Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[onecall123]

In what world Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf are experienced?

Naseem might have played 14 odd matches but he's still new in the Red ball. Haris Rauf was one of many debutants in this series and he hardly has any domestic experience as far as 4 days cricket goes. Maybe you are confusing T-20 and Test.

I wasn't talking about test cricket only. I was just saying that Shaheen, Naseem and Haris have a lot of international experience and the new bowers Pakistan included for this series didn't had any. For example, Haris Rauf has a total of 73 international matches to his name, and has has played against pig-3 sides regularly. Now compared to this, I would say that players such as Abrar Ahmed, Nauman Ali and Mohammad Wasim are less experienced. Abrar was playing in his first international, and Nauman and Wasim are having 12 and 35 international matches to their name.

Shaheen, Nasim, and Haris are all unfit for recent test series against England and that was a major set back for Pakistan bowling lineup. Don't know what happen that all 3 major fast bowlers are unfit at the same time. Abrar was called in because of these injuries and despite his brilliant bowling Pakistan couldn't avoid a whitewash.
I guess it's time to bring back Sarfraz as captain.

In this Test Championship title, Pakistan's results have been disappointing. According to Babar Azam, the bleak performance of their pacer against England was due to the fact that their best pacer isn't working. I disagree, as their poor management and captaincy contributed to their poor performance.
Definitely, Sarfraz will be considered as captain after this loss.

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[pakhitheboss]

Shaheen, Nasim, and Haris are all unfit for recent test series against England and that was a major set back for Pakistan bowling lineup. Don't know what happen that all 3 major fast bowlers are unfit at the same time. Abrar was called in because of these injuries and despite his brilliant bowling Pakistan couldn't avoid a whitewash.
I guess it's time to bring back Sarfraz as captain.

That's what everyone is saying if your main bowlers are injured then you need to give more exposure to those new bowlers so that the new talent is ready in situation like this. It's the fault of PCB that they never thought that all three bowlers might get injured. That basically means incompetence on part of coach, selector and the PCB chairman.

[Naficopa]

In what world Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf are experienced?

Naseem might have played 14 odd matches but he's still new in the Red ball. Haris Rauf was one of many debutants in this series and he hardly has any domestic experience as far as 4 days cricket goes. Maybe you are confusing T-20 and Test.

I wasn't talking about test cricket only. I was just saying that Shaheen, Naseem and Haris have a lot of international experience and the new bowers Pakistan included for this series didn't had any. For example, Haris Rauf has a total of 73 international matches to his name, and has has played against pig-3 sides regularly. Now compared to this, I would say that players such as Abrar Ahmed, Nauman Ali and Mohammad Wasim are less experienced. Abrar was playing in his first international, and Nauman and Wasim are having 12 and 35 international matches to their name.

Shaheen, Nasim, and Haris are all unfit for recent test series against England and that was a major set back for Pakistan bowling lineup. Don't know what happen that all 3 major fast bowlers are unfit at the same time. Abrar was called in because of these injuries and despite his brilliant bowling Pakistan couldn't avoid a whitewash.
I guess it's time to bring back Sarfraz as captain.

In this Test Championship title, Pakistan's results have been disappointing. According to Babar Azam, the bleak performance of their pacer against England was due to the fact that their best pacer isn't working. I disagree, as their poor management and captaincy contributed to their poor performance.
Definitely, Sarfraz will be considered as captain after this loss.

A very disappointing and embarrassing performance by Pakistan in test series , the point is not only Pakistan ballers are unfit for balling the whole team is unfit for test format . Pakistan has bat very bad in this entire series except of few centuries by Babar Azam not a single player performed. 
Pakistan has to take this seriously and work on their test cricket format this is very bad thing for team like Pakistan.

[JSRAW]

I guess it's time to bring back Sarfraz as captain.

Is current management ready to go back to Sarfraz again? Guess they were the ones who backed Babar and gave a cold shoulder to Sarfraz, latter had many mistakes but he was removed due to politics.

I am hearing that Najam Sethi's name is popping up in a new chief contest, replacing Rambo ofc.

Also an important question, Sarfraz is going to replace Rizwan?

Rizwan might be going with a rough patch but he's a much better batsman when compared to Sarfraz imo.

[justdimin]

In this Test Championship title, Pakistan's results have been disappointing. According to Babar Azam, the bleak performance of their pacer against England was due to the fact that their best pacer isn't working. I disagree, as their poor management and captaincy contributed to their poor performance.

After this 3-0 defeat, what about Pakistan's chances to make a spot in the final of test championship? They could make on their own by winning all the remaining test matches or need to depend on others' results? As of now, India and England might get qualified for the final in my opinion as they are the only two teams who are consistently performing in test matches both home and away.

