Match Thread: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, July 03-07, 2007

[Haider]

harif gone..

[Dhurr]

what was he thinking? he did not even offer a shot. gadha ta re keo ghash khawai nai ajke? beta ki bhushi khaiya khelte namse? ek number er bhombol dash.

[PoorFan]

Ufffffffff!!!!!1

Started to slide.

[Nafi]

Sharif just made an amatuer mistake, no offense but even my 10 year old borther would of played a stroke there, so he wouldnt get out.

Pathetic

[nzfan]

Sharif gone....the collapse begins

[sandpiper]

can we expect a 150+ from ashraful...if others support

I am expecting more

ei mon chai je more ;)

[adel]

Something inside me tells me that Mash will get a half century.

[Dhurr]

last time the whole BD team cudnt play 27 overs...But Insha Allah this time Ash and the tailenders will. Praying to Allah!

bolte na boltei sharif out.

[Electrequiem]

Captain and Vice-Captain @ the crease. Inshallah, another partnership to play out the day and avert innings dfeat.

[Sohel]

Mash in ... time to be a VC blood ... GONE ... CV gets a hattrick ball.

[BANFAN]

Very well played Mushi....
Ash can now get a double, if supported by lower order

[MysoreHuli]

The show is over. Lets get back to work.

[Timtim]

Oh god!

[Dhurr]

out. eita ki?

[One World]

poor defense from pran prio Sharif baai

[Electrequiem]

.....OMG! Mortaza LB

[ferdous]

The highets score by a BD test captain in an innings is by Aminu Islam against India. I think it was 140. So still a bit to go for Ashraful.

[Nafi]

OMG mashrafee beaten like that!!!!

[bapzmania]

crappppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!mortaza gone

[Haider]

any link guyz.. daruchini ran outta their bandwith.. saying no more free links , ppl leeching off their sites and they having to pay for it. That sux

[PoorFan]

Sharif should not get any chance in BD team, he is over.

[nzfan]

Mash gone... see this seems to happen they just collapse

[adel]

nooo!!!!! hopes dashed!

[sandpiper]

mash gone

[Sohel]

Rafique MUST play safely ... it's St. Lucia time ... please.

[tigerpower]

unbelievable, the new ball.. vaas on a hat-trick...

[PoorFan]

And Mash gone too!!!!!!!!!

[Baundule]

Here we go. Vaas on hatrick. :(

[Electrequiem]

This has got to stop. What is causing such collapse ALL the FRIGGIN time?!

[One World]

Vaas on hattrick

[adel]

8 down...come on rafique!

[Timtim]

absolutely no footwork from mash

[sandpiper]

Tragic ...................... as usual

period

[Dhurr]

i thought they were showing a replay. similar delivery, the same kind of stupidity from the batsman. no shot offered. lbw. ki khaya mathe namse bolod gula, allah malum.

[Shafin]

Sharif gone,collapse starts

[BANFAN]

This is again poor batting from lower order.

[Dhurr]

gesilo re gesilo. arektu hoilei rafique gesilo. he had NO CLUE where that ball was. inside edge.

[PoorFan]

Please take the score 300+, come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[tigerpower]

its easy to say this in hindsight, but the last ball of previous over Ash should have taken just 1 run, knowing the new ball is coming next, not exposing tailender to new ball

[One World]

murali ki rafique re cheer korlo maathe

[battye]

Here's the collapse.

At least Ashraful will get a not out score... unless he decides to have a bit of a hit... try and get to 150.

[bapzmania]

c'mon Ash show some fireworks....this tailenders is not gonna support u...

[Haider]

Mash gone.. I knew it.. My feelings were right
Damn, I had a feeling that if we didn't reach this thread to 100 pages soon, bd might be all out before the end of the day.. We are only on 88. =( so.. my superstitious mind is right on target

[Electrequiem]

Ashraful should just go ballistic and get that 113 out of the way I presume. Ar kisu korar nai. I dont trust rafique, he is out of form lately.

