Dear Tigers, please don't screw it up!

[Rifat]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
"It's a test. Just pass it."

good one

[RazabQ]

Raater nekre - no irony. This is straight up tragedy.

[Jadukor]

I have been following cricket since 1992 and bd cricket since the days of Athar Ali, Anisur Rahman and co. This screw up ranks right up there with the three other screw ups by Shujon, Durjoy and Bashar as captain where each asked the opposition to bat first and went on to lose the test as well as captaincy. This is the 7th time out of 48 test matches we did this.. drew one and lost the rest. The outlook is very grim

[tanvir_nus]

I remember the Bashar one. I remember being really furious about that decision. His captaincy was under the scanner before that and he took just a bizzarre decision

[patriot]

Our performance on the field is like a sine wave. All the momentum and respect gained after the ODIs and T20 will now be overriden by this pathetic effort in the 2nd test.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
I have been following cricket since 1992 and bd cricket since the days of Athar Ali, Anisur Rahman and co. This screw up ranks right up there with the three other screw ups by Shujon, Durjoy and Bashar as captain where each asked the opposition to bat first and went on to lose the test as well as captaincy. This is the 7th time out of 48 test matches we did this.. drew one and lost the rest. The outlook is very grim

Are these only at home stats?

[RazabQ]

This is what I was afraid of. Now Mr. Amir Sohail is going around calling our batters gutless.

[Max100]

mushy ekai ei test ta harailo.

glad we sacked mushy from ODI captaincy, otherwise we would have same result like 2005/2006

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
This is what I was afraid of. Now Mr. Amir Sohail is going around calling our batters gutless.

That chuckle from Shamim though

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Are these only at home stats?

Yep these are the tests played in bd

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
I have been following cricket since 1992 and bd cricket since the days of Athar Ali, Anisur Rahman and co. This screw up ranks right up there with the three other screw ups by Shujon, Durjoy and Bashar as captain where each asked the opposition to bat first and went on to lose the test as well as captaincy. This is the 7th time out of 48 test matches we did this.. drew one and lost the rest. The outlook is very grim

And the one we drew was due to Rain

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
I have been following cricket since 1992 and bd cricket since the days of Athar Ali, Anisur Rahman and co. This screw up ranks right up there with the three other screw ups by Shujon, Durjoy and Bashar as captain where each asked the opposition to bat first and went on to lose the test as well as captaincy. This is the 7th time out of 48 test matches we did this.. drew one and lost the rest. The outlook is very grim

perhaps u remember this line up .....

Atthar Ali
Sajjad Ahmed Shipon
Faruk
Bulbul
Nannu
Akram
Nasu
Moni
Saful
Anis
Shajal Chowdhury

[RazabQ]

Finally someone from the team admits the real, chicken reason behind fielding first:

তৃতীয় দিনেও এল সেই টস-প্রসঙ্গ। মুশফিকুর রহিমের আগে ফিল্ডিং করা সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়ে জবাব দিতে হলো সাকিবকেও। তবে যুক্তি দিয়ে আগলে রাখলেন অধিনায়ককে, ‘এখানে ব্যাটিং করা অবশ্যই কঠিন। রাজীব (শাহাদাত হোসেন) যদি চোটে না পড়ত, অন্যরকমও হতে পারত। আপনারা দেখেছেন, নতুন বলে পেসারদের ভীষণ সুবিধা ছিল। আমাদের সৌভাগ্য টসে জিতে প্রথম দিনের সকালে আমরা ব্যাটিং করিনি। তাহলে হয়তো দ্রুত গুটিয়ে যেতাম। ম্যাচটা আজই শেষ হয়ে যেত, আগামীকালও যেত না।'

From Prothom-Alo. http://www.prothom-alo.com/sports/ar...A6%BF%E0%A6%AC

[Eshen]

Here is the million taka question - if they were so scared of grass on the wicket, why have not they asked the curator to mow it down and use a heavy roller on whatever left of it???

[RazabQ]

Eshen, left hand right hand combo. Only in this case both are stranded midpitch because of miscommunication

BTW the trolls are out of the woodwork in CI. Man, so much vitriol against Bangladesh from some of the posters in the Match Report comment section. You'd think BD invented the black plague and AIDS virus or something.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
Eshen, left hand right hand combo. Only in this case both are stranded midpitch because of miscommunication

BTW the trolls are out of the woodwork in CI. Man, so much vitriol against Bangladesh from some of the posters in the Match Report comment section. You'd think BD invented the black plague and AIDS virus or something.

They're pissed cuz the scoreline is 4-0 now instead of 0-5.

Eff em!

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
Finally someone from the team admits the real, chicken reason behind fielding first:


From Prothom-Alo. http://www.prothom-alo.com/sports/ar...A6%BF%E0%A6%AC

I am confused. Are we touring pakistan? Are they the host and in charge of the kind of pitch they want?

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
I am confused. Are we touring pakistan? Are they the host and in charge of the kind of pitch they want?

Gamini Silva must have read Donal's Op/Ed "BD why you so flat??"

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
Eshen, left hand right hand combo. Only in this case both are stranded midpitch because of miscommunication

BTW the trolls are out of the woodwork in CI. Man, so much vitriol against Bangladesh from some of the posters in the Match Report comment section. You'd think BD invented the black plague and AIDS virus or something.

We invite this trolls..after Some progress or achievements some of the fans behave like Australia who?

[RazabQ]

After today's collapse, they are going to have a party

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
We invite this trolls..after Some progress or achievements some of the fans behave like Australia who?

Bangladeshi trolls have so many idiotic threads in PP. It only brings hatred to our cricket.

[zman]

Originally Posted by RazabQ
After today's collapse, they are going to have a party

We couldn't score what Azhar alone scored in the 1st innings. On the bright side it goes to show how much we've improved in limited overs cricket - we demolished a very good team.

[imtiaz82]

This is a one off test match... But the body language of the players is really concerning, looks like they were down and looking for a loss. If this mindset continues to India test, We might even start loosing ODIs like 2014. A great part of the game is mental and I feel that Mushy's defensive captaincy brings out the worst in players..