In ICC ranking, Australia is leading right now with 25 tests played whereas England at 3rd spot with 47 tests played. It would be more interesting on watching how this list is going to be shuffled in coming months.

[JSRAW]

In this Test Championship title, Pakistan's results have been disappointing. According to Babar Azam, the bleak performance of their pacer against England was due to the fact that their best pacer isn't working. I disagree, as their poor management and captaincy contributed to their poor performance.

After this 3-0 defeat, what about Pakistan's chances to make a spot in the final of test championship? They could make on their own by winning all the remaining test matches or need to depend on others' results? As of now, India and England might get qualified for the final in my opinion as they are the only two teams who are consistently performing in test matches both home and away.

-Pakistan virtually has no chance.
-Poms are already out and it was their last Test series in this cycle.
-Indians are in a contest and need 4 wins out of the remaining 5 matches.
-South Africa could also fancy their chances and need 3 wins in the remaining 4 matches.
-SL also needs to whitewash NZ and win the away series 2-0.

[Juggy777]

In this Test Championship title, Pakistan's results have been disappointing. According to Babar Azam, the bleak performance of their pacer against England was due to the fact that their best pacer isn't working. I disagree, as their poor management and captaincy contributed to their poor performance.

After this 3-0 defeat, what about Pakistan's chances to make a spot in the final of test championship? They could make on their own by winning all the remaining test matches or need to depend on others' results? As of now, India and England might get qualified for the final in my opinion as they are the only two teams who are consistently performing in test matches both home and away.

-Pakistan virtually has no chance.
-Poms are already out and it was their last Test series in this cycle.
-Indians are in a contest and need 4 wins out of the remaining 5 matches.
-South Africa could also fancy their chances and need 3 wins in the remaining 4 matches.
-SL also needs to whitewash NZ and win the away series 2-0.

@JSRAW from the current scenario I agree that Pakistan are definitely out, but India is going to be missing Rohit hence they will have to cope well in his absence. Furthermore I doubt that SL can whitewash New Zealand, but if they manage to spring an surprise and upset New Zealand then that’ll be a big turning point for them as they have performed poorly in the last few year’s.

[pakhitheboss]

In this Test Championship title, Pakistan's results have been disappointing. According to Babar Azam, the bleak performance of their pacer against England was due to the fact that their best pacer isn't working. I disagree, as their poor management and captaincy contributed to their poor performance.

After this 3-0 defeat, what about Pakistan's chances to make a spot in the final of test championship? They could make on their own by winning all the remaining test matches or need to depend on others' results? As of now, India and England might get qualified for the final in my opinion as they are the only two teams who are consistently performing in test matches both home and away.

-Pakistan virtually has no chance.
-Poms are already out and it was their last Test series in this cycle.
-Indians are in a contest and need 4 wins out of the remaining 5 matches.
-South Africa could also fancy their chances and need 3 wins in the remaining 4 matches.
-SL also needs to whitewash NZ and win the away series 2-0.

This my opinion in just three points.

• Pakistan are out for sure.
• India would struggle unless they win the Bangladesh series in a whitewash. Which might be possible.
• South Africa can win and get to that 2nd position but Srilanka I have serious doubt.

Whom so ever might come in 2nd position, the teams that is for sure will be part of the finals would be either Australia , England or South Africa.

[JSRAW]

-Pakistan virtually has no chance.
-Poms are already out and it was their last Test series in this cycle.
-Indians are in a contest and need 4 wins out of the remaining 5 matches.
-South Africa could also fancy their chances and need 3 wins in the remaining 4 matches.
-SL also needs to whitewash NZ and win the away series 2-0.

This my opinion in just three points.

• Pakistan are out for sure.
• India would struggle unless they win the Bangladesh series in a whitewash. Which might be possible.
• South Africa can win and get to that 2nd position but Srilanka I have serious doubt.

Whom so ever might come in 2nd position, the teams that is for sure will be part of the finals would be either Australia , England or South Africa.

Like I mentioned Poms are already out, they were out from the WTC final race before touring Pakistan.

Most likely it would be Australia vs South Africa/ India.

-I don't see SL winning 2 matches against Kiwis in their own backyard.
-SA has one 2 match home series against Windies so they have a slight edge as Windies test team is touching a new low.
-India's main challenge is BGT against Australia They need 3-0, 4-0 or at worse 3-1 result.

[laurenB7742]

Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

[Naficopa]

Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly and Muhammad Rizwan didn't perform in this test series I think now PCB have to take strict measure to overcome this issue otherwise this would be a downfall for Pakistan cricket.

