.

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I don't think the Indian cricket team will be able to achieve success in the fight to save their honor. Because the players of the Australian cricket team are now able to play much better. The Australian cricket team has become responsible in both their batting and bowling. The batting of the Australian cricket team on the first day of the first innings in the fourth match of this Test series was very good. However, if the batsmen of the Australian cricket team can go through a long innings in the second day's batting tomorrow, they can make the victory journey of this fourth Test match much easier.

What you are thinking may be true because before this Indian team could not last long in front of Australian bowlers and at the same time it was seen that they could not put Australia under minimum pressure with their bowling lineup.
Now if we talk about this match then Australia has already scored 311 runs and that too they have Steven Smith still alive with his wicket. That means Australia is going to score some more runs after stumps tomorrow. And currently Indian batting lineup is in such a state that it faces a lot of struggle to chase the 300 run target. So I would also say that Australia can confirm their victory in this match.

[Smack That Ace]

I don't think the Indian cricket team will be able to achieve success in the fight to save their honor. Because the players of the Australian cricket team are now able to play much better. The Australian cricket team has become responsible in both their batting and bowling. The batting of the Australian cricket team on the first day of the first innings in the fourth match of this Test series was very good. However, if the batsmen of the Australian cricket team can go through a long innings in the second day's batting tomorrow, they can make the victory journey of this fourth Test match much easier.

What you are thinking may be true because before this Indian team could not last long in front of Australian bowlers and at the same time it was seen that they could not put Australia under minimum pressure with their bowling lineup.
Now if we talk about this match then Australia has already scored 311 runs and that too they have Steven Smith still alive with his wicket. That means Australia is going to score some more runs after stumps tomorrow. And currently Indian batting lineup is in such a state that it faces a lot of struggle to chase the 300 run target. So I would also say that Australia can confirm their victory in this match.

India is not able to take much advantage in this series. Although India won the first match, India could not do well in the next two matches. Australia won the second match by 10 wickets. Australia would have won the third match too if the match had not been delayed due to rain. The third match was drawn.

Australia's batsmen are batting very well in the fourth match too. Australia scored 311 runs for the loss of 6 wickets on the first day. They still have two experienced batsmen like Smith and Cummins at the crease. If India cannot take these two wickets early in the next day, it will be easier for Australia to collect more than 400. Indian bowlers will have to try their best to take these two wickets early in the next day. Otherwise, India will fall behind in the first innings.

[Crypto Library]

India is not able to take much advantage in this series. Although India won the first match, India could not do well in the next two matches. Australia won the second match by 10 wickets. Australia would have won the third match too if the match had not been delayed due to rain. The third match was drawn.

Australia's batsmen are batting very well in the fourth match too. Australia scored 311 runs for the loss of 6 wickets on the first day. They still have two experienced batsmen like Smith and Cummins at the crease. If India cannot take these two wickets early in the next day, it will be easier for Australia to collect more than 400. Indian bowlers will have to try their best to take these two wickets early in the next day. Otherwise, India will fall behind in the first innings.

I really don't understand why India is not able to improve their performance. If we see India performing badly in the first innings against Australia in the first match and then recovering well in the second innings, then why are they not able to do so in the subsequent matches. Which of their players is injured? I don't see anything like that, although I don't know much about India's squad.

Although the first match was played at the Perth stadium, is this the fate of the Indian team due to the venue change? However, I have noticed that in most of the past matches, experienced players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not performed well with the bat, this could be one of the reasons, now it remains to be seen how they perform in this match. I hope that the rain will not be a hindrance.

[fuguebtc]

In the ODI series against Zimbabwe, we saw good performance of Afghanistan players. The performance of Zimbabwean batsmen against Afghanistan bowlers was very weak. Afghanistan team won every match by a big margin.

However, in the first Test match of the series, Zimbabwe batsmen batted very well. At the end of the first day, Zimbabwe collected 363 runs for the loss of only 4 wickets. Sean Williams is unbeaten on 145 runs. Captain Craig Ervine is unbeaten on 56 runs. I don't think it will be possible for Afghanistan to win this match. The match is more likely to be drawn or Zimbabwe will win this match. Afghanistan bowlers could not take any advantage on the first day. Afghanistan captain used 7 of his bowlers on the first day

[Iranus]

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

Anything can happen. Either they can score 400 plus, or they may get dismissed for 325. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have scored valuable runs so far in this series, but the two players after them (Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland) are genuine tailenders. Also, Jasprit Bumrah seems to have regained his composure after getting smashed all around the park by Sam Konstas. So he will be on fire tomorrow morning. I am not expecting much from either Mohammed Siraj or Akash Deep, but at least they should be capable of cleaning up the tail.

I think India's future in this match will depend on their performance in the first session tomorrow. If the Indian bowlers can restrict Australia to 350, then perhaps India will be able to dominate the match. And maybe India will be able to take a decent lead in the first innings. However, if Australia scores more than 400 in the first innings, then it will be a very difficult task for India to take the lead.

We have not seen India play well against Australian bowlers in the previous two matches. There is no doubt that Indian players are very talented. At the same time, Indian batsmen are very experienced. However, in recent matches, we have seen very erratic performances of Indian batsmen. So, the chances of India scoring more than 400 in the first innings against Australian bowlers are very low. My guess is that Australia will score 400+ in their first innings. Pat Cummins and Smith's partnership will last longer.