The new ball working wonders.

[Timtim]

all hopes of sending sri-lanka to bat again has diminished

[Sohel]

Ash keeps the strike, and Rafique out of trouble ...

[One World]

new ball is like playing as the opening pair against Vaas

[BD-Shardul]

Namajta porte gelam.....................eshe to chokh chanabora hoye gelo

[sandpiper]

rafiq off the mark

[adel]

there's something wrong with us mentally

[Dhurr]

my prediction 4-5 hours ago was as soon as ashraful or mushfiq leaves, the tail will collapse. as usual, it happened.

[Dynamite]

It is very sad to see that Bangladesh wickets are falling like flies now.

[coverdrive]

phew!! the last collapse of the game!! from 269/5 to 276/8

[One World]

cant blame mash and sharif when Shahriar is failing every innings

[cricket_pagol]

I wish there was hawk eye to show that those LBW were bad decisions... I think masrafee was more unlucky than sharif.

[Haider]

Damn.. man.. this stinkx

[Shafin]

Vaas on hattric.

Now I'm praying for avoiding innings defeat

[Electrequiem]

Shahadat can bat ...

[sandpiper]

new ball was a vital factor

[Sohel]

Malinga with the new ball and wicketless ... BHOYANOK bepar.

[Timtim]

my prediction is rafique is gonna get bowled by a yorker

[Dhurr]

malinga ashche. khel khotom. get ready to lose by an innings and about 100 runs.

[BD-Shardul]

And Mortaza got pair

[adel]

last ten overs we have score 20 for the loss of 3 wickets!

[Sohel]

Safe slash from Ash ... FOUR !

[Haider]

Damn, the target now is to keep ash on strike..

[One World]

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[Electrequiem]

Great shot by ash. 444

[Dhurr]

brilliant shot from ashraful. he has decided to take on the bowlers. FOUR.

[fai_hasan]

269/6, 276/8

though we have the centurian.

[sandpiper]

4444444444

[PoorFan]

Bring the lose less than 100, please.

[Haider]

Vaas on hattric.

Now I'm praying for avoiding innings defeat

too late for dat bro. We are down to our eighth wicket. Only chance, if Rafiqe supports ash to reach his 200 and knocks a few run himself. Which is next to impossible

[Electrequiem]

Rafique to face Malinga...a wicketless malinga...a hungry vampire.

[Sohel]

Malinga to Rafique ... kept out ... phew.

[sandpiper]

300 hobe

[battye]

Rafique could score 100. It's happened before.

[Dhurr]

malingar last ball. rafique uncle ball ta thekan.

[Haider]

300 is very much possible. Just need a good over by ash and we there... But then again u never know

[fai_hasan]

Mashrafee ei test series e run e korte chaitese na.

is he angry?

[sandpiper]

285/8

[Dhurr]

smart thinking by the captain. he could have taken three but he settled for two to get the strike.

[Electrequiem]

Ok rafique fared well ... so far.

Please Allah! Give us what you made us dream about!

[Haider]

ash needs to get on strike every chance he gets, Rafique needs to take dat single as he is exposed

[Dhurr]

Are You Serious?

[fai_hasan]

the best thing is, Malinga hasn't got a wicket yet in the 2nd innings. thats better.

[Timtim]

What The ****!

[Electrequiem]

Rafique run out...

[One World]

300 hobe

hobe to?

[Dhurr]

eita ki?

[fai_hasan]

Ok rafique fared well ... so far.

Please Allah! Give us what you made us dream about!


what is the dream bro?

[Haider]

Sri Lanka can taste Victory.. we need to keep em smelling the curry for a little bit more before they can taste the victory.. common

[sandpiper]

rafiq run out

shob shesh

[bapzmania]

Rafique Run Out ......

[Electrequiem]

Ahh...staying awake the whole night seems meaningless now. I feel like bawling. This is ...

[Dhurr]

rafique uncle eita ki korlo? rafique uncle re ki pipra kamraise? eishob ki?

