Match Thread: 1st Test, Bangladesh vs. West Indies at SBNS, Dhaka; November 13-17, 2012

[MohammedC]

Match odds.

Bangladesh to win 8/1
Draw 5/2
West Indies 1/2

My pick from "Other bets"

Man of the Match:

Shakib Al Hasan @ 16/1 (Thats a very good odd)
Sohag Gazi @ 40/1

V. Permaul @ 20/1

Gayle,Narine,Bravo and Samuels are all under 10/1

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by reyme
Lineup has been confirmed in all major dailies. So no point of talking about what ifs:

Bangladesh (possible): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Junaid Siddique, 3 Shahriar Nafees, 4 Naeem Islam, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Mahmudullah (vice-capt), 8 Nasir Hossain, 9 Shohag Gazi, 10 Shahadat Hossain, 11 Rubel Hossain

I don't think the dailies will get a confirmation of line up so early...line up will be declared on the match day, isn't it? It should be their assumption...

Originally Posted by reyme
Would Toss play a vital role? Everyong is worried if WI bats first, they would score 600.
I think if we had Both Sunny and Shohag, we could have cleaned them up within 250.

Don't the team management understand this? I'm hope full, they will do exactly the same.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
Mullah is VC and so will play. JS/SN will play at number 2 and 3. If one is removed, then I don't know if Naeem can play at number 3. We don't want Shakib/Mushy to come at number 3 either. If not we can remove SN and have Nasir come at number 3. That opens up number 8 and Gazi can come in there followed by Sunny at 9.

Hudai eto probability likhatsi. Shob e britha hoye jabe in less than 5 hours

May not be... I feel, one of Mullah/Nasir/SN will sit out......for Sunny..

[Shaun petr]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
The Preview by Isam

http://www.espncricinfo.com/banglade...ry/590907.html

Again Stupid predictions from Islam Vai......Shohag will play. whatever it is what he predicts i m not going to blieve that.

[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by Rifat
Nice to see you again after a long time, i reckon you have been very busy with studies...

Ahhh lol kinda yes.. tried to be busy but not totally successful in doing that.

But when some cricket is around, can never be away.

[Purbasha T]

Excited to see Sohag gazi in action (and not only because his first name rhymes with my last )

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Excited to see Sohag gazi in action (and not only because his first name rhymes with my last :))

Tai naki Porag bhai?

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/da...13/news/305030

We are going overboard with this Gayle obsession. And yes looks like Shohag is bound to play. Let's hope the punt on Rubel's fitness pays off. And Shohag, if nothing else will be expected to keep one end tied up.

A major mistake not picking Sunny IMO.

Drop either Nafees/Mullah/Zunaid and pick up Sunny - still have time to correct the error!

[tiger_army]

What is the role of Mahmudullah in the team...instead pick Sunny in the team..

[BANFAN]

তবে দুপুরের সংবাদ সম্মেলনে মুশফিক বলে গিয়েছিলেন, দল হবে আজ সকালে উইকেট দেখে। উইকেট হালকা ঘাস থাকলে তিন পেসার নিয়ে খেলতে পারেন। নয়তো ঝুঁকতে পারেন নিজেদের শক্তির জায়গা স্পিনেও। বিকেলের মধ্যে উইকেটের চেহারা পরিষ্কার হয়ে যাওয়ায়ই বোধ হয় একাদশ ঠিক করার জন্য সকাল পর্যন্ত অপেক্ষা করতে হলো না।

Here is the problem in our thought process. If they were ready to go with 3 pacers ... Now if there is no grass on pitch and they think spinners will rule, why can't they go with 3 spinners?? Don't they understand the difference between Sunny and Mullah, Nasir, Nayeem all 3 put together?? Such nonsense. Their mindset is still ODI/T20...

They make team, not to win, but to show we have scored so much...so no chance, fill up with batsman, if by chance some of them make some runs...that can save their Axx..

[reyme]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
Match odds.

