Match Thread: Real Cricket, Bangladesh vs New Zealand 1st Test, Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Friday 17 October 2008

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by habfreak
I agree..lots of positives.

Sohel bhai I beg to differ...I don't think we choked in the fourth innings..the pitch just gave up on our spinners. and I liked the effort from all our players except the captain himself; the all tried hard regardless of the result...very unusual to see our batsmen not trying to bail out by hitting a bigh shot but rather stay in wicket and struggle.

Bro, test cricket means 20 wickets on all conditions, period. Loose, toothless deliveries, defensive captaincy, and appalling fielding yield exactly what they did.

[nzfan]

I am a New Zealander of european(mostly) and maori decent

[nzfan]

Originally Posted by cricket_king
I think he was referring to Mushfiqur Rahim (if you're talking about SohelNR's post)

Been reading the pakistani cricket forums too much

talentless hobbits this, talentless hobbits that

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by nzfan
Dont call us hobbits mate, I seriously hate that term

Edit: Or were you calling Mushy the hobbit?

Chillax bro, it was Mushy. Affectionately used too.

[BanCricFan]

Originally Posted by asdfjkl
let me tell you what gonna happen in mirpur
-- LOST BY AN INNINGS AND AT LEAST 90 RUNS

Thats possible. But, you still will follow and support them- won't you?

[bangla-red]

When are we next playing Zimbabwe?

[auntu]

আহ হ্রদয় এফোড় ওফোড় করে দেয়া এই পরাজয়।

[cricket_king]

Originally Posted by bangla-red
When are we next playing Zimbabwe?

They just lost to Kenya. Not any time soon...

[auntu]

পরাজয়ে ডড়ে না বীর

[habfreak]

Originally Posted by cricket_king
Congrats New Zealand. They've saved themselves from humiliation.

No humiliation in losing this very well fought test match...for both teams.

Originally Posted by Sohel NR
Bro, test cricket means 20 wickets on all conditions, period. Loose, toothless deliveries, defensive captaincy, and appalling fielding yield exactly what they did.

I didn't watch it live. You must be right on all those points; but I still liked what I could read from the numbers. From Tamim and Zunaid struggling but not getting out to Razzak putting his head down and getting the job done in 4th innings..I thought they showed good temparament. For once we acheived something (taking atest match to the last session) through hard work without having to rely on raw talent!

Originally Posted by IanW
Heck of a game. Good effort by the Tigers - they kept fighting to the absolute end, and a very, very good win by New Zealand. Vettori for MOM ... if the Tigers had won, it would have been Sakib, but the Black Caps came thru, so it's Vettori.

The groundsman deserves congratulations - it was a great pitch for test cricket.

Ian Whitchurch

Agree with all but Pitch conditions. But very well fought by both teams indeed.
Now I'm really off to bed. see u all soon..very soon.
TIGERS ALL THE WAY!

[habfreak]

Originally Posted by nzfan
Been reading the pakistani cricket forums too much

talentless hobbits this, talentless hobbits that

we are not Pakistanis or Indians..infact the furthest thing possible when it comes to open mindedness, respect and empathy!

[BanCricFan]

Well played NZ and Vettori! Congrats!

[cricket_king]

Originally Posted by habfreak
No humiliation in losing this very well fought test match...for both teams.

...........................

That's definitely true, but in the larger context, it would have been, no doubt, an upset, and I think they'd get killed if they'd lost this match. Anyway, I'm hoping we don't see another innings lost next game. In fact, I'm daring to hope we win this time around.

[nzfan]

Originally Posted by habfreak
we are not Pakistanis or Indians..infact the furthest thing possible when it comes to open mindedness, respect and empathy!

Exactly, and you dont want to be anything like them either

[CricFanBD]

I feel really sorry for Sakib....he tried his best than anybody else.

[cricket_king]

The worst part is - the boys tried their best. This will really hurt their confidence. Try your best and fail...bummer.

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by auntu
আহ হ্রদয় এফোড় ওফোড় করে দেয়া এই পরাজয়।

Post the thread. It summarizes the feeling of Tiger fans.

[mahbubH]

well done boys. Keep it up!! A very good test match.

[bangla-red]

WTF?! Vettori won MoM!

[jawaherul]

well, it's ok.
i could have asked, why does these happen only to us
i could also have asked, why does only these happen to us
i could also have asked, why on earth a pitch would be better for batting on day 5 than on day 2/3
i could have asked, why does someone score two 50's in a test while he had never done it in his entire long career
i could have asked many more.


but today i am not in a mood to ask anyone anything.
i know the answer
that there is no answer
and i therefore declare that god or nature or fate, whatever it would be, he is not fair, he is not impartial
and i also declare that i have no objection to him

[yaseer]

Well done Tigers

You played well, fought hard and did not give up until it finished. That's what we want to see. You have made us proud and keep up the good work.

We expect same quality and spirit from you in the 2nd test as well.

[auntu]

বন্ধুগন আবার একটি কথা মনে করিয়ে দেই --- "পরাজয়ে ডড়ে না বীর"

ঘাম যখন দিয়েছি আরো দিবো এ দেশকে টেষ্ট ক্রিকেটে বিজয়ী করে ছারবো। ইনশাআল্লাহ

[bujhee kom]

congrats to NZ for winning a good test match!
congrats to the tigers for playing a a good test match!

i hope we will make it harder fro NZ in Mirpur, Inshallah!
good job bangladesh....i am very proud of my team!

[bujhee kom]

hey NZ look out, watch out in mirpur.......be careful, it's NZ who have everything to lose, we are comin!
GO BD!
Go Tigers!
i love my tigers and i am extremely proud of them today!

[bangla-red]

when are we going to play zimbabwe?