Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JunaidAzizi]

Some weird squad for the Pakistan.

Abrar is missing, naseem also MIA because of injury or his tweets, who knows? Break up with Babar seems serious, ik he's said he want some break or something but at the same time he also featured in psl. Thought Hassan's test career was done n dusted but here he is again making a wild card entry.

Yeah, the team is going through many hurdles. Abrar is out of the team because the selectors gave a chance to Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, while Naseem Shah's issue was a controversial tweet for which the PCB fined him, and after that, he got his injury. The same issues arose with Babar Azam, on the day of the test, he experienced pain in his knee and was ruled out. So, yeah, the main players are out of the team, and the PCB made some tough decisions by backing Hassan Ali to the squad, even though he was chosen to be out after his last match performance. Now they are down to 4 players in 85 overs, and the runs are 301.

[Emitdama]

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Doesn't look like Pakistan can do any better this time too. Bangladesh have started this test with a solid performance. They have made 244 runs and lost only three wickets. It's not only that they lost fewer wickets, but at the same time they are batting at a very good run rate, almost 3.9 runs an over, and this is considered good in a test match.

Bangladesh just got the better of Pakistan, looking at the pitch you would think it will help the fast bowlers, not sure how Bangladesh managed to get a green wicket like this that does not assist fast bowlers. 

At the end of the first day's play, it's hard and poor for the Pakistani team their fielding is always a problem for them. Today Bangladeshi batsmen did impressive batting and have a good total on board. Najmul Hossain Shanto led the team from the front and scored a century. Mominul Haque is gone, now Mushfiqur Rahim is at 48 on the crease, and Litton Das is giving him company. They needed more runs to keep their control of this match.

Pakistani bowlers have done a good job, but fielders never support them. Batting is also going to be interesting because many new players on the team can go through this match, or Bangladesh will be a winner; it's four entertaining days of matches coming.

[Mahdirakib]

I think the Pakistan batsmen will lose wickets because of the psychology, as they know that they have to chase 400 or 500+ runs, and that will be enough pressure on them. If Bangladesh can somehow take the total to 600 runs, who knows, they would be able to win by an innings 

Bangladesh batsmen have batted quite well on the 1st day. But there is no possibility for them to score around 600 runs. They might score around 450 runs in the 1st innings. There could be a batting collapse of Bangladesh on day 2. The middle order has done so well today. The pitch may remain batting friendly till the end of day 3 here. I'm also expecting a good batting performance from Pakistan in the 1st innings.

[MusaPk]

Bangladesh batsmen have batted quite well on the 1st day. But there is no possibility for them to score around 600 runs. They might score around 450 runs in the 1st innings. There could be a batting collapse of Bangladesh on day 2. The middle order has done so well today. The pitch may remain batting friendly till the end of day 3 here. I'm also expecting a good batting performance from Pakistan in the 1st innings.

Bangladesh team is in good position at stumps of Day-1 because of 170 runs partnership between Mominul Haque and Najmul Hossain Shanto. Both players are now back in the pavilion and first innings score of 400 or more will put Bangladesh in driving seat. Not a good day for Pakistan bowlers but Shaheen Shah was able to reach a significant World Test Championship milestone by becoming first Pakistani bowler to take 100 wickets in WTC. On day-2, Pakistan must try to bowl out Bangladesh as quickly as possible to stop them from reaching a big total.     

[Bluedrem]

Bangladesh batsmen have batted quite well on the 1st day. But there is no possibility for them to score around 600 runs. They might score around 450 runs in the 1st innings. There could be a batting collapse of Bangladesh on day 2. The middle order has done so well today. The pitch may remain batting friendly till the end of day 3 here. I'm also expecting a good batting performance from Pakistan in the 1st innings.

When Bangladesh lost 2 wickets very quickly at the beginning, the traditional performance of the Bangladesh team flashed before my eyes. Yes, Bangladesh is a team that cannot score many runs in Tests. And if one of the team bats well, the others cannot maintain that consistency. Today, if Nazmul Islam Shanto and Mominul Haque could not make a 170-run plus partnership, then think about where Bangladesh's score would have been. Bangladesh has already lost four wickets. If wickets fall very quickly on the second day, how many more runs can Bangladesh add to the scoreboard is the question now. But I hope Bangladesh will score close to 500 runs. In that case, this pair will have to last for a long time.

[7788bitcoin]

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Pakistani bowlers have done a good job, but fielders never support them. Batting is also going to be interesting because many new players on the team can go through this match, or Bangladesh will be a winner; it's four entertaining days of matches coming.

