Record Chase: I believe ... do you?

[cricman]

Bangladesh Win the 1st Test by 4 wickets, If you believe thats going to be the final result it will happen. Hopefully they believe

What a better time to a post a 400+ score, Law of Averages says it's due to happen and the top order looked good they didn't seem to be over matched either. If they take it one ball at a time and keep their concentration. They will do it.

It'll be an early New Years gift, Let them enjoy there day today and go them tomorrow.

[Nafis_BD]

Inshallah Cricman bhaiya!!!! :fanflag:

So are we having the party at your place if Bangladesh wins? New Years is coming soon you know!!:D

[Zeeshan]

cricman vai key hollywood-er gajakhuri plot dhorse aj.... ;)

[Rabz]

Ha ha, nothing to lose there, Cricman...
That would make our year, both this and next.
India and SA just chased over 400+ in not so distant past, so you fancy we can do it too?

Dont know about Law of Average, but the odds are quiet very against us.
But i like those odds, after all, we can only hope for better.

Btw, what happend to your Razor Ramon avtar, he was my fav wrestler.

[cricket_pagol]

400+ runs is chase-able in this pitch... but we need luck on our side and we need weather like day 2. I think the day break will energize your players for the improbable chase.

However, the likely scenario is that we will be all out by the end of day 4 !!!

[Zeeshan]

Here's my script wit F.O.Ws:

101/1 - 138/2 - 210/3 - 219/4 - 280/5- 330/6
360/7 - 380/8

Bd wins by 2 wickets....

[nycpro96]

i think this is possible inshallah only if we can contain murali and the doosra

[nadim 98]

never give ur hope.inshallah we will win.

[Raynman]

i actually know in good authority that there has been a plan hatched by ICC and BCB following the world cup of 2007. After seeing Bangladesh's potential after beating India and SA, it was decided that in order to popularize the game of cricket globally, ICC and BCB will work in conjunction to pull off the greatest rags to riches story as a publicity stunt. In return for secret training and funding to win the world cup in 2011, BCB will ensure that the Bangladesh national team portray a losing culture leading up to the world cup. They are however allowed to show glimpses of their improvement and genius in spurts such as one major ODI win a year and a few sessions in Test cricket. They must however show great collapses in the face of possible victory whenever possible to ensure that no one catches on one of the greatest cover ups in sports history. Everybody loves a Cinderella story and ICC strongly believes that this is the key to the mass global appeal of Cricket. 20/20 is merely a backup as is the destruction of Zimbabwe cricket (WC champs 2015) in the event Bangladesh chokes (highly unlikely) in 2011.

I hope that no one of importance is on this board with the ability to globally expose this in which case of course I will deny any knowledge of the conspiracy/hoax.

[Miraz]

No cricman. Not under the leadership of the greatest idiot of world cricket.

[tonoy]

i actually know in good authority that there has been a plan hatched by ICC and BCB following the world cup of 2007. After seeing Bangladesh's potential after beating India and SA, it was decided that in order to popularize the game of cricket globally, ICC and BCB will work in conjunction to pull off the greatest rags to riches story as a publicity stunt. In return for secret training and funding to win the world cup in 2011, BCB will ensure that the Bangladesh national team portray a losing culture leading up to the world cup. They are however allowed to show glimpses of their improvement and genius in spurts such as one major ODI win a year and a few sessions in Test cricket. They must however show great collapses in the face of possible victory whenever possible to ensure that no one catches on one of the greatest cover ups in sports history. Everybody loves a Cinderella story and ICC strongly believes that this is the key to the mass global appeal of Cricket. 20/20 is merely a backup as is the destruction of Zimbabwe cricket (WC champs 2015) in the event Bangladesh chokes (highly unlikely) in 2011.

I hope that no one of importance is on this board with the ability to globally expose this in which case of course I will deny any knowledge of the conspiracy/hoax.

Its the perfect plan.

[tiger_club]

lol you're living in a dreamland.. get over it

BD couldn't even get pass 200 in the 1st innings and you want them chase down 400+ are you alright? that's only possible in video games not in real life.. we should be glad that we’re not losing by an innings this time..

[tiger_club]

No cricman. Not under the leadership of the greatest idiot of world cricket.

Agree 100% I thought Ash will bat down the order.. what happened?

[Gowza]

move ash down the order and bat mushy up the order. in mushy we have a batmsan in form, willing to stay at the crease, play sensible cricket and work hard. why on earth, when the rest of the order was collapsing was he put in so low down the order? makes no sense unless they thought he'd do the best job batting with the tail but even still that's a silly move. when ash came in BD needed a batsman willing to put in the hard yards to get things back on track, if ashraful isn't willing to do it then he shouldn't bat where he is batting.

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by Miraz
No cricman. Not under the leadership of the greatest idiot of world cricket.

