Match Thread: Bangladesh Vs England, 2nd Test, 4-8th June 2010

[Murad]

প্রথম ইনিংসে ৫৮, দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে ৭৫—তার পরও জুনায়েদ সিদ্দিকের মনে হতাশা, দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে আউট হওয়ার পর তো রাতে ঘুমাতেই পারেননি! দুবার অনার্স বোর্ডে নাম তোলার সুযোগও পেয়েও যে কাজে লাগাতে পারলেন না!

 লর্ডসে খেলার অনুভূতি কেমন?
জুনায়েদ সিদ্দিক: অনুভূতি চমৎকার। বাড়তি উত্তেজনা কাজ করছিল ভেতরে। ভালো কিছু করার তাড়না ছিল এখানে। লর্ডসে খেলার স্বপ্ন সবার মতো আমারও ছিল। স্বপ্নপূরণ হওয়ায় ভালো লাগছে।
 দুই ইনিংসে ফিফটি করেও লর্ডসের অনার্স বোর্ডে নাম তুলতে পারলেন না। এটা নিশ্চয়ই বড় হতাশা...
জুনায়েদ: সেঞ্চুরি করতে পারিনি বলে খুব কষ্ট হয়েছে। সেই সুযোগ দুই ইনিংসেই এসেছিল। সেঞ্চুরিটা করতে পারলে অনেক বড় অর্জন হতো...একজন খেলোয়াড়ের জীবনে এটা সেরা অর্জন। লর্ডসের মতো মাঠে ভালো খেলা, সেঞ্চুরি মারতে পারলে অনার্স বোর্ডে নাম আসত—এটা বিশাল ব্যাপার। আমি অনেক চেষ্টা করেছি, এটাই আমার টার্গেট ছিল এখানে। আর সেঞ্চুরি করতে পারলে দলেরও উপকার হতো। হয়নি যখন হতাশ তো অবশ্যই...আরও কিছুক্ষণ থাকতে পারলে হয়তো হয়ে যেত।
 ইংলিশ কন্ডিশন, লর্ডসে প্রথম খেলছেন—সব মিলিয়ে কোনো ভয় কি আসেনি মনে?
জুনায়েদ: না, ও রকম কোনো কিছুই ছিল না আসলে। দেশে ভালো খেলে আসায় আমার আত্মবিশ্বাস এখানেও ভালো ছিল।
 ইংলিশ কন্ডিশনে বাউন্স-মুভমেন্টেই বেশি সমস্যা হয় বাংলাদেশি ব্যাটসম্যানদের। এসবের সঙ্গে কেমন মানাতে পেরেছেন?
জুনায়েদ: মানিয়ে নিতে পেরেছি বলেই হয়তো কিছুটা রান করতে পেরেছি। এই কন্ডিশন আমাদের দেশের তুলনায় একদমই অন্যরকম। এখানে প্রতিটি বল ফোকাস করতে হয়েছে। ফ্ল্যাট উইকেটে অনেক সময় ফোকাস সে রকম না থাকলেও টিকে থাকা যায়, এখানে সে উপায় নেই।
 দুই ইনিংসই এত লম্বা সময় ধরে উইকেটে থাকতে পেরেছেন কি কন্ডিশনের সঙ্গে মানিয়ে নিতে পারার কারণেই?
জুনায়েদ: এটা একটা ব্যাপার তো অবশ্যই। উইকেটে কিছুক্ষণ থাকার পরই মনে হচ্ছিল হয়তো বা মানিয়ে নিতে পারব। আউট হয়ে যাওয়ায় সে কারণেই বেশি কষ্ট পেয়েছি। বিশেষ করে দ্বিতীয় ইনিংসে যেভাবে আউট হলাম...খুব যে ভালো বলে আউট হয়েছি, তাও না। ক্যারিয়ারে সবচেয়ে বেশি কষ্ট পেয়েছি ওভাবে আউট হয়ে। সারা রাত ঘুমাতে পারিনি।
 বিশেষ কোনো বোলারকে কি খেলতে বেশি সমস্যা হয়েছে?
জুনায়েদ: কঠিন আসলে কাউকেই কখনো মনে হয় না। আমি যখন নিজে ভুল করি, তখনই আমার কাছে সবকিছু কঠিন হয়ে যায়, এলোমেলো লাগে। জিম্বাবুয়ের কোনো বোলারের স্লোয়ারেও যদি আমি আউট হয়ে যাই, আমার মনে হয়, আমি বুঝি খারাপ খেলছি।
 তামিম ইকবালের ইনিংসটা কেমন লাগল?
জুনায়েদ: অসাধারণ ইনিংস। অবিশ্বাস্য একজন খেলোয়াড় তামিম। খুব অল্প সময়ে অনেক বেশি উন্নতি করেছে সে। ওকে দেখেই এখন আমরা অনুপ্রাণিত হচ্ছি।
 তামিম সেঞ্চুরি করল, আপনিও দুই ইনিংসে ফিফটি। সব মিলিয়ে লর্ডস টেস্টে কি ড্র করা উচিত ছিল না?
জুনায়েদ: এটা তো বলার অপেক্ষা রাখে না। শেষ দিন যদি শেষ ৫ উইকেটে আরও বেশিক্ষণ খেলতে পারতাম, হয়তো বা ম্যাচটা বাঁচানো যেত।
 ওল্ড ট্রাফোর্ড টেস্টে লক্ষ্য কী থাকবে?
জুনায়েদ: আমি এর আগে ওই মাঠে খেলিনি। ওখানে গিয়ে প্র্যাকটিস করে, উইকেট দেখে বুঝতে পারব কী অবস্থা। যদিও প্র্যাকটিস উইকেটের চেয়ে ম্যাচের উইকেটে অনেক পার্থক্য থাকে। দেখি আগে কী রকম সবকিছু, তার পর বলতে পারব।

