Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[noormcs5]

Pakistan has not played well throughout the innings due to which their target has also been made very low.   Pakistan team if they win a match then they play bad in the next match they have won some series after that they look weak.  I have heard the name of Babur a lot but never seen his feats and people are crazy about him.  I have been away from playing Pakistan for a long time because their matches are neither interesting to watch nor do they play well enough to be enjoyable to watch.

If you see, normal teams give such a target in the whole innings, if Pakistan did not lose wickets, it could have given a target of 400, but unfortunately they did not play well and hopefully they will lose in the first innings.

Pakistan did not score well but at the same time, the South Africa team did not perform too well either. Yup, they got the lead of around or little 100 runs which is enough but still I was thinking that South Africa would score very high and may get a one sided win but it was not to be.

Well, Pakistan is still in the game and I hope this time they perform well and each player will make more than 30 to 40 runs and help the team by scoring. Let's see what will happen in the second innings, I am very excited for this. Right now they have scored 73 runs and lost 3 wickets. Saim Ayub and Shan Masood both got out for 28 runs each.

[Sithara007]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

[Mahdirakib]

He got out so quickly thanks to his annoying vulnerability right after. Rohit and Kohli need to learn from MSD when it comes to helping the next gen shine by retiring when the time is right etc.

None of them are going to take the retirement anytime soon. I won't be surprised if both of them play for another WTC season after this one. Perhaps, they would take retirement after this WTC season if India reaches the final. But it has already become complicated for India to reach the final.

Also, the whole drama with Konstas was uncalled for and just makes Kohli look dumb. Have no idea what he was even thinking there.

It looked like an intentional move by Kohli. I wonder why he would do that to a youngster who is playing his first international Test match.

[WatChe]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

Corbin Bosch is having a dream test debut, first he picked 4 wickets in first innings and then scored vital 81 runs that gave SA 90 runs lead over Pakistan. It's day 2 and second innings play is underway, defiantly this match will have a result and most likely it will be in SA favour. Babar Azam is on the crease and it's a great opportunity for him to prove that he can do something for the team. On the other side, Australians are also in control of 4th test match and this means very likely that we have final of test championship will be between SA and Australia.

[kro55]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

Pakistan could not bat well in the first innings. Pakistan team was able to collect only 211 runs. South Africa was able to collect 301 runs in their first innings. Pakistan team is behind by 90 runs in the first innings. But as usual Pakistan team is not able to bat well in the second innings either.

In the second innings, both Pakistan openers Saim Ayub and Shan Masood collected 28 runs each. Pakistan lost 3 important wickets of their top order for 74 runs. In such a situation, it is very difficult for Pakistan to give a big target. But now Babar Azam and Shakeel are at the crease. Also Rizwan and Agha Salman are capable of playing big innings.

[Cheema02]

Pakistan did not score well but at the same time, the South Africa team did not perform too well either. Yup, they got the lead of around or little 100 runs which is enough but still I was thinking that South Africa would score very high and may get a one sided win but it was not to be.

Well, Pakistan is still in the game and I hope this time they perform well and each player will make more than 30 to 40 runs and help the team by scoring. Let's see what will happen in the second innings, I am very excited for this. Right now they have scored 73 runs and lost 3 wickets. Saim Ayub and Shan Masood both got out for 28 runs each.

Pakistan disappointing bowling at the end, the last two batters of South Africa added more than 85 runs in the team total. South African debut player Corbin Bosch's batting performance was outstanding to watch, He was a pure rounder in the first inning they picked 4 important wickets including the captain of the Pakistan team Shan Masood soud shakeel and also played an amazing inning of 81 runs and remained not out at the end of first inning. Pakistan current score is 88 runs in a loss of three wickets and still trail by 2 runs and i think it's very difficult for Pakistan to score a competible total to South Africa. All-rounder Corbin Bosch batting performance assisted South Africa to lead 90 runs and South Africa in Winning position in this match

[minairia3]

Kohli! I don't know what to say. The dude who is usually the quickest between the wickets was ball watching thanks to which Jaiswal got screwed when he was on his way to a well deserved century.

He got out so quickly thanks to his annoying vulnerability right after. Rohit and Kohli need to learn from MSD when it comes to helping the next gen shine by retiring when the time is right etc.

