Australia vs England
Is England going to win the last Test match in the end after 3 consecutive defeats and one draw? What do you think?
Australia scored 303 runs in the first innings. But Australia lost 8 wickets for only 141 runs in the second innings. I think they will finish their innings in 10 overs in advance. However, Australia is already ahead by 256 runs. England will not be able to win if Australia gives more than 280 targets. They do have not that ability right now. However, if England can stop Australia by 260, then England can fight to win.
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The final test match is in the hands of Australia. The series result seems like 4-0. The fourth test was really good to watch and myself expected better recovery in the final match. Now once again they're out of form ending the first innings just for 188 runs.
But, I am thinking like England may get a chance to win this final test match as Australia is right now struggling by losing 6 wickets for just 96 runs. Still Australia is leading by 200+ runs and that way I guess you are right as England may need to chase at least 250+ runs which might be an impossible task for them.Pant - He could be a good choice for long run. he's young, leading his franchise nicely and i think he proved his worth in Test team on countless occasion.
I agree that Rishab Pant could be the right choice for being new India Skipper and in long term perspective as well. Not sure about the who would be the choice for BCCI. 
Boland's numbers are ridiculous.. 8.6 jeezz
He has played just two tests and the Hobart match is his third. So far picked up 14 wickets, at an average of 8.64. It is difficult to imagine anyone having a better debut than him. Unfortunately, he made his international debut a bit late. He is soon to be 33 and has only 3-4 years of quality cricket left in him. But the real test will come when he bowls against quality opposition in the flat tracks of India and the turning surfaces of Sri Lanka. The real quality of a pace bowler will be measured once he is pulled outside his comfort zone.
In start of 2022 we saw some upsets where BAN beating NZ and SA completely destroying India but England wasn't able to break there losing string. On stumps of day 2, 23 wickets have fallen and Australia have lead of 150 runs with 7 wickets in hand. If Australia can give target of around 300 to England then surely final result will be 4-1.
You are making little mistake here. The result of this series will be 4-0 if Australia win the 5th test match. Because, England hasn't won any match in this series yet. They were lucky to make the draw in the 4th test match. England players has shown poor performance in this full series. Betting odds is fully in favour of Australia now. Probably they will win the match.
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Kohli was easily the best Indian test captain so far and a decent ODI+T-20 captain. Will miss him as test captain and I wish he resigned in a better manner from all formats.
I won't miss his captaincy in T-20 and ODI, actually i'm quite relieved as far as limited overs captaincy goes.Kohli was easily the best Indian test captain so far and a decent ODI+T-20 captain. Will miss him as test captain and I wish he resigned in a better manner from all formats.
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Only because of some nutjob trolls? By this means Jadeja/Raina should have taken some decisions too. they were attacked in similar fashion as Shami (if no one remember then you guys must be following only one type of news). I humbly suggest that avoid these type of BS in social media.4 decades!! holy cow bhai. I thought you were in 30s or something.
Anyway 7 years sounds more than enough timeline for any captain but sudden resign might unsettle team for short period of time because we don't have any replacement for Kohli as captain in tests.
- Rohit - Captain material but 33 year old
- Rahane - He's great leader but his career is not safe anymore.
- KL Rahul - He seems first choice atm but Idk why, i didn't like his captaincy style so far (IPL and 2nd test).
- Shreyas could be great captain but he's only 1 test old in red ball so he's out of the contest as well. Same with Gill, Prithvi. They all are captain material but way too young,new or need to cement their position first.
- Bumrah - Idk if BCCI will follow CSA step (Choosing leading bowler as their captain)
- Pant - He could be a good choice for long run. he's young, leading his franchise nicely and i think he proved his worth in Test team on countless occasion.
I liked aas Jaffer's comment on his retirement, when his captaincy started wining series is foreign pitches was considered as an extraordinary thing and today is the time when if India loses a series at foreign pitch it's considered as a big setback and extraordinary thing. I don't know why critics always bash Kohli for India's losses and honestly I have never seen these people applauding him for the wins. If you go by the statistics he was even better than Dhoni in his captaincy.
