Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[MusaPk]

West Indies bowlers have made a great start, good bowling and all out Australia for 225. No Australian batsman has been able to stay on the wicket for long. No batsman has been able to complete 50 runs. It was a bad day for Australia. Among the West Indies bowlers, Summer Joseph took 4 wickets for 33 runs in 17.3 over, another two bowlers Jayden Seales and Justin Geaves took 3 wickets each. Stopping the Australian team in the first innings at such a low score means that I think if the West Indies can bat well in this Test, then there is a possibility of at least a draw in the match. West Indies are still behind by 209 runs and they still have 9 wickets in hand. The West Indies batsmen failed miserably in the first two Tests, which resulted in a great victory for Australia. West Indies team will be expected to at least draw in this Test to avoid a whitewash.

This is not the first time WI bowlers have bowled out Australians on low total. Main issue with WI is their batting, WI batsmen are continuously undoing the hard work done by their bowlers. If Aussies have scored 225 runs in first innings then I am sure WI won't be able to collect even 150 runs in first innings. Shamar Joseph is good entry in WI bowling lineup but he alone can't win every test match for WI. This is last test and WI must win that to avoid a whitewash at home and the only way they can win the last test is by batting well.  

[Farhan99]

England have been completely devastated, especially with 4 of England's top order batsmen out for 87 runs. Mohammad Siraj has been successful in this session, especially by dismissing two reliable batsmen, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope, and enabling England to face a batting disaster. England will definitely lose this match because no matter how well England's middle order batsmen perform in the second innings, they will not be able to put pressure on India if they cannot build a big partnership. Since victory or defeat will depend on the runs in the second innings, England will definitely lose if they cannot score a big score.

Yeah In the 3rd Test game England and India has played their first innings now England is in second innings with 99 runs. In the first innings, England opened with a 43 runs partnership but its middle order player Joe Root broke the record with 104 runs. Middle order player played well but final order failed and thie innings ended at 387 runs. India opened the innings with 13 runs partnership but the game became more interested as it moved on. India's top and middle order shined while final order failed to score better runs and finally they scored runs equal to the England 387 runs. Now the decision will be made on the base of second innings and England has stepped in with 112 runs for 4 wickets. England's opening was quite normal with 22 runs as they lost early wickets. India has more chances to win in the second innings.

[noormcs5]

West Indies bowlers have made a great start, good bowling and all out Australia for 225. No Australian batsman has been able to stay on the wicket for long. No batsman has been able to complete 50 runs. It was a bad day for Australia. Among the West Indies bowlers, Summer Joseph took 4 wickets for 33 runs in 17.3 over, another two bowlers Jayden Seales and Justin Geaves took 3 wickets each. Stopping the Australian team in the first innings at such a low score means that I think if the West Indies can bat well in this Test, then there is a possibility of at least a draw in the match. West Indies are still behind by 209 runs and they still have 9 wickets in hand. The West Indies batsmen failed miserably in the first two Tests, which resulted in a great victory for Australia. West Indies team will be expected to at least draw in this Test to avoid a whitewash.

This is not the first time WI bowlers have bowled out Australians on low total. Main issue with WI is their batting, WI batsmen are continuously undoing the hard work done by their bowlers. If Aussies have scored 225 runs in first innings then I am sure WI won't be able to collect even 150 runs in first innings. Shamar Joseph is good entry in WI bowling lineup but he alone can't win every test match for WI. This is last test and WI must win that to avoid a whitewash at home and the only way they can win the last test is by batting well.  

West Indies lost the single wicket, they just have to tip and tip, that is it nothing else. Should probably not go for the boundaries, try to avoid them and go for single and doubles instead and the focus should be to bat as long as possible.

As per the wicket that West Indies lost, the batsmen Kevlon Anderson, he went to play the ball in the cover and he was targeting drive to get four but it was his main mistake, he was facing starc who used to trap batsmen by using his magic of swing. He did inswing and Kevlon Anderson had no idea, went for drive and accidently bowl came in and he got out.

[Cheema02]

India just needs 193 to win this third test which will give them lead in this series. After watching England's batting and Indian bowling especially from Washington Sunder now I am feeling Sachin Tendulkar's prediction is doing to be correct about this series India can win by 3–1.