Also, the whole drama with Konstas was uncalled for and just makes Kohli look dumb. Have no idea what he was even thinking there.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not been in good form for a long time. Despite this, these two players are getting regular places in the Indian squad. Kohli and Rohit are the most experienced players in India. But we have not seen good batting from these two batsmen for a long time. I also think that these two Indian batsmen should retire and create opportunities for new players.

However, India was not able to do well in their first innings. The bowling was weak as a result of which Australia scored 474 runs. On the other hand, due to the bad batting of the batsmen, India scored 164 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at the end of the second day. India will probably not be able to collect even 300.

[Minecache]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

Pakistan could not bat well in the first innings. Pakistan team was able to collect only 211 runs. South Africa was able to collect 301 runs in their first innings. Pakistan team is behind by 90 runs in the first innings. But as usual Pakistan team is not able to bat well in the second innings either.
In the second innings, both Pakistan openers Saim Ayub and Shan Masood collected 28 runs each. Pakistan lost 3 important wickets of their top order for 74 runs. In such a situation, it is very difficult for Pakistan to give a big target. But now Babar Azam and Shakeel are at the crease. Also Rizwan and Agha Salman are capable of playing big innings.

We have seen Pakistan win in all three matches of the ODI series. Pakistan won each match because of the excellent batting of their batsmen. But Pakistan team stumbled in the first Test match. In the first innings, no other Pakistani batsman except Kamran Ghulam could survive at the crease for long. Pakistan lost wickets quickly in the second innings as well. If Pakistani batsmen cannot bat well in the second innings, then Pakistan will definitely lose this match. Pakistan team is still 2 runs behind South Africa.

[cryptoWODL]

Well, Pakistan is still in the game and I hope this time they perform well and each player will make more than 30 to 40 runs and help the team by scoring. Let's see what will happen in the second innings, I am very excited for this. Right now they have scored 73 runs and lost 3 wickets. Saim Ayub and Shan Masood both got out for 28 runs each.

Already in the second innings Pakistan scored 88 runs for three wickets, Pakistan had a poor performance from the start of their first innings due to which they scored only 211 runs in that innings. But if we observe their first innings batting performance i.e. If we compare Pakistan's batting performance in the two innings, there may not be much difference. Pakistan cricket team lost four wickets for very few runs in the first innings but they are still batting well in the second innings.

If every player of Pakistan team can score more than 30 to 40 runs then Pakistan team score will be more than 350. If Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel can form a big pair then maybe the runs they collect from that pair will help their team to collect more runs.

[Out of mind]

Well, Pakistan is still in the game and I hope this time they perform well and each player will make more than 30 to 40 runs and help the team by scoring. Let's see what will happen in the second innings, I am very excited for this. Right now they have scored 73 runs and lost 3 wickets. Saim Ayub and Shan Masood both got out for 28 runs each.

Already in the second innings Pakistan scored 88 runs for three wickets, Pakistan had a poor performance from the start of their first innings due to which they scored only 211 runs in that innings. But if we observe their first innings batting performance i.e. If we compare Pakistan's batting performance in the two innings, there may not be much difference. Pakistan cricket team lost four wickets for very few runs in the first innings but they are still batting well in the second innings.

If every player of Pakistan team can score more than 30 to 40 runs then Pakistan team score will be more than 350. If Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel can form a big pair then maybe the runs they collect from that pair will help their team to collect more runs.

Pakistan batted better in the second innings than in the first innings, but they could not play with patience. Since Pakistan has lost wickets at the moment, they will have to bat well at the moment. Pakistan's score depends a lot on Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam, if these two batsmen get out, then Pakistan does not have a good batsman to take over. Accordingly, both players will have to patiently collect good scores for the team, since they have lost three wickets for 88 runs, so they will have to play in a pair. If each batsman can bat like that and give a lead of 350 runs to the South African team, then Pakistan will definitely have a good chance of winning.

[ZAINmalik75]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

I taught Pakistani top order will give a significant start to his team in his second innings, as to be in the match they has to scored 300 at least I mean give such kind of lead then thier victory possibility will be on top. But unfortunately continueing his previous momentum once they collapse and things indicating may be soon things will be out of their hand. if baber failed once again and didn't showed his class in such critical situation then it's true that Indian team chances to played WTC final will be runied. So currently things are very dependable on Pakistan performance again south African team while on the other hand south African are trying thier best to surprise Pakistan in different ways to get them down.