Lol i remember those dark times. If we go by wins percentage in test cricket history then he's only behind Steve Waugh (71%), Ricky Ponting (62%). His winning percentage is 58%. * Min 50 test match captaincy 
In start of 2022 we saw some upsets where BAN beating NZ and SA completely destroying India but England wasn't able to break there losing string. On stumps of day 2, 23 wickets have fallen and Australia have lead of 150 runs with 7 wickets in hand. If Australia can give target of around 300 to England then surely final result will be 4-1.
You are making little mistake here. The result of this series will be 4-0 if Australia win the 5th test match. Because, England hasn't won any match in this series yet. They were lucky to make the draw in the 4th test match. England players has shown poor performance in this full series. Betting odds is fully in favour of Australia now. Probably they will win the match.Holy shit
I didn't see that coming, don't know who is going to lead the team now? Rahane already stripped from his vice captaincy, his place is not secure anyway. Rohit is not young guy anymore and KL Rahul doesn't look captain material to me. Interesting time is coming indeed, let's see how this new transition period goes.
I was also not expecting this from Virat Kohli. I am sure he is upset with the situation surrounding his removal from captaincy from T20 and hence he might have taken this decision. I believe there is social media attack against him after his support of Mohammed Shami during the recently concluded world cup and he might have had enough with the targeted attacks.I didn't see that coming, don't know who is going to lead the team now? Rahane already stripped from his vice captaincy, his place is not secure anyway. Rohit is not young guy anymore and KL Rahul doesn't look captain material to me. Interesting time is coming indeed, let's see how this new transition period goes.
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
No doubt, under Virat Kohli, India had the best bowlers and i do not remember any team where India used to dominate in Test cricket while touring in my near four decades of watching Cricket and i credit that to the bowlers and the fighting spirit Virat Kohli implemented even in hostile situations. 
In start of 2022 we saw some upsets where BAN beating NZ and SA completely destroying India but England wasn't able to break there losing string. On stumps of day 2, 23 wickets have fallen and Australia have lead of 150 runs with 7 wickets in hand. If Australia can give target of around 300 to England then surely final result will be 4-1.
You are making little mistake here. The result of this series will be 4-0 if Australia win the 5th test match. Because, England hasn't won any match in this series yet. They were lucky to make the draw in the 4th test match. England players has shown poor performance in this full series. Betting odds is fully in favour of Australia now. Probably they will win the match. 
I liked aas Jaffer's comment on his retirement, when his captaincy started wining series is foreign pitches was considered as an extraordinary thing and today is the time when if India loses a series at foreign pitch it's considered as a big setback and extraordinary thing. I don't know why critics always bash Kohli for India's losses and honestly I have never seen these people applauding him for the wins. If you go by the statistics he was even better than Dhoni in his captaincy.
I think its sequel of his removal from ODI and T20 captaincy. Kohli realized that BCCI will remove him from Test captaincy also, so he stepped down himself before he is removed by BCCI. As a batsman he can now perform well since he has no more pressure of captaincy. Its not justified to compare kohli with dohni, as later has a class not only as a player but as a human being.
England seems to be sliding towards another defeat in the 5th and final test at Hobart. They conceded a lead of 115 in the first innings, as their batsmen failed to put up a total in excess of 200. Anyway, David Warner got out for a duck in the second innings, nabbed by Stuart Broad. And just now, Marnus Labuschagne got out with Chris Woakes getting the wicket. But with such a massive lead, Australia may not be much bothered. They just need to set up a target of 240-250, and for that another 120 runs are more than enough.
In start of 2022 we saw some upsets where BAN beating NZ and SA completely destroying India but England wasn't able to break there losing string. On stumps of day 2, 23 wickets have fallen and Australia have lead of 150 runs with 7 wickets in hand. If Australia can give target of around 300 to England then surely final result will be 4-1.In this last test match now Australia leading by 152 if they were able to score 100 more runs than surely these are enough for result of 4 - 0 for this series because English batting line-up is completely down in moral, and they cannot handle pressure of target chase. Australian bowling is also in good shape, with two new young guns doing some good work for supporting Starc and Cummins in the absence of Hazlewood.