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/da...-02/news/67868

[alibangali]

After the positive coverage from the 1st test we must at ALL COST avoid an innings defeat, this will undo the hard work that has been done.

[Haru-party]

Sky wiil be cloudy in old trafford during the match.

[mishu]

i think if shafiul, robin, rubel and razzaq plays it will be good, and Naeem instead of Ash (he is waist of wicket in test). Ashraful out of form in ALL format, kick him out please...even if he gets 20 centuries in domestic cricket,,, dont bring him back... we are great full for you contribution to BD cricket, and you did enough, give others chance now,,,

[Cricmas]

Do u have any ponting or sachin or dravid to replace ash at this moment? R naeem e ba ki hati ghora kore felce? Ash is a senior player n has got 3 fifty plus innings in recent practice matches.in the 1st match he was out by a wrong decision.so we have to keep him in the playing eleven.till we don't have any replacement,we have to stick with ash.may b we can alter his bating position with aumi.coz, # 4 is the best position for ash.

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by Cricmas
may b we can alter his bating position with aumi.coz, # 4 is the best position for ash.

oh ya super duper cool idea. Let's move a some what performing batsman down the order so sir md. ashraful can move up.

[Roni_uk]

BBC Weather:

Fri Sunny 24C
Sat Sunny Intervals 24C
Sun Sunny Intervals 20C
Mon Sunny Intervals 20C

What more do you want? Weather should not be a factor for Test 2. Bangladesh should go and bat first.

[zainab]

I agree, BD must try at all costs to avoid an innings defeat. I know that the Brits will try to steamroll them in this test, they feel that they did not perform well against BD at Lords.
I hope BD does not allow them to score 505 runs again, must try to dislodge Jonathan Trott quickly, he is determined to bat throughout, does not want to leave the wicket

[beshideshi]

Ashraful will score a century in this match. mmw

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Roni_uk
BBC Weather:

Fri Sunny 24C
Sat Sunny Intervals 24C
Sun Sunny Intervals 20C
Mon Sunny Intervals 20C

What more do you want? Weather should not be a factor for Test 2. Bangladesh should go and bat first.

What more I want?

WIN WiN win...

[Bond]

3 days match over, Jimmy will take a 10. I love watching Anderson getting wickets also the nicest haircut after Pietersen offcourse. Our players look like they just drove riksha for 12 hours.

[Dilscoop]

^^ LOL 'teel-pani nai'

2nd test starts around 4 AM. Last 1 was around 3 AM. Jezz!

[Tanvir703]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
^^ That never happens for any team. But they still finds a way to win it. For Eng, only Struss, Trott, Finn, Anderson (half of him) performed. Cook, KP,Bell, couldn't contribute that much. Swann, their start player was a shocking. But they still found a way to win.

So whole team never performs all at once. Every 1 has bad days, thats when people around him carry them around. That's why its called a TEAM sports

Not really. We find ways to LOSE! That match should've been drawn easily.

[Tanvir703]

Originally Posted by alibangali
After the positive coverage from the 1st test we must at ALL COST avoid an innings defeat, this will undo the hard work that has been done.

