I was looking at the test bowling averages for Indian bowlers:
Jasprit Bumrah: 19.42
Mohammed Siraj: 30.87
Prasidh Krishna: 26.00
Mohammed Shami: 27.71
Shardul Thakur: 28.38
Ravindra Jadeja: 24.10
Ravichandran Ashwin: 24.00
Washington Sundar: 25.20
Mukesh Kumar: 25.57
Out of these bowlers, Siraj is the only one with a >30 average. I am not sure how he is able to find an automatic spot in the playing XI every time. Perhaps close relations with Kohli and Rohit helps.
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India did not make good scores in both innings and this time too they are likely to lose the match but their bowling is also good as they bowled the Aussies at only 181.
It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.
India had a good winning opportunity as the Australian team ended its first innings for 181 runs. India opened the second innings in a very bad way, and now, in the first session of the third day, they're at 156/9, which is just a 160-run lead. Maybe the Indian team will score another 10 to 20 runs. If that happens, the lead will be around 175 runs. Australia will play in a much more responsible way in the second innings as they've got more time. This is going to be a series win for Australia. It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.
The Pakistan team is under a bit of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning of the lead of 615 runs given by South Africa. If Babar Azam and Rizwan bat responsibly, maybe they can collect some good runs, now it is very important to form a partnership between these two batsmen, otherwise Pakistan will not be able to overcome the huge run lead given by South Africa. But Pakistan's bowlers should have bowled more responsibly as the South African batsmen scored a massive 615 runs. South Africa bats very well against Pakistan by African batsmen. Since Pakistan's bowlers did not bowl well, Pakistan's batsmen should bat responsibly, otherwise Pakistan will not have a chance to win the Test match against South Africa.
Not a bit of under pressure Pakistan team were in a lots of under pressure by South African batsmen in the first and now it is also seems that they were going to be in a pressure by South African bowlers also. Babar Azam and the Mohammad Rizwan is still on the strike but I won't think that only two of them have the ability to take over the Pakistan team from this situation like the 600+ run.And I think Pakistan team should rethinking about their dependency on few player like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan. Until now I won't think there was any chance for Pakistan and also want to mention that South African team confirm this match win when they cross the 600 run.
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The Pakistan team is under a bit of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning of the lead of 615 runs given by South Africa. If Babar Azam and Rizwan bat responsibly, maybe they can collect some good runs, now it is very important to form a partnership between these two batsmen, otherwise Pakistan will not be able to overcome the huge run lead given by South Africa. But Pakistan's bowlers should have bowled more responsibly as the South African batsmen scored a massive 615 runs. South Africa bats very well against Pakistan by African batsmen. Since Pakistan's bowlers did not bowl well, Pakistan's batsmen should bat responsibly, otherwise Pakistan will not have a chance to win the Test match against South Africa.
Not a bit of under pressure Pakistan team were in a lots of under pressure by South African batsmen in the first and now it is also seems that they were going to be in a pressure by South African bowlers also. Babar Azam and the Mohammad Rizwan is still on the strike but I won't think that only two of them have the ability to take over the Pakistan team from this situation like the 600+ run.And I think Pakistan team should rethinking about their dependency on few player like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan. Until now I won't think there was any chance for Pakistan and also want to mention that South African team confirm this match win when they cross the 600 run.
South Africa vs Pakistan, 2nd Test at Cape Town. South Africa collect a huge score for Pakistan to win. To chase the score of 616 runs on day 2 Pakistan already lost top order batsman. Ryan Ricklton did 259 runs from 343 balls including 29 fours and 3 sixes, Temba Bavuma 106 from 179 balls, and Kyle Verreynne got 100 from 147 balls. For their outstanding batting South Africa got a winning figure with Pakistan. Other hand, Pakistan is playing on the field right now. Pakistan already lost 3 top order batsmen to collect 20 in total then left 3 major wickets. It's a shame for Pakistan. I think Pakistan can't grow up to 200 + runs.
The Pakistan team is under a bit of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning of the lead of 615 runs given by South Africa. If Babar Azam and Rizwan bat responsibly, maybe they can collect some good runs, now it is very important to form a partnership between these two batsmen, otherwise Pakistan will not be able to overcome the huge run lead given by South Africa. But Pakistan's bowlers should have bowled more responsibly as the South African batsmen scored a massive 615 runs. South Africa bats very well against Pakistan by African batsmen. Since Pakistan's bowlers did not bowl well, Pakistan's batsmen should bat responsibly, otherwise Pakistan will not have a chance to win the Test match against South Africa. 