[ZAINmalik75]

Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly.

We all know that Pakistani batter are quite good in every format of Cricket, they perform well but not with consistency. Only Baber Azam performance is not enough for Pakistan the other should perform too to strengthen the batting lineup. We know that Rizwan are class player but if he didn't perform the management should give him rest but they didn't also the other batter too. Now due to these bad performance of team and many other matter Pakistan government decide to remove the current PCB chairman and bring some one new..

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly.

We all know that Pakistani batter are quite good in every format of Cricket, they perform well but not with consistency. Only Baber Azam performance is not enough for Pakistan the other should perform too to strengthen the batting lineup. We know that Rizwan are class player but if he didn't perform the management should give him rest but they didn't also the other batter too. Now due to these bad performance of team and many other matter Pakistan government decide to remove the current PCB chairman and bring some one new..

Pakistan cricket board definitely needs changes and cricket team too , their are many flaws in them recently and all of us hope that they'll cover that up. Recent test series was a huge disappointment for Pakistan and there were many mistakes which should be corrected as soon as possible.

[Haunebu]

-I don't see SL winning 2 matches against Kiwis in their own backyard.
-SA has one 2 match home series against Windies so they have a slight edge as Windies test team is touching a new low.
-India's main challenge is BGT against Australia They need 3-0, 4-0 or at worse 3-1 result.

Agreed. Australia rightfully clinched the first spot while the second spot will most likely go to South Africa unless they succumb to pressure for the n'th time against a weak West Indian side in my opinion.

Sri Lanka won't be able to whitewash NZ while India need all the luck in the world to occupy the 2nd spot.

[ThemePen]

Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly.

We all know that Pakistani batter are quite good in every format of Cricket, they perform well but not with consistency. Only Baber Azam performance is not enough for Pakistan the other should perform too to strengthen the batting lineup. We know that Rizwan are class player but if he didn't perform the management should give him rest but they didn't also the other batter too. Now due to these bad performance of team and many other matter Pakistan government decide to remove the current PCB chairman and bring some one new..

The changing of the chairman of PCB, I think this should not effect on team performance.
By the way you are right on some points. The only one person can't do everything. If every player will play his role than the team will give a good performance at all. The management has some weak points which should be fxed as soon as possible.

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Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly.

We all know that Pakistani batter are quite good in every format of Cricket, they perform well but not with consistency. Only Baber Azam performance is not enough for Pakistan the other should perform too to strengthen the batting lineup. We know that Rizwan are class player but if he didn't perform the management should give him rest but they didn't also the other batter too. Now due to these bad performance of team and many other matter Pakistan government decide to remove the current PCB chairman and bring some one new..

The changing of the chairman of PCB, I think this should not effect on team performance.
By the way you are right on some points. The only one person can't do everything. If every player will play his role than the team will give a good performance at all. The management has some weak points which should be fxed as soon as possible.

I can't fully agree with this point that changing of PCB chairman won't effect their performance , because some time it's worked for the improvement of national team . Sometimes corruption is seen by the higher levels of the board where they often show partiality in choosing players. Moreover, gaps in the system such as mismanagement, player selection, etc. can have a lasting impact on the entire team.

[Sithara007]

The changing of the chairman of PCB, I think this should not effect on team performance.
By the way you are right on some points. The only one person can't do everything. If every player will play his role than the team will give a good performance at all. The management has some weak points which should be fxed as soon as possible.

Is this confirmed? I heard rumors that Rameez Raja may be replaced with Najam Sethi as the chairman of the PCB. It will have no immediate impact on the performance of the Pakistan team, but in the long term I don't think that it will be beneficial for the growth of grassroots cricket in Pakistan. Sethi is like old wine in new bottle. He will once again bring nepotism and bias to Pakistani cricket. Rameez on the other hand was the one who rescued the finances of PCB, by coming up with deals with various media corporations.

[rojan]

Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly.

We all know that Pakistani batter are quite good in every format of Cricket, they perform well but not with consistency. Only Baber Azam performance is not enough for Pakistan the other should perform too to strengthen the batting lineup. We know that Rizwan are class player but if he didn't perform the management should give him rest but they didn't also the other batter too. Now due to these bad performance of team and many other matter Pakistan government decide to remove the current PCB chairman and bring some one new..

The changing of the chairman of PCB, I think this should not effect on team performance.
By the way you are right on some points. The only one person can't do everything. If every player will play his role than the team will give a good performance at all. The management has some weak points which should be fxed as soon as possible.

