Match Thread: ICC WT20 1st Round: Bangladesh vs Netherlands, March 9th, 2016, Dharamsala(9:30 GMT, 3:30PM BDT, 4:30AM EST)

[Shehwar]

The Dutch on their day are the most destructive T20 side in the world. They have brutal hitting power.

Fingers crossed. I'm actually more worried about this one than the Ireland match.

[brockley]

Replaced Mustifizur with Taskin,dunno if Mustifizur would be in my firsts now,given his dodgey fitness.

[brockley]

I remember the day they decimated Ireland in the last world cup T20,it was brutal.

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by brockley
UAE,Oman,USA,Dutch,Canada,NZ,England lots of expats.Scotland have 3/4 as ireland does.

You are supporting teams full of mercenaries. We are not talking about IPL here, we are talking about world cup.

[Nadim]

If we bat first, have to score 180+.

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by Roni_uk
I am having a bad feeling about this match and I am usually right .... Hope I am wrong... Keep calm and good luck Bnagladesh

If you were usually right we would have had a terrible year and half. You have bad feelings every game

[brockley]

Ok I will try and remain neutral for a while.
But shout for the Jumping Kangeroo.

[Out_You_Go]

You guys overthink every freaking thing.

We will beat the daylight out of Holland.

[Roni_uk]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
If you were usually right we would have had a terrible year and half. You have bad feelings every game

Lol.... Kotha sotto
I didnt say it is cricket related though

[BanglaNAus]

Originally Posted by Out_You_Go
You guys overthink every freaking thing.

We will beat the daylight out of Holland.

Out you go

I tried persuading everyone here that the associates will get crushed by Bangladesh Yet they still think the associates will sneak up a win.So what its in india. Have some confidence sheesh

[brockley]

Taskin the key,thats why I put him in my team.He needs 2/3 quick wkts in the first 4 overs,with Al- Amin Hossain.

[Shehwar]

Originally Posted by brockley
I remember the day they decimated Ireland in the last world cup T20,it was brutal.

I remember that! Australia, India or a combined world eleven would not have been able to chase that 190 in 13 overs to qualify for the main draw. It was beyond belief!!

[Out_You_Go]

Originally Posted by BanglaNAus
Out you go

I tried persuading everyone here that the associates will get crushed by Bangladesh Yet they still think the associates will sneak up a win.So what its in india. Have some confidence sheesh

Ya if you dont have the confidence to beat associates after improving leaps and bounds since we last lost to one, then might as well withdraw from the WC and go home.

Dutch is this, Dutch is that. To amrao this and amrao that.

[brockley]

Well Bangladesh favourites,need Rahman to fire with the bat.and to a lesser degree Tamim.Those 2 the keys for the batting.
Kingma did well in the warm ups for the Dutch,so have 2 watch him.

[shajib14]

Most likely each of BD and Ire will get to play one game in the qualifier because of weather while Dutch will get two games. There is no rain forecast for Ire vs Oman and Dutch vs Oman game, This is quite unfortunate for BD considering Oman is the weakest team in the group. because Bd,s game with Oman is likely to get washed out. If Bd can beat Netherland today it will harder for Netherland to recover the runrate against Oman. But main problem here is Ireland, because the only game they are having is against comparatively weak Oman. Hoping for a strong Oman performance against Ire or Bangladesh needs to win by big margin against Netherland.

[Navo]

Am I the only BC-ite watching this game from the Netherlands?

[Navo]

I'm not sure if I should tell my work colleagues about this game. If we lose, I'd have to explain how cricket is played alongside the match itself lol

[godzilla]

Any links for the match?

[Roni_uk]

Originally Posted by Navo
I'm not sure if I should tell my work colleagues about this game. If we lose, I'd have to explain how cricket is played alongside the match itself lol

Tell them after we win it or don't tell them. Thats what I do with my Irish colleagues who have no idea about cricket. Their usual response would be - 'so you guys are playing again tomorrow with us?' No - 'Oh I thought it lasts for 5/6 days, no'?

[kalpurush]

Navo's Day!

Interesting feeling, isn't it!?

[Roni_uk]

Lost toss again

we are batting first

[ahnaf]

2.30pm Netherlands win the toss and elect to bowl

[godzilla]

no luck today, did not win the toss.

[Roni_uk]

Dutch captain looks so confident compared to Mash!!!

[godzilla]

you guys have some links to share?