Match Thread: Bangladesh v Nepal at Chittagong : 6th Match, First Round Group A: Mar 18, 2014 (19:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 09:30 EDT | 08:30 CDT)

[Sohel]

Nepalider kachhe beijjoti howata bodh hoy t'hik hobena ...

[zsayeed]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
Mushfiqur wary of Nepal challenge

^Extra pacer er kotha shuney dorailam ektu.

[Ace of BD]

Originally Posted by Saifulsohel
He hurt his knees during fielding.

So looks like the news on Mashrafe injury is bogus. plz back up your news with sources, dont spread false stuff.

[ReZ_1]

I don't think we have to worry so much against nepal.. even in football with our team we are dominant over them

[Saifulsohel]

Originally Posted by Ace of BD
So looks like the news on Mashrafe injury is bogus. plz back up your news with sources, dont spread false stuff.

Channel 24. Also from another close source. Latest update is he is almost ok. But bd team mgt want to rest him. THINK TWICE TO MARK A NEWS BOGUS.

[Ace of BD]

Originally Posted by Saifulsohel
Channel 24. Also from another close source. Latest update is he is almost ok. But bd team mgt want to rest him. THINK TWICE TO MARK A NEWS BOGUS.

Well, there is a reason we can embed links or videos....do it then...i checked channel i, even latest atn night news...nothing was mentioned about him....so there's nothing.. facts are facts, you dont have to think twice for that....

[Max100]

how abt this team, though i prefer retention of same team

tamim (he seems out of touch)/ shamsur
anamul
shakib
mushfiq
sabbir
mahmudullah
nasir
mashrafe
farhad reza
razzaq
alamin/rubel

mahmudullah's economic bowling will be plus point plus lower order batting

[BanCricFan]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
If the average BD fan is not very knowledgeable, why would the average Nepali fan be?

Perhaps, your average Nepali is a fast learner than us? Do you think only our cricketers are slow?

I would argue our cricketers and experts are a very good indicator of our people. And, they are a privileged bunch, too, compared to the rest of the demography. They get to travel the world, have access to expert helps, "media training" and what not.

I may come across too harsh or self-flagellating. But, in my mind, thats the honest but bitter reality. I find people/fans from other countries to be more knowledgable...even the Irish. Running the risk of being voted the most popular member here in BC, I don´t hesitate to say that most members/fan here -with exception to a very few- shows very little knowledge or understanding of cricket. We are only good at chapabazi. Thats our contemporary songskriti in a nutshell- unfortunately.

Here comes the mob...

[BanCricFan]

Originally Posted by Yameen
Would not go with Nafees and Alok. This is the A team and we should only go for potential national team players for the next T20 WC. I really doubt these two will get another go in the T20 side.

I didn't have just the T20 cricket in my mind only. Nafees, Aftab and Alok are still young. In many countries people make debuts in their 30s. There must also be a plan to rehabilitate the out of form or discarded cricketers back into the fold again. Like in life, ups and downs are part of the cricket, too. Its about management. Cricketers like Aftab, Alok, Ashraful, Nafees, Shahadat or Enamul are part of that scarce resources. You simply don't bin them like that. You recycle them. All of them have the ability to do well again. Of course, it will depend on them and how they are managed or utilized by BCB.

New lamps are not always better than the old ones.

[naim519]

You do have use time, energy and money on old players with a hope of them returning to back to their old form. There's no point if the players past their 30's. Particularly with our diet, most players huff and puff their way towards getting runs. New players should be given priority no matter what.

[Purbasha T]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
I don't think we have to worry so much against nepal.. even in football with our team we are dominant over them

Not quite

[Habib]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
I don't think we have to worry so much against nepal.. even in football with our team we are dominant over them

IIRC Nepal knocked us out of a major tournament (SAFF?) recently. Remember, their no. 1 sports is football, although cricket is moving up.