I can't fully agree with this point that changing of PCB chairman won't effect their performance , because some time it's worked for the improvement of national team . Sometimes corruption is seen by the higher levels of the board where they often show partiality in choosing players. Moreover, gaps in the system such as mismanagement, player selection, etc. can have a lasting impact on the entire team.

Yes, I agree with you. We often see now most of the corruption in sports is purely political. I think it would be better to avoid political aspects in sports. And if the politics in sports are drowned, then we will never see a peaceful sports audience.  Pahapana. Kheladula is a place of entertainment. I think it is good that there is no corruption or anything political. But what I think is that the players have no fault here.

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Anyone following the Ranji Trophy competition in India? Dhruv Shorey made 252 not out versus Assam, and his knock helped Delhi to reach a total of 439 at Guwahati. Jyotsnil Singh of Baroda is batting at 186 n.o against Haryana, and he may also get to a double ton today. Anustup Majumdar made 159 for West Bengal against Himachal Pradesh, while Yashasvi Jaiswal got to 162 versus Hyderabad. And finally Dhruv Jurel made 249 for Uttar Pradesh against Nagaland. With IPL auction around the corner, some of these players may get good deals from the franchises.

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Pakistan's batting line-up is weak as we have seen it in the last few years. The Pakistan board has failed to find talented batsmen for their squad. Pakistan's bowling line-up is very strong. But they are still dependent on the performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. If these two players do not play well, Pakistan team cannot collect big. Unless Pakistan's batting line-up improves, and the batsmen do not consistently perform well, Pakistan will not be able to improve in the Test format.

Atm, I doubt if anyone considers Pakistani bowling lineup strong.
They have good white bowlers but it's not true in Test cricket at all, it's the weakest bowling lineup I've witnessed from Pakistan. Shaheen is the only capable name that comes to my mind. Naseem and Rauf are good but they need to play more red-ball cricket in domestic so their body doesn't break after bowling 15 overs a day. Everybody knows how their body broke after playing just 1 test.
Abrar is a good find in the spin department but I believe he's going to lose his mystery advantage after a few series so management needs to take care of him and allow his art to mature even if he fails sometimes.

You cannot deny that the England test team is far better than Pakistan. I would understand the bowling situation but what about their batting? They have to work a lot on their domestic cricket in order to find good talents. Current Pakistan test team is very poor when compared to what they had in the past. Losing a series on their homeground just shows how much theyhave gone from bad to worst.

Every team has drawbacks. Every team has some mismanagements. Every team has some players who need more practice.
We can't say anything or can't underestimate or can't set a mind about the team. Because anytime any team can perform well and can eliminate their major issues.
A small team can win from a big team if it play well and has good management.

All teams have some weak points, we all know that. But we have been seeing this for a long time because of the weakness of the Pakistan team's batting line-up. The last few years have seen the team depend on the performances of Babar and Rizwan. Apart from these two batsmen, no player is able to collect runs regularly. And Pakistan's management is failing to solve it. Since we have been seeing this problem for a long time, I would say it is the failure of Pakistan's management. It is because of their management failure that they are performing so badly.

This is a really sad thing for Pakistan cricket team and their fans,  they didn't even win one match in recent series . Pakistani batting is struggling badly.

We all know that Pakistani batter are quite good in every format of Cricket, they perform well but not with consistency. Only Baber Azam performance is not enough for Pakistan the other should perform too to strengthen the batting lineup. We know that Rizwan are class player but if he didn't perform the management should give him rest but they didn't also the other batter too. Now due to these bad performance of team and many other matter Pakistan government decide to remove the current PCB chairman and bring some one new..

The changing of the chairman of PCB, I think this should not effect on team performance.
By the way you are right on some points. The only one person can't do everything. If every player will play his role than the team will give a good performance at all. The management has some weak points which should be fxed as soon as possible.

I can't fully agree with this point that changing of PCB chairman won't effect their performance , because some time it's worked for the improvement of national team . Sometimes corruption is seen by the higher levels of the board where they often show partiality in choosing players. Moreover, gaps in the system such as mismanagement, player selection, etc. can have a lasting impact on the entire team.

Yes, I agree with you. We often see now most of the corruption in sports is purely political. I think it would be better to avoid political aspects in sports. And if the politics in sports are drowned, then we will never see a peaceful sports audience.  Pahapana. Kheladula is a place of entertainment. I think it is good that there is no corruption or anything political. But what I think is that the players have no fault here.

It's difficult rather impossible to separate sports and politics , sports have soo much political interference specially in Asian countries. Now PCB is considering to change ramiz Raja because of his strict stance on India and world cup 2023 . New chairman will definitely take precautions as far as decisions related to India is concerned.