Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Just Say]

I think draw in this test match is a huge achievement for India as they started the second innings with a huge lead. Today england bowlers only picked two wickets and at the end of day India score is 425 runs with only loss of 4 wickets. India batted very well and after the first two wickets fell early, Three of their best batsmen scored well deserved centuries and it's a great achievement for India to draw test match. Ravindra Jadeja  and Washington Sundar played a responsible inning both scored well deserved century and remain unbeaten in second inning of the match. If the Test match had not been a draw, the England team could have won the match.

It is logical that the hosts England and India have been able to continue the drama and finesse in this Test series, because everyone may have observed that Chris Woakes was able to show magical skills, to be honest this player took two wickets but India could not score any runs at that time. We all noticed that there was some scuffle between the two teams in this match and the England players were causing trouble in various ways but two Indian batsmen were able to score centuries in this match. However at this stage it should be said that Stokes is the highest wicket-taker for both teams in this Test series because he is playing this series under great pressure and has had the most successful bowling returns of his Test career.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Wow! The Indians pulled off a proper miracle here. 0/2 to 425/4 is truly special and luck really moved away from England to India thanks to the dropped catches, misefielding etc etc.

It was hilarious watching players like Stoke behaving like absolute kids towards the end. Crybabies! Anyway, let's see if India can draw this series by winning the 5th test or not.

Interesting stat is Jaddu yet to lose his wicket in 4th innings in the entire series and also Washington who proved himself a proper all-rounder not just an bowling all rounder with his excellent performance with both bat and with the ball.

Even Don Bradman's record is at risk now due to Gill's unexpected turn around.

But India got some problems, Whether Bumrah can force for one more test which doesn't have that much gap to recover, Kamboj isn't finding his pace, DSP sir trying his best but not effective. Can they bring in Kuldeep who is a wicket taker in the place of Lord at the Lord's.

[Compromise me]

Right mate. India was able to draw the match because of these two batsmen. Because before any runs were added to the scoreboard, India lost the wickets of Jaiswal and Sai SUdarsan. Despite being under pressure, GIll and Rahul batted well. They built a big partnership. India collected a big 188 runs from this pair. And this streak was continued by Washington Sundar and Jadeja. Both scored centuries. India's target was to stay at the crease and draw the match. They succeeded. However, the match would have become more competitive if the Indian bowlers had bowled well in the first innings.

We are watching good competition between these two teams because both teams are of same capability and every team has brilliant bowlers . We saw three centuries in the second inning by Indian team because otherwise they could lose this match because England team made good score in this match and England team was all out at 669 but most of the people expected that India cricket team will lose this match because their position is weak when two batters were out at just 0 run.In the first inning of this match, Indian International test cricket team could make only 358 runs in this match and England cricket team could win this match but their position was very weak in the second match .

[Unknown Op]

Starting to bat the second innings, India had only one mission to play it and elongate the game as long as possible and they succeeded on that. Even though Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yashasvi Jaiswal were duck, every other players had an impressive innings. Opener KL Rahul out in 90 while all other 3 players that bat, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja scored a century. More than century, the important part were the balls they faced. They took no risks as scoring was not really the prime intentions and played for whole 143 overs. That's about 3 ODIs by just 5 batsmen. English players were really frustrated by the resilience of Indian batsmen and it shows playing for draw could still be an interesting strategy in Test matches.

Yep, The 4th test game of India against England gone crazy with wonderful centuries and runs scored by both teams. Both teams scored huge targets but unfortunately this test game expired drawn. India was to bat first with Yashasvi and Rahul who opened up with a fabulous partnership of 94 runs. The middle order's performance was remarkable with great runs but the final over got wiped out early so this innings came to an end at 358 runs.

England's batting blown up the minds with their perfect hitting and timing for boundaries. The first partnership was of 166 runs with 26 fours and one six then middle order leaded the innings further. India's strongest bowlers confused with dissatisfaction on their faces as England ended up at 669 runs which was almosy double of the the India's runs. India played its second innings and finished with 425 runs but after tremendous performance by England this game ended with a draw.

