will bangladesh win the first test?

[al Furqaan]

yes or no.

[MohammedC]

Yes we will. Specially because current NZL batting line up is weak for test match standard. Dont get me wrong they do have some exiting batsmen but they seem to be more suited in ODI than Test.

[jabbar]

You bet your a$$ they will!

[yaseer]

We will.......
Razzak is gonna join the party in the 2nd innings

[crikfreak]

oh yeah.. we will.. i'm feelin very positive

[nasimul]

Inshallah

[Nadim]

inashallah yes... we will win this match.......thanx saqib, tamim, rahim, and nayeem to make some partnaship and give them a thought target. allah plz help us.....inshallah we will win.....

[One World]

Yes we will.

[Zeeshan]

still premature to say....i am keeping my fingers crossed.

[Nadim]

feel positive.we will win.allah is with us so dont worry

[sbsash]

we will win inshalla.

[auntu]

Yes we will

[PoorFan]

My heart says 'Yes' ... but head says 'Wait'.

[ehteshamul]

If we can stretch to 275 lead ( requiriing 17 runs) - Fair chance.

290 to 300 lead will be difficult but not impossible - We will be in Driver's seat - better chance of winning.

Razzaq and Masrafe can both bat a bit. Both must battle it out.

However cricket is a game of glorious uncertaintity. Anything can happen.

I pray and hope our BD tigers come out with flying colors.

Allah Hafez!

[kazis2007]

I am confused.i dont have any hope to bd players.but i always wish them for win.

[Spitfire_x86]

No, unless we take 300+ lead

[Ahmed_B]

The Kiwis face an uphill task to avoid defeat, having never successfully chased more than 200 in an away Test.

And five of their top six batsmen are playing for the first time on a sub-continent pitch

Link: BBC

[Rabz]

We deserve this win.
We've played like the winning team for the last 3 days.

Yes.

[Miraz]

We lost the Fatullah Test after setting up a 306 run lead and with a much better bowling line-up. I am cautiously optimistic as the opposition isn't Australia, but New Zealand has couple of batsmen who can change the course of the match at any time.

Whatever is the lead, be it 258, 275 or 300, the key to winning will be to get early breakthrough. Australia managed 173 for 1 and there we lost the Fatullah Test. Reducing New Zealand to something like 30-2 or 45-3 will be enough to send the wave of fear among the rest of the Kiwi batsmen.

[Rabz]

Yes, Miraz bhai, you are dead right.
The key would be early strike. Even though Mash-Shahadat bowled superbly in the first innings and was really unlucky not to get wickets, esp Shahadat, they'd hope that luck be on their side come tomorrow.

2 wickets before they can rack up 50 runs would be crucial for us.

By the way, i have a feelings Mash is going to shine with the bat tomorrow. My gut tells me he is going to blast it way for a quick 50. If he can do that, it would completely demoralise the kiwi batsman.

[PoorFan]

In both way [batting and bowling] all its depends on Mash, Razzak and Shahadat. Within an hour or two it will be clear.

[thebest]

Whenevr I think of win 'Multan', 'Fatulla'. 'Mirpur' pops in the head. I hope 'Chittagong' not added to the list. Everytime we were beaten by captain's knock. Hope Vettori would not join the list of Inzy (the greatest 4th innings I am privilaged to watch), Ponting (According to him, his greatest innings), Smitthy

[shaad]

I'll be thrilled if we win, but we are rather skilled at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, aren't we? There's a strong psychological component to the game, and I'd feel much better if we had a slightly larger lead. Either way, as Miraz pointed out, an early breakthrough when we bowl would be crucial.

[jeesh]

Miraz on the dot. We run the risk of losing the last two wickets cheaply meaning setting only a target of 250-255. That might just not be enough. I am remembering the Multan test match. Plus expecting Shakib to pick another 5-6 six might be asking for too much. Sadly at the way Razzak bowled a lot will depend on Shakib and the two quicks.

[DotBall]

If we had a good test spinner instead of Razzaq I would have said yes, but in current situation it is too early to say.