Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Fuso.hp]

Those who say Test cricket is boring should have watched the match between Australia and England. The excitement that was there in the match between Australia and England towards the end proves that Test cricket is still a prestigious game and still better than other formats. The game reached a point in the last minute where only one team could win. At that time, every spectator in the gallery stood up and the Indian fans were expecting their team to win. The English fans were expecting their team to win. Finally, the English fans left the field happy because their team secured a 16-run victory against India. When England batted badly in their second innings, I realized that it is a difficult wicket to bat on, so no matter how many runs England scored or how many runs they set for India, India will struggle to score and that is what happened.

[Olatundespo]

England vs India Test Match

England went ahead 2-1. Maybe after losing the second match by a big margin, England will be in a better position by winning the third match. They will become more confident in the next matches. On the other hand, India still has a chance to win the series. If they can win two matches later, they might win the series. But it will not be easy to win two matches. If England can win one, they will still win the series. There is still a good chance for England

It really shows how important this moment is for both teams. For England being ahead 2-1 especially after losing badly in second game gives them much more confidence. They have gotten their control back and if they win just one more match they will win whole series. That is great spot for them to be in.
But India is not out yet. It will be very hard for them to win two games in row against confident England team but it is not impossible especially with their skilled players. They will really have to fight hard.

When you don't need many runs to win a match, it can be difficult for any team to accept defeat, as we saw with India. They had a full day's allotted time but no wickets. Wickets kept falling regularly and England bowlers kept bowling brilliantly. Except for KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja, no other batsman could score runs and India lost by just 22 runs. England were confident of winning on their home ground, and Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes kept the India batsmen on the low run-rate and took wickets at regular intervals. Ravindra Jadeja raised hopes of a win, but their hopes were not fulfilled at the last moment.

[Bd officer]

England vs India Test Match

England went ahead 2-1. Maybe after losing the second match by a big margin, England will be in a better position by winning the third match. They will become more confident in the next matches. On the other hand, India still has a chance to win the series. If they can win two matches later, they might win the series. But it will not be easy to win two matches. If England can win one, they will still win the series. There is still a good chance for England

I think it will be difficult for India to win the next two matches in a row, as this series is being played at home in England, besides England is a strong team, so it will be very challenging for India. However, India had a chance to win the third Test but were defeated due to poor performances by the Indian batsmen. India needed 193 runs to win in the 2nd innings and had enough overs but the Indian batsmen did not do well. Apart from Ravindra Jadeja, no batsman could score up to half a century.  However, when England were bowled out for 192 in the 2nd innings I thought India would win easily but in the end the result of the match was different. Now the Indian batsmen have to try to do well in the next match, mistakes cannot be made like in the 3rd match. However England's bowlers deserve praise, Brydon Carse, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer they bowled brilliantly.

[Gost ms]

Those who say Test cricket is boring should have watched the match between Australia and England. The excitement that was there in the match between Australia and England towards the end proves that Test cricket is still a prestigious game and still better than other formats. The game reached a point in the last minute where only one team could win. At that time, every spectator in the gallery stood up and the Indian fans were expecting their team to win. The English fans were expecting their team to win. Finally, the English fans left the field happy because their team secured a 16-run victory against India. When England batted badly in their second innings, I realized that it is a difficult wicket to bat on, so no matter how many runs England scored or how many runs they set for India, India will struggle to score and that is what happened.

We all have this idea that we don't see very competitive games in almost all Test cricket matches. Because we can almost see the game being drawn in the match. But this match I thought maybe India would win. Because they were very aggressive and they had many chances to win. But in the last stage, before we knew what was going on, England won. This happened because of India's poor play in the beginning, although towards the end, Ravindra Jadeja became a ray of hope for the Indian team but it didn't work in the end. If everyone had played a little better in the beginning, maybe India would have won the match.

[Tipstar]

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.

Well my predictions came true. India had another humiliating defeat. The problem with India team at least this test team is they are not being able to create a team that can depend on each other. There are good players but unless there's a way each of them supplement each other, it won't be a team. This is a new and transitional team with many of old stars missing, so we should give them enough time and benefit of doubt to decide whether this team would be a success.