Disappointing ending of fourth match and in this match, we did not see any winner and this match was drawn among India squad and England squad. Now only 1 test match will remain to play off this competition and England squad is leading this test format competition with 2 victories and one defeat. In fourth match, India performance was not very good in batting and in first inning,  top order batters displayed some good performance but not very strong and India squad Managed to collect 358 scores. On other hand,  England batters expressed their strong batting skills and Joe Root completed fully + half century in first inning and played wonderful inning. Top order batters of England showcased good support and total they collected 669 scores. India's second was on going but all days of this test match was finished and match was drwan.

[LDL]

New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe

Another test match is going to start on 30th July between New Zealand and Zimbabwe. As we have just seen in the Tri-Nation series, New Zealand incredibly won that and without losing even a single game against a big team like South Africa, so to win this test match would not be a big deal. New Zealand to win for sure and once again it is hosting by Zimbabwe. The last time both teams faced each other in a Test match was in 2016, 2012, 2011, and 2006, and on all these occasions, New Zealand won the game with a considerable margin. So we can expect one-sided matches in this test series.

This Test will also be a one-sided match because you can't imagine New Zealand and Zimbabwe as a balanced team in cricket. New Zealand is a completely balanced team at the moment, especially in T20, ODI and Test. In the recently concluded tri-series, New Zealand became the champions while Zimbabwe failed to win a single match. Zimbabwe have played many cricket matches this year and have lost every match. But one important thing is that Zimbabwe's game has improved and even though they could not win, they have tried to compete a bit. Zimbabwe may not be able to win this test match but they can compete with New Zealand.

[Sithara007]

This Test will also be a one-sided match because you can't imagine New Zealand and Zimbabwe as a balanced team in cricket. New Zealand is a completely balanced team at the moment, especially in T20, ODI and Test. In the recently concluded tri-series, New Zealand became the champions while Zimbabwe failed to win a single match. Zimbabwe have played many cricket matches this year and have lost every match. But one important thing is that Zimbabwe's game has improved and even though they could not win, they have tried to compete a bit. Zimbabwe may not be able to win this test match but they can compete with New Zealand.

This is getting really irritating. Zimbabwe is getting so many matches against strong teams lately, while the other two teams in their division (Ireland and Afghanistan) are hardly getting any matches. And the less talked about the associate teams such as Scotland, Netherlands, Namibia and Nepal, that much better. Match after match, Zimbabwe is suffering very heavy defeats with no scope of improvement. These matches are useful only for improving the personal stats of the players in opposing teams.

[virasog]

This Test will also be a one-sided match because you can't imagine New Zealand and Zimbabwe as a balanced team in cricket. New Zealand is a completely balanced team at the moment, especially in T20, ODI and Test. In the recently concluded tri-series, New Zealand became the champions while Zimbabwe failed to win a single match. Zimbabwe have played many cricket matches this year and have lost every match. But one important thing is that Zimbabwe's game has improved and even though they could not win, they have tried to compete a bit. Zimbabwe may not be able to win this test match but they can compete with New Zealand.

This is getting really irritating. Zimbabwe is getting so many matches against strong teams lately, while the other two teams in their division (Ireland and Afghanistan) are hardly getting any matches. And the less talked about the associate teams such as Scotland, Netherlands, Namibia and Nepal, that much better. Match after match, Zimbabwe is suffering very heavy defeats with no scope of improvement. These matches are useful only for improving the personal stats of the players in opposing teams.

Yes, Afghanistan is a much better team than Zimbabwe. Even they are so good that they could beat Zimbabwe, West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan very easily. They may also give a tough time to the big three teams, but sadly I don't see them playing any international series lately. We are witnessing one-sided matches where West Indies and Zimbabwe are losing matches without making any efforts, and this decreases the viewers' interest when they already know who is going to win.

People will be more interested in watching matches between Afghanistan and Ireland compared to matches between New Zealand vs Zimbabwe or Australia vs West Indies.

[Compromise me]

New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe

Another test match is going to start on 30th July between New Zealand and Zimbabwe. As we have just seen in the Tri-Nation series, New Zealand incredibly won that and without losing even a single game against a big team like South Africa, so to win this test match would not be a big deal. New Zealand to win for sure and once again it is hosting by Zimbabwe. The last time both teams faced each other in a Test match was in 2016, 2012, 2011, and 2006, and on all these occasions, New Zealand won the game with a considerable margin. So we can expect one-sided matches in this test series.

