Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[libert19]

India's squad for 3 match test series against New Zealand announced.

Rohit (C), Bumrah (VC), Kohli, Gill, Jaiswal, KL, Sarfaraz, Pant, Jurel, Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar, Kuldeep, Siraj and Akash Deep.

Travelling reserves:

Harshit Rana, NK Reddy, Mayank Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

First match starts on 16th Oct at Chinnaswamy stadium, JioCinema will be streaming the series.

Source: India’s squad for IDFC First Bank Test series against New Zealand — BCCI

[Rustam Meraj]

There are two more tests coming up for the England tour of Pakistan. Next match is scheduled at the same venue (Multan Cricket Stadium), while the third match will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Anyway, I am not expecting any change in the nature of pitches. Pakistani curators will make dead tracks, which will enable the batsmen from both sides to improve their career stats. The ICC maybe closely watching these matches. Won't be very surprised if Pakistan gets a formal warning.

The Pakistan team actually tried hard to achieve something good in this first Test match. But all the efforts of the Pakistan team were washed away due to its bowling weakness. Basically, if the Pakistan team could pay special attention to their bowling side in this first test match game, then maybe something could be expected for the Pakistan team in this first test match game. However, as there are two more matches left in this Test match. Hope the Pakistan team can prepare themselves specially for the upcoming matches. But I think it is very important for the Pakistan team to practice harder for the upcoming matches.

I really don't expect a very good performance from Pakistan. Pakistan team played very badly against Bangladesh. Against a team as weak in the Test format as Bangladesh, the Pakistan team was defeated in both matches. Both the batting and bowling orders of Pakistan are quite weak right now. There is no player in the Pakistan squad who can bat responsibly. Every batsman's performance is erratic.

But you are right that Pakistan team tried to do well against England. But they could not succeed. Pakistan batted well in the first innings. However, the performance of their bowlers was very poor. At the same time, due to terrible batting in the second innings, the Pakistan team lost the match in the end.

The main issue of Pakistan team is consistency. They don't have consistency in their playing like we have seen them how they play in the first inning they was excellent I accept that the opponent was strong but they still played very well in the first inning. But in the second inning we say in our local language "Khota e khoon ch sutt taa". Means they didn't played well in the second inning. They could have the big score pressure but I think the main issue is only consistency. I think this squad should be changed with the new one.

[noormcs5]

The main issue of Pakistan team is consistency. They don't have consistency in their playing like we have seen them how they play in the first inning they was excellent I accept that the opponent was strong but they still played very well in the first inning. But in the second inning we say in our local language "Khota e khoon ch sutt taa". Means they didn't played well in the second inning. They could have the big score pressure but I think the main issue is only consistency. I think this squad should be changed with the new one.

Even in the first innings, we didn't see better batting performances by some of the main players like Baber Azam or Mohammad Rizwan. On this batting pitch, even if they have failed in the first innings, they should have performed better in the 2nd innings, but this doesn't seem like happening. Any club team would have played better in the 2nd innings as the pitch was so easy to bat on, but the Pakistan players took unnecessary pressure. These are very experienced players in the team Pakistan and playing like this raises a lot of question marks 

I think this squad should be changed with the new one.

I don't think changing the captain and the few players is going to make any difference here. They need to change the whole team here.

[JSRAW]

There are two more tests coming up for the England tour of Pakistan. Next match is scheduled at the same venue (Multan Cricket Stadium), while the third match will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Anyway, I am not expecting any change in the nature of pitches. Pakistani curators will make dead tracks, which will enable the batsmen from both sides to improve their career stats. The ICC maybe closely watching these matches. Won't be very surprised if Pakistan gets a formal warning.

We've come to the point where winning in Pakistan has no value and runs scored there are becoming pretty useless, given you are comparing em with other venues. It's all lol and giggles with a heavy load of depression.

It's quite surprising to see the reserves. I am in favor of all seam reserve but at the same time, it seems early, considering they could've some game time in the Ranji and more overs under their belt, it started already.

Harshit-Reddy did more than okay job in the Duleep Trophy. I had a feeling Reddy would be fast-tracked because he's a seam all rounder and management desperately needs one for SENA tours, mainly upcoming BGT. Maybe they are just keeping em with the squad so that they can monitor their progress in the nets.

Fingers crossed for Mayank Yadav, he's an exciting talent and hope his body allows him to bowl 15-20 overs in the net regularly.