England were under pressure from the start of day and their batsmen gone cheaply due to their slow run strategy which does not work for them, and now they are in serious trouble Joe Root and Ben Stokes seems not in good touch, and they fell cheaply. All India bowlers are on good run which helps India for having low target to chase. India seems like a hot favourite at this moment, they lost opener Jaishwal but Rahul and Karun nair are in good touch.

India is on driving seat in this test match they just needs 135 more runs to win test match. India is safe side in this test match now because they have 6 wickets in hand. India bowling performance is outstanding in second inning especially Washington Sundar picked four important wickets by just giving only 22 runs. at the end of day 4 india current score is 58 runs by lossing its 4 wickets. England bowl really well in last session of day 4 in last ten obera they picked three quick wickets by giving just 30 runs. From England Brydon Carse picked two crucial wickets including the wicket of Indian captain Shubman gill. I think India is favorite to win this test match if they play with full of responsibility while England needs picked early wickets in opening session of last day.

[GigaBit]

India just needs 193 to win this third test which will give them lead in this series. After watching England's batting and Indian bowling especially from Washington Sunder now I am feeling Sachin Tendulkar's prediction is doing to be correct about this series India can win by 3–1.

England were under pressure from the start of day and their batsmen gone cheaply due to their slow run strategy which does not work for them, and now they are in serious trouble Joe Root and Ben Stokes seems not in good touch, and they fell cheaply. All India bowlers are on good run which helps India for having low target to chase. India seems like a hot favourite at this moment, they lost opener Jaishwal but Rahul and Karun nair are in good touch.

India is on driving seat in this test match they just needs 135 more runs to win test match. India is safe side in this test match now because they have 6 wickets in hand. India bowling performance is outstanding in second inning especially Washington Sundar picked four important wickets by just giving only 22 runs. at the end of day 4 india current score is 58 runs by lossing its 4 wickets. England bowl really well in last session of day 4 in last ten obera they picked three quick wickets by giving just 30 runs. From England Brydon Carse picked two crucial wickets including the wicket of Indian captain Shubman gill. I think India is favorite to win this test match if they play with full of responsibility while England needs picked early wickets in opening session of last day.

England did not do very well in the second innings. Their innings ended with just 192 runs. Which is definitely much less than the first innings. But India is not batting very well either. They lost four wickets in just 58 runs. But it is not clear which team will win in the end. At this point, both the possibilities are working. Especially if any of the batsmen of the Indian team can be set on the pitch, then India can also win that match without any pressure. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also on the pitch, due to which there is still a possibility of India winning.

[Crypto Library]

England did not do very well in the second innings. Their innings ended with just 192 runs. Which is definitely much less than the first innings. But India is not batting very well either. They lost four wickets in just 58 runs. But it is not clear which team will win in the end. At this point, both the possibilities are working. Especially if any of the batsmen of the Indian team can be set on the pitch, then India can also win that match without any pressure. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also on the pitch, due to which there is still a possibility of India winning.

I agree with you. I thought England could score over 300 in their second innings but they were all out for under 200. This is very low in the Test format.

I think even though the Indian team lost their four wickets for 58 runs, I think they still have six wickets left, enough to take just 135, and they have the whole day tomorrow. So I think we will see India claim an easy win tomorrow.

[Rustam Meraj]

England did not do very well in the second innings. Their innings ended with just 192 runs. Which is definitely much less than the first innings. But India is not batting very well either. They lost four wickets in just 58 runs. But it is not clear which team will win in the end. At this point, both the possibilities are working. Especially if any of the batsmen of the Indian team can be set on the pitch, then India can also win that match without any pressure. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also on the pitch, due to which there is still a possibility of India winning.

This match is really close. England did not score much in their second turn which gave India chance. But India also started badly losing four wickets quickly. Still with KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant now batting India could definitely win if one of them stays in and scores much of runs but England is bowling really well at this time so anything can happen tomorrow is result day so let's see who will win. Right now either team could take win making it very exciting game.

[Sithara007]

This match is really close. England did not score much in their second turn which gave India chance. But India also started badly losing four wickets quickly. Still with KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant now batting India could definitely win if one of them stays in and scores much of runs but England is bowling really well at this time so anything can happen tomorrow is result day so let's see who will win. Right now either team could take win making it very exciting game.