[Ayers]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

I taught Pakistani top order will give a significant start to his team in his second innings, as to be in the match they has to scored 300 at least I mean give such kind of lead then thier victory possibility will be on top. But unfortunately continueing his previous momentum once they collapse and things indicating may be soon things will be out of their hand. if baber failed once again and didn't showed his class in such critical situation then it's true that Indian team chances to played WTC final will be runied. So currently things are very dependable on Pakistan performance again south African team while on the other hand south African are trying thier best to surprise Pakistan in different ways to get them down.

The performance of Pakistani players in the first innings was not good. Pakistan could not collect big runs due to bad batting of batsmen. At the same time, we did not see good performance from Pakistani bowlers. As a result, South Africa team was able to take a decent lead of 90 runs. If Pakistan wants to win this match, they will have to give a target of 300+. Will it be possible for Pakistan to collect 380 runs in the second innings? If Pakistan's top order batsmen could have batted well, then maybe Pakistan could have collected 400+. But Pakistan's top order could not do well in the second innings either. So my guess is that Pakistan team will give a target between 200-220 runs.

[virasog]

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

After using one and the half day finally the Zimbabwe team has been all out and their innings comes to an end. Who would have thought that they would get 583 in the first innings of this test. Three centuries by the Zimbabwe batsmen in an innings, i do not know when was the last time Zimbabwe made three or more centuries in a test innings.

Not only this, when the Zimbabwe come to bowl they made sure that Afghanistan do not get away with a good start. Blessing Muzarabani and Trevor Gwandu took one wicket each and also they bowl with good length. They need to continue to take wickets and hope Afghanistan may be out before 383 runs (200 runs less than the Zimbabwe score) so they can have a follow-on enforced.

[Webetcoins]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

End of second day play with South Africa is completely in control of this game with having 2 runs lead and 3 Pakistani top order batsmen gone back to pavilion now this pair Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel are important if we have big inning from them, we can expect Pakistan will cross good target and this will be brought good end of this test match.



Both teams are having good bowling which giving best against quality batsmen while we also have an ideal start of international career for Corbin Bosch first he has done good job last ODI and gone unbeaten 43 now today again Pakistani bowlers fail to dismiss him, and he ended with another record inning 81 not out which give him space in record books as now he is highest ever scorer at 9th spot in test history.

[ITExpert]

Zimbabwe Vs Afghanistan
Zimbabwe 1st inn 586/10
Afghanistan 1st inn 11/1 (continuing)

Zimbabwe were all out for 586 and Afghanistan were batting in their first innings where Afghanistan lost a wicket early on. An analysis of Zimbabwe's batting reveals that three batsmen have scored a century and one batsman has scored a half-century, so this is undoubtedly a batting-friendly pitch. But if Zimbabwe can bowl well then positive results can come for Zimbabwe.

The Zimbabwean team has given a fabulous batting performance, I was not expecting from them that Zimbabwe will score 586 runs in the first innings, which is a very impressive milestone in Test cricket if they are to succeed. Afghanistan scored 95 runs for the loss of two wickets at the end of the second day, and a huge target of Approx 500 runs trail by is remaining. Rashid Khan may have been missing in Afghanistan's bowling line-up because the bowling did not work in that manner and he has consided so many runs that now there will be a problem in batting.

[Jewan420]

The performance of Pakistani players in the first innings was not good. Pakistan could not collect big runs due to bad batting of batsmen. At the same time, we did not see good performance from Pakistani bowlers. As a result, South Africa team was able to take a decent lead of 90 runs. If Pakistan wants to win this match, they will have to give a target of 300+. Will it be possible for Pakistan to collect 380 runs in the second innings? If Pakistan's top order batsmen could have batted well, then maybe Pakistan could have collected 400+. But Pakistan's top order could not do well in the second innings either. So my guess is that Pakistan team will give a target between 200-220 runs.

After the failure of the batsmen in the first innings, the Pakistan team's batsmen have maintained their consistency in the second innings. Although there is no chance to call them a complete failure, there is no doubt that they did not perform well. They failed to perform with bat and bowling like a match winner. According to their first innings batting collection, the bowlers could not do well, due to which South Africa was able to take a lead of 90 runs. Even South Africa took control of the first Test with their young bowlers.

Pakistan must perform well in the second innings to win. To win the match against a strong team like South Africa, who are the top ranked team in the Test Championship 2025 and the finalist team of the Test Championship 2025, you will have to perform even better. I do not think it will be an easy task to win the match against South Africa with a target of 300 runs. You may dream of winning with a target of 350 runs or you may be ahead with a target of 400 runs. But with a target of 300 runs you have to play a competitive match with a probability of winning of about 50%-50%. Pakistan is already moving forward to continue their failure in the second innings. 88 runs for the loss of 3 wickets does not indicate a big score. Pakistan must see a surprise on the third day to win.