After losing the first innings, Afghanistan's batsmen are not playing so well in the second innings. Afghanistan batsmen scored 157 runs in the first innings and 291 runs in the second innings in 91 overs and lost 7 wickets. Zimbabwean players have scored 243 runs in the first innings and have just played the second innings. For Afghanistan, this win is tougher than ever as the Zimbabwean batsmen need only 209 runs to win this match which they can easily achieve. Afghanistan have played a very poor game, if their batting was good, Zimbabwe could not have got a good target. In their first match as well, both of them performed well, but due to some reasons, the match was drawn. But in this match we got the results and the Afghanistan team seems to have more chances to win the test match because the leads have crossed 200
In 1 st turn, both teams played and both played very poor. Afghanistan team made 157 runs and lost all wickets. Their opening was poor and made great pressure to team and both lost wicket Malik and Riaz for few runs. Raza and Newman stopped the Batsman of Afghanistan team for 157 runs in 1 st turn. Raza took down 3 wickets in 12 overs and gave 30 runs. Newman dismissed 3 wickets in 8.3 overs and gave 42 runs. First 3 Batsman of Zimbabwe team was showed poor effort and all made only few runs. Raza scored 61 runs in 104 balls and hitted six 4s. Craig made 75 runs in 165 balls and hitting two 6s and four 4s. 2 nd turn of Afghanistan is start and they lost 7 wickets but now they playing good and made 291 runs but need more 100+ runs for win. Let's see what happen in 2 nd test game and 1 st was draw. 
India outstanding comeback in bowling was that they all out Australia at 181 runs and started their second inning with just 4-run lead. At the end of day 2, India lost 6 wickets at just 141 runs and led by 145 runs. Beau Webster debut player played an outclassed inning of 57 runs and reached team score to 180 runs. India's bowling performance was amazing. Prasidh Krishna picked three wickets in the first inning by giving only 42 runs, and Muhammad Siraj also picked the three crucial wickets and assisted India in bowling out Australia at 181 runs. India's batting line collapsed at 78 runs in a loss of 4 main wickets, and it was very difficult for them to cross the 200-run target in this test match. Australia is the favorite now to win the match if they restrict India to under 190 runs in the second inning of a test match.
India did not make good scores in both innings and this time too they are likely to lose the match but their bowling is also good as they bowled the Aussies at only 181.
It is the last match of this series and such an important game for India to win it becasue it helps them to draw the series and save them from the loss of the series. However, only a miracle can save India in this position. Australia clearly are looking stronger here.
Afghanistan players are batting very badly in the second test match. The team had to score only 157 runs in the first innings. Zimbabwe has managed to take a decent lead. And in the second innings too we are not seeing a good performance from the Afghanistan players. The Afghanistan team has scored 46 runs and lost 3 wickets. SIkandar Raza and Muzarbani are also able to bowl well in the second innings.
Zimbabwe managed to score 243 runs in the first innings. The team was able to take a lead of 86 runs. And Zimbabwe is still ahead by 40 runs. Looking at the batting of the Afghan players, it does not seem that they will be able to score big in the second innings. Afghanistan will probably lose all the wickets before 200 in the second innings too.
After losing the first innings, Afghanistan's batsmen are not playing so well in the second innings. Afghanistan batsmen scored 157 runs in the first innings and 291 runs in the second innings in 91 overs and lost 7 wickets. Zimbabwean players have scored 243 runs in the first innings and have just played the second innings. For Afghanistan, this win is tougher than ever as the Zimbabwean batsmen need only 209 runs to win this match which they can easily achieve. Afghanistan have played a very poor game, if their batting was good, Zimbabwe could not have got a good target. In their first match as well, both of them performed well, but due to some reasons, the match was drawn. But in this match we got the results and the Afghanistan team seems to have more chances to win the test match because the leads have crossed 200 Zimbabwe managed to score 243 runs in the first innings. The team was able to take a lead of 86 runs. And Zimbabwe is still ahead by 40 runs. Looking at the batting of the Afghan players, it does not seem that they will be able to score big in the second innings. Afghanistan will probably lose all the wickets before 200 in the second innings too.
Lack of leadership moral is also down, and we have too much internal politics involved, so I have strong feeling most chances Pakistan will lose this match by huge margin and also will have last spot in WTC league table because nothing positive happening we have good bowlers but sadly no one giving them proper guideline with inexperience which is favoring team like South Africa, and now they are having good chance of going through with big win.
We have one double century and two centuries for South Africa while we have 4 bowlers for Pakistan with 100+ runs conceded by them its now regular work for them due to poor coaching.
No doubt the Pakistani team is facing a lot of problems and challenges, but we can't be sad, there is still hope, and we may see some changes in the team for their next matches. Now, Pakistan is doing very poorly, and Babar and Rizwan are not players who can be trusted because their performance has dropped. Chasing such a huge target is very hard, and they already lost one match. In the second match, the target is high, which we will obviously lose, but we never expected such performance from the team. Let's see what is happening, maybe after the loss of this match, the Pakistan team will realize their mistakes, and in the next matches, they will do something better. We have one double century and two centuries for South Africa while we have 4 bowlers for Pakistan with 100+ runs conceded by them its now regular work for them due to poor coaching.
