A busy 8 months for Pakistan cricket coming up!

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In addition to playing England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the T20 World Cup and the away series versus West Indies, Pakistan will be hosting New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia in the next eight months <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1393200107076587522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The FTP calendar is a packed one!

 

[mastimasti]

Looks like a lot of cricket without much strategy...regardless of the rotten BCCI, the WT20 will be either in India or the UAE...yet so much cricket before the WT20 is being played in non Asian conditions which makes no sense.

 

[anakwalajinn]

Just 6 test matches in the next 10 months. How sad.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Exciting times wish there were more Test matches

 

[umarf76]

Exciting times wish there were more Test matches

Our test team is one of the most boring ever. you want to see teh likes of Fawad Alam, Imran Butt, Azhar Ali? Followed by Sajid Khan and Nouman Ali?

 

[finalfantasy7]

is that the busiest our schedule has been since woolmer was our coach

 

[ChTab]

Really bad thing that Pakistan only playing 6 tests matches in next 8-10 months

 

[Rana]

Irked with the 2 home Tests against Australia!

But the Big 3 can’t be blamed because it’s not their fault that they don’t want to give enough time to anyone but India and England!!

 

[SangasCoverDrive]

Can they host all those series in Pakistan?

 

[CricketingMinds]

Irked with the 2 home Tests against Australia!

But the Big 3 can’t be blamed because it’s not their fault that they don’t want to give enough time to anyone but India and England!!

WI and Pakistan could have played 3 tests but they chose not to....and instead are playing 1 less. How is the Big3 to blame here?

(Not saying Big3 are saviours - they suck, but the non-big3's aren't doing each other any favor here either)

 

[nextover666666]

I just hope key players dont get injured before or around the time of the t20 worldcup

 

[Rana]

WI and Pakistan could have played 3 tests but they chose not to....and instead are playing 1 less. How is the Big3 to blame here?

(Not saying Big3 are saviours - they suck, but the non-big3's aren't doing each other any favor here either)

So NZ, Aus and SA don’t want to play more than 2 Tests against us but let’s fight with the lower tier teams for not organising 3-5 Tests??!

How is that logic fair?

 

[hitthestump]

So NZ, Aus and SA don’t want to play more than 2 Tests against us but let’s fight with the lower tier teams for not organising 3-5 Tests??!

How is that logic fair?

How do you know they don't want to? Looks more and more like the PCB aren't too fussed about tests either.

 

[Rana]

How do you know they don't want to? Looks more and more like the PCB aren't too fussed about tests either.

What is there to gain by playing a 3-5 match series with West Indies and Sri Lanka?

 

[Firebat]

6 Test matches in the next 10 months, a schedule of mid-table minnows. We are just a T20 nation at this point, and one that struggles to win against South Africa B despite playing 500 T20s a year.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Irked with the 2 home Tests against Australia!

But the Big 3 can’t be blamed because it’s not their fault that they don’t want to give enough time to anyone but India and England!!

Pakistan should try their hardest to crush Australia at home, and then neglect an away tour to Australia for a few years.

Supply and demand folks, if the Pakistan Cricket Team performs really well, they can refuse to tour these Big 3 nations unless the tour Pakistan first.

 

[UzmanBeast]

What is there to gain by playing a 3-5 match series with West Indies and Sri Lanka?

Against the West Indies, a 3 game series in their own conditions is good for our team because it helps us get more exposure to the Dukes ball.

2 test series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are enough.

 

[PakLFC]

We need big tours containing four or five test's. These two test's with a few odi's are not good enough to improve our performance level. Better then nothing though.

 

[zn426]

We need big tours containing four or five test's. These two test's with a few odi's are not good enough to improve our performance level. Better then nothing though.

You have to have people watching both in the stands and on TV. If PK was filling the stands for 20-25 days of test cricket then they'd be doing it.

Test cricket is to T20 cricket as the A350 is to the A380-the ceiling is higher for one, but the floor is much much lower.

Both Tests and A380s have way more seats (chances to watch), meaning they can make more money if the entire match/flight is full...but if it's not full, or at half capacity, the cost of such a large plane (or match) eats the available ticket revenue alive.
With COVID Test cricket is even less economically feasible because there are no fans in the stands (and a chance that one team could get sick and have to stop the match).

 

[CricketingMinds]

So NZ, Aus and SA don’t want to play more than 2 Tests against us but let’s fight with the lower tier teams for not organising 3-5 Tests??!

How is that logic fair?

Fight? Not sure who suggested that.

The point is that regardless of the opponent, PCB should do their best to get the team to play more test matches.

This was a great opportunity for Pak to play a full 3-match test series...which is rare for Pakistan.. But no, PCB and WI had to be greedy and change 1 test into 2 T20is which I don't think make sense either. Should have been at least 3 additional T20is

 

[Amjid Javed]

pretty poor test scheduling and no wonder are test side will not improve longterm. 2 match series are a waste of time.

 

[PakLFC]

You have to have people watching both in the stands and on TV. If PK was filling the stands for 20-25 days of test cricket then they'd be doing it.

Test cricket is to T20 cricket as the A350 is to the A380-the ceiling is higher for one, but the floor is much much lower.

Both Tests and A380s have way more seats (chances to watch), meaning they can make more money if the entire match/flight is full...but if it's not full, or at half capacity, the cost of such a large plane (or match) eats the available ticket revenue alive.
With COVID Test cricket is even less economically feasible because there are no fans in the stands (and a chance that one team could get sick and have to stop the match).

All the same I want Pak to play in a Test final. It is still the purist form of the game.