Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Haunebu]

Nitish Kumar Reddy! Wow! A century under such immense pressure in one of the biggest grounds against the toughest team in cricket is something special. This dude is a great batsman and a decent medium pace bowler which is a rare combo these days.

Australia still have the upper hand here which is why them winning or a draw are the only realistic results from here on out in my opinion.

[noormcs5]

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.

The rain interrupted the match between Pakistan and South Africa. I think maybe the rain will ruin this day and so far we cannot say which team is winning, though South Africa has a slight edge.

Pakistan is trailing by just 2 runs and they have already lost their first three main batsmen but still Babar Azam is present in the batting crease and he can play long innings. However, both teams have chances to win this game but I just hope this match will not be drawn . Let's see what will happen in this game. A lot depends on the partnership between Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam.

[UmerIdrees]

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.

To be honest Afghanistan were looking a strong opponent and everyone except ordinary performance from them because compared to them thier opponent are quite weak. but surprisingly things going beyond our expectations and out of no where Zimbabwen were on fire and scored more than 500 in thier first inning against quality bowlers of Afghanistan. while on the other hand fan expect same kind of performance from them in return, but unfortunately thier main consistent performer Atal got departure on very first phase of thier innings alongside with his partner Malik. Now looking to trail and their batter situation I think they will hardly scored 250 around which I don't think will help them to tackle the horrible defeat

The day 03 is in the progress and there is no chance that the game will finish with the result. Because already the third day is going on and Afghanistan are trailing the score by 404 runs that is not a low score. But Zimbabwe aren't able to take the wickets of Afganistan batsmen and they are also playing very freely making a lot of runs.

If this match is drawn then it willl be just due to Zimbabwe first innigs. They were in the hunger of more and more runs, they scored very big score, that was 586 and took a lot of time in that innings. On the top Zimbabwe did not have good bowling attack that pick the wickets of Afghanistan so the most probable result could be a drawn match.

[libert19]

Sunny G on Pant's dismissal: https://x.com/abcsport/status/1872832363211677887

Looking at game situation, Pant could have done better indeed.

[HelliumZ]

It would not be wrong to call the Test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan a flood of runs. While Zimbabwe were bowled out for 586 in their first innings, Afghanistan were in a bit of a shambles at the start but Rahmat Shah and Hasmatullah Shahidi had already put on a 234-run partnership. Rahmat Shah is unbeaten on 156 runs while Hasmatullah Shahidi is unbeaten on 94 runs. But there is a high possibility that this test match will be a draw. The third day's tea break is going on and Afghanistan are 288 runs behind so far, so if Afghanistan wants to take the run lead, they will have to bat the entire third session today but will have to bat two sessions on the fourth day.

[noormcs5]

The day 03 is in the progress and there is no chance that the game will finish with the result. Because already the third day is going on and Afghanistan are trailing the score by 404 runs that is not a low score. But Zimbabwe aren't able to take the wickets of Afganistan batsmen and they are also playing very freely making a lot of runs.

If this match is drawn then it willl be just due to Zimbabwe first innigs. They were in the hunger of more and more runs, they scored very big score, that was 586 and took a lot of time in that innings. On the top Zimbabwe did not have good bowling attack that pick the wickets of Afghanistan so the most probable result could be a drawn match.

Rahmat Shah is playing one of the calmest innings i have seen in recent times. He has scored 156 runs in 308 balls, meaning he is having a strike rate of almost 50. These days it is hard to find such a low strike rate even in the test matches. Thanks to his innings, Afghanistan have almost made 300 runs and lost only 2 wickets. The way Afghanistan is batting i have no doubt that Afghanistan will reach the high Zimbabwe total by tomorrow, that is day 4. The only concern here is that even though both the teams batted well, the match is headed towards a draw.

[Cheema02]

The rain interrupted the match between Pakistan and South Africa. I think maybe the rain will ruin this day and so far we cannot say which team is winning, though South Africa has a slight edge.

