Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[UmerIdrees]

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It has been quality of the Pakistani players that they always come up with the talent. They don't develop talent in the schools or domestic cricket but most of them are god gifted. You will not find players like Sohaib Akhtar , Shaid Afridi as those players had god gifted talent which made them super heroes of the cricketing world.

I understand he's pretty big role model in Pakistan due to his Boom-Boom batting style but make no mistake, in the cricketing world and among cricket fraternity he's regarded as one of the worst batter who wasted his talent/2 decades due to very same immature batting style "Boom Boom" despite playing for so long... Frickin 398 ODI.

I understand that he is not a consistent batsmen but he had few things which make him last for 2 decades in national cricket team. His "Boom Boom" style has become a brand and he was not only a batsmen. He won many match for Pakistan by his bowling. He could be used as a full time spinner. He was an all-rounder and one of the best and active fielder in the team.

[pakhitheboss]

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It has been quality of the Pakistani players that they always come up with the talent. They don't develop talent in the schools or domestic cricket but most of them are god gifted. You will not find players like Sohaib Akhtar , Shaid Afridi as those players had god gifted talent which made them super heroes of the cricketing world.

I understand he's pretty big role model in Pakistan due to his Boom-Boom batting style but make no mistake, in the cricketing world and among cricket fraternity he's regarded as one of the worst batter who wasted his talent/2 decades due to very same immature batting style "Boom Boom" despite playing for so long... Frickin 398 ODI.

I understand that he is not a consistent batsmen but he had few things which make him last for 2 decades in national cricket team. His "Boom Boom" style has become a brand and he was not only a batsmen. He won many match for Pakistan by his bowling. He could be used as a full time spinner. He was an all-rounder and one of the best and active fielder in the team.

Yes, he is known for Boom Boom but that does not mean he can be considered as an overall allrounder. He always played without any maturity and that has been one of the reasons why he is not taken seriously by the cricketing faternity.

[UmerIdrees]

~snip~

It has been quality of the Pakistani players that they always come up with the talent. They don't develop talent in the schools or domestic cricket but most of them are god gifted. You will not find players like Sohaib Akhtar , Shaid Afridi as those players had god gifted talent which made them super heroes of the cricketing world.

I understand he's pretty big role model in Pakistan due to his Boom-Boom batting style but make no mistake, in the cricketing world and among cricket fraternity he's regarded as one of the worst batter who wasted his talent/2 decades due to very same immature batting style "Boom Boom" despite playing for so long... Frickin 398 ODI.

I understand that he is not a consistent batsmen but he had few things which make him last for 2 decades in national cricket team. His "Boom Boom" style has become a brand and he was not only a batsmen. He won many match for Pakistan by his bowling. He could be used as a full time spinner. He was an all-rounder and one of the best and active fielder in the team.

Yes, he is known for Boom Boom but that does not mean he can be considered as an overall allrounder. He always played without any maturity and that has been one of the reasons why he is not taken seriously by the cricketing faternity.

He was one of the most wanted person in International cricket and people were crazy to see him. People came in stadium only to watch him. Most of the times when Pakistan team were in trouble, he was always the last hope but that last hope was disappointing most of the time.

[Indymoney]

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It has been quality of the Pakistani players that they always come up with the talent. They don't develop talent in the schools or domestic cricket but most of them are god gifted. You will not find players like Sohaib Akhtar , Shaid Afridi as those players had god gifted talent which made them super heroes of the cricketing world.

I understand he's pretty big role model in Pakistan due to his Boom-Boom batting style but make no mistake, in the cricketing world and among cricket fraternity he's regarded as one of the worst batter who wasted his talent/2 decades due to very same immature batting style "Boom Boom" despite playing for so long... Frickin 398 ODI.

I understand that he is not a consistent batsmen but he had few things which make him last for 2 decades in national cricket team. His "Boom Boom" style has become a brand and he was not only a batsmen. He won many match for Pakistan by his bowling. He could be used as a full time spinner. He was an all-rounder and one of the best and active fielder in the team.

Yes, he is known for Boom Boom but that does not mean he can be considered as an overall allrounder. He always played without any maturity and that has been one of the reasons why he is not taken seriously by the cricketing faternity.

Peoples are very furious about him even Afridi is one of worst cricketer in cricket history as many bad and worst recoreds on his name but right now peoples love for his social works and some of his Foundation which is now working in many rural areas of Pakistan so better we not talk about him and lets talk about some good in coming days of good cricket.

[7788bitcoin]

Yes, he is known for Boom Boom but that does not mean he can be considered as an overall allrounder. He always played without any maturity and that has been one of the reasons why he is not taken seriously by the cricketing faternity.

