Bangladesh in Sri Lanka, Feb-Mar 2013

[Eshen]

The assessment of Graham Ford, the Lankan coach, of Bangladesh team -

“Rating Bangladesh as a Test team is quite hard because they haven’t played a lot of Test cricket. They seem to play some good cricket against the West Indies although they didn’t quite get over the line,” said Ford.

“The thing that we better be aware of is that it is a nation that has produced a lot of very talented cricketers, a lot of players who are capable of turning a game on its head. Conditions won’t be that foreign for them, so considering all of that we’ve got to understand that we got some tough cricket ahead of us. We have to play really good Test cricket to outplay them,” he said.

“We got an idea of some of the players and we got some footage which we are going to work through. A lot of your plans need to be done with the plans you have in consideration, not 100 percent sure what the playing surface will be like. We know that Bangladesh has produced some very effective spin bowlers that seemed to work quite well for them. They have tried hard to get some pace bowlers into their system and I believe they got a couple of young bowlers that are starting to bowl at a lively pace.

They relied more on spinners in the past and they got some players that play spin extremely well, some lovely stroke makers in their batting line-up. They’ve played a whole lot more limited overs cricket than they have Test match cricket so it will be interesting to see how some of those batsmen adapt to Test match cricket. But being a nation that hasn’t played Test cricket probably as they would have liked to, they will be very determined to show not only us but the cricketing world they can play Test cricket,”

http://www.nation.lk/edition/sport-o...f-us-ford.html

[M.H.Rubel]

Originally Posted by Eshen
The assessment of Graham Ford, the Lankan coach, of Bangladesh team -

Thanks for the info. Nice sum up by Ford with some respect to us.

[MohammedC]

Courtesy of Sunday Observer Sri Lanka

[WorldCup11]

Lol, muralir pashe Shahadat :d

[Tiger444]

Have to say, Ash's stats are really impressive against the Lankans. Only 18 less than Sanga but Ash had to face much better bowlers. Credit to him. Also surprised to see Shahadat being our highest wicket taker against SL.

[ReZ_1]

Lolz ash outplayed sanga in the 100s column.

[M.H.Rubel]

Some worried news:
It was learnt that the match referee told the Bangladesh team management that the quicker deliveries of the two spinners are suspect. No one from the Bangladesh team management offered an official comment on the issue and was neither willing to pay any heed to the issue, believing that it's just a ploy to demoralise the team. . . . .http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesig...php?nid=271217

[ReZ_1]

^^its their dirty strategy, nothing else...

[crikss]

[Murad]

Sri Lanka Squad:

Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (vice-capt, wicketkeeper), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Shaminda Eranga, Kushal Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chanaka Welegedera, Suranga Lakmal, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal.

[Nadim]

Strong team. Pace bowling is decent;Kulusakara and Walegeda. Follow by herath and mendis. Our batsman have to give their 100% if we want to avoid innings defeat. By looking at our bowling, sL will easily score 500+

[ReZ_1]

Ya strong squad, if one is not following sl then it might sound unknown, but look at their average, they can really tear us apart in their home ground, also with our lack of batting practice it is unlikely that we can sustain their bowling well, especially after mendis regained his form in australia series

[Nadim]

SL picked 4 spinners but we picked four pacers

[roman]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
SL picked 4 spinners but we picked four pacers

Amader nadush nudush Akram miah gosto porota khete besto silo, tai bepar ta kheyal kore nai

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by roman

Amader nadush nudush Akram miah gosto porota khete besto silo, tai bepar ta kheyal kore nai

Series harar pore Zimbabwer bouncy condition e tokhon 4 jon SPINNER nibe ar dui jon spinner nibe, deikhen. Egula shob gadhar dol


i wish i wasn't a cricket fan

[roman]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
Series harar pore Zimbabwer bouncy condition e tokhon 4 jon SPINNER nibe ar dui jon spinner nibe, deikhen. Egula shob gadhar dol


i wish i wasn't a cricket fan

SL te pacers ra bhalo korte pare nai, tai ebar Spinner beshi niyesi....Akram ei tai bolbe Zim series er agey.

[One World]

Originally Posted by Murad
Sri Lanka Squad:

Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (vice-capt, wicketkeeper), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Shaminda Eranga, Kushal Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Kithuruwan Vithanage, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chanaka Welegedera, Suranga Lakmal, Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal.

One World, One Word: No Murali, so play like a tiger.

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by One World
One World, One Word: No Murali, so play like a tiger.

Thats a lot of words bhai

[One World]

Originally Posted by One World
One World, One Word: No Murali, so play like a tiger.

Originally Posted by Jadukor
Thats a lot of words bhai

-Murali

Rephrased for you.

[Rifat]

Bowling action? Sri Lanka knows spin is our best friend. so if subconsciously our bowlers keep their mind focused on that they will likely lose rhythm and get belted away....

Sri Lanka bohut chalak, playing mind games early on to unsettle our frontline spinners...

[MohammedC]

Samaraweera retires from all form of cricket.

[ms01]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
SL picked 4 spinners but we picked four pacers

Our Spinners: Gazi, Elias, Riad ( Loooks really weak) Preferable!

(Shakib, Gazi, Elias,)

[reyme]

Our bowling looks very very weak....Enam and Shakib's injury is big blow...

[mufi_02]

মাতারায় হোটেল ছিল মাঠ থেকে ২২ কিলোমিটার দূরে। গলে সেই দূরত্ব প্রায় দ্বিগুণ। সময়ের হিসাবে দূরত্বটা পৌনে এক ঘণ্টার। অথচ শ্রীলঙ্কা দলকে রাখা হয়েছে মাঠ থেকে মাত্র পাঁচ মিনিটের দূরত্বে। ভবিষ্যতে কোনো সফরের আগে বিসিবির এসব নিয়ে খোঁজখবর করাটা খুব জরুরি বলে মনে হচ্ছে।

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/da...06/news/334333

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
মাতারায় হোটেল ছিল মাঠ থেকে ২২ কিলোমিটার দূরে। গলে সেই দূরত্ব প্রায় দ্বিগুণ। সময়ের হিসাবে দূরত্বটা পৌনে এক ঘণ্টার। অথচ শ্রীলঙ্কা দলকে রাখা হয়েছে মাঠ থেকে মাত্র পাঁচ মিনিটের দূরত্বে। ভবিষ্যতে কোনো সফরের আগে বিসিবির এসব নিয়ে খোঁজখবর করাটা খুব জরুরি বলে মনে হচ্ছে।

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/da...06/news/334333

Wtf, are they serious????