Miraz bhai (NO Offense, just kidding here): Guess who was the loudest voice for Ashraful when talk about awarding the Bangladesh Cricket Captaincy to Ash was going? :-D

Gadha's innings' after that fluke against SL:

26, 19, 0, 23, 35, 1, 34, 24, 0, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1, 13, 1, 21, 12

But who dare to stop this gadha? No one, because this gadha unfortunately possess unstoppable talent.

Ashraful has pissed me to such an extent that if I were a BCB official today, I would have amended the BCB constitution to add this phrase regarding team selection: "Even if Mohammad Ashraful Matin pulls Bradman in all sorts of cricket-English County, National League, ICL, IPL, he should never ever be allowed to play in Bangladesh National Team."

[বাংলা]ক্রিকম্যন ভাইঃ মরব যখন, তখন হাসি মুখেই মরি? আপনার সুতাটা পড়ে তাই প্রাণখুলে হাসলাম। কী মজা হারার মধ্যেও। শিকারীর সামনে নির্ঘাত মৃত্যুর জেনেও খরঘোশ যেমন চোখ বন্ধ করে ভাবে, আহা আমার সামনে তো কিছু নাই, আমরাও তেমন ৪০০+ রানের বোঝা মাথায় নিয়ে সিংহের সামনে পড়ে চোখ বন্ধ করে ভাবি, "এই ডা তো মামুলি ব্যাপার" আর হাসি।[/বাংলা] :lol:

[Rifat]

Bangladesh cricket team before batting should focus on this verses from Quran in my humblest of opinions...:

But lo! with hardship goeth ease, (5) Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا (٥) إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرً۬ا (٦)


Surh Inshirah(ayat:5-6)

a lot of praise to Ashraful has appearantly spoiled that child..sadnesss!

[RezOne]

No.

[sbsash]

batting order should be...
1.Tamim
2.Junaid
3.Kayes
4.Mushfiq
5.Mehrab jr
6.Sakib
7.Rokib (because of poor form)
8.Ashraful
9.Shahadat
10.Mashrafe
11.Mahbubul Alam

[Imtiaz]

i actually know in good authority that there has been a plan hatched by ICC and BCB following the world cup of 2007. After seeing Bangladesh's potential after beating India and SA, it was decided that in order to popularize the game of cricket globally, ICC and BCB will work in conjunction to pull off the greatest rags to riches story as a publicity stunt. In return for secret training and funding to win the world cup in 2011, BCB will ensure that the Bangladesh national team portray a losing culture leading up to the world cup. They are however allowed to show glimpses of their improvement and genius in spurts such as one major ODI win a year and a few sessions in Test cricket. They must however show great collapses in the face of possible victory whenever possible to ensure that no one catches on one of the greatest cover ups in sports history. Everybody loves a Cinderella story and ICC strongly believes that this is the key to the mass global appeal of Cricket. 20/20 is merely a backup as is the destruction of Zimbabwe cricket (WC champs 2015) in the event Bangladesh chokes (highly unlikely) in 2011.

I hope that no one of importance is on this board with the ability to globally expose this in which case of course I will deny any knowledge of the conspiracy/hoax.

When is the movie due for release ?

[Rommel]

This is a great time for Tamim to convert all those starts into a big 100.

[Russell2k7]

I would have to be an idiot to believe in such fantasy.

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by rifat
Bangladesh cricket team before batting should focus on this verses from Quran in my humblest of opinions...:

But lo! with hardship goeth ease, (5) Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا (٥) إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرً۬ا (٦)


Surh Inshirah(ayat:5-6)

a lot of praise to Ashraful has appearantly spoiled that child..sadnesss!

Rifat bhai, I am afraid to say that, but I am not sure if we should mix religion with sports or if religion can justify it. From the religious perspective, cricket is nothing but a "vain" task because it neither benefits you in this world nor in the hereafter.

I follow cricket only because it is a way to bring some glory for my country. But now I never include cricket in my prayer. I mean I say like "inshallah we will win....". I used to seriously pray for good performance of our cricket team, but I have seen that whenever I had truly prayed for Bangladesh, they drastically failed. Since then, the dua that I make after salat, cricket never pops up anymore. Might seem funny, but I found it to be true after it happened several times.

[al Furqaan]

No cricman. Not under the leadership of the greatest idiot of world cricket.

i agree.

400 is chaseable in this pitch. but at the same time, SA's chase was epic and so was india's. even those teams would struggle to replicate the feat again in next 10 years, so we don't have a shot asides from a miracle.

to chase 400, we will need at least 800 balls, and only 10 wicket balls are what the lankans need. 80-1 ratio, says that it won't happen.

put another way, 7 specialist batsman, means each top order bat will have to face ~115 balls without being dismissed. take ash out of the picture, and that number jumps to 125 balls per batter.

