Who will watch Test Series as close as ODI series? [Merged]

[Afridirocks]

Who will be watching all 7-8 hours of test each day???

[Torpedo]

That is what I'm waiting for. We can then watch the real cricketers and the pretenders like Afridi can go home.

[Cover Drive]

To be honest, I am desperately waiting for Test series to begin. I might sound stupid but I love watch a batsman innings in Test rather than T20 and ODI because in test he plays lots of beautiful strokes which we really don't get to see in T20 and ODI's. In these two formats a player is mainly slogging so I don't like cameo sort of innings.

One of main reason why I am desperately waiting for the Test series to begin is to watch Mohammad Yousuf in action and wishing him all the best to perform.

[Wised up]

I think Steyn will eat us alive in test matches. Plus, our bowling looks very weak.

[sakss]

iv got the tickets.....gona watch it for sure....YK in action :)

[Inziquicksingle]

To be honest, I am desperately waiting for Test series to begin. I might sound stupid but I love watch a batsman innings in Test rather than T20 and ODI because in test he plays lots of beautiful strokes which we really don't get to see in T20 and ODI's. In these two formats a player is mainly slogging so I don't like cameo sort of innings.

One of main reason why I am desperately waiting for the Test series to begin is to watch Mohammad Yousuf in action and wishing him all the best to perform.

I cannot agree more sir.

[Kriketer]

For me Test match is all about watching experience and great competition on a great pitch. Result win/loss doesn't matter much. Sadly pitches will be flat so thunder bowling with swing and bounce is so not happening. Not like you really need all that against our batting line-up, but from a spectator's point of view Test matches in Asia are outright boring.

I will still catch highlights, but pleasure of Test matches we recently saw in England and Australia will sadly not be there! Foolish 3 stooges have ruined our chances of playing Test matches as a home team in England!

[kkmix]

I will.

[PB]

I wanna see Youhana, bat, hopefully, gets couple of centuries!
Hopefully the youngins get a game or two, and score big!

[Cover Drive]

For me Test match is all about watching experience and great competition on a great pitch. Result win/loss doesn't matter much. Sadly pitches will be flat so thunder bowling with swing and bounce is so not happening. Not like you really need all that against our batting line-up, but from a spectator's point of view Test matches in Asia are outright boring.

I will still catch highlights, but pleasure of Test matches we recently saw in England and Australia will sadly not be there! Foolish 3 stooges have ruined our chances of playing Test matches as a home team in England!

I agree! Watching test matches in England (specially) is something special. I don't think any other countries atmosphere can match England's test matches atmosphere.

I wanna see Youhana, bat, hopefully, gets couple of centuries!
Hopefully the youngins get a game or two, and score big!

I am sure he wouldn't like to be called by that name :)

[PB]

Lol, Okay.:20:

[1137moiz]

a cricket tour is a lovely thing; a few thrilling one-days to get the taste of things, and then the real Test battle. LOVE IT.

[PB]

I hope the pitches support the bowlers, also, don't wanna see 600/3 :facepalm:

A even contest between bat and ball, is what I'm looking for!

[Kriketer]

I hope the pitches support the bowlers, also, don't wanna see 600/3 :facepalm:

A even contest between bat and ball, is what I'm looking for!

lol.....why not be more specific?

[PB]

lol.....why not be more specific?

Don't wanna see the teams pile up lots of runs, and then end the game in a dull and boring draw. . . . . .

[z2_daredevil]

got free tickets for test with the odi tickets so i will watch for sure

[Down2Earth]

can't wait for the real cricket

[Afridi_Fan]

Nah, The Beast won't be there andmy time is too precious to watch Farhat play.

Not interested.

[Poison]

Will be on holidays so sure :yk

[deviously~fading~away]

That is what I'm waiting for. We can then watch the real cricketers and the pretenders like Afridi can go home.
What a joke! The stadium will be empty once the test matches start!

[mhraja]

What a joke! The stadium will be empty once the test matches start!

If there is chances of Pakistan win on any day then Stadiums might get few spectators else I think you are right.

[Poison]

Lol, Okay.:20:

Why would you even call him Youhana?

[WNC]

What a joke! The stadium will be empty once the test matches start!

True that, in the heat and all I doubt many would turn up to watch..

Having said, will be looking forward to it, though wouldnt watch the complete day's play cause of college and other stuff, but will check in from time to time :inti

[haroonrasheed320]

Lol, Okay.:20:

Why would you even call him Youhana?

