Brace yourself for a shocker tomorrow!!

[betaar]

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So guys, brace your selves for a shocker tomorrow. I say BD all out for 307, well then it wouldn’t be a shocker for our standard, may be 250 and then I will be really shocked. :eek:<o:p></o:p>
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[AsifTheManRahman]

It really depends. Rain might play spoilsport.

[nadim 98]

ekdin negative kichu chinta na korle ki gum asena?

[betaar]

It really depends. Rain might play spoilsport.

True but even if these two batsmen find it easy to bat in the morning, they will still have hard time getting the same fluency back if it rains. I say, if it has to rain then it's better be from the start. But any additional moisture could be deadly for our shortish batsmen (though we have 2 of our tallest batting at the moment).

[AsifTheManRahman]

I think we will avoid the follow on for sure. Beyond that, I don't know.

[betaar]

ekdin negative kichu chinta na korle ki gum asena?

Did you read my post? I said I am scarred for life. ;)

[fishyguy]

Pretty sure they can avoid the follow on. If you think about it BD top order has always been the concern. BD have Ashraful, no idea what he will do but shakib, mushfik and mullah have been the most consistent beside Tamim, so if they fire BD can look to 400+. If one those middle order batsman can get a 100 that would really be helpful. Plus England bowled poorly, if they continue this way BD have a chance

[betaar]

I think we will avoid the follow on for sure. Beyond that, I don't know.

You'd think what the top 4 scored the last 6 will easily double that. So an expected score should be around 400, but avoiding follow on is the least the rest of the batsment could do, anything less would be criminal.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Pretty sure they can avoid the follow on. If you think about it BD top order has always been the concern. BD have Ashraful, no idea what he will do but shakib, mushfik and mullah have been the most consistent beside Tamim, so if they fire BD can look to 400+. If one those middle order batsman can get a 100 that would really be helpful. Plus England bowled poorly, if they continue this way BD have a chance
Shahadat can chip in down the order too.

[betaar]

Pretty sure they can avoid the follow on. If you think about it BD top order has always been the concern. BD have Ashraful, no idea what he will do but shakib, mushfik and mullah have been the most consistent beside Tamim, so if they fire BD can look to 400+. If one those middle order batsman can get a 100 that would really be helpful. Plus England bowled poorly, if they continue this way BD have a chance

If your prediction comes true then may god bless you with 10 healthy fish eggs.

But Riyad and Mushy have been in bad forms (well I guess the whole team, but Jahurul, have been since they arrived in UK) and Shakib is out of batting practice. And anything from Ash is a bonus. So let's hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

[betaar]

Shahadat can chip in down the order too.

Yes but we are missing Shafiul. Those 2 together could've easily given us a 50.

[Rabz]

Betaar, do us a favour mate, dont watch the game tomorrow.
If you gonna be this scared after just one good day, i think you'd be much better off that way.

Most of the members here are following the game long enough to know what to expect from our team. Its way too a common story for us. Been like that for a long time now.

But as a die hard fan, if you give up and trying to do all those damage control, do it urself. Be a bit more positive. If you cant, atleast please dont contaminate the whole lot with your "I'm scared shi**ess, so everyone jump right in" statement.

Busk in the glory while you can. Think of ideas how it can repeated for next few days. We all know about the weather forecast tomorrow and in all likely possibility, it would be tough day, but this "embrace yourself for a shocker" thread is really uncalled for, imho that is.

The glass is still half full.

[MohammedC]

I am not good at this prediction game.

[Equinox]

I'd be happy with 350+

[_Rafi_]

Good thread. Hopefully it will jinx England

[betaar]

Betaar, do us a favour mate, dont watch the game tomorrow.
If you gonna be this scared after just one good day, i think you'd be much better off that way.

Most of the members here are following the game long enough to know what to expect from our team. Its way too a common story for us. Been like that for a long time now.

But as a die hard fan, if you give up and trying to do all those damage control, do it urself. Be a bit more positive. If you cant, atleast please dont contaminate the whole lot with your "I'm scared shi**ess, so everyone jump right in" statement.

Busk in the glory while you can. Think of ideas how it can repeated for next few days. We all know about the weather forecast tomorrow and in all likely possibility, it would be tough day, but this "embrace yourself for a shocker" thread is really uncalled for, imho that is.