England are now 2-1 up on a 5 test match series.

[dezoel]

Expected India to lose by a way bigger margin, but their tail enders put up a superb fight along with Superman Jadeja who has one of the best all rounder averages in test cricket history.

Just wish he didn't rotate the strike to Siraj who was already under a shitton of pressure. He should have channeled Pant and gone for some big ones in that over. Anyway, this is easily one of the best cricket matches that I have ever watched period.

Playing in these conditions have never been easy for any player still after falling of top order cheaply Ravindra Jadeja done historic job even he fails, but he has done his duty which will be remembered India never been able to chase decent target on English soil which is also universal truth.

Lord's pitch was slow from start but still both teams done good job and give their best which also one of the best in current test era Rishabh Pant run-out was turning point for India because they were on top and suddenly this brings down their momentum, and they have gone down but good thing India still doing good with these inexperienced players on this tour, and they are making things on balance which is the best part of their tour now last two games are going to be more entertaining.

[Just Say]

Those who say Test cricket is boring should have watched the match between Australia and England. The excitement that was there in the match between Australia and England towards the end proves that Test cricket is still a prestigious game and still better than other formats. The game reached a point in the last minute where only one team could win. At that time, every spectator in the gallery stood up and the Indian fans were expecting their team to win. The English fans were expecting their team to win. Finally, the English fans left the field happy because their team secured a 16-run victory against India. When England batted badly in their second innings, I realized that it is a difficult wicket to bat on, so no matter how many runs England scored or how many runs they set for India, India will struggle to score and that is what happened.

We all have the idea that there is truly a mystery hidden within Test cricket, for the proof of which we must understand the essence of the heart-pounding battle between England and India. There was a statement from an Indian player that they would win, in his follow-through I observed that this player was the victim of a quick attack by Jofra Archer. However the most mysterious thing about this match was when Mohammad Siraj was dismissed because the player was truly out in a strange way while performing in this Test match.
Even in this match Jofra Archer tore the stumps of the Indian left-handed batsman out of the ground to be honest from that moment on I believed that England would definitely win this match.

[CryptoYar]

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All drama and exciting moments was in final stage. That match between England and India sounds like it was thrilling ride for everyone especially with  Indian player big claim followed by Jofra Archer quick dismissal of him. Archer speed and ability to knock over stumps like he did with left handed batsman clearly changed  game and made believe England would win.
Strange way Mohammad Siraj got out also added to match unpredictable nature showing small details and unexpected events make Test cricket so engaging and also show that anything can happen until end.

[Bd officer]

Lol I was disappointed with the performance of West Indies. I didn't think a team like West Indies would be all out for 27 runs in a Test match. Australia scored 225 runs in the 1st innings and 121 runs in the 2nd innings. On the other hand, West Indies were bowled out for 143 in the 1st innings and West Indies were bowled out for 27 in the 2nd innings which was a shame. Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland bowled brilliantly, which surprised everyone. Scott Boland scored a hat-trick which is very commendable. West Indies batted very badly in this Test series, but the bowling line was good. Congratulations to Australia, Australia won 3-0.

[UmerIdrees]

What a grand victory for the team England team. All the test matches and days were going calmfully until the last day where the match converts into absolute action.

English batsmen were batting and Shubman Gill and all the Indian fielders starting to straging them and Bumrah was bowling when Bumrah delivered an amazing ball and batsman went for tip, he got the ball on his hand and got injured then he called the team to come and drinks break but Shubman Gill comes to him and starts to abuse with him, fighting scene. Later the day finished and at the day 4 the aggression was same and today again Jadega had a massive with Ben Stokes and the entire team.

[Mahdirakib]

I saw many people predicting that India would win easily with a target of 193 runs. Since we had seen better batting from Indian batsmen in the last two matches. But it was very difficult to bat at a target of 193 runs on this ground on the last day. India failed till the end. England are now 2-1 ahead in the 5-match series

I was also expecting an easy victory for India. England bowlers have done their job properly. The lower order batsmen of India tried to play with responsibilities there.  Bumrah got out there by playing an unnecessary shot. However, he tried his best there despite being a bowler.

