Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[HelliumZ]

We saw some strange batting from both the teams. And it seems that england will face defeat in this match too. England team  lost the first three matches  of the series. And the main reason  for their defeat was bad batting.

Australia could only score 152 runs in  the first innings. I did not have high expectations from England. Even then I thought they would be able to take the lead and score close to  200. But England team scored only  110 runs in the first innings. They were behind by 42 runs.
Pitch bowling friendly. So England still has a chance to win. But their batsmen  are not in good form. England will probably  lose this match too. England's overall  performance has deteriorated badly.

England had ample opportunities, especially the one that was created by bowling out Australia for 152 in the first innings, but they squandered that opportunity by being bowled out for 110. You are absolutely right that England had a chance to win every match but due to their poor batting they lost every match.
So far, England is trailing by 46 runs, meaning that even if Australia gives up a lead of 200 runs in the second innings, there is a 100% chance of England losing because England will not be able to win a single match against Australia with their poor batting.

[noormcs5]

We saw some strange batting from both the teams. And it seems that england will face defeat in this match too. England team  lost the first three matches  of the series. And the main reason  for their defeat was bad batting.

Australia could only score 152 runs in  the first innings. I did not have high expectations from England. Even then I thought they would be able to take the lead and score close to  200. But England team scored only  110 runs in the first innings. They were behind by 42 runs.
Pitch bowling friendly. So England still has a chance to win. But their batsmen  are not in good form. England will probably  lose this match too. England's overall  performance has deteriorated badly.

Australia proved that they are the best, they made their comeback in the test game. Early England were happy when they had early wickets and Australia got all out on 152 runs, but it is not the end because Mitchell Starc provided a fantastic start early. He got the first wicket in the second over. While Michael Neser and Scott Boland were shattering the wickets of the middle order, this is how Australia made their comeback and got the chance to bat for the second time on day 01. This is really amazing.

[virasog]

England had ample opportunities, especially the one that was created by bowling out Australia for 152 in the first innings, but they squandered that opportunity by being bowled out for 110. You are absolutely right that England had a chance to win every match but due to their poor batting they lost every match.
So far, England is trailing by 46 runs, meaning that even if Australia gives up a lead of 200 runs in the second innings, there is a 100% chance of England losing because England will not be able to win a single match against Australia with their poor batting.

Ben Stokes as a captain being very happy when his team and he also taking the wickets but when it comes to bat, Australia with power full bowling attack. Back to back wickets were falling today.

Infact, today we saw 20 wickets on the first day of this test. However, Harry Brook stood for a long time, he scored 41 and then he also got out. Ben Stokes arrived in bat and hoping for good as he is suffering from his poor form and especially captaincy. But he tipped the ball and edged, the slips were placed and he gone back to the Pavilion.

[Danica22]

Australia proved that they are the best, they made their comeback in the test game. Early England were happy when they had early wickets and Australia got all out on 152 runs, but it is not the end because Mitchell Starc provided a fantastic start early. He got the first wicket in the second over. While Michael Neser and Scott Boland were shattering the wickets of the middle order, this is how Australia made their comeback and got the chance to bat for the second time on day 01. This is really amazing.

We have not  seen such a bad start from England  in a long time. They lost four important wickets of the top order for just 16 runs. After that, Harry Brook did a little better, but it was not enough. Except for Brook and Atkinson, no other batsman could do well. Brook's  collection was 41 runs and Atkinson was able to collect 28 runs. Besides, Stokes collected  16 runs. None of the remaining 8 batsmen could collect 5 +. The England team has been in very bad form for a long time. There is no improvement in  their performance. England  should now try to return to form by organizing a series against a team like bangladesh or zimbabwe.

[Publictalk792]

Ben Stokes as a captain being very happy when his team and he also taking the wickets but when it comes to bat, Australia with power full bowling attack. Back to back wickets were falling today.

Infact, today we saw 20 wickets on the first day of this test. However, Harry Brook stood for a long time, he scored 41 and then he also got out. Ben Stokes arrived in bat and hoping for good as he is suffering from his poor form and especially captaincy. But he tipped the ball and edged, the slips were placed and he gone back to the Pavilion.

That was crazy day of cricket as to see 20 wickets go down in single day is very rare and shows how good Australian bowlers were. Even though Harry Brook tried to stay in by scoring 41 runs, constant pressure of bowlers made it difficult for anyone to last long. It is especially hard to see Ben Stokes struggle, as being captain gives extra stress when you are not playing well. His little mistake of hitting ball to fielders in slips shows how hard things are for him at this time. Since so many players got out on first day, match is going very fast, and probably can not last very long. Team who remains most focused during next part of the game will probably win.

