Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[ZAINmalik75]

What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.

It's really disappointed moments for Pakistani cricket team fan because they expect some good results for them but they continuously disappointing them from recent matches and going against thier expectations. I am still in shock how can they be so creepy at the same time they scored huge on same track at first inning while england does extra ordinary too but at third innings Pakistan followed his typical collapse and now they were unable to even hold his wicket to divert results from defeat to draw because if they bat long as much as possible and just filled the lead then it will be called announced draw but they lose important six wicket and now I am sure they will even able to survive till end of day 5 which indicates thier clear cut defeat which isn't acceptable.

[Farhan99]

Pakistan 1st innings 556+ England 1st innings 823
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.

The England team has made many records while playing on fourth day England batsmans played a long partnership of 454 runs which is the biggest partnership of their team in England test history. England lost three wickets for 249 runs then after that Harry brook and Joe Root played a partnership of 454 runs and put a mountain of pressure on the Pakistan team Joe Root played an innings of 262 runs while Harry Brook scored a triple century and set his highest record in tests. Pakistan bowlers could not take the all wickets then England declared their team and they scored 823 runs in first innings After building a mountain of runs in first innings England team dropped six wickets for the Pakistan team on just 152 England bowlers required four wickets tomorrow to win this match as soon as possible

[LDL]

What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.

It's really disappointed moments for Pakistani cricket team fan because they expect some good results for them but they continuously disappointing them from recent matches and going against thier expectations. I am still in shock how can they be so creepy at the same time they scored huge on same track at first inning while england does extra ordinary too but at third innings Pakistan followed his typical collapse and now they were unable to even hold his wicket to divert results from defeat to draw because if they bat long as much as possible and just filled the lead then it will be called announced draw but they lose important six wicket and now I am sure they will even able to survive till end of day 5 which indicates thier clear cut defeat which isn't acceptable.

Look where Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings despite being all out for a huge score and we all assumed this match would be a 100% draw but how the match went out of Pakistan's reach was beyond comprehension. After England declared for 823 runs, if Pakistan could have fought in a good defensive mood, there might have been a chance of a draw but Pakistan lost 6 wickets for just 152 runs in their second innings, meaning the next four batsmen could not take this match to a draw, i.e. three sessions on a fifth day Pakistan's next batsmen will not be able to overcome. As a supporter of Pakistan, I cannot accept that England will win this match even after scoring such a big score.

[Haunebu]

Root and Brook were absolutely insane together. It looked like they would help their team score 1000 runs at one stage which is bonkers if you think about it. All of their hardwork would be pointless though if the match ended in a draw.

Pakistan desperately needs a complete reset in literally every format in my honest opinion.

[Insanity]

What is going on with Babar Azam? He made a total of 35 runs in this test match. And before this, he last played against Bangladesh, where he made 64 runs from 4 innings. And he was expected to make a comeback. The pitch at Multan was hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. And yet, Chris Woakes got him out cheaply in the first innings and Gus Atkinson nabbed him in the second. His poor form has put a lot of pressure on the other batsmen such as Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood.

It's really disappointed moments for Pakistani cricket team fan because they expect some good results for them but they continuously disappointing them from recent matches and going against thier expectations. I am still in shock how can they be so creepy at the same time they scored huge on same track at first inning while england does extra ordinary too but at third innings Pakistan followed his typical collapse and now they were unable to even hold his wicket to divert results from defeat to draw because if they bat long as much as possible and just filled the lead then it will be called announced draw but they lose important six wicket and now I am sure they will even able to survive till end of day 5 which indicates thier clear cut defeat which isn't acceptable.

Look where Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings despite being all out for a huge score and we all assumed this match would be a 100% draw but how the match went out of Pakistan's reach was beyond comprehension. After England declared for 823 runs, if Pakistan could have fought in a good defensive mood, there might have been a chance of a draw but Pakistan lost 6 wickets for just 152 runs in their second innings, meaning the next four batsmen could not take this match to a draw, i.e. three sessions on a fifth day Pakistan's next batsmen will not be able to overcome. As a supporter of Pakistan, I cannot accept that England will win this match even after scoring such a big score.

Pakistan team batted well in the first innings but they did not do well in bowling against England. England was able to declare 823 runs in the first innings because of Pakistan team's poor bowling. I never imagined that England batsmen can bat so well. England team players have been able to perform much better than expected. The batsmen of the England team batting with a cool head and patience is certainly admirable.

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Pakistan team batted well in the first innings but they did not do well in bowling against England. England was able to declare 823 runs in the first innings because of Pakistan team's poor bowling. I never imagined that England batsmen can bat so well. England team players have been able to perform much better than expected. The batsmen of the England team batting with a cool head and patience is certainly admirable.

