Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[Dimitri94]

Afghanistan could not avoid the follow on but Bangladesh started their second innings without forcing them to bat. In the beginning, Bangladesh lost the wicket of Mahmudul Hasan in  18 runs. However, Bangladesh started the second innings with a big lead of 236 runs. If Bangladesh can give Afghanistan a target of more than 400 runs in the second innings, then it can be said for sure that Bangladesh will win the only Test.
It should be added that Bangladesh has a lead of 284 runs till the last update.

Afghanistan did not bowl well and later they even did not bat well. Their whole team was out under 150 runs, 146 to be exact. Afsar Zazai scored the highest 36 runs while Nasir Jamal scored 35 runs. Rest none of the batsmen were able to make any significant score.

Bangladesh have already scored 134 runs with one wicket down only and they have the match winning lead of 370 runs and counting.

Watching this Test match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, it seems once again that Afghanistan is yet to establish a good position in any format except T20. They lost all wickets for just 146 runs in the first innings against Bangladesh. Nasir Jamal and Zazai scored 71 runs from their batting which is almost the half score of the entire innings. Afghan batsmen could not create any hindrance for the Bangladeshi bowlers. On the other hand, they did not dominate in bowling either. Bangladesh's victory in this match can be said to be almost certain.

[RewFrew]

Hope Bangladesh win this only one test.The reason for this is Afghanistan's quick wicket loss. Ebadat Hussain of Bangladesh took the key wicket and Shariful also took the key wicket. Bangladesh bowlers bowled brilliantly. At the tea break Afghanistan totaled 144-8 which is for Afghanistan Sad. After the tea break, Bangladesh took Afghanistan's remaining two wickets and bowled them out for 146 runs. Bangladesh now lead by 236 runs. Bangladesh might take a huge 400+ run lead which would be a mountain of runs for Afghanistan.

Yes, Bangladesh has started playing very well in this test match. Afghanistan may not have realized that they will bat so badly today. Today, Afghanistan was all out for 146 runs.Ebadot Hossain took 4 wickets with 47 runs in 10 overs. Shoriful Islam took 2 wickets with 28 runs in 8 overs.

Bangladesh are playing their second innings and they have scored 134 runs and lost one wicket so far. Bangladesh is 370 runs ahead of Afghanistan including first innings runs.  Afghanistan are under a lot of pressure and Bangladesh will be a very challenging team for them. Bangladesh is really showing great performance in Test match. So Bangladesh will definitely be ahead of Afghanistan in the Test match. It is not possible to exceed the target given by Bangladesh in the 1st and 2nd innings with the runs Afghanistan scored in the first innings

Yes I am Agree With You. Bangladeshi Cricketers are playing Great, And Afghanistan team are under a lot of pressure. Day-2 end but Bangladesh team lead by 370 runs. Najmul Hasan Shanto Taken 54 runs and Zakir Hasan taken also 54 runs. Partnership- 116 runs. They are doing well. I think this in this Bangladesh cricket team will win. Because Bangladesh lost only one wicket, and bangladesh team will give more big target, which Afghanistan team will never cage that run. And Bangladesh bowlers are also doing will, they will show good performance i think. Overall thinking i will predict that Bangladeshi Test team will win in this test. But i wish for both team, and i want to see a good test from both team.
   

[Marvell1]

Afghanistan could not avoid the follow on but Bangladesh started their second innings without forcing them to bat. In the beginning, Bangladesh lost the wicket of Mahmudul Hasan in  18 runs. However, Bangladesh started the second innings with a big lead of 236 runs. If Bangladesh can give Afghanistan a target of more than 400 runs in the second innings, then it can be said for sure that Bangladesh will win the only Test.
It should be added that Bangladesh has a lead of 284 runs till the last update.

Afghanistan did not bowl well and later they even did not bat well. Their whole team was out under 150 runs, 146 to be exact. Afsar Zazai scored the highest 36 runs while Nasir Jamal scored 35 runs. Rest none of the batsmen were able to make any significant score.

Bangladesh have already scored 134 runs with one wicket down only and they have the match winning lead of 370 runs and counting.

Watching this Test match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, it seems once again that Afghanistan is yet to establish a good position in any format except T20. They lost all wickets for just 146 runs in the first innings against Bangladesh. Nasir Jamal and Zazai scored 71 runs from their batting which is almost the half score of the entire innings. Afghan batsmen could not create any hindrance for the Bangladeshi bowlers. On the other hand, they did not dominate in bowling either. Bangladesh's victory in this match can be said to be almost certain.

