Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[ZAINmalik75]

As we know that first test between New Zealand and West Indies is on 4th day, and New Zealand is completely winning game, and it is likely that team has announced completion of their second innings with declaration at 466/8. Having scored 231 and then 466/8 with great centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand has built huge lead of 531 runs. They will try to bowl out West Indies in two days to come and it is not very likely that West Indies will be able to bat long enough to make it draw and thus New Zealand is sure to win.

I taught west indies will struggle to bat but just like we mentioned pitch start to behave different which results in they got room to settle down build partnership which they were doing quite brilliantly, although thier top order failed to set momentum for them. but hope alongside greaves were building quite fine partnership and west indies were looking more likely to draw that vital match despite having such huge lead from black caps, and gowns as still they have 6 wickets in hand and set batter on crease, let's see how kiwi pacer get the breakthrough to back in game and turn things in thier favor for thier victory.

[Haunebu]

The lead is 44 now and England might still have a chance to win surprisingly if they manage to keep it under 100 though it won't be easy thanks to the ever consistent Carey who is basically the Michael Bevan of this generation in my opinion.

Archer is the only one with a great economy while the rest including Carse have bad economies though Carse is at least taking wickets here and there.

[MusaPk]

In the game of Aus vs Eng today it was truly felt that the game was revolved around two players Joe from England and Mitchell from Australia. Both were spotlight in the whole series because of their rocky performance. England started the series and producing immense and big target of 325 runs. Joe Root who was the star of the series completed his 40th century, set a remarkable milestone for him. Root contributed 135 runs on 202 ball show strict resistance against Australian bowlers. Australian bowlers build pressure on in England's team by taking four wickets on duck, that was very dramatic situation and create the pressure on the England. Rest of the player were also not performed ideally. But due to Joe 135 and Jack Crawley with 76 they were able to produce huge total. But even towards the end of the match, Australia could not break Joe dominance that was incredible. Mitchell from Australia proved to be toughest bowler for England took 6 wickets.

If Australians can get a lead of 100 or 150 runs in first innings then it won't be easy for England to make a comeback in this test. Root and Jofra Archer 70 runs partnership helped England in scoring 334 runs in first innings. Australian batting is good because if we look at the scorecard then all Aussies batsmen have played there part and it looks clear that they will get a decent first innings lead. On this pitch, England must have scored 450 runs to challenge Australian batting.  

[AgriTrack]

If Australians can get a lead of 100 or 150 runs in first innings then it won't be easy for England to make a comeback in this test. Root and Jofra Archer 70 runs partnership helped England in scoring 334 runs in first innings. Australian batting is good because if we look at the scorecard then all Aussies batsmen have played there part and it looks clear that they will get a decent first innings lead. On this pitch, England must have scored 450 runs to challenge Australian batting.  

Australia began their Day 2 with extremely aggressive way with Jake Weatherald 72, sustaining constant  pressure on England bowlers. while Travis Head managed only 33 runs and bowled out, here team feel little stress but Marnus Labuschagne came on the crease and settled the situation with 65 runs. Moreover Smith completed his 44th century in test series and set remarkable milestone to his career, and both Smith and  Cameron Green together made partnership of impressive score of 95 runs. Collective effort of entire team  made runs beyond the England's total.

Although England target was big and challenging both, but they failed to stopped Australia by making scores. Poor fielding cost them heavily. They dropped 4 crucial catches in today's innings that could be change the result. As a result Australia now standing on 378 scores with few wickets in hand. Aus lead by 44 runs, it was happier moment for the Australia, they not only chase the big target but also showed  strong control throughout the innings and proved that they can perform confidently even under huge pressure

[Crypto Library]

If Australians can get a lead of 100 or 150 runs in first innings then it won't be easy for England to make a comeback in this test. Root and Jofra Archer 70 runs partnership helped England in scoring 334 runs in first innings. Australian batting is good because if we look at the scorecard then all Aussies batsmen have played there part and it looks clear that they will get a decent first innings lead. On this pitch, England must have scored 450 runs to challenge Australian batting.  

