Match Thread: 1st Test, Bangladesh vs. South Africa at Bloemfontein, SA; November 19-23, 2008

[wiseshah]

my Xi

tamim
imrul
rokib
ashraful
mehrab jr
sakib
Mushfiq
nayeem
sajedul
robin
shahadat

[Abid_Khan]

Hopefully the team can set up a formidable total and put some pressure on South Africa!! GO BDESH!!

[abz_786]

i want to see good performance from bd

[abz_786]

go bd..............

[Razi]

Please don't humiliate yourselves and the country, just leave the good balls alone and don't go for any unnecessary shots. If Bangladesh can avoid the follow on and take the match to fourth day then I'll be more than happy. Anyway will miss most of the test series due to my mid-term exams, but my support will always be there with you guys.

[auntu]

ম্যাচ শুরুর আগে কিছু অপ্তবাক্য আমাদের মনে রাখার জন্যঃ

১। পরাজয়ে ডরে না বীর
২। আমরা ভাংবো তবু মচকাবো না।
৩। হৃদয়ে বাংলাদেশ
৪। মনের জানালা দিয়ে উকি দিয়ে দেখো...।

[abz_786]

My XI For 1st Test

Tamim
Imrul
Mehrab jr
Rokib
Ashraful
Mushfiq
Sakib
Nayeem
Sjedul
Robin
Shahadat

[fan_frm_the_uk]

Originally Posted by auntu
ম্যাচ শুরুর আগে কিছু অপ্তবাক্য আমাদের মনে রাখার জন্যঃ

১। পরাজয়ে ডরে না বীর
২। আমরা ভাংবো তবু মচকাবো না।
৩। হৃদয়ে বাংলাদেশ
৪। মনের জানালা দিয়ে উকি দিয়ে দেখো...।

ekbar na parile dekho shotobar...

[auntu]

Originally Posted by fan_frm_the_uk
ekbar na parile dekho shotobar...:d

ধন্যবাদ। শত বার হাজার বার, চলছে...চলবে।

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by auntu
ধন্যবাদ। শত বার হাজার বার, চলছে...চলবে।

SA amon doraisey (bhoi) je they are asking outside help on how to beat us on their turf. They are paying hefty amounts to consultants to strategise. Duncan Fletcher (ex-England coach)is one of them.

[mijanur]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mk74s...eature=related
yo guys go der ppl are still fighting there

[Nadim]

Oh man......im gonna be miss the whole test series....school on wed,thur and fri. and saturday i can watch until tea and then have to go oval cricket ground for cricket session. and sunday (might be test match finish be4 5th day.

[abz_786]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
Oh man......im gonna be miss the whole test series....school on wed,thur and fri. and saturday i can watch until tea and then have to go oval cricket ground for cricket session. and sunday (might be test match finish be4 5th day.

awww so sad i feel sorry for u bro

haha i can get to watch it because i dnt have college on wednesday and thursday i got half day but i cnt watch it friday

[auntu]

Originally Posted by tigers_eye
sa amon doraisey (bhoi) je they are asking outside help on how to beat us on their turf. They are paying hefty amounts to consultants to strategise. Duncan fletcher (ex-england coach)is one of them.

মজার খবর তো !কানকাটা ফ্লেচার আর কি করবে ?

[crikfreak]

good luck bd!! hope u guys will atleast try to play well.. i'll be able to follow the playing.. but i'll miss the first 3 hrs of play xept for fri and sat.. oh well.. cant have everything in life..
and.. mash is playing right.. he seems fit.. wat bout razzak?

[abz_786]

hopefully it will be suny day on wednesday

[zia]

The Tigers will find their
feet in toilet!
Azad Majumder . Bloemfontein
The English speaking skill of Mohammad Ashraful may not be as good as it should have been, but he can at least read the newspapers of this language. But one cannot expect him to read the newspapers, which were written in African language.
The Bangladesh skipper must thank himself for not being able to do that, otherwise, he would have been heavily shocked after coming to Bloemfontein on Monday to play the first Test against South Africa.
Ahead of the Test, every cricket lover in Bloemfontein has been rejoicing over a comment of Allan Donald, a former cricket hero of the city, which was behind the reason of all the shocks.
The comments were published in Volksblad, the highest selling African language daily, which came to the notice of a group of Bangladeshi journalists, the moment they checked in at a lodge of Bloemfontein.
‘Just read what Donald said about your team,’ a staff at the reception desk at the Queens Park Lodge asked the reporters with Volkblad in her hand. But soon she realised it was not possible for her visitors to read it, because the language is totally unknown to them.
By the time they became curious about the article and took the help of an administrative officer named Margie Herbs, who translated it for them. The shock came immediately once she translated the headline which read ‘The Tigers have their feet in toilet - Donald’.
It was an article based on the comments of Donald who tried to say that Bangladesh will be easily undone by the pace attack of South Africa in the first Test, starting here on November 19.
‘The Proteas scared Bangladesh with their bouncers earlier this year and it was in their own backyard with the ball which does not move as fast as it does in South Africa. And it’s presumed that they will be waiting for their ball on the back foot here,’ Volksblad quoted Donald as saying.
In South Africa, someone waiting on the back foot usually means he is actually waiting in the toilet, which is why Volksblad made the headline, explained translator Margie.
Donald was referring to a home series of Bangladesh, when in the face repeated bouncers from Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel, Bangladeshis looked very vulnerable in Chittagong.
One of the Bangladeshi batsmen Aftab Ahmed was hospitalised facing a bouncer of Kallis and Donald suggested his former team-mates to take the same strategy in the two-Test series in South Africa.
‘The South Africa should plan to intimidate them with bouncers,’ said Doland while cautioning them to remain alert on their line and length. ‘They cannot do it against Mathew Heyden, but they can do it against Bangladesh. But they have to be careful about their line and length, otherwise Bangladesh will make them repay,’ said Donald, one of the greatest fast bowlers South Africa have ever produced.