This Test will also be a one-sided match because you can't imagine New Zealand and Zimbabwe as a balanced team in cricket. New Zealand is a completely balanced team at the moment, especially in T20, ODI and Test. In the recently concluded tri-series, New Zealand became the champions while Zimbabwe failed to win a single match. Zimbabwe have played many cricket matches this year and have lost every match. But one important thing is that Zimbabwe's game has improved and even though they could not win, they have tried to compete a bit. Zimbabwe may not be able to win this test match but they can compete with New Zealand.

We will watch two test matches between these two teams as Zimbabwe International cricket team is very low class team  and That team performance should be improve. New Zealand International cricket team performance is at top level because they always try to play with confidence and they always give hundred percent to win all tournaments but they could not win ODI world cup .New Zealand International cricket team  is ready to play next match against Zimbabwe team and players are in excellent form and they won the last series and will try to white wash in this series. All players of New Zealand will win this match one sided because that is strong side

[Cheema02]

New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe

Another test match is going to start on 30th July between New Zealand and Zimbabwe. As we have just seen in the Tri-Nation series, New Zealand incredibly won that and without losing even a single game against a big team like South Africa, so to win this test match would not be a big deal. New Zealand to win for sure and once again it is hosting by Zimbabwe. The last time both teams faced each other in a Test match was in 2016, 2012, 2011, and 2006, and on all these occasions, New Zealand won the game with a considerable margin. So we can expect one-sided matches in this test series.

Yes, there is no doubt that this match has become one-sided. New Zealand have high chances of winning this Test match because they are strong side. New Zealand and Zimbabwe have played two rest matches so far and New Zealand winning both matches huge margin. If you look at the stats New Zealand has won its recent match against England but they lost in the series. New Zealand team is a very strong team compared to Zimbabwe there is little hope that these matches will be competitive but New Zealand is a big favorite to win the first test match and series to. Zimbabwe have played very disappointing performance in last series against South Africa and they lost all three of their Test matches to South Africa but i hope they will comeback in this series.

[WatChe]

Yes, there is no doubt that this match has become one-sided. New Zealand have high chances of winning this Test match because they are strong side. New Zealand and Zimbabwe have played two rest matches so far and New Zealand winning both matches huge margin. If you look at the stats New Zealand has won its recent match against England but they lost in the series. New Zealand team is a very strong team compared to Zimbabwe there is little hope that these matches will be competitive but New Zealand is a big favorite to win the first test match and series to. Zimbabwe have played very disappointing performance in last series against South Africa and they lost all three of their Test matches to South Africa but i hope they will comeback in this series.

Before this test series, Zimbabwe played a tri nation series against New Zealand and South Africa at home. Not only Zimbabwe lost all matches in that series, it also failed to give any challenging performance in any of the game. 

Coming to recent test series between Zimbabwe and South Africa, Zimbabwe failed to play quality cricket against second tier south African team in both test mathces. Zimbabwe team is not in position to win test series against top test sides like New Zealand and south Africa but it must take this as an opportunity to improve their cricket to become a good team in future. 

[Sithara007]

Yes, Afghanistan is a much better team than Zimbabwe. Even they are so good that they could beat Zimbabwe, West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan very easily. They may also give a tough time to the big three teams, but sadly I don't see them playing any international series lately. We are witnessing one-sided matches where West Indies and Zimbabwe are losing matches without making any efforts, and this decreases the viewers' interest when they already know who is going to win.

People will be more interested in watching matches between Afghanistan and Ireland compared to matches between New Zealand vs Zimbabwe or Australia vs West Indies.

Afghanistan deserves a few matches against teams like Australia and New Zealand. But I believe that some of the SENA boards want to expel Afghanistan from international cricket and that complicates things. Even associate nations such as Scotland, Netherlands and Nepal are now performing better than Zimbabwe. And that too with 1/50th of the funding that Zimbabwe receive. But the ICC remains blind to this and they continue to prop up Zimbabwe by pumping tens of millions of USD into that country every year.

[Bitcoinsummoner]

This Test will also be a one-sided match because you can't imagine New Zealand and Zimbabwe as a balanced team in cricket. New Zealand is a completely balanced team at the moment, especially in T20, ODI and Test. In the recently concluded tri-series, New Zealand became the champions while Zimbabwe failed to win a single match. Zimbabwe have played many cricket matches this year and have lost every match. But one important thing is that Zimbabwe's game has improved and even though they could not win, they have tried to compete a bit. Zimbabwe may not be able to win this test match but they can compete with New Zealand.

