Match Thread: BD vs Kenya,1st ODI, Bogra, Mar 17, 2006

[Miraz]

Nice Bangladesh - Kenya preview written by Martin Williamson.

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/bdesh...ry/240912.html

[Tigers_eye]

I don't know the current ticket price but my gripe is why raise the price? I guess empty stadium is better than keeping the ticket price same. Or they thought they could hide their previous mistake of printing extra tickets last time around. If this was Australia series the price hike would have been justified. People want to see the number one team.

Or CB calculated Kenyan match has higher demand?

[Sam]

There is a great news !!!!!!!!
Just now I was listening to Channel I. They announced that they are going to cover the match live tomorrow from Bogra.

[Miraz]

Cricket Board has got it wrong. Ticket price should be immediately lowered and we want the full stadium shouting, cheering and whistling throughout the game as bangladesh wins.....

There is lot of interest for the second match in Khulna. Ticket sell is good there..........

[khalifa]

Originally posted by Sam
There is a great news !!!!!!!!
Just now I was listening to Channel I. They announced that they are going to cover the match live tomorrow from Bogra.

Could you confirm it SAM? Is it the same channel that we can get from Dish Network in US? That'd be awesome.....

[Sauron]

Originally posted by Sam
There is a great news !!!!!!!!
Just now I was listening to Channel I. They announced that they are going to cover the match live tomorrow from Bogra.

Wow!!! Please don't recant on us. Let it be true.

[imtiaz82]

Originally posted by FaridpurChicago
Imtiaz, Yes funny that you know 2-3 Bangladeshi in Chicago. There were at least 30 people in my home to watch BD-Kenya match in last world cup. We were 20 people together to watch the 3rd ODI against SL as it was on Friday night and we wished (not expected) a back to back win. We are a tiger fan hub here.

Wow nice!! Maybe I should join you guys, Pm me with the details.

I live by Lake shore, right by Lincoln park. But I am only in Chicago over weekends due to work

Are you guys mostly from BUET? When I was in Urbana for my undergrad, the serious and brilliant Buet grad students always scared the heck out of me

[Tigers_eye]

If channel I is showing the match is it just for the 1st ODI or all four?

[bdmoderator]

Channel-i is also telecasting the match.

[billah]

Match shuru hoite ekhono onek ghonta baki, board e ekhonee onek members, guests. Match er thread post kora hoeche 3 deen age..

I guess we are all expecting a wholesale a$$-kickin' of Kenya Watch out people, don't get your hopes too high. All I have to say is "Remember Canada".

Oh wait, Canada actually beat Australia once. And we beat Australia..ok, ok, you can rejoice, anticipate that we will mop the floor/field with the Kenyans..

[Raja]

Come-on Tigers. Show your strength and power against your opponent. Thats your time for payback and take revenge against Kenya. All over the world fellow tigers will watch or listen this contest please don't hurt us. Inshallah..

[khalifa]

Yes, Come Oooooooon. Even Whatmore is also upbeat for a 4-0 whitewash !!

[khalifa]

I can't believe my luck that Channel I is broadcasting live all 4 matches. Just the other day I was thinking to myself about all these private channels in BD - why can't they broadcast even highlights of ODIs? And now, heaven opens up with live broadcast, no buffering, no small screen on computers........
Am I dreaming or what

[al Furqaan]

is cricinfo, gonna provide live updates?? its not on their list yet and its only 12 hours b4 game time

[Sam]

I am not sure whether channel i will show all the 4 matches or not. But the 1st ODI- yes.

[Fortuner]

Originally posted by Sam

Iqbal Kabir,
Did you work a few years somewhere in Middle East before going to Chicago? Because you resemble to someone I knew in Kuwait.

me in kuwait..u in kuwait???

[RazabQ]

Originally posted by James90

Why do I still come here?

James, don't worry man, the important stuff is still in English. This was just silly banter between me & Sauron on his penchant for using off-color language when he slips into the mother tungoo

B'sides, why don't you learn Bengali? It's a beautiful language

[roc]

dude. bangladesh have to win these series by 3-1 or4-0 to qualify for the icc trophy otherwise kenya will.
source: icc-cricket.com

[RazabQ]

As Moderator:

Originally posted by Braveheart
I was born in Bangladesh and I am all for speaking the Bengali language. But, I can't really stand for what goes on in this forum. We are pretty much butchering it. It is great that some of the members try to use English fonts to write Bengali stuff but IT JUST DOES NOT WORK. Most of the time it is really hard to understand what the poster was talking about.

And to help prevent this, we have instituted Unicode support. Romanized bangla should be a thing of the past soon

... a lot of sport media do pay attention to this kind of websites to gauge the level fan spirit. I think we should definitely try to use the universal language English in this forum to better accommodate any foreign guests and anybody who does not understand the language.

If a sports reporter wants to gauge the level of fan support based on a web site, than he's not a good one. Anyway, plenty of sports reporter have come and posted here - from BBC, CI, and DS. It's not like we have all Bangla all the time. Most of the analytical pieces or really meaty discussions tend to be carried out in English anyway. Bangla is used when people want to emote, or make a funny comment which would be really lost in translation. I don't see why that should be stopped.

Trust me this comes from a guy who was English Medium all through out, came to states at 17 and is VERY comfortable with English. Doesn't mean I can turn off my Bangla side right?

[Hasib]

Originally posted by James90

Why do I still come here?

lol I think i know how you feel

I can speak Begali, and read it when its in English letters... but my proper Bengali reading is so slow that I give up after teh first few words lol

Ok now to the lack of ticket sales.... our batsmen LOVE to play to the crowd....this could be a good thing...

Edited on, March 16, 2006, 10:48 PM GMT, by Hasib.

[Tehsin]

I think my Fupa (Atiqur Rahman) is an active member over there. If you do know hom and you see him, please give him my (Moyeen) regards.

Originally posted by FaridpurChicago
Yes, born in Faridpur. Live in Chicago. Do you know about ChicagoExBuet.org. We arrange reunion every year. Probably going out of relevent topics here. You can u2u me. or iqbalkabir@sbcglobal.net

[Rubu]

On the first post, it says that the game will start on 9:30AM local time. what is the source of that?

as long as I can remember, all test matches in bangladesh used to start at 9:30AM but not ODI. ODI always used to start at 9:00 AM.

[cricman]

The match will begin today at 9.30pm at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium with StarSports, Bangla-desh Television and Channel i beaming the live telecast.

Daily Star

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

is cricinfo not going to cover this series?
because i still dont see this listed in their match forecast.

[arafath79]

We better watch the game in bangladeshlive.net