Holy shit
I didn't see that coming, don't know who is going to lead the team now? Rahane already stripped from his vice captaincy, his place is not secure anyway. Rohit is not young guy anymore and KL Rahul doesn't look captain material to me. Interesting time is coming indeed, let's see how this new transition period goes.
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/1482340422987169794
I liked aas Jaffer's comment on his retirement, when his captaincy started wining series is foreign pitches was considered as an extraordinary thing and today is the time when if India loses a series at foreign pitch it's considered as a big setback and extraordinary thing. I don't know why critics always bash Kohli for India's losses and honestly I have never seen these people applauding him for the wins. If you go by the statistics he was even better than Dhoni in his captaincy. I didn't see that coming, don't know who is going to lead the team now? Rahane already stripped from his vice captaincy, his place is not secure anyway. Rohit is not young guy anymore and KL Rahul doesn't look captain material to me. Interesting time is coming indeed, let's see how this new transition period goes.
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/1482340422987169794
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
Am not really surprised to hear about this news. After resigning as captain from the T-20 and ODI formats, it was only a matter of time until he resigned from the test format too. Recent DRS controversy added fuel to the fire.Kohli was easily the best Indian test captain so far and a decent ODI+T-20 captain. Will miss him as test captain and I wish he resigned in a better manner from all formats.
He is by far India's greatest test captain. It's sad to hear of his retirement but it's a fact of life. Team India's transformation into a force to be reckoned with on the road in these 7 years will be remembered. Not every captains cannot always emulate Kohli's unbridled energy and aggressive intent. In so many ways, he has been outstanding. Such an atmosphere does not suit his style of resigning.
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
Am not really surprised to hear about this news. After resigning as captain from the T-20 and ODI formats, it was only a matter of time until he resigned from the test format too. Recent DRS controversy added fuel to the fire.Kohli was easily the best Indian test captain so far and a decent ODI+T-20 captain. Will miss him as test captain and I wish he resigned in a better manner from all formats.
Holy shit
I didn't see that coming, don't know who is going to lead the team now? Rahane already stripped from his vice captaincy, his place is not secure anyway. Rohit is not young guy anymore and KL Rahul doesn't look captain material to me. Interesting time is coming indeed, let's see how this new transition period goes.
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/1482340422987169794
I didn't see that coming, don't know who is going to lead the team now? Rahane already stripped from his vice captaincy, his place is not secure anyway. Rohit is not young guy anymore and KL Rahul doesn't look captain material to me. Interesting time is coming indeed, let's see how this new transition period goes.
Under his 7 years tenure, India become number 1 test team and stayed there for like 5-ish years. Without any doubt best Indian test captain, who changed the Indian test culture single handedly . Well done skipper, you led the team very well. Changes are part of the life but i'm going to miss him as test captain.
https://twitter.com/imVkohli/status/1482340422987169794
England seems to be sliding towards another defeat in the 5th and final test at Hobart. They conceded a lead of 115 in the first innings, as their batsmen failed to put up a total in excess of 200. Anyway, David Warner got out for a duck in the second innings, nabbed by Stuart Broad. And just now, Marnus Labuschagne got out with Chris Woakes getting the wicket. But with such a massive lead, Australia may not be much bothered. They just need to set up a target of 240-250, and for that another 120 runs are more than enough.
In start of 2022 we saw some upsets where BAN beating NZ and SA completely destroying India but England wasn't able to break there losing string. On stumps of day 2, 23 wickets have fallen and Australia have lead of 150 runs with 7 wickets in hand. If Australia can give target of around 300 to England then surely final result will be 4-1.
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This series was a big blow to India's stake for sure. In first test they played like they have no competition and in rest of two they played as if they can't give competition. I think team India has faced such bad phases for a lot of times now already, suddenly all the best players go out of form and then BCCI brings in some new players from the bench who play really well but then the older folks come back in form to fill the slots, a few are able to get back their slots while rest are dropped.