The glass is still half full.

Ok, Mr. Glass Half Full. You made it sound like as if I drank the other half of your glass. :smug:

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[AK420]

I'll only be satisfied if BD score 500.

Comeon man, we need to look for big. 350, 400 wont do. You people need to have your heads high when even Bhim can score 43 and Tamim get out in the most unexpected way. Also, if u havent noticed our batsmen have survived today. We need to play at least the whole of tomorrow, and then we get England to bat. We wont declare, thats impossible, rather use our tail enders as slogger, even Mushy and Riad

Also, we need to get the English out on the 4th day, and then get the runs on 5th day, and we win the match.
I hoped it was that simple

BUT OUR MAIN GOAL SHOULD BE TO DRAW

If we can score that much runs and then the rain breaks of

[bdtiger]

Keep dreaming man! Never loose hope.

[AK420]

Did everyone see loitta?

He was sitting beside Shakib! :(

[Ajfar]

Let's just worry about crossing follow on first we can worry about the rest later. With our batting line up nothing is impossible. Remember that test against India where we had 10+ runs lead with like 6 wickets remaining or something. and then we collapsed in matter of like 7 overs and India only had to chase down 30+.

[AK420]

Keep dreaming man! Never loose hope.

One thing, most of my hopes regarding BD fell to mud, but I never lose hope

We are the BDeshis, we fought against Women Education, Language, Liberation, and the Jongis. We were the victorious men even if we seemed to be on the back foot all the time

I have the guts to say that :flag: team is better than team India, do you agree my buddies. They might be filthy rich, but that doesnt change the outcome

When the Indians fall into the Tiger's den, they cant flee.
The result for them is :saint:

[fishyguy]

Honestly the fact that Imrul got 40 odd should give the other batsman hope. I mean if Imrul gets 40 odd then the rest of the batsman should get 100s easily.

[AK420]

Let's just worry about crossing follow on first we can worry about the rest later. With our batting line up nothing is impossible. Remember that test against India where we had 10+ runs lead with like 6 wickets remaining or something. and then we collapsed in matter of like 7 overs and India only had to chase down 30+.

10 runs only:mad:
Dont worry, history shant repeat itself /:)

[Dilscoop]

Oh I am all up for it. I know a famous collapse is right around the corner somewhere. And I am ready for it.

[BanCricFan]

If there is any shocker it HAS to be ASHOCKER!

He has had a relatively good game so far. Perhaps, he will revert back to his usual self tomorrow?

[Equinox]

Why not try a pessimistic thread for a change? Maybe it brings us luck unlike the celebration threads.

[Dilscoop]

^^ thought the same, but then i stopped myself. Didnt wanna jinx or ruin the charm of it, by thinking it. But thanks a lot

[rinathq]

lets stay positive no one has achieved anything by being negative

[auntu]

[বাংলা]একদিন আকাশ একদিন পাতালের জন্য যথেষ্ঠ মানসিক জোড় থাকা চাই। [/বাংলা]

[Ashfaq]

Betaar, do us a favour mate, dont watch the game tomorrow.
If you gonna be this scared after just one good day, i think you'd be much better off that way.

Most of the members here are following the game long enough to know what to expect from our team. Its way too a common story for us. Been like that for a long time now.

But as a die hard fan, if you give up and trying to do all those damage control, do it urself. Be a bit more positive. If you cant, atleast please dont contaminate the whole lot with your "I'm scared shi**ess, so everyone jump right in" statement.

Busk in the glory while you can. Think of ideas how it can repeated for next few days. We all know about the weather forecast tomorrow and in all likely possibility, it would be tough day, but this "embrace yourself for a shocker" thread is really uncalled for, imho that is.

The glass is still half full.
The glass is neither half full nor half empty. It is twice the length it should be.

[AK420]

Amader polapainke bhalo korte hobe, nahole amra test status haramu

[habfreak]

lol I was at the stadium against India the day after Tamim and Zunaid put up that 200+ partnership. and we lost 6 wickets in the morning session. I remember the sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach like it was yesterday. But I still want to believe that tomorrow will be different. GO TIGERS!

[simon]

it happened so many times,if top ordr succeds the middle or lower ordr fails & if the top ord fails then the rest do well.
So,I also have a bad feeling & we still are far away from 505.