Pakistan is trailing by just 2 runs and they have already lost their first three main batsmen but still Babar Azam is present in the batting crease and he can play long innings. However, both teams have chances to win this game but I just hope this match will not be drawn . Let's see what will happen in this game. A lot depends on the partnership between Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam.

Yes, because of the rain the first session of the test match for South Africa of Pakistan has been suspended and the play of the second session has started. After 15 overs of second season South Africa got a breakthrough wicket of babar azam. Babar Azam oit after scored a well deserved half century. Pakistan Current score is 159 runs in a loss of just 4 wickets. Pakistan lead by just 69 runs so far, Soud Shakeel and Muhammad Rizwan in on carees. Marco Jansen bowling performance outstanding in second inning of test match today they picked the big wicket of Babar Azam at 50 runs. from Pakistan Soud Shakeel playing very sensibile and currently playing at 40 runs very closed his fifty. This fifth wicket partnership is very important for Pakistan if they want to score a 200 plus lead to South Africa.

[SATWAT]

Another poor display of batting from Pakistani batsmen give control of this first test match to South Africa we have all batsmen gone cheaply where bowlers done nothing just batsmen giving them Christmas gifts on rain hit third day of match.
Babar and co lack of consistency and poor technique hurt them many times, but they never try to understand things and doing mistakes again and again now we have Saud Shakeel and Khurram Shahzad on crease nothing sure how much they can add into this 130 runs lead but win for South Africa, surely.

[ZAINmalik75]

Yes, because of the rain the first session of the test match for South Africa of Pakistan has been suspended and the play of the second session has started. After 15 overs of second season South Africa got a breakthrough wicket of babar azam. Babar Azam oit after scored a well deserved half century. Pakistan Current score is 159 runs in a loss of just 4 wickets. Pakistan lead by just 69 runs so far, Soud Shakeel and Muhammad Rizwan in on carees. Marco Jansen bowling performance outstanding in second inning of test match today they picked the big wicket of Babar Azam at 50 runs. from Pakistan Soud Shakeel playing very sensibile and currently playing at 40 runs very closed his fifty. This fifth wicket partnership is very important for Pakistan if they want to score a 200 plus lead to South Africa.

After rain intruption match got started and Pakistan were looking in huge trouble because everyone except a long and crucial innings from baber but unfortunately with half century he lose his wickets and then once again we have seen a terrible collapse of pakistani batting lineup. Just Shakeel trying to add impactful innings but on the other hand his partners unable to holds his wickets long in order to build partnership. Currently they have took a lead of 150 around which I believe isn't enough to divert results in thier favor so if Shakeel took innings long by rotating strike and face every trouble byself then may be Pakistan hardly took a 200 lead which can raised thier chance to 50 50%

[Nanga Parbat]

The second innings of 58 overs is being played between Pakistan and South Africa in which the Pakistani batsmen scored 236 runs thanks to 9 wickets which is very less if they are playing like the first innings they should know that South Africa a great run he has made. South Africa will win the first match of this series as they are playing well and have won in the first innings. Pakistan is not playing well despite playing at home, their batting is very slow due to which they are not able to score many runs. Babar is playing in this second innings, he scored 50 runs off 85 balls,  South Africa maybe win this match.Because I have no hope of Pakistan winning this match.

[Haunebu]

Looks like South Africa will officially seal their WTC final spot by comfortably defeating Pakistan thanks to the small target. Shakeel and Azam were the only ones who batted well while the rest collapsed like dominoes.

Anyway, I was expecting the Proteas to win comfortably since the beginning and it looks like that's what's about to happen. Great stuff South Africa.

[noormcs5]

The second innings of 58 overs is being played between Pakistan and South Africa in which the Pakistani batsmen scored 236 runs thanks to 9 wickets which is very less if they are playing like the first innings they should know that South Africa a great run he has made. South Africa will win the first match of this series as they are playing well and have won in the first innings. Pakistan is not playing well despite playing at home, their batting is very slow due to which they are not able to score many runs. Babar is playing in this second innings, he scored 50 runs off 85 balls,  South Africa maybe win this match.Because I have no hope of Pakistan winning this match.

