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

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by cricket_pagol
this has been a good day for Bangladesh, we only lost two wickets

Positive from Day 3 batting?

[LateCut]

Oh! Where are those detractors who wants to strip BD of its test status. We stretched the game into the fourth day (with a bit of help of Doyal Allah) against the mighty SA.

[abz_786]

im so unlucky jus to watch the match i did'nt go college today nd i hav'nt watch the match propaly cz of rain

[abz_786]

i hope ash play well tomoro

[MohammedC]

This picture reminded me of something.........I have not gone for swim in a long time. (must be 6 to 7 years)

[abz_786]

looks like a swiming pool

[Tehsin]

Our twelvth (sp) man batted all day after we lost two quick wickets. That's dedication. I am a huge fan of his during our batting collapses. I wish he'd show up everytime the teams in a bind. We'll have plenty of DRAWS. FOURTH DAY, WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by Tehsin
Our twelvth (sp) man batted all day after we lost two quick wickets. That's dedication. I am a huge fan of his during our batting collapses. I wish he'd show up everytime the teams in a bind. We'll have plenty of DRAWS. FOURTH DAY, WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

We should swap him for Ashraful. Allah megh de!

[Nadim]

to be honest SA bowller ball really well and ball with good line and lenght....i think not only bd player.if other SA ball the same way with other team they will sturrgle aswell

WE will win and we will win.........be passion.give some more time guys.go bd

[LateCut]

Originally Posted by abz_786
i hope ash play well tomoro

I hope he does not play at all. Hope the test and the series rains out.

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by LateCut
I hope he does not play at all. Hope the test and the series rains out.

bai apnar matha ta aktu bairan table er sather......like ur avatar.tahole rain will continue

[Ajfar]

SA ki ekhon borsha season naki..

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by bd-blast
i definitely know where i want to stick those 2 remaining stumps

মাফ করে দেন ভাই! বুশ তো শীঘ্রই ক্ষমতা ছেরে দিচ্ছে...!!

[Rommel]

whats the weather forecast for day 4?

[Rifat]

i hope if play does resume we will score 250...

[Rifat]

you know what, now that i think about it harder, i think this tour for us should be some valuable experience so we can take out Sri Lanka+Zimbabwe in our own home soil. ODI +TEST (People, it is possible, but need some persistency +consistency)

but then again, some Bangladeshi players are in danger of losing their place in the national team so it will be interesting to see them fight it out in this South African tour.
Ashraful can take some more lessons on captain strategies and decision making and so can the other players.

another question comes to my mind: is playing test matches the best way for bangladesh to learn? or any other alternative? you should not screw up the basics of cricket trying to be a hero, i think if Bangladeshi players stick to the basics, they will do just fine for the rest of the tour.

then again, playing against exceptionally talented players as an opposition is a hard challenge, are they up to the task?

[Rifat]

Tomorrow: Showers in the morning, then clearing with ample sunshine in the afternoon. High 87F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

http://weather.yahoo.com/Bloemfontei...cast.html#text

[cricman]

3 sessions and rain bhaiya will bat out the other 3 sessions

[MohammedC]

Forecast is getting better for tomorrow but today does not look good.

[gunda]

why are they showing IPL match? wheres the match??

[Nadim]

its sunny in the ground

[gunda]

Ah it's here lo BD match

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by gunda
why are they showing IPL match? wheres the match??

rong section.use this
http://ooxtv.com/bd2.php

[gunda]

ashraful needs 68 more runs fore 2000 runs

[mahbubH]

play is about to start. min goal is to survive till lunch time. would be very happy if there is some play tomorrow