Match Thread: Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka, 1st Test at SBNS, Dhaka, December 26-31, 2008

[Nafis_BD]

Congrats Shakib!! You deserved it!!

[Dhruvo]

Well deserved MOM for shakib, hope for more in the future.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by SMHasan
Cricinfo wrote :

My heart goes out for Bangladesh. The way they chased was exemplary and worth travelling miles to watch. Each one of their top order batsmen did their job and still found themselves short. Commendable performance by Sri Lanka too, as they kept their nerve under pressure and pulled off the win. Am sure people would remember it for years to come.

But I would like to say 'We could have changed the script'. We might be there one day, but not yet, not yet....

We will...soon...

[Purbasha T]

Now it's turned out to be good that Moyna missed 100, coz that's why his effort got caught on eyes even more, as everyone felt he deserved it!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Shakib makes a thousand bucks extra. Nice.

NOT worth for that 4 runs!!!

[sharjilh]

no hopes/expectations for next test....Mendis is back with Sri Lanka now, and i still remember what he did to the Indian batting lineup :S lol

[skhondoker]

congrats shakib and the whole BD team.... he is consistently getting 5 wickets in tests....I hope Siddons would be happy with Bds effort and Gramm Smith would take note on this chase...

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Now it's turned out to be good that Moyna missed 100, coz that's why his effort got caught on eyes even more, as everyone felt he deserved it!

Nothing is worth ...missing a TON, IMO.

[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by bangla-red
shouldn't it be mahela?

Nope, if you consider BD bowlers not as good as SL ones, and also the pressurized situation Shakib was batting in and also the effort he seemed to have put; Shakib deserved it.

[sharjilh]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Now it's turned out to be good that Moyna missed 100, coz that's why his effort got caught on eyes even more, as everyone felt he deserved it!

lol he wouldve deserved it even if he got the 100

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by sharjilh
no hopes/expectations for next test....Mendis is back with Sri Lanka now, and i still remember what he did to the Indian batting lineup :S lol

Did you expected today's result like this?

I did. Have faith. We will play Mendis like a football

[bangla-red]

Ball of the year I
Anything bowled by Ajantha Mendis, but if pushed, one ball stands out. First Test wickets, or runs, are remembered usually only by the player himself but Mendis' first in Tests will live on. It was the flicker, the carrom ball; pitched on middle, on a length, it left Rahul Dravid completely unsure of what to do, before zipping off, turning away and clipping the off bail. Set the tone for the series.

Ball of the year II
Mohammad Ashraful's wonderfully disguised delivery to AB de Villiers during the first Test in February in Mirpur: it bounced first at his own feet, then again, a little closer to de Villiers, who, completely bamboozled by now, top-edged a pull back to Ashraful. If you fly over Dhaka, it is said you can still hear them laughing.

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[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
Did you expected today's result like this?

I did. Have faith. We will play Mendis like a football

lol, EXACTLY!

[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by bangla-red
Ball of the year I
Anything bowled by Ajantha Mendis, but if pushed, one ball stands out. First Test wickets, or runs, are remembered usually only by the player himself but Mendis' first in Tests will live on. It was the flicker, the carrom ball; pitched on middle, on a length, it left Rahul Dravid completely unsure of what to do, before zipping off, turning away and clipping the off bail. Set the tone for the series.

Ball of the year II
Mohammad Ashraful's wonderfully disguised delivery to AB de Villiers during the first Test in February in Mirpur: it bounced first at his own feet, then again, a little closer to de Villiers, who, completely bamboozled by now, top-edged a pull back to Ashraful. If you fly over Dhaka, it is said you can still hear them laughing.

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Hahaha, did you make that up? or is it anywhere else published?

[bangla-red]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Hahaha, did you make that up? or is it anywhere else published?

cricinfo feature.

[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by bangla-red
cricinfo feature.

Ye, got that; but not really sure if Ashraful intended the ball to bounce twice or just lost control over the seam, looool, either way he's in the feature, yyaaayyy!!!

[simon]

amar mon ta khub beshi kharap.
karon ami matro ghum theke uthlam.
Alarm disilam abar alarm bondho korey gumiyeo porechi.
i am feeling extrmly guilty & unlucky to have missed all these.
Anyway congratulations to BD tigers.

[Mohiul]

Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahuakbar

May Allah let our TIGERS to perform better and better.

Jaza kallahu khairon

[mijanur]

we played exxlelent, all of those days was facinatinating 2 watch except day 3

[Shehwar]

Wow! Just woke up and saw the scorecard.... 403/6 at one stage !!!! Hats off to them....Well played Tigers...That must be one of the highest 4th innings totals ever!

[mijanur]

inshallah tigers will play better next match

[bangla-red]

4th highest score by bd, only 5th score of 400.

[bangla-red]

This match produced 1289 runs, a new record in tests involving bd.

[abu2abu]

A fantastic gutsy performance by the boys.

Perhaps we need more rest days during test matches, it seems to have given ash time to think.

On a separate note, ash would do well to bat no higher than no 5...

[rickshaman]

so ppl were talkin bout droppinig ASH eh ??? hahahah..........so u guys still wanna go thru wit it ??? or chnge of plans??