Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Maidak]

South Africa lost their second wicket by 133 runs. Dean Elgar returned to the dressing room with 60 runs. South Africa collected 158 runs and lost only two wickets. The South African players are batting very responsibly. Besides, the bowling of Bangladeshi bowlers does not look good. I do not see any experienced bowler on the team. And if they can't take a few more wickets, South Africa will easily collect more than 300 runs at the end of the first day.

At the end of 82 overs, South Africa managed to add 269 runs to the scoreboard. They lost only 4 wickets. Almost every top-order batsman has batted well. Now Temba Bavuma is unbeaten on 66 runs. If Bangladeshi bowlers can get Bavuma out today, then South Africa's innings will end in the first session tomorrow. The performance of Bangladesh pace bowlers today is very disappointing.

At the end of day 1,  South Africa had collected 278 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. I really don't see too many flaws in their game. Almost all of their batsmen played really well.

But, I have to say the player who impressed me the most on this day one is Temba Bavuma. he scored 67 runs but he was in the crease for a long time. I was really amazed to see how patient a batsman can be. Bangladesh really needs to take a closer look at this and learn something.

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[Mahdirakib]

At the end of day 1,  South Africa had collected 278 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. I really don't see too many flaws in their game. Almost all of their batsmen played really well.

Indeed, all of the players has contributed with their batting performance in day 1. I think South Africa will score above 450 runs if their reaming batsmen contributes in the same way. Otherwise they will score something above 350 runs. Bangladesh players won't be able to bat in the same way. Bangladeshi batting lineup will collapse like the first test if their opening batsmen fail to make a good partnership.

[Webetcoins]

At the end of day 1,  South Africa had collected 278 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. I really don't see too many flaws in their game. Almost all of their batsmen played really well.

Indeed, all of the players has contributed with their batting performance in day 1. I think South Africa will score above 450 runs if their reaming batsmen contributes in the same way. Otherwise they will score something above 350 runs. Bangladesh players won't be able to bat in the same way. Bangladeshi batting lineup will collapse like the first test if their opening batsmen fail to make a good partnership.

A decent performance from South African after winning first test at Durban Tajul done good job for visitors near end of the day but still a good work to do him and other teammates if they want to keep alive in this match because if South African reach above 350+ then surely this could be problem for them as their batting line-up is already struggling against them in first test.

Elgar Bavuma and Petersen all reach fifties and fail to do some big score but still a valuable contribution for their team. Now, we have to wait for Bangladesh batting performance after the worst end of second inning in the first test match of this series. Tamim could be good for them if he stays at crease for some time because he is currently a quality batsman in visitors with his good experience of this game.

[peterpanda]

At the end of day 1,  South Africa had collected 278 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. I really don't see too many flaws in their game. Almost all of their batsmen played really well.

Indeed, all of the players has contributed with their batting performance in day 1. I think South Africa will score above 450 runs if their reaming batsmen contributes in the same way. Otherwise they will score something above 350 runs. Bangladesh players won't be able to bat in the same way. Bangladeshi batting lineup will collapse like the first test if their opening batsmen fail to make a good partnership.

I think Bangladesh had a great chance to reduce the score if they took the review in proper time. First wicket was so crucial for them. Already SA have scored good run and they will try to add some more run in second day. Bangladesh has no classic batsman in this test. They need to play well in this test to come back in the series.

[Sithara007]

Given Bangladesh's horrific batting performance in the first test, I don't have much hope for them in the Gqeberha test. In all probability, South Africa will manage a total of 350-400 in the first innings and it is going to be hard for Bangladesh to avoid the follow on. Right now, two new batsmen are at the crease (Kyle Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder). The South African lower order batsmen such as Keshav Maharaj are also in terrific form recently. It is going to be a tough task for the Bangladesh bowlers (especially the pacers).

[Mr.Scott]

At the end of day 1, Bangladesh regained some control from South Africa after taking some valuable wickets. Khaled and Taijul contributed to keeping Bangladesh in it. Neither South Africa's batters nor the rest of the team are capable of making big scores. They must convert their 50 to 100 or 150 and have the others bat around them. Though, the total will reach 300-350 easily. BAN will have a hard time while batting as they did in the past when facing big totals.

