Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Danica22]

Last I checked they were 3 down for 100 runs and they posted 100+ already and just trailing by 80 runs with 5 wickets in hand, so they are playing better than I expected still one needs to play a long inning to have a substantial lead that will be enough to tackle the SL batters and chase it down on the day 5.

If Sri Lanka can muster 350+ it would undoubtedly be a good collection. But Sri Lanka's innings stopped at 308 runs. At the same time, after West Indies lost 5 wickets for only 168 runs, I don't think that West Indies can take the lead in the first innings. But the duo of Amir Jangoo and Roston Chase is able to perform brilliantly. The pair have already added 103 runs on the scoreboard. Amir Jangoo and collection of 78 and roston chase collection of 42 runs. West Indies behind by only 37 runs. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can break the Jongoo-Chase pair quickly, West Indies may not be able to take a big lead. But if this pair can survive at the crease, West Indies will easily secure a lead of 100+

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If Sri Lanka can muster 350+ it would undoubtedly be a good collection. But Sri Lanka's innings stopped at 308 runs. At the same time, after West Indies lost 5 wickets for only 168 runs, I don't think that West Indies can take the lead in the first innings. But the duo of Amir Jangoo and Roston Chase is able to perform brilliantly. The pair have already added 103 runs on the scoreboard. Amir Jangoo and collection of 78 and roston chase collection of 42 runs. West Indies behind by only 37 runs. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can break the Jongoo-Chase pair quickly, West Indies may not be able to take a big lead. But if this pair can survive at the crease, West Indies will easily secure a lead of 100+

And even I would say that the 308 runs that the Sri Lankan team managed to score is too much because their start was not good. Only Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal in the middle and finally some runs from Sonal Dinusha from the lower order basically enabled the Sri Lankans to score 308, otherwise I think the Sri Lankan team would not have been able to cross 200 runs with the way they started in the beginning.

And looking at the current batting performance of the West Indies team, I think they can easily take the lead from Sri Lanka. They only need 37 runs to take the lead and they have five more wickets in hand.

[noormcs5]

England got two more wickets towards the end of day one but that won't be of much use as New Zealand team was able to score 361 runs at stumps. Clearly New Zealand team will finish there innings around 500 runs and that will test England batting lineup. This is final test and winner will win the series also. New Zealand already have made strong impact on day one and now its up to England bowlers to get them out as quickly as possible on day two otherwise game will slip away from them.

Anything can happen right now, today New Zealand needs to target for early wickets on fresh pitch because if they gets the momentum in the initial stage of the day 3, it would be like very hard for England to make come back then, otherwise at this stage they are very motivated since they have 8 wickets in hand which is almost more than enough and the batsmen are actually playing in totally great mutual understanding on when to take a run and at what stage you have to go for double.

[Ab de villiers]

Sri Lanka set 309 runs Target against West Indies in the 1st Test where Sri Lanka took early control of the match with their solid effort. West indies blowers made them in trouble and Srlianka lost some top orders eailer. Despite of that, their batters showed good patience and discipline on a challenging situation. And it wasn't possible without Dhananjaya de Silva, who took the team responsibility alone and  played a tremendous innings, which led him to hit the century, a 120 runs massive score. Now West Indies have a big task ahead and they need to be confident enough. If they can't handle the pressure then situation might go against them. Next innings will be more interesting

In this test match  sir Lanka team's players looked not well prepared, Patham NissanKa was bowled out on just 2 scores. Then Dinesh Chandimal played brisk innings and contributed with 54 runs. However West Indies bowling was highly surprising. They removed three players on duck.  It was De Silva who played well, gave wise response of each opponents ball. 120 runs such a good effort. However team posted 308 runs as a target   while West Indies in response build 271 runs. They are on 57 runs behind, player of West Indies have the ability to gave defending reply. But for sure results we will have to wait both team's next turn..

[WatChe]

Anything can happen right now, today New Zealand needs to target for early wickets on fresh pitch because if they gets the momentum in the initial stage of the day 3, it would be like very hard for England to make come back then, otherwise at this stage they are very motivated since they have 8 wickets in hand which is almost more than enough and the batsmen are actually playing in totally great mutual understanding on when to take a run and at what stage you have to go for double.

England team start of first innings was good in reply to New Zealand first innings 438 runs. Day three play just started and England score is 224 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. New Zealand got the wicket of Joe Root and Jacob Bethell in early overs of day three and they need more wickets to put England batting under pressure. England still trail by 214 runs and New Zealand can strengthen their grip on this match if they can bowl out England today and get lead of 100 runs. England batsmen need to settle and must not lose more wickets to stay in the game. 