Pakistan bowlers have done a bad job, giving away 32 extra runs as byes and no balls is not an good day in the field for their bowling unit and their fielders dropped Najmul Hossain Shanto and he went on and scored a century, dropped Mominul Haque and he went on to score his fifty and they dropped Mushfiqur Rahim, lets see how much he is going to score tomorrow.

Bangladesh is in a really strong position and the entire match depends upon how long Bangladesh will be in the crease tomorrow.

[Jewan420]

Pakistan bowlers have done a bad job, giving away 32 extra runs as byes and no balls is not an good day in the field for their bowling unit and their fielders dropped Najmul Hossain Shanto and he went on and scored a century, dropped Mominul Haque and he went on to score his fifty and they dropped Mushfiqur Rahim, lets see how much he is going to score tomorrow.

Bangladesh is in a really strong position and the entire match depends upon how long Bangladesh will be in the crease tomorrow.

After poor bowling and fielding, Pakistan may not be able to do anything good tomorrow and in this match too. Their bowling lineup has no sharpness, no focus in fielding. It may not be possible to win a Test match with such a team. However, their batting unit will have to take responsibility to avoid losing the match.

On the other hand, Bangladesh's batters have been playing well so far. Except for the two openers, everyone else is doing their respective duties. They still have a strong batting line-up. Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Kumar Das are not out on the pitch and outside them, Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam are there who can bat well in Test cricket. The bowling unit is also their place of trust, we have to wait and see how their bowlers can do. Bangladesh may end the first innings with 450+ runs.

[WatChe]

When Bangladesh lost 2 wickets very quickly at the beginning, the traditional performance of the Bangladesh team flashed before my eyes. Yes, Bangladesh is a team that cannot score many runs in Tests. And if one of the team bats well, the others cannot maintain that consistency. Today, if Nazmul Islam Shanto and Mominul Haque could not make a 170-run plus partnership, then think about where Bangladesh's score would have been. Bangladesh has already lost four wickets. If wickets fall very quickly on the second day, how many more runs can Bangladesh add to the scoreboard is the question now. But I hope Bangladesh will score close to 500 runs. In that case, this pair will have to last for a long time.

Mominul Haque played quite well but due to nervous nineties missed his century by a margin of just 9 runs. The Bangladeshi skipper Shanto was able to make his century before getting lbw out by Muhammad Abbas. Mushfiqur Rahim is well set on the crease along with Litton Das. Bangladesh still have 6 wickets in hands and they must score 500 runs in order to put Pakistani batting under pressure. The way Pakistani bowlers have bowled on first day is not a good sign for Pakistan in this test series.

[Crypto Library]

Mominul Haque played quite well but due to nervous nineties missed his century by a margin of just 9 runs. The Bangladeshi skipper Shanto was able to make his century before getting lbw out by Muhammad Abbas. Mushfiqur Rahim is well set on the crease along with Litton Das. Bangladesh still have 6 wickets in hands and they must score 500 runs in order to put Pakistani batting under pressure. The way Pakistani bowlers have bowled on first day is not a good sign for Pakistan in this test series.

Yeap even the opener's Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Shadman Islam doesn't give the expected performance but the experience senior player the Mominul Haque doesn't disappointed us. Even when I was afraid about the score when Bangladesh lose Their first two wickets in a small score here the Mominul Haque and the Najmul Islan Shanto take the full responsibility of the team in their hand Specially about the Shantos batting it is satisfying.

And I think the score can be take to the 400 run because the Mushfiqur Rahim is on the pitch and as well also the Liton das on the pitch so these two can also make more extra pressure on the Pakistani bowlers as well.

[Farhan99]

Bangladesh batsmen have batted quite well on the 1st day. But there is no possibility for them to score around 600 runs. They might score around 450 runs in the 1st innings. There could be a batting collapse of Bangladesh on day 2. The middle order has done so well today. The pitch may remain batting friendly till the end of day 3 here. I'm also expecting a good batting performance from Pakistan in the 1st innings.

the test series between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been started and at the end of the day one Bangladesh scores three hundred and one runs with the lost of four wickets. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first and Bangladesh opens innings first but the openers was not in good form and don't put a good start for the team but in middle order Najmul Hussain Shanto was in great form and showing his experience by putting a impactful century and also Mominul Haque played a remarkable knock but unfortunately misses his century by just nine runs and Bangladesh lost just four wickets at the end of the day one. Pakistan thinks that  grassy pitch is supporting to fast bowling and some this plan is work but Pakistani pacers showing very poor bowling with wrong length and low pace and day one is not in the favor of Pakistani pacers.

