Match Thread: Bangladesh Vs West Indies - 2nd Qualifying match ICC-CT October 2006

[Kabir]

WI is extremely inconsistant at times...and they like to take the match to the last ball. WIth this in mind, BD bowlers should make proper use of their sluggishness.

What I've noticed also is, after a good show (in this case lower order batting) our team kinda fails. It happened after the win against Aussies in England, and then against the Aussie 1st match in Dhaka this year. But anyway...Inshallah we will win

[roaring tigerz]

I am waiting to see some creativity from our esteemed 'think-tank.' That includes having a flexible batting order. I would like to see Rafique or Mashrafee come at 4 to give the innings some impetus. In the middle overs, with a softer ball and the slower bowlers bowling...they could be most effective. Using Rafique/Razzak at first change could also be a viable option. I have a feeling we will run them close this time.

[roaring tigerz]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
Some of us will label the defeat as "honorable defeat" and try to find positives from the game even if there's no positives at all.

I hope we either win or badly lose.

I completely agree. I would rather see that we get bundled out for 150 trying to chase 300 than surviving to reduce the margin of defeat and scoring a 'respectable' 250...Our batting performance in the last game was commendable, but at no point were we even remotely challenging the Sri Lankan total. Seemed to me like we accepted defeat even before we came into the bat.

[habfreak]

Originally Posted by SS
What are guys smoking...winning against WI... we have no hope but just perform best we can with our limitations.

we are smoking "optimism-juana".:p c'mon man...we believe in our team...win or lose...we support them...that's why we hang here in this forum. We sure got our limitations...everybody does...but I truely believe we've enough talent in our line up to beat any team on any given day!

[kaisermatin]

team roster is missing. can someone post it?

[Sovik]

only 33 hours left. i beleive that we can beat windies

[layperson]

Originally Posted by SS
What are guys smoking....

benson and hedges 100's.

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by shahriyar
benson and hedges 100's.

Oh, good old B&H.
5 more hours to go till i can have puff.

Tigers Eye bhai, really surprised and impressed to learn that this is your first match thread. looks like not all of us are giving into the heavenly temptation.

Hope, for yours and ours sake, that you can join Miraz Bhai on the 100% Club.

[Duck]

While chasing for 303 against SL, we made 265 .
Fortunately, 36 came from extras, which is the second highest run after Saqibs 67 who powdered our ugly faces of batting!!
I rate this another horrible batting performance.
With this batting form, I cant even dream about a win against WI .

may be I need something to smoke.......

consider the partnerships: 22, 33, 23, 0, 63, 14, 22, 49, 38, 1

There is only one partnership above 50 among the 1st seven wickets (4 for SL)! With this poor performance, it would be impossible to make any upset against WI.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by FagunerAgun
Go BD Go
No Rasel, Shahadat please
No Ashraf, Mehrab please
Young boys. this is your show time.

Interesting! We got some "color" now!!

[Tokyobreeze]

So, we have had loads on discussions on our faults, failures, positive sides against SL and of course the possibility of win against WI.I believe we can do it.Looking forward to watch a solid performance from boys tomorrow.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Dak_Pion
While chasing for 303 against SL, we made 265 .
Fortunately, 36 came from extras, which is the second highest run after Saqibs 67 who powdered our ugly faces of batting!!
I rate this another horrible batting performance.
With this batting form, I cant even dream about a win against WI .

may be I need something to smoke.......

consider the partnerships: 22, 33, 23, 0, 63, 14, 22, 49, 38, 1

There is only one partnership above 50 among the 1st seven wickets (4 for SL)! With this poor performance, it would be impossible to make any upset against WI.

I agree with you 100%.
This time (against WI) our top order is going to show a "rich" performance though. As a result a win is not impossible!?

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by shahriyar
benson and hedges 100's.

I thought it's "Havana Churot"!

[CricFanBD]

Gayle uttered some potential comments about BD in the Anandabazar Potrika. Here is the link: http://www.anandabazar.com/10khela6.htm

[cricket_dorshok]

"Our main objective is to win the match, but I will not mind if we can produce our best and then lose the match," -Bashar (DailyStar)

Salar mentality looser. He could have said if we can produce our best we will win the match.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Fazal

Coach Dav Whatmore sums up the positives and negatives about playing without cloths. Who is that Nengta in the middle?

i believe the nengta is our 'pagla'

is he completely ***-naked?

[Duck]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
I agree with you 100%.
This time (against WI) our top order is going to show a "rich" performance though. As a result a win is not impossible!?

And lower orders will fail at the same time! Imagine whats gonna happen?

[BostonTigers]

well first and foremost, we need to replace Rasel with Shahdat. Gayle and other WI toporder will murder Rasels Medium Fast (??) bowling. I believe we should bat first if we win the toss and then try to form partnerships. Openers meaning Ash and Nafess should try to score runs not just bolck everything. then the middle order hopefully will score some runs. we all very well know that IF Ash click tommorow, WI Bowlers will be in some trouble. Insallah things will work out for us tommorow.

[sunny747]

wow..match shoro hoite aro 12 hours baki.....78 post already.....kalke kije hobe.......

[Miraz]

WI is hit with a number of injury problem ahead of tomorrows match. Sarwan, Morton and Smith are not fully fit, suffering from fever.

Stage seems to be well set for a Bangladesh victory.

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by Miraz
WI is hit with a number of injury problem ahead of tomorrows match. Sarwan, Morton and Smith are not fully fit, suffering from fever.

Stage seems to be well set for a Bangladesh victory.

I don't know... they may still play some of the virus infected players . I hope they don't spread the virus. We may end up not playing the best team against ZIM and loosing all three games.

[istiak]

Originally Posted by Tgers_eye
If you had seen WI on the same ground against Zim, their speed was between 75-85 range. In day time there is no dew so the ball can't speed up. Also, they bowled wayward. It was the Zim's inability to play the awkward bounce, and too much fishing. Certainly WI bowlers are 2nd grade or 3rd grade world class bowlers. If our top order can perform decently, we can post 275+ against this attack. That is a target that would get harder to reach at night even for Australia.

Dear Tiger eye,

I am not very sure about your estimate of WI bowlers. Personally i see them as a good and upcoming banch of pacers. Currently WI is the only team after Eng who got two real FAST bowler in the squad. Both JE Taylor and FH Edwards are bowling really good recently and our batsmen should be carefull abt their pace. Moreover, they got Ian Bradshaw who is currently ranked 6th in ODIs bowlers ranking. So any thought of a poor WI bowling could be dengarous.

On another point, this is almost the first time i ever hard that dew (or moisture) can speed up the ball. During night grass become soggy and wet and so do the ball but the pitch remain dry and so why the ball shoot? Generally the ball become slipary and most of the time bowlers find it difficult to grip it properly. If a ball shoot then its most likely cause is the situation of the pitch....not because of dew.

[Miraz]

Well, WI is hit with some injuries. Stage is all set for a BD victory.

[Tigers_eye]

With the humiliation in the DFL cup no Indian player can dare to get out on the street of Jaipur. That is why they need security. Whereas, we can sing hindi songs, speak hindi with Media and disguise ourselves.

Ar oi' nangta Forhad hoitey parey lol.

[BD_Ashraful]

Shahadat in Rasel out

Come on Bangladesh smash windies

all out 250 West indies (Mash 3-40 Shahadat 2-24)
0-250 after 40 overs ( Ashraful 125* Nafess 100*)