Topic: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] - page 763. (Read 169267 times)

What an unexpected performance by Australians and England in the 2nd innings. Australian scoring only 155 runs but then England all out at 124 runs. Look like both teams have forgotten on how to bat in a test match.

Anyways this Ashes was good for the Australians and a tough one for England. Travis Head is the man of the match and also player of the series.

England will be happy to end Ashes with 4-0 rather then 5-0. There are no words for England performance in this Ashes. They were overconfident before the series and that costed them the series. This is first time there openers scored few runs but it was neutralized by lower batting order.

Finally England have ended the innings for 124 runs. I don't know what is happening with the England cricket team. The openers gave a good start. The first wicket fell in 68 runs and the second wicket fell in 82 runs. Scoring the next 42 runs England have lost 8 wickets. England have already played four test matches, somehow they could've got adopted to the atmosphere. So, it is purely the lack of performance and responsibility.

That is quite an achievement considering the fact that Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting are two of the best captains in the world of Cricket. Also, he is only behind Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting in terms of wins and losses in tests.

England lost 5 wickets and still need 170 runs which implies that they are pretty much screwed. Looks like this series will end as 4 - 0.

Yeah, finally at the last innings, English batsmen seemed like have adopted the Australian conditions to provide a good start. I guess Burns and Crawley are opening for England at very first time or at least on this Ashes series. But, Diwid Malan registered another failure and both openers got out now as England still need 180+ runs with 7 wickets in hand.

Probably due to the fact of this is a pink ball test match (day-night) hence you could expect a different behavior than usual. So far it seems pitch is becoming slow over the days.

I guess there is going to be a twist in the end as England got a good start in their chase of 271 runs.

The problems are much bigger than that, i do follow politics and Virat Kohli was a target by the BJP for the past 5 years,  the comments of Bhupesh Chaubey is one such example and another is Panna Lal who questioned the patriotism of Kohli and these sort of battles were going on for a while and Virat Kohli was wise enough to avoid any direct confrontation until recently and that opened the Pandora's box culminating in loosing his captaincy. We as a public knows there is some sort of miscommunication between the BCCI, but it does have a different dimension and hopefully we will hear these things from Virat Kohli as a biography once he stops playing Cricket.

Age is just a number, yes time flies  .

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England is in a good position to win the Test match as they need just 189 runs but whether they will be able to is a big question even though they have 8 wickets in hand  .

They have lost first wicket on 68 runs. It's very first time in this Ashes that England opening pair manage to give an opening stand of 50+. England bowler's done a good job by bowling out Aus at 155 but its England poor batting in first inning that has spoiled all the hard work. 203 are quite a runs and still game is very much balanced. We will get to know who is winner on 3rd days stump.

Since England's opener pair can play well, then England will win. In this entire Test series, we have not seen any better innings from England's openers or top order players. If England's top order is good today, then if the next batsmen can make a small contribution to the team's scoreboard. Then England will reach the goal of victory.

Edit: England sadly lost the first wicket just now. Rory Burns was out for just 26runs. England needs 203 runs to win.

England have scored 68 runs without losing any wicket and now they need 203 more runs to win. Burns and Zak scored 26 and 32 runs respectively. From what I have seen so far in this innings, England seems like the favorite to win the match. Both the opening batsmen seem like on a good knock and they are playing quite carefully.

Now the question arises is can the Australian bowler stop them from getting 203 runs more?

Partnership is the main problem with the English batting side. They have failed to do so in multiple occasions in this series. Although the start looks good they have already scored 50 without losing a single wicket. If the opening pair are able to form a partnership of 150 runs then they have a good chance of winning this match. Malan and Root can come in handy if the pressure is not on them.

To be very honest, the only sane option in my mind is between Rohit and Rahul, all others would be more of a temporary captain who might lead the side for a year but eventually you have to make someone else the captain, Pant I don't feel is responsible enough so far to be made captain, you want some more consistent performances from him and also some settled decisions in batting. Rahane would have been a very obvious choice before this SA series but now he obviously isn't in the options as board might consider dropping him from the squad as well.

Finally Australia have set a target of 271 runs. If England have scored something around 250 runs in the first innings now this could've been an easy chance to win. During the first session Australia had the highest winning probability. By the second session this has turned towards England. If England is able to create strong early partnership, then it'll increase the chance of winning.

I am not seeing any possibilities for that. England just started their second innings and they need to chase down 271 runs to win this final test match but by considering their their overall performance in this Ashes series, I doubt they could score even 150 runs on the day3 and day4 pitch conditions.

Yeah, Australia struggled in their second innings but managed to take a considerable lead which still definitely an impossible task for England as of now. Hobart pitch was known for its batting friendliness but for this Ashes test match, I guess curator decided to surprise all of us. Australia is all set for 4-0 sweep, it seems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Three more days left, and if England continue this way upcoming series with West Indies will have similar results.

I won't miss his captaincy in T-20 and ODI, actually i'm quite relieved as far as limited overs captaincy goes.

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.  

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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.

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

That draw is still questionable otherwise it would have been 5-0. England's team performance in this series has been pathetic. They have been struggling a lot in batting. The whole team is dependent on the performance of two players. If those two are unable to perform the team will lose. Australia is already leading by 152 runs and I think they will try to reach a target of 300. Anything above 200 is bad for the English side.

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.

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.