Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod]

[JSRAW]

Yeah, agree with Cointikka but in cricket you never know and upsets do happens, we all know that. In this case, it might be a stretch tho.

Bhai, we are talking about Pakistan  . I was giggling when you showed the confidence on a team where the board itself was not confident on their players. That is the reason they removed 7 players and two coaches from an ongoing series. Kya baat kar rahe ho    

In neutral games, especially against poms. I am in for lols n giggles and craving for village cricket vibes in the last match.

This statement of yours is because you have some hate against them. 

Lol not hate, it's just i don't find many likable personalities in their team barring few.

By any chance if you want to cheer for good cricket. Some player comes out and make over the top comments here n there, which is irritating and happened lot of times. Other than that, there's English comm panel.

[Cointikka]

By any chance if you want to cheer for good cricket. Some player comes out and make over the top comments here n there, which is irritating and happened lot of times. Other than that, there's English comm panel.

Both England and Australian veterans are known for their garbage in the media. They, as in the England veteran, cannot digest that the game they invented is now being controlled and aced by India, which was once ruled by them. Your hate is justified, but vocally complaining about a country[known for deteriorating cricket standards] & showing sneaky support to them that side is not justified  .

BTW.. The PCB might sack their chief selector as per this news. Under the current head, the PCB has made a mockery of itself internationally.

[JSRAW]

By any chance if you want to cheer for good cricket. Some player comes out and make over the top comments here n there, which is irritating and happened lot of times. Other than that, there's English comm panel.

Both England and Australian veterans are known for their garbage in the media. They, as in the England veteran, cannot digest that the game they invented is now being controlled and aced by India, which was once ruled by them. Your hate is justified, but vocally complaining about a country[known for deteriorating cricket standards] & showing sneaky support to them that side is not justified  .

BTW.. The PCB might sack their chief selector as per this news. Under the current head, the PCB has made a mockery of itself internationally.

Again hate would be strong word lol to my part, it's just irritation.

Well, it's not like decline in county's quality is our fault ( cricket fraternity outside county). No one dictates them to create pitches where 120-130 km/h bowlers dominating and gets find out when they travel. It's not other faults that they can't produce a good spinners or their batters can't hold their bat when touring australia and india.

Not following pakistan cricket in detail but this purge looks bad.

[JunaidAzizi]

The Pakistan vs England match will start tomorrow, and there is a lot of discussion everywhere that Pakistan's performance has been too bad in this series. They have now replaced the coach and the players for the last match. Why didn't the PCB do this at the start of the series or after the first loss? Now the result is almost confirmed, Pakistan will lose this match, but there is a 2 percent chance that, after this substitution of players and coaches, they may be able to win. So, what do you think, guys? Will Pakistan win the last match or not? Please place your free predictions here just to see the users' analysis and the basis they provide for their predictions.

[JSRAW]

^^ this hunt doesn't look like usual performance post marterm.

The kind of news and signalling PCB is giving it looks bad. Heard that they even took rizwan and haq's phones, suggesting some fixing angle.

[Cheema02]

The Pakistan vs England match will start tomorrow, and there is a lot of discussion everywhere that Pakistan's performance has been too bad in this series. They have now replaced the coach and the players for the last match. Why didn't the PCB do this at the start of the series or after the first loss? Now the result is almost confirmed, Pakistan will lose this match, but there is a 2 percent chance that, after this substitution of players and coaches, they may be able to win. So, what do you think, guys? Will Pakistan win the last match or not? Please place your free predictions here just to see the users' analysis and the basis they provide for their predictions.

I think the PCB's decision, was taken a little late but strangely, Shahid Afridi has said about it, most shocking selection ever. The way Pakistan is losing the first Test match, PCB should have taken action immediately, but taking action after losing two Test matches without any fight from the team, then removing Sarfaraz Ahmed and appointing Mike Hesson as coach and making several player changes, was a bit surprising.

 In my opinion, the series is already out of hand at 2-0, so this last match will be just a battle to save honor. It seems quite difficult to beat a strong side like England with a team of inexperienced uncapped players brought in in such a hurry, but still, Pakistan is unpredictable, maybe some new player will surprise tomorrow.

[Compromise me]

The Pakistan vs England match will start tomorrow, and there is a lot of discussion everywhere that Pakistan's performance has been too bad in this series. They have now replaced the coach and the players for the last match. Why didn't the PCB do this at the start of the series or after the first loss? Now the result is almost confirmed, Pakistan will lose this match, but there is a 2 percent chance that, after this substitution of players and coaches, they may be able to win. So, what do you think, guys? Will Pakistan win the last match or not? Please place your free predictions here just to see the users' analysis and the basis they provide for their predictions.

