Bold and Not so Bold Predictions for 2007

[kaisermatin]

We played much better than NZ with SL. This time around target on NZ, India and England.

[cricman]

Originally Posted by Carte Blanche
True. No harm in hoping though. I know I'll owe criccy a toast of Ash scores a double. He'll owe me two if Ash doesn't.

From now on I will call Ash = ___ so i don't jinx him

I wish we would play Zimbabawe right after they got their Test Status Reinstated, ___ & team have 4 tests to make me look like a genius.

I'm pretty sure we'll get 3 Tests vs Zimbabwe either before or after the 20/20 WC, Technically we have 4 Tests to get 1 win and ___ to get the double, but in theory were gonna have 7 tests. I think ___ and the team won't need the 3 tests vs Zimbabwe to get the 2nd win or the double.

All of ___ Test Centuries have come against SL and IND and 2 of the 3 looked like sure thing double.

[Tigers_eye]

Bold Prediction:
One BD batsman will cross 600 international runs (all forms ODI, test and 20/20) in 2007.
One BD bowler will cross 30 wickets (all forms ODI, test and 20/20) in 2007.

Not so Bold Prediction:
JO will be back in the international fold.

[BangladeshFan]

Bold: since they are bold so lets make them truly bold
1. Bd will reach WC 07 semifinal, they will beat india, srilanka, england and pakistan along the way.
2. Bd will use Junaid in the WC and Tamim after the WC(in place of hablu). Their showing in the one dayers in powerplay will surprise all and break a few bowlers heart.
3. Mash will show potential of a great all rounder
4. Ashraful will finally realize value of middling the ball and spending time in the wicket. Soon enough he will score a test 200+
5.Aftab will make the world record quickest 50

Not so bold: lets be realistic
1. Bd will get out in 1st round of the WC as expected
2. selectors over reliance on tortoise players will backfire. Bd will soon find out playing against zimbo and playing against top teams is a different thing altogether.
3. hablu will not retire neither will pilot. on the other hand rafiq may retire gracefully
4. worst of all, JO will return in both forms of int. cricket and will force us to write many more pleading threads until he is kicked out again.

[nmhimal]

Originally Posted by israr
Second Test victory

Go Bangladesh !!

[Navarene]

Prediction:
-- we will win at least two Tests (either home or away)
-- ODI win against New Zealand
-- Shahriar Nafees, the new BD captain
-- Double ton from Ashraful in Test

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Navarene
Prediction:
-- we will win at least two Tests (either home or away)
-- ODI win against New Zealand
-- Shahriar Nafees, the new BD captain
-- Double ton from Ashraful in Test

This prediction must span till Jan 2010. Thats when we face NZ in ODIs. Unless by chance we get to second round or in the semis/finals in the WC 2007 or ICC Champions trophy (in two years) and face them. I would prefer in the finals of the WC 2007.

[Fazal]

Bold Predicted Fears:

1.Bashar will continue to be the captain of Bangladesh
2. At some point Gullu will be back in the team
3. Selectors will again twick with Ash's position. However Ash will somehow survive whole year by scoring two 50+ great innings
4. Even perfoming better than Ash, Aftab will be the first to be dropped for irresponsible batting.
5. The relation between Pilot and the rest of the team will be worsened. Pilot's batting will be non-existent.
6. The best case scenario for Bangladesh is: they will draw the series against ZIM
7. They will lose at least one game in warm up matches against Canada/Bermuda
8. BD will just win one game in WC2007.
9. Rafique's contribution to the team will reduced. He will no longer be a dominant player in the team.
10. SN will go one step backward in 2007.

[cricman]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
This prediction must span till Jan 2010. Thats when we face NZ in ODIs. Unless by chance we get to second round or in the semis/finals in the WC 2007 or ICC Champions trophy (in two years) and face them. I would prefer in the finals of the WC 2007.

Mar 6th

[layperson]

Originally Posted by sadi
-If anyone scores a double century, it will be Shahriar Nafees.
-Aftab will score a hundred this year. Probably against Zimbabwe in Feb.
-Bashar retires from odi after world cup and Shahriar Nafees leads.
-Mushfiq replaces Pilot in odi.

Now comes the bold prediction:
-Razzak is the next superstar of Bangladesh.
-Shahadat becomes the main strike bowler for Bangladesh surpassing Mashrafee.
-Mashrafee becomes our first true allrounder.

Except for the double ton for Sn it pretty much sums up my predictions. If anyone scores a double ton for Bangladesh it will be Ashraful. In the current team I dont see anyone else scoring a double against a test team barring Zim( coz against them anyone is a candidate for scoring a double).

[TheWatcher]

Originally Posted by cricman

Mar 6th

As far I know, pre-world cup practice matches against NZ and Scotland (on 6th and 8th March) won't be considered as official ODIs. But, yeah, it will be nice to win both of those matches regardless of their status.

[HereWeGo]

Reasonable prediction
1 Mehrab will not hold the opening slot for too long. Junaid might be the next partner for SN.
2 Pilot will be dropped and never return
3 Shahriar nafees might not be able to repeat the same level of success
4 Aftab will be the main stay of BD batting line up in ODI's
5 Ashraful will get his average a little higher
6 Habibul will continue another year for sure
7 Cant imagine bangladesh test team without rafique, but this might be his last year. Razzaq will try to fill his shoes and may even suceed given some time.