This is getting really irritating. Zimbabwe is getting so many matches against strong teams lately, while the other two teams in their division (Ireland and Afghanistan) are hardly getting any matches. And the less talked about the associate teams such as Scotland, Netherlands, Namibia and Nepal, that much better. Match after match, Zimbabwe is suffering very heavy defeats with no scope of improvement. These matches are useful only for improving the personal stats of the players in opposing teams.

I appreciate you. Zimbabwe presents its valueless performance with a big team. New Zealand is a big team in all formats, whereas Zimbabwe is a losing team in all formats. How can Zimbabwe secure more matches against top teams? Their performance gives another team favour in their winning ratio. Another team only increases their rank and their players' score by playing them.

[Tipstar]

Yes, Afghanistan is a much better team than Zimbabwe. Even they are so good that they could beat Zimbabwe, West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan very easily. They may also give a tough time to the big three teams, but sadly I don't see them playing any international series lately. We are witnessing one-sided matches where West Indies and Zimbabwe are losing matches without making any efforts, and this decreases the viewers' interest when they already know who is going to win.

People will be more interested in watching matches between Afghanistan and Ireland compared to matches between New Zealand vs Zimbabwe or Australia vs West Indies.

Afghanistan deserves a few matches against teams like Australia and New Zealand. But I believe that some of the SENA boards want to expel Afghanistan from international cricket and that complicates things. Even associate nations such as Scotland, Netherlands and Nepal are now performing better than Zimbabwe. And that too with 1/50th of the funding that Zimbabwe receive. But the ICC remains blind to this and they continue to prop up Zimbabwe by pumping tens of millions of USD into that country every year.

There should be a clear and predictable paths to ODI, T20I and Test status and any teams with those status should get a chance to play with every other team in regular basis. This limited cricketing structure has always hampered the growth of cricket as a global sports. When ICC became more relaxed and set a path for ODI status and as T20 became the new favorite sports that anyone can play and get a International status, many new teams has emerged. Afghanistan is a success story but there are many more potential teams like Uganda and Italy that could in future come to the central stage if ICC promoted all assosiates.

[Rustam Meraj]

Afghanistan deserves a few matches against teams like Australia and New Zealand. But I believe that some of the SENA boards want to expel Afghanistan from international cricket and that complicates things. Even associate nations such as Scotland, Netherlands and Nepal are now performing better than Zimbabwe. And that too with 1/50th of the funding that Zimbabwe receive. But the ICC remains blind to this and they continue to prop up Zimbabwe by pumping tens of millions of USD into that country every year.

Yes this is worry that some major cricket boards (SENA) might be trying to exclude Afghanistan. Furthermore you highlight that associate nations like Scotland Netherlands and Nepal are now playing better than Zimbabwe despite receiving far less money which exactly makes question that why ICC continues to heavily fund Zimbabwe when those funds do not seem to improve their performance suggesting problem with how cricket resources are managed globally.

[ibuddy122505]

Afghanistan deserves a few matches against teams like Australia and New Zealand. But I believe that some of the SENA boards want to expel Afghanistan from international cricket and that complicates things. Even associate nations such as Scotland, Netherlands and Nepal are now performing better than Zimbabwe. And that too with 1/50th of the funding that Zimbabwe receive. But the ICC remains blind to this and they continue to prop up Zimbabwe by pumping tens of millions of USD into that country every year.

Yes this is worry that some major cricket boards (SENA) might be trying to exclude Afghanistan. Furthermore you highlight that associate nations like Scotland Netherlands and Nepal are now playing better than Zimbabwe despite receiving far less money which exactly makes question that why ICC continues to heavily fund Zimbabwe when those funds do not seem to improve their performance suggesting problem with how cricket resources are managed globally.

I got the point. This raises a fair question. why not support rising teams that perform better with fewer resources? maybe I've my point. First of all Zimbabwe is a full member of the ICC, also have rich history which gives them more rights and funding, even if their performance is poor. ICC may also believe that with continued support, Zimbabwe can recover and improve. anyway many fans now believe it’s time to change this system and funding teams based on performance, not just for any ties and history in cricket.

[Haunebu]

Welp! Just heard about the altercation between Gambhir and the England groundsman which was hilarious to say the least. This sort of drama is just raising the temperature for the 5th and final test.