[blatchcorn]

Given Bangladesh's horrific batting performance in the first test, I don't have much hope for them in the Gqeberha test. In all probability, South Africa will manage a total of 350-400 in the first innings and it is going to be hard for Bangladesh to avoid the follow on. Right now, two new batsmen are at the crease (Kyle Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder). The South African lower order batsmen such as Keshav Maharaj are also in terrific form recently. It is going to be a tough task for the Bangladesh bowlers (especially the pacers).

I hope they don't put blame on umpiring this time. South Africa will defiantly finish there innings above 400 runs from here and it will be tough for Bangladesh to level that mighty total. SA is not with there full strength as there key players are playing IPL while Bangladesh is playing with there full strength. Bangladeshi bowlers have already failed to perform on first day, lets see whether they can perform on second day or not. 

[Maidak]

At the end of day 1,  South Africa had collected 278 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. I really don't see too many flaws in their game. Almost all of their batsmen played really well.

Indeed, all of the players has contributed with their batting performance in day 1. I think South Africa will score above 450 runs if their reaming batsmen contributes in the same way. Otherwise they will score something above 350 runs. Bangladesh players won't be able to bat in the same way. Bangladeshi batting lineup will collapse like the first test if their opening batsmen fail to make a good partnership.

South Africa looks really good for at least 400 runs in the first innings.  unless of course, the Bangladesh bowlers can do something really amazing. Which I highly doubt is going to happen.
Bangladesh bowlers need to tighten up their line and length because they have been a little all over the place in my opinion.

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A decent performance from South African after winning first test at Durban Tajul done good job for visitors near end of the day but still a good work to do him and other teammates if they want to keep alive in this match because if South African reach above 350+ then surely this could be problem for them as their batting line-up is already struggling against them in first test.
Elgar Bavuma and Petersen all reach fifties and fail to do some big score but still a valuable contribution for their team. Now, we have to wait for Bangladesh batting performance after the worst end of second inning in the first test match of this series. Tamim could be good for them if he stays at crease for some time because he is currently a quality batsman in visitors with his good experience of this game.

I think Bangladesh should look at the South African batting lineup and learned something because almost everyone in the liner has contributed really well in my opinion, but when Bangladesh is playing it feels like one or two players are expected to always perform otherwise the team is not going to do very well. That happens especially in the test format.

[coinism]

I think Bangladesh should look at the South African batting lineup and learned something because almost everyone in the liner has contributed really well in my opinion, but when Bangladesh is playing it feels like one or two players are expected to always perform otherwise the team is not going to do very well. That happens especially in the test format.

Bangladesh have already won the ODI series and they were expecting same victory in Test without any effort. Now in Test South Africa came back strongly and have won the first test, while looking to win the second test. I think Bangladesh really is not a test team, ICC has given them test status without any justification. They first need to correct there domestic setup.

[BALIK]

Given Bangladesh's horrific batting performance in the first test, I don't have much hope for them in the Gqeberha test. In all probability, South Africa will manage a total of 350-400 in the first innings and it is going to be hard for Bangladesh to avoid the follow on. Right now, two new batsmen are at the crease (Kyle Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder). The South African lower order batsmen such as Keshav Maharaj are also in terrific form recently. It is going to be a tough task for the Bangladesh bowlers (especially the pacers).

I think if Bangladesh can utilize the first session on the second day they might have a chance to restrict South Africa to under 350. For that to happen they need to actually utilize the first session.
But to be honest, after the first test I really don't have much expectation from Bangladesh.

At the end of day 1, Bangladesh regained some control from South Africa after taking some valuable wickets. Khaled and Taijul contributed to keeping Bangladesh in it. Neither South Africa's batters nor the rest of the team are capable of making big scores. They must convert their 50 to 100 or 150 and have the others bat around them. Though, the total will reach 300-350 easily. BAN will have a hard time while batting as they did in the past when facing big totals.

