Match Thread: 1st Test, Bangladesh vs. South Africa at Bloemfontein, SA; November 19-23, 2008

[Nadim]

play stop

[mijanur]

allah plz let it rain badly

[shabbir]

23.5 Kallis to Junaid Siddique, OUT, another wicket falls, same shot and same result as this morning's first wicket, short and wide, fine little snick through to Boucher.

Na re Bhai eder diye hobe na.it's really pain to follow bd ...........

[mijanur]

yesssssssssssssssssssssss
play stoppeddddddddddddddddddddddd

[Nadim]

if the rain comes hard and stay for about half an hour..........the day will be finish

[tonoy]

storm saves us.

[Megh]

i don't think we are doing that bad in SA as a team. look the last series of SA in SA against NZ.
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series 2007/2008

1st Test
SA 1st innings 226 all out
NZ 1st innings 118 all out
SA 2nd innings 422 all out
NZ 2nd innings 172 all out
South Africa won by 358 runs
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2nd Test
NZ 1st innings 188 all out
SA 1st innings 383 all out
NZ 2nd innings 135 all out
South Africa won by an innings and 59 runs
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NZ never even score 200 runs in any innings. and one they lost by an innings and another one by 358 runs which not less than an innings defeat.so if our all players could've played their normal thing then we could've done better than NZ.but most of our players played pathetic specially Junaid.

[RazabQ]

Guys those bad shots are a result of sustained pressure. I can tell you that even at our club level, you can always tell when someone is going to play an ugly shot if the opposition bowlers are capable of stringing together 3-4 overs (hey we are talking club-level) of sustained, nagging (not hostile) bowling. Ask yourself - how many bad balls have you seen all morning??? I am really trying to think and can only come up with 4-5!!!! Now count how many jaffas/unplayable balls have you seen. Heck if the mighty Aussies can't deal with Kiwis on a green top (at the Gabba), how do you expect us to fare better against an attack that is miles more potent?

[green_cat]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
I am really trying to think and can only come up with 4-5!!!! Now count how many jaffas/unplayable balls have you seen.

problem is we always get ourself out out of those bad balls. i would love to see if BD players get out from unplayable balls. then if bd gets out at 90 all out, i wont mind..

[bdpride04]

yes

[nzfan]

When we played south africa we faced the full wrath of dale steyn(took 20 wickets in two matches), he hasnt been his usual self in this series yet.

[crikfreak]

it still hasn't started? oh man..

[mahbubH]

I watched the match today... Ash is lucky to be there, probably Tamim got nick before he got out.

The way Tamim and Zunaid were batting, I did not see any way to get them out. At the end, they found their way to get out. Very poor shot selection, specially Tamim. Cricinfo does not tell all, I am not as frustrated as yesterday after watching them bat more than an hour. They need just to adjust their game, need to use more gears than one they used.

[Antora]

Rain? yay? It's sad how we have to rely on mother nature to save us

[crikfreak]

Originally Posted by green_cat
problem is we always get ourself out out of those bad balls. i would love to see if BD players get out from unplayable balls. then if bd gets out at 90 all out, i wont mind..

yea me too.. if they get out because of unplayable delievrie.. i can gatuntee tht no one will blame them.. but when u get out becoz of stupid shots like these guys.. there really isn't much u can say..

[BanCricFan]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
They should park all horizontal bat shots for a bit.

Lol..they should park those in the long term terminal and throw the keys away!

Tamim played really well until he played that idiotic shot of his. Junaeds technique against the fast bowlers is really oweful...I am surprised that Jamie has not been able to rectify those basics. Otherwise, Junaed has shown some guts today.

I would change the batting order too. Naem should bat before Shakib and mehrab. His technique and temperament is definitely better than shakib. This is how I would have it:

Tamim
Imrul
Junaed or Rakibul
Ashdafool
Naem
Mushfiq
Shakib
Mehrab or...

[crikfreak]

Originally Posted by antora93
Rain? yay? It's sad how we have to rely on mother nature to save us

if it was any other team.. their fans would have been sad its raining.. but for us i guess everything is the opposite..

[karimjay.]

Originally Posted by crikfreak
if it was any other team.. their fans would have been sad its raining.. but for us i guess everything is the opposite..

so why aren't we glad when we don't play games at all?

[BD-Shardul]

আহ বৃষ্টি......কী মজা......বৃষ্টি পরে টাপুর টুপুর

[simon]

Khela ki ajker jonno shesh??

[BD-BLAST]

Ok...time for the Bangladeshi players to make Khichuri and Beef Bhuna. Ah how I miss that.

Inshahallah when I go back to BD this time I will have it. And with Begun Bhajee

[BanCricFan]

Its seems like rain has stopped...might be a little bit of drizzle. Play should resume within the next half an hour.

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by crikfreak
if it was any other team.. their fans would have been sad its raining.. but for us i guess everything is the opposite..

Their fans would have been sad because their team do not torture them, unlike ours.

[nahaz]

hey if u bet on Bet365 now seems they'd give u $10 for every $11 u bet for Ash to be the next guy out. For Mehrab it's $6 for every $4.

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by BanCricFan
Its seems like rain has stopped...might be a little bit of drizzle. Play should resume within the next half an hour.

Oh no, SA will fold us up within an hour with hostile pace and swing in this rain drenched pitch