[tbterryboy]

Finally this time we found England team in a much better position but now the series has been decided and it is too late when they understand the pitch condition and how to play against Australia, I hope they would understand it before but still now their fans are supporting to them as we can see huge number of people with England flag at MCG and this is good to support your team in every style and condition. It is a Boxing Day test match and finally England have a good spell. 

England is not having any kind of easy time in this series as they are badly struggling, their best batsman Joe Root gone on duck while they were on 16 for 4. I was sure they are going to be having another worst day in batting, but they have done good fightback and managed 110, with now trailing by 46 runs.

Josh Tongue took 5 for 45 and Harry Brook's 41 were significant performers for England on first day of Boxing Day test at MCG. Scot Boland done good job in bowling then he joined Travis Head as Australians started their second inning and have only one over at the end of first day in this interesting test match, where 20 wickets fell on first day and most chances this will end without completing third days' play.

[Out of mind]

In the fourth Test match, Australia was all out for 152 runs in the first innings of England's match against Australia. However, the England team had a good chance of meeting the target but they failed to meet Australia's target. The England team batted in the first innings and was all out for only 110 runs. However, since the Australian team has achieved great results in all three matches of the Test series, they will not give much importance to these matches. Both the teams had a bad batting performance in the first day's match, but anyway the bowling performance of both the teams was good, due to which the first day's match ended very soon. However, this match also still indicates victory for Australia because the batting and bowling performance of the Australian team is much better than England. Australia is already 3-0 ahead in the series result, Australia has a high chance of winning this match.

[ibuddy122505]

Of course, Australia becasue they've got that winning mentality. I'm really hoping for a whitewash here.
The main thing is that Aussie bowlers always perform much better on their home pitches, and English batsmen usually struggle to survive and score runs in these conditions. So, I predicted a whitewash before the series even started, but I never imagined the defeats would be this one-sided.
Australia are already 46 runs ahead after day one. On day two, I expect them to bat even better and show more respect to the good deliveries later on.

[ZAINmalik75]

Finally this time we found England team in a much better position but now the series has been decided and it is too late when they understand the pitch condition and how to play against Australia.

What the hack is going on thier like third innings of the Ashes were continued at very first day which is quite unexpected, but yeh pitch were quite green and bouncy which results in both side batting order struggle to catch the momentum and put some good number on scoreboard. Honestly English side were quite cheerful after restricting might Aussies on such low target and things were really indicating in England favor, but starc delivered some top notch spell and shattered thier top order early on and followed by Neser and Boland took some handsome number of wickets too and thus once again even having 152 on board still they restrict england below. Hope Aussies will divert that results too

[MusaPk]

What the hack is going on thier like third innings of the Ashes were continued at very first day which is quite unexpected, but yeh pitch were quite green and bouncy which results in both side batting order struggle to catch the momentum and put some good number on scoreboard. Honestly English side were quite cheerful after restricting might Aussies on such low target and things were really indicating in England favor, but starc delivered some top notch spell and shattered thier top order early on and followed by Neser and Boland took some handsome number of wickets too and thus once again even having 152 on board still they restrict england below. Hope Aussies will divert that results too

The pitch at MCG has zero support for batsmen and that's why we saw wickets falling all around on day one. Harry Brook is top scorer of first innings with 41 runs. The pitch is made exclusively for bowlers and they really enjoyed bowling on day one. Former players are criticising the pitch because of too much grass that make it difficult to bat on. After restricting Aussies to 152, the English batting also failed to score runs and were just able to score just 110 runs. Now English bowlers must do there best to stop Aussies from scoring a big total in second innings otherwise game will be over for England.     

[Jewan420]

The pitch at MCG has zero support for batsmen and that's why we saw wickets falling all around on day one. Harry Brook is top scorer of first innings with 41 runs. The pitch is made exclusively for bowlers and they really enjoyed bowling on day one. Former players are criticising the pitch because of too much grass that make it difficult to bat on. After restricting Aussies to 152, the English batting also failed to score runs and were just able to score just 110 runs. Now English bowlers must do there best to stop Aussies from scoring a big total in second innings otherwise game will be over for England.     