[UmerIdrees]

In the start, the match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan was not going in interesting way and small & simple game were going on meanwhile no excitement was for this match. However, initially Zimbabwe lost their one player, Joylord Gumbie, who scored just 6 runs. Then the second opener who is Ben Curran scored 68.

Sean Williams made 145 runs and surprisingly Zimbabwe are in a stronger position at the end of first day of this test. One  reason for this maybe because Afghanistan is here with thier new players, you can say it is Afghanistan B team.

[virasog]

Well it's true that south African main bowlers were not able to get the wickets while the new names (Dene Pietersen and Corbin Bosch) surprised Pakistani top batting lineup through his majestic deliveries but looking to current condition things are clear that it's completely bowling friendly track and that's why Pakistan consistent performer unable to put some decent number on board while on the other hand when it come for south African they lose their top order too in very early stage before adding a handsome score, so now I believe in such condition 200 around target will be enough to defend. if bavuma got departure to pavilion early on because in his recent matches especially at test format he has very good stats.

Amazingly, Corbin Bosch picked up a wicket on his first international ball. He took it on his debut, what a luck it is.  And the wicket was not an ordinary person, the wicket was of Shan Masood who is the captain of the Pakistan team . But after that wicket, he would not get another wicket till some of the overs later and then he got another one out. That was the wicket of Saud Shakeel, he is a really good bowler and will provide many wickets to the team throughout the series.

Pakistan did not made the good start as they lost their four main wickets at the score of 75, this is such a poor performance. Babar Azam scored just 4 runs. I think in these days the Pakistan team have intention and focus on just ODI games as we can see they are not performing in T20 and test matches. I do not understand this inconsistent performance by them.

An important tournament Champions Trophy is near and that too in their home ground, they should be series in their batting by now. Making just 211 runs all out in a test match innings raises a lot of questions on their batting.

[ZAINmalik75]

In the start, the match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan was not going in interesting way and small & simple game were going on meanwhile no excitement was for this match. However, initially Zimbabwe lost their one player, Joylord Gumbie, who scored just 6 runs. Then the second opener who is Ben Curran scored 68.

Sean Williams made 145 runs and surprisingly Zimbabwe are in a stronger position at the end of first day of this test. One  reason for this maybe because Afghanistan is here with thier new players, you can say it is Afghanistan B team.

Yeh to be honest I taught Afghanistan will easily get the Zimbabwen side as according to potential vice they are far ahead from them also they have quality bowling lineup. but surprisingly things going worts and worst for them as Zimbabwe were building bigger and bigger partnership which results in having huge number on board as a current target, and may be on next day their main current performer will mover closer to his double century then things will be out of Afghanistan control as total target will raised to 500 at that time.

Well it's not a fair excuse of Afghanistan bad performance to have B team or new name in team, as their management should keep such point in mind before announcing team for test series

[Nalain420]

The top order of the Australian team played really well but we found trouble in the middle order players those are known as power hitters, they did not put effort to make score but the top 4 players named Sam Konstas , Usman, Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith scored very high runs and each player scored more than 50 runs. Australia is likely to win this game according to me. This decision is good by the Australian team to win the toss and decided to bowl first it really helps them on the first day and I hope it proves to be good in next days too.

Australia scored good runs on the first day of this test match, they are batting on 311 runs and still they have 4 wickets in hand. They can make around 400. The biggest advantage with them is Steven Smith still here and batting on 68. Pat Cummins is also valuable batsmen and can score good especially when he had a partner like Steven Smith, both can make a nice partnership. I think this game would be win by the Australia. Also last time they were so close to win but unexpected rain had to stop the game, resulting in the match as drawn and none of the team was a winner.

Australia is batting in the first innings of the first test match where they managed to accumulate 311 runs on the scoreboard for 6 wickets. The number of runs Australia were able to score against India in the early stages is now considerably less but with the runs they have collected so far, they can still compete well with India in the first innings with these runs. Before this, India did not do much against Australia in the three Test matches. But I expect India to definitely work on their batting and they will prove it in their first innings of the fourth Test match against Australia. Having lost three of the first three matches, India lost the series so it is now a battle to save their honour.

Both Australia and India are very strong teams which makes it very difficult for us to predict both of them but I think Australia is the stronger team and they are the harder team to beat India.  This should not make us think that India is weak because they are also strong, if Australia comes under pressure, Australia can lose the match.  Apart from this, Inning has been playing very well for Australia and has scored 316 runs in 86 overs.  Had they played a little better, they could have set up a target of 400, which would have been a very difficult target for India.  Also, the target is too high, if Australia's bowling is similar to their batting, India can lose in the first innings.  But the match has been stumped due to which only 86 overs have been played.

[LDL]

In the start, the match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan was not going in interesting way and small & simple game were going on meanwhile no excitement was for this match. However, initially Zimbabwe lost their one player, Joylord Gumbie, who scored just 6 runs. Then the second opener who is Ben Curran scored 68.

Sean Williams made 145 runs and surprisingly Zimbabwe are in a stronger position at the end of first day of this test. One  reason for this maybe because Afghanistan is here with thier new players, you can say it is Afghanistan B team.

In the Test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, the match is likely to be played on a batting aid pitch, resulting in Zimbabwe losing just four wickets for 363 runs. If Zimbabwe can bat in two sessions on the second day, then Zimbabwe's total can go above 500 runs, so this match will have the possibility of a draw.

Australia are going through their first session on day two with Steve Smith unbeaten on 74 and Pat Cummins unbeaten on 17. If this remarkable partnership continues, Australia's collection will be much higher. At the moment, Australia is 327 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.