Afghanistan won the previous Test match against Bangladesh by more than 200 runs. So I thought I will see good performance from Afghanistan players in this test match as well. Moreover, this team is very strong in T20 format. Even in IPL, Afghanistan players played quite well. But I was very surprised by Afghanistan's first innings performance.
Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs. I don't think Afghanistan will bat so badly. They were behind Bangladesh by 236 runs. And at the end of the second day, they trailed Bangladesh by 370 runs. Probably the Bangladesh team will give a target of more than 550 runs. And will avenge the previous defeat.

[JSRAW]

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Am excited for this particular series since I feel that England will provide a better challenge to the Australians when compared to India due to their bazball approach. Brendon McCullum should be proud of his epic achievements.

I'll bet on England to win the series and I hope the contest between these two giants goes down to the wire.

It's 5 match test series so it should be challenging and competitive for both teams. Also, comparisons should be made between 4-5 test match series and not one off test encounters.

Because long series gives a better opportunity to fight back unless your opponent is completely down. Expecting a run-fest in the first test and a high run rate innings from England due to obvious reasons.

[WatChe]

Afghanistan won the previous Test match against Bangladesh by more than 200 runs. So I thought I will see good performance from Afghanistan players in this test match as well. Moreover, this team is very strong in T20 format. Even in IPL, Afghanistan players played quite well. But I was very surprised by Afghanistan's first innings performance.
Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs. I don't think Afghanistan will bat so badly. They were behind Bangladesh by 236 runs. And at the end of the second day, they trailed Bangladesh by 370 runs. Probably the Bangladesh team will give a target of more than 550 runs. And will avenge the previous defeat.

Defiantly a defeat waiting for Afghanistan in this match as Bangladesh are already 370 runs ahead and still 9 wickets left. Its shanto who did the real damage in first innings by scoring 146 runs. Afghanistan all out on 146 is the main reason why they are out from this test match. Masood had a perfect start of his test career as he picked 5 wickets. Bangladesh are very much nicely placed in this test.

[Marvell1]

Afghanistan won the previous Test match against Bangladesh by more than 200 runs. So I thought I will see good performance from Afghanistan players in this test match as well. Moreover, this team is very strong in T20 format. Even in IPL, Afghanistan players played quite well. But I was very surprised by Afghanistan's first innings performance.
Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs. I don't think Afghanistan will bat so badly. They were behind Bangladesh by 236 runs. And at the end of the second day, they trailed Bangladesh by 370 runs. Probably the Bangladesh team will give a target of more than 550 runs. And will avenge the previous defeat.

Defiantly a defeat waiting for Afghanistan in this match as Bangladesh are already 370 runs ahead and still 9 wickets left. Its shanto who did the real damage in first innings by scoring 146 runs. Afghanistan all out on 146 is the main reason why they are out from this test match. Masood had a perfect start of his test career as he picked 5 wickets. Bangladesh are very much nicely placed in this test.

Nijaat Masood has had a brilliant start to his career. He picked up 5 wickets in his debut innings. Masood bowled very well. But this match would have been more memorable for Masood had the Afghanistan batsmen been able to play well. Afghanistan lost all wickets for just 146 runs was unexpected. But the Bangladeshi bowlers bowled well. Every bowler got a wicket except Taskin and Ebadot managed to pick up 4 important wickets. Shanto scored 146 runs in the first innings. In the second innings too, he collected 54 runs unbeaten. Bangladesh is moving towards achieving big targets.

[fuguebtc]

England  VS  Australia

The first Test match of the series between England and Australia will be played tomorrow. Both teams will play a total of 5 Test matches in this series. Tomorrow's match will be played in Birmingham.

After a huge win over India in the Test Championship, the players of the Australian team are now very confident. But let's not forget that now England is a much stronger team than India in the Test format. Also, Australia vs England Test matches are always very competitive. So even if Australia is in good form, it will be very difficult for the Australian players to beat a team like England. There is no doubt that the series will be very competitive.

[synchronym]

Afghanistan won the previous Test match against Bangladesh by more than 200 runs. So I thought I will see good performance from Afghanistan players in this test match as well. Moreover, this team is very strong in T20 format. Even in IPL, Afghanistan players played quite well. But I was very surprised by Afghanistan's first innings performance.
Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs. I don't think Afghanistan will bat so badly. They were behind Bangladesh by 236 runs. And at the end of the second day, they trailed Bangladesh by 370 runs. Probably the Bangladesh team will give a target of more than 550 runs. And will avenge the previous defeat.