V. Permaul @ 20/1

Gayle,Narine,Bravo and Samuels are all under 10/1

পিচ রিপোর্ট
খেলা হবে চার নম্বর উইকেটে
মিরপুরের হোম অব গ্রাউন্ডে সংস্কারের পর পিচের চরিত্রেও খানিকটা বদল এসেছে। আগের চেয়ে ঘাসের উপস্থিতি বেশি পিচগুলোয়। তবে আজকের ম্যাচ হচ্ছে এ মাঠের চার নম্বর পিচে। যেখানে এর আগে অক্টোবরের শুরুতে সফররত ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ হাইপারফরম্যান্স দলের বিপক্ষে চার দিনের ম্যাচ খেলেছিল বাংলাদেশ 'এ' দল। লো স্কোরের ওই ম্যাচে বাংলাদেশি স্পিনার এনামুল হক জুনিয়র ১০ উইকেট শিকার করেছিলেন এবং ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ বর্তমান দলের স্পিনার পেরমল ৬ উইকেট শিকার করেন।

[reyme]

Originally Posted by tiger_army
What is the role of Mahmudullah in the team...instead pick Sunny in the team..

Specialist Spinners is OUR strength! When will our selectors and bolod captain realize that?

[Tendulkar_Mcgrath]

Gayle 300.... then Samuels 200 and chanderpaul 100........................then edwards 5/35 and naraine 5/45.............. out of these 5 possibilities , lets see which one comes close

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Tendulkar_Mcgrath
Gayle 300.... then Samuels 200 and chanderpaul 100........................then edwards 5/35 and naraine 5/45.............. out of these 5 possibilities , lets see which one comes close

As per the pitch report, if its a turning wicket, there may be no centuries at all in first test match...likely to be a low scoring match and then it's bound to finish by max 4 days...

[Holden]

Hasn't this pitch favoured pacers more than spinners this season? If this is what they suspected then I can see the reasoning behind picking Shahadat, Rubel, Shakib, Sohag and Riyad as the bowlers. No point picking an army of spinners then finding that the pitch isn't all that helpful to spin.
Also I would have preferred Nazmul Hossain over Rubel but that was never likely to happen given the way Nazmul was treated in the past.
I think the new ball will swing and the top order batsmen are going to be truly tested by the WI pacers and if they are not on their A game then this could be over in 4 days.

[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
Tai naki Porag bhai?

অবশ্যই

.............

Naeem, Riyad and Nasir all* in the same team?

Riyad's in coz he's the VC.

Nasir had been promising for a while.

And Naeem has been good recently.

Tough to drop any of them, but having Sunny would've added depth.

* Add to that Shohag Gazi playing, now we have four players of similar mould!!! Lol, let's hope it works out.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Holden
Hasn't this pitch been favoured the pacers more than spinners this season?

That was a different pitch in the same ground...

[Jadukor]

sunny ke drop kore akta extra batsman khelano is madness.... either Nafees or Junaid should sit out while Naeem bats at 3

[Antora]

Atm I'm not sure what I'm more nervous about. My exam in approx 2 hrs, or the game in approx 2 hrs

[Gowza]

Sunny should be in and so should gazi, honestly there's no point of batting to 8, I think gazi is a capable enough bat to play at 8 so we bat mushy at 7 and make our top 6 out of the remaining batsmen in the squad.

[cameron]

2 hours to go! Good luck Bangladesh!

The team I'd play:
Tamim
Siddique
Nafees
Naeem
Nasir
Shakib
Rahim
Mahmudullah
Sunny
Shahadat
Rubel

On a personal level I'd like to see Shafiul come back into the team soon. Looks the best pace prospect coming out of Bangladesh at the moment.

[reyme]

Play 2 Specialist Spinners
Win the Toss
Bat first
Bat for 160 overs
Score 350
Get 3 wickets on Day 2
Bowl Windies out within 250 day 3
Bat 80 overs and score 250 on day 4
Bowl Windies out within 250 by Tea on Day 5
Win the Game by 100 runs

The End

[reyme]

Prediction: man of the match: Shohag Gazi

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by Antora
Atm I'm not sure what I'm more nervous about. My exam in approx 2 hrs, or the game in approx 2 hrs

Worry about your exam! Remember this is a Test match. So you'll get to worry about the next 3- 4 days after today.

[Jadukor]

Must play two specialist spinners. We can't expect Shak to carry the kind of workload he did before because of his knee problems. Mahmudullah naeem nasir wouldn't pose any problems at test level either with their bowling. Shohag, sunny, shahadat, rubel and shakib could probably take the 20 wkts we need.