[Purbasha T]

Let's just worry about crossing follow on first we can worry about the rest later. With our batting line up nothing is impossible. Remember that test against India where we had 10+ runs lead with like 6 wickets remaining or something. and then we collapsed in matter of like 7 overs and India only had to chase down 30+.

Lol, wasn't that 2 runs they needed? the 2nd test you're talking about isn't it?

[betaar]

lol I was at the stadium against India the day after Tamim and Zunaid put up that 200+ partnership. and we lost 6 wickets in the morning session. I remember the sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach like it was yesterday. But I still want to believe that tomorrow will be different. GO TIGERS!

Well, one of my friends visiting BD at that time was watching that test match on TV and in the morning when Bangladesh was still doing good, he dicided to go to the stadium. By the time he got there fighting the traffic, it was all over in 30 mins. But then again traffic in Dhaka could have one stuck long enough to have the Ozzie team all out.......:lol:

[Dilscoop]

See what happens is, when a team scores 500 + runs against a team, minnow team for that matter, they starts to take things lightly when the comes to field. And thats what happens. But over the night they realizes they better pull up their pants and fix their attitude. And when they do, we collapse. And over the night, we start to celebrate, as if we already won the game. And on the next day we throw it away. It's really important to stay in the same mindset.

lol I was at the stadium against India the day after Tamim and Zunaid put up that 200+ partnership. and we lost 6 wickets in the morning session. I remember the sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach like it was yesterday. But I still want to believe that tomorrow will be different. GO TIGERS!
Dont we feel that way every time? Lets try something for a difference, lets just think of the worst case. It will at least keep away from being upset, and feeling "what if"

[habfreak]

Dont we feel that way every time? Lets try something for a difference, lets just think of the worst case. It will at least keep away from being upset, and feeling "what if"
Lol nah...if I was that scared of being upset, I would have stopped cheering for this team long ago. I don't want to have any unrealistic expectations and be upset...but hoping we can avoid the follow on is a realistic possibility and if we can't even hope for that then why be a fan? We have come a long way from those ICC trophy days...and that progress is a result of raising the bar of expectations (from players, management and fans) slowly; not just by saying...oh well we are gonna lose anyway. :)
Well, one of my friends visiting BD at that time was watching that test match on TV and in the morning when Bangladesh was still doing good, he dicided to go to the stadium. By the time he got there fighting the traffic, it was all over in 30 mins. But then again traffic in Dhaka could have one stuck long enough to have the Ozzie team all out.......:lol:

lol same thing happened to my friend. he was supposed to join me after lunch and bring me biryani. well he came to watch Mushfique score the 2 runs to get the lead and I enjoyed my biryani :p the previous day and even the morning session was fun though. Some reporters and mushfique's dad was yelling out instructions to Tamim and Shahadat ( night watchman) the whole time. 'Tamim baba dhoita khel...MATHA THANDA!'...when he played a rush shot...'Dorkar nai to...ken emon korish?' :D

[Roni_uk]

298/all out

[Puck]

What a fine performance today. This might be a glimpse of the future. Fear not Bangladesh fans, playing youth would ultimately play dividends. As I stated yesterday, anything less than a 2-0 victory for England would be a clear upset and with a bit of health from weather, this test could end in a draw. Tamim played rather well and I do hope the young man is snapped by by a county. It would do wonders for himself and the rest of the team. Let us look forward to a good sporting contest tomorrow.

[akabir77]

630/7 declare... jahrul making 100 on debu.

[rafiq]

i love the unjustified optimism on this forum! I am going with 295 all out, agonizingly short of the the follow on target, leaving us once again deeply dissapointed... i'd love for them to get to 350-400 and grind out day 5 to a draw....

[deshifan]

ভাই, কি দিয়ে ব্রেইস করবো তা বল্লেন না ?

[zainab]

I will be happy if they avoid a follow on, that means 300 runs, I am fearful that there might be a collapse. i also hope that they take this match into the 5th days, after all, they are playing at Lords, and the Brits love to watch their cricket. BYW, does anyone have the highlights?

