Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[coinism]

Well.. I somewhat agree with this statement. When Danish Kaneria was in the cricket team, there was another non-Muslim in the playing XI (Yousuf Youhana, who later became Mohammad Yousuf). While Danish was free to follow his religion, Yousuf changed his religion and became a Muslim (a lot of people claim that he did so in order to gain a permanent slot in the playing XI). And another player (Shoaib Akhtar) used to dissociate himself from religious activity (his views might have changed now). So in the end, I don't see any clear bias in terms of religion.

Why PCB didn't dropped him from squad when he was playing Test, why he didn't raised such concerns when he was part of playing 11. He has played 61 test which is not a small amount. He was spotted by ECB for fixing, he didn't accepted his mistake rather start bashing PCB who gave him chance to play international cricket.

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[Minor Miner]

Religion is one's personal matter we are not here to discuss someone personal life or his religion views. Kaneria saying Afridi didn't wanted him to be part of Pakistan squad is a bit funny thing as Afridi was part of ODI squad while kaneria was only for tests. How can Afridi deny him playing test in which he himself is not included.

In Pakistan things are not easy and playing religious card is very easy for many fool peoples because we all know they are facing many domestic issues mostly related to this religious card so as someone has chance he tries to use this which is never new Kaneria vs Afridi is also in same category right now Afridi is in limelight due to his few views on social media which are mostly political rather than religious so peoples showing own class about this all which is massive blunder by Afridi as well.

Currently, Pakistan is ruling by very weak system so every one trying to take his own part which is not bad same happening with this legendary Afridi even he is not well-educated and prepared for this job so just because of his few views now peoples are having fun with this all hopefully in next few days this all will be ended.

Not only in Pakistan but also in the whole subcontinent people are very touchy about religious views and it is very easy to fool people by saying almost anything in the name of religion. 

I think a lot of people just try to do that even if the actual of those people is something else. I am not saying that everyone does that but it is quite obvious that a lot of people try to get their edge in something just by putting some religious views emotionally toward the people.

[Sithara007]

Why PCB didn't dropped him from squad when he was playing Test, why he didn't raised such concerns when he was part of playing 11. He has played 61 test which is not a small amount. He was spotted by ECB for fixing, he didn't accepted his mistake rather start bashing PCB who gave him chance to play international cricket.

I would have been sympathetic to Kaneria. But he did something that can never ever be defended. He himself admitted that he took part in match fixing. It is like cutting the branch where your are sitting. Someone who did match fixing will never enjoy my support, under whatever condition. If he has a problem with religious discrimination, then maybe he should migrate to some other country. Since he has already resided for a considerable duration in England, I don't think that it will be a big issue for him to make the move permanently.

[JSRAW]

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Update


Virtually no bilateral cricket is happening in cricketing world right now but from next week this is going to change (SL vs BAN). IMO this test series might not effect points standing that much. Sri Lanka is playing spoiler role in this cycle, not in this test series tho (Spoiler role is reserved for home test matches against Pak and Aus)

[BALIK]

Virtually no bilateral cricket is happening in cricketing world right now but from next week this is going to change (SL vs BAN). IMO this test series might not effect points standing that much. Sri Lanka is playing spoiler role in this cycle, not in this test series tho (Spoiler role is reserved for home test matches against Pak and Aus)
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I really don't expect anything from Bangladesh at all in the test cricket format because they are very bad at test cricket. 
I can even put my trust in Afghanistan a lot more in test cricket instead of just hoping that Bangladesh wins and I become the loser. 
I believe Bangladesh is not good in test cricket and this has been the case since the start, believe that in comparison to Bangladesh.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Why PCB didn't dropped him from squad when he was playing Test, why he didn't raised such concerns when he was part of playing 11. He has played 61 test which is not a small amount. He was spotted by ECB for fixing, he didn't accepted his mistake rather start bashing PCB who gave him chance to play international cricket.

I would have been sympathetic to Kaneria. But he did something that can never ever be defended. He himself admitted that he took part in match fixing. It is like cutting the branch where your are sitting. Someone who did match fixing will never enjoy my support, under whatever condition. If he has a problem with religious discrimination, then maybe he should migrate to some other country. Since he has already resided for a considerable duration in England, I don't think that it will be a big issue for him to make the move permanently.