There are no true all rounders in cricket for decades, now all the tag all rounders has a sub tag as well, bowlers who can bat a bit and batsman who can bowl a bit and if you look in that sense Shahid Afridi is an allrounder, even though he started out as a bowler he came into the Pakistan team as an explosive opening batsman and when he gets going he is a force to reckon with the bat and could win matches single handily and he was a decent fielder as well.

[JSRAW]

^^True, when we talk about all-rounder then Kallis's name comes to mind.

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He was one of the most wanted person in International cricket and people were crazy to see him. People came in stadium only to watch him. Most of the times when Pakistan team were in trouble, he was always the last hope but that last hope was disappointing most of the time.

Again, He loved by Pakistani fans only not other way around. I remember how he played stupid shots countless time when team needed him even commentators used to say this many time "Afridi's lifeline is 5-10 balls only" and he never disappointed anyone in this regards.

[pakhitheboss]

Yes, he is known for Boom Boom but that does not mean he can be considered as an overall allrounder. He always played without any maturity and that has been one of the reasons why he is not taken seriously by the cricketing faternity.

There are no true all rounders in cricket for decades, now all the tag all rounders has a sub tag as well, bowlers who can bat a bit and batsman who can bowl a bit and if you look in that sense Shahid Afridi is an allrounder, even though he started out as a bowler he came into the Pakistan team as an explosive opening batsman and when he gets going he is a force to reckon with the bat and could win matches single handily and he was a decent fielder as well.

I still do not agree an inconsistent player who has always displayed immaturity on and off the field can be considered as a great all rounder. Pakistan has a history of brilliant and respected all rounders in the past. Comparing Afridi as a game changer, game saver and an all rounder is a disgrace to those legends.

[JSRAW]

Pakistan will tour UK; to arrive on June 28
Takeaway
- ECB and PCB mutually understand each other.
- Arrival on June 28th but no clarity on fixtures yet.
- 10 players who tested positive will not travel with the squad, may be separate once they clears the test.
- 2nd round of testing on June 25th (who already tested negative)
- Mandatory 14 days quarantine for everyone.

[7788bitcoin]

^^True, when we talk about all-rounder then Kallis's name comes to mind.

Jacques Kallis is the last true allrounder we saw in world cricket and Andrew Flintoff is another close player who had the potential but he showcased his bowling potential only during the 2005 Ashes but he could not fulfill the potential constantly.

I still do not agree an inconsistent player who has always displayed immaturity on and off the field can be considered as a great all rounder. Pakistan has a history of brilliant and respected all rounders in the past. Comparing Afridi as a game changer, game saver and an all rounder is a disgrace to those legends.

I never said Afridi was a consistent allrounder, historically there is only one allrounder for Pakistan and that is Imran Khan and there is no other player that can be tagged as an allrounder in the history of Pakistan cricket if you are looking at that lense.

[vella85]

Its good to see that there will be some test match cricket played in the coming month between England and the WI. I think that the series will be evenly matched as there hasn't been any cricket played for so long so we can't really say one team has an advantage except for home ground advantage. Anyway I'm thinking of betting on the WI to win the first test match as some value as we don't know how well the teams will perform with no playing for so long.

[JohnBitCo]

Its good to see that there will be some test match cricket played in the coming month between England and the WI. I think that the series will be evenly matched as there hasn't been any cricket played for so long so we can't really say one team has an advantage except for home ground advantage. Anyway I'm thinking of betting on the WI to win the first test match as some value as we don't know how well the teams will perform with no playing for so long.

Finally we are going to see some live cricket action from 1st July, 2020. After  long waiting it will be good to see some live action from England.
First Test will be played at Southampton while the 2nd and 3rd test will be played at Manchester ground.

1st Test England Vs WestIndies  8   July
2nd Test England Vs  WestIndies     16  July
3st Test England Vs WestIndies  24 July

[Juggy777]

Its good to see that there will be some test match cricket played in the coming month between England and the WI. I think that the series will be evenly matched as there hasn't been any cricket played for so long so we can't really say one team has an advantage except for home ground advantage. Anyway I'm thinking of betting on the WI to win the first test match as some value as we don't know how well the teams will perform with no playing for so long.

Finally we are going to see some live cricket action from 1st July, 2020. After  long waiting it will be good to see some live action from England.
First Test will be played at Southampton while the 2nd and 3rd test will be played at Manchester ground.

1st Test England Vs WestIndies  8   July
2nd Test England Vs  WestIndies     16  July
3st Test England Vs WestIndies  24 July

@vella85 yea England only has the home ground advantage, but it’s also pertinent to note they can’t shine the ball and without the shine I don’t think that they’ll benefit from playing at home. Also WI player’s attitude feels like they’re over confident of beating England, hence I’m tempted to wager on England as I feel that WI will loose due to their player’s arrogance/over confidence.