[mac]

1) BD will achieve their 2nd test victory.
2) Ashraful will marry, let alone the possiblity of being consistant.
3) Tamim Iqbal will be the man of the series of 20-20 WC.
4) Mashrafe will get the chance of playing county.
5)We'll follow the WC with great hope and ........ WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

[cleazer]

I see lots of people predicting a second test victory.

I have a question: how many tests will BD play in 2007?
I remember when the ICC released their future tour schedule, BD had a big break scheduled.


And on the off chance that Zimbabwe comes back to tests and BD plays a number of tests with them, I'll make the super bold prediction that BD will get both their 2nd and their 3rd test victory!!!

[BD-Shardul]

My Bold Predictions:

1. Bashar will continue as a captain for another year, and will try his best to be in this spot until 2011 WC.
2. Bashar will score three centuries in tests in 2007.
3. Neither Rafiq nor Bashar nor Javed will retire, and their face will not efface from the scene of BD cricket until 2011 WC.
4. Rasel and Rajin will emerge as two consistent performer for BD team.
5. Tapash will make his comeback.
6. Aftab will score a century in ODI.
7. Khaled Mashud will be dropped from the team permanenetly.

Not So Bold:

1. Bangladesh will qualify in the secound round of the WC.(Although it hurts me greatly, but realistically, I stil cannot depend on BD batsmen).
2. SN will continue in the same vein.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Navarene
Prediction:
-- we will win at least two Tests (either home or away)
-- ODI win against New Zealand
-- Shahriar Nafees, the new BD captain
-- Double ton from Ashraful in Test

Navarene should be given the chance to open the ODI against NZ on the 2nd of April.

[bhobishshot]

Here is my predictions:

1.Saqib has a reasonable chance of making it to the top 10 in the ODI all rounder list
2.BD has a reasonable chance of beating England and WI
3.SN will perform in the super 8

[kaisermatin]

Originally Posted by cricman
Bold Predictions:
1) We Will win our 2nd Test Match This year
2) 2nd round of the WC anybody?
3) We will make it to the Semis of 20/20 WC before Mashrafe gives up 18 runs in the final over vs Ricky Pointing
4) Ashraful will score BD's first Test Double Century
5) We will beat NZ in WC warm up
6) Australia will send it's D team to beat Zimbabawe or boycott the Test match series, and will give Bangladesh the opportunity to tour Australia.
7) Asia Cup will get postponed from 2008 to 2015
8) Captain Hablu will lose the toss vs CAN/BER/SCOT/Zim + Mehrab jr will score 1st ball golden duck which lead the way for BD to score 330+.
9) Aftab will convert one of his 50's into 100.

Not so Bold predictions
1) SN will score a Century or 2 or 3 vs CAN/BER/SCOT/ZIM
2) Alok Kapali will get called up again only to fall on his face again
3) When It's Feburary Razzak will have an ODI average that is less than my age.
4) BC will continue to get bigger and better in 2007.

Ladies and Gentlemen make predictions for 2007 and 12 months later I'll dig this thread up to see how good or bad our predictions were.

Good bold predictions that are coming true (2 and 5). No. 6 was not fair to Zimbos. They were the only team to restrict Aussies under 300 in this WC (warm-up). No predictions for Mash? I think he will get across 100th wicket this year.

[shahir001]

My prediction is for the near future. We are going to rise in the LG ranking within two years and be in the semid at least in 2011 WC Insha Allah.

[Rifat]

we can make the # 1 wish come true within 2 weeks inshallah

[Sohel]

BOLD: -

1. Mash will become a legitimate all-rounder by the end of the year, if he can stay injury-free (let's pary he does).
2. Ashraful will exceed our expectations.
3. Alok & Nafis Iqbal will be back with a bang.
4. Rasel will continue to improve.
5. Mushi will become a better keeper.
6. Tamim will play a test match, and do well.
7. Ritchie Mac will take to a level beyond our expectations after faruikka, ata, HaBa and golla exit the scene.

not so bold: -

i'll lose some clients, and what's left of my social life, for spending way too much time in here...

[cricman]

Originally Posted by Sohel NR

not so bold: -

i'll lose some clients, and what's left of my social life, for spending way too much time in here...

Already happened for moi, definitely found the right balance now the weather is so nice now but when it's winter/ early spring I'm confounded in my room in my computer spending too much time here, even got sick. Now I get tired doing a 9-5 I have to get back on the grind and get active and back in shape.

I got 5 of them right so far out of 13, ofcourse some of them i was joking see #3 and #7 and I was kinda joking about #6 but it happened.

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by cricman
Already happened for moi, definitely found the right balance now the weather is so nice now but when it's winter/ early spring I'm confounded in my room in my computer spending too much time here, even got sick. Now I get tired doing a 9-5 I have to get back on the grind and get active and back in shape.

I got 5 of them right so far out of 13, ofcourse some of them i was joking see #3 and #7 and I was kinda joking about #6 but it happened.

thanks for the heads up bro... really!

[habfreak]

My prediction for the test series aginst India: we will NOT lose 2-0.

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by habfreak
My prediction for the test series aginst India: we will NOT lose 2-0.

that's the spirit mon frere...