@Poison Sahab- Some people want to look cool, eventually end up looking like a fool. :hameed

[Zaheer Abbas's Fan]

i will follow the tests more closely.

[Acim]

Tests will definitely be followed closely. Pitches will play an important part for the interests to be maintained.

Both teams have quality players and it will be a good competitive series as the Pakistani batsmen will find it relatively easier and YK coming back is a great news.

Pakistan's bowling will be effected in the absence of aamir, but of what I have seen of Wahab in the ODIs, I think he will be a handful on these pitches and could turn out to our trump card.

[Radiance Of Australis]

First Test is entirely in my Eid vacations (Friday Nov 12- Tuesday Nov 16) and plus I have tickets :D
Jab marzee hogi chalee jaongi.

[Rizie]

That is what I'm waiting for. We can then watch the real cricketers and the pretenders like Afridi can go home.

and then u c an see me :misbah

[GOAT]

Won't be keeping up with our bowling as much for obvious reasons. Looking forward to see what Younis can pull off, he's had some valuable time in the middle this past series so he should string together a few handy scores, Inshallah. Hopefully see Umar Akmal come back to form :).

I definitely think I'd be paying more attention if the Test series was being played in South Africa.

[sultanator]

I just wanna see how Shafiq (if selected) performs under the guidance of YK and MoYo.

[Maula Jutt]

I will watch it as close as the ODI series. Which is 8 feet away from the TV set.

[Poison]

I will watch it as close as the ODI series. Which is 8 feet away from the TV set.

What if Aamir comes on the screen? :inzi

[iHammad]

Will watch highlights only. Play starts at 1 am in Canada

[cricfan967]

Timing for tests are horrible for most parts of Canada

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

Even though I don't want too I will I am just addicted

[Maula Jutt]

What if Aamir comes on the screen? :inzi

He wont :ibutt

[TigerJat]

IT will be a tough test for Pakistan, we don;'t have bowlers for a test match.

No Danish Kaneria, no Amir, no Asif.

ODI and T20 you can get away with Shoaib and Gul and Riaz. But in a test match, Shoaib will not play, and the rest are not that callibre.

[anakwalajinn]

I hope the pitches support the bowlers, also, don't wanna see 600/3 :facepalm:

A even contest between bat and ball, is what I'm looking for!

What if it is

Pakistan 600/3

Imran :farhat 0
Shahid :afridi 564*

[Desi_Joker]

I will... not. lol I've got a life to deal with. :malik

[Passion4Pakistan]

I will be More active while test series is on in compare to ODI series. I found ODI Series so much interesting and I like to keep watching the game rather than concentrating on posting on PP. I do post though here and there.

But I will surely be active while Test Series is on.. Because, Test Matches are the place to post your technical comments with common sense.

[RehanG]

i wont be watching whole day it starts here 7 am! in the morning so will be watching last 2-3 hrs

[Passion4Pakistan]

Originally Posted by Cover Drive
To be honest, I am desperately waiting for Test series to begin. I might sound stupid but I love watch a batsman innings in Test rather than T20 and ODI because in test he plays lots of beautiful strokes which we really don't get to see in T20 and ODI's. In these two formats a player is mainly slogging so I don't like cameo sort of innings.

One of main reason why I am desperately waiting for the Test series to begin is to watch Mohammad Yousuf in action and wishing him all the best to perform.


I cannot agree more sir.

Why You are not agreed with him Sir???

It Seems like, Your Knowledge about Test Cricket is as little as your post above.:yk

[PB]

Why would you even call him Youhana?

Why, Can't I call him Youhana?
:)

[GOAT]

Why, Can't I call him Youhana?
:)

Because his name is Mohammed Yousaf? :moyo

[PB]

Because his name is Mohammed Yousaf? :moyo

I like to say Yousuf Youhana....:21:

[MR__KHAN__JI]

Test matches are REAL cricket..... Unfortunately I wont have time to watch all of it...

Any good performances in TESTS are worth ten times ODI and twenty times T20....

[Pakistani93]

I like to say Yousuf Youhana....:21:

Well you can call him Youhana but that is not his name

[Passion4Pakistan]

Test matches are REAL cricket..... Unfortunately I wont have time to watch all of it...

Any good performances in TESTS are worth ten times ODI and twenty times T20....

To me, Tests are Priceless. Can't compare the Quality of Tests with any other formate like ODIs or T20s.

[iZeeshan]

I'd love to watch test cricket if we could be the least bit competitive.