Spot on. Unfortunately, there's a good chance its gonna happen.

[mishu]

Originally Posted by Cricmas
Do u have any ponting or sachin or dravid to replace ash at this moment? R naeem e ba ki hati ghora kore felce? Ash is a senior player n has got 3 fifty plus innings in recent practice matches.in the 1st match he was out by a wrong decision.so we have to keep him in the playing eleven.till we don't have any replacement,we have to stick with ash.may b we can alter his bating position with aumi.coz, # 4 is the best position for ash.

Ashraful in no way is Shachin or Dravid,that we need one of those to replace him. we need a player who can play long innings, does not need to be a superster.. ,,we had Rockibul who scored a 100 against england in practice match... we have shamsur and nazimuddin who did great stuff against South africa and west indies A teams..we have sarwardi shuvo who has been performing well in longer version, I would rather get a 25 or 30 or 40 in most innings, rather than waiting for Ashraful to contribute once in a while.

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by Tanvir703
Not really. We find ways to LOSE! That match should've been drawn easily.

I said the other teams. the OTHER TEAMS find a way to win.

[lamisa]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
InshaAllah we'll get even better in the 2nd test.

And really good to see our top order doing it for us at Lord's, which has been the main problem in our batting line-up for a loooooong time. Now it's upto our middle and lower order to get their touch back and do what they used to when our top-order didn't click (which was most of the times).

i just don't get why the entire team doesn't click together on the same day?

[lamisa]

Originally Posted by beshideshi
Ashraful will score a century in this match. mmw

i am so marking your words!

[Gowza]

i'd play naeem instead of ash, maybe robin instead of robiul but it's kind of unfair to give robiul just the one match (but then robin didn't get a good enough go when he got his turn either). i'd say you would go with shafi and shahadat (because he took a 5fer and rubel isn't really doing to much had he's been given a few matches now, it's time to treat him as a normal player i.e. either perform or your place gets taken). i want to see jahurul stay in the side, imrul has finally scored runs so now we need to give him a few more matches to see whether it was a one off or something he's going to keep on bringing, junaid stays because he's doing a good job atm. if possible find riyad a spot higher up the order.

i actually find the batting interesting now, before this series it was easy to drop a batsman, bring in a specialist keeper and make mushy a specialist batsman. but if junaid keeps performing, and imrul has gotten over his lack of scoring and jahurul turns out to be a solid batsman for us then mushy will have to fight for a specialist batting spot if they were to bring in a specialist keeper, jahurul is a part time keeper so i don't want him keeping (let him focus on batting). we also have naeem just outside the XI at this point and riyad and shakib a chance of moving up the order if they keep up with the runs.

[Roni_uk]

This match is becoming such a hype from England's point of view. Loving the picture of Tamim on cricinfo front page. Strauss is quite unhappy even after winning the match which is interesting. Our top order needs to perform once more.

[Dilscoop]

^^ Ya, our players rarely make the front page picture DURING matches. This is the 1st time during off days.

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by lamisa
i just don't get why the entire team doesn't click together on the same day?

i think there is no example where a total team has clicked in game, not olny bd the whole cricket world.

[Dilscoop]

That's what I said.

[Cricmas]

Originally Posted by mishu
Ashraful in no way is Shachin or Dravid,that we need one of those to replace him. we need a player who can play long innings, does not need to be a superster.. ,,we had Rockibul who scored a 100 against england in practice match... we have shamsur and nazimuddin who did great stuff against South africa and west indies A teams..we have sarwardi shuvo who has been performing well in longer version, I would rather get a 25 or 30 or 40 in most innings, rather than waiting for Ashraful to contribute once in a while.

i think u don't get it. Those u said ROKIBUL, NAZIMUDDIN,SUVO they are not in the squad. How can you replace ASH with them in this all important 2nd test? Ya, i also prefer a consistant perfomer. But my question is, who is consistant enough? If there are any, then why you selected him for the tour? Just throw him out of the squad and select those so called consistant performers. I am not a great fan of ASH as well, but we have no choice.

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[nahaz]

Forget this match...we (prob) lost this too.

Zimbabwe in the meantime, are on track for an even beigger win against India than the last match.

Let's go from here and play ODIs against ZImbabwe in Harare. Or better still, play India in Harare...they'd lose by ten wickets.



P.S: We should seriously consider playing tests in Zimbabwe against them pretty soon...it'd be a tough one for us...