Too much experimentation might be the reason, in the first match, KL Rahul played a wonderful innings and that is the reason India was able to score a good total and win the match, in the next two matches there were individual performances but the batting failed as a unit and the bowlers cannot win matches from impossible situations This series was a big blow to India's stake for sure. In first test they played like they have no competition and in rest of two they played as if they can't give competition. I think team India has faced such bad phases for a lot of times now already, suddenly all the best players go out of form and then BCCI brings in some new players from the bench who play really well but then the older folks come back in form to fill the slots, a few are able to get back their slots while rest are dropped.
.Ravichandran Ashwin did not bowl that much in the entire series because the pitch was not spinner friendly either, since the batting was struggling they should have added another batsman who could bowl a few overs of spin.
I think you have a valid point. A year back, India were untouchable in tests and they were winning every game as they had a solid and fixed lineup. But now they are experimenting too much and rotating players a lot which makes them inconsistent. Kohli's off-form is also a factor. He used to get a big percentage of the whole runs India made but since he is not consistent right now, as a result, team India is also suffering.
This means that all those wins were because of the one man show, Kohli, who was in supreme form. Now that the India team is experimenting and find the right combination, it is hurting them. No team can remain on top forever as different phases come on every team. I hope the Indian team will soon settle down to the right combinations and we will see another strong Team India.
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This series was a big blow to India's stake for sure. In first test they played like they have no competition and in rest of two they played as if they can't give competition. I think team India has faced such bad phases for a lot of times now already, suddenly all the best players go out of form and then BCCI brings in some new players from the bench who play really well but then the older folks come back in form to fill the slots, a few are able to get back their slots while rest are dropped.
Too much experimentation might be the reason, in the first match, KL Rahul played a wonderful innings and that is the reason India was able to score a good total and win the match, in the next two matches there were individual performances but the batting failed as a unit and the bowlers cannot win matches from impossible situations This series was a big blow to India's stake for sure. In first test they played like they have no competition and in rest of two they played as if they can't give competition. I think team India has faced such bad phases for a lot of times now already, suddenly all the best players go out of form and then BCCI brings in some new players from the bench who play really well but then the older folks come back in form to fill the slots, a few are able to get back their slots while rest are dropped.
.Ravichandran Ashwin did not bowl that much in the entire series because the pitch was not spinner friendly either, since the batting was struggling they should have added another batsman who could bowl a few overs of spin.
I think you have a valid point. A year back, India were untouchable in tests and they were winning every game as they had a solid and fixed lineup. But now they are experimenting too much and rotating players a lot which makes them inconsistent. Kohli's off-form is also a factor. He used to get a big percentage of the whole runs India made but since he is not consistent right now, as a result, team India is also suffering.
King pair for Davey, guess first in Ashes history any opener got this achievement? (Uhmm guess not). OZ are 2 down and lead is only 132 atm but it looks like they are going to farm more points in this match, considering Poms are setting new low target every time they comes to bat.
Boland's numbers are ridiculous.. 8.6 jeezz
Boland's numbers are ridiculous.. 8.6 jeezz
England seems to be sliding towards another defeat in the 5th and final test at Hobart. They conceded a lead of 115 in the first innings, as their batsmen failed to put up a total in excess of 200. Anyway, David Warner got out for a duck in the second innings, nabbed by Stuart Broad. And just now, Marnus Labuschagne got out with Chris Woakes getting the wicket. But with such a massive lead, Australia may not be much bothered. They just need to set up a target of 240-250, and for that another 120 runs are more than enough.
Both England and India have started 2022 with bad performances and series losses. England lose to Australians while the minnows South Africa were able to take doing the Giants Indians in a style. Hope to see some new cricket rankings in 2022 where teams like South Africa, Pakistan should show some amazing performances.
England seems to be sliding towards another defeat in the 5th and final test at Hobart. They conceded a lead of 115 in the first innings, as their batsmen failed to put up a total in excess of 200. Anyway, David Warner got out for a duck in the second innings, nabbed by Stuart Broad. And just now, Marnus Labuschagne got out with Chris Woakes getting the wicket. But with such a massive lead, Australia may not be much bothered. They just need to set up a target of 240-250, and for that another 120 runs are more than enough.
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