Match Thread: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe | Only Test |Aug 4 - 8, 2011| 09:30 local | 07:30 GMT | 13:30 BDT @ Harare, Zimbabwe

[ZimSlog]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Zimslog how old are you mate?

Why do you ask?

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[munnabhai]

I really don' think Imrul is a Test material, the guy lacks patience and has an average which would put even ashraful to shame. He's our best odi batsman but don't know how he is still finding a place in the test side.

Prediction
Bat first bangladesh will score 580 ( Tamim 400, Imrul 00, Mushfiq 80) the rest of the players will make the remaining runs
Zim all out for 200 and 250

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by ZimSlog
Why do you ask?

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Just curious!!!

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by ZimSlog
Howzit ma china? Typical Zimbabwean way of saying 'how are you?'. Unfortunately I don't speak Shona, the language spoken by most native Zimbos so I might not be able to give you any Shona words. Sorry, that my identity ruined such a nice thread. All I can say is I'm a 100% Zimbo! Zimbabwe Jindabad!!

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you know that is actually a bangla word!...it means gold!...and people also use this as a slang!...u dont want to know what it means as a slang though

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by munnabhai
I really don' think Imrul is a Test material, the guy lacks patience and has an average which would put even ashraful to shame. He's our best odi batsman but don't know how he is still finding a place in the test side.

Prediction
Bat first bangladesh will score 580 ( Tamim 400, Imrul 00, Mushfiq 80) the rest of the players will make the remaining runs
Zim all out for 200 and 250

Imrul lacks patience? No way mate

I will be happy if we could post a total of 400+ in the 1st innings.

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Haal charen nai tahole!!! Ami onek age chere disi re bhai!!!

IF he is going to be playing in the main xi, why would I give up on him ??
I wish him all the best of luck to regain some form and consistency but that does not mean I dont wish other batsmen well.
At the end of the day, a win is that matters and I hope Ash can contribute positively to that win.

[Nocturnal]

after so many days .... we are in a test match thread!
Tiger Wins this one, Inshallah.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by ZimSlog
No no no no! You had better get ready for the most embarrassing defeat in the history of Bangladesh Cricket!

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we had many embarrassments before!...tough to be the #1 in this topic!

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Nocturnal
after so many days .... we are in a test match thread!
Tiger Wins this one, Inshallah.

yeah...this is my 1st test match thread with BC..and i have been in this forum for 7-8 months...so excited!

[munnabhai]

Never knew that we actually played a practice game and it is actually quite shocking that we lost to a second string Zim side. This is a horrible start. Now i have doubts that we can post a 400+ total. Imrul again scored 8 and a 0, my my why am i not surprised there.

@Kalpurush bhai - I have stats to back up my statement. Imrul has played 13 Test matches, 26 innings, scored only one 50 (fluke) with a poor average of 17.42. Disgraceful for a Test batsman compare this to Shariar Nafees after 16 Test and 32 innings, scored 4 fifties and 1 hundred with an ok average 26.09 (for Bangladeshi standard). Not to forget Nafees scored that against Australia when they were invincible.

With that being said, Imrul is a good odi batsman but just for his odi merits you can't select him. For example Australia's Michael Bevan was an odi specialist didn't fare that well in Test, it's a different ball game and selector's needs to understand or else we have another Ashraful in the making. 12 Test is more than enough opportunities.

Also, I have seen the West indies series where he batted quite poorly.

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
yeah...this is my 1st test match thread with BC..and i have been in this forum for 7-8 months...so excited!

The first one is always special
Hope you'd bring us some beginner's luck...

[ZimSlog]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Just curious!!!

I'm 12 years old!

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[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by munnabhai
Never knew that we actually played a practice game and it is actually quite shocking that we lost to a second string Zim side. This is a horrible start. Now i have doubts that we can post a 400+ total. Imrul again scored 8 and a 0, my my why am i not surprised there.

@Kalpurush bhai - I have stats to back up my statement. Imrul has played 13 Test matches, 26 innings, scored only one 50 (fluke) with a poor average of 17.42. Disgraceful for a Test batsman compare this to Shariar Nafees after 16 Test and 32 innings, scored 4 fifties and 1 hundred with an ok average 26.09 (for Bangladeshi standard). Not to forget Nafees scored that against Australia when they were invincible.

With that being said, Imrul is a good odi batsman but just for his odi merits you can't select him. For example Australia's Michael Bevan was an odi specialist didn't fare that well in Test, it's a different ball game and selector's needs to understand or else we have another Ashraful in the making. 12 Test is more than enough opportunities.

Also, I have seen the West indies series where he batted quite poorly.

see the prob is not with imrul..its with Tamim..because of tamim we had a very good opening partnership in tests last year...there was a stats article in cricinfo which showed tamim and imrul were 7th best opening partnership of the year with an avg of 43+ i think...all of this is because of tamim..he has been in so good form before u know we have tamim in 40 and imrul in 4 and the opening stand at 50 in no time...so selectors dont want to brake up this combination...we had pretty decent opening stand so no need to change it...if it aint broken dont fix it...but i do agree that imrul as a player dont cut it in test..he has poor technique and bowlers will figure him out easily

[MarufH]

Is it game day yet!! Can't wait 2 more days.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by MarufH
Is it game day yet!! Can't wait 2 more days.