Also, it looks like Arshdeep will replace Bumrah in the final test which would quite possibly imply that England already has the series in their bag since Pant is also out of the picture.

[GigaBit]

I got the point. This raises a fair question. why not support rising teams that perform better with fewer resources? maybe I've my point. First of all Zimbabwe is a full member of the ICC, also have rich history which gives them more rights and funding, even if their performance is poor. ICC may also believe that with continued support, Zimbabwe can recover and improve. anyway many fans now believe it’s time to change this system and funding teams based on performance, not just for any ties and history in cricket.

It is true that if the support is given to the team based on the position of the past history, then I think it is not possible to develop cricket. ICC needs to be dynamic in this regard. The Zimbabwe team has been with cricket for a long time but there is no improvement. Whereas Afghanistan has joined in ICC after a long time and they are doing well. In terms of financial support, I think more money needs to be spent on those who value cricket and where there is love for cricket and where potential can be found. I don't think the Zimbabwe team will improve even after another decade.

[Crypto Library]

It is true that if the support is given to the team based on the position of the past history, then I think it is not possible to develop cricket. ICC needs to be dynamic in this regard. The Zimbabwe team has been with cricket for a long time but there is no improvement. Whereas Afghanistan has joined in ICC after a long time and they are doing well. In terms of financial support, I think more money needs to be spent on those who value cricket and where there is love for cricket and where potential can be found. I don't think the Zimbabwe team will improve even after another decade.

The Zimbabwean team seems completely helpless against the New Zealand team. I don't really understand the purpose of this kind of series.
Because on one hand Zimbabwe is ranked 12th in the Test format and on the other hand New Zealand is ranked 5th. In fact, it is quite illogical to compare the strength of the Zimbabwe and New Zealand teams, given that matches are being held between them.

Anyway, unless something magical happens, no team other than New Zealand will win, not just this match, but the entire series.

[Fuso.hp]

New Zealand has toured Zimbabwe to play a two-Test series against Zimbabwe, where the first Test match has already started. The first innings of the first Test match is underway, where Zimbabwe, batting first, has lost five wickets for 85 runs. The match between Zimbabwe and New Zealand may not be such an exciting match because there are many differences between the Zimbabwe and New Zealand teams.
New Zealand is a strong team in Test cricket, while Zimbabwe is a weak team in Test cricket. It may not take five days to finish this five-day Test match, maybe New Zealand will all out Zimbabwe today and New Zealand will come out to bat after all out and after batting, New Zealand will put up a big total in front of Zimbabwe and invite Zimbabwe to bat again. Due to the current situation of the game, nothing can be said in advance (whether Zimbabwe will lose by an innings or not), but it can be said for sure that New Zealand will win against Zimbabwe if there is no natural disaster.

[ZAINmalik75]

New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe

Another test match is going to start on 30th July between New Zealand and Zimbabwe. As we have just seen in the Tri-Nation series, New Zealand incredibly won that and without losing even a single game against a big team like South Africa, so to win this test match would not be a big deal. New Zealand to win for sure and once again it is hosting by Zimbabwe. The last time both teams faced each other in a Test match was in 2016, 2012, 2011, and 2006, and on all these occasions, New Zealand won the game with a considerable margin. So we can expect one-sided matches in this test series.

This Test will also be a one-sided match because you can't imagine New Zealand and Zimbabwe as a balanced team in cricket. New Zealand is a completely balanced team at the moment, especially in T20, ODI and Test. In the recently concluded tri-series, New Zealand became the champions while Zimbabwe failed to win a single match. Zimbabwe have played many cricket matches this year and have lost every match. But one important thing is that Zimbabwe's game has improved and even though they could not win, they have tried to compete a bit. Zimbabwe may not be able to win this test match but they can compete with New Zealand.

Yeh and that's why they lose five of thier vital wickets before even having three digit score on board at first test match, Now thier captain Ervin has took some serious responsibility and build some partnership alongside with partner wicketkeeper batter. It's true that results were already clear but still it will be interesting to watch how Zimbabwen side tackle kiwis. While on the other hand kiwi main pacer Henry has took most of wickets early on, now as soon as they will lost captain in matter of second thier lineup will collapse and kiwis will have an easy bite to get rest of thier lineup.