Even now, the probability is that India will win the match. They lost 4 wickets till now, but don't forget that one of those wickets belong to the night-watchman (Akash Deep). So in short, India has lost just 3 of their top and middle order batsmen till now. KL Rahul is still there, and so is Rishabh Pant. And it is a sub-200 target. India should win unless they do something extremely stupid. And this is going to be a real achievement for the new captain, Shubman Gill (although personally he just scored 22 runs from two innings).

[Webetcoins]

England did not do very well in the second innings. Their innings ended with just 192 runs. Which is definitely much less than the first innings. But India is not batting very well either. They lost four wickets in just 58 runs. But it is not clear which team will win in the end. At this point, both the possibilities are working. Especially if any of the batsmen of the Indian team can be set on the pitch, then India can also win that match without any pressure. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also on the pitch, due to which there is still a possibility of India winning.

Lord's pitch getting slower day by day just because of this England chose to bat first after winning the toss. In first inning both the teams have good runs but now on fourth-and fifth-day pitch is getting much slower which is not easy for bat. Yesterday 14 wickets fallen for just 248 runs scored by these batsmen.

India is still favourite for win in this match, but now situation is tricky because top three batsmen gone, and just two or three more wickets will give good advantage to England. KL Rahul is still batting perfectly but now Rishabh Pant is going to join him this could be more interesting and must be a deciding pair of this match.

India's highest ever chase in 4th England is 176 at Oval in 1971. Now they needed to be playing with all patience. My bet for MOM of this match will be RL Rahul which is still intact.

[Nothingtodo]

India's highest ever chase in 4th England is 176 at Oval in 1971. Now they needed to be playing with all patience. My bet for MOM of this match will be RL Rahul which is still intact.

India's KL Rahul is still unbeaten and Rahul's unbeaten status means reliability. After India, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundor, these four batsmen can bat quite well. So for now, I think the match is in India's favor. But with four wickets down for 58 runs at the end of the fourth day, India's next batsmen are under a lot of pressure and if disaster strikes, they will definitely have no choice but to lose.

[noormcs5]

England did not do very well in the second innings. Their innings ended with just 192 runs. Which is definitely much less than the first innings. But India is not batting very well either. They lost four wickets in just 58 runs. But it is not clear which team will win in the end. At this point, both the possibilities are working. Especially if any of the batsmen of the Indian team can be set on the pitch, then India can also win that match without any pressure. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also on the pitch, due to which there is still a possibility of India winning.

This match is really close. England did not score much in their second turn which gave India chance. But India also started badly losing four wickets quickly. Still with KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant now batting India could definitely win if one of them stays in and scores much of runs but England is bowling really well at this time so anything can happen tomorrow is result day so let's see who will win. Right now either team could take win making it very exciting game.

Still there are multiples chances for the team England to win this amazing contest. Indian batters were showing so much aggression as well as their bowlers when they were on field but now when they came to bat, they also got confused.

India already lost their 4 wickets at just 58 runs so England have to restrict inside this little target and try to use multiple techniques to get more and more wickets because if India wants they could go easily and with the help of running between the wickets, they can chase the target but on top tomorrow is the last day so it would be amazing.

[UmerIdrees]

England did not do very well in the second innings. Their innings ended with just 192 runs. Which is definitely much less than the first innings. But India is not batting very well either. They lost four wickets in just 58 runs. But it is not clear which team will win in the end. At this point, both the possibilities are working. Especially if any of the batsmen of the Indian team can be set on the pitch, then India can also win that match without any pressure. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also on the pitch, due to which there is still a possibility of India winning.

This match is really close. England did not score much in their second turn which gave India chance. But India also started badly losing four wickets quickly. Still with KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant now batting India could definitely win if one of them stays in and scores much of runs but England is bowling really well at this time so anything can happen tomorrow is result day so let's see who will win. Right now either team could take win making it very exciting game.

Still there are multiples chances for the team England to win this amazing contest. Indian batters were showing so much aggression as well as their bowlers when they were on field but now when they came to bat, they also got confused.

India already lost their 4 wickets at just 58 runs so England have to restrict inside this little target and try to use multiple techniques to get more and more wickets because if India wants they could go easily and with the help of running between the wickets, they can chase the target but on top tomorrow is the last day so it would be amazing.