Sources:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2020/06/14/england-versus-west-indies-who-will-win-the-wisden-trophy/

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29292914/jason-holder-says-world-come-together-west-indies-arrive-historic-tour

[pakhitheboss]

Its good to see that there will be some test match cricket played in the coming month between England and the WI. I think that the series will be evenly matched as there hasn't been any cricket played for so long so we can't really say one team has an advantage except for home ground advantage. Anyway I'm thinking of betting on the WI to win the first test match as some value as we don't know how well the teams will perform with no playing for so long.

Finally we are going to see some live cricket action from 1st July, 2020. After  long waiting it will be good to see some live action from England.
First Test will be played at Southampton while the 2nd and 3rd test will be played at Manchester ground.

1st Test England Vs WestIndies  8   July
2nd Test England Vs  WestIndies     16  July
3st Test England Vs WestIndies  24 July

@vella85 yea England only has the home ground advantage, but it’s also pertinent to note they can’t shine the ball and without the shine I don’t think that they’ll benefit from playing at home. Also WI player’s attitude feels like they’re over confident of beating England, hence I’m tempted to wager on England as I feel that WI will loose due to their player’s arrogance/over confidence.

Sources:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2020/06/14/england-versus-west-indies-who-will-win-the-wisden-trophy/

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29292914/jason-holder-says-world-come-together-west-indies-arrive-historic-tour

Both teams have to follow the new rule, wherein they will not be able to shine the ball. The advantage for England is that they will be playing in their home ground and are aware of the pitch condition as well as the climate. Whereas WI have to first adapt to the condition. Therefore England is in a better position than WI.

[JohnBitCo]

Its good to see that there will be some test match cricket played in the coming month between England and the WI. I think that the series will be evenly matched as there hasn't been any cricket played for so long so we can't really say one team has an advantage except for home ground advantage. Anyway I'm thinking of betting on the WI to win the first test match as some value as we don't know how well the teams will perform with no playing for so long.

Finally we are going to see some live cricket action from 1st July, 2020. After  long waiting it will be good to see some live action from England.
First Test will be played at Southampton while the 2nd and 3rd test will be played at Manchester ground.

1st Test England Vs WestIndies  8   July
2nd Test England Vs  WestIndies     16  July
3st Test England Vs WestIndies  24 July

@vella85 yea England only has the home ground advantage, but it’s also pertinent to note they can’t shine the ball and without the shine I don’t think that they’ll benefit from playing at home. Also WI player’s attitude feels like they’re over confident of beating England, hence I’m tempted to wager on England as I feel that WI will loose due to their player’s arrogance/over confidence.

Sources:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2020/06/14/england-versus-west-indies-who-will-win-the-wisden-trophy/

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29292914/jason-holder-says-world-come-together-west-indies-arrive-historic-tour

Both teams have to follow the new rule, wherein they will not be able to shine the ball. The advantage for England is that they will be playing in their home ground and are aware of the pitch condition as well as the climate. Whereas WI have to first adapt to the condition. Therefore England is in a better position than WI.

This new rule of not shining the ball is introduced keeping in view of the covid-19 and these are the temporary rules. The ball cannot be shine with  saliva but what if it is shined with the sweat of the players ? Players hand are wet from sweat and they can use it to shine the ball. Can't they ?

The other great rule is that if a person develops symptoms of covid19 in a test match he can be replaced with other player and neutral umpires is another good step including in the rules.

[FIFA worldcup]

Its good to see that there will be some test match cricket played in the coming month between England and the WI. I think that the series will be evenly matched as there hasn't been any cricket played for so long so we can't really say one team has an advantage except for home ground advantage. Anyway I'm thinking of betting on the WI to win the first test match as some value as we don't know how well the teams will perform with no playing for so long.

Finally we are going to see some live cricket action from 1st July, 2020. After  long waiting it will be good to see some live action from England.
First Test will be played at Southampton while the 2nd and 3rd test will be played at Manchester ground.

1st Test England Vs WestIndies  8   July
2nd Test England Vs  WestIndies     16  July
3st Test England Vs WestIndies  24 July

@vella85 yea England only has the home ground advantage, but it’s also pertinent to note they can’t shine the ball and without the shine I don’t think that they’ll benefit from playing at home. Also WI player’s attitude feels like they’re over confident of beating England, hence I’m tempted to wager on England as I feel that WI will loose due to their player’s arrogance/over confidence.

Sources:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2020/06/14/england-versus-west-indies-who-will-win-the-wisden-trophy/

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29292914/jason-holder-says-world-come-together-west-indies-arrive-historic-tour

Both teams have to follow the new rule, wherein they will not be able to shine the ball. The advantage for England is that they will be playing in their home ground and are aware of the pitch condition as well as the climate. Whereas WI have to first adapt to the condition. Therefore England is in a better position than WI.