[Rifat]

Rifat bhai, I am afraid to say that, but I am not sure if we should mix religion with sports or if religion can justify it. From the religious perspective, cricket is nothing but a "vain" task because it neither benefits you in this world nor in the hereafter.

I follow cricket only because it is a way to bring some glory for my country. But now I never include cricket in my prayer. I mean I say like "inshallah we will win....". I used to seriously pray for good performance of our cricket team, but I have seen that whenever I had truly prayed for Bangladesh, they drastically failed. Since then, the dua that I make after salat, cricket never pops up anymore. Might seem funny, but I found it to be true after it happened several times.

yes! i have always known this! and you are absolutely right for what you said. however, i realize that most BC members are although Muslim, they have not tasted true Islam, they have not reached that level with Allah and his Messenger, perchance if Cricket is a means to at least "appeal" to people's senses, then why not give them hope? a sense of hope...

a truly arrogant answer on my part!

I have seen that whenever I had truly prayed for Bangladesh, they drastically failed

maybe it was for the better...because we know what happens when they win...-> cockyness-> arrogance -> fans praise(a bit too much)..and then people start throwing garbage arguments like (our Race is the best) isn't this what it's all about! to prove that "Bangladeshi" People can play better than "them"? unfortunately, some people never break away from racism, nationalism...through these unislamic lenses, they view life, and people!

though this is not the case for all the people, Cricket is the true identity of some people(like myself, i won't deny) and "Bangladesh" gives some people a true sense of comfort, becuase as a culture, i have sensed from people that they feel they are "inferior" to people from other parts of the world. so when we beat a major cricketing nation, this feeling overcomes the insecurity :) the same feeling echoed in Barack Obama's slogan "yes, we can!"


some people may not realize it, but failure/punishment from sins in this life is a blessing from Allah from what some people TRULY deserve in the hereafter, indeed majority people are neglectful of Allah's true judgement and mercy.

this is just my personal interpretation of why muslims fail in this life, Allah knows best!
if it is correct, Then i truly thank Allah!

another thing to consider, so the players themselves pray salat, give jakat? do they at least attempt to practice Islam for the sake of Allah which comes from the Heart? these are also factors to consider as well...

also, if you notice, the motivation, end result behind cricket is Fame, Glory, something you benefit in this Life only!

i will be held accountable for spending time behind cricket and i am well aware of it...

[al Furqaan]

Rifat bhai, I am afraid to say that, but I am not sure if we should mix religion with sports or if religion can justify it. From the religious perspective, cricket is nothing but a "vain" task because it neither benefits you in this world nor in the hereafter.

I follow cricket only because it is a way to bring some glory for my country. But now I never include cricket in my prayer. I mean I say like "inshallah we will win....". I used to seriously pray for good performance of our cricket team, but I have seen that whenever I had truly prayed for Bangladesh, they drastically failed. Since then, the dua that I make after salat, cricket never pops up anymore. Might seem funny, but I found it to be true after it happened several times.

i disagree. the verses of quran are not just applicable to salaat, sawm, or zakat. they are applicable to everything. sports included.

sports are not haraam, nor even makhruh. if everything in this world is an i'badah when done properly, then cricket cannot be any different.

and all things in life require discipline in order to be successful.

discipline is taught by all religions, and more so by true islamic teachings. doesn't mean that non muslims cannot be disciplined (witness rahul dravid's career). but what it means is that cricket can be an i'badah if done properly.

of course that means, stopping to pray on time, and not boozing or banging byches on road trips (not sure if our players do this yet, like the paki players of old).

religiously derived discipline can also yeild athletic success just like secular discipline can. otherwise Hakeem Olajuwon wouldn't have upped his career averages during the month of Ramadan.

[Rifat]

i disagree. the verses of quran are not just applicable to salaat, sawm, or zakat. they are applicable to everything. sports included.

sports are not haraam, nor even makhruh. if everything in this world is an i'badah when done properly, then cricket cannot be any different.

and all things in life require discipline in order to be successful.

discipline is taught by all religions, and more so by true islamic teachings. doesn't mean that non muslims cannot be disciplined (witness rahul dravid's career). but what it means is that cricket can be an i'badah if done properly.

of course that means, stopping to pray on time, and not boozing or banging byches on road trips (not sure if our players do this yet, like the paki players of old).

religiously derived discipline can also yeild athletic success just like secular discipline can. otherwise Hakeem Olajuwon wouldn't have upped his career averages during the month of Ramadan.

the verses of quran are not just applicable to salaat, sawm, or zakat. they are applicable to everything. sports included.

sports are not haraam, nor even makhruh. if everything in this world is an i'badah when done properly, then cricket cannot be any different.

and all things in life require discipline in order to be successful.


you are also correct for what you said, Brother Asad :)

[AsifTheManRahman]

Sri Lanka could, from here, declare with a lead of 500. Whether they will bother is a different question.

[Isnaad]

Lets believe that BD can win. Even if the match is a draw, we have nothing to lose. :) Lets also hope that the fog is VERY VERY heavy the next two days. :)

[sadi]

No, I don't believe.

[Isnaad]

In the last 18 innings, Ash scored only 216 runs! This includes 4 ZEROs 9 innings below 10 and no 50s!!!!!! In the last 10 innings, Ash s performance was THE WORST!!! He got ONLY- 54 in last 10

[cricman]

A hundred in this innings means National Hero + Automatic Selection for the rest of your life. I hope they all dream of Scoring the winning runs of Murali. I think there gonna relish this Juniad Scored a 2nd Innings 75+ vs Dale Steyn on this Same pitch, Tamim was apart of a 150+ partnership vs a Stronger Pace Attack in NZ. Ash and Mushy put close to 200 for the 5th Wicket vs A tougher Lankan attack, Mashrafe has saved our hides with some great batting vs NZ and India. Maybe Shakib is going Wicketless to do Something special with the bat. Mehrab (Has a 50 to his name) and Imrul looked like they belong.

If 1/2 of them can put it together we have a chance

I just think the opportunity for Victory with basically no RRR is gonna give soome type of boost. I can't even remember the last time we had a chance to chase, cause we'd be stuck on follow on.

I don't care how Improbable it sounds there gonna give us a Target of 400+ in 5.5 Sessions vs the Greatest Bowler of All Time.

[tan96]

Rifat bhai, I am afraid to say that, but I am not sure if we should mix religion with sports or if religion can justify it. From the religious perspective, cricket is nothing but a "vain" task because it neither benefits you in this world nor in the hereafter.

I follow cricket only because it is a way to bring some glory for my country. But now I never include cricket in my prayer. I mean I say like "inshallah we will win....". I used to seriously pray for good performance of our cricket team, but I have seen that whenever I had truly prayed for Bangladesh, they drastically failed. Since then, the dua that I make after salat, cricket never pops up anymore. Might seem funny, but I found it to be true after it happened several times.

exactly.I agree with you

[battye]

Chasing 400... Hmm. Maybe against Australia, but not against Murali :lol:

[cricket_pagol]

A hundred in this innings means National Hero + Automatic Selection for the rest of your life. I hope they all dream of Scoring the winning runs of Murali. I think there gonna relish this Juniad Scored a 2nd Innings 75+ vs Dale Steyn on this Same pitch, Tamim was apart of a 150+ partnership vs a Stronger Pace Attack in NZ. Ash and Mushy put close to 200 for the 5th Wicket vs A tougher Lankan attack, Mashrafe has saved our hides with some great batting vs NZ and India. Maybe Shakib is going Wicketless to do Something special with the bat. Mehrab (Has a 50 to his name) and Imrul looked like they belong.

If 1/2 of them can put it together we have a chance

I just think the opportunity for Victory with basically no RRR is gonna give soome type of boost. I can't even remember the last time we had a chance to chase, cause we'd be stuck on follow on.

I don't care how Improbable it sounds there gonna give us a Target of 400+ in 5.5 Sessions vs the Greatest Bowler of All Time.

Don't expect too much from Imrul yet... he needs time to develop his game. Except Ashrafool, i think all the other batsmen have the potential to play a long innings.

[Huda]

Cricman you are DELLUSIONAL, we aren't going to chase down ANYTHING, never mind 400, are you out of your head? There is something called fantasy and realism. We can't even put on 1st innings score of over 400, in god knows how long, and your saying to chase down 400 lol. Our chance to let alone save this match is 0.1%, law of averages for us says we get bowled under 200 again and murali will bag yet another cheap fifer against us.

[BD-Shardul]

Al Furqan:

I am not saying that cricket is haraam or makrooh. I am saying that a time consuming game like cricket can be tagged as vain task because it neither benefits you in this world nor in the hereafter.

[scoilaheez]

I am always the optimist when it comes to bd cricket but realistically our chances of chasing down 550+ is as much as us being bowled out for under 50 runs. But i can always dream that tamim will score a century and ash will contribute 150+ and then mash will score the winning runs with a dashing fifty. Our best chance of winning is if all the bowlers fell down the stairs and suddenly got injured.

[Purbasha T]

You cricman bro out there, watching India and SA chasing those runs down in their own matches in recent times; I had a similar fantasy that oh! BD will have 5-6 sessions to bat along, or might be even more as SL should normally think that 400 runs to chase is way more than too much for BD. I was keeping that dream in my head too; you just brought it out. I know considering the situation we can see our batsmen in, most of the people out there might make a laugh about it; but we have nothing else to do except supporting our team and hoping for the best. So WE WILL HOPE FOR THE BEST and inshallah something will happen!

[salin]

Dhongsher mukhay dariay jay joyer kotha boltay paray shayito shottikarer Beerrr...

Salute tomakay beerbikrom cricman

[bharat]

Winning is not the only option in Test cricket !

The best bet for BD now would be to look and survive the 130 odd overs (assuming SL declare at lunch) .Barring a few matches no team would even dream of chasing a score of 450+.

It will be a test of character for the young boys.It would be great to see them fight it out in the middle to survive.Even if they do not accomplish it I would like to see some intent rather than play a cameo (Ash style) which would be of no consequence.

Expect to see attacking fields (traps) from the Lankans.One of them would be to encourgae the BD batsmen to play across the line offering them free runs... another would be to encourage the batsmen to drive away from the body.Vaas is good at that and we all know Ash's vulnurability ...


All in all ...BD fans should hope for a great fight from the players to save the match and not go after a win which is not there

[BANFAN]

Find no reason to believe so. Would be happy if they don't embarass or disgrace the fans.

Would feel nice, if I could believe that. ATM that will be a miracle, if we chase it successfully against SL. Just hoping for a miracle tomorrow :)

[Ehsan]

I agree with Bharat, realistically we just can not win this game, but if we can survive 100+ overs against Murali and Co then it will be a moral victory. At the moment, both seems unlikely. Yes, over the years following BD cricket team I have broken my heart enough times to believe in such fantasy anymore.

[Rommel]

A hundred in this innings means National Hero + Automatic Selection for the rest of your life. I hope they all dream of Scoring the winning runs of Murali. I think there gonna relish this Juniad Scored a 2nd Innings 75+ vs Dale Steyn on this Same pitch, Tamim was apart of a 150+ partnership vs a Stronger Pace Attack in NZ. Ash and Mushy put close to 200 for the 5th Wicket vs A tougher Lankan attack, Mashrafe has saved our hides with some great batting vs NZ and India. Maybe Shakib is going Wicketless to do Something special with the bat. Mehrab (Has a 50 to his name) and Imrul looked like they belong.

If 1/2 of them can put it together we have a chance

I just think the opportunity for Victory with basically no RRR is gonna give soome type of boost. I can't even remember the last time we had a chance to chase, cause we'd be stuck on follow on.

I don't care how Improbable it sounds there gonna give us a Target of 400+ in 5.5 Sessions vs the Greatest Bowler of All Time.

Post of the year :notworthy::notworthy:

[djnaved]

hehe....ashol fact hoilo srilankan playerra especially batsmanra domestic leaguea double century/century marte marte tarpor teame chance pai...ar amader batsmanra domestic league 50/60 marte marte tarpor teame chance pai..........r jokhon tara national teame khele, tader gaye ekta invisible word lagaia dewa hoi je TALENTED......this is true fact......so record chase mecord chase nia na bhabai valo

[Yasin.]

Credit crunch...recession...

dreams are still free ! Bangladesh wins 1st test match. No wonder they have dragged Mendis back.

[tiger_club]

I don't care about winning as long we can make it to the 5th day with 5 wickets in hand I’m happy..

[abz_786]

No, I don't believe.


i dnt believe it to

[abz_786]

No cricman. Not under the leadership of the greatest idiot of world cricket.

haha i agree with you miraz bhai

[Huda]

Like i said earlier, this fantasy thread has just turned out to be what it is...a fantasy. Reality is, look at the scorecard now law of averages for us says where we are, same story as usual, there's no need for us to believe in chasing over 500 in test cricket when we can't even bat properly, learn to WALK before you can RUN.

[karimjay.]

i believe.

[Shaan]

realistically if they can survive entire day tomorrow and bring on draw that would be fantastic result for the team, instead collapse after chasing the mammoth task.

[scoilaheez]

I don't care about winning as long we can make it to the 5th day with 5 wickets in hand I’m happy..
talk about foreshadowing the future;) Im desperately hoping ash can get a really big one and bat a few sessions towards a draw.

[shabbir]

In the pitch there is no demon.Even Murali looked ordinary in this pitch.I hope it will also play wonderful tomorrow.I think it's depend our batsman.Whether they want to stay in wicket and fight till the end.then nothing is impossible

[cricman]

521 is slot I thought they were gonna declare at 450. I'd be modlre than happy if we can bat out a few more sessions. We gotta deal with the new ball as well its going to be intresting to see how we tackle them

[nsd3]

See if they can reach 300 tomorrow. Record chase?...I'm not dreaming for that for us yet.

[tanim3960]

South Africa

[Braveheart]

I am willing to use my upcoming CPA Exam as a sacrificial lamb if Bangladesh wins this test. I will fail it deliberately just so Bangladesh would win this test.