I agree but I think if India would try to chase the target by focusing running between the wickets so it would not be good and the chances would increase of the match that it finish without results or maybe India getting all out.

India will surely try for the long shorts to win this game and England have to place their fields where India batsmen try to hit shorts but there is also quite advantage for the Indian team that if today they are losing wickets early then keep it smoothly and draw the game without any tension and be free. Let’s see I am so excited for the last day.

[Tipstar]

I agree but I think if India would try to chase the target by running so it would not be good and the chances would increase of the match that it finish without results or maybe India getting all out.

There's no chance of this game being a draw unless there's a rain. It's either India winning or England winning. But looking at the circumstances, I see England winning from here. India has a habit of panicking in the last innings when they have to chase a target.
KL Rahul and Jadeja if had a longer partnership could change the result of the game but I feel the pitch is getting more difficult to bat and English bowler would take full advantage and keep Indian batsmen cautious.

[Olatundespo]

India's highest ever chase in 4th England is 176 at Oval in 1971. Now they needed to be playing with all patience. My bet for MOM of this match will be RL Rahul which is still intact.

India's KL Rahul is still unbeaten and Rahul's unbeaten status means reliability. After India, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundor, these four batsmen can bat quite well. So for now, I think the match is in India's favor. But with four wickets down for 58 runs at the end of the fourth day, India's next batsmen are under a lot of pressure and if disaster strikes, they will definitely have no choice but to lose.

India are trying to avoid their disaster but there is uncertainty about how successful they will be. Losing 4 wickets for 58 runs makes it challenging to control the match. KL Rahul is batting well in this difficult time for the team but England bowlers are bowling brilliantly at the same time. Shubman Gill is out for just 6 runs and another opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is out for a duck, leaving India in danger of losing this Test. I think the few batsmen they have will not be able to avoid their defeat. India still need 135 runs to win this Test and England need six wickets and the fans are still waiting to see the thrilling situation on the last day.

[Farhan99]

India's highest ever chase in 4th England is 176 at Oval in 1971. Now they needed to be playing with all patience. My bet for MOM of this match will be RL Rahul which is still intact.

India's KL Rahul is still unbeaten and Rahul's unbeaten status means reliability. After India, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundor, these four batsmen can bat quite well. So for now, I think the match is in India's favor. But with four wickets down for 58 runs at the end of the fourth day, India's next batsmen are under a lot of pressure and if disaster strikes, they will definitely have no choice but to lose.

Yeah at day 4 test game, India still required by 135 runs. England scored 387 runs in the first innings with a tremendous performance by Joe. India in its turn scored the same 387 runs so the first innings got equal. In the next innings, England opened with a 22 runs partnership a poor start by England. England's batsmen failed to perform well in this innings especially the final order struggled and this inning came to an end at 192. India took a poor start with 5 runs partnership losing wickets after short interval. England has eliminated 4 players at 58 runs which is looking like India will face difficulty in chasing the target. In this test game both teams played average with no big targets and no attractive performance by any order.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I expected a slightly better performance from Australia. I know the pitch is bowling friendly. Even then, Australia is the most experienced team in the Test format. So naturally I thought I would see a slightly better performance.

Australia played quite well in the first innings. The team scored 225 runs. But in the second innings, Australia lost 6 wickets after scoring only 69 runs. And at the end of the third day, Australia managed to score 99 runs.

Like the last two matches, Australia may win this match too. And Australia has a high chance of winning. The team has already taken a lead of 181 runs. They will be able to give a target of at least 220+. It will not be possible for West Indies to score 200+ in the last innings.

[Compromise me]

India's highest ever chase in 4th England is 176 at Oval in 1971. Now they needed to be playing with all patience. My bet for MOM of this match will be RL Rahul which is still intact.

India's KL Rahul is still unbeaten and Rahul's unbeaten status means reliability. After India, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundor, these four batsmen can bat quite well. So for now, I think the match is in India's favor. But with four wickets down for 58 runs at the end of the fourth day, India's next batsmen are under a lot of pressure and if disaster strikes, they will definitely have no choice but to lose.