[Sithara007]

I would like to know which brand of weed the Pakistani selectors are smoking. The track at Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Mirpur can be termed as a dustbowl, still they selected three pacers (Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Abbas) for this match. There was just one full-time spinner (Noman Ali), to be supported by part-timer Salman Agha. And as a result, Bangladesh has raced to 301/4 by the end of first day's play. At the moment, Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Kumer Das are at the crease and I won't be surprised if Bangladesh manages to post a 500 plus total.

[virasog]

Yeah, the team is going through many hurdles. Abrar is out of the team because the selectors gave a chance to Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, while Naseem Shah's issue was a controversial tweet for which the PCB fined him, and after that, he got his injury. The same issues arose with Babar Azam, on the day of the test, he experienced pain in his knee and was ruled out. So, yeah, the main players are out of the team, and the PCB made some tough decisions by backing Hassan Ali to the squad, even though he was chosen to be out after his last match performance. Now they are down to 4 players in 85 overs, and the runs are 301.

Yesterday Najmul Hossain Shanto scored an amazing century and so far overall in the innings of Bangladesh, if you notice that every player of Bangladesh is scoring well and specifically if we talk about Najmul Hossain Shanto, he was not wasting the balls, yes it the beauty of test cricket where the batsman defends, but still Bangladeshi players are balancing their run rate too.
 
Well, right now I think Bangladesh wants to score 30 to 40 runs more, and then they may declare the innings or maybe they will bat until Mushfiqur Rahim gets out.

[noormcs5]

I think the Pakistan batsmen will lose wickets because of the psychology, as they know that they have to chase 400 or 500+ runs, and that will be enough pressure on them. If Bangladesh can somehow take the total to 600 runs, who knows, they would be able to win by an innings 

Bangladesh batsmen have batted quite well on the 1st day. But there is no possibility for them to score around 600 runs. They might score around 450 runs in the 1st innings. There could be a batting collapse of Bangladesh on day 2. The middle order has done so well today. The pitch may remain batting friendly till the end of day 3 here. I'm also expecting a good batting performance from Pakistan in the 1st innings.

Yesterday, Pakistan started well with back-to-back two wickets taken by Abbas Ali. He is bowling well, and right now Pakistan just need to get four more wickets to finish Bangladesh's first innings.

By the way Bangladesh are also in an great lead, in the first day they already reached up to 300  and today they are also playing good so far, in the next few overs they are about to reach 400 and I think after reaching to that kind of huge score, they must need to play more (only if those batsmen are playing well) and score as much as possible, try to make up to 450 so that Bangladesh don't need to bat again.

[Qastessa]

Bangladesh scored 413 runs in the first inning good batting from Captain Shanto and good support from Momin and Mushi. Pakistani bowlers did a good job with the tailenders and settled things quickly.

Mohammad Abbas, after a long time back into the Pakistani team, has 5 wickets. In reply, debutant Azan and Imam have a century stand.

This gives a good start, but there is still plenty to come as Bangladesh brings in Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who gives a breakthrough, and Imam, who is gone on 45 after having 106 runs with debutant Azan, who is still on the crease after scoring fifty.

[Smack That Ace]

Yesterday, Pakistan started well with back-to-back two wickets taken by Abbas Ali. He is bowling well, and right now Pakistan just need to get four more wickets to finish Bangladesh's first innings.

By the way Bangladesh are also in an great lead, in the first day they already reached up to 300  and today they are also playing good so far, in the next few overs they are about to reach 400 and I think after reaching to that kind of huge score, they must need to play more (only if those batsmen are playing well) and score as much as possible, try to make up to 450 so that Bangladesh don't need to bat again.

Bangladesh team made a big collection in their first innings. But Pakistan top order is also playing well. Pakistan lost only one wicket in 25 overs. And managed to collect 109 runs. Azan Awais managed to collect 54 runs. Imam-ul-Haq got out after collecting 45 runs. Perhaps Pakistan will be able to take the lead in the first innings.

In the Mirpur match, I have seen big collections in very few matches. The pitch of this match is probably not bowling friendly. Bangladeshi batsmen played quite well. Now Pakistani batsmen are also able to play well. In the past years, we have seen that it is a very difficult task to collect such big collections on the Mirpur pitch.

[Emitdama]

I would like to know which brand of weed the Pakistani selectors are smoking. The track at Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Mirpur can be termed as a dustbowl, still they selected three pacers (Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Abbas) for this match. There was just one full-time spinner (Noman Ali), to be supported by part-timer Salman Agha. And as a result, Bangladesh has raced to 301/4 by the end of first day's play. At the moment, Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Kumer Das are at the crease and I won't be surprised if Bangladesh manages to post a 500 plus total.