Bangladesh did take some important wickets at the end of the first day but South Africa still have 5 wickets in hand. and Bangladesh really needs to get those five wickets quickly otherwise South Africa is surely going to put up a big total in the first innings.

If Bangladesh are unable to pick up quick wickets I think South Africa is going to score somewhere near 400.

[Iranus]

At the end of day 1, Bangladesh regained some control from South Africa after taking some valuable wickets. Khaled and Taijul contributed to keeping Bangladesh in it. Neither South Africa's batters nor the rest of the team are capable of making big scores. They must convert their 50 to 100 or 150 and have the others bat around them. Though, the total will reach 300-350 easily. BAN will have a hard time while batting as they did in the past when facing big totals.

Bangladesh did take some important wickets at the end of the first day but South Africa still have 5 wickets in hand. and Bangladesh really needs to get those five wickets quickly otherwise South Africa is surely going to put up a big total in the first innings.

If Bangladesh are unable to pick up quick wickets I think South Africa is going to score somewhere near 400.

The 115-over game is over, and there's a break for lunch now. South Africa lost 7 wickets and scored 384 runs. Their run rate is good enough. South Africa will probably declare their innings after collecting around 420/430. And Bangladesh is such a weak team in Test format. Bangladesh has no chance to win this match. I have my doubts about whether they will even be able to draw this match. Probably Bangladesh will suffer a humiliating defeat in this match as well as in the first test match.

[Mamun74]

Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st test,Bangladeshi player’s played unprofessional cricket then 2nd test same as.Bangladesh didn’t improve their test cricket. When they will be improve? They already played many test match and many years.I Think they need to good management and good coach and confidence also.I think Bangladesh very mature in others two format.

[Mahdirakib]

South Africa looks really good for at least 400 runs in the first innings.  unless of course, the Bangladesh bowlers can do something really amazing. Which I highly doubt is going to happen.
Bangladesh bowlers need to tighten up their line and length because they have been a little all over the place in my opinion.

They have scored 453 runs in the first innings. Taijul Islam got 6 wickets. But Bangladeshi bowlers has showed poor bowling skill. The lower order batsmen of South Africa has played better than Bangladeshi top order batsman. Bangladesh has lost their first 5 wickets and collected 139 runs only at the end of day 2. Perhaps, Bangladesh may loss their remaining wickets in the first session of tomorrow. And South Africa may enforce the follow-on rules to Bangladesh team.

[galambo]

They have scored 453 runs in the first innings. Taijul Islam got 6 wickets. But Bangladeshi bowlers has shown poor bowling skill. The lower order batsmen of South Africa has played better than Bangladeshi top order batsman. Bangladesh has lost their first 5 wickets and collected 139 runs only at the end of day 2. Perhaps, Bangladesh may loss their remaining wickets in the first session of tomorrow. And South Africa may enforce the follow-on rules to Bangladesh team.

The game is very much over for Bangladesh as they lost 5 wikcets on just 139 and still 314 runs remining. Is anyone watching this game live? How is the umpiring standard in this match? Never knew that Maharaj can also bat at number 8 position, a genuine knock.

[Mamun74]

They have scored 453 runs in the first innings. Taijul Islam got 6 wickets. But Bangladeshi bowlers has shown poor bowling skill. The lower order batsmen of South Africa has played better than Bangladeshi top order batsman. Bangladesh has lost their first 5 wickets and collected 139 runs only at the end of day 2. Perhaps, Bangladesh may loss their remaining wickets in the first session of tomorrow. And South Africa may enforce the follow-on rules to Bangladesh team.

The game is very much over for Bangladesh as they lost 5 wikcets on just 139 and still 314 runs remining. Is anyone watching this game live? How is the umpiring standard in this match? Never knew that Maharaj can also bat at number 8 position, a genuine knock.

I Think Bangladeshi players didn’t play their natural game in test cricket Because they are very nervous in test cricket and they are very impatien.And Bangladeshi players very week in 2nd innings in test cricket. I Think South Africa can be win easily if possible to win by an innings.

[ScamViruS]

I Think Bangladeshi players didn’t play their natural game in test cricket Because they are very nervous in test cricket and they are very impatien.And Bangladeshi players very week in 2nd innings in test cricket. I Think South Africa can be win easily if possible to win by an innings.