India are trying to avoid their disaster but there is uncertainty about how successful they will be. Losing 4 wickets for 58 runs makes it challenging to control the match. KL Rahul is batting well in this difficult time for the team but England bowlers are bowling brilliantly at the same time. Shubman Gill is out for just 6 runs and another opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is out for a duck, leaving India in danger of losing this Test. I think the few batsmen they have will not be able to avoid their defeat. India still need 135 runs to win this Test and England need six wickets and the fans are still waiting to see the thrilling situation on the last day.

Indian International test cricket team is in dangerous condition because England bowlers are looking in good form and wicket is looking very best for the bowlers and we could see tough match between these two teams .  Only 4 wickets are needed to win this match because 2 wickets are of bowlers who will give their wickets vey easily. KL Rahul , Rishabh Pant , Ravindra Jadeja  and Nitish Kumar Reddy and dangerous players who could make match one sided. Stokes could not play well in the second inning when all responsibility was on his shoulder, he gave wickets and all team was out at just 192 runs.  I think there are 50 -50 chances of both teams because both teams could change the side of the match. Woakes have to take important wicket at the start of the last day and if he took wickets England team will definitely win this match.

[DanWalker]

India are trying to avoid their disaster but there is uncertainty about how successful they will be. Losing 4 wickets for 58 runs makes it challenging to control the match. KL Rahul is batting well in this difficult time for the team but England bowlers are bowling brilliantly at the same time. Shubman Gill is out for just 6 runs and another opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is out for a duck, leaving India in danger of losing this Test. I think the few batsmen they have will not be able to avoid their defeat. India still need 135 runs to win this Test and England need six wickets and the fans are still waiting to see the thrilling situation on the last day.

Many thought India would easily win the target of just 193 runs. Because India was able to collect big in the last two matches. But they may notice that the match is being held at Lords. And we know that first  1/2 days batsmen are able to bat well on the lords pitch, it becomes very difficult to bat in this pitch for the last two days. And it is almost impossible to collect the big.

If England could have given the target around 250, I would say that England would win. However, the match has become quite competitive due to the target of 193 runs. India still has the potential to win, India lost 4 wickets very quickly. The team needs 5 runs to win. Rahul and pant will start batting on the fifth day. If this pair can bat better like the first innings they are likely to win

[virasog]

England team was under a lot of pressure in the first match, and India team started well but later they could not perform well. However, England team is very close to the danger limit, if England team continues to perform like this, then they will definitely face a lot of pressure in this match. Test match mainly depends on the opening batsman pair, if they can make a partnership for a long time and score more runs, then of course the next batsmen can perform well.
If any team is under pressure from the beginning, then the top order attacking batsmen are definitely likely to get out quickly. The victory of England team depends on Duckett and Zak Crawley, because if they can perform well by batting in the beginning, then they will definitely be able to perform well later.

Two complete days left in this test and second innings is in progress. If England can play their typical bazball cricket today and can score 350 runs today then pressure will be on India to save the test. Both teams have strong batting lineup and it's difficult that any of the batting lineup will collapse. Both teams won't take any risk in this match because the series is 1-1 and a draw won't hurt any of them. India could have an edge if they have got some lead in first innings.

When England were batting in the second inning, Bumrah was being very hard on English players, he got only two wickets but the pressure he made that was absolutely amazing, he was giving the ball that was so hard to play and if batsmen would play then surely go for big shorts and then out meanwhile the ball would catch by the fielder.

However, right now India team need just 135 runs to win this match and I think this would not be a hard challenge for them. Akash Deep out already and today Pant will come on his place.

[fuguebtc]

However, right now India team need just 135 runs to win this match and I think this would not be a hard challenge for them. Akash Deep out already and today Pant will come on his place.

Archer took the wicket of pant...

Another bad start for India. Rishab Pant also failed to play a big innings. Kl Rahul and Jadeja are now at the crease. India lost their fifth wicket for just 71 runs. In the first innings, the Kl Rahul -Pant pair had a huge collection of 141 runs. But Pant failed to play a responsible innings at this crucial moment.

Rahul and Jadeja are still at the crease. Both are one of the most experienced batsmen in the Indian squad. And both have the ability to perform well. But it is very difficult to deal with the England bowlers on this pitch now. India has managed to collect 75 runs. The team will have to collect another huge collection of 118 runs to win. The match now depends entirely on the Jadeja-Rahul pair. If this pair can collect up to 150, India will have a chance of winning.