Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[marii awan]

Bangladesh wrote a new history by winning against Pakistan for the first time. Bangladesh has to defeat a strong team like Pakistan, it is a matter of luck for Bangladesh. Bangladesh won the first Test match, which is a very good thing. Mehidy Hasan Miraz of Bangladesh team is really a very good bowler. He took 4 wickets in just 11.5 overs. And Mushfiqur Rahim was the best in this match with the batting, he full survive the match and scored 191 runs off 341 balls, which is really good.

Bangladesh played good cricket in Rawalpindi and beat Pakistan comprehensively by 10 wickets in 1st test match. Pakistan's batting line collapsed in front of Mehidy Mirza a great spinner on Bangladesh side. It's 1st time in test cricket history the Bangladesh team managed to win the match against Pakistan.
In the second match, Pakistan needs a strong comeback and a good partnership to level up the series otherwise they will lose the second test too.

[doomloop]

I never thought any of the teams would win the match. I was kind of confident that the match would be drawn because both teams batted really well in the first four days and only 2 innings were played. I thought Pakistan would easily play another day and the match would be a draw. But who knew that Pakistan won't be able to play at least two sessions of the last day and they won't be able to post a good total?

I think almost everyone thought the match would be a draw. Rizwan played well in the 2nd innings but it wasn't enough for Pakistan. They had to post a 300 as a target at least so Bangladesh could try to reach that score.

Most of the members those are having well information about test format were having same feeling because first two days we have only 6 wickets and then having result in remaining last three days only in Pakistan can happen things like these while we have impressive batting from the Bangladesh which bring them into game Shadman Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz having great contribution now after Shakib Bangladesh have Mehidy Hasan Miraz who can lead from the front with his batting and bowling skills.

In second inning, we have serious familiar collapse for the Pakistan which bring them down to earth and first win for the Bangladesh on Pakistani soil surely it's biggest achievement for them with having the worst performance in last few months.

[noormcs5]

England won the 1st test match against SL by 5 wickets. In the 3rd inning, SL's top order failed miserably. The Sri Lankan middle order played sensibly and helped their team to get a lead of over 200. Kamindu Mendis scored a brilliant hundred and was equally supported by the experienced batters, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal. This target was not enough to hold England back and they won the match quite comfortably. Joe Root played a handy inning of 62*.

The next test match between England and Sri Lanka will start after 3 days and here we are going to see the defeat of the Sri Lankan team once again as they lost against the England’s Lions team and also they can’t win the last match against England's real team.



By the way, I think Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis have to come early to play instead of coming on 6th or 7th number, because till that time the Sri Lanka team has lost too many wickets and come under pressure, if they would come on 3rd or 4th number then I think they both could stand a long innings and high score.

[Z_MBFM]

Epic stuff Bangladesh! They really, really needed this considering the fact that their country is in a horrendous state currently. Rahim deserved a double century which is why I was sad to see him miss it by a few runs.

Pakistan keep suffering in the bowling department primarily thanks to poor quality spinners and it looks like this won't change anytime soon.

Right now the situation in Bangladesh is very bad especially some districts in Bangladesh have been severely flooded. If Mushfiqur Rahim could have scored a double century and if he had distributed his money among the flood victims, his century would have been a matter of pride for the nation. However, Mushfiqur Rahim's brilliant innings at this moment will be a real joy for Bangladeshis in this calamitous moment.

Bangladesh is currently in a lot of trouble from various aspects, one of which you mentioned is the unusual rate of flooding. And recently, Bangladesh is under a lot of pressure, starting with the collapse of the country's government and the dissolution of the entire parliament. cricket administrator of Bangladesh was Nazmul Hassan Papon. He too has been petitioned for only a few days. And a new one is performing these duties. However, it was not expected that the Bangladesh cricket players would play so well this time. It is very commendable that Bangladesh won the match by a huge margin with Pakistan

[God Of Thunder]

In second inning, we have serious familiar collapse for the Pakistan which bring them down to earth and first win for the Bangladesh on Pakistani soil surely it's biggest achievement for them with having the worst performance in last few months.

One thing you should know is that Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan before 1971. So, it is obvious why both team has similar problem. Both teams are unpredictable. Nobody knows when they are going to perform and when they are going to collapse. We have seen a lot of close matches where Bangladesh was supposed to win the match but ended up losing the match. Pakistan did the same thing many times.