Defiantly a defeat waiting for Afghanistan in this match as Bangladesh are already 370 runs ahead and still 9 wickets left. Its shanto who did the real damage in first innings by scoring 146 runs. Afghanistan all out on 146 is the main reason why they are out from this test match. Masood had a perfect start of his test career as he picked 5 wickets. Bangladesh are very much nicely placed in this test.

Nijaat Masood has had a brilliant start to his career. He picked up 5 wickets in his debut innings. Masood bowled very well. But this match would have been more memorable for Masood had the Afghanistan batsmen been able to play well. Afghanistan lost all wickets for just 146 runs was unexpected. But the Bangladeshi bowlers bowled well. Every bowler got a wicket except Taskin and Ebadot managed to pick up 4 important wickets. Shanto scored 146 runs in the first innings. In the second innings too, he collected 54 runs unbeaten. Bangladesh is moving towards achieving big targets.

Bangladesh also bowled a lot of beautiful batting against Afghanistan. As cricket is a game of uncertainty, it cannot be said that Bangladesh will win . If Afghanistan's batting is strong then their game can turn around. However, Bangladesh is already ahead by 370 runs and still has nine wickets in hand. Therefore, the confidence of the Bangladesh team is very high. We who are cricket lovers must want Bangladesh's score to be long at the end of the second day. But there are many good wishes for Bangladesh.

[Marvell1]

Afghanistan won the previous Test match against Bangladesh by more than 200 runs. So I thought I will see good performance from Afghanistan players in this test match as well. Moreover, this team is very strong in T20 format. Even in IPL, Afghanistan players played quite well. But I was very surprised by Afghanistan's first innings performance.
Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs. I don't think Afghanistan will bat so badly. They were behind Bangladesh by 236 runs. And at the end of the second day, they trailed Bangladesh by 370 runs. Probably the Bangladesh team will give a target of more than 550 runs. And will avenge the previous defeat.

Defiantly a defeat waiting for Afghanistan in this match as Bangladesh are already 370 runs ahead and still 9 wickets left. Its shanto who did the real damage in first innings by scoring 146 runs. Afghanistan all out on 146 is the main reason why they are out from this test match. Masood had a perfect start of his test career as he picked 5 wickets. Bangladesh are very much nicely placed in this test.

Nijaat Masood has had a brilliant start to his career. He picked up 5 wickets in his debut innings. Masood bowled very well. But this match would have been more memorable for Masood had the Afghanistan batsmen been able to play well. Afghanistan lost all wickets for just 146 runs was unexpected. But the Bangladeshi bowlers bowled well. Every bowler got a wicket except Taskin and Ebadot managed to pick up 4 important wickets. Shanto scored 146 runs in the first innings. In the second innings too, he collected 54 runs unbeaten. Bangladesh is moving towards achieving big targets.

Bangladesh also bowled a lot of beautiful batting against Afghanistan. As cricket is a game of uncertainty, it cannot be said that Bangladesh will win . If Afghanistan's batting is strong then their game can turn around. However, Bangladesh is already ahead by 370 runs and still has nine wickets in hand. Therefore, the confidence of the Bangladesh team is very high. We who are cricket lovers must want Bangladesh's score to be long at the end of the second day. But there are many good wishes for Bangladesh.

Anything is possible. But since only 2 days have passed. And Bangladesh team is leading by 370 runs, so it can be said that Bangladesh's winning probability is now more than 90%. Because Afghanistan batted strangely in the first innings, even if they play well in the second innings, there is very little chance that they will win the target of 450 or 500 runs.

Moreover, Afghanistan team players are not in good form now. I think they are not confident enough. The team did not play well against Sri Lanka in the last series. The squad also lacks experienced players like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Najibullah Zadran, and Rahamanullah Gurbaz. And so I am not expecting a very good performance from the Afghanistan players in the second innings as well

[Sithara007]

Bangladesh also bowled a lot of beautiful batting against Afghanistan. As cricket is a game of uncertainty, it cannot be said that Bangladesh will win . If Afghanistan's batting is strong then their game can turn around. However, Bangladesh is already ahead by 370 runs and still has nine wickets in hand. Therefore, the confidence of the Bangladesh team is very high. We who are cricket lovers must want Bangladesh's score to be long at the end of the second day. But there are many good wishes for Bangladesh.