BTW, what a big surprise from West Indies! They weren't doing well against Australia, which seems okay. But getting all out in just 27 runs is something different. No-one was expecting anything like that. Mitchell Starc was phenomenal with his bowling.

[Sithara007]

BTW, what a big surprise from West Indies! They weren't doing well against Australia, which seems okay. But getting all out in just 27 runs is something different. No-one was expecting anything like that. Mitchell Starc was phenomenal with his bowling.

How long we need to put up with these sort of matches? West Indies got bundled out for just 27 runs, and in the end Australia won by a huge margin of 176 runs. Remember that the match was played on a pitch which gave undue advantage for bowlers. So winning by 176 runs is equal to winning by an innings and 500 runs in the subcontinent. I fully support the proposal to have West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh relegated to the second division of test cricket. These teams don't have the ability to compete against top teams.

[LDL]

BTW, what a big surprise from West Indies! They weren't doing well against Australia, which seems okay. But getting all out in just 27 runs is something different. No-one was expecting anything like that. Mitchell Starc was phenomenal with his bowling.

How long we need to put up with these sort of matches? West Indies got bundled out for just 27 runs, and in the end Australia won by a huge margin of 176 runs. Remember that the match was played on a pitch which gave undue advantage for bowlers. So winning by 176 runs is equal to winning by an innings and 500 runs in the subcontinent. I fully support the proposal to have West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh relegated to the second division of test cricket. These teams don't have the ability to compete against top teams.

I have watched many Test matches but I have never seen such a low scoring match like the West Indies. Seven West Indies players were dismissed for zero runs, this will go down in history in Test cricket. Justin Greaves was the only player to touch double digits, scoring 11 runs, while no other player managed to touch double digits. The score here was just 27 runs, meaning there was no need to touch double digits. It is definitely necessary to bring some countries out of Test cricket and into the second division, where there will be Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, etc. In fact, they cannot compete with the top teams.

[Haunebu]

27 runs? 22 runs? So many 20s related test cricket scores these days. Anyway, I knew West Indies batting was trash, but this is just laughable. Their bowlers are far better in comparison. All of the efforts of Shamar, Alzarri etc keep going down the drain again and again.

Australia are already leading in the new WTC cycle thanks to whitewashing the Windies. Smh!

[Sithara007]

I have watched many Test matches but I have never seen such a low scoring match like the West Indies. Seven West Indies players were dismissed for zero runs, this will go down in history in Test cricket. Justin Greaves was the only player to touch double digits, scoring 11 runs, while no other player managed to touch double digits. The score here was just 27 runs, meaning there was no need to touch double digits. It is definitely necessary to bring some countries out of Test cricket and into the second division, where there will be Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, etc. In fact, they cannot compete with the top teams.

The quality of teams such as Zimbabwe and West Indies have deteriorated to such an extent that the opposition team only plays them so that the players can improve their career stats. There is no other purpose. And this is why I have so much respect for the test batsmen and bowlers of old generation such as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. They never had the luxury of such easy matches. Each and every match they played were against tough opponents.

[MusaPk]

The quality of teams such as Zimbabwe and West Indies have deteriorated to such an extent that the opposition team only plays them so that the players can improve their career stats. There is no other purpose. And this is why I have so much respect for the test batsmen and bowlers of old generation such as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. They never had the luxury of such easy matches. Each and every match they played were against tough opponents.

It's sad to see teams like WI in such a miserable condition. This test series tells a lot about where WI cricket stands and it's time for WI cricket board to think why they were not able to create replacement of great players like Brian Lara and County Walsh. Losing all test matches at home is a sign that team is extraordinary weak.

Zimbabwe also has a bright past and used to be a reasonably strong team when players like Grant Flower and Andy Flower used to play for the side. But gone are good days of Zimbabwe cricket as they are rarely seen in ICC events and strong teams take Zimbabwe as an opportunity to improve stats. 