This guy has already done something really bad which is not worth forgiving and that is fixing a match. Whatever he is saying right now might be true and also might be false but I think I just cannot trust a guy who has already betrayed his own country and his own teammates. 

So, he is obviously not going to be in my good sight.  And yes I also agree that if he has too many problems he should just migrate to some other country.

[blatchcorn]

I really don't expect anything from Bangladesh at all in the test cricket format because they are very bad at test cricket. 
I can even put my trust in Afghanistan a lot more in test cricket instead of just hoping that Bangladesh wins and I become the loser. 
I believe Bangladesh is not good in test cricket and this has been the case since the start, believe that in comparison to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is not good in all formats not just in test. ICC have given them test status in hurry, you can see there performance in last two decades with only few wins at home rest is just a dry period. The irony is that SL has lost its form and has gone down to level of Bangladesh in Test.

[SirLancelot]

Bangladesh is not good in all formats not just in test. ICC have given them test status in hurry, you can see there performance in last two decades with only few wins at home rest is just a dry period. The irony is that SL has lost its form and has gone down to level of Bangladesh in Test.

Bangladesh is not good in Test format because they have done nothing for this and having not good domestic set up which helps them for having some good test players, and they are doing some good in T20 which is helping them in this format but still need some strong backup and good system for having better quality.

ICC done nothing wrong because in 1999 they completed their requirements, so they handed them test status even it's not a good way to do this all but still it happened after this we have few more teams even these are also not having strong system for giving good results, but they have no other alternative option for this all, so we have to accept this all.

My personal view is in near future we will lose few countries from this test status because they are not going to do something good but good thing now alternative is having some better option like T20 International and Franchise cricket.

[Sithara007]

Bangladesh test team failed severely, performance drastically super low to make any good competition. Though they  rarely perform at home but outside stats not worthy to talk. Following their next test series against SL, Shakib Al Hasan rule out as he tests positive. It's gonna be a huge impact on Bangladesh team. Though both team posses same level, I guess BAN will dominant as BAN host the match.

Well.. if Shakib is not playing, then we can easily predict the outcome. 23 years have passed since Bangladesh received the test status. All these years, their performance has remained unsatisfactory. After a long wait, they produced a legendary player in Shakib al Hassan. But his talent is never utilized to its peak potential, because of politics and issues within the BCB. The series against Sri Lanka is a good opportunity for them to bounce back, because their opponents are also not in good form right now.

[coinism]

Well.. if Shakib is not playing, then we can easily predict the outcome. 23 years have passed since Bangladesh received the test status. All these years, their performance has remained unsatisfactory. After a long wait, they produced a legendary player in Shakib al Hassan. But his talent is never utilized to its peak potential, because of politics and issues within the BCB. The series against Sri Lanka is a good opportunity for them to bounce back, because their opponents are also not in good form right now.

Shakib al Hassan has issues with his discipline and they are in good numbers not just few. There is nothing strange about Bangladesh Test performance but its heartbreaking to see team like SL, who was once one of strongest team has now gone down to be compared with Bangladesh. SL these days is also facing an economic crisis and lets hope both of there crisis i.e. economic and cricket comes to end very soon.   

[Maidak]

Bangladesh test team failed severely, performance drastically super low to make any good competition. Though they  rarely perform at home but outside stats not worthy to talk. Following their next test series against SL, Shakib Al Hasan rule out as he tests positive. It's gonna be a huge impact on Bangladesh team. Though both team posses same level, I guess BAN will dominant as BAN host the match.

Well.. if Shakib is not playing, then we can easily predict the outcome. 23 years have passed since Bangladesh received the test status. All these years, their performance has remained unsatisfactory. After a long wait, they produced a legendary player in Shakib al Hassan. But his talent is never utilized to its peak potential, because of politics and issues within the BCB. The series against Sri Lanka is a good opportunity for them to bounce back, because their opponents are also not in good form right now.