Kidding aside, these things happen in cricket and soccer as well. A minute is enough to change the game and hand over the momentum from one team to another team. Nice to see Bangladesh did not declare their innings and got some in the first innings and finally they won the match.

[Mahdirakib]

Nice to see Bangladesh did not declare their innings and got some in the first innings and finally they won the match.

It would have been a stupidity to declare the innings during then. The most possible result was draw of this match. There was a little chance to see different kind of result, and it was depended on the lead taken by Bangladesh. The most surprising part was the batting collapse of Pakistan in the second innings. They should regret for their batting collapse of second innings instead of thinking about the declaration in first innings.

[virasog]

Nice to see Bangladesh did not declare their innings and got some in the first innings and finally they won the match.

It would have been a stupidity to declare the innings during then. The most possible result was draw of this match. There was a little chance to see different kind of result, and it was depended on the lead taken by Bangladesh. The most surprising part was the batting collapse of Pakistan in the second innings. They should regret for their batting collapse of second innings instead of thinking about the declaration in first innings.

Yeah but Pakistan will be regretting as why did they declare the innings at 448 runs when they still have 4 wickets in hand. Yes, they can argue that they wanted the result in the match and hence they decided to give Bangladesh a chance to bat and get them out quickly. They did not know at that time that Bangladesh would also make 500+ runs.

However, my point of view is that they could have made 30 or 40 more runs and allow Mohammad Rizwan to complete his century. Why are they in so hurry that they want to declare the innings when he was just 30 runs short? Those runs could have helped Pakistan save this test match.

[UmerIdrees]

One thing you should know is that Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan before 1971. So, it is obvious why both team has similar problem. Both teams are unpredictable. Nobody knows when they are going to perform and when they are going to collapse. We have seen a lot of close matches where Bangladesh was supposed to win the match but ended up losing the match. Pakistan did the same thing many times.

I do not understand this argument that since both countries were the same a long time back, they should have similar problems. Pakistan got independence from India in 1947 and both India and Pakistan were one country before that time. So this should mean that Pakistan and India should have similar problems and performances in cricket too 

This is not the case, It is only that those who perform will win and succeed and those who are underperforming will remain in problems etc.
I think Bangladesh showed better cricket especially on the 2nd last and last day of that test match and thoroughly deserve that victory,

[Fuso.hp]

Considering the circumstances of the match on the fifth day, it is hard to accept that Pakistan lost by 10 wickets against Bangladesh. 
On the fifth day where the Pakistani batsmen should have been patient and held on to the wicket, the Pakistani batsmen showed a tendency to over-rush due to which they were able to give Bangladesh a few run targets which Bangladesh collected very easily. 

I never thought any of the teams would win the match. I was kind of confident that the match would be drawn because both teams batted really well in the first four days and only 2 innings were played. I thought Pakistan would easily play another day and the match would be a draw. But who knew that Pakistan won't be able to play at least two sessions of the last day and they won't be able to post a good total?

I think almost everyone thought the match would be a draw. Rizwan played well in the 2nd innings but it wasn't enough for Pakistan. They had to post a 300 as a target at least so Bangladesh could try to reach that score.

The 2-innings game took four days to complete and the equation was that both teams would have to complete the remainder of the game in one day, so naturally everyone assumed that the match would be a draw. Chances were high that it would probably be a draw and the chances of either team defeating the other was very low but the Pakistani batsmen could not settle on the wicket on the fifth day and there were more positive points for Bangladesh as Bangladesh batted ahead of Pakistan in the first innings.

All of Pakistan's batsmen were dismissed while Bangladesh were leading by runs, which resulted in Pakistan failing to give Bangladesh a big target, resulting in an easy 10-wicket win for Bangladesh. There were some wrong decisions by the Pakistani captain which we now clearly understand.

[noormcs5]

The 2-innings game took four days to complete and the equation was that both teams would have to complete the remainder of the game in one day, so naturally everyone assumed that the match would be a draw. Chances were high that it would probably be a draw and the chances of either team defeating the other was very low but the Pakistani batsmen could not settle on the wicket on the fifth day and there were more positive points for Bangladesh as Bangladesh batted ahead of Pakistan in the first innings.

I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

[JSRAW]

BCCI planted its double agent in the ICC lol

Joke aside, considering his tenure with the BCCI and the work he has done. He raised the bar and many stakeholders will expect more or less the same approach from him in his new role. The biggest one would be solving this Disney Star drama. If not handled properly then the previous media rights deal of the subcontinent ($3.2B) could face some music and it won't be good for ICC and Boards.

Jay Shah elected unopposed as new ICC chairman

[marii awan]

The 2-innings game took four days to complete and the equation was that both teams would have to complete the remainder of the game in one day, so naturally everyone assumed that the match would be a draw. Chances were high that it would probably be a draw and the chances of either team defeating the other was very low but the Pakistani batsmen could not settle on the wicket on the fifth day and there were more positive points for Bangladesh as Bangladesh batted ahead of Pakistan in the first innings.

I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

No one knows what happened to the Pakistan team and their playing tactics they are named as a choker. Everyone in Pakistan are in a deep worries and concerns about the cricket team and after losing the game pakistan also lose 6 points because of slow runrate and this wil hurt very much in the test championship points table.

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I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

To be honest I don't really expect that Banglesh will win in this test match because the first in the first innings Pakistan took a good run at the 446 against that Bangladesh surprisingly took the 565 run but it was also unexpected score in the second innings by the Pakistani team because they got all out in 146 that's worst playing, I will say that if they could make run more likely to the first innings there could be a winning chance for the Pakistan team as well.

[tomos81]

The 2-innings game took four days to complete and the equation was that both teams would have to complete the remainder of the game in one day, so naturally everyone assumed that the match would be a draw. Chances were high that it would probably be a draw and the chances of either team defeating the other was very low but the Pakistani batsmen could not settle on the wicket on the fifth day and there were more positive points for Bangladesh as Bangladesh batted ahead of Pakistan in the first innings.

I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

Bangladesh team beautifully these tiger batsmen tough food they formed easily, due to proper leadership and good bowling and batting performance Bangladesh tiger batsmen won.  Especially Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Shakib Al Hasan who destroyed all the wickets were aggressive batsmen.  However, the Pakistanis were completely overwhelmed by their bowling, and due to a good batting performance, the Tiger batsmen of the Bangladesh team won the match by 10 wickets in the last minute.

[hafiztalha]

I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

To be honest I don't really expect that Banglesh will win in this test match because the first in the first innings Pakistan took a good run at the 446 against that Bangladesh surprisingly took the 565 run but it was also unexpected score in the second innings by the Pakistani team because they got all out in 146 that's worst playing, I will say that if they could make run more likely to the first innings there could be a winning chance for the Pakistan team as well.

Same I also expected that Pakistan team won this test game between Pakistan team are good team and their players also have good experience and also some good skills. I don't know why they lose this game because of captaincy. B.Azam this player is a great but his effort in overall game was very poor in 1 st Inning he made 0 run and in next inning, he made 22 runs I expect more best effort from this player but he disappointed not me but his fans also. One more thing if they failed to stop the Bangladesh team in 1 st Inning for low runs but they played very very poorly in 2 nd Inning and entire team made only 146 runs and in 1 st, they made 448 runs. I think they lose their hope to win this game if they tried hard in 2 nd game and perform well they will win this game but entire team was lost and they 30 runs to Bangladesh team for 2 nd Inning. Great work Bangladesh team and congratulations to win this game.

[virasog]

All of Pakistan's batsmen were dismissed while Bangladesh were leading by runs, which resulted in Pakistan failing to give Bangladesh a big target, resulting in an easy 10-wicket win for Bangladesh. There were some wrong decisions by the Pakistani captain which we now clearly understand.

The Bangladesh team is leading the series against the Pakistan team in their home ground. The first match has been won by them by chance otherwise in the start of the last day, there was no hope for the Bangladesh team to win it but by chance some how they won this game.

Also, the bowling of Pakistan was not good mainly due to their captain's decision. Naseem Shah can’t even reach to 145 or 150 because he has delivered more than 50 overs per day with a break of just two overs each, that is why he has tired but the captain always decides him to bowl which is not good.
On the other hand, Bangladesh used Shakib to their best approach and he changed the game altogether.

