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South Africa are looking very good here. They beat India at home and drew with NZ away.
They have a series vs Bangladesh at home which they should win comfortably too. That leaves them with a series in England and Australia and against England, I expect it to be competitive.
Think the ultimate order would be :
1. India/Australia
2. Australia/India
3. South Africa
4. Pakistan
Then rest.
Any possibility india reach to the final? I think india should win one of test against england .
After the 2nd Test between Pakistan and Australia ended in a tense draw
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England. acutely embarrassing.
Where are the talented English batters?
They really need to find some fixes before next Ashes at home in 2 years time.
South Africa have a bit of a chance to make it to final.
They only have one tough assignment and that is Australia. They should win their other tours.
South Africa have a bit of a chance to make it to final.
They only have one tough assignment and that is Australia. They should win their other tours.
Can Pakistan make it to the final? Anyways, looking forward to the England test series!
India should win all their remaining games.
Or will it be the SA?
Pakistan:
Remaining series: Sri Lanka (away - two Tests), England (home - three Tests), New Zealand (home - two Tests)
India:
Remaining series: Australia (home - four Tests), Bangladesh (away - two Tests)
South Africa:
Remaining series : England away - three tests, Australia away three tests, West Indies home two tests
What are the chances then?
Pakistan have to beat sri lanka and nzl
2-0 2-0 and england 2-0 as well.
6 wins out of 7
Looks possible but the manner in which pcb plays test cricket. Its difficult.
Pakistan had the most favourable fixtures in this test cycle. The 3 remain series are in Asia so went get a better chance to reach final. But negative cricket they play will stop them from doing so.
They need to resort to spin friendly tracks and try to get Nauman, Yasir Shah and Sajid Khan involved.
Shadab Khan is a must in the Test side too. He will add depth with the batting
No point in making pitches to suit sunday league spinners. We need to be brave, prepare normal pitches with slight help for seamers and back Shaheen, Hasan and Naseem.
Home bowlers always have an advantage. Naseem bowled beautifully vs Australia when he would likely struggle on similar flat pitches away.
Much better than the pining your hope on below average and washed up spinners.
Shadab should be playing tests now, I agree.
Lol, amid the hype and hoopla let's remember England are still at #7 in the rankings and just managed to save themselves from a home series defeat.
These three pacers will not outperform Boult, Southee and Wagner/Henry+ Jamieson on the same track. Our strength against the SENA sides has always been the threat of Spin, whilst our batsmen have traditionally been better at dealing with the threat in sub continent conditions
Pakistan are missing those batsmen. We have a guy like Imam ul Haq who doesn’t understand that you do not have to play at balls outside of leg from spinners. Our skills against spin are probably at their lowest point ever
We can produce spin wickets, sporting wickets etc.. the facts are Babar is a negative and defensive captain. Watch both england and new zealand score heavily in the conditions and they will do so quickly. At same time imam, Azhar Ali will just dead bat everything allowing opposition bowlers to get control. no one is asking pakistan to play over aggressive cricket but they cant even manage to play positively. until such snails are removed from the batting pakistan will not win test matches at home against top sides.
How india should win all their remaining games ?
They will beat bangladesh 2-0
But Aussies will definitely win 2 test matches in india or may be 1 and 1 might be draw.
If india beats aussies 2-1
They will still not make it to final
Aussies clean sweep South Africa
And if pakistan bears sri lanka nzl eng 2-0,2-0,2-0
It will be Pak v Aus final
Between India and Pakistan.Pakistan:
Remaining series: Sri Lanka (away - two Tests), England (home - three Tests), New Zealand (home - two Tests)
India:
Remaining series: Australia (home - four Tests), Bangladesh (away - two Tests)
South Africa:
Remaining series : England away - three tests, Australia away three tests, West Indies home two tests
What are the chances then?
Over rate penalties under Joe Root’s captaincy have absolutely killed England, they’d genuinely have an outside chance of making the final from this position otherwise.
Pakistan vs SL 1-1
Pakistan vs NZ 1-1
Pakistan vs England 0-2.
Its highly unlikely we can we any of these series with expired and useless players like Azhar, Hasan, Nauman, Sarfraz..
Over rate penalties are making a mockery of the Test championship.
Something needs to be done with over rates very soon. Clearly for whichever reason it is close to impossible for most sides to bowl 90 overs in a day + 30 minutes. The expectation that sides bowl 15 overs every hour is just not being met. If there is a result within the five days then who cares about over rates anyway.
Something needs to be done with over rates very soon. Clearly for whichever reason it is close to impossible for most sides to bowl 90 overs in a day + 30 minutes. The expectation that sides bowl 15 overs every hour is just not being met. If there is a result within the five days then who cares about over rates anyway.
anyone know where the final will be?
So these are the top 4 contenders now and pretty much the only sides who still have a realistic chance of making it to the final -
Australia
India
Pakistan
South Africa
And the series' that are extremely critical to the standings from now on are -
England vs South Africa (3 Tests)
Pakistan vs England/New Zealand (5 Tests)
Australia vs South Africa (3 Tests)
India vs Australia (4 Tests).
I think Australia vs Pakistan will be the final.
Hopefully it will be an India vs Pakistan final.![]()