Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[cryptoWODL]

At present, there is a beautiful wind blowing in Test cricket in Bangladesh. Today, in the second Test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Pakistani bowlers threw Bangladesh completely in the ditch. Yet from there, Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Liton Kumar Das were able to pull their team into a comfortable position despite extreme danger with impeccable batting performances. With his fifty in today's match, Mehdi Hasan has created another record in Mirage Test format, that is, Mehdi Hasan is the highest run scorer among number eight batsmen in Test cricket.

Basically, these two batsmen took the responsibility of the entire Bangladesh and batted today. However, even though Mehdi Miraj is out, Liton Kumar Das is still batting with utmost responsibility, so far he is unbeaten on 136 runs. We haven't seen such a confident and responsible innings in Bangladesh cricket for a long time that Mehdi Miraj and Liton Kumar Das played for the Bangladesh team today.

[JSRAW]

Joe freaking Root! Wow! This man keeps breaking record after record and has just sailed past Cook to score the most test centuries for England. Twin centuries in a single test is quite rare.

He has broken the catches record too and is close to Dravid who is the leader. England are clearly over-dependent on him in the test format.

He's GOAT and now there is a fair chance of him getting close to Sachin's 51 Test tons.

Considering England plays a ridiculous amount of Tests every year and if Root goes with the same pace for the next 3 years. I won't count him out.


Bangbros shitposted their way to 262. I thought they'd be batting again today. Finest comeback when you are 6/26 down, props to Litton-Mehidy and tailender Hasan Mahmud.

[noormcs5]

At present, the breeze is blowing in Bangladesh test cricket. Today, in the second Test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Pakistani bowlers threw Bangladesh completely in the ditch. Yet from there, Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Liton Kumar Das were able to pull their team into a comfortable position despite extreme danger with impeccable batting performances. With his fifty in today's match, Mehdi Hasan has created another record in Mirage Test format, that is, Mehdi Hasan is the highest run scorer among number eight batsmen in Test cricket.

Basically, these two batsmen took the responsibility of the entire Bangladesh and batted today. However, even though Mehdi Miraj is out, Liton Kumar Das is still batting with utmost responsibility, so far he is unbeaten on 136 runs. We haven't seen such a confident and responsible innings in Bangladesh cricket for a long time that Mehdi Miraj and Liton Kumar Das played for the Bangladesh team today.

The Pakistan bowlers started very well and taking wickets back to back. By the way, there was only an open bowler who was bowling with aggression and picking wickets that is Khurram Shahzad who took six wickets. Anyways, Pakistan was taking fast wickets but Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz made an long partnership.

Also, Litton Das completed his century too and allow the Bangladesh team to get out from the difficult path. But somehow due to Khurram Shahzad magical bowling, he ended this partnership and after that Litton Das was searching for a good partner just like Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Pakistan played could have destroyed the Bangladesh batting but Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Litton Das saved them.

[Farhan99]

Sri lanka made 196 runs in first innings only Kamindu Mendis played 74 runs innings other players failed to delivered After playing well England team also bowled well they restricted Sri lanka team under two hundred score. In second  innings England team scored 220 runs with loss of seven wickets After brilliant performance in the first innings

The better the England team is performing, the more the pressure is on the Sri Lankan team. Because of the poor bowling performance of the Sri Lankan team, the few runs that the England team has scored so far have given the England team a target lead of 474 runs for the Sri Lankan team. I think the Sri Lankan team will fail to meet the target of 474 runs in this match, while England will be ready to perform better. As the Sri Lankan team has just started batting performance, Sri Lankan team should patiently batting for a long time at present.

Bangladesh team start their second innings very badly they loss their 6 wickets on just 26 runs in second innings It looked like they would be able to score only 100 runs but after that Bangladesh shocked Pakistan team by saved their remaining wickets Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Liton Das played 165 runs partnership which created pressure on Pakistan bowlers. Liton Das played absolutely amazing innings of 138 runs and became the second Bangladesh batsman by made two hundred against Pakistan in test Mehidy Hasan scored 78 runs Both players saved Bangladesh team from big disasters also saved his team by being follow on Pakistan bowlers take easy Bangladesh batsman after taking six wickets early first six wickets taken by fast bowlers. Finally Bangladesh team managed to score 262 runs Excellent spell by Khurram Shahzad he took 6 wickets while sulman agha and Mir Hamza takes two two wickets

[LDL]

Bangbros shitposted their way to 262. I thought they'd be batting again today. Finest comeback when you are 6/26 down, props to Litton-Mehidy and tailender Hasan Mahmud.

Bangladesh would have started their second innings today if Liton and Mehdi Hasan Miraj of Bangladesh had not picked up.
After falling 6 for 26 a team mustered up to 262 runs was really commendable and if this match is to be said the chances of a draw are very high.
However, Hasan Mahmood was able to knock down Pakistan's wicket early on.

[Haunebu]

He's GOAT and now there is a fair chance of him getting close to Sachin's 51 Test tons.

Considering England plays a ridiculous amount of Tests every year and if Root goes with the same pace for the next 3 years. I won't count him out.

Agreed. That dude is a monster in the test format and his consistency is something else. Wonder how among him, Kohli, Smith and Williamson will end up as the best among them later on.

Bangbros shitposted their way to 262. I thought they'd be batting again today. Finest comeback when you are 6/26 down, props to Litton-Mehidy and tailender Hasan Mahmud.

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

[LDL]

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

Second innings 9/2
I am a Pakistan supporter but seeing this Pakistan's performance makes me really feel different about Pakistan. We could never have imagined that today's Pakistan would perform so badly against Bangladesh. Pakistan were bowled out for 272 runs and Bangladesh's innings was in great form early on but after falling by six wickets for 26 runs, Pakistan could not pick up any significant wickets but Liton Das' 138 and Mehdi Hasan Miraj's innings of 78 kept Bangladesh alive in the match till now. If Bangladesh can get out within 200 runs on the fourth day tomorrow, then Bangladesh will have a high chance of winning this match as well.

[JSRAW]

He's GOAT and now there is a fair chance of him getting close to Sachin's 51 Test tons.

Considering England plays a ridiculous amount of Tests every year and if Root goes with the same pace for the next 3 years. I won't count him out.

Agreed. That dude is a monster in the test format and his consistency is something else. Wonder how among him, Kohli, Smith and Williamson will end up as the best among them later on.

-Root turning out to be a late bloomer. Before 2021 his conversion rate was piss poor and had a big problem converting 50s to 100s (Still, worst among FAB-4, by a big margin) but after 2021 he's on a song and stat padded (in a good way) ton after ton, total 15 tons.

-Smith experimenting with opening slots and so far failing miserably. Hope, he gets back to his original no 4 position because he's 35 atm and might not have more than 2-3 years.

-Virat slowed down drastically during the 2019-22 period and after that, missed plenty of matches due to personal reasons. He's almost 36 so he's in the same boat as Smith. Having said that, he fit tho and if he gives up ODI too then there is a slight possibility of him squeezing a couple of more years.

- Kane Mama is the unluckiest in this group. Same age as Root but NZ hardly plays any test cricket, Just to give you an example; Since 2020, Root has played 56 test matches and Kane only got to play 22 matches (he missed a couple of tests tho). IMO he'd have surpassed Sachin's record easily if he had the luxury of playing more test matches. His conversion rate is as good as Virat's.

Root might end up with more centuries but my personal choice would be Smith>Kane>Root>Virat

[UmerIdrees]

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

Second innings 9/2
I am a Pakistan supporter but seeing this Pakistan's performance makes me really feel different about Pakistan. We could never have imagined that today's Pakistan would perform so badly against Bangladesh. Pakistan were bowled out for 272 runs and Bangladesh's innings was in great form early on but after falling by six wickets for 26 runs, Pakistan could not pick up any significant wickets but Liton Das' 138 and Mehdi Hasan Miraj's innings of 78 kept Bangladesh alive in the match till now. If Bangladesh can get out within 200 runs on the fourth day tomorrow, then Bangladesh will have a high chance of winning this match as well.

Who will open the Pakistan team’s batting tomorrow ?

When Khurram Shahzad out then the full crowd speak Babar loudly that is why here must be Babar Azam, but here are the more chances for Shan Masood.

Meanwhile, you can say that Baber Azam will come when Pakistan lose a review because always Shan Masood take the review for himself from the domestic matches, even you can say if he will out in any way, then he will start argue even with this. In this series, he has out three times and all times he took review for himself. Let’s see what will happen, Shan Masood wasted Khurram Shahzad wicket, as we saw he was at least defending the balls and in the end, he could lead out to Pakistan from the pressure but………… 

[LDL]

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

Second innings 9/2
I am a Pakistan supporter but seeing this Pakistan's performance makes me really feel different about Pakistan. We could never have imagined that today's Pakistan would perform so badly against Bangladesh. Pakistan were bowled out for 272 runs and Bangladesh's innings was in great form early on but after falling by six wickets for 26 runs, Pakistan could not pick up any significant wickets but Liton Das' 138 and Mehdi Hasan Miraj's innings of 78 kept Bangladesh alive in the match till now. If Bangladesh can get out within 200 runs on the fourth day tomorrow, then Bangladesh will have a high chance of winning this match as well.

Who will open the Pakistan team’s batting tomorrow ?

When Khurram Shahzad out then the full crowd speak Babar loudly that is why here must be Babar Azam, but here are the more chances for Shan Masood.

Meanwhile, you can say that Baber Azam will come when Pakistan lose a review because always Shan Masood take the review for himself from the domestic matches, even you can say if he will out in any way, then he will start argue even with this. In this series, he has out three times and all times he took review for himself. Let’s see what will happen, Shan Masood wasted Khurram Shahzad wicket, as we saw he was at least defending the balls and in the end, he could lead out to Pakistan from the pressure but………… 

Two of Pakistan's top order batsmen were out after only a few balls to face in the final session of the third day.  Who will actually start tomorrow, not Babar Azam or Shan Masood is just a matter of waiting.
However, Pakistan will be under pressure throughout the day tomorrow as if Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud can pick up two more wickets in the first session, then Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Shakib Al Hasan will be able to put pressure on the middle order batsmen.
However, if Bangladesh can collect the wickets of three batsmen, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shan Masood, this Test match may also be in favor of Bangladesh.

[fuguebtc]

The Pakistan bowlers started very well and taking wickets back to back. By the way, there was only an open bowler who was bowling with aggression and picking wickets that is Khurram Shahzad who took six wickets. Anyways, Pakistan was taking fast wickets but Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz made an long partnership.

Also, Litton Das completed his century too and allow the Bangladesh team to get out from the difficult path. But somehow due to Khurram Shahzad magical bowling, he ended this partnership and after that Litton Das was searching for a good partner just like Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Pakistan played could have destroyed the Bangladesh batting but Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Litton Das saved them.

The Rawalpindi Honors Board proudly adds Litton Das for his brilliant innings in the second Test against Pakistan.

You know, at one point Bangladesh was actually in deep trouble. Bangladesh was 26/6 at one point. And I still remember the commentators were absolutely shitting on the Bangladeshi players. I even remember a commentator saying that ”Bangladesh should realize that they are outclassed by Pakistan” or something like that.

Right after that, the big partnership between Litton Das and Mehedi Miraz happened. Litton Das scored an incredible 138 and meanwhile Miraz scored 78. And both of them made it look like it was a Batting friendly pitch. They absolutely saved Bangladesh from a very bad situation. And Bangladesh ended the innings by scoring a respectable 262.

By the way, Pakistan did start their innings and they have already lost two wickets scoring only nine runs. Hassan Mahmud got both of the wickets. Let’s see if Pakistan can actually make a comeback like Bangladesh on the next day.

[noormcs5]

Sri Lanka need 430 more runs to win the second Test against England. Sri Lanka were bowled out before 200 in the first innings and they have scored 51 runs in the second innings so far where they have lost two wickets so it is safe to say that England are ahead in the second Test so far. England will look to pick up some important wickets early in the fourth day and if they can keep a few wickets down in the first session, it won't take them long to all out Sri Lanka. However, after seeing England batting in the second innings, we felt that batting on the wicket would be a bit more difficult for the batsmen in that case before the runs that Sri Lanka scored in the first innings.

The Sri Lanka team are in trouble, they lost their seven wickets. This time they could not win this game and no chance to draw it. I think as England bowlers taking wickets  (already 9 down now ) Sri Lanka are going to lose their all wickets today.

Around 38 overs are still remain in this day in which I think surely Sri Lanka will lose all wickets and this match will end on the 4th day. Sri Lanka needs 207 runs to win this game, and to make this for them is like impossible. By the way, for the first time I have seen not many people in the ground. In the some parts the sittings are empty otherwise in the other days, always this stadium is full.

[Bitcoin_people]

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

Second innings 9/2
I am a Pakistan supporter but seeing this Pakistan's performance makes me really feel different about Pakistan. We could never have imagined that today's Pakistan would perform so badly against Bangladesh. Pakistan were bowled out for 272 runs and Bangladesh's innings was in great form early on but after falling by six wickets for 26 runs, Pakistan could not pick up any significant wickets but Liton Das' 138 and Mehdi Hasan Miraj's innings of 78 kept Bangladesh alive in the match till now. If Bangladesh can get out within 200 runs on the fourth day tomorrow, then Bangladesh will have a high chance of winning this match as well.

Who will open the Pakistan team’s batting tomorrow ?

When Khurram Shahzad out then the full crowd speak Babar loudly that is why here must be Babar Azam, but here are the more chances for Shan Masood.

Meanwhile, you can say that Baber Azam will come when Pakistan lose a review because always Shan Masood take the review for himself from the domestic matches, even you can say if he will out in any way, then he will start argue even with this. In this series, he has out three times and all times he took review for himself. Let’s see what will happen, Shan Masood wasted Khurram Shahzad wicket, as we saw he was at least defending the balls and in the end, he could lead out to Pakistan from the pressure but………… 

Two of Pakistan's top order batsmen were out after only a few balls to face in the final session of the third day.  Who will actually start tomorrow, not Babar Azam or Shan Masood is just a matter of waiting.
However, Pakistan will be under pressure throughout the day tomorrow as if Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud can pick up two more wickets in the first session, then Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Shakib Al Hasan will be able to put pressure on the middle order batsmen.
However, if Bangladesh can collect the wickets of three batsmen, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shan Masood, this Test match may also be in favor of Bangladesh.

At the end of the third day, Pakistan's two opening batsmen were out at the beginning after collecting 9 runs. However, it is currently difficult to decide who will play the next batsman tomorrow, but I think Pakistan captain Shan Masood may come out. However, Bangladesh team will try to improve their bowling line, since Hasan Mahmud has taken two wickets today, he will try to bowl better tomorrow and his wickets are not possible. Although Taskin Ahmed will also do well in bowling, besides Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan to pressure the Pakistan batsmen, it will be difficult for Pakistan if they bowl well. Also Pakistan need to win their Test match to win the series, but if Pakistan team loses the series against the host team then it will be difficult for them. However, these three batsmen will be hoping to win the series for Pakistan, if they are out, then the series is definitely more likely for Bangladesh.

[Minor Miner]

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

Second innings 9/2
I am a Pakistan supporter but seeing this Pakistan's performance makes me really feel different about Pakistan. We could never have imagined that today's Pakistan would perform so badly against Bangladesh. Pakistan were bowled out for 272 runs and Bangladesh's innings was in great form early on but after falling by six wickets for 26 runs, Pakistan could not pick up any significant wickets but Liton Das' 138 and Mehdi Hasan Miraj's innings of 78 kept Bangladesh alive in the match till now. If Bangladesh can get out within 200 runs on the fourth day tomorrow, then Bangladesh will have a high chance of winning this match as well.

It was unimaginable that the Bangladesh team could collect 262 runs after losing 6 important batsmen of the top order for just 26 runs. I was prepared to see Bangladesh lose all their wickets within 100-120 runs. But the Bangladesh team showed surprise. The team made a huge collection of 262. Liton Das scored 138 runs and Mehedi Miraz played an excellent two innings of 78 runs. Bangladesh collected 165 runs from this pair. These two Bangladeshi batsmen have batted very responsibly.

Miraz is in great form in this series. He has done excellent bowling and batting in the first match as well. In this match, Miraz took 5 wickets in the first innings and collected 78 runs. If Shakib had been in a bit better form then beating Pakistan would not have been a difficult task for Bangladesh. On the other hand, at the end of the third day, Pakistan team lost two wickets to collect only 9 runs. I doubt whether Pakistan will be able to start the day well. Pakistan team is ahead by only 21 runs.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Sri Lanka need 430 more runs to win the second Test against England. Sri Lanka were bowled out before 200 in the first innings and they have scored 51 runs in the second innings so far where they have lost two wickets so it is safe to say that England are ahead in the second Test so far. England will look to pick up some important wickets early in the fourth day and if they can keep a few wickets down in the first session, it won't take them long to all out Sri Lanka. However, after seeing England batting in the second innings, we felt that batting on the wicket would be a bit more difficult for the batsmen in that case before the runs that Sri Lanka scored in the first innings.

The Sri Lanka team are in trouble, they lost their seven wickets. This time they could not win this game and no chance to draw it. I think as England bowlers taking wickets  (already 9 down now ) Sri Lanka are going to lose their all wickets today.

Around 38 overs are still remain in this day in which I think surely Sri Lanka will lose all wickets and this match will end on the 4th day. Sri Lanka needs 207 runs to win this game, and to make this for them is like impossible. By the way, for the first time I have seen not many people in the ground. In the some parts the sittings are empty otherwise in the other days, always this stadium is full.

After watching Sri Lanka's first innings performance, we were sure that the Sri Lankan team was going to be beaten for sure. Because the England team collected 427 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, Sri Lanka's collection was only 196 runs. England team took a huge lead of 231 runs. If Sri Lanka could have managed to score 350+ in the first innings, the match might have been competitive. In the first innings, the performance of the Sri Lankan bowlers as well as their batsmen was very poor.

However, the performance of the Sri Lankan batsmen in the second innings was good enough. The team managed to collect 292 runs. 3 Sri Lankan batsmen have scored half centuries. But no batsman can play big innings.

Sri Lanka are weak as usual in the Test format. Especially the performance of the batsmen is very erratic. This is why the team failed to do well in both matches against England. I think we will see the defeat of Sri Lanka as usual in the third Test match at the Oval.

[Out of mind]

England won their second Test match by a huge margin of 190 runs. We have also seen the first test match and England won by a huge margin against Sri Lanka and the second test match won by a huge margin in which case the England team has already won the test series. England's batting performance was outstanding from the start, and the way they scored runs from the first innings was enough to win. However, the Sri Lankan team could not bat and bowl well at all due to which they couldn't struggle against England. However, the Sri Lankan team must win the third Test match against England, otherwise they will lose the series badly. And Sri Lanka may not perform so strongly against England, but if the Sri Lankan team can improve their game, then they can definitely compete.

[Compromise me]

262? Holy cow! 26/6 to 262? Miraz rocks. What the heck is happening to Pakistan? Tough to believe that this is the same Pakistan team which could compete with the best several years ago.

Second innings 9/2
I am a Pakistan supporter but seeing this Pakistan's performance makes me really feel different about Pakistan. We could never have imagined that today's Pakistan would perform so badly against Bangladesh. Pakistan were bowled out for 272 runs and Bangladesh's innings was in great form early on but after falling by six wickets for 26 runs, Pakistan could not pick up any significant wickets but Liton Das' 138 and Mehdi Hasan Miraj's innings of 78 kept Bangladesh alive in the match till now. If Bangladesh can get out within 200 runs on the fourth day tomorrow, then Bangladesh will have a high chance of winning this match as well.

Who will open the Pakistan team’s batting tomorrow ?

When Khurram Shahzad out then the full crowd speak Babar loudly that is why here must be Babar Azam, but here are the more chances for Shan Masood.

Meanwhile, you can say that Baber Azam will come when Pakistan lose a review because always Shan Masood take the review for himself from the domestic matches, even you can say if he will out in any way, then he will start argue even with this. In this series, he has out three times and all times he took review for himself. Let’s see what will happen, Shan Masood wasted Khurram Shahzad wicket, as we saw he was at least defending the balls and in the end, he could lead out to Pakistan from the pressure but………… 

Two of Pakistan's top order batsmen were out after only a few balls to face in the final session of the third day.  Who will actually start tomorrow, not Babar Azam or Shan Masood is just a matter of waiting.
However, Pakistan will be under pressure throughout the day tomorrow as if Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud can pick up two more wickets in the first session, then Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Shakib Al Hasan will be able to put pressure on the middle order batsmen.
However, if Bangladesh can collect the wickets of three batsmen, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shan Masood, this Test match may also be in favor of Bangladesh.

At the end of the third day, Pakistan's two opening batsmen were out at the beginning after collecting 9 runs. However, it is currently difficult to decide who will play the next batsman tomorrow, but I think Pakistan captain Shan Masood may come out. However, Bangladesh team will try to improve their bowling line, since Hasan Mahmud has taken two wickets today, he will try to bowl better tomorrow and his wickets are not possible. Although Taskin Ahmed will also do well in bowling, besides Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan to pressure the Pakistan batsmen, it will be difficult for Pakistan if they bowl well. Also Pakistan need to win their Test match to win the series, but if Pakistan team loses the series against the host team then it will be difficult for them. However, these three batsmen will be hoping to win the series for Pakistan, if they are out, then the series is definitely more likely for Bangladesh.

It is very hard for Pakistani test cricket team to escape from that situation because that situation is very tough for especially Pakistani team because they lose first match. Bangladeshi Cricket Board has no pressure because they have no good ranking and they played unbelievable in last match and if Pakistani team will win this match the series will be level but there are 30 percent chances of level this series but there are more chances of Bangladeshi team as a winner of this series.

Bangladeshi team has good confidence and after losing 6 wickets at 26 runs players played well for team and now they are in good rhythm and they will win this match easily by high margin because Pakistani team could not handle the pressure and they will lose the wickets at the start of 4th day and that team is capable to win against Pakistan.