Match Thread: Auckland versus Bangladesh, December 21st 2007, 3rd one day tour match. Venue: Auckland

[Rifat]

probable squads

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful(c), Mashrafee Mortaza(vc), Mushfiqur Rahim(wk), Tamim Iqbal, Junaed Siddique, Aftab Ahmed, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Sajjidul Islam, Farhad Reza, Sakib-al-Hasan, Nazmul Hossain.


Auckland: RA Jones(c), TG Mcintosh, RA young(wk), MJ Guptill, RJ Nicol, C de Grandhomme, KWM Todd, AR adams, LJ Shaw, AJ Mckay, GJMorgan, MD Bates.


possible surprise inclusion: Daryl Tuffey source



Match Starts at 12:00 PM local time. 23:00 GMT. 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada). 5:00 AM Bangladesh Time.



Radio commentary

Radio Sport	Auckland		32 Kbps	Sport
Radio Sport	Christchurch		32 Kbps	Sport
Radio Sport	Wellington		32 Kbps	Sport

Banglaesh versus Auckland live scorecard



this is my first ever match thread. i do not know much, just copied stuff from Miraz Bhai's previous match thread.

GOOD LUCK BANGLADESH!!!
EID MUBARAK!!!

[Rifat]

inshallah ajke jitboiii

[jisaan]

win is good. but performance of Tamim, Aftab, Shakib and Sajid will be the key factor. they have to do well in this match

[Nafi]

I wonder what the bowling attack would be, if sajid would be used, which bowlers would be rested etc.

[Miraz]

Rifat, please add the radio links in the opening post..

Radio commentary

Radio Sport	Auckland		32 Kbps	Sport
Radio Sport	Christchurch		32 Kbps	Sport
Radio Sport	Wellington		32 Kbps	Sport

[metallian]

when is the match? est time?

[metallian]

oh. nvm

[Rifat]

Originally Posted by Miraz
Rifat, please add the radio links in the opening post..

Radio commentary

thanks very much!

[Yasin]

Good luck Tigers. Time for Bangladesh to win their first match of the tour, and Rifat to get a inning start too. Best of luck.

[WarWolf]

Good luck. Achieve the first victory of the tour tomorrow.

[Nafis_BD]

I wouldn't really care for their victory soo much, I just want them to get used to the condition and get some good practice before they face the NZ team!! Though a victory would boost their confidence and all. After all that I am a Bangladeshi supporter so I would want a win for sure today and I dont think it would be such a problem for our players!!

BTW Isn't it Eid for the muslim players today?

[Nafi]

Originally Posted by Nafis_BD
I wouldn't really care for their victory soo much, I just want them to get used to the condition and get some good practice before they face the NZ team!! Though a victory would boost their confidence and all. After all that I am a Bangladeshi supporter so I would want a win for sure today and I dont think it would be such a problem for our players!!

BTW Isn't it Eid for the muslim players today?

yesterday for them

[Rabz]

Good luck to the boