**Official everything about Athar Ali Khan thread**

[Saifulsohel]

Athar Ali khan has been involved directly or indirectly in Bd cricket for more than 20years.He is also a commentator.I think he deserves a thread where we can discuss positively or negatively about him.

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[simon]

indeed, he is a big part of our cricket history..
I respect this man...(doesnt mean that I wont right a poem on him )
good one Saiful miya bhai.

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[F6_Turbo]

He needs to get rid of the pathetic rubber band he uses to tie his hair at the back - Something akin to Shah Rukh has been seen to do lately.

I saw him at The Westin, got up, thinking I'll go have a little chat with him(looked like he was waiting for his lunch guest to arrive), saw the ridiculous rubber band, and sat back down.

But who will ever forget his 22 ball, 33 minute duck against India.

RE his commentating : he is like our national team, close to a decade now, but no improvement.

Negativity aside, definitely a legend as far as Bangladeshi cricket is concerned, and someone who truly loves Bangladeshi cricket, and wants it to reach great heights, with no personal agendas.

[Saifulsohel]

Originally Posted by simon
indeed, he is a big part of our cricket history..
I respect this man...(doesnt mean that I wont right a poem on him )
good one Saiful miya bhai.

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waiting for the poem.

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[dash]

i enjoyed his batting at his playing days
he was the closest to int standard amongst that lot of pre-test generation (532 runs at an avg of almost 30)

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/56227.html

as a commie- he is horrible at times but you cant complain about his passion...ready to take hits for the team (poor onfield performence of bd) and up there to dish it out and neither he is naive (cant forget his argument with ramiz raza)

ODIs

19

19

1

532

82

29.55

945

56.29

[Navo]

^^ Dash, there are still batsmen in our team now who would love to have such an average.

[dash]

Originally Posted by Navo
^^ Dash, there are still batsmen in our team now who would love to have such an average.

agreed..................

[Onelove]

Originally Posted by F6_Turbo
He needs to get rid of the pathetic rubber band he uses to tie his hair at the back - Something akin to Shah Rukh has been seen to do lately.

I saw him at The Westin, got up, thinking I'll go have a little chat with him(looked like he was waiting for his lunch guest to arrive), saw the ridiculous rubber band, and sat back down.

But who will ever forget his 22 ball, 33 minute duck against India.

RE his commentating : he is like our national team, close to a decade now, but no improvement.

Negativity aside, definitely a legend as far as Bangladeshi cricket is concerned, and someone who truly loves Bangladeshi cricket, and wants it to reach great heights, with no personal agendas.

he frequents westin a lot and is most often on 23rd floor lounging. he is a nice guy. that being said, truth be told, they ( shamim and him) are not actually necessary. bangladesh media has progressed enough with enough educated young kids who can do a way better job than him.

[Night_wolf]

Now we need an official thread about every thing official

[akabir77]

Can't forget his three little words. (after Aftab hitting the six to win us the match)

"TAKE THAT AUSTRALIA"

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by akabir77
Can't forget his three little words. (after Aftab hitting the six to win us the match)

"TAKE THAT AUSTRALIA"

i cant forget lehmans words afterwards..

"WE'RE TAKING IT, WE'RE TAKING IT"

[MarufH]

Originally Posted by dash
i enjoyed his batting at his playing days
he was the closest to int standard amongst that lot of pre-test generation (532 runs at an avg of almost 30)

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/56227.html

as a commie- he is horrible at times but you cant complain about his passion...ready to take hits for the team (poor onfield performence of bd) and up there to dish it out and neither he is naive (cant forget his argument with ramiz raza)

what was that about? Please enlighten us.

[MarufH]

Originally Posted by akabir77
Can't forget his three little words. (after Aftab hitting the six to win us the match)

"TAKE THAT AUSTRALIA"

One of the greatest moment of BD cricket history. Talking about commentators, wonder if Bashar speaks good enough english to take that up.

[mufi_02]

I like this guy. He is really passionate about BD Cricket and was one of the early English commentators. He also has a twitter account which I follow sometimes. I remember back in the days he opened up the first Reebok Store in Dhaka. If I am not mistaken, Wasim Akram and few other intl players came there from time to time.

[roman]

Originally Posted by MarufH
what was that about? Please enlighten us.

As far as I remember it was about Rashid Latif's famous catch during Multan test. I remember Atahar's said something about that incident and Ramiz said "typical Bangladeshi Comment" and Atahar reply was "typical Pakistani reply"

[simon]

Originally Posted by roman
As far as I remember it was about Rashid Latif's famous catch during Multan test. I remember Atahar said something about that incident and Ramiz said "pure Bangladeshi Comment" and Atahar reply was "Pure Pakistani reply"

lol; that's why I love him.
btw,isnt he himself...never mind.
he is just more BDeshi than many.

[lamisa]

where's the official thread about ballboy nasir?

[roman]

Originally Posted by simon
btw,isnt he himself...never mind.

yes..so are Akram khan, Golla, Nafees and probably many others I guess. But they were born in BD and are khati Bangali.

[zinatf]

khali inar thread-i khola baki chilo.....aaj tao hoye gelo

Originally Posted by lamisa
where's the official thread about ballboy nasir?

Lamisa next page e khujo peye jaba....ashole shobar thread er niche ballboy nasir er thread dhamachapa pore geche

ar jodi na thake tahole tumi khulo...nahole I'm happy to open it

[mufi_02]

Akram Khan's ancestors are from Bihar. Golla and Athar are different. Which Nafees? SN or Nafees Iqbal?

But as both roman and simon bhai said, they have done more for BD cricket than anyone else and are pure khati bengalis.

[roman]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
Which Nafees? SN or Nafees Iqbal?

Nafees Iqbal

[Razi]

My word, another official thread?

[simon]

Originally Posted by Razi
My word, another official thread?

"but...I think ...it's important that..." we open a thread on his name.

[shakibrulz]

Athar has way better cricketing knowledge than Shamim (hate his pretentious accent). Somehow really fond of his commentary despite the shortcomings.

[Banglaguy]

He has a better Batting average than most of the current Crop