Day 3

rafiq · #1 August 29, 2003, 01:03 AM

rafique strikes! so glad to see he denied Umar a century. Man, why was I so shortsighted in not picking my namesake in the fantasy league??

**Nasif** · #2 August 29, 2003, 02:45 AM

Rafiq bhai, same here, Oh i didn't think rafiq was going to do this good.

mona · #3 August 29, 2003, 04:14 AM

5/242

Rafique again!

mwhahaha unlike you two sorry souls i, in my all-knowing- and greatness, chose the marvellous man.... looks like another fantasy win for me! well if they'd only let monju play...

mona · #4 August 29, 2003, 04:39 AM

6/250

rafique.

mona · #5 August 29, 2003, 04:40 AM

96.1 Khaled Mahmud to Shoaib Akhtar, no run, plays and misses to a quick delivery, appeal for caught behind, given not out by umpire, looks like a big nick in the hands of keeper, Akhtar survives

some action out in the middle there

mona · #6 August 29, 2003, 04:41 AM

96.3 Khaled Mahmud to Shoaib Akhtar, one run, edged to Bashar at first slip dropped was a sharp chance

definitely some action..

say · #7 August 29, 2003, 10:46 AM

OOhhh... those 4 top-order wickets late in the day...

where is the concept of NightWatchmen ?

shouldn't we send batters like Pilot/Rafique/Koushik when the score is 20/2 and just a few overs to go? who decieds that Sujon or Dav?

fwullah · #8 August 29, 2003, 10:56 AM

Now that I am thinking about it, it was all happening so fast that Sujon, not even Dave had thought of sending in a nightwatchman.

rafiq · #9 August 29, 2003, 11:18 AM

good point say. they only played 18 overs to lose those 4 wickets. when the first 2 went down, maybe the braintrust did not have time to react. But they should have had a better plan by the time the 3rd wicket fell. Maybe Mashud as nightwatchman. But it wouldn't have mattered, Bangladesh suffers from the losing-wicket-in-pairs syndrome. At least that's what happens to the top order.