Both countries' selectors have the same brand of weed because both enter into a match with 3 pacers, but Bangladesh has two specialist spinners: Tajul and Mehdi Hassan, while Pakistan enters with one batsman all-rounder, Salman Agha, because they have unpredictable batting; this has been a long-time problem for them. Now it's 90 minutes remaining at the end of the second day's play.

Bangladesh ends their inning on 413, while Mohammad Abbas's 5-wicket haul Pakistani batting is interesting at the top 2 debutants with 3 left handers now they are 130 for 1, Imam gone on 43, Azan Awais on 69, and Abdullah Fazal slow start 5 on 30 balls.

[CryptoYar]

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Such high scoring start in Mirpur is extremely rare as Sher-e-Bangla stadium is considered spin paradise where ball starts its hold very early. Pakistan is in good position and leadership in first innings will solely depend on Middle Session Stability. In Mirpur, softness of ball and cracks of pitch can still get settled batsman out to ball which stays unexpectedly low. Partnership of middle order with tail will be deciding factor and Azan Awais has proved to be very mature. History suggests that game in Mirpur has been seen to get quickened on Day 3. Unless Pakistan do not capitalise on this batting friendly period, chances of their survival on Day 4 and 5 to Bangladeshi spinners may prove to be impossible.

[MusaPk]

Such high scoring start in Mirpur is extremely rare as Sher-e-Bangla stadium is considered spin paradise where ball starts its hold very early. Pakistan is in good position and leadership in first innings will solely depend on Middle Session Stability. In Mirpur, softness of ball and cracks of pitch can still get settled batsman out to ball which stays unexpectedly low. Partnership of middle order with tail will be deciding factor and Azan Awais has proved to be very mature. History suggests that game in Mirpur has been seen to get quickened on Day 3. Unless Pakistan do not capitalise on this batting friendly period, chances of their survival on Day 4 and 5 to Bangladeshi spinners may prove to be impossible.

Bangladesh team was able to get good figures on the board in first innings but there bowlers are also struggling to pick wickets just like Pakistani bowlers. Pakistan team at the end of second day was able to score 179 runs and lost just one wicket of Imam. Azan Awais who is playing his first test is not out on 87 and he has golden opportunity to score a hundred in his first innings of first test match. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is the only Bangladeshi bowler to pick a wicket and Bangladesh need quick wickets on day three if they want to stay in the game. 

[ibuddy122505]

Such high scoring start in Mirpur is extremely rare as Sher-e-Bangla stadium is considered spin paradise where ball starts its hold very early. Pakistan is in good position and leadership in first innings will solely depend on Middle Session Stability. In Mirpur, softness of ball and cracks of pitch can still get settled batsman out to ball which stays unexpectedly low. Partnership of middle order with tail will be deciding factor and Azan Awais has proved to be very mature. History suggests that game in Mirpur has been seen to get quickened on Day 3. Unless Pakistan do not capitalise on this batting friendly period, chances of their survival on Day 4 and 5 to Bangladeshi spinners may prove to be impossible.

Bangladesh team was able to get good figures on the board in first innings but there bowlers are also struggling to pick wickets just like Pakistani bowlers. Pakistan team at the end of second day was able to score 179 runs and lost just one wicket of Imam. Azan Awais who is playing his first test is not out on 87 and he has golden opportunity to score a hundred in his first innings of first test match. Mehidy Hasan Miraz is the only Bangladeshi bowler to pick a wicket and Bangladesh need quick wickets on day three if they want to stay in the game. 

Pakistan finished the day strongly as the Bangladeshi bowlers failed to create any pressure. With nine wickets still in hand and a strong batting lineup, Pakistan look set to continue their dominance impressively. I'm impressed by the promising performance of debutant Azan Awais. He showed great talent and composure, and he definitely has the potential to become a big name in the future.
However, Bangladeshi bowlers need to make better use of their home conditions. After all, it's their own ground, so I'm hoping for a match changing bowling performance tomorrow morning.

[noormcs5]

Mohammad Abbas, after a long time back into the Pakistani team, has 5 wickets. In reply, debutant Azan and Imam have a century stand.

Today Azan Awais with an extraordinary knock, he played this innings totally on merit. Came as the opener and from the first ball till the last ball his attitude of defending the ball and looking for runs, playing quality cricket was totally the same and this leads to a great innings. At the same time, Imam Ul Haq played well with him. He provided an essential start too but when he gets out, Azan Awais carry the momentum and did not feel anything different with the new partner.