[noormcs5]

Rahul -Jadeja partnership will be the deciding factor whether India will win or not. This is the only experienced partnership in India where the longer they can stay on the wicket, the more chances India will have of winning. India are unlikely to win because, without writing a post, India's most reliable batsman KL Rahul was out lbw off Ben Stokes. Can these two batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy/Washington Sundar, win this match? However, there is no position for a draw because it will not be possible for the next batsmen of India to draw the team by batting for 85 overs.

India could have won this game, they were so close but little bit up and downs were coming in the whole day, England bowled so well that on the 4th day they got 4 wickets already and then on the last day they tried again and again to get the Indian wickets and at the end they won by 22 runs. The last wicket of Siraj in that wicket, I think the mistake was of Muhammad Siraj that if he is looking at ball is going outside, then why is he playing it? And also that is the last wicket, while on the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja was trying to handle the game. It was just touch and go for the Indian team and hard luck in the end for them.

[Farhan99]

So As predicted by most, Indian innings crumbled and they lost it even not being able to chase a small target. Ravindra Jadeja did his best to carry India to a win and his partners Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj event though are bowlers, played many balls without losing their wicket which is the best game on their side but Jadeja was not able to score quicker which led to all of them falling except Jadeja who remained not out. Jadeja already is a high scorer but things could have been different if Jadeja utilized those 181 balls he faced to get some boundaries as in the end the difference by which they lost was narrow.

The 3rd test game between India and England had a shocking results. England was eliminated India at just 170 runs which has brought us out of mind. In the start of the innings, England scored 387 runs with a century contribution by Root but due to final order's low performance 387 was the target. India during the chase scored the same 387 runs with a century by Rahul and the first innings left without any results. In the next innings, India's bowlers knocked out players very early without any major contribution. The first wicket was down at 22 runs and the wickets kept falling at short intervals. England's top and final order struggled leaving bad results and performance and this innings ended at 192 runs. The score was not a big deal so everybody was hoping that India is going to win this game but something unexpected happened. England knocket out the whole Indian batting lineup at 170 runs with a major wickets elimination by Ben Stokes who eliminated 3 players and let his team win this game by 22 runs.

[virasog]

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All drama and exciting moments was in final stage. That match between England and India sounds like it was thrilling ride for everyone especially with  Indian player big claim followed by Jofra Archer quick dismissal of him. Archer speed and ability to knock over stumps like he did with left handed batsman clearly changed  game and made believe England would win.
Strange way Mohammad Siraj got out also added to match unpredictable nature showing small details and unexpected events make Test cricket so engaging and also show that anything can happen until end.

Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes are both incredible, amazing bowlers and the touch by the spinners while other pacers put a huge impact on the game. Ben Stokes was also the player of the game.

The action in this series is still alive as two more games are left and right now England are leading the series by winning 2 -1, still India can change the momentum of the series by winning the next game. In the next two games, I think the series is surely going to win by the team England, but next match might be won by the Indian team as they will try their best to win the next game and level the series.

[Shadiq]

It's sad to see teams like WI in such a miserable condition. This test series tells a lot about where WI cricket stands and it's time for WI cricket board to think why they were not able to create replacement of great players like Brian Lara and County Walsh. Losing all test matches at home is a sign that team is extraordinary weak.

Zimbabwe also has a bright past and used to be a reasonably strong team when players like Grant Flower and Andy Flower used to play for the side. But gone are good days of Zimbabwe cricket as they are rarely seen in ICC events and strong teams take Zimbabwe as an opportunity to improve stats. 

The West Indies' heyday in the cricket world is over. If we think about Australia, then such a great performance is not new for them. We have seen such great innings against a strong team like India before. Especially on the day of Mitchell Starc's success, any team is almost certain to be in a bad situation. We have also seen strong teams like India and New Zealand destroyed by Mitchell Starc. West Indies has added a new name to that list.

West Indies has no shortage of talented players, but due to their cricket border corruption, we no longer see star players like Brian Lara, Chris Gayle, Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Garfield Sobers. If they do not work to curb corruption, then maybe we will see West Indies disappear from the cricket world.