Match Thread : CB series 2nd ODI, 3 September 2008, Darwin

[bujhee kom]

i am ready to roll!
27 more hours to go!
i am jalal, we are all jalals always waiting...!
Inshallah, we will play good this time!

[zainab]

I am sure if Australia wins the toss, they will bat first so as to get batting practice. If Ash wins, he should bat first, so as to prevent the Aussies doing this. Let us hope that BD can at least score 150 runs this time, and put up a better fight.

[mahbubH]

another match...another sleepless night..another loss..few frustrating posts at Banglacricket....

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by zainab
I am sure if Australia wins the toss, they will bat first so as to get batting practice. If Ash wins, he should bat first, so as to prevent the Aussies doing this. Let us hope that BD can at least score 150 runs this time, and put up a better fight.

i think it depends on how generous the aussies are feeling, if they want the crowd to have a good day they'll bat first, if they want to just completely annihilate BD then they'll bowl first.

[brockley]

raqibal to miss 2nd game,not recovered.
I wonder if bangkadesh win the toss we will be sent in,if we win the toss we will bat.

[bujhee kom]

man, i am getting excited. less than 24 hours now!
i am very hopeful and i strongly beleive BD will play like cobras this time!
go bangladesh!
chiro unnaata momo shir!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by ononto
Where is the Kangaroo with MILK BOTTLE?

here she is...having fun and ready to get ...!

[dash]

cheer up guyz,
we wont get out for 81or wht ever every day

[BD Tigers]

its another day - a new day for both BD and Australia. Insha Allah BD will prevail.

[Murad]

We have to stay positive: Mortaza
TigerCricket.com Report
01-September-2008

DARWIN: Bangladesh’s pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is calling on the batsmen to come into their own in the second ODI of the Commonwealth Bank Series against Australia on Wednesday.

Bangladesh were humbled by 180 runs in Saturday’s first match after getting dismissed for 74, their lowest ever total and Mortaza, the vice-captain thinks that was result of batsmen losing confidence at the wrong time.

“I personally thought that two or three of our top-order batters did not look confident in that game. I am not giving excuses but the drop-in track was difficult for run-scoring and we did not look like working our way out of pressure at any time,” said Mortaza after net practice on the centre wicket of the Marrara Oval today.

Mortaza however believed that the players had the talent to fare much better.

“We have had a tough training session today. The centre wicket had a bit of grass and the batsmen were tested. What I have learnt in international cricket is that you have to go out there with a positive frame of mind and we have to do that on Wednesday. We have to be more than twice as good, play our natural game and get near 220 or 230. That’s the only way we can get over Saturday’s poor show,” said Mortaza.

On bowling Mortaza felt the new ball operators much compliment each other.

“In the last game I was bowling tight from one end but Rajib (Shahadat Hossain) was leaking runs. Against Australia it is mighty important to bowl a high percentage of good balls. We had a chat with the AIS bowling coach Damien Fleming during our warm-ups and he also stressed on making scoring difficult and said that you win yourself a point with every dot ball you bowl against Australia.”

Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal said there was no point looking back and the team had to move on.

“We have lost Roqibul (Hassan) to a thumb injury but I guess we ought to look at that in a positive way also. It was destined to happen and we can’t get him back. The others who are fit must lift themselves,” said Tamim.

“The occasion got to us in the first game but we are more relaxed now and hopefully we will play a better all-round game for the rest of the series,” Tamim added.

[bujhee kom]

Australia v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI, Darwin

Bowlers must also lift - Mortaza

Cricinfo staff
September 2, 2008


Bangladesh's batting woes have been well documented but their main fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza said the attack must also lift if the team is to avoid another drubbing on Wednesday. They lost the opening ODI against Australia by 180 runs after falling for their lowest one-day international score but Mortaza knows the bowlers need to help out by restricting Australia more.