Maybe I'll watch when Younus comes out to bat. I've lost faith in Yousuf. Misbah uncle is captain. There's no Amir or Asif. Akhtar doesn't play tests. There isn't even Kamran Akmal to show us his comical drops.

What's there to see anymore?

I love test cricket, but I'm afraid these two tests will be the worst ever. Hope I'm proved wrong though.

[*sallu*]

I will watch it even more closely

[Maula Jutt]

Why You are not agreed with him Sir???

It Seems like, Your Knowledge about Test Cricket is as little as your post above.:yk

:)))

Dude, you might want to read his post again. This time, with a little more attention maybe..?

[Theo_14]

I love watch a batsman innings in Test rather than T20 and ODI because in test he plays lots of beautiful strokes which we really don't get to see in T20 and ODI's.

Agreed, the post I have quoted are one of the things why I am looking forward to the test more then I have then the ODI's and T20.

The reason why I'll be looking forward to the test more then the limited overs are because...

In Test Cricket you get to see the most out of a player - you get experience their main strength and weaknesses and get to see more of them. I mean test cricket could be ideal for a youngster who has bags of potential but cannot reveal it to the fans as he needs to show more of his talent in a longer format.

Pakistan may not be succesful in test cricket but as a fan you want to see your players perform as long as possible.

I'll be looking forward to several players such as the likes of Moyo and Younis mainly because test format is the ideal format for them and I personally believe if we are to see the best out of the two seniors then test cricket is the answer.

Along with those 2, I'll be looking forward to seeing Zoni - last time he played he fought like a soldier and made a battling 88, however the performances in the ODI matches could affect him and the fine he has recieved could affect his confidence too.

Cannot wait.

[KingKhanWC]

Can't wait bring on test cricket and our new skipper. :misbah

[Acim]

What if it is

Pakistan 600/3

Imran :farhat 0
Shahid :afridi 564*

Afridi chickened out of real cricket, remember?

[Schickelgruber]

Okay I didn't find a thread anywhere else, anyway! I AM SO EXCITED FOR TOMORROW! What about you guys? Will you all be watching the full day's play or catching the highlights? Personally I am staying home from college till the end of the first test and not skipping a single ball!

Here is my team for tomorrow:

- Hafeez
- Asad
- Younis
- Yousuf
- Misbah
- Umar
- Adnan
- Wahab
- Gul
- Rehman
- Sami

Posts thought below :)

[kkmix]

Not the same excitement as the ODI series. Maybe because Misbah will be leading the team.

[Desi_Joker]

Not me...

[1137moiz]

I'm excited. Hope Misbah-ul-Haq backs his leadership with performance

[Desi_Joker]

I hope the match lasts more than 3 days.

[aamerfan]

i don't know about excited

more like lets get this over with

[saeed-sohail]

I am.

[Down2Earth]

rehman and ajmal are starting tomorrow, i for one am not looking forward to negative cricket where we go into the match looking to draw

[atif.raza]

I am excited but i am excited for the prospect of Pakistan loosing the tests inside 3 days. Only this kind of embarrassing display can lead to public outrage which might eventually lead to end of Ijaz Butt tenure.

[Dr_Bassim]

Yaar idhar tu ghantay hi nahin guzartey b4 start of match :(

No matter what the scenario, before Pakistan's match i am always excited to the core.

I always count the minutes lol.

[amirfanforlife]

Not as exciting as the ODI's but looking forward to the test matches.. Just hope Pak lasts..

[Schickelgruber]

Damn, I was hoping you guys would be more pumped up. Now the forums will not be as full


:(

[Desi_Joker]

It's called reality check, bhai :D

[aamerfan]

its not that we are not excited but we aren't expecting much

[1137moiz]

I am excited but i am excited for the prospect of Pakistan loosing the tests inside 3 days. Only this kind of embarrassing display can lead to public outrage which might eventually lead to end of Ijaz Butt tenure.
:facepalm: you can bet your bottom dollar that won't be happening

[CrIcKet_is_LiFe]

To be honest, I am desperately waiting for Test series to begin. I might sound stupid but I love watch a batsman innings in Test rather than T20 and ODI because in test he plays lots of beautiful strokes which we really don't get to see in T20 and ODI's. In these two formats a player is mainly slogging so I don't like cameo sort of innings.

One of main reason why I am desperately waiting for the Test series to begin is to watch Mohammad Yousuf in action and wishing him all the best to perform.

total agree!!!!!!!!