A one-sided test match ending in two and half days is not good for cricket. Bangladesh refused to force follow on upon Afghanistan, but even then I don't think that the match will extent to the 4th day. Afghanistan failed in all the domains and I don't know why they didn't took this match seriously. They didn't included their senior players in the squad for this series (Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman.etc), and the lack of experience was showing from the very beginning. Bangladesh on the other hand sent a near full-strength squad, although Shakib was absent.

[Popkon6]

England  VS  Australia

The first Test match of the series between England and Australia will be played tomorrow. Both teams will play a total of 5 Test matches in this series. Tomorrow's match will be played in Birmingham.

The Australian team has a long belief that they won the championship in the Test match against India a few days back. So in this case I can say Australia is brave enough to play test match but England is preparing to play test after long time. In this case I can say that England is strong but cannot be estimated until the game is played. However, the team that can finish the five-day session defending the wicket will have a better chance. It was observed that in the match that took place between India and Australia, India had a higher number of wickets falling due to which Australia won. In this case, Australia's wicket-keeping game is old and brave enough.

[CryptoBuds]

Bangladesh also bowled a lot of beautiful batting against Afghanistan. As cricket is a game of uncertainty, it cannot be said that Bangladesh will win . If Afghanistan's batting is strong then their game can turn around. However, Bangladesh is already ahead by 370 runs and still has nine wickets in hand. Therefore, the confidence of the Bangladesh team is very high. We who are cricket lovers must want Bangladesh's score to be long at the end of the second day. But there are many good wishes for Bangladesh.

A one-sided test match ending in two and half days is not good for cricket. Bangladesh refused to force follow on upon Afghanistan, but even then I don't think that the match will extent to the 4th day. Afghanistan failed in all the domains and I don't know why they didn't took this match seriously. They didn't included their senior players in the squad for this series (Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman.etc), and the lack of experience was showing from the very beginning. Bangladesh on the other hand sent a near full-strength squad, although Shakib was absent.

Afghanistan won their previous Test match against Bangladesh by a huge margin of 224 runs. I think the Bangladesh team wants to take revenge for this previous defeat in this match. And so even after Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs, Bangladesh decided to bat again. And now Bangladesh has collected 134 runs after losing only one wicket. Shanto and Zakir make a wonderful pair. The interesting fact is that both the players are unbeaten with 54 runs off 64 balls. I don't think Bangladesh will give a target of less than 500 runs in this match.

[Sithara007]

Afghanistan won their previous Test match against Bangladesh by a huge margin of 224 runs. I think the Bangladesh team wants to take revenge for this previous defeat in this match. And so even after Afghanistan lost all their wickets for just 146 runs, Bangladesh decided to bat again. And now Bangladesh has collected 134 runs after losing only one wicket. Shanto and Zakir make a wonderful pair. The interesting fact is that both the players are unbeaten with 54 runs off 64 balls. I don't think Bangladesh will give a target of less than 500 runs in this match.

Back then Afghanistan had a full strength squad (in 2019). Rashid Khan was the man of the match, and he picked up 11 wickets in total (55/5 in the first innings and 49/6 in the second). And then Qais Ahmad was there to provide support to Rashid. Batting lineup included experienced guys such as Asghar Afghan and Mohammad Nabi. But this time there are very few experienced players in the Afghan squad. On the other hand, the Bangladeshis fielded a very experienced squad including Litton Das, Najmul Hossain, Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim. 

[Gulttam2a2]

Test series between Australia vs England which we commonly know as The Ashes is going to start today. The first match of the 5 match series will be played today. Both Australia and England are in their best form. Australia has just won the Test World Cup by defeating India. In the final of the Test  Australia's bowling and batting were both very good. It seems that it will be a little difficult for England against the team that just won the Test. The home ground will have a little more advantage for the England team. There is a little doubt about the opening batsman of Australia. Will enjoy their beautiful batting. England played well in last test matches. England has been in great form since McCullum took charge in 2022. They have won 11 of last 13 matches. Australia will also have to struggle to beat England.

[WatChe]

Nijaat Masood has had a brilliant start to his career. He picked up 5 wickets in his debut innings. Masood bowled very well. But this match would have been more memorable for Masood had the Afghanistan batsmen been able to play well. Afghanistan lost all wickets for just 146 runs was unexpected. But the Bangladeshi bowlers bowled well. Every bowler got a wicket except Taskin and Ebadot managed to pick up 4 important wickets. Shanto scored 146 runs in the first innings. In the second innings too, he collected 54 runs unbeaten. Bangladesh is moving towards achieving big targets.