The current position of the Australian team makes me already think that England is going to lose this second Test match as well because the Australian team still has four wickets left so they will definitely try to get above 450 runs tomorrow and if the Australian team can do this then it will be almost impossible for the English team to come back with the current batting line-up.
Rather, I think their confidence level has already dropped, which could lead to them falling wickets as quickly as in the first match and making it easier for the Australian team to win this Test match.

[Farhan99]

As we know that first test between New Zealand and West Indies is on 4th day, and New Zealand is completely winning game, and it is likely that team has announced completion of their second innings with declaration at 466/8. Having scored 231 and then 466/8 with great centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand has built huge lead of 531 runs. They will try to bowl out West Indies in two days to come and it is not very likely that West Indies will be able to bat long enough to make it draw and thus New Zealand is sure to win.

In a test game between New Zealand and West Indies at the end of day 4 west Indies need 319 runs to win the game. As at the end of the day 3 New Zealand scores 417 runs with the loss of 4 wickets and with the start of day 4 west Indies get back in the game and Kiwi's Batsman seemed to be struggling and Michael Bracewell scores lost his wicket on 24 runs and New Zealand scores 466 runs with the lost of 8 wickets and declared the innings and give a strong target of 531 runs. West Indies opens their second inning with John Campbell and Tagenarine but both the openers don't give a positive start to the team and Jhon Lost his wicket at 15 runs and West Indies seemed to be struggling against kiwis bowlers but then Shai Hope scores a brilliant inning of 116 runs and remain not out and also Justin Greaves scores a well inning of 55 runs and remain not out and at the end of day 4 west Indies scores 212 runs with loss of 4 wickets and need 319 runs to win the game.

[ZAINmalik75]

As I am expecting Australia going on the same way, I was expecting that Australia would going to cross 420 run and currently they are far from only 42 runs from the 420, and here they have also 4 wickets in hand so I can also expect now the final score to be about the 450 run. And definitely that wouldn't going be easy  for the England team as well, most chances to stop again around 300, and then Australia will going to be easy win this match but here if the England batting line up could make resistance, then we can also see draw here.

That's what I exactly thinking about English side that Atleast they will try to draw things if failed to take dominance over Aussies as it will somehow safe thier team dignity at such big Ashes rivalry, it's true that currently Aussies were dominating and I taught they will struggle like English at thier innings, but surprisingly from top to bottom rest of player contribute enough to total score and while still having handosme number of wicket definitely indicate thier upper hand over situation, but let's wait for next day as it will somehow clear things.

[ThemePen]

New Zealand vs. West Indies 1st Test is now on the last day with New Zealand in good position after setting enormous target of 531 runs but West Indies fought on Day 4 and still fighting on Day 5. There were a hope but he is now out. He was playing really well and trying to pull West Indies to victory but unfortunately he got out I am talking about Shai hop. Who made a great century. He made 140 runs. West Indies still fighting well and they have made 368 runs and 4 wickets left. 163 runs remaining to win. I think West Indies should focus to keep their wickets safe if they want to win or draw the match.

[Bitcoin_people]

As we know that first test between New Zealand and West Indies is on 4th day, and New Zealand is completely winning game, and it is likely that team has announced completion of their second innings with declaration at 466/8. Having scored 231 and then 466/8 with great centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand has built huge lead of 531 runs. They will try to bowl out West Indies in two days to come and it is not very likely that West Indies will be able to bat long enough to make it draw and thus New Zealand is sure to win.