I think we all remember the last cricket world cup where Shakib Al Hasan was the only one holding the whole Bangladesh team together with his brilliant performance. He proves that he is actually the best cricketer in the whole world. But the Bangladesh cricket board is full of donkeys and people without a brain who obviously don't know how to do their work and that's why Shakib Al Hasan was never exploited with his full potential. If they decide to play against Sri Lanka without Shakib Al Hasan they will lose,  and I want everyone to remember this post because trust me, this prediction is going to be 100% accurate.

[JSRAW]

Rob Key is the new managing director for ECB. He used to do commentary for Sky.

Now they are coming up with new idea. Spilt coaching for the Test format and limited overs cricket, similar to spilt captaincy. Sounds like a good idea from coach's perspective, considering they play minimum 20 tests every year.

Actually, that is going to be a really good idea because the fitness and the skill are completely different in every other format of cricket. In the T-20 cricket players need to perform like they are running a 100m sprinting race, meanwhile, the test cricket is like a marathon.
And the ODI cricket is a mix of both.

So, this is something going to be a really good idea to give the players different types of coaching for different types of formats.

Yeah and have to admit. They don't afraid to experiment new things, no matter if it backfire or not. I grudgingly admire this attitude of ECB, on the other hand other cricket board specially BCCI loves to stay on the same course and prefer status quo on every freaking thing.

Also new update on captaincy

Another update...

News/Rumors are coming out that Brendon McCullum is about to take Test coaching role of England soon. They are actually going for 2 coaches formula similar to 2 format captains, brave call but i'm sure this is effective solution.

[blatchcorn]

I think we all remember the last cricket world cup where Shakib Al Hasan was the only one holding the whole Bangladesh team together with his brilliant performance. He proves that he is actually the best cricketer in the whole world. But the Bangladesh cricket board is full of donkeys and people without a brain who obviously don't know how to do their work and that's why Shakib Al Hasan was never exploited with his full potential. If they decide to play against Sri Lanka without Shakib Al Hasan they will lose,  and I want everyone to remember this post because trust me, this prediction is going to be 100% accurate.

Bangladesh board is full of incompetent people that's why such ill disciplined player like Shakib is still a hero there. If Shakib is under some sane board then he would have been ban for life because of his behaviour issues. Bangladesh need good players they can't rely on one player for long term success. 

[Sithara007]

Shakib al Hassan has issues with his discipline and they are in good numbers not just few. There is nothing strange about Bangladesh Test performance but its heartbreaking to see team like SL, who was once one of strongest team has now gone down to be compared with Bangladesh. SL these days is also facing an economic crisis and lets hope both of there crisis i.e. economic and cricket comes to end very soon.   

In terms of population, Sri Lanka is a very small country. Despite that, they managed to win the ODI world cup of 1996 (the country was suffering from civil war during that time). But things are getting difficult now, since the other countries (mostly big-3) have made a lot of progress. Sri Lanka has remained at a level they were two decades ago, while others have surged ahead. But the case with Bangladesh is surprising. Their population is almost equal to that of Pakistan. In terms of cricket playing nations, they have the second largest population. But I don't understand why they fail to perform everytime.

[JSRAW]

- Brendon McCullum news is confirmed, he's set to take England's test coaching role. He'll soon resign from the KKR.
- Shakib is ruled out from the 1st test against SL due to injury.
- Hasan and Pujara are bullying in the County, although they were up against weaker teams but still.

[pakhitheboss]

Virtually no bilateral cricket is happening in cricketing world right now but from next week this is going to change (SL vs BAN). IMO this test series might not effect points standing that much. Sri Lanka is playing spoiler role in this cycle, not in this test series tho (Spoiler role is reserved for home test matches against Pak and Aus)
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I really don't expect anything from Bangladesh at all in the test cricket format because they are very bad at test cricket. 
I can even put my trust in Afghanistan a lot more in test cricket instead of just hoping that Bangladesh wins and I become the loser. 
I believe Bangladesh is not good in test cricket and this has been the case since the start, believe that in comparison to Bangladesh.

I do not think the Srilankan team will be playing in their right mindset considering the present economic situation in Srilanka. I believe it will affect their overall performance. I think Bangladesh has a better chance as they will have the home ground advantage and they would be mentally more stable than their counterparts. I am waiting for the test match between England & Newzealand which will be played next month. That would be a better match to watch.