It is going to be a very tough task. The only thing that gives me hope is Ashraful. If he can stay there till the end, anything is possible. Can he pull a Lara on the Lankans? I surely hope so.

[niroshu]

A century from MOYNA + 150 from ASH + 50 from MUSSY & MAMU = record for ussssssss.

[Yameen]

If it is anywhere near possible , Ash gotta be there at the end and prove to the world that he really is that superstar calibre.

However, i deem it to be impossible so bangladesh should just defend on until tea n not lose many wickets. If they want to draw, no wickets must fall in the morning session with a maximum of 6 wickets down by tea and with a bit of help with fog Inshallah we can salvage a draw..Would love to see ash score his 4th century against lankans!

[Braveheart]

If it is anywhere near possible , Ash gotta be there at the end and prove to the world that he really is that superstar calibre.

However, i deem it to be impossible so bangladesh should just defend on until tea n not lose many wickets. If they want to draw, no wickets must fall in the morning session with a maximum of 6 wickets down by tea and with a bit of help with fog Inshallah we can salvage a draw..Would love to see ash score his 4th century against lankans!

Unless it rains tomorrow there is going to be no draw in this test match. Counting the fog early in the morning and bad light later in the day- there is still going to be at least 80 overs played tomorrow. That means either we are going to get all out or we are going to score little bit more than 3 runs an over and win it all. It is most likely that we are going to lose it but I like to dream sometimes. Just to help me dream better I watched South Africa's record run chase of 434 on youtube again. It made my heart flutter.

[bdchamp20]

I'll be happy if they can draw.

[Mahmood]

Ash will probably be out very shortly, before crossing 80, and we will lost the match before lunch, but I am happy they fought back and took this test to the fifth day. To be honest I did not expect this match to last 4 days, let alone 5 days. However, a large reason for the match not being over in the 4th day rests on Sri Lanka batting for so long, they could have declared with 400+ lead.

[wiseshah]

Bangladesh Win the 1st Test by 4 wickets, If you believe thats going to be the final result it will happen. Hopefully they believe

What a better time to a post a 400+ score, Law of Averages says it's due to happen and the top order looked good they didn't seem to be over matched either. If they take it one ball at a time and keep their concentration. They will do it.

It'll be an early New Years gift, Let them enjoy there day today and go them tomorrow.


a game jeta mushkil nehi, na mumkin hai

its not too difficult to win this game, its impossible .( stealing quote from hindi movie Don)

[Miraz]

Ash will probably be out very shortly, before crossing 80, and we will lost the match before lunch, but I am happy they fought back and took this test to the fifth day. To be honest I did not expect this match to last 4 days, let alone 5 days. However, a large reason for the match not being over in the 4th day rests on Sri Lanka batting for so long, they could have declared with 400+ lead.

That would have been a big risk as the pitch is still very good for batting with very few turns for the spinners.


I wish bangladesh can cross 300 run marks for the first time in the Test history (4th innings) and survive the first session.

[thebest]

Bangladesh, never fail to disappoint. As Ash has already secured his place for 2009, tomorrow he would start with a six off Murali and got out next ball. the game would be over by lunch.

[nadim 98]

too many kufa in this thread.why?

[cricket_pagol]

Ashraful played pretty well for 70*, so we have to give him credit for that. If shakib and mushy can give him company, then we might just have our Eid!!!

We really should take it session by session... Since, the pitch is still good for batting... survival in this pitch is not too hard unless the batsmen press the self destruct button.

[Rabz]

What if, we can?
Yes, the more obvious picture is all too well known to us.
But lets sleep on that what if.

Let me tell you this, Ash is going to score a "Double century" tomorrow, the first in Bangladesh history.

The last day of the year will bring the biggest surprise in cricket's history, eclipsing the amazing feat of India and South Africa.

We will win by 4 wickets margin, Moyna will score a century and Mushy will do the rest with Ash.

Who'd have thought we could win against Australia in England?

....ah..... let me sleep on it tonight.
Tomorrow is a whole new day.

[BANFAN]

I don't care about winning as long we can make it to the 5th day with 5 wickets in hand I’m happy..

Your wish is fulfilled. Atleast they satisfied you completely. Thank Ash bro.. :)

[nadim 98]

Ash proof again that, why do u need him?

he play some superb shot 2day;magnificent to watch.

[nadim 98]

What if, we can?
Yes, the more obvious picture is all too well known to us.
But lets sleep on that what if.

Let me tell you this, Ash is going to score a "Double century" tomorrow, the first in Bangladesh history.

The last day of the year will bring the biggest surprise in cricket's history, eclipsing the amazing feat of India and South Africa.

We will win by 4 wickets margin, Moyna will score a century and Mushy will do the rest with Ash.

Who'd have thought we could win against Australia in England?