In a test game between New Zealand and West Indies at the end of day 4 west Indies need 319 runs to win the game. As at the end of the day 3 New Zealand scores 417 runs with the loss of 4 wickets and with the start of day 4 west Indies get back in the game and Kiwi's Batsman seemed to be struggling and Michael Bracewell scores lost his wicket on 24 runs and New Zealand scores 466 runs with the lost of 8 wickets and declared the innings and give a strong target of 531 runs. West Indies opens their second inning with John Campbell and Tagenarine but both the openers don't give a positive start to the team and Jhon Lost his wicket at 15 runs and West Indies seemed to be struggling against kiwis bowlers but then Shai Hope scores a brilliant inning of 116 runs and remain not out and also Justin Greaves scores a well inning of 55 runs and remain not out and at the end of day 4 west Indies scores 212 runs with loss of 4 wickets and need 319 runs to win the game.

Although West Indies were under pressure yesterday, they lost wickets in the beginning, but now the batting performance of West Indies seems to be very optimistic. At the moment, they are in a good position after losing 6 wickets, if they can play the game, then victory against New Zealand is certain. Shai Hope scored a great century yesterday, he scored 140 runs, his batting performance was very good. Justin Greaves is still batting and has scored 157 runs, if he does not get out, then it can definitely be a co-equation for West Indies in terms of victory. Kemar Roach is still unbeaten and has scored a hand century, if both Kemar Roach and Justin Greaves can bat for a long time, then it will be easy for New Zealand to meet the target. Today is the fifth day of the game and they still have to score 132 runs, if the West Indies team can play patiently, then the equation will be easy and if they lose wickets, then they will be under pressure.

[Sithara007]

Although West Indies were under pressure yesterday, they lost wickets in the beginning, but now the batting performance of West Indies seems to be very optimistic. At the moment, they are in a good position after losing 6 wickets, if they can play the game, then victory against New Zealand is certain. Shai Hope scored a great century yesterday, he scored 140 runs, his batting performance was very good. Justin Greaves is still batting and has scored 157 runs, if he does not get out, then it can definitely be a co-equation for West Indies in terms of victory. Kemar Roach is still unbeaten and has scored a hand century, if both Kemar Roach and Justin Greaves can bat for a long time, then it will be easy for New Zealand to meet the target. Today is the fifth day of the game and they still have to score 132 runs, if the West Indies team can play patiently, then the equation will be easy and if they lose wickets, then they will be under pressure.

Incredible fightback from West Indies ongoing right now. They were at 277/6 when Tevin Imlach got out. But now the partnership between Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach has got them to 399/6, that is just 132 runs away from a famous victory. If these two stay there for another hour or so, then a win for West Indies is within reach. Kiwi spinners have failed miserably. Michael Bracewell has figures of 41-6-125-1, while Rachin Ravindra has returned 17-3-63-0. I don't know why Matt Henry didn't bowled today. My guess is that he is facing some sort of injury issue.

[Fuso.hp]

Looks like the second test will also go to the Aussies or end as a draw since I don't see England winning this one at all. Archer is the only one that is bowling well while the rest are clearly struggling. They are missing bowlers like Woakes, Rashid etc.

Literally every Aussie batsman is playing well and the Barmy Army are probably losing it. One sided tourney so far sadly.

With only two days of play remaining and three days remaining, it is not yet clear whether this Test match will be a draw. England were bowled out for 334 in the first innings against Australia and Australia are currently batting in their first innings, having posted 678 for 6 at the end of the second day. Australia still have four wickets in hand and are already leading by 44 runs, so it is expected that they will look to add some more runs in the first session of the third day. If Australia can finish their first innings with a lead of 150 plus runs, then England will be under pressure, which will create a possibility of Australia winning the second Test match as well.

[JSRAW]

Batting 160 overs for a draw while trying to chase 500 odd runs, Windies saying that they are not completely finish and there might be some hope for windies cricket.

It's stupendous achievement, although pitch got hell lot of easier to bat but you still need to spend time on the crease for long hours.