[Farhan99]

Last Test game of test series between New Zealand and England is currently being played and Day 1 has ended today. Before this last test game, both teams had won one game each in first two game. So series is currently tie at 1–1 and let's see who will win last test game as well win this series. NZ team won toss and they chose bat first and gave bowling line to ENG team. In 1 st day, NZ team lost 4 wickets and has made 361 runs in 84.1 overs. Among 4 wickets that have lost, two were key wickets. Tom and Devon were batting very well for NZ team but both of them have now been dismissed. Tom scored 151 runs in 214 balls and hitted fifteen 4s and Devon scored 157 runs in 224 balls and hitting twenty two 4s and three 6s. Next two wickets did not perform well batsmen included Henry and Rachin. Rachin scored only 7 run and Henry made 36 runs. Now let’s see how much upcoming batsmen can add to team’s total runs.

At the end of the day 1 of the final match, we found that New Zealand is going to dominate this game if they carry the same energy in the upcoming days and same momentum for the next days, because to score 361 runs at day 1 against top class quality bowlers is not a cup of tea for every team. Still, they have 6 wickets more in hand, I think the best plan would be to play till you score 100 runs more minimum to try for more and then look for attacking bowling in the remaining overs of the day.

The 2 nd day was also very beneficial for New Zealand and England starts the innings and scores one twenty runs with the loss of one wicket. As we know at the end of day one New Zealand just lost three wickets but during day two England came back very strongly and all out the New Zealand team by just giving around one sixty plus runs and takes seven wickets during session three and what brilliant efforts put by Ben Stokes through bowling. England starts first innings with strong batting order and among the openers Ben Ducket was very brilliant and scores eighty seven plus runs with out losing the wicket and also Jacob Bethel was so amazing and England know in position to declared the game if they stay at greace at day three.

[ibuddy122505]

Anything can happen right now, today New Zealand needs to target for early wickets on fresh pitch because if they gets the momentum in the initial stage of the day 3, it would be like very hard for England to make come back then, otherwise at this stage they are very motivated since they have 8 wickets in hand which is almost more than enough and the batsmen are actually playing in totally great mutual understanding on when to take a run and at what stage you have to go for double.

England team start of first innings was good in reply to New Zealand first innings 438 runs. Day three play just started and England score is 224 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. New Zealand got the wicket of Joe Root and Jacob Bethell in early overs of day three and they need more wickets to put England batting under pressure. England still trail by 214 runs and New Zealand can strengthen their grip on this match if they can bowl out England today and get lead of 100 runs. England batsmen need to settle and must not lose more wickets to stay in the game. 

Harry Brook is building a solid innings, and his partner Atkinson needs to do the same. Both of them should work together to stay on the field for as long as possible. Before lunch, England is trailing by 124 runs with 4 wickets remaining. Although New Zealand had a great start on Day 3, England still looks confident about taking the lead unless they experience an unexpected collapse.

[JSRAW]

Atikson can bat alright but Kiwis bowling only filth to him. 36 balls and he's looking comfy, even Brooks is not trying much to farm a strike because of bowling and taking single on first ball of over.

Could be a thrilling finish, considering it's a flat one and the way poms go on with their business.

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Brook is gone, now Kiwis has chance to get some valuable lead

[Out of mind]

England lost 7 wickets on the third day against New Zealand in order to achieve 438 runs, although the England batsmen are under a lot of pressure at the moment. If England fails to meet the target given by New Zealand and fails to give a lead, then England will have a high chance of losing this Test match. The way New Zealand is bowling at the moment, they may soon make England all out. The series result between England and New Zealand is tied 1-1, in which case the team that wins the third Test match will be the series champion. England still need to score 90 runs to meet New Zealand's target, although there is no good batsman in England's team at the moment. I think this Test match is a lot of indication of victory for New Zealand if they can maintain good bowling and batting consistently in the next innings.

[noormcs5]

England team start of first innings was good in reply to New Zealand first innings 438 runs. Day three play just started and England score is 224 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. New Zealand got the wicket of Joe Root and Jacob Bethell in early overs of day three and they need more wickets to put England batting under pressure. England still trail by 214 runs and New Zealand can strengthen their grip on this match if they can bowl out England today and get lead of 100 runs. England batsmen need to settle and must not lose more wickets to stay in the game. 

Yesterday Ben Duckett smashed a century, which provided a base for the other players to continue the game in the same style. Later on yesterday, on day 2, Jacob Bethell and Joe Root were playing in partnership and then the day was done. Today, when the game started, Joe Root struggled to carry on, and after scoring 21, his innings came to an end. But on the fifth number, Harry Brook was playing very well, and he tried to stabilize the game again, he succeeded in his mission, but from the other end Jamie Smith and Ben Stokes lost their wickets.

