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The most boring Test team?

Sakss

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Which is the most dull and boring Test Team?

Sri Lanka comes to my mind
 
Lanka are boring in all formats.

West Indies a close second.
 
Bangladesh but because they play mostly on flat pitches tailor-made for drawing matches and they do not pick their best bowlers for Tests and always adopt defensive strategy like playing with extra batsmen and picking too many spinners.

Sri Lanka are boring because they are simply boring.
 
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Bangladesh. Our batting is okay but bowling is horror show led by Mushfiq as captain that too played on the kind of pitches where Jadeja scores his FC triple hundreds
 
I don't really count BD when it comes to talking about Tests discussions so for me it's SL.
 
I don't really watch Test, used to during school days during summer holidays :asif

All teams are boring in Test, only exciting team was Australia during the McGrath Gilly era.
 
Australia, anytime they tour the UAE they hardly give any opposition..
 
SL is worst, majority of their players have no charisma, TV coverage/Crowd/Weird Noises in SL Stadiums/Wet Weather/Poor biased commentators all result in worst presentation.
 
Another jab thrown at BD, why do you dislike them so much?

Me disliking BD? News to me. I would prefer BD to do well in all formats but for now I don't count them in the test format. I mentioned BD here because too many posts were saying that BD is most boring team and if you count BD then yes they are even for me. Since, my pick is SL , I added a line for not considering BD.

Now coming back to my comment. BD has not won anything in Test so far to be counted when talking about test format. Their combined bowling average is 50 in the Test format. They don't even play with intention to win in tests against big teams and I was hugely disappointed to see them packing their team with batsmen. For me, boring or interesting comes due to intention to win.

Now surely you can call them the most boring team but I don't really count them in the Test for all practical purposes. Hopefully, they change it in future.
 
Sri Lanka are the most boring side regardless of format. Followed by Germany.

Bangladesh are the 2nd most boring Test side - although as a BD fan I have no problems watching them. We have a lot exciting talents though (Jubair, Taskin, Mustafizur).
 
Gotta be Sri Lanka in my opinion, but I respect them because they are one of the few who regularly play with Pak
 
That's what happens if we keep winning almost all the games. Boring to watch.
 
Btw exciting strike makers like azhar ali, you is Khan, misbhah, etc can make anyone sit in front of tv.
 
Btw exciting strike makers like azhar ali, you is Khan, misbhah, etc can make anyone sit in front of tv.

Beautiful stroke makers like Azhar Ali, Younus Khan and Misbah keeps us entertained every second said no one ever ;)
 
Beautiful stroke makers like Azhar Ali, Younus Khan and Misbah keeps us entertained every second said no one ever ;)

There are folks who don't find strokeless wonders like virat, rahane, rahul, shikar,etc exciting to watch.
 
Watching test cricket in the UAE with a crowd that you could count with two hands and Bazid Khan commentating.
 
Srilanka is and has always been most boring team from a long time now.
 
New Zealand, except the sides with Hadlee or Bond.
 
NZ aren't very exciting these days. Lankans batting line up at least has some exciting players.
 
Bangladesh. I must admit there is not a small degree of snobbery associated with that opinion, but I have never quite managed to force myself to be even remotely interested in their cricket.
 
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