Early in the innings Shahadat Hossain could not keep the openers tied down and then through the middle overs Shaun Marsh and Michael Hussey easily picked off ones and twos while taking few risks. It let Australia build a solid platform that in turn allowed Hussey to pick up his rate in the final overs and guide Australia to 254.

"In the last game I was bowling tight from one end but Rajib (Shahadat Hossain) was leaking runs," Mortaza said. "Against Australia it is mighty important to bowl a high percentage of good balls. We had a chat with the AIS bowling coach Damien Fleming during our warm-ups and he also stressed on making scoring difficult and said that you win yourself a point with every dot ball you bowl against Australia."

But even if the bowlers do their job on Wednesday, the batsmen must also show far more concentration to challenge Australia. In the opening game they were bundled out for 74 with nearly half their overs still available and Mortaza hopes the top order can show more confidence the second time around.

"I personally thought that two or three of our top-order batters did not look confident in that game," Mortaza said. "I am not giving excuses but the drop-in track was difficult for run-scoring and we did not look like working our way out of pressure at any time.

"We have to be more than twice as good, play our natural game and get near 220 or 230. That's the only way we can get over Saturday's poor show."

© Cricinfo

link: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausv...ry/367312.html

[mishu]

i just thought of the best way to make our team stronger: we shall invade sri-lanka( since i figure its the easiest target ) and make it part of Bangladesh. :-)

[bujhee kom]

less than 20 hours to go!
bd s & kids are ready for action!!!
play your best cricket!

yaaoow! kangfu! chop-chop! yang! zing!kumite-kata!

[Zeeshan]

i say we we thrive for 73 next!!

[Antora]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
less than 20 hours to go!
bd s & kids are ready for action!!!
play your best cricket!

yaaoow! kangfu! chop-chop! yang! zing!kumite-kata!

someone's pumped lol!

anywayz best of luck BD!!!! Not expecting a win.. but expecting a good game.

[hehe my Dad's picking me up early from school so i can watch atleast 2 hours of the match LMAO!]

[Razi]

Looks like Junaid getting ready to make some impression in the 2nd ODI. But he really needs to work on his back lift which is no where near international standard as a reason he is a victim of caught behind more often than not.

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by antora93
someone's pumped lol!...

there you go sis!

yaaoow! kangfu! chop-chopyang! zing! kumite-kata!

[Gowza]

is junaid wearing a thigh pad on both legs in that picture? come on bro, man up.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by Gowza
is junaid wearing a thigh pad on both legs in that picture? come on bro, man up.

Actually, the back-thigh also has a pad, which quite a few players wear. It's uncomfortable as hell, but it does save you from pain.

The one Junaid's wearing isn't the right set of pads.

[bujhee kom]

i think zunaid's gonna blast tonight! Inshallah!
is he also wearing some kind of kidney armor/vest?

[Tigers_eye]

What does Tags mean?

"Kopa shamsu kopa! mar jamal mar!!!!"

I thought this was very interesting.

Good luck BD-team. Bat first please.

[BD-Shardul]

Guys, did you notice the tags of this thread?

kopa shamsu kopa! , mar jamal marrrr!!!!

[SS]

There is no other tags left to justify these players ...we already used up "superstars", "talented", "Dynamic Improving", "too young", "different names of Ash", "Buri Alas", "Singers", "Kopali", "Jalal Slapping", "Marriage after one fifty/one hundred", "Shameless", "Brianless" etc . etc...
To describe BD team we used up all our tags!!!

[Green Tea]

Originally Posted by BD-Shardul
Guys, did you notice the tags of this thread?

What is the meaning of this tags?

[bujhee kom]

ramadan mubarak everyone!
7 more hours to go before the fight begins!
everybody keep praying or thinking good positive thoughts and blow it towards darwin!
BD! BD! BD! BD! BD!
super BD!
win or lose or super lose, ami still BD tiger-der boro bhalobashi, oder jonya dua kori, ora amader shishu shontan!
apnerao tai koren shongrami bhai o bonera!