[kalpurush]

298/all out
Tigers have overcome the previous prediction of 150, I believe they will win this time too!;)

And they win means you win too. :)

[fishyguy]

This bowling attack is not that threatening. Anderson is out of form, Finn is extremely inexperienced and Bresnan isnt lethal or anything. Swann will be the main threat. Plus now that BD have played almost this identical bowling attack a month ago they are more experienced. Any other international team would take this England attack bar Swann to the cleaners. This bowling attack is to Aus, SA and India what BD bowling attack is to England.

[Russell2k7]

yeh wont surprise me. but have faith in our fishermans

[al-Sagar]

lol I was at the stadium against India the day after Tamim and Zunaid put up that 200+ partnership. and we lost 6 wickets in the morning session. I remember the sinking feeling at the pit of my stomach like it was yesterday. But I still want to believe that tomorrow will be different. GO TIGERS!

we were 3 down overnight.

ashraful and night watchman shahadat was batting. and the played 90 minutes of the session and had a good partnership. shahadat scored 30-40. and then in the last 30 minutes we lost 6-7 wickets and game was over .... ....

[al-Sagar]

anyway i am optimistic about today. players should be confident after yesterdays outing. we have two openers in there too start days procedings. we have Ashraful, our batting version of shahadat next to come. i just feel he will be the next man to write his name in the honours board. and still the likes of shakib mahmudullah and riadh to come.

wishing BD another bright day in lord.

no matter how much we score we should in the day with at least one recognised batsman in the crease.

[zainab]

Please BD, avoid a follow on, no batting collapse, have a cool head and occupy the crease for another day, after that, it is 2 days play and a draw might be possible.

[Catskills]

Betaar seems to be very negative of this match. My prediction is that I am very positive of this match and believe that BD will give a good fight. I am pretty sure BD will not be all out at 307 or 250. Betaar, Lets see who is right.

[Rifat]

I am not good at this prediction game.

:D :up:

A good surprise is always self-satisfying. rather than knowing the future, the surprise does wonders for you. the victory is not as pleasant when it is known ahead of time. victory is pleasant when you know you deserved it and you have overcome doubt, weakness, and criticism.

[yaseer]

We all know about our team. The match can even be over by 3rd day. We may follow-on and all out in the 2nd innings by 40/50 overs.

But why thinking about that? We just have a good day and I want to be positive and hopefully this time we will see a different story. I loved the determination and fight of Imrul, Junaed and Jahurul. Go Tigers!! Show us the same determination and fight again.
Our best batsmen are yet to come!

[Ahmed_B]

It really depends. Rain might play spoilsport.
On that rain issue..found an interesting comment at the end of BBC Match Report of the day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8712148.stm):
At this rate, the rain forecast for Saturday afternoon may provide relief for England's bowlers, rather than Bangladesh's batsmen - and few would have countenanced such a thought at the start of the match.
:D

[reyme]

I just want to savor and cherish the moment, and live the good moment we just had...whatever will happen tomorrow will happen tomorrow....
I am not going to spoil my moment of joy by thinking negatives what might go wrong tomorrow...tonight for me a celebration night...sat in front of a match after a long time...and I was not disappointed....

[nsd3]

2nd innings might be a shocker, cuz BD usually does not provide positive shocks in both innings.

[Miraz]

Today will be a very different day with rain in the air and cloud cover for the whole day. Perfect day for England seam bowelrs. It will be lot more difficult for our boys to acclimatise. Having said that, I do think we will be playing equally well today. The boys are fired up by ECB's decision not to print 5th day ticket of the match. They are determined to take the match to 5th day.

[akabir77]

I don't want this day to end hence still not in the bed yet...

[Murad]

I just want to savor and cherish the moment, and live the good moment we just had...whatever will happen tomorrow will happen tomorrow....
I am not going to spoil my moment of joy by thinking negatives what might go wrong tomorrow...tonight for me a celebration night...sat in front of a match after a long time...and I was not disappointed....

Well said. :up:

[nadim 98]

Today will be a very different day with rain in the air and cloud cover for the whole day. Perfect day for England seam bowelrs. It will be lot more difficult for our boys to acclimatise. Having said that, I do think we will be playing equally well today. The boys are fired up by ECB's decision not to print 5th day ticket of the match. They are determined to take the match to 5th day.

Seriously?

[AsifTheManRahman]

It`s still raining. What a shocker.

[nahaz]

You're right betaar bhai, didn't expect no wicket to fall till tea!! and that's what's happening right now, with the rain..

Very disappointed tho....