[Haider]

yuk run out?

[Electrequiem]

ASH RUN OUT ......suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
its rafique.

[Sohel]

Rafique just threw that away ... so casual ... classic Dhakaiya fatalism.

[Antora]

uff ekto khete gelam ar eshe dekhi 8 wickets poira gese !!! shantite kheto parlam na!!!! and wats up with mash?? koto asha korechilam ash r mash kichu kore dekhabe.. kintu ki holo??? sigh............................ poor ash all fighting by himself

[Timtim]

That was just throwing his wicket away....blocks ash from going any further as well.

I have a feeling bashar, rafique and pilot are gonna be dropped pretty soon

[PoorFan]

UFffffffffffffff!!!1

[Russell2k7]

damn

[fai_hasan]

rafique run out?

what the hell. ekhon keo run out hoi. jottoshob.

[adel]

nooooooooooo!!!!

[zahid]

All over.

Sharif, Mash, Rafique ....gone. :mad:

[Haider]

why ash looking for 1??? he shudn't.. only run when theres 2 available

[Shafin]

81.2 Malinga to Mohammad Ashraful, FOUR, width offered outside the off stump and Ashraful frees his arms and lofts it over covers for four, will he switch to fourth gear now that Bangladesh are eight down?

[sandpiper]

shahadat kisu pare ??

[Antora]

wtf??? rafique gone too??? durrr

[fai_hasan]

i have another few minutes left before i get very angry. so i better see bangladesh at 300+

[Aritro]

Rafique should really be the number 11 these days. Shahadat's looked a lot more competent with the bat than he has in recent times.

[battye]

Very sad.

If only this was the first innings.

[Haider]

damn.. our batsmen didn't learn nothing.. Sri Lanka basically played against Ash And mushy ..in this 2nd over.. all the rest showed their coward face again

[adel]

if ash had a decent partner apart from mushi he could have gotten the double

[nzfan]

Is it just me, or does Mash seem to be lacking inspiration lately? yesterday i saw him running in half pace and bowlingwhen he was given the new ball

[Sohel]

Rajib takes 2 ... Ash on strike ... 288 for 9.

[sandpiper]

Ash - 121
shahadat - 2

[Dhurr]

two runs. ashraful will be on strike. good.

[Electrequiem]

Ok .. ash should just fire now. really ... nothing much left to do. repeat that innings against india

[fai_hasan]

eto shundor kheleo last e sobai out hoye gelo. tail order looks so week. ei series e kisui korte partese na.

[MysoreHuli]

again under 3 days?

[Dhurr]

Rafique should really be the number 11 these days. Shahadat's looked a lot more competent with the bat than he has in recent times.

rajib's batting does look better than the other tailenders.

[Sohel]

Rafique should really be the number 11 these days. Shahadat's looked a lot more competent with the bat than he has in recent times.

True.

[Shafin]

Rafique gone

We trail by 101

[PoorFan]

That was just throwing his wicket away....blocks ash from going any further as well.

I have a feeling bashar, rafique and pilot are gonna be dropped pretty soon
They need to be dropped, really. Rafique lost his wicket taking power and batting too.

[sandpiper]

trailing by 101 runs

[Russell2k7]

Bashar and Sharif and Pilot should be dropped. Looks like Pilot will never enter his cockpit for eternity.

[Haider]

Lord please have mercy.. I want to c Day 4.. any way possible

[Antora]

hmm rajib............ wat will he do?????

[Electrequiem]

Ash ... the lone warrior.

[Antora]

sigh..... no 150 from ash????

[Bengali Bum]

look at this thread.. mushy is laughing as he runs..

http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/77200/77259.jpg

[fai_hasan]

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what a pitty.

[PoorFan]

12 more needed.

[Sohel]

Lovely 4 from Ash ... gave it the treatment it deserved.

[Dhurr]

nice shot. its amazing how easy he makes that shot look.