[zia]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
আছিল চিতা বাঘ, হইল এখন (?) রয়েল বেঙ্গল টাইগার...!!!

That reminds me of the billi joke. Thanks Kalpurush for the time convertor. It will make our lives easy. Nice thread. I like it.

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by zia
The Tigers will find their
feet in toilet!
Azad Majumder . Bloemfontein
The English speaking skill of Mohammad Ashraful may not be as good as it should have been, but he can at least read the newspapers of this language. But one cannot expect him to read the newspapers, which were written in African language.
The Bangladesh skipper must thank himself for not being able to do that, otherwise, he would have been heavily shocked after coming to Bloemfontein on Monday to play the first Test against South Africa.
Ahead of the Test, every cricket lover in Bloemfontein has been rejoicing over a comment of Allan Donald, a former cricket hero of the city, which was behind the reason of all the shocks.
The comments were published in Volksblad, the highest selling African language daily, which came to the notice of a group of Bangladeshi journalists, the moment they checked in at a lodge of Bloemfontein.
‘Just read what Donald said about your team,’ a staff at the reception desk at the Queens Park Lodge asked the reporters with Volkblad in her hand. But soon she realised it was not possible for her visitors to read it, because the language is totally unknown to them.
By the time they became curious about the article and took the help of an administrative officer named Margie Herbs, who translated it for them. The shock came immediately once she translated the headline which read ‘The Tigers have their feet in toilet - Donald’.
It was an article based on the comments of Donald who tried to say that Bangladesh will be easily undone by the pace attack of South Africa in the first Test, starting here on November 19.
‘The Proteas scared Bangladesh with their bouncers earlier this year and it was in their own backyard with the ball which does not move as fast as it does in South Africa. And it’s presumed that they will be waiting for their ball on the back foot here,’ Volksblad quoted Donald as saying.
In South Africa, someone waiting on the back foot usually means he is actually waiting in the toilet, which is why Volksblad made the headline, explained translator Margie.
Donald was referring to a home series of Bangladesh, when in the face repeated bouncers from Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel, Bangladeshis looked very vulnerable in Chittagong.
One of the Bangladeshi batsmen Aftab Ahmed was hospitalised facing a bouncer of Kallis and Donald suggested his former team-mates to take the same strategy in the two-Test series in South Africa.
‘The South Africa should plan to intimidate them with bouncers,’ said Doland while cautioning them to remain alert on their line and length. ‘They cannot do it against Mathew Heyden, but they can do it against Bangladesh. But they have to be careful about their line and length, otherwise Bangladesh will make them repay,’ said Donald, one of the greatest fast bowlers South Africa have ever produced.

hope no one will get injured from this test series....inshallah we can play the bounce from SA bowler easily.........Go BD Go

[Murad]

I like this type of comments from oponents. These comments will inspire our players to work harder and harder and play long innings.

valo kotha bole amader player der motivate kora jai na.. They need harsh and ugly words to motivate themselves...

[WarWolf]

Donald is trying to start a psychological war which is always good for BD. Our boys never failed to give good reply.

[BD-Shardul]

Donald’s comment is shocking, কিন্তু ব্যাটিং এর সময় আমাদের ব্যাটসম্যানরা যদি হাইগা দেয়, তাহলে ত টয়লেট ছাড়া আর কোন গত্যন্তর থাকবে না।

[al Furqaan]

But they have to be careful about their line and length, otherwise Bangladesh will make them repay,’ said Donald, one of the greatest fast bowlers South Africa have ever produced.

this is good...mash should now be fired up. thank you, donny! you may very well have handed us a very good performance in the first test (just ask kumble).

on the other hand, ashraful should tell rajib that our strategy is this: ash wins toss, 50-50 chance, BD bowls first, rajib bowls bouncers to "chip and dale", "morke and mindy", "click, clack, polly wack", and jaques itch. hit them in the face, balls, jaw, and forehead.

lets see how a 7 man Saffer team bowls with duminy, smith, and de villiers against us...donny can really worry about his line and length then.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by BD-Shardul
Donald’s comment is shocking, কিন্তু ব্যাটিং এর সময় আমাদের ব্যাটসম্যানরা যদি হাইগা দেয়, তাহলে ত টয়লেট ছাড়া আর কোন গত্যন্তর থাকবে না।

no its not, it might be dumb, but remember a year back when, after thrashing india by 300 runs in the melbourne test, punters claimed "if the indians had trouble on this subcontinent like pitch, they are in for a long tour".

what happened?

india won at PERTH, and if it hadn't been for bucknor would have taken the series 2-1.

donny is setting himself up like kumble did in the WC and punters did last year. donny might very well taste some "kumble pie" after the first test is over.

[al Furqaan]

also, at least donny has recognized that without line and length, even the likes of steyn, morkel, and ntini will get smacked by our batters.