The first and fourth matches of the 2025 Ashes series are not enjoyable at all. There are no facilities for batsmen, rather the pitches are made for bowlers. Like the first match, the fourth match will not be played for 5 days, the match is likely to end on the second day. Maybe tomorrow we will see the result of the fourth match and we will see the ICC face a huge loss. Because, 3 days of play will not be played in 5 days, so the spectators may have to refund their ticket money. A Test match on such a pitch really spoils the beauty of a Test match.

[Jateng]

England had ample opportunities, especially the one that was created by bowling out Australia for 152 in the first innings, but they squandered that opportunity by being bowled out for 110. You are absolutely right that England had a chance to win every match but due to their poor batting they lost every match.
So far, England is trailing by 46 runs, meaning that even if Australia gives up a lead of 200 runs in the second innings, there is a 100% chance of England losing because England will not be able to win a single match against Australia with their poor batting.

Australia started the game with batted first but Tongue became a serious threat for the Australia by taking five wickets. Michael Neser only resisted little with bat and posted 35, while other players Australia were bundled out on 152 runs. England gave tough time through their bowling to the rivals. It was felt that they would dominate the match but their batting line was disappointing only Brook score few runs and all team were bowled out on only 110 score. Now all are waiting for the second innings to see how the final result unfold.

[SirLancelot]

Australia proved that they are the best, they made their comeback in the test game. Early England were happy when they had early wickets and Australia got all out on 152 runs, but it is not the end because Mitchell Starc provided a fantastic start early. He got the first wicket in the second over. While Michael Neser and Scott Boland were shattering the wickets of the middle order, this is how Australia made their comeback and got the chance to bat for the second time on day 01. This is really amazing.

On spicy green deck, batting has never been easy for any team, same happened on first day of fourth test match at Melbourne cricket ground where today record number of fans were watching this amazing start of Boxing Day test match.

After winning toss, England chose to bowl first and have impressive start as they bundled out Australia on just 152 but Aussie reply was also amazing as they have done their job in only 30 overs and bowled out England on 110. At the end of first day play Australia were on 4 for no loss in their second inning and their lead is also 46 runs. This match is hanging balanced, and tomorrow first session is going to be decisive in my opinion.

[Nanga Parbat]

Of course, Australia becasue they've got that winning mentality. I'm really hoping for a whitewash here.
The main thing is that Aussie bowlers always perform much better on their home pitches, and English batsmen usually struggle to survive and score runs in these conditions. So, I predicted a whitewash before the series even started, but I never imagined the defeats would be this one-sided.
Australia are already 46 runs ahead after day one. On day two, I expect them to bat even better and show more respect to the good deliveries later on.

Australia is a really strong and hard working team and if they continue to play well like this, they will improve a lot. Australia have won 3 matches so far and in this fourth match their batsmen scored 152 runs in the first innings. Although this target was not that strong they did it well with their bowling which allowed England batsmen to score only 110 runs. England batsmen played the worst and they had a chance to victory the match by playing well. Apart from that in the second innings they had just bowled an opening over in which they scored 4 runs. If they give a good and strong target in it they will victory these 4 matches too enough easily. If England victory this match they will not be able to victory the series but it will definitely be an interesting match.

[WatChe]

Australia is a really strong and hard working team and if they continue to play well like this, they will improve a lot. Australia have won 3 matches so far and in this fourth match their batsmen scored 152 runs in the first innings. Although this target was not that strong they did it well with their bowling which allowed England batsmen to score only 110 runs. England batsmen played the worst and they had a chance to victory the match by playing well. Apart from that in the second innings they had just bowled an opening over in which they scored 4 runs. If they give a good and strong target in it they will victory these 4 matches too enough easily. If England victory this match they will not be able to victory the series but it will definitely be an interesting match.

Australia is much better side then England and they have proved this in all matches of Ashes 2025-26 played so far. The pitch of 4th test is a minefield, where it's extremely difficult to bat. Despite tough batting conditions, Australians have got a lead of 42 runs in first innings and such small lead is enough to make a difference. Perth test was concluded in just two days and it seems like boxing day test will also be concluded in two days because second innings is in progress at the end of first days play. First session of tomorrow play will be important for both teams and both teams will try to dominate in first session. 

[Crypto Library]

Australia is much better side then England and they have proved this in all matches of Ashes 2025-26 played so far. The pitch of 4th test is a minefield, where it's extremely difficult to bat. Despite tough batting conditions, Australians have got a lead of 42 runs in first innings and such small lead is enough to make a difference. Perth test was concluded in just two days and it seems like boxing day test will also be concluded in two days because second innings is in progress at the end of first days play. First session of tomorrow play will be important for both teams and both teams will try to dominate in first session. 