Things are unfolding in this match pretty quickly. Soon after the rain break, the Pakistan team is all out at 237 runs and they lead by only 147 runs now. In the first innings Pakistan also made around 200 runs so there is no improvement in their batting. Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam tried to stay on the wicket for some time but soon after they went out, the rest of the batsmen just came and got out.

Now to the South African bowlers, they must be appreciated for how well they bowled in both innings. Marco Jansen was the star in the 2nd innings where he took 6 wickets. In the 1st innings, it was Dane Paterson who took 5 wickets. All in all, the South African bowlers were too good in this test.

[HelliumZ]

Looks like South Africa will officially seal their WTC final spot by comfortably defeating Pakistan thanks to the small target. Shakeel and Azam were the only ones who batted well while the rest collapsed like dominoes.

Anyway, I was expecting the Proteas to win comfortably since the beginning and it looks like that's what's about to happen. Great stuff South Africa.

Pakistan have conceded a lead of just 148 runs which is not a tough target for South Africa. Although South Africa have lost two wickets in the beginning but will it be possible to bowl out South Africa for 148 runs? South Africa are currently at the top position in the World Test Championship so if South Africa can win this match they will strengthen their top position and qualify from the top spot in the WTC.

[Compromise me]

The second innings of 58 overs is being played between Pakistan and South Africa in which the Pakistani batsmen scored 236 runs thanks to 9 wickets which is very less if they are playing like the first innings they should know that South Africa a great run he has made. South Africa will win the first match of this series as they are playing well and have won in the first innings. Pakistan is not playing well despite playing at home, their batting is very slow due to which they are not able to score many runs. Babar is playing in this second innings, he scored 50 runs off 85 balls,  South Africa maybe win this match.Because I have no hope of Pakistan winning this match.

Things are unfolding in this match pretty quickly. Soon after the rain break, the Pakistan team is all out at 237 runs and they lead by only 147 runs now. In the first innings Pakistan also made around 200 runs so there is no improvement in their batting. Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam tried to stay on the wicket for some time but soon after they went out, the rest of the batsmen just came and got out.

Now to the South African bowlers, they must be appreciated for how well they bowled in both innings. Marco Jansen was the star in the 2nd innings where he took 6 wickets. In the 1st innings, it was Dane Paterson who took 5 wickets. All in all, the South African bowlers were too good in this test.

Bosch and Markram played very well in the first inning of match . Bosch made 81 runs in the first inning and he was the player who was the match changer in this match because if in the end, he could be out be out then Pak team could easily win this match but he played excellent inning in the end of match and his team got lead of 90 runs and after Pak team all team out by making only 237 runs in second inning of match. Shakeel was the player who played a bit good because he made 84 runs in this match.  Jansen took 6 wickets in this match and he was the top bowler of this match. Pak team gave target of 148 runs in this match and and now SA team score is 27 with fall of 3 wickets and SA team needs 121 runs to win this match.

[Nrcewker]

Nitish Kumar Reddy! Wow! A century under such immense pressure in one of the biggest grounds against the toughest team in cricket is something special.

Really, this guy has proved his place in the team and made everyone believe why he deserves the spot. When all the batters were struggling here, he batted fearlessly. We need to also praise Sundar for building the partnership with him. The Indian fans wanted Bumrah to last some overs in the field, but it was sad to see him out quickly. All hopes are now on Sir Vivian Richard Siraj. Hope the Indian team will play more 20-30 overs with the last wicket. In this way they can go to draw this match.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

In the 4th Test match between Australia vs India, Australia team came out to bat for the 1st Innings and scored 474 runs for the loss of 10 wickets. India team came out to bat for the 1st Innings and scored 358 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 116 overs. Virat Kohli was dismissed for 36 runs off 86 balls. Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 28 runs off 37 balls.