[virasog]

If Australians can get a lead of 100 or 150 runs in first innings then it won't be easy for England to make a comeback in this test. Root and Jofra Archer 70 runs partnership helped England in scoring 334 runs in first innings. Australian batting is good because if we look at the scorecard then all Aussies batsmen have played there part and it looks clear that they will get a decent first innings lead. On this pitch, England must have scored 450 runs to challenge Australian batting.  

It is day three of this test and right now England's bowlers are struggling to get back-to-back wickets so that they may finish their innings and will bat again. 

Right now, Australia have a lead of over a 100 runs. It's quite a good performance that the target set by them so high by the England team in the first innings. That is why right now Australia is facing trouble in getting a big lead. This time it is going good that both of the teams are taking their time and playing, unlike the previous games where we were just seeing action and action, now it feels that it is a test match. 

[MusaPk]

It is day three of this test and right now England's bowlers are struggling to get back-to-back wickets so that they may finish their innings and will bat again. 

Right now, Australia have a lead of over a 100 runs. It's quite a good performance that the target set by them so high by the England team in the first innings. That is why right now Australia is facing trouble in getting a big lead. This time it is going good that both of the teams are taking their time and playing, unlike the previous games where we were just seeing action and action, now it feels that it is a test match. 

Aussies got a lead of 177 run in first innings. Mitchell Starc who was good with ball in first innings was also good with bat in first innings, he played a 77 runs innings. Australians have an impressive first innings scorecard, every batsmen was able to make it to double figure. English team has started there run chase and they are playing aggressively, after 6 overs England score is 45 runs without loss of any wicket. If England want to win this test then they need to score at-least 500 runs in second innings.   

[JSRAW]

Poms are 6 down but poor over rate taking its toll in this test match. Wish they could have pushed the final session to extra one hour. The way England was batting, there was possibility of result by tonight.

Last batting pair for poms and still trailing 40-ish runs so its fair to say it's 2-0 to Aussie. Only England had some braincells and not one dimensional approach with the bat and ball. Although main difference is catching in this match.
 

[Bd officer]

New Zealand vs. West Indies 1st Test is now on the last day with New Zealand in good position after setting enormous target of 531 runs but West Indies fought on Day 4 and still fighting on Day 5. There were a hope but he is now out. He was playing really well and trying to pull West Indies to victory but unfortunately he got out I am talking about Shai hop. Who made a great century. He made 140 runs. West Indies still fighting well and they have made 368 runs and 4 wickets left. 163 runs remaining to win. I think West Indies should focus to keep their wickets safe if they want to win or draw the match.

I was surprised, this match also ended in a draw, West Indies lost 4 wickets for 72 runs, West Indies were able to bat till 163.3 overs, Shai Hope and Justin Greaves both performed brilliantly. Shai Hope and Justin Greaves both made a huge partnership of 196 runs. Shai Hope was out for 140 runs and Justin Greaves did a brilliant performance and he was able to score his first double century in Tests, Justin Greaves was unbeaten on 202 runs. Besides, Kemar Roach also made a good contribution, he scored 58 runs. However, everyone thought that West Indies would lose, but New Zealand's bowlers could not do as expected, although they did well in the beginning but towards the end they were not able to take wickets. Some of the West Indies batsmen did very well which is very commendable.

[synchronym]

New Zealand vs. West Indies 1st Test is now on the last day with New Zealand in good position after setting enormous target of 531 runs but West Indies fought on Day 4 and still fighting on Day 5. There were a hope but he is now out. He was playing really well and trying to pull West Indies to victory but unfortunately he got out I am talking about Shai hop. Who made a great century. He made 140 runs. West Indies still fighting well and they have made 368 runs and 4 wickets left. 163 runs remaining to win. I think West Indies should focus to keep their wickets safe if they want to win or draw the match.