This new rule of not shining the ball is introduced keeping in view of the covid-19 and these are the temporary rules. The ball cannot be shine with  saliva but what if it is shined with the sweat of the players ? Players hand are wet from sweat and they can use it to shine the ball. Can't they ?

The other great rule is that if a person develops symptoms of covid19 in a test match he can be replaced with other player and neutral umpires is another good step including in the rules.

The players will only get the warning if they tried to shine the ball with saliva. If they did it multiple times , two warning will mean 5 runs to the batting team. If you are playing cricket in England, Australia or NZ, these places have cold climate and players hardly sweat there.  No match is being played in asia recently, so by that time this rule may be lifted or modified.

[JSRAW]

Some cricket board lost few test games due to pandemic but it hit Bangladeshi camp real hard, they were schedule to play at-least 8 test games this year. I think ICC should extend the World Test Championship and reschedule the fixtures.
Unless ICC extends WTC, can't make up for cancelled Tests: BCB

With the latest postponement of the Sri Lanka tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh have so far missed eight Tests this year due to the virus - one away Test against Pakistan in April, a two-Test series against Australia in June, two Tests against New Zealand along with three against Sri Lanka. All eight were part of the ICC Test Championship that was launched on August 1 with the first Ashes Test and was running smoothly until the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Unless the current ICC Test Championship cycle is extended there is no way we can play those eight Test matches in the stipulated time frame of the first cycle," BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan told Cricbuzz on Saturday (June 27). "We are looking forward to see what ICC does with the Test Championship because unless it is reshuffled there is hardly any possibility to play the eight Test matches that got cancelled," he said.

[Indymoney]

Some cricket board lost few test games due to pandemic but it hit Bangladeshi camp real hard, they were schedule to play at-least 8 test games this year. I think ICC should extend the World Test Championship and reschedule the fixtures.
Unless ICC extends WTC, can't make up for cancelled Tests: BCB

With the latest postponement of the Sri Lanka tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh have so far missed eight Tests this year due to the virus - one away Test against Pakistan in April, a two-Test series against Australia in June, two Tests against New Zealand along with three against Sri Lanka. All eight were part of the ICC Test Championship that was launched on August 1 with the first Ashes Test and was running smoothly until the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Unless the current ICC Test Championship cycle is extended there is no way we can play those eight Test matches in the stipulated time frame of the first cycle," BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan told Cricbuzz on Saturday (June 27). "We are looking forward to see what ICC does with the Test Championship because unless it is reshuffled there is hardly any possibility to play the eight Test matches that got cancelled," he said.

Right now many countries facing trouble just because of this Corona so may be ICC will do some planning about this and extend this WTC because if they will not do any favourable plan then surely its going to hurt their future plans about WTC right now situation is not in any country's control so its better all do some better suggestions and ICC will try to settle this all.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Right now many countries facing trouble just because of this Corona so may be ICC will do some planning about this and extend this WTC because if they will not do any favourable plan then surely its going to hurt their future plans about WTC right now situation is not in any country's control so its better all do some better suggestions and ICC will try to settle this all.

The only viable option in my opinion, is to extend the WTC by another 6-12 months, depending on the pandemic situation. Originally, the first edition of the ICC World Test Championship was supposed to run from August 2019 to June 2021. Either they can extend it to December 2021, or they can cut short the championship. But then extending the championship may add another set of complexities, as the second edition is supposed to start from July 2021.

[ene1980]

Either they can extend it to December 2021, or they can cut short the championship. But then extending the championship may add another set of complexities, as the second edition is supposed to start from July 2021.

There is nothing complex here, all they have to do is extend the lost time period and then extend the second edition and these are not situations that occur regularly and these are global situation you need to adjust according to the situation and to have a fair situation the ICC will extend the Test championship rather than cutting short the matches which is not going to be fair for all the teams.

[JSRAW]

Either they can extend it to December 2021, or they can cut short the championship. But then extending the championship may add another set of complexities, as the second edition is supposed to start from July 2021.

There is nothing complex here, all they have to do is extend the lost time period and then extend the second edition and these are not situations that occur regularly and these are global situation you need to adjust according to the situation and to have a fair situation the ICC will extend the Test championship rather than cutting short the matches which is not going to be fair for all the teams.

Extending the Championship seems the right option but its not an easy task due to FTP (Future tour programs) Which includes every bilateral series, ICC tournaments and so on (Already fixed). It could happen if all cricket board sits together with the ICC and start brainstorming, if not then we are going to see many series similar to NZ vs Eng (last year). Because of ftp complication this series was not part of the WTC.