[Juggy777]

Virtually no bilateral cricket is happening in cricketing world right now but from next week this is going to change (SL vs BAN). IMO this test series might not effect points standing that much. Sri Lanka is playing spoiler role in this cycle, not in this test series tho (Spoiler role is reserved for home test matches against Pak and Aus)
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I really don't expect anything from Bangladesh at all in the test cricket format because they are very bad at test cricket.  
I can even put my trust in Afghanistan a lot more in test cricket instead of just hoping that Bangladesh wins and I become the loser.  
I believe Bangladesh is not good in test cricket and this has been the case since the start, believe that in comparison to Bangladesh.

I do not think the Srilankan team will be playing in their right mindset considering the present economic situation in Srilanka. I believe it will affect their overall performance. I think Bangladesh has a better chance as they will have the home ground advantage and they would be mentally more stable than their counterparts. I am waiting for the test match between England & Newzealand which will be played next month. That would be a better match to watch.

I believe you’re right because the Srilankan player’s will probably be distracted by the sad events taking place at home, and this will be an advantage for Bangladesh player’s but do you’ll feel that they’ll be able to capitalise on it. Furthermore I’m backing Bangladesh to win or expecting the match to end up in a draw because I feel that they’re slightly better than Srilanka due to home advantage, but it seems that many here are backing Srilanka so maybe I’m the only one underestimating Srilanka?.

[blatchcorn]

I believe you’re right because the Srilankan player’s will probably be distracted by the sad events taking place at home, and this will be an advantage for Bangladesh player’s but do you’ll feel that they’ll be able to capitalise on it. Furthermore I’m backing Bangladesh to win or expecting the match to end up in a draw because I feel that they’re slightly better than Srilanka due to home advantage, but it seems that many here are backing Srilanka so maybe I’m the only one underestimating Srilanka?.

No you are not alone who is thinking like that. Sri lanka for quite sometimes is having performace issues in cricket and that mainly happend because there key players like Malinga, jayawardene, sangakara and Dilshan all left the team at same time. The current situation of Sri lanka will add more downfall to perfromance of Sri Lanka cricket team. I my view both teams are so same level now a days.

[BALIK]

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I do not think the Srilankan team will be playing in their right mindset considering the present economic situation in Srilanka. I believe it will affect their overall performance. I think Bangladesh has a better chance as they will have the home ground advantage and they would be mentally more stable than their counterparts. I am waiting for the test match between England & Newzealand which will be played next month. That would be a better match to watch.

I believe you’re right because the Srilankan player’s will probably be distracted by the sad events taking place at home, and this will be an advantage for Bangladesh player’s but do you’ll feel that they’ll be able to capitalise on it. Furthermore I’m backing Bangladesh to win or expecting the match to end up in a draw because I feel that they’re slightly better than Srilanka due to home advantage, but it seems that many here are backing Srilanka so maybe I’m the only one underestimating Srilanka?.

I forgot that there are certain situations going on in Sri Lanka which might affect their performance in the field. If anyone doesn't know what is going on in Sri Lanka I suggest them to open the news.

Now back to cricket, I know that this situation is quite bad for Sri Lanka. But I still do not believe that Bangladesh is going to perform well enough to beat them because the Bangladeshi cricketers just cannot play test cricket. I don't know if they don't have enough patience or if they don't have enough skill. I just know that if I trust Bangladesh to win this test series I am going to make a mistake.

[blatchcorn]

I forgot that there are certain situations going on in Sri Lanka which might affect their performance in the field. If anyone doesn't know what is going on in Sri Lanka I suggest them to open the news.

Now back to cricket, I know that this situation is quite bad for Sri Lanka. But I still do not believe that Bangladesh is going to perform well enough to beat them because the Bangladeshi cricketers just cannot play test cricket. I don't know if they don't have enough patience or if they don't have enough skill. I just know that if I trust Bangladesh to win this test series I am going to make a mistake.

Situation inside Sri Lanka is very much same as is performance of their cricket team. At the moment there is no player in Sri Lanka that is reliable like Malinga, Dilshan or Sangakara. Coming towards Bangladesh, they may have some edge that they have some senior players that are playing test for years like Lutan Das and Shakib.