Pakistan test cricket team is very weak and they have no confidence to play on the English wickets as they are afraid of attack of England team but England team did good bowling in the first match and in the second match Pak team should try to bounce back but they could not recover their loss and they lose back to back 2 matches.

Coach was good but I think they should not choose Imam for this series because he is drama person because he did not play when his team need him and Pak lose second match due to his fault as he could release try  pressure if he could play.

Rizwan should be part of the team because he don't deserve that kind of behavior but selectors should be changed but who will take action on selectors and who will fine on them?

[JunaidAzizi]

In my opinion, the series is already out of hand at 2-0, so this last match will be just a battle to save honor. It seems quite difficult to beat a strong side like England with a team of inexperienced uncapped players brought in in such a hurry, but still, Pakistan is unpredictable, maybe some new player will surprise tomorrow.

And that will be another drama if Pakistan loses the match after these changes. I am not a selection specialist, but what I am seeing in the PCB and other boards is that Pakistan has no need to make changes to the team. The series is already out of their reach, so they should leave the team as it is. If they win, that will be considered a comeback, and if they lose, then there will be no surprise since they have already lost two other matches. But let's see the think tank's decision and how much it is worth for the third match..

[JSRAW]

Wow look at that, couple of quick wickets and Babar didn't come to his usual place and dropped himself down the order?

Shan batting at number 4, usually this number is cemented for the best batsman of every team. All the greats used to bat at this number.

[welovebit]

Three debutants but no change in performance and luck hapless Pakistan lost 4 wickets in just first 10 overs of this third and final test match against England at Birmingham now Babar Azam and Saud on crease most chances they will be have no good target
and another humiliated defeat is waiting for them.

33 for 4 from these 11 runs are extra no batsmen have his tally in double digit Ollie Robinson enjoying this summer with 18 wickets Jofra Archer after having two wickets in today inning also have good tally of 10 wickets in this series nothing special coming from them as its going to be end in three days again.

[AgriTrack]

Three debutants but no change in performance and luck hapless Pakistan lost 4 wickets in just first 10 overs of this third and final test match against England at Birmingham now Babar Azam and Saud on crease most chances they will be have no good target
and another humiliated defeat is waiting for them.

33 for 4 from these 11 runs are extra no batsmen have his tally in double digit Ollie Robinson enjoying this summer with 18 wickets Jofra Archer after having two wickets in today inning also have good tally of 10 wickets in this series nothing special coming from them as its going to be end in three days again.

Pakistan looked completely unprofessional in this test series against England because the Pakistani players consistently showed very unacceptable and poor performances, as in the third test game, Pakistan lost all their wickets by just 133 runs. No doubt Pakistan has very skillful and technically sound batters like Babar, Abdullah, Rizwan and Shan, but they did not show their potential. That's the reason behind the collapse of Pakistan's batting order. Saud Shakeel played well in the previous game and in the current game with 43 runs.

Along with batting, Pakistani bowlers are also carrying their legends' legacy and don't show the spell that is required to win the game and also ground conditions are very favorable for fast bowlers and Pakistan has a very experienced Abbas Ali, but due to a lack of pace, they also remain dormant. England have currently reached 144 runs with the loss of 4 wickets and in this total, Captain Brook has made a lot of contributions, and England are showing full dominance right now.

[Cointikka]

Wow look at that, couple of quick wickets and Babar didn't come to his usual place and dropped himself down the order?

Shan batting at number 4, usually this number is cemented for the best batsman of every team. All the greats used to bat at this number.

What a Joke? 7 players, 2 coaches replaced by the PCB, yet all out for 133. This team has shown abysmal batting this time, except for Saud Shakeel, who got 43 runs. Not much of a big difference after the new bowlers debuted. This new team is not making much of a difference compared to what the previous team was doing. I am expecting the same result once again.

[Mahdirakib]

What a Joke? 7 players, 2 coaches replaced by the PCB, yet all out for 133. This team has shown abysmal batting this time, except for Saud Shakeel, who got 43 runs. Not much of a big difference after the new bowlers debuted. This new team is not making much of a difference compared to what the previous team was doing. I am expecting the same result once again.

At the end of this series, supporters would complain about PCB for the previous squad for their humiliating defeats. That's why they took such a bold move and made big changes in the squad and coaching staff. This type of change never happened in the middle of a series in the past. I'm not surprised by the failure of this new squad. They need more time to have a good team combination and play better.

[JSRAW]

What a Joke? 7 players, 2 coaches replaced by the PCB, yet all out for 133. This team has shown abysmal batting this time, except for Saud Shakeel, who got 43 runs. Not much of a big difference after the new bowlers debuted. This new team is not making much of a difference compared to what the previous team was doing. I am expecting the same result once again.