[Fuso.hp]

Kohli! I don't know what to say. The dude who is usually the quickest between the wickets was ball watching thanks to which Jaiswal got screwed when he was on his way to a well deserved century.

There was no run to begin with, Kohli knew about it, and he neither ran and neither said resounding 'No' which in hindsight he should have.

He got out so quickly thanks to his annoying vulnerability right after. Rohit and Kohli need to learn from MSD when it comes to helping the next gen shine by retiring when the time is right etc.

Jaiswal's wicket broke his concentration and knicked a ball which he should have left alone, he was leaving such balls nicely prior.

Kohli looked confident today and I expected a big score with that attitude but slight miscommunication ended a good partnership followed by losing his wicket too. From this point India has less than 1% chance to win or even draw the match. I hope this series will be a wakeup call for the future of Indian red ball cricket, we need players for test match not big hitters and the only kind in this squad is KL who left all the T20 shots and playing the traditional test innings.

If Yashasvi Jaiswal had not scored 82 runs, India's score would not have been 164 but India's score would have been lower and wickets would have been higher. So far India have collected 164 runs but considering the wicket this run is not enough. Australia have already piled up 470 plus runs on the scoreboard in the first innings, so at least two batsmen will need to score big and form a good partnership if India are to match them. If for some reason India is behind by 200 runs or more in the first innings then India will surely lose the fourth test match by a huge margin. Indian batsmen are quite skilled but I don't know why they always fail to perform well against Australia. Since we still have 5 wickets in hand, we will surely expect a better collection from India.

[UmerIdrees]

If Yashasvi Jaiswal had not scored 82 runs, India's score would not have been 164 but India's score would have been lower and wickets would have been higher. So far India have collected 164 runs but considering the wicket this run is not enough. Australia have already piled up 470 plus runs on the scoreboard in the first innings, so at least two batsmen will need to score big and form a good partnership if India are to match them. If for some reason India is behind by 200 runs or more in the first innings then India will surely lose the fourth test match by a huge margin. Indian batsmen are quite skilled but I don't know why they always fail to perform well against Australia. Since we still have 5 wickets in hand, we will surely expect a better collection from India.

I am looking India losing this forth test too as they still short of 310 runs in the first innings and only 5 wickets remaining. Last time the rain saved them but who will save them this time 

Now they are dependent on thier ownselves and they are not able to go out from this hard situation in the match. Already they are batting in the lose of 5 wickets and tomorrow on the third day, In the first early stages of the next day they will lose their remaining wickets too and then comepletely out of the game, no chance for them to make a come back.

[|MINER|]

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.

And India is fall behind in the first innings and your get also true that the Australian team really able to took the 474 run with all of wicket.

And on the other hand, India came out to bat today and started performing like they did in the previous match. They quickly lost their 5 wickets in the first innings and the match was stumped today for just 164 runs.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were out again without a good performance in this match. Rohit Sharma was out for just three runs and Virat Kohli for just 36 runs and on the other hand KL Rahul was out for just 24 runs. In my opinion, Rohit Sharma should not be retired from the Test format right now, otherwise it will be seen that he will not be able to retire with any respect in the future if he continues to perform like this.

[LDL]

Pakistan is in trouble once again. Kamran Ghulam got out just now, to leave them at 74/3. And remember that they are still trailing by 16 runs. If South Africa wins this match (which looks very likely at this point), then it is almost confirmed that the WTC final will be played between Australia and South Africa. That said, no one really expected the blitzkrieg today from Corbin Bosch. Coming at no.9, he scored 81 from 93 balls, and took South Africa from a perilous situation at 213/8 to 301 all out.

Corbin Bosch collected 18 runs partnered with Markram, 28 runs partnership with Rabada, 35 runs partnership with Dane Peterson. So it can be said without a doubt that he is the hero for being the only batsman to score 301 runs for South Africa.

In the condition of Pakistan's second innings, Pakistan will not be able to give a lead of many runs. Moreover, Pakistan is trailing by 2 runs so far. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel are unbeaten so if it is possible to form a long partnership between them then maybe Pakistan can give some runs lead. But it is certain that Pakistan will not win this match as they were all out for 211 runs in the first innings so it seems unlikely that they will score more than that in the second innings.