[Fuso.hp]

The 2-innings game took four days to complete and the equation was that both teams would have to complete the remainder of the game in one day, so naturally everyone assumed that the match would be a draw. Chances were high that it would probably be a draw and the chances of either team defeating the other was very low but the Pakistani batsmen could not settle on the wicket on the fifth day and there were more positive points for Bangladesh as Bangladesh batted ahead of Pakistan in the first innings.

I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

It will be history for Bangladesh to remember for a long time. Bangladesh has never won a Test against Pakistan before Bangladesh got a historic win against Pakistan after a long time. There have been many in-form cricketers before who have tried and come close to winning against Pakistan but we have seen them cry in this victory for Bangladesh. But I would say that Bangladesh has performed much better than Pakistan in Pakistan's home ground and Bangladeshi players seem more confident than Pakistan.  

Mushfiqur Rahim in particular fought alone like a one-man army even though he missed out on a double century by a few runs which would have been complete if his century had been there.

[noormcs5]

I am very excited to see the only test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand (beginning 9th September) because they both have the old methods means in the World Cup 2024, the Afghanistan team's peak was here in when they won against the New Zealand team and from that lost of New Zealand, their chances has started to decrease to qualify for the super 8s and they have eliminated in the group stages like Pakistan and England (The England was almost out but from somehow they came back through the Super 8s and directly qualified for the semi final as well.) Back to the topic I want to see New Zealand revenge in this test match.

Rashid Khan will not play this test, how much it will hurt Afghanistan
Rashid Khan not in Afghanistan's preliminary squad for one-off Test against NZ

"Twenty players have been selected for the training camp and a 15-member squad will be selected to play the only Test match against New Zealand after observing their performance and fitness," Ahmad Shah Sulimankhel, the chief selector said.

[God Of Thunder]

I do not understand this argument that since both countries were the same a long time back, they should have similar problems. Pakistan got independence from India in 1947 and both India and Pakistan were one country before that time. So this should mean that Pakistan and India should have similar problems and performances in cricket too 

Haha. You seem to take it seriously even though I was just kidding. Actually, I saw a meme on Facebook that Pakistan is going to follow the pattern of how Bangladesh collapsed in close matches and there is no doubt that we were part of Pakistan at some point. I was just kidding bro. Please don't take it with a heavy heart. We still love Pakistan and the people of Pakistan.

Nice to see Bangladesh did not declare their innings and got some in the first innings and finally they won the match.

It would have been a stupidity to declare the innings during then. The most possible result was draw of this match. There was a little chance to see different kind of result, and it was depended on the lead taken by Bangladesh. The most surprising part was the batting collapse of Pakistan in the second innings. They should regret for their batting collapse of second innings instead of thinking about the declaration in first innings.

I guess, they did not even think that Bangladesh would be able to score 500+ runs against their Pace attack especially when they are playing on their soil. So, they declared with a hope to restrict Bangladesh Asap but fortunately, that did not happened.

[Cheema02]

The 2-innings game took four days to complete and the equation was that both teams would have to complete the remainder of the game in one day, so naturally everyone assumed that the match would be a draw. Chances were high that it would probably be a draw and the chances of either team defeating the other was very low but the Pakistani batsmen could not settle on the wicket on the fifth day and there were more positive points for Bangladesh as Bangladesh batted ahead of Pakistan in the first innings.

I had this in the back of my mind that Pakistan teams are chokers and we could expect the unexpected. How many times we have seen that the Pakistan team lose from the easiest of the situation and won from the most difficult match conditions? Another team from which you can expect a similiar sort of performacen is the South Africans. They are also a very unpredictable team just like the Pakistan team.

It was a historic win for the Bangladesh team and that too on the Pakistan soil. They would remember it for a long long time to get their first ever test win against the Pakistan.

Yes, You are right. Pakistan is unpredictable team  lost a match that was easily won. Pakistan lost the test match when they declared the first inning after 450 runs and didn't complete Muhammad Rizwan double century. I think Shan masood is not a responsible captain they didn't played a long inning in his test match after captaincy and didn't united the team. Pakistan cricket board will be removed from captaincy and out of the team because they couldn't play long innings. The second biggest mistake is Pakistan didn't played a single spin bowler in playing Xi in first test match while Bangladesh playing with his best spin bowler and they win match for very first in history of test cricket against Pakistan.