I also said about this thing before in this thread on my past post that even if the Pakistan team did great performance in the first inning but the result of the first inning will depends on the 2nd inning performance of Pakistan now we are seeing that pakistanin team wasn't in good condition they are already loose their 6 wicket and they have more 115 runs to go so I think this winner will be the England team even then there is a possibility of draw.

[GigaBit]

Pakistan 1st innings 556+ England 1st innings 823
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of one-day cricket will say that this match will definitely be a draw, but in Pakistan's case, how this match came to the brink of defeat is in no way acceptable. It is curious whether Pakistan can finally draw this match with 152 for 6. With just four wickets left with a full day and 115 runs behind, this match will be a no-go for Pakistan. It is the Pakistan team that cannot be predicted in any way because the speed of Pakistan's game can change in any direction at any moment.

The England team has made many records while playing on fourth day England batsmans played a long partnership of 454 runs which is the biggest partnership of their team in England test history. England lost three wickets for 249 runs then after that Harry brook and Joe Root played a partnership of 454 runs and put a mountain of pressure on the Pakistan team Joe Root played an innings of 262 runs while Harry Brook scored a triple century and set his highest record in tests. Pakistan bowlers could not take the all wickets then England declared their team and they scored 823 runs in first innings After building a mountain of runs in first innings England team dropped six wickets for the Pakistan team on just 152 England bowlers required four wickets tomorrow to win this match as soon as possible

Pakistan played a match against England where Pakistan scored 579 in 2022 but losing that match and is very likely to face the same situation now. In the condition that Pakistan is currently in, the possibility of their defeat is high. But what is surprising is how England's Root and Harry Brook managed to score such a big score. Harry Brook got the new record the first triple century in Test cricket. Not only will the England team win from this match, but they make new record in the history of Test cricket. Unfortunately the Pakistan batsmen could not do anything in the 2nd innings. Abdullah Shafique returned empty-handed and those with him could do nothing. Babar Azam who is one of the prominent players in Pakistan cricket also failed to make an impact.

[Crypto Library]

Pakistan played a match against England where Pakistan scored 579 in 2022 but losing that match and is very likely to face the same situation now. In the condition that Pakistan is currently in, the possibility of their defeat is high. But what is surprising is how England's Root and Harry Brook managed to score such a big score. Harry Brook got the new record the first triple century in Test cricket. Not only will the England team win from this match, but they make new record in the history of Test cricket. Unfortunately the Pakistan batsmen could not do anything in the 2nd innings. Abdullah Shafique returned empty-handed and those with him could do nothing. Babar Azam who is one of the prominent players in Pakistan cricket also failed to make an impact.

Did you know this match was also a record match for the highest innings totals in tests format currently is take on the 4th rank on highest innings totals in the first rank was Sri Lanka which was against the India that score is 952/6days more over the others highest score are from also the enlgand team in the case of highest score in the test format.
Anyhow now it looks like watching Pakistan's performance because Pakistan's performance in the first innings was unexpected and I thought that maybe Pakistan will win this match so I was in a dilemma watching Pakistan's performance in the first innings.

[DanWalker]

Pakistan team batted well in the first innings but they did not do well in bowling against England. England was able to declare 823 runs in the first innings because of Pakistan team's poor bowling. I never imagined that England batsmen can bat so well. England team players have been able to perform much better than expected. The batsmen of the England team batting with a cool head and patience is certainly admirable.

I also said about this thing before in this thread on my past post that even if the Pakistan team did great performance in the first inning but the result of the first inning will depends on the 2nd inning performance of Pakistan now we are seeing that pakistanin team wasn't in good condition they are already loose their 6 wicket and they have more 115 runs to go so I think this winner will be the England team even then there is a possibility of draw.

I doubted whether Pakistan would be able to play well in the second innings. Because in the match against Bangladesh we saw that after Pakistan performed well in the first innings only because of poor performance in the second innings Pakistan team was defeated in two matches. And now in the match against England we can see a repeat of the same.

Pakistan batted well in their first innings. The team made a huge collection of 556. But the Pakistan team batted very badly in the second innings. Collected 152 runs and lost 6 wickets. And Pakistan is still behind by 115 runs. I have considerable doubt whether Pakistan will be able to score 115 runs.

[Nanga Parbat]

Pakistan team batted well in the first innings but they did not do well in bowling against England. England was able to declare 823 runs in the first innings because of Pakistan team's poor bowling. I never imagined that England batsmen can bat so well. England team players have been able to perform much better than expected. The batsmen of the England team batting with a cool head and patience is certainly admirable.

So I was not convince that Pakistan can beat England in the first innings. Pakistan would have give a difficult target as much as they want but they could not stop England from score run. Because that would have require their bowlers to be strong which they are not. If England did not score so many run there would be no problem but their success is superior. But there are doubts from the Pakistan side because if the batsmen play well, the bowler do not play well. I think that Pakistan will not be able to score as much as the England batsmen have made in the first innings. There is no doubt that their batsmen and bowlers are experience players who know how to work hard and play well. Unless Pakistan bowlers play well, they will not be able to beat England.