At the end of this series, supporters would complain about PCB for the previous squad for their humiliating defeats. That's why they took such a bold move and made big changes in the squad and coaching staff. This type of change never happened in the middle of a series in the past. I'm not surprised by the failure of this new squad. They need more time to have a good team combination and play better.

PCB and management deserve more credit for this fuck up but senior players have to take responsibility as well, which I don't see.

I mean in last closed press conference, babar was shutting up journalists by saying that he was the man of the series against windies. Like seriously what was he trying to prove? He played closed to 70 test match and it was his first man of the series award, which was shared by an another player. It's not something to brag about when team performance is going down the hill.

[Cointikka]

I mean in last closed press conference, babar was shutting up journalists by saying that he was the man of the series against windies. Like seriously what was he trying to prove? He played closed to 70 test match and it was his first man of the series award, which was shared by an another player. It's not something to brag about when team performance is going down the hill.

What surprises me is the way Babar has been getting out. The England bowlers aren't that aggressive; they're using different variations, which batters like Babar should know how to play. They say the pitch is difficult to play, but when the batters from England come to bat, it looks like a normal pitch. This match will also be over in just 3 days.

[welovebit]

Fun and jokes are always part of the Pakistan cricket team, especially while they are on tour of Australia or England. My first prediction was this match is going to end in three days, but now most chances are today it's going to be wrapped up by English bowlers because they are physiologically controlling the Pakistani batting lineup, which is currently crap.

Now they need just 150 to 170 more runs and its almost end of this match and tour for Pakistan hopefully after this lost they will be go ahead with same energy and tactics for future because no one having good cricketing brain to bring improvement and one something positive for cricket in Pakistan which is now only entertainment for peoples.

[eaLiTy]

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At the end of this series, supporters would complain about PCB for the previous squad for their humiliating defeats. That's why they took such a bold move and made big changes in the squad and coaching staff. This type of change never happened in the middle of a series in the past. I'm not surprised by the failure of this new squad. They need more time to have a good team combination and play better.

It was a wonderful and bold step by the PCB to save face. This time, only seven Pakistani players scored single digits in the first innings, and yet Pakistan was able to reach 133 runs, which is a huge accomplishment.

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I mean in last closed press conference, babar was shutting up journalists by saying that he was the man of the series against windies. Like seriously what was he trying to prove? He played closed to 70 test match and it was his first man of the series award, which was shared by an another player. It's not something to brag about when team performance is going down the hill.

What else can he say when both the team's and his own performances are against him. Confidence is built by self-boosting, and maybe he is just trying to do that in front of the journalists to boost himself up. Sadly, he was not able to score runs in the first innings.

[HelliumZ]

At the end of this series, supporters would complain about PCB for the previous squad for their humiliating defeats. That's why they took such a bold move and made big changes in the squad and coaching staff. This type of change never happened in the middle of a series in the past. I'm not surprised by the failure of this new squad. They need more time to have a good team combination and play better.

The changes that are likely to happen in the Pakistan team at the moment are essentially necessary to keep the Pakistan team alive. Some players may also be changed from the top order batsmen of the Pakistan team who are basically regulars in the team. Given the poor performance of the Pakistan team at the moment, it would be better if the entire Pakistan team could be changed. When the entire balance of a team is lost, that team plays badly against any team and that is what is happening in the Pakistan team at the moment. For this reason, several changes in the Pakistan team, including the coach, have become mandatory.

[JSRAW]

I mean in last closed press conference, babar was shutting up journalists by saying that he was the man of the series against windies. Like seriously what was he trying to prove? He played closed to 70 test match and it was his first man of the series award, which was shared by an another player. It's not something to brag about when team performance is going down the hill.

What surprises me is the way Babar has been getting out. The England bowlers aren't that aggressive; they're using different variations, which batters like Babar should know how to play. They say the pitch is difficult to play, but when the batters from England come to bat, it looks like a normal pitch. This match will also be over in just 3 days.

Dismissal on archer's delivery was good tho, he looked bad nly because of technique and well directed bouncers with sheer pace are hard to deal with, which could rattle any batter.


@eaLiTy his scorecard in windies' reads 23, 58*, 88, 24* bar was this low for the player of the series award.

[Sithara007]

I was not following the Pakistan vs England series closely because I was traveling outside India. But today I was watching the live stream on Sony LIV and was quite surprised with the Pakistan squad. It was difficult to believe that this is their regular squad, and not the 'A' squad. Apart from a handful of players such as Babar Azam, Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel, most of the remaining players were unknown to me. What is going on with their squad selection?