[sandpiper]

This has just been another terrible collapse for the Bangladeshis. After registering a record partnership for any wicket that is beating the previous highest that they got against the Aussies, who would have expected them to fall apart so soon. Mohammad Ashraful is still there in the middle battling for his side and this is certainly going to be another test match which would have a result on Day 3 itself.

courtesy: cricbuzz.com

[nzfan]

http://www.uscg.mil/d14/units/KUKUI/Pictures%202/Palmyra%20-%20Plane%20wreck.jpg

thats Mashuds plane

[mla]

shahadat acquitted himself well with the bat against India and showed some circumspection - he doesn't seem one to slog mindlessly.

[Haider]

I look at it this way.. Its 2 of the only 3 good players from this test series are on now. Shahadat is the only one left. He was the only one with some good bowling and Ash with Batting. So its the 2 superstar to rescue.. Shahadat needs to know, anything he contributes is good cuz he already did a lot with his ballings

[Electrequiem]

Trail into double digits now.

[Sohel]

NO BALL ... saved ... phew.

[sandpiper]

trail by 97 runs

[Tintin]

The longest innings of Ashraful's career - previous best 224 balls

[zahid]

Mash can't bat anymore.

Rafique cant bat or bowl! Retire koren Rafique mamu.

[Electrequiem]

Ash is LUCKY! Catch on a noball!

[Dhurr]

haha baicha gese shafu. hit high in the air. catch taken by vaas but its a noball.

[bapzmania]

ok....allover 292...no ball

[Dhurr]

ashraful trying to get fancy here.

[zahid]

300 koira shot mar Ash.

[sandpiper]

295/9

[Dynamite]

An Innings defeat for the 3rd consecutive game will be an unprecedented record, in the Test cricket history.

Zimbabwe holds the present one, by losing two consecutive Test matches by Innings and quite a few hundred runs back in 2004. That was also against Sri Lanka.

I fervently pray that Bangladesh do avoid in recording the worst history in Test cricket.

Goodbye from me.

[Antora]

ash on 125!!!!! goo ash!!!!!!

[Dhurr]

ok....allover 292

mamu ei khobor koi theka pan? 296/9

[Sohel]

Good looking shot from Ash ... keeps the strike ... that's captaincy.

[PoorFan]

5 more needed.

[Dhurr]

another single and ashraful will face the next over too. smart batting.

[Electrequiem]

ASh! CMON SLOG!

[One World]

wild wide

[Dhurr]

ASh! CMON SLOG!

first ball and he went for it.

[Russell2k7]

We should see Tamim in test as well. No experience required, Rahim just proved it.

[Bengali Bum]

Malinga will remember this innings for the rest of his life.

[Haider]

ash got back on strike .. good enuff

[cricket_pagol]

Ash mixing attack with defence... really good to see

[Dhurr]

they are all bowling bouncers or wide down the leg side to ashraful. no one wants to face ashraful's wrath.

[Antora]

just out of interest, wats rajibs highest score in tests?

[PoorFan]

We should see Tamim in test as well. No experience required, Rahim just proved it.
Hehehe ... interesting point.

[Aritro]

We should see Tamim in test as well. No experience required, Rahim just proved it.

Rahim is well ahead of Tamim in technique and light years ahead in terms of temperment.

[tigerpower]

part of it, esp the last ball of the over, prevent him from taking the single, so shahadat takes strike the following over

[bapzmania]

Daru back againnnnn

[adel]

vAAS is AMAZING!

[Tintin]

An Innings defeat for the 3rd consecutive game will be an unprecedented record, in the Test cricket history.

Zimbabwe holds the present one, by losing two consecutive Test matches by Innings and quite a few hundred runs back in 2004. That was also against Sri Lanka.

I fervently pray that Bangladesh do avoid in recording the worst history in Test cricket.

Goodbye from me.

This is not unprecedented. I don't know what the record is but there are two instances when a team lost every match of a three Test series by an innings. The more recent of this is Sri Lanka in India in 1993-94

[sandpiper]

exactly my thought :)
Rahim is well ahead of Tamim in technique and light years ahead in terms of temperment.