After bowling good in first innings Masood was not able to repeat his performance in second innings rather he was expensive in second innings giving 49 runs in 6.5 overs. Bangladesh are very much comfortably placed as they are 427 runs ahead and 8 players still to bat. Bangladesh will defiantly give a target of over 500 runs which till dare has not been  chased.

[Sithara007]

Zakir Hasan got out some time back and now Bangladesh are at 202/2. They are scoring at close to 6 runs per over and currently have a lead of 438 runs. In all probability, they will make the declaration in the next 15 overs or so and ask Afghanistan to bat again with a target of ~550 runs. Afghan bowlers are looking completely out of sorts. Amir Hamza is the only one who got a wicket till now and Bangladeshi batsmen are treating all the other bowlers with absolute disdain. Najmul Hossain Shanto is inching towards his century (in the first innings he made 146).

[LDL]

Zakir Hasan got out some time back and now Bangladesh are at 202/2. They are scoring at close to 6 runs per over and currently have a lead of 438 runs. In all probability, they will make the declaration in the next 15 overs or so and ask Afghanistan to bat again with a target of ~550 runs. Afghan bowlers are looking completely out of sorts. Amir Hamza is the only one who got a wicket till now and Bangladeshi batsmen are treating all the other bowlers with absolute disdain. Najmul Hossain Shanto is inching towards his century (in the first innings he made 146).

Najmul Hossain Shanto .
Ist innings 146
Second innings 100*
He became the second Bangladeshi to score a century in 2 Test innings. However, the demand for today's match is too much for Bangladesh which has already managed to give Bangladesh a lead of over 450 runs. If Bangladesh can bat the entire session then Bangladesh will be able to give Afghanistan a lead of over 500 runs.

[Litzki1990]

Nazmul Hossain Shanto became the second batsman of Bangladesh to score two centuries in the same Test. Earlier, Mominul Haque became the first Bangladeshi to score two centuries in two innings in the same Test. Today, Nazmul Hossain Shanto shared the record of Mominul Haque.  

Nazmul Hossain Shanto is unbeaten with 103 runs so far. Bangladesh is 460 runs ahead of Afghanistan. Zakir Hasan was unfortunately run out for 71 runs. Bangladesh is batting more aggressively in the second innings than the first innings. Bangladesh is running at an economic rate of 5.27. Bangladesh has lost only two wickets so far. With eight more wickets in hand, Bangladesh's innings is expected to be even bigger.

[noormcs5]

Zakir Hasan got out some time back and now Bangladesh are at 202/2. They are scoring at close to 6 runs per over and currently have a lead of 438 runs. In all probability, they will make the declaration in the next 15 overs or so and ask Afghanistan to bat again with a target of ~550 runs. Afghan bowlers are looking completely out of sorts. Amir Hamza is the only one who got a wicket till now and Bangladeshi batsmen are treating all the other bowlers with absolute disdain. Najmul Hossain Shanto is inching towards his century (in the first innings he made 146).

Its lunch on Day 03 of this test match and Bangladesh now lead by 491 runs. I wonder how long will they bat or if they have a plan to break some records as still a lot of time left in this test match.
Najmul Hossain Shanto is again playing a superb inning and is not out at 112 runs. Bangladesh are 255/2 and I think they should declare the innings when Najmul Hossain gets out and give him a chance to complete maybe his 200 in this innings:

[MusaPk]

Zakir Hasan got out some time back and now Bangladesh are at 202/2. They are scoring at close to 6 runs per over and currently have a lead of 438 runs. In all probability, they will make the declaration in the next 15 overs or so and ask Afghanistan to bat again with a target of ~550 runs. Afghan bowlers are looking completely out of sorts. Amir Hamza is the only one who got a wicket till now and Bangladeshi batsmen are treating all the other bowlers with absolute disdain. Najmul Hossain Shanto is inching towards his century (in the first innings he made 146).

Its lunch on Day 03 of this test match and Bangladesh now lead by 491 runs. I wonder how long will they bat or if they have a plan to break some records as still a lot of time left in this test match.
Najmul Hossain Shanto is again playing a superb inning and is not out at 112 runs. Bangladesh are 255/2 and I think they should declare the innings when Najmul Hossain gets out and give him a chance to complete maybe his 200 in this innings:

146 in first innings and now not out on 112, Najmul Hossain Shanto is having one of the best test match of his life. Bangladesh lead by 491 runs now, bowling of Afghanistan is somewhat reasonable in first innings but now in second innings they are unable to pick wickets and Bangladesh batsmen are scoring runs quite easily. Despite such performance I still support that Afghanistan and Ireland must be given more test matches to learn more about this format.