[laspol65]

At this moment, New Zealand has lost one wicket and entered the field as an opening batsman. Tom Latham has put the team under more pressure by getting out, because he has scored four runs in 6 balls as captain. However, if the current pair of Conway and Henry Nicholls, these two batsmen, can build a long partnership,
then they will definitely be able to score more runs for their team. Because the New Zealand team is depending on this pair to score more runs, so the New Zealand team has scored only nine runs in 4.3 balls in the second innings of the third match, losing one wicket. If the New Zealand team can perform well, then they will definitely be able to beat the England team by a large margin in this match as well.

[Compromise me]

The 2 nd day was also very beneficial for New Zealand and England starts the innings and scores one twenty runs with the loss of one wicket. As we know at the end of day one New Zealand just lost three wickets but during day two England came back very strongly and all out the New Zealand team by just giving around one sixty plus runs and takes seven wickets during session three and what brilliant efforts put by Ben Stokes through bowling. England starts first innings with strong batting order and among the openers Ben Ducket was very brilliant and scores eighty seven plus runs with out losing the wicket and also Jacob Bethel was so amazing and England know in position to declared the game if they stay at greace at day three.

New Zealand International cricket team is leading in this match by 94 score because they played very well in the first inning of the match and Devon Conway was top scorer of the inning and he is also present on the crease and he will try to hit more runs for the team.  England team have to all out New Zealand International cricket team at 200 score if they want to win this match because they are behind the 94 score at that moment and if they will out New Zealand team at lowest score they will be able to win this match otherwise New Zealand cricket team will win this match easily because players of that team are looking in excellent form and they will try to make 300 plus score and after they will be retired and will give chance to opponent team to play. England team is looking in pressure because they could not play in the first inning And all things are in the favour of New Zealand International cricket team.

[Nanga Parbat]

At this moment, New Zealand has lost one wicket and entered the field as an opening batsman. Tom Latham has put the team under more pressure by getting out, because he has scored four runs in 6 balls as captain. However, if the current pair of Conway and Henry Nicholls, these two batsmen, can build a long partnership,
then they will definitely be able to score more runs for their team. Because the New Zealand team is depending on this pair to score more runs, so the New Zealand team has scored only nine runs in 4.3 balls in the second innings of the third match, losing one wicket. If the New Zealand team can perform well, then they will definitely be able to beat the England team by a large margin in this match as well.

New Zealand batsmen, after victory the first innings, were already careless in the second innings and lost 2 wickets for 31 runs. If they had played well and with the same effort and strength as before, they would not have had to see such a failure so soon. New Zealand batsmen should have played well and strong to make this match a sure victory so that they can win and for this they will have to score runs with hard work and effort and give a strong target to England. Even if New Zealand batsmen do not give the same target as before, they will have to score at least 300 runs so that some of their runs in the first innings will also make a strong target in the second innings, which will lead to their victory. Now there is a good opportunity for England that they will have to be tough so that it is an easy target for them to win. England's bowlers will have to play well and strong so that New Zealand batsmen can control them.

[Webetcoins]

155 runs in a partnership between Roston Chase and Amir Jangoo brings West Indies into control of this first test match against Sri Lanka. Amir Jangoo scored his maiden century, and Roston Chase on 60 runs allowed them to have a 15-run lead after having a poor start, but now things are favourable for them to have a big lead.

Today's pitch is completely favourable for batting. This is helping the West Indian team to have good runs while Sri Lankan bowlers are clueless and have no success.

The transition period is hurting this Sri Lankan team badly as the situation is going 140 to 150 runs. The lead could be good for them to have a win in this game and take the lead in two test matches in the series.

[tbterryboy]

Harry Brook is building a solid innings, and his partner Atkinson needs to do the same. Both of them should work together to stay on the field for as long as possible. Before lunch, England is trailing by 124 runs with 4 wickets remaining. Although New Zealand had a great start on Day 3, England still looks confident about taking the lead unless they experience an unexpected collapse.

England folded on 354 with a trailing score of 84 runs, but their bowlers gave them an ideal start in the second inning. Jofra Archer packed both openers with just 15 runs on board. This could be a big breakthrough for them. There is still plenty of batting remaining, but this will give them a good edge over England. 2 and a half days remaining in this test match, but today it's going to be interesting for both sides.

If England's bowlers are able to take a few more wickets, this will give them a chance of having a reachable total in the second inning because their batting did a good job in the first inning. I was not expecting that after the early wicket of Joe Root they could reach this total, but now they are back in the game.