We all know that the Australian team is one of the strongest teams and for this reason most of us assumed that the Australian team would be ahead of the England team by performing well in this match like in other matches, but in the first innings of this match, we were surprised and at the same time a little afraid that the Australian team would lose this match, but even though the Australian team was all out for 152 runs, it is not that the England team batted very well, but they were also all out for just 110 runs in this match. And at the same time, the opportunity was missed for the England team.
However, I am hopeful that the Australian team will not make the same mistake again in their second innings and score a big score so that the England team will fall under pressure and eventually lose.

[noormcs5]

Australia started the game with batted first but Tongue became a serious threat for the Australia by taking five wickets. Michael Neser only resisted little with bat and posted 35, while other players Australia were bundled out on 152 runs. England gave tough time through their bowling to the rivals. It was felt that they would dominate the match but their batting line was disappointing only Brook score few runs and all team were bowled out on only 110 score. Now all are waiting for the second innings to see how the final result unfold.

Tomorrow we will see Travis Head batting again. I hope so this time he would not repeat that mistakes. I have noticed that he looked for early boundaries that is good in a term of power hitting but in the test match, you should prefer running between the wickets over boundaries.

Even today we have seen that once again Australian players having powerplay mindset that Scott Boland finished the day by boundary. So, let's see Australia are still in lead, in upper hand so may they do something great tomorrow.

[Compromise me]

In the fourth Test match, Australia was all out for 152 runs in the first innings of England's match against Australia. However, the England team had a good chance of meeting the target but they failed to meet Australia's target. The England team batted in the first innings and was all out for only 110 runs. However, since the Australian team has achieved great results in all three matches of the Test series, they will not give much importance to these matches. Both the teams had a bad batting performance in the first day's match, but anyway the bowling performance of both the teams was good, due to which the first day's match ended very soon. However, this match also still indicates victory for Australia because the batting and bowling performance of the Australian team is much better than England. Australia is already 3-0 ahead in the series result, Australia has a high chance of winning this match.

We saw great effort by players of England International cricket team because they lost the series And now they are angry and Josh Tongue was a person who gave great effort in this match and took 5 wickets in the first inning of the match and gave strength to the team. Michael Neser was a person who made 35 runs in this match And no other player could make 30 + runs in this match and and Australia team gave all effort to win this match because England cricket team is all out at just 110 runs. Michael Neser gave all round performance because he took 4 wickets in this match And team of Australia is looking for win and they will try to clean sweep in this series.

[Farhan99]

In the fourth Test match, Australia was all out for 152 runs in the first innings of England's match against Australia. However, the England team had a good chance of meeting the target but they failed to meet Australia's target. The England team batted in the first innings and was all out for only 110 runs. However, since the Australian team has achieved great results in all three matches of the Test series, they will not give much importance to these matches. Both the teams had a bad batting performance in the first day's match, but anyway the bowling performance of both the teams was good, due to which the first day's match ended very soon. However, this match also still indicates victory for Australia because the batting and bowling performance of the Australian team is much better than England. Australia is already 3-0 ahead in the series result, Australia has a high chance of winning this match.

Yep, in a test game between Australia and England at their end of day 1 Australia led by 46 runs. Australia opens the inning first with Travis Head and Jake Weatherald but both the openers don't give a positive start to the team and Head scores only 12 runs and also Jake scores only 10 runs and then the team is panicked but Usman Khawaja stable the innings bu scoring 29 runs and also Alex Carey scores 20 runs and at in lower order Michael Naser played a well inning of 35 runs and Australia scores 152 runs during his first innings. England starts his 1st inning with Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett but both the openers don't give a positive start to the team and Zak scores only 5 runs and also Duckett scores only 2 runs and then falls off wickets continue but then Harry Brook played a well inning of 41 runs and also Gus Atkinson scores 28 runs and England all out only on 110 runs.Then Australia starts its second inning and scores 4 runs without losing any wicket and at the end of the innings Australia leaded of 42 runs on England.

[HelliumZ]

Australia were all out for 132 in their second innings in the 4th Ashes test match. England are currently batting at a target of 175 runs, where England has a chance to win today's match. If England can start well and if some of their batsmen can perform a little better, then England can easily win today's match. So far, England have not won a single one of the three Test matches, meaning there is a chance for England in the fourth match, but it is only a matter of time whether England can capitalize on that opportunity. However, England have started their second innings and they have started well, especially scoring 13 runs without any wickets falling. Now it is not possible to expect a win without just good performance and partnership building from England.