South Africa vs Pakistan, 2nd Test at Cape Town. South Africa collect a huge score for Pakistan to win. To chase the score of 616 runs on day 2 Pakistan already lost top order batsman. Ryan Ricklton did 259 runs from 343 balls including 29 fours and 3 sixes, Temba Bavuma 106 from 179 balls, and Kyle Verreynne got 100 from 147 balls. For their outstanding batting South Africa got a winning figure with Pakistan. Other hand, Pakistan is playing on the field right now. Pakistan already lost 3 top order batsmen to collect 20 in total then left 3 major wickets. It's a shame for Pakistan. I think Pakistan can't grow up to 200 + runs.
Pakistan in terrible position in second test. South African batsmen scored runs freely while the Pakistani bowlers were helplessly watching them scoring runs. Seems like South Africa will win this test too and march towards WTC final by doing a whitewash in this test series. The only hope left for Pakistan is Babar and Rizwan, if they both can score runs then Pakistan might avoid follow-on and draw the test. Keeping in view the present form of Babar Azam, it seems difficult that he will score some runs at this critical time.
We have one double century and two centuries for South Africa while we have 4 bowlers for Pakistan with 100+ runs conceded by them its now regular work for them due to poor coaching.
Pakistan can somehow score 400 then that would be a big achievement for them.
Yes. I agree with you. If Pakistan collects 400+ runs then it will be the biggest achievement for Pakistan. On the other hand, On day 3 Afganistan couldn't perform well from the beginning but a few times later Rahamat Shah earned 139 runs from 275 balls and Afganistan collected 291/7. And the total lead for Afganistan is 205 runs. I hope Afghanistan left the innings from 250+ runs.
On the other hand, On day 3 Afganistan couldn't perform well from the beginning but a few times later Rahamat Shah earned 139 runs from 275 balls and Afganistan collected 291/7. And the total lead for Afganistan is 205 runs. I hope Afghanistan left the innings from 250+ runs.
Afghanistan has already taken a decent lead in this match. Now they are favourite to win the match. I was thinking that they will take a lead of 100 runs maximum as they were losing the wickets continuously. But the 6th and 7th wicket partnership has turned the game in their favour now. 250+ runs lead will almost ensure the victory for Afghanistan. The pitch doesn't really looks good for batting.You are right. Afghanistan has already taken a big lead. Afghanistan has lost 7 wickets and has been able to take a lead of 205 runs. Considering the condition of the pitch, it can be called a big collection. Because it is difficult to make a big collection in the last innings on this pitch. Also, the performance of Zimbabwean players is very erratic. It cannot be said for sure whether Zimbabwean batsmen will be able to bat well in the last innings.
Afghanistan must thank Rahmat Shah. Rahmat Shah's innings of 139 runs has made this match competitive again. And Afghanistan also has a big chance of winning. Apart from Rahmat Shah, Ismat Alam has batted well. Ismat has scored 64 runs. Ismat and Rashid will start the next day. Both are quite experienced.
South Africa vs Pakistan, 2nd Test at Cape Town. South Africa collect a huge score for Pakistan to win. To chase the score of 616 runs on day 2 Pakistan already lost top order batsman. Ryan Ricklton did 259 runs from 343 balls including 29 fours and 3 sixes, Temba Bavuma 106 from 179 balls, and Kyle Verreynne got 100 from 147 balls. For their outstanding batting South Africa got a winning figure with Pakistan. Other hand, Pakistan is playing on the field right now. Pakistan already lost 3 top order batsmen to collect 20 in total then left 3 major wickets. It's a shame for Pakistan. I think Pakistan can't grow up to 200 + runs.
Pakistan in terrible position in second test. South African batsmen scored runs freely while the Pakistani bowlers were helplessly watching them scoring runs. Seems like South Africa will win this test too and march towards WTC final by doing a whitewash in this test series. The only hope left for Pakistan is Babar and Rizwan, if they both can score runs then Pakistan might avoid follow-on and draw the test. Keeping in view the present form of Babar Azam, it seems difficult that he will score some runs at this critical time.
On the other hand, On day 3 Afganistan couldn't perform well from the beginning but a few times later Rahamat Shah earned 139 runs from 275 balls and Afganistan collected 291/7. And the total lead for Afganistan is 205 runs. I hope Afghanistan left the innings from 250+ runs.
Afghanistan has already taken a decent lead in this match. Now they are favourite to win the match. I was thinking that they will take a lead of 100 runs maximum as they were losing the wickets continuously. But the 6th and 7th wicket partnership has turned the game in their favour now. 250+ runs lead will almost ensure the victory for Afghanistan. The pitch doesn't really looks good for batting. 