[Sohel]

297 for 9 ... only if we scored a few during the first innings.

[Dhurr]

ai hai rajib has to face malinga.

[Electrequiem]

Rajib to face Malinga.

[adel]

HAHA...Malinga is still going above six an over!

[Dhurr]

eita ki eita ki? arektu hoilei gesilo.

[Sohel]

Ash tried to steal one there ... Rajib had no clue ... kotha ko.

[sandpiper]

HAHA...Malinga is still going above six an over!


boot is on others foot ;)

[nasimul]

300 ki hobena

[Dhurr]

ki bouncer dise malinga

[fai_hasan]

297/9 we are almost there. another couple of hundreds and we are done.

[sandpiper]

298/9

[adel]

boot is on others foot ;)

hahahahhah...lol...

[mla]

shahadat's highest test score is 31, v India recently.

[cricket_pagol]

That was a pretty bad call by ashraful

[Dhurr]

abar bouncer.

rajib shabdhan ho. yorker ashtese.

[One World]

even wilder wide

[Antora]

shahadat's highest test score is 31, v India recently.

hmmm.....maybe he can score a 50 today:-D (gosh i luv 2 dream)

[Bengali Bum]

7am already.. haven't slept yet..
waiting for 300...
*yawn*

[Sohel]

They're bulliying Rajib ... classic stuff ... and he deals with the yorker ... wtg Rajib.

[PoorFan]

2 more needed.

[Electrequiem]

Ok .. ashraful back on strike. Thanks Allah.

[Dhurr]

toe crushing yorker.

rajib bhalo batting kortese.

[bapzmania]

for some last moment action watch here

www.bangladesh-cricket-forever.blogspot.com

[adel]

Malinga is a sad guy..

[mla]

they're probably sledging the life out of Shahadat as well.

[Dhurr]

stupid stupid call. ashraful gadhami koira rajib re out korailo.

game over. 299 all out.

[Electrequiem]

Now... why Didn't SHAHADAT run?

[PoorFan]

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What the hell you expect?

[BANFAN]

Cricinfo writes:
85.4 Malinga to Shahadat Hossain, no run, another bouncer at the No 11, Hossain is looking very uncomfortable out there

is it really so? I cant watch TV, but guess he is playing comfortably as any no 11 would do...

[sandpiper]

Malinga is testing Shahadat Hossain here with short pitched stuff. He certainly wants to pick up this wicket and finish things off. Perhaps he is shaping up to fire the yorker in.

courtesy: cricbuzz.com

[Sohel]

299 all out ... silly runout ... Ash NO.

[adel]

good decison by ash.

[Timtim]

rajib ki haita haita run neiÉ

[zahid]

Lastey dekhi arekta bokami. 300 o kortey parlo na!

[One World]

so thats how it is, sharif and mash can learn from shahadat how to survive and whats mash doin as the vice captain

[Dhurr]

there was never a second run there. what was ashraful thinking?

[Russell2k7]

wth no 300

[adel]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sandpiper]

299 all out

[scoilaheez]

disgusting running, well played by Ash overall anyway.

[bapzmania]

look at sahadats running

[Haider]

gone .. another run out.. ishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[WarWolf]

Ashraful made Rajib suicide.

[Dhurr]

an innings and 90 runs. not bad. could have been worse. much much worse.

[adel]

game over!
hat's off to As and Mushi. Great job guys.

[zahid]

Ashraful's greediness for 2 runs cost Rafique and Shahadat. :mad: :doh:

[One World]

we did not need that RUN

[Antora]

they're probably sledging the life out of Shahadat as well.

awww they're bullying my rajinb:( thats it im goin to defend

[battye]

129*... well done Ashraful.

Captains knock, shame it was in a losing cause.

[Mohiul]

Well-played captain's knock by Ashraful, someone should've kept carry on with Ashraful.