New Zealand vs West Indies Test Match West Indies team did not bat well in the first innings and was all out for just 167 runs. In the second innings, New Zealand team batted very responsibly and was all out for 231 runs in the first innings and finished the game at 466/8 runs in the second innings. Batting very responsibly against the target of 531 runs given by New Zealand, West Indies batsmen especially Justin Greaves and Shai Hope batted very responsibly. Justin Greaves batted brilliantly and was unbeaten on 388 balls 202 Runs. Shai Hope batted very well and was out for 140 runs in 234 balls.

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New Zealand vs. West Indies 1st Test is now on the last day with New Zealand in good position after setting enormous target of 531 runs but West Indies fought on Day 4 and still fighting on Day 5. There were a hope but he is now out. He was playing really well and trying to pull West Indies to victory but unfortunately he got out I am talking about Shai hop. Who made a great century. He made 140 runs. West Indies still fighting well and they have made 368 runs and 4 wickets left. 163 runs remaining to win. I think West Indies should focus to keep their wickets safe if they want to win or draw the match.

And finally, the West Indies team surprised everyone by drawing the match, where we assumed that the West Indies team would lose to the New Zealand team after seeing the huge target of 531 runs, but the batting performance of two West Indies batsmen, Justin Greaves and Shai Hope, changed the result of the entire match.
Apart from them, no one else in the West Indies team could perform well in the batting, but even then we thought that the West Indies team would quickly lose all their wickets in the second innings like in the first innings and do as expected as the underdog team, but they managed to build resistance.

[B2Z]

New Zealand vs. West Indies 1st Test is now on the last day with New Zealand in good position after setting enormous target of 531 runs but West Indies fought on Day 4 and still fighting on Day 5. There were a hope but he is now out. He was playing really well and trying to pull West Indies to victory but unfortunately he got out I am talking about Shai hop. Who made a great century. He made 140 runs. West Indies still fighting well and they have made 368 runs and 4 wickets left. 163 runs remaining to win. I think West Indies should focus to keep their wickets safe if they want to win or draw the match.

And finally, the West Indies team surprised everyone by drawing the match, where we assumed that the West Indies team would lose to the New Zealand team after seeing the huge target of 531 runs, but the batting performance of two West Indies batsmen, Justin Greaves and Shai Hope, changed the result of the entire match.
Apart from them, no one else in the West Indies team could perform well in the batting, but even then we thought that the West Indies team would quickly lose all their wickets in the second innings like in the first innings and do as expected as the underdog team, but they managed to build resistance.

To be honest, the West Indies team did not perform very well in the first Test match, getting all out for just 167 runs. Because of this, most people thought that they would not be able to bat well against New Zealand in the second innings against the target of 531 runs. But the West Indies batsmen batted very responsibly in the second innings. The West Indies batsmen batted very responsibly from the beginning against the target of 531 runs given by New Zealand. The West Indies batsmen batted very responsibly and they were able to draw the Test match against New Zealand. Shai Hope and Justin Greaves are the two batsmen who helped the West Indies team draw the match against New Zealand. New Zealand is undoubtedly a stronger team than the West Indies. But the West Indies team was able to draw the Test match because of their responsible performance in the second innings.

[ZAINmalik75]

New Zealand vs. West Indies 1st Test is now on the last day with New Zealand in good position after setting enormous target of 531 runs but West Indies fought on Day 4 and still fighting on Day 5. There were a hope but he is now out. He was playing really well and trying to pull West Indies to victory but unfortunately he got out I am talking about Shai hop. Who made a great century. He made 140 runs. West Indies still fighting well and they have made 368 runs and 4 wickets left. 163 runs remaining to win. I think West Indies should focus to keep their wickets safe if they want to win or draw the match.

I was sure about match draw for west indies, but the only concerning things were will they stick such long till day 5 end as target were huge and still 90 over left to go so things were clear as hardly any team can bowl UpTo 70 around overs in single day. while from west indies hope and Greaves played an ordinary innings and that's somehow Turing point for them to Atleast draw the results, later Roach done some handsome contribution too, it's true that draw wasn't big results but for team like west indies it's huge to tackle defeat Atleast which are really common for them now days.