Match Thread: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 4th ODI, December 8th 2006

[cricman]

Date:
December 08 2006 Friday

Time :
Friday, 09:00 BDT | Friday, 03:00 GMT | Thursday, 22:00 EDT | Thursday, 19:00 PST | Friday, 02:00 UTC

Weather Forecast:
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Venue:
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur,Dhaka

Teams(From)

Bangladesh

1. Habibul Bashar (Captain)
2. Shahriar Nafees Ahmed
3. Aftab Ahmed
4. Mohammad Ashraful
5. Sakib Al Hasan
6. Mohammad Rafique
7. Mashrafee Bin Mortaza
8. Shahadat Hossain
9. Mehrab Hossain jr
10. Khaled Mashud(wicketkeeper)
11. Abdur Razzak
12. Mushfiqur Rahim
13. Farhad Reza
14. Syed Rasel

Zimbabwe

1. P Utseya (captain)
2. TMK Mawoyo
3. GB Brent
4. CJ Chibhabha
5. E Chigumbura
6. KM Dabengwa
7. RS Higgins
8. AJ Ireland
9. NB Mahwire
10. H Masakadza
11. S Matsikenyeri
12. CB Mpofu
13. ML Nkala
14. BRM Taylor (wicketkeeper)
15. SC Williams
16. AG Cremer
17. EC Rainsford

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Time to make it 4-0, Hopefully other players besides SN, Mehrab and Razzak can inflate their Averages.

[mshakir56]

Hey guys, we need to put Ashraful at number 3 or number 4, not at number 6. Aftab should come down to number 6. Because Aftab is not the kind of player who looks to score centuries, but Ashraful is. Ashraful can't score centuries if he is batting at no. 6. Can he? Aftab will be useful for scoring some quick runs towards the death, and Ashraful needs to be at the top to ensure that we get a decent total. Do you guys agree?

[Ejaj]

Well, I also agree with you. TO me, Ash should come at number 4, Bashar at 5 and Sakib at 6. I am sure, this will work great for the team.

[sunny747]

didn't want to open another thread for this...but what on earth ashraful was thinking? look at this left leg.......they some times forget that this is internation cricket...million of ppl are watching them......

[AsifTheManRahman]

when you're padded up, and have been batting/running around for some time, this is very likely to happen. it's common.

[mzia]

Originally Posted by cricman
Date:
November 30 2006 Thursday

Need to Edit, though we know it is December 8, 2006, Friday.

[cricket_dorshok]

Bhai cricman, though the date is in the title, but the date in the main body of the thread is wrong as mzia mentined. Need to correct. Thankx

[Sam]

Originally Posted by mshakir56
... Aftab should come down to number 6. Because Aftab is not the kind of player who looks to score centuries... Aftab will be useful for scoring some quick runs towards the death... Do you guys agree?

mshakir, in fact Aftab has been selected as number 3, because we need to utilize him for the 'Power Play', which is usually the first twenty overs. Aftab is a hard hitter and he can accelarate the RR during those restricted fielding conditions.

[Ehsan]

Dude, when you open a match thread just copy & paste from another thread is not good enough. Please correct the day and timing. Thanks.

[sadi]

Also, 9AM BD time makes it 2200 EST and 1900PST.

[worldofad]

aare bhai paa eetho dekha jaitese ... pura pant khule r khelte nameh nai...LOL

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by worldofad
aare bhai paa eetho dekha jaitese ... pura pant khule r khelte nameh nai...LOL

From what I see, that's nothing terrible. In fact, it's acceptable when it could easily come up like that from running b/w wickets, and he has to take off his gloves every time to fix it. It's annoying at that time. I've seen worse stuff happening...such as Alan Donald taking his sweat from underarm instead of spitting on the ball.

[akabir77]

Originally Posted by sunny747
didn't want to open another thread for this...but what on earth ashraful was thinking? look at this left leg.......they some times forget that this is internation cricket...million of ppl are watching them......

This is very normall in cricket. when u run hard and do swips it happens. also I guess ash should custom make his pads which will prevent this from happening. he is probably wearing a market made one which is little lose for him or some thing.

[roaring tigerz]

Originally Posted by sunny747
didn't want to open another thread for this...but what on earth ashraful was thinking? look at this left leg.......they some times forget that this is internation cricket...million of ppl are watching them......

Kan Bhai, apnar ki ashraful ar pao dekhte lojja kortase? Naki unader akhon theke sweater poira khela uchit.

[mshakir56]

Originally Posted by Sam
mshakir, in fact Aftab has been selected as number 3, because we need to utilize him for the 'Power Play', which is usually the first twenty overs. Aftab is a hard hitter and he can accelarate the RR during those restricted fielding conditions.

You are right about Aftab being a hard hitter, but you are missing my point. Aftab is not a mentally strong player. Mashrafee is also a hard hitter, now a days Mashrafee plays a lot better than Aftab does. IN the twently/20 match Mashrafee made more runs than anybody else, also in the last match, Mashrafee made more runs than Aftab, hitting two sixes. Plus Mashrafee has a better strike rate than Aftab. Does that mean, we should Put Mashrafee at number 3 too? The answer is no. These players play recklessly regardless of the situation that our team is in. We need top order batsman to be their and not get out cheaply after hitting couple of boundaries. That kind of flash in the pan, doesn't help us does it? We need someone who can stay at the wicket. If we have enough wickets in hand, then runs are bound to come. We started off to a really good start the other day, but what happend? the wickets were falling like so often that we didn't have any parternership going, so because of that we only made 220 runs. We were off to a really good start, but aftab came in and played recklessly and gave his wicket way. he didn't have to play that agressive cause we were in a good position. but thats how he is, he is not mentally strong. i hope you understand !!!

[TheWatcher]

Here is the CI scorecard for the fourth ODI-

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bdes...ch/264070.html

[reverse_swing]

Originally Posted by TheWatcher
Here is the CI scorecard for the fourth ODI-

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bdes...ch/264070.html

Thanks. Added. And to all the match thread starters please do some homework before opening new match thread not just copy paste.

[sadi]

Bhaia ra, please dont even think of putting Ash in number 3. Just becuase he got some runs in one game, we are talking about changing his position again. Next thing you know is he is not getting runs and ppl are calling for his heads. He said he is more comfortable at number 5 or 6, so let him stay there and lets see what he can do. Don't give me more excuses like I never liked batting at number 3 or something. Why do we like changes so much?

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by sadi
Bhaia ra, please even think of putting Ash in number 3. Just becuase he got some runs in one game, we are talking about changing his position again. Next thing you know is he is not getting runs and ppl are calling for his heads. He said he is more comfortable at number 5 or 6, so let him stay there and lets see what he can do. Don't give me more excuses like I never liked batting at number 3 or something. Why do we like changes so much?

bingo

[al Furqaan]

so is this gonna be the 1st match at our NEW HOME??

[Murad]

i just heard.. they are resting khaled mashud for the 4th match...

[Rihaad The Man]

Win , win & win & what else ? We do need a whitewash with a good "washing powder " ...............

[Murad]

hey guys.. most often i hear a song in the stadium... " desh desh desh amar bangladesh" do you guys know who sang the song?? if you guys have any source where i can find the song.. plz reply here..

[akabir77]

asif

[Protic]

Sunny : Bro.. Ive seen sachin has this 'kinda' problems many times before.. but with pants wrapping up in both legs.. so whats the big deal? I guess you want Ashraful to go and play dressed in a complete suit? with a rose in his pocket aswell?
lol.