[WarWolf]

Ash needs to learn how to play with the tail.

[sandpiper]

at least I am happy with Ash and Rahim

signing out for now
take care

[Dhurr]

Ashraful's greediness for 2 runs cost Rafique and Shahadat. :mad: :doh:

rafique uncle er out ta uncle er dosh chilo. rajib er ta ashraful er dosh.

[BANFAN]

Ash well played, but got two run out for his wrong call. Why not let them face it.

[MysoreHuli]

same old story. will it ever change?

[tigerpower]

he's not going for the 2nd run out of greed... it's early in the over so he wants to keep the strike!

[One World]

poor shameful display of test cricket, only Mushfik showed the class

[Haider]

Not good.. at the end.. But this kind of collapse is exceptable by the tail end, but not the top end. So, Tail end.. did what anybody wouldve expected, except BD fans. we wanted them to be a little bit more smart. 2 run outs?? thats worse than throwing away ur wicket.. thats more like pimping ur wicket

[Dhurr]

they showed an interesting stat on tv.

of the 42 test losses for bangladesh,
15 were in the 3rd day
19 were in the 4th day
8 were in the 5th day.

we still have a long way to go in test cricket.

[Shafin]

Once again,a brilliant innings from Ashraful goes in vein

[Antora]

awwwww match shesh :( ash bhalo kelse............i just wish the rest would do the same

[PoorFan]

Hmmm ... bad end. Well done Ash the unbeaten captain. Lets select right team for the next test and bring some pride home.

Great JOB ASH.

[Hatebreed]

Valiant effort from Ashraful and Mushy. That's what this team needs, for each player to give it their 100%. After this series, we gotta kick out all the oldies. They had their chance and failed to make an impact.

[Russell2k7]

Why is Sharif in the test team? Someone plz Enlighten me on this issue.

[MysoreHuli]

they showed an interesting stat on tv.

of the 42 test losses for bangladesh,
15 were in the 3rd day
19 were in the 4th day
8 were in the 5th day.

we still have a long way to go in test cricket.

maybe a 3 day test will give an opportunity for BD to play for a draw or even a victory?

[Omio]

I m quite happy today..

[Dhurr]

no vaas in the third test.

if the players can carry this momentum into that test, we might be able to push it into the fourth day.

[nzfan]

That wasnt Shahadats fault there was never two in that, i like Shahadat he tries, havnt been happy with mash this series seems to be lacking the will

[WarWolf]

HATS OFF, SIR ASHRAFUL.

[fai_hasan]

double nite giye duita batsman out hoye gelo. eita thik holo na.

jai hok, 299 all out, ashraful 129*. or averate ta ektu barbe ar ki.

see you in next match.

[One World]

Why is Sharif in the test team? Someone plz Enlighten me on this issue.

because for some reason zurassic park still exists somewhere near Bermuda

[Aritro]

maybe a 3 day test will give an opportunity for BD to play for a draw or even a victory?

Ahh but you see, unless there's a drastic change to the laws of cricket, Test matches will continue to be scheduled for five days.

You can ask your boyfriend to explain it you.

[Dhurr]

That wasnt Shahadats fault there was never two in that, i like Shahadat he tries, havnt been happy with mash this series seems to be lacking the will

i agree 100%

[Dhurr]

Ahh but you see, unless there's a drastic change to the laws of cricket, Test matches will continue to be scheduled for five days.

You can ask your boyfriend to explain it you.

boyfriend re jaiya jiggash koro..hehe bangalir jhari.

[Russell2k7]

because for some reason zurassic park still exists somewhere near Bermuda

hahahahha

[Haider]

Damn.... we almost made it to the 4th day.. lol.. it sounds pathetic.. but.. when u have only 2 or 3 players playing the game correctly and the rest just collapse and not support and not perform.. 3 day stretch is a good Test for Bangladesh. Despite scoring the lowest total in first inning , they scored an ok 299 (mostly Ash and Mushy) to save us a bit of embarrasement