[Max100]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
I don't think we have to worry so much against nepal.. even in football with our team we are dominant over them

i think we should worry about every single opponents. so far we lost against afghan, ireland, canada, netherland, scotland, kenya--so nepal and hongkong are left. but we shouldnt take any team lightly

[simon]

Sir Ash thinks we should bat first to get some confidence, because in next round against big teams we will have to bat very well.
He also thinks our batsmen need to be more aggressive & focus on their strike rate.

I agree.

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by BanCricFan
Perhaps, your average Nepali is a fast learner than us? Do you think only our cricketers are slow?

I would argue our cricketers and experts are a very good indicator of our people. And, they are a privileged bunch, too, compared to the rest of the demography. They get to travel the world, have access to expert helps, "media training" and what not.

I may come across too harsh or self-flagellating. But, in my mind, thats the honest but bitter reality. I find people/fans from other countries to be more knowledgable...even the Irish. Running the risk of being voted the most popular member here in BC, I don´t hesitate to say that most members/fan here -with exception to a very few- shows very little knowledge or understanding of cricket. We are only good at chapabazi. Thats our contemporary songskriti in a nutshell- unfortunately.

Here comes the mob...

Present, Sir!!!

The fans of other countries can't be compared with ours. You said Ireland, cricket is a minor sport there and the ones that follow the game thus have sharp interest. On the other hand, cricket right now is the one and only major sport for us. It dominates front back middle pages of newspapers. There are no second sport. Football is long dead and very few know who our national captain is. So all 160 million of us, in a way or another is a cricket fan.

But people in this forum, most of them, are very knowledgeable about cricket. Some of us make knee-jerk irrational just out of frustration. But we all know much more than the basics of this game. So I would like to present you a challenge.

Let's have a cricket knowledge face-off. BCF vs mufi_02. This will be the first round as I consider myself one of the least knowledgeable. If you beat me, you will meet more challenging contestant for next round all the way to boss, sohel bhai, razab bhai and then ultimately Zee the Shan.

So sir are you ready for the challenge? char chokka hoi hoi, eibar apne jaiben koi??

[shuziburo]

Who was the first batsman to have scored centuries in 6 consecutive innings?

No Googling...

[SS]

ki ak khela re T20 bhoi dhore atta shukai jaitase...ektu slip korlei shob shesh...oghothon gotte ar kotokkhon...we have to play our best as Nepal team looked really good in last match

[naim519]

Yes, let's do a friendly face-off.

[shuziburo]

Who was the second? Also, no Googling...

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
Who was the first batsman to have scored centuries in 6 consecutive innings?

No Googling...

statistical question diye hobe nah shuja bhai. anyone can google anything these days and raw numbers don't mean anything without context. strategical ques hote hobe, jemon -
1. BD defending 180 runs and 25 overs left. opposition is SL with 4 wicket down. state your ways to defend the score
2. how can mash correct his terrible slog over bowling record? historically what is he doing wrong?
3. Is Riyad the new ash? Explain why or why not
4. What do you think bhotka Shehzad said to Tamim?

off topic discussion in match thread. but oh well we have few hours left. he will most likely win but in the next rounds he will face more worthy challengers than me.

[naim519]

What about a jeopardy game style face off?
Because you need to ask questions in different areas. Domestic, International, Batting, Fielding, Bowling, Captaining, Team History, Major Breakthroughs, Strategy, Test, ODI, T20, World Cup, Asia Cup, T20 Cup, Premium Leagues, Clubs, Umpiring, U-19, A-Team, etc...

This is off topic, need a dedicated thread.

[Roni_uk]

I am feeling nervous about this match :/

[Zeeshan]

Never thought a time would come where I would write the following:

Nepal really??? Raise the bar FFS

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Never thought a time would come where I would write the following:

Nepal really??? Raise the bar FFS

Ustad, welcome back. Chilen kuthay?

Like the attitude

[Razi]

Originally Posted by Roni_uk
I am feeling nervous about this match :/

When was the last time you were not? Please let us know when you are confident in a Bangladesh match, doesn't matter even if it's against Vatican City.