[Bitcoin_people]

It would not be wrong to call the Test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan a flood of runs. While Zimbabwe were bowled out for 586 in their first innings, Afghanistan were in a bit of a shambles at the start but Rahmat Shah and Hasmatullah Shahidi had already put on a 234-run partnership. Rahmat Shah is unbeaten on 156 runs while Hasmatullah Shahidi is unbeaten on 94 runs. But there is a high possibility that this test match will be a draw. The third day's tea break is going on and Afghanistan are 288 runs behind so far, so if Afghanistan wants to take the run lead, they will have to bat the entire third session today but will have to bat two sessions on the fourth day.

Yes, the great game between the two teams is really interesting, this can be understood by looking at their current run count. Zimbabwe team gives a huge target of 586 runs, but although Afghanistan did not do very well in the beginning, later they made a wonderful partnership. Rahmat Shah's unparalleled batting performance has really impressed everyone, he has scored 231 runs at the moment and is unbeaten. Moreover, Hashmatullah Shahidi has also made a wonderful partnership, he has scored 141 runs so far and is unbeaten. It would not be wrong to say that there is a flood of runs after seeing the batting performance of the Afghanistan team in today's match. Moreover, Afghanistan has scored 425 runs after losing 2 wickets in today's match, it will not be very difficult for Afghanistan to meet the target given by Zimbabwe. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah have scored 372 runs in the partnership, since both of them are still unbeaten, they will definitely bat even better.

[Fuso.hp]

In the 4th Test match between Australia vs India, Australia team came out to bat for the 1st Innings and scored 474 runs for the loss of 10 wickets. India team came out to bat for the 1st Innings and scored 358 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 116 overs. Virat Kohli was dismissed for 36 runs off 86 balls. Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 28 runs off 37 balls.

India managed to score good runs against Australia on the third day so I thought maybe India could get close to Australia's first innings collection but they have already lost 9 wickets to make 358 runs. 

3rd day's play is over 4th day's play will start tomorrow, I think India may be all out by the start of 4th day which may lead India to be 150 plus runs behind Australia. With just two days to go, if Australia lead by 150 plus runs, they can declare an innings with 200 plus runs in the next innings and invite India to bat again. If something like this happens then it will be very difficult for India to win this Test match. Going by the current state of the match, I can say that the result of this match is most likely going to go in favor of Australia.

[ITExpert]

It would not be wrong to call the Test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan a flood of runs. While Zimbabwe were bowled out for 586 in their first innings, Afghanistan were in a bit of a shambles at the start but Rahmat Shah and Hasmatullah Shahidi had already put on a 234-run partnership. Rahmat Shah is unbeaten on 156 runs while Hasmatullah Shahidi is unbeaten on 94 runs. But there is a high possibility that this test match will be a draw. The third day's tea break is going on and Afghanistan are 288 runs behind so far, so if Afghanistan wants to take the run lead, they will have to bat the entire third session today but will have to bat two sessions on the fourth day.

LOL... Rahmat Shah scored a maiden double century and still playing on 231 runs, they will scored a triple century record. I think this match is going to be a draw because day three is over, and Afghanistan's first inning is still going on. Hasmatullah Shahidi also completed his century and still playing at 141 runs, will score a double century like Rahmat Shah. Zimbabwe's team hasn't been able to take any wickets today and the third wicket partnership of 370 plus downs for Afghanistan is going to achieve a huge milestone and I think this test match will end in a draw as Afghanistan is still trailing by big runs.

[UmerIdrees]

In the 4th Test match between Australia vs India, Australia team came out to bat for the 1st Innings and scored 474 runs for the loss of 10 wickets. India team came out to bat for the 1st Innings and scored 358 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 116 overs. Virat Kohli was dismissed for 36 runs off 86 balls. Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 28 runs off 37 balls.

The 4th day will the start in the next 2 to 3 hours. Australia scored a very good runs and gave a target 474 in the first innings that was like imposssible for India to even come close to it.

Now they are batting on 358 with the loss of 9 wickets meanwhile just the wait of a single wicket and the next innings will start. I think Australia will play a bit fast in the 2nd innings and then let India to bat once again and try to win the match. Australia are likely to win this series. At the end of third day India is trailing by 116 runs and just have a wicket in hand but Nitish Kumar Reddy is the last hope for them.