....ah..... let me sleep on it tonight.
Tomorrow is a whole new day.


brother inshallah it will be like this. allah will help us inshaallah.go bd

[Akib]

I have the "Impossible is Nothing" ads flying thru my head right now.

[BANFAN]

I'll be happy if they can draw.

Bro, I think Draw is not a practical possibility. Infact winning from here is easier than a draw.

If they can survive 90 overs tomorrow, it will be difficult for them to not to win.

[nadim 98]

Bro, I think Draw is not a practical possibility. Infact winning from here is easier than a draw.

If they can survive 90 overs tomorrow, it will be difficult for them to not to win.

its gonna be 98 overs instead of 90 overs.

[nadim 98]

plaenty of time left...but need to survive 1st session without losing any wk.

[Baundule]

The pitch still looks good. Even Murali is predictable. 270 runs in a day is not impossible. For doing that, we need some smart heads on our players' shoulders. They shoul not care about the score. They should concentrate on each and every delivery.

[mijanur]

hope ash carries on wer he left from 2day

[Beamer]

I commend your enthusiasm cricman. If we can pull it out, hoping against all hopes here, this will not only re-write cricket history but it will also give us an immeasurable dose of confidence that will propel us forward.

It is close to impossible. Only if we could have scored 100 more runs in the first innings! However, I like our approach in the second innings. You have to be positive and we did that. Only last year, I recall Mahela criticizing us for having the wrong approach in test cricket. Well, that puts it to bed. Maybe we lost two wkts too many. But, the approach has been correct nonetheless.

For tomorrow, is this pair can survive till lunch, all bets are off. We should for sure go for it and in the process, if we can score the highest run in the second innings of a test match while chasing, that will do as well for me even if it is a loss.

[zia]

Al Furqan:

I am not saying that cricket is haraam or makrooh. I am saying that a time consuming game like cricket can be tagged as vain task because it neither benefits you in this world nor in the hereafter.

Why are you wasting your time here bro? Go and do some thing productive.

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Who'd have thought we could win against Australia in England?


Since no one even dreamt of it, Bangladesh pulled the surprise by beating the world champion.

But if you dream, even subconsciously at the deepest corner of your heart, kufa sathe sathe laiga jai. Then BD fail.

Now every fan is saying that BD will lose, but in their heart they dream of a win. That's the problem. BD win or make history only when fans never even imagine that something will happen.

Only exception is the WC win against IND. For some reasons, from players to fans, even the Indian players came to believe even before a ball was bowled that BD would win that match.

[WarWolf]

Since no one even dreamt of it, Bangladesh pulled the surprise by beating the world champion.

But if you dream, even subconsciously at the deepest corner of your heart, kufa sathe sathe laiga jai. Then BD fail.

Now every fan is saying that BD will lose, but in their heart they dream of a win. That's the problem. BD win or make history only when fans never even imagine that something will happen.

Only exception is the WC win against IND. For some reasons, from players to fans, even the Indian players came to believe even before a ball was bowled that BD would win that match.
All of us had the dream of the win against India in WC 2007, We won it.

[bharat]

Getting runout trying to bat out two days is preposterous..not to mention the run-outs in South Afrika

[al Furqaan]

I commend your enthusiasm cricman. If we can pull it out, hoping against all hopes here, this will not only re-write cricket history but it will also give us an immeasurable dose of confidence that will propel us forward.

It is close to impossible. Only if we could have scored 100 more runs in the first innings! However, I like our approach in the second innings. You have to be positive and we did that. Only last year, I recall Mahela criticizing us for having the wrong approach in test cricket. Well, that puts it to bed. Maybe we lost two wkts too many. But, the approach has been correct nonetheless.

For tomorrow, is this pair can survive till lunch, all bets are off. We should for sure go for it and in the process, if we can score the highest run in the second innings of a test match while chasing, that will do as well for me even if it is a loss.

we need to target 300 and ideally 350.

shakib needs to keep doing what he has as if his life depends on it.

rahim should be solid, and the remaining players should be expected to fall like nine pins.

350 and we've scored a moral win.

good for confidence going into the CTG test.

[Reaz]

We should thank Ashraful and co. to be able to open this thread, anyway.

[abz_786]

we might start believeing it now because they showed some good fight

[Fahim]

ash scoring 150, shakib scoring his maiden century, rahim also scoring his maiden century, mortaza with a brisk half century, shahadat with some fluky 20's and mahbubul alam scoring just 1 run in 50 balls = WIN

[betaar]

If Bangladesh can chase the target to win this test Awami League will take credit for it. (yes, pun intended). :-)

[sadi]

ash scoring 150, shakib scoring his maiden century, rahim also scoring his maiden century, mortaza with a brisk half century, shahadat with some fluky 20's and mahbubul alam scoring just 1 run in 50 balls = WIN

Eto run lagbena... er agei jite jabo

[tiger_club]

I don't care about winning as long we can make it to the 5th day with 5 wickets in hand I’m happy..