[Publictalk792]

So I was not convince that Pakistan can beat England in the first innings. Pakistan would have give a difficult target as much as they want but they could not stop England from score run. Because that would have require their bowlers to be strong which they are not. If England did not score so many run there would be no problem but their success is superior. But there are doubts from the Pakistan side because if the batsmen play well, the bowler do not play well. I think that Pakistan will not be able to score as much as the England batsmen have made in the first innings. There is no doubt that their batsmen and bowlers are experience players who know how to work hard and play well. Unless Pakistan bowlers play well, they will not be able to beat England.

Pakistan had little chance of beating England in first innings. Their bowlers were not strong enough to stop England from scoring. England high score showed Pakistan bowling problems. Pakistan's performance is inconsistent which is worry. When Pakistan batsmen play well their bowlers do not. And when bowlers do well batsmen struggle.
England big score in first innings puts pressure on Pakistan batsmen. They have tough job ahead. Pakistan bowling attack needs to improve to compete with England.

[noormcs5]

Root and Brook were absolutely insane together. It looked like they would help their team score 1000 runs at one stage which is bonkers if you think about it. All of their hardwork would be pointless though if the match ended in a draw.

The match would not end in a draw as Pakistan are left with just four wickets and i don't think they can survive the 90 overs with only 4 wickets in hand.

Pakistan's team started the fifth morning and so far hasn't lose any wickets. Salman Agha batting on 55 and Aamer Jamal on 32 runs. These two batsmen have been batting since Pakistan lose their 6th wicket of Saud Shakeel on 82 runs. Since then they have added 80+ runs and are going well. However, there is no batting after this, so it is only a matter of time before one of these two get out and the game will be ended for Team Pakistan.

[Out of mind]

Pakistan team batted well in the first innings but they did not do well in bowling against England. England was able to declare 823 runs in the first innings because of Pakistan team's poor bowling. I never imagined that England batsmen can bat so well. England team players have been able to perform much better than expected. The batsmen of the England team batting with a cool head and patience is certainly admirable.

I also said about this thing before in this thread on my past post that even if the Pakistan team did great performance in the first inning but the result of the first inning will depends on the 2nd inning performance of Pakistan now we are seeing that pakistanin team wasn't in good condition they are already loose their 6 wicket and they have more 115 runs to go so I think this winner will be the England team even then there is a possibility of draw.

Yes, the Pakistan team performed well in the first innings, but the victory of every team depends on the second performance. In that case, we can see that Pakistan team currently lost their crucial six wickets, and they did not have a good batting performance from the start. The England team's bowling performance has been excellent, due to which they have put the Pakistan team under a lot of pressure so far. However, at the moment Pakistan need to collect 83 more runs to meet England's target, only then I think England's win is most likely in this match.

[Popkon6]

So I was not convince that Pakistan can beat England in the first innings. Pakistan would have give a difficult target as much as they want but they could not stop England from score run. Because that would have require their bowlers to be strong which they are not. If England did not score so many run there would be no problem but their success is superior. But there are doubts from the Pakistan side because if the batsmen play well, the bowler do not play well. I think that Pakistan will not be able to score as much as the England batsmen have made in the first innings. There is no doubt that their batsmen and bowlers are experience players who know how to work hard and play well. Unless Pakistan bowlers play well, they will not be able to beat England.

Pakistan had little chance of beating England in first innings. Their bowlers were not strong enough to stop England from scoring. England high score showed Pakistan bowling problems. Pakistan's performance is inconsistent which is worry. When Pakistan batsmen play well their bowlers do not. And when bowlers do well batsmen struggle.
England big score in first innings puts pressure on Pakistan batsmen. They have tough job ahead. Pakistan bowling attack needs to improve to compete with England.

Pakistan team already lost six wickets in the second innings so I think losing this wicket of Pakistan team will destroy Pakistan team as they did not perform well in terms of batting and will fail to meet the target of 823 runs given by England team. The current wicket loss of Pakistan team is so high that England bowlers play an important role, because Pakistan team is likely to be strong at Pakistan's home ground but Pakistan team is very weak there. Because in the first innings, these two batsmen of England team, Root and Harry Brook, completely shook the Pakistan team.