[Mahdirakib]

Tomorrow morning there will be an hour window for ENG to come back into this game, if they don't, then NZ is taking control of this match. Both openers scoring 150 is a sign that the pitch is in favor of batting so NZ wants to bat for the next 60 overs or something to make the most out of it. Once the pitch breaks then it will help the bowlers to do something.

New Zealand is batting in their 2nd innings now, the pitch seems already a bit difficult to bat. Both Devon Conway and Tom Latham have gotten out early in the 2nd innings. Only 2 to 3 batsmen of each team have scored noticeable runs in the first innings. All other batsmen performance was bad. NZ is in a better position now as they started the 2nd innings with 80+ runs lead. Still, I'm not considering them as favourite to win the match.

[MinMan]

Tomorrow morning there will be an hour window for ENG to come back into this game, if they don't, then NZ is taking control of this match. Both openers scoring 150 is a sign that the pitch is in favor of batting so NZ wants to bat for the next 60 overs or something to make the most out of it. Once the pitch breaks then it will help the bowlers to do something.

New Zealand is batting in their 2nd innings now, the pitch seems already a bit difficult to bat. Both Devon Conway and Tom Latham have gotten out early in the 2nd innings. Only 2 to 3 batsmen of each team have scored noticeable runs in the first innings. All other batsmen performance was bad. NZ is in a better position now as they started the 2nd innings with 80+ runs lead. Still, I'm not considering them as favourite to win the match.

Currently, New Zealand has a 170-run lead with 7 wickets in hand. Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell are on the crease with an hour of play left in the third day's play with this match hanging in the balance because
England bowlers have 3 important wickets, which give them relief. They needed to restrict New Zealand under 200. This could be a big success for them because right now, chasing a target between 270 and 300 looks possible, but having anything above 350 could be problematic.

Jofra Archer did a good job in the early overs under Ben Stokes. England did a good job of surviving in this match and series today. Early on, Joe Root was out, which was really awful, just like yesterday when Michael Santor had a decision against him.

[eaLiTy]

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New Zealand is batting in their 2nd innings now, the pitch seems already a bit difficult to bat. Both Devon Conway and Tom Latham have gotten out early in the 2nd innings. Only 2 to 3 batsmen of each team have scored noticeable runs in the first innings. All other batsmen performance was bad. NZ is in a better position now as they started the 2nd innings with 80+ runs lead. Still, I'm not considering them as favourite to win the match.

The pitch has uneven bounce and has been turning since the third day and batting is not that easy in this wicket. New Zealand currently hold a lead of 180 runs and they have 7 wickets in hand. Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell need to bat for a longer period to post a match winning total.

The match and the series depend upon how many runs New Zealand can put together in the next few sessions and if they can set England a 300 run target. It will be an interesting final day, where England will try their usual attacking cricket while the pitch will likely behave unpredictably.  

[7788bitcoin]

And the other game SL is kind of leading the game at the moment, WI is not that strong in the redball so I doubt they can make it even against not the best SL side.

I am not familiar with the current West Indies team. West Indies trail by 108 runs with 5 wickets in hand Sri Lanka have the upper hand as the pitch might help the spinners in the last two days.

Last I checked they were 3 down for 100 runs and they posted 100+ already and just trailing by 80 runs with 5 wickets in hand, so they are playing better than I expected still one needs to play a long inning to have a substantial lead that will be enough to tackle the SL batters and chase it down on the day 5.

West Indies are in a very strong position. Amir Jangoo scored a big century of 165 runs and still going strong, while Roston Chase also scored a century. The partnership has reached 264 runs and going strong. At one point, the West Indies were struggling at 168 runs for the loss of 5 wickets, and now they are leading by 125 runs and it is going to be a tough battle ahead for Sri Lanka.

At stumps New Zealand are leading by 204 runs and they have Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell still at the crease. England need to restrict New Zealand in the morning session if they want to win the match, if not New Zealand will run away with the match.

[Farhan99]

The 1st test game between India A and Afghanistan A continue and with the end of day two Afghanistan A scores one thirteen runs with the lost of two wickets. As we know at the end of day one India scores three hundred plus runs with the lost of four wickets and day two is continue from here and today Dhruv Jurel played an memorable knock of one hundred plus runs and also Shaik Rasheed was very impactful and brilliant as nature and he puts an half century and India A declared the innings with Four fifty plus runs and then after lunch Sri Lanka A opens the innings but the top order don't played very effective knocks and in middle order Fernando was very active guy and he puts a great efforts by scoring sixty runs and remains on greece so they if Stay on pitch then Sri Lanka have a chances to stay on wicket fro longer time and with day three if they do it then individuals have a chances to minimum the song.