Interesting... this came true

[DJ Sahastra]

Actually, in all sincereity, i do BELIEVE that BD acn manage the record chase - they have all the time in the world, two well set batsman, a handful of tail and most importantly, NOTHING TO LOSE and EVRYTHING TO GAIN.

If i was Ashraful, i would go out with a positive intent and go for the broke. Go ahead my man, turn the cricketing world topsy-turvy and make me proud.

[shojeebalm]

Bangladesh have nothing to lose

[Ajfar]

its not gonna be a walk in the park..but not impossible..

[MohammedC]

Obiashly I belive we will loose, I was wondering what would Ash say after the game I told Sakib you score 20 I score 20 we loose the game

[Shoikoth]

I am learning so much about cricket just watching my cousins (born and raised in bangladesh) follow this game so closely.

One of them said - he will be dreaming only if they go into lunch with no loss in the morning. Until then, sure it could still be a dream, but with a pipe before it. They are not confident of this pair surviving until lunch and remineded me of the 2 players who scored huge in NZ when they put up 150 + on the opening partnership, but only to lose their wickets within 15 minutes of the start next morning.

what's up with all that ? For me, tonight i will chose to join them over yaking with my polynesian gf.

[auntu]

[বাংলা]আমার একটি স্বপ্ন আছে।

আজকে...আশরাফুলের একটি ডাবল সেঞ্চুরী, সাকিবের একটি সেঞ্চুরী।
আমার একটি বিশ্বাস আছে। যেমন বিশ্বাস আমার নিজের উপর আছে...
তেমন বিশ্বাস ওদের উপরও আছে।

বিশ্বাস না থাকলে আমি স্বপ্ন দেখতাম না।
স্বপ্ন দেখি আমি বারবার বিশ্বাস করবো বলে।[/বাংলা]

[Spitfire_x86]

The match will be over within 30 mins of morning session.

[Shagor786]

The match will be over within 30 mins of morning session.

alrite hero...

[r56hg]

We should score at least 300 plus, if we can do it in this forth innings that would boost our moral for the second test. So I will be happy to see Ash score another century against and out total is 300 plus . Go Bangladesh go, go ash go
[বাংলা]Bangladesh[/বাংলা]

[tanim3960]

Let them play their natural game, dont worry about the result.

[r56hg]

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[SMHasan]

Dream my man...Dream....Dream shall we....

Well for the first time in many months I am excited and waiting to see what happens next.

I just want our team to go pass the current record run chase of 418 which was done by WI. Then bring down the target below 100. A psychological advantage you know!

But I am realistic, I do not think that it's too easy. This game might be over half an hour after launch, but have not they proved us wrong already? I thought this game could well be over before launch.

Good Luck People.

[Akib]

Regadless of outcome, this has been a very positive outcome. Hopefully we can be this successful against mendis in the next test as well.

[cricman]

I'm proud of them

[SMHasan]

The Dreamers have ended dreaming.

I wanted them to score at least 418 - The highest run that was chased down by SA. But sadly we could not do that. Previously I said that let's be realistic and don't expect too much- I was right there you know. I think we were too lean in our first innings and our tail think that scoring runs is not their responsibility- an attitude that should be given up as soon as possible.

It was a chance for us to show our critics that we can do too. But what we can do, it was always written in the script.

[nsd3]

Good to see BD making SL work hard for the wkts. A very good show by Bangladesh. Good test to remember.

[Baundule]

I am proud of them. If a few ifs were going our way, we could have even made the impossible possible.

[Nafis_BD]

I still believe..... for the second test!!!!

[WarWolf]

I believed. We all believed. And we still believe. We will see that in the second test inshallah.

Murali became a street bowler in this match. This is the biggest achievement in this test.

[bangla-red]

I believed. We all believed. And we still believe. We will see that in the second test inshallah.

Murali became a street bowler in this match. This is the biggest achievement in this test.

A street bowler that got 10 wickets and single-handedly won the game for them, not to mention keeping up to the job of being our Sri Lankan bwoling version of Shahriar Nafees? Pretty damn good street bowler.

[WarWolf]

A street bowler that got 10 wickets and single-handedly won the game for them, not to mention keeping up to the job of being our Sri Lankan bwoling version of Shahriar Nafees? Pretty damn good street bowler.
They made him a street bowler in terms of his own standard.

I didn't see fear in any of our boy. That's the biggest achievement.

[Ahsan]

Murali became a street bowler in this match. This is the biggest achievement in this test.

pagolre khepaish na re baap...

[skhondoker]

record chase? - believe korar upai chilo na....
even though they came up short, but what a chase...I am glad that now believing of such heroics should not be hard