[nahaz]

Today will be a very different day with rain in the air and cloud cover for the whole day. Perfect day for England seam bowelrs. It will be lot more difficult for our boys to acclimatise. Having said that, I do think we will be playing equally well today. The boys are fired up by ECB's decision not to print 5th day ticket of the match. They are determined to take the match to 5th day.

I'm glad to see the team acutally gets fired up over these decisions. But I'd be fired up if boycott was in the same ground as our matches, tbh.

Print those 5th day tickets, ECB, coz you'll need them. Unless draw is too sure a thing due to lost days...in which case ECB should make it free. I'm wondering what happens if we draw this one and win the 2nd test....countries will be begging to host us.... imagine the sceme in Brick Lane...

[betaar]

I am pretty sure BD will not be all out at 307 or 250. Betaar, Lets see who is right.

I was hoping I was wrong. There's nothing wrong being wrong with my prediction is this circumstance cause that would mean we all will come out as winner.....well for the time being. Oh well, there are still wickets left and we could possibly take this game on the 5th day.

[alibangali]

I was hoping I was wrong. There's nothing wrong being wrong with my prediction is this circumstance cause that would mean we all will come out as winner.....well for the time being. Oh well, there are still wickets left and we could possibly take this game on the 5th day.

Betaar i think bd cricket will make us so scared and paranoid. This continual rollercoaster ride looks like it will never end/
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[Miraz]

It was a horrible day to bat on. Any sub-continent team plus West Indies team would have struggled equally under those murky skies and fading lights.

The afternoon session was a farce. I hope there is some sunlight tomorrow.

PLease don't blame our boys for todays poor show. This stop start play under those cloud covers and rain in the air made England bowlers extra-ordinary. A clear sky tomorrow can defnitely shed the extra tag from the English bowlers.

[Russell2k7]

Bad light actually saved these fishermans from making further fool out of themselves. If bad light didnt stop play score card would've read 260/10 BD on follow on.
OP is spot on, which obviously is not much of a surprise to us. We've braced all right but was still shocked.

[Roni_uk]

Tigers have overcome the previous prediction of 150, I believe they will win this time too!;)

And they win means you win too. :)

I will be the happiest man if that happens but are you still sure after day 3 that they will win?

[nahaz]

[quote=Russell2k7;1158284]Bad light actually saved these fishermans from making further fool out of themselves. If bad light didnt stop play score card would've read 260/10 BD on follow on. ..quote]

Why are u blaming our batsmen? This is a terrible misfortune they have suffered? They don't deserve it today. Ashoka made a blunder giving Ashraful out, Mushfiq got out when play shouldn't be on due to the lack of light. Other three got out to the extra swing created by moisture coming off the pitch as well as moisture in the air...

[AsifTheManRahman]

Betaar wins, FATALITY!

[al-Sagar]

Why are u blaming our batsmen? This is a terrible misfortune they have suffered? They don't deserve it today. Ashoka made a blunder giving Ashraful out, Mushfiq got out when play shouldn't be on due to the lack of light. Other three got out to the extra swing created by moisture coming off the pitch as well as moisture in the air...

there will be too types of comments about the game.

one type, who watched the game throughly
type two, who only wathced the scorecard throughly

[Russell2k7]

[quote=Russell2k7;1158284]Bad light actually saved these fishermans from making further fool out of themselves. If bad light didnt stop play score card would've read 260/10 BD on follow on. ..quote]

Why are u blaming our batsmen? This is a terrible misfortune they have suffered? They don't deserve it today. Ashoka made a blunder giving Ashraful out, Mushfiq got out when play shouldn't be on due to the lack of light. Other three got out to the extra swing created by moisture coming off the pitch as well as moisture in the air...
Bro its BD batting, something will always go wrong when our players come to bat. Bad light, bad umpiring, bad shots, etc. It's a never ending cycle.

[Dilscoop]

Bad light, bad umpiring, bad shots, etc. It's a never ending cycle.

Or may be we fans should just stop making excuses for our players, and realized, we arent that great yet. We are making our cricket look like even bigger joke

[Dilscoop]

This applies for day 5 too. Just keep in mind, we only have 109 lead. Full day left. So if we want at least a draw, then we must bat till little after lunch, or get lead over 250. So we are not at all safe. There is a good chance of losing badly still.