Match Thread: ICC CT: New Zealand vs. Bangladesh at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff; June 9th - 9:30 GMT

[Match Adda]

Like the squad..... mash wanted to had bowl... every one gets what they wanted ... now play ..4 pacer sissy out ...mosaddek in. But Miraz out for selfie

[tiger1000]

Why leave Mehedi out

[tanvir_nus]

A great toss to lose! I am actually happy with the toss coz I would have bowled without questions asked. And we needed to boost our bowling, although we are chasing so maybe having Miraz down the order would have helped a little. I am less worried about spin because we got enough of it in the squad.

[asif1530]

Very happy with the playing 11.... This is indeed a positive selection with 4 pacers. We have to take a chance on Taskin hoping that he will come good. If we are to have any chance of winning this game, we have to bowl better than we have recently.

[tiger1000]

Needed to bat first in terms of the pitch, not so sure about dl method

[asif1530]

I hope team management and our bowlers watched recent games in Cardiff where bowlers were bowling short-of-length in this ground since the straight boundary is very short and sides are huge. Taskin would be prefect to employ this tactic if he can manage to find accuracy. His natural length would be perfect in this pitch. Hope he mixes it up with scramble seam delivery.

[adamnsu]

Originally Posted by Habib
The stadium looks nice. Small, but nice.

Its quite a compact stadium and situated in a nice park with a stream and centre of Cardiff. But for an international venue and as a fan it is a bad stadium.

It is rectangle so viewing angles not the best. The walking areas inside the stadium are not very nice.

[tanvir_nus]

Just saw the outfield, there is quite a big area with mud and is damp

[tanvir_nus]

Eclipse still waiting to hear who are the lefties in the NZ top order bro

[adamnsu]

Originally Posted by tanvir_nus
Eclipse still waiting to hear who are the lefties in the NZ squad bro

I am still waiting for Eclipse to answer questions that only Bangladeshis would know to prove he is NOT an Indian. I wont hold my breath for him to give you true answers.

[Bonglababu]

Originally Posted by tanvir_nus
Eclipse still waiting to hear who are the lefties in the NZ squad bro

[Habib]

Ian Bishop says, the pitch might be two paced as it's a little tacky from all that rain.

[aklemalp]

I think our goru is the guy with the Nikon DSLR

[Habib]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
I think our goru is the guy with the Nikon DSLR

Haha you could be onto something there. Nice deduction Sherlock

[Rana Melb]

Soft tail...n we r chasing..

[Bonglababu]

Don't give more than 50 in first 10 overs and try to get at least one wicket.

Yayy..I'm test cricketer now

[BDFan07]

I hope there will be no more rain interruption today and we shall enjoy some good cricket. Go Bangladesh.

[goru]

Just started drizzling

[Habib]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
Soft tail...n we r chasing..

We will always have a soft tail. We will need to win despite that.

[Eclipse]

Originally Posted by tanvir_nus
Eclipse still waiting to hear who are the lefties in the NZ top order bro

Sorry bud, didn't see ur post. My bad, i thought Latham was playing.
But I would still select miraz over taskin against a team like kiwis who r naturally poor again spin.

[weekyd]

Have we already lost the match at toss I wonder.

[Zeeshan]

wide pai nai prothom bol-e jatra shuvo (not the member)

[Eclipse]

There's no way taskin's short wide nonsense is going to have any impact on kiwi top order.

Now our tail is way too long and our bowling attack is way too one dimensional.

[Roey Haque]

Body language very poor from The Tigers.

[Match Adda]

Mash why the hell start with leg side man???? Why u now ??