One more day only ..

[Andy-Flower]

Heres the real prediction - BD First innings 71 all out, Taylor will look at the total and decides to enforce a follow on even before we bat coz the total will be too low.

BD Second innings 111 then we wil score 186-2 and win LOL

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[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Andy-Flower
Heres the real prediction - BD First innings 71 all out, Taylor will look at the total and decides to enforce a follow on even before we bat coz the total will be too low.

BD Second innings 111 then we wil score 186-2 and win LOL

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Ha! Ha!! Still we love you AF

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by Andy-Flower
Heres the real prediction - BD First innings 71 all out, Taylor will look at the total and decides to enforce a follow on even before we bat coz the total will be too low.

BD Second innings 111 then we wil score 186-2 and win LOL

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Good sh!t you are smoking mate.
Can I have some ???

Oh wait, no. I'm fasting.....

[Jadukor]

Lets face it, we love playing Zimbabwe... they are our moral boosters, the ideal punching bag before taking on bigger oppositions later in the season. In a way our results with them also represents how much we have improved as a side. Before august 2006 we hardly won against a zimbabwe side possessing Grant Flower, Heath Streak and co. But since august 2006 we played 29 ODIS and managed to win 23 of them... Our dominance over them is to the point of bullying right now!

So lets hope Razzak gets bucket load of wickets including hat-tricks... Tamim and Shakib climb in ICC rankings and our own bradman against zimbo, the legendary Shahriar Nafees scores 400+ runs before the series is over

long live zimbabwe

[deshimon]

Originally Posted by Andy-Flower
Heres the real prediction - BD First innings 71 all out, Taylor will look at the total and decides to enforce a follow on even before we bat coz the total will be too low.

BD Second innings 111 then we wil score 186-2 and win LOL

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So funny post!
You right according my opinion. 71 runs will come from our debutant Nasir Hossain at his first innings and Tamim Iqbal will score 111 at his second innings.
Ha! Haa!! Haaa!!! Haa.........!!........

[Rabz]

Jadukor, I thought it was 33 ODI with 24 win for us, according to cricinfo :

http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe...ry/525630.html

[Jadukor]

Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	WINNER Bangladesh	8 wickets	Harare	Aug 6, 2006	ODI # 2398
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	101 runs	Jaipur	Oct 13, 2006	ODI # 2427
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	9 wickets	Khulna	Nov 30, 2006	ODI # 2453
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Bogra	Dec 3, 2006	ODI # 2457
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	26 runs	Bogra	Dec 5, 2006	ODI # 2459
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	8 wickets	Dhaka	Dec 8, 2006	ODI # 2461
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	3 wickets	Dhaka	Dec 9, 2006	ODI # 2462
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	45 runs	Harare	Feb 4, 2007	ODI # 2505
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	8 wickets	Harare	Feb 6, 2007	ODI # 2511
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	14 runs	Harare	Feb 9, 2007	ODI # 2516
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	1 wicket	Harare	Feb 10, 2007	ODI # 2518
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	38 runs	Dhaka	Jan 10, 2009	ODI # 2790
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2 wickets	Dhaka	Jan 19, 2009	ODI # 2797
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Dhaka	Jan 21, 2009	ODI # 2799
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Dhaka	Jan 23, 2009	ODI # 2801
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	8 wickets	Bulawayo	Aug 9, 2009	ODI # 2869
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	49 runs	Bulawayo	Aug 11, 2009	ODI # 2871
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	69 runs	Bulawayo	Aug 14, 2009	ODI # 2872
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	4 wickets	Bulawayo	Aug 16, 2009	ODI # 2873
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	5 wickets	Bulawayo	Aug 18, 2009	ODI # 2874
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	5 wickets	Dhaka	Oct 27, 2009	ODI # 2914
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	7 wickets	Dhaka	Oct 29, 2009	ODI # 2916
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	4 wickets	Dhaka	Oct 31, 2009	ODI # 2917
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Chittagong	Nov 3, 2009	ODI # 2920
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	1 wicket	Chittagong	Nov 5, 2009	ODI # 2922
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	9 runs	Dhaka	Dec 1, 2010	ODI # 3071
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Dhaka	Dec 3, 2010	ODI # 3073
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	65 runs	Dhaka	Dec 6, 2010	ODI # 3075
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	abandoned		Chittagong	Dec 10, 2010	ODI # 3076a
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Chittagong	Dec 12, 2010	ODI # 3078

[zainab]

Well, with all the banter back and forth, lets hope that the boys play well and we see some good cricket, it should be a fighting contest on both sides.

[Tigers_eye]

Bismillah!!

[Ashfaq]

Originally Posted by ZimSlog
Why do you ask?

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Well, if you're older than twelve, you should know Bangladesh has had a few tremendously atrocious defeat. I mean we lost within 7 sessions once (against Srilanka, I think) and that's because the Srilankans wanted some Batting practice. Some of there Batsmen even retired to let others take a shot at a free century, our Bowling was that toothless.

I realize recent Zim-Bang relation make us look bad-a$$ to you people, But trust me we sucked so much in the past, our most embarrassing defeat just can't come from you guys.