But he is not playing well in terms of runs which can be judged from his runs and first innings target. As the target of 157 runs was given in the first innings and the opposing team scored 243 runs. Which is due to too much pressure and their lack of interest. Afghanistan is not playing well in this match which clearly shows that Zimbabwe team is stronger than Afghanistan. If Afghanistan target above 300 in this second innings then they can win this match otherwise Zimbabwe will score few runs in their batting and win the match.
If they bowled well, if you look at the first innings, Zimbabwe has 83 extra runs over Afghanistan, so Afghanistan will have to make 83 runs first and set a target for the second innings, which will be very difficult for them. I will say frankly that this match will be won by the Zimbabwean team.
If they bowled well, if you look at the first innings, Zimbabwe has 83 extra runs over Afghanistan, so Afghanistan will have to make 83 runs first and set a target for the second innings, which will be very difficult for them. I will say frankly that this match will be won by the Zimbabwean team.
Rahmat Shah's responsible batting has enabled the Afghanistan team to score big. At the end of the third day, Afghanistan's total is 291 runs with 7 wickets. I did not think that Afghanistan will score more than 200. I thought that Afghanistan team will score small in the second innings like in the first innings. No top order batsman could bat well.
Rahmat Shah was able to play a responsible innings of 139 runs. Ismat Alam is batting very well at the required moment for the team. Ismat Alam is still unbeaten with 64 runs.
Afghanistan team has been able to take a lead of 205 runs. If Afghanistan is able to add 50/60 runs to the scoreboard on the next day and can provide a target of 250, then Afghanistan has a high chance of winning.
Pakistan can somehow score 400 then that would be a big achievement for them.
Yes. I agree with you. If Pakistan collects 400+ runs then it will be the biggest achievement for Pakistan. On the other hand, On day 3 Afganistan couldn't perform well from the beginning but a few times later Rahamat Shah earned 139 runs from 275 balls and Afganistan collected 291/7. And the total lead for Afganistan is 205 runs. I hope Afghanistan left the innings from 250+ runs.
The problem for the Indian batting continues. Now Virat Kohli started to come on the forth number after two wickets down but still no improvement.
I see many are blaming Kohli and Rohit for their poor batting performances, but we need to also admit that except for Jaiswal and Nitish, no one has played any good knocks in the series. Now if you only consider the Sydney test match, then the pitch is bowler-friendly. The batsmen will be struggling to get runs here. If in the second innings India gives a target of 200 runs or close, then definitely they are in a good position to win the match. Only once was a team able to chase the 200 runs in the fourth innings at Sydney. 
I don't think this pitch in Cape Town is bowling friendly. South Africa batted well on this pitch. Ryan Rickelton played a memorable innings of 259 runs. Temba Bavuma and Kyle Verreynne both scored centuries. As a result, South Africa managed to score a huge 615 runs. But looking at Pakistan's batting, it doesn't look like they will be able to score even 300 runs.
Pakistan stumbled early on. Pakistan lost the wickets of experienced and important players like Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel and Shan Masood very quickly. Pakistan lost three wickets for just 20 runs. It is impossible for this team to score 600. I would say if Pakistan can somehow score 400 then that would be a big achievement for them.
Pakistan stumbled early on. Pakistan lost the wickets of experienced and important players like Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel and Shan Masood very quickly. Pakistan lost three wickets for just 20 runs. It is impossible for this team to score 600. I would say if Pakistan can somehow score 400 then that would be a big achievement for them.
South Africa vs Pakistan, 2nd Test at Cape Town. South Africa collect a huge score for Pakistan to win. To chase the score of 616 runs on day 2 Pakistan already lost top order batsman. Ryan Ricklton did 259 runs from 343 balls including 29 fours and 3 sixes, Temba Bavuma 106 from 179 balls, and Kyle Verreynne got 100 from 147 balls. For their outstanding batting South Africa got a winning figure with Pakistan. Other hand, Pakistan is playing on the field right now. Pakistan already lost 3 top order batsmen to collect 20 in total then left 3 major wickets. It's a shame for Pakistan. I think Pakistan can't grow up to 200 + runs.
What's wrong with England batsman? I didn't watch the match at all, just checked the score. How they score 85 only against Ireland?
Ireland is so far in good position. Will it be the first one for Ireland?
Actually we can't say anything for sure in cricket especially if a strong team like England scores 85/10 against Ireland then surely we can't make any predictions about cricket. Again the Test match is being held between India and Australia where India were bowled out for just 185 runs in the first innings whereas Australia were bowled out for 181 runs. If aggressive teams like Australia and India have such erratic scores, imagine how weaker teams would fare.Ireland is so far in good position. Will it be the first one for Ireland?
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