Match Thread: WC 2011 Warm Up 2 - Bangladesh v Pakistan, at Dhaka, Feb 15, 2011

[amar11432]

Originally Posted by bangalee20
Well ... there are few areas the team needs to improve:
- Fielding ... no more miss on Catches
- Bowling was fine, bothe from pacers are spinners, IMHO
- Tamim and Shakib need to score big
- Need to fix the middle orders ... can't afford to play like Test matches on ODIs
- Ash out ... Roq in
- If only we could get Mash as the Tail Ender ... but that's not happening

its too late. if they couldn't improve their fielding batting and bowling in the past 2 months what makes you think they will get better in 3 days? Instead of doing nonsense WC promotion activities (ads, functions) they should have been focusing and practicing.

[MarufH]

Originally Posted by fwullah
Ireland beat Zimbabwe and Netherlands beat Kenya.

Instead of the India match, we should only concentrate on winning against Ireland and Netherlands.

Going to the Quarterfinals is a bit too much to think at the moment.

Have you seen how much they scored?

And don't give me that crap about we have better bowlers. I highly doubt it after todays game.

[amar11432]

Jesus, Just checked all the scores. IRE beat ZIM and NED beat Kenya. I think we could learn from these associate teams on how to bat for the entire 50 overs.

[Mridul]

Originally Posted by fwullah
Ireland beat Zimbabwe and Netherlands beat Kenya.

Instead of the India match, we should only concentrate on winning against Ireland and Netherlands.

Going to the Quarterfinals is a bit too much to think at the moment.

True. Out batsmen are not just good enough to compete against class bowling. I wont be surprised if we lose to either Ireland or Netherland or to both. They have couple of better batsmen than ours, who can snatch win from us on any condition.

[nayef]

Originally Posted by karimjay.
siddons better put something decent together during the wc, after treating these warm ups with such disdain.

or else.. effigies will be burned.

why is this becoming about siddons now? come on, lets be realistic here.
besides India has been waiting 4 years for revenge... and a team like that wouldn't let easy.... so lets not have super high dreams about saturday. Either way, we would still deserve to be here and support the tigers.

[Rizvi]

Mahmudullah and Naeem got ZERO backbone! Look at Netherlands chasing a big target of 264 while @ 130/7 in 30th over (needing 125 from 120 balls with not many tail-end quality batting options), and those guys still played to win!

BUT These two freakin sissy's decided adversely, having a similar platform to have a go at it (128/6 @ 23rd Over; approx 158 needed from 160 @ less than run a ball) with the possibility of more premiere batsmen to trail. ...but decided to freakin play a TEST!

I CANT WAIT TO SEE THEM OFF THE TEAM!! SUCH LOSERS! YOU MUST PLAY TO WIN!

[Banglaguy]

Ok people, we lose one game after a run of good victories (except one loss) since october... And now, we should stop supporting them? True bengali's my arse.

[mali007]

The way we performed today , I doubt we will be able to win any match !!!!

[Zeeshan]

Had a dream that Tamim got out on 99 and woke up to see he got a duck. Hmm..

[karimjay.]

Originally Posted by nayef
why is this becoming about siddons now? come on, lets be realistic here.
besides India has been waiting 4 years for revenge... and a team like that wouldn't let easy.... so lets not have super high dreams about saturday. Either way, we would still deserve to be here and support the tigers.

it's about siddons because he's the one who came out and said 'please excuse our loss to pakistan, it's a warm up so we're not playing to win'. its him who made the call to not let nafees bat. he's the one who calls these shots.

he must have a clear game plan then if he can afford to not let one of our best batsman practice batting. all i'm saying is that he better come good with this game plan of his.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by fwullah
Ireland beat Zimbabwe and Netherlands beat Kenya.

Instead of the India match, we should only concentrate on winning against Ireland and Netherlands.

Going to the Quarterfinals is a bit too much to think at the moment.

i cant believe it!..only a day ago we were saying this is our time..here are the 15 which will keep this cup home and etc etc...sure i dont agree with this guys..wining the cup at this moment is over ambitious for me but i'm sorry to say ur attitude wont take us anywhere..we will most probably not win the wc but that doesn't mean we'll struggle to beat ire and Netherlands..A qf berth was quite possible for our team before this practice match and it still is now..

[Mahmood]

This was just a practice match. Don't take it so seriously. Look at Australia, lost both matches badly, but they will come strong in the world cup, so will we.

Believe in them.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Mahmood
This was just a practice match. Don't take it so seriously. Look at Australia, lost both matches badly, but they will come strong in the world cup, so will we.

Believe in them.

yes..plz i'm as disappointed as everybody else but plz dont discourage the team by saying we will not win a single match...believe in the team as mahmood vai said...us fans need to be the 12th man of the team

[Ehsan]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
Had a dream that Tamim got out on 99 and woke up to see he got a duck. Hmm..

Next time, please dream of Tamim scoring a duck and he might as well score a 100.

[limon]

BD never can do well against Pakistan, except 2/3 odds one.

[niqbal]

Originally Posted by Mahmood
This was just a practice match. Don't take it so seriously. Look at Australia, lost both matches badly, but they will come strong in the world cup, so will we.

Believe in them.

Well said, we should not loose hope. Perhaps, this is a lesson for us to take proper preparation. We should not take any team lightly whether it is NL or IR. They can even beat us. This is a game. We will do our best.

[limon]

Originally Posted by niqbal
Well said, we should not loose hope. Perhaps, this is a lesson for us to take proper preparation. We should not take any team lightly whether it is NL or IR. They can even beat us. This is a game. We will do our best.

I agree 100%. If BD won today, they may be overconfidence while playing against India.

[M_R_H]

Guys, please back the team up...its a practice match if we missed this fact! i still have faith on my team and quarters should still remain the target...

However, i was wondering why Nafees did not get to bat...Roqibul again proved his worth that he is a kind of player who can handle a collapse...his position after Junaed should be fixed. I dont care about SR, if a player gets you 35 off 45/50 odd balls without a boundary, i would still play him...

Lets be hopeful inshALLAH...

[M_R_H]

Originally Posted by mali007
The way we performed today , I doubt we will be able to win any match !!!!

We will win...! As the saying goes, 'the darker the night gets...the closer the dawn comes'.

[M_R_H]

Was the "Projapoti" used today by any chance...? Pak is a good team, i expect BD must have tried it...

[paco]

Pleez dont loose hart. Paktice match this only. Inshallah we win aginst India and Bermuda and go to supper eights.

[reyme]

^^^Your wish has come true. It however happened 4 years ago..

[hbk619]

Originally Posted by M_R_H
Guys, please back the team up...its a practice match if we missed this fact! i still have faith on my team and quarters should still remain the target...

However, i was wondering why Nafees did not get to bat...Roqibul again proved his worth that he is a kind of player who can handle a collapse...his position after Junaed should be fixed. I dont care about SR, if a player gets you 35 off 45/50 odd balls without a boundary, i would still play him...

Lets be hopeful inshALLAH...

amra faith dekhachhi shei siddons amol theke

[M_R_H]

Originally Posted by hbk619
amra faith dekhachhi shei siddons amol theke

To bhai shei faith dekhiye jan...! asha kori siddons chole geleo shei faith thakbe...!

[hoodlum]

Absolutely disaster. But a wake up call for sure!