Bangladesh always struggles to play test cricket. Look at the batting condition of the Bangladesh team today, how the top order has failed. In Test cricket, when a team's top order collapses, the team falls far away from that game. And in the test game of Bangladesh, weakness is seen in this place every time. The second day's game is over, let's see if Bangladesh can get out of this bad situation tomorrow.

[romero121]

I Think Bangladeshi players didn’t play their natural game in test cricket Because they are very nervous in test cricket and they are very impatien.And Bangladeshi players very week in 2nd innings in test cricket. I Think South Africa can be win easily if possible to win by an innings.

Bangladesh always struggles to play test cricket. Look at the batting condition of the Bangladesh team today, how the top order has failed. In Test cricket, when a team's top order collapses, the team falls far away from that game. And in the test game of Bangladesh, weakness is seen in this place every time. The second day's game is over, let's see if Bangladesh can get out of this bad situation tomorrow.

Already it has lost 5 wickets. Further to get out of the bad situation is really difficult. Some miracle needs to happen. Bangladesh knew well they aren't good enough to play test matches. If they've played same as playing in an ODI, surely Bangladesh would've scored some more runs losing the same number of wickets. The win from Bangladesh is a much needed one, but things were different. Lets wait and watch.

[dezoel]

Bangladesh always struggles to play test cricket. Look at the batting condition of the Bangladesh team today, how the top order has failed. In Test cricket, when a team's top order collapses, the team falls far away from that game. And in the test game of Bangladesh, weakness is seen in this place every time. The second day's game is over, let's see if Bangladesh can get out of this bad situation tomorrow.

This is good point because they recently have some good performance in both short formats which is good signal for them, but sadly they badly fail to have any impression in test even they won against in New Zealand which is current WTC champions.

For this they need to work on their domestic set up but sadly in long run they badly fail in this way because sometime back we have updates there is some good corruption in their domestic setup which is not helping youngster to achieve their goals and BCB is also failed to maintain any transparency which is the worst for all country and cricket if they want to do some good then surely they need to have some good test
playing guys which help them to maintain their good requirement for this format and other guys have some relax period as well.

[SirLancelot]

Bangladesh always struggles to play test cricket. Look at the batting condition of the Bangladesh team today, how the top order has failed. In Test cricket, when a team's top order collapses, the team falls far away from that game. And in the test game of Bangladesh, weakness is seen in this place every time. The second day's game is over, let's see if Bangladesh can get out of this bad situation tomorrow.

Already it has lost 5 wickets. Further to get out of the bad situation is really difficult. Some miracle needs to happen. Bangladesh knew well they aren't good enough to play test matches. If they've played same as playing in an ODI, surely Bangladesh would've scored some more runs losing the same number of wickets. The win from Bangladesh is a much needed one, but things were different. Lets wait and watch.

A disappointed scorecard from Bangladesh now they are trailing by 314 runs with just Mushi is on crease with this all most chances they will trail by a big deficit even they can lose this match by an inning which could be the worst way for them against second string South African side where many were expecting some good fight from them because South African main players are in IPL,

And they bring some youth players for this series but sadly Bangladesh quality in test matches is going down very badly they need to work on this if they want to stay alive in this format even they are doing some good in ODI and T20, but their standard in test matches is currently the worst few were expecting good change after win against New Zealand but nothing happening.

[eaLiTy]

A disappointed scorecard from Bangladesh now they are trailing by 314 runs with just Mushi is on crease with this all most chances they will trail by a big deficit even they can lose this match by an inning which could be the worst way for them against second string South African side where many were expecting some good fight from them because South African main players are in IPL,

It is not a huge surprise that Bangladesh is struggling to put runs on the board in Test matches, their solid players in the squad is Tamim Iqbal and you cannot expect him to score runs all the time and Mushfiqur Rahim is in the team solely as a batsman as they have Litton Das as the main wicket keeper and they need to find quality players in the Test format if they really want to challenge teams while touring. At home they play a much better game.