Match Thread: 2nd Test, Bangladesh vs. West Indies at SANS, Khulna; November 21-25, 2012

[Tiger Manc]

Not sure about the balance of the team, I think it's a bit much playing with 9 batsmen....

[reverse_swing]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Not sure about the balance of the team, I think it's a bit much playing with 9 batsmen....

Add Abul. We have 10 now!

[WindieFan]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Not sure about the balance of the team, I think it's a bit much playing with 9 batsmen....

And the question will be will that hurt bang when it's time to bowl? we'll just have to wait and see.

[Habib]

Just read what the people at Caribbean forum are saying. Hilarious- http://caribbeancricket.com/forums/1

[AsifTheManRahman]

I think it's safe to say we are well on our way to winning this Test match. The kind of touch that Riyad and Abul are in, we will easily make something close to 600 before declaring. Abul will then carry the confidence into his bowling and the West Indies shall be crushed, to sawdust if I may add.

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[KaaL-PurusH]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Not sure about the balance of the team, I think it's a bit much playing with 9 batsmen....

correct

[DMan]

Those drop catches off Abdul has sorely made us pay.

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by DMan
Those drop catches off Abdul has sorely made us pay.

Like drop catches of Powell made us pay in first test.

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Not sure about the balance of the team, I think it's a bit much playing with 9 batsmen....

But, even with 9 batsmen, we cannot bat. Thank God for Abul and Riyad's performance today.

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by SS
agree Morning session will be brutal and after this wicket no body is there

Riyad should try to retain strike in the beginning. If they can survive 3-4 overs, they can continue. But, Abul Hasan will likely have trouble with the moving new ball the first few overs.

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by MyRoom
But his 100 at number 10 is no doubt by far the fastest

This is also the highest score by a debutant number 10.

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by WindieFan
Guys, what your tail done today was good, but lets not get carried away as our tail pretty much done the same thing in THIS match a few months ago, AWAY from home against England, sometimes the pitch can be great to bowl on in the first 50 overs and then suddenly it becomes a total road when the ball gets soft, and i think thats what happened today, it will be very interesting to see how we go on that track tomorrow thats for sure, if we can reduce bang to around 380 i'd be happy.

Please don't use "Bang" for Bangladesh. It is considered derogatory.
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[Nadim]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
This is also the highest score by a debutant number 10.

not yet...he need 6 more runs to do it. HS on debut at 10 is 105 set on 110 years ago

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
not yet...he need 6 more runs to do it. HS on debut at 10 is 105 set on 110 years ago

I thought he is the only debutant number 10 to score a century!

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
I thought he is the only debutant number 10 to score a century!

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...g;view=innings

Abul Hasan's unbeaten 100 is the second Test century by a No.10 batsman on debut. The previous such effort was in 1902, by Australia's Reggie Duff, who was actually a frontline batsman who was held back due to a sticky wicket at the MCG.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/banglade...ry/592201.html

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
I thought he is the only debutant number 10 to score a century!

I stand corrected. Reggie Duff was the first number 10 to score a century.

[meazz1]

I think we should play 11 debutants or the rookies in next match, they seem to do much better than the veterans we have.

[Maysun]

Abul must target Jason Gillespie's record, so that we don't have to hear about Gillespie's innings again!

COME ON, ABUL! 200!!!

[SS]

I hope Abul can stay bit longer with Riyad...morning sessions ball will be moving and also they will be fast...lots of short pitch deliveries will also bothered them with seam...I am hoping these two can just stay there and play the ball to its merit.

[MyRoom]

Originally Posted by maysun
Abul must target Jason Gillespie's record, so that we don't have to hear about Gillespie's innings again!

COME ON, ABUL! 200!!!

You seem to forget that Stuart Broad scored a 169 against a mighty team like Pakistan

[Shehwar]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Not sure about the balance of the team, I think it's a bit much playing with 9 batsmen....

lol! I think only I got the joke!

[nightwatchman]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
2nd Test: Bangladesh vs Wes indies at Khulna (Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium)


After the heartbreak in the first test, I have no expectation from this team. Clearly, Junaid and Shahriar has no business in being in the team. If the selectors use their brain and not their gut, they will kick out the deadweight named Shahadat from the team permanently. Nazmul is the ideal replacement for him, but we all know that he will not make it. If one player is responsible for the debacle, it is Junaid. If he does not drop those catches in the second inning, our target would have been less than 150. I was in favor of giving him another chance, but that was before these drops. He has to go.

Here is my team:

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Naeem Islam
3. Anamul Haque
4. Shakib Al Hasan
5. Mushfiqur Rahim
6. Nasir Hossain
7. Mahmudullah
8. Sohag Gazi
9. Elias Sunny
10. Nazmul Hossain
11. Rubel Hossain

Where is Abul in your team?

[nightwatchman]

Originally Posted by meazz1
I think we should play 11 debutants or the rookies in next match, they seem to do much better than the veterans we have.

Where is the like button?
I think we should go reverse order?
Abul openning with Riad....
Lol

[cricketboy]

Luckily we played with 8 batsman. Riyad could come in at no 8 and add valuable runs.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by cricketboy
Luckily we played with 8 batsman. Riyad could come in at no 8 and add valuable runs.

It would appear that we played 7: The top 8 minus SN minus Nazza! plus Abul.