[virasog]

The England team has made many records while playing on fourth day England batsmans played a long partnership of 454 runs which is the biggest partnership of their team in England test history. England lost three wickets for 249 runs then after that Harry brook and Joe Root played a partnership of 454 runs and put a mountain of pressure on the Pakistan team Joe Root played an innings of 262 runs while Harry Brook scored a triple century and set his highest record in tests. Pakistan bowlers could not take the all wickets then England declared their team and they scored 823 runs in first innings After building a mountain of runs in first innings England team dropped six wickets for the Pakistan team on just 152 England bowlers required four wickets tomorrow to win this match as soon as possible

Today is the last day between Pakistan and England test match. It will be finished today after some overs as only a few Pakistan wickets left.
Surprisingly Pakistan is not losing any wickets now and maintaining the game, I hope Pakistan will get lead but for sure the match will be either a draw or in the favor of England. Just England has to out Pakistan full team, just four wickets more then England will win the game. In short, England has more chances to win this game as compared to be drawn and an impossible Pakistan Win.

[JSRAW]

Arey where is Dravid ka Launda (Samit Dravid). Last I heard, he was scoring runs and picking up tons of wickets in the under19 category. Did he pull out or something, What happened to him?

Samit Dravid didn't scored a lot of runs in the Maharaja T20 Trophy (Karnataka Premier League) and after that he hasn't been in action (KPL ended in August). And although he was included in the India U-19 squad (for the ODIs), he was released mid way (replaced by Rohit Rajawat from Madhya Pradesh) and didn't played any matches. That means that he is yet to make his debut for India U-19. I am not sure whether he will be recalled to the U-19 squad anytime soon.

I rechecked and he did score 362 runs and took 16 wickets in 8 matches in U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy (Ranji for U-19 kids). That's why he got into India u-19 and read some reports that he got injured and missed the u-19 test series against Australia. Interestingly he's seam bowling all rounder.

The t-20 format is a different ball game tho but don't think it played any part in it.


Lol Another test match and another collapse! Well done Pakistan.

Babar is cooked, the dude needs some break and to charge up his battery. He was supposed to hit his peak batting moment at his current age but he's going backward. I used to find it distasteful but now i won't blame Pak fans if they call him Zimbabar again.

[noormcs5]

Lol Another test match and another collapse! Well done Pakistan.

Babar is cooked, the dude needs some break and to charge up his battery. He was supposed to hit his peak batting moment at his current age but he's going backward. I used to find it distasteful but now i won't blame Pak fans if they call him Zimbabar again.

Indeed this was a nightmare performance by them and they need to reform themselves. Unfortunately, they do not have much time for that because just after 4 days, they have another test to be played between these two teams and at the same venue, that is Multan. After this loss, they will be going with a lot of negativity in that match and I am not surprised if they will perform even worse.

The team mainly depend upon Baber Azam's performance in all formats (T20, ODI and Test) and if this gentleman does not perform well, then why again blame him only?
Where are the other 10 players in the team who also need to play

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

England team won by 47 runs in Pakistan vs England 1st Test match.Pakistan team scored 556 runs losing 10 wickets in 149 overs.England team scored 823 runs losing 7 wickets in 150 overs.Bassmen of both teams gave very good performance.But Pakistan team performed well.  The latter could not win the match because Pakistan team's bowling line was weak for which England team won this match. England team's bowling line was very strong.

[libert19]

Root and Brook were absolutely insane together. It looked like they would help their team score 1000 runs at one stage which is bonkers if you think about it. All of their hardwork would be pointless though if the match ended in a draw.

Pakistan desperately needs a complete reset in literally every format in my honest opinion.

I was hoping to see England breaking Sri Lanka's highest test total of 952 runs record and either Brook or Root to make 400 runs and break Lara's record  (these two got my hopes so high, only to disappoint eventually) — unfortunately none of it happened.

England should have continued without declaring, and should have went guns blazing, whatever number they could have mustered up at the end of the day, I would have been content with that.

Pakistan would have given up looking at huge scorecard, which they did even with 823 anyway.


May be I am missing something with these declarations because I would prefer to break records  

[JahriMeayer]

Pakistan vs England, 1st Test is done today and England won by an innings and 47 runs. It was one of the greatest match even to me. Specially england batting performance makes me wonder. Can't deny PAK batting performance in 1st Innings where they did scored 556-10 runs. That was a undoubtedly a big amount of runs. Where Abdullah Shafique(102), Shan Masood(151) and Agha Salman(*102) all of them did century. And unfortunately Saud Shakeel(82) was little away from his century. Although Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan didn't performance as expected but rest if players managed everything as well. When it comes to England, usually i excepted them to lost some wickets earlier due to pressure of a big 556 runs Target. And usually Ollie Pope lost his wicket with zero score at 4-1 runs. But afterward england era started. They started incredible batting where Joe Root(262) did double century and Harry Brook(317) did triple century lol. Even Zak Crawley(78) and Ben Duckett(84) performance can't be neglected and they total Scored 823-7 runs and announced declare lol. As response Pakistan started match in 2nd inngins but this time they failed to do well and lost all wickets within 220-10 runs. Jack Leach got 4 wickets from 2nd inngins and total 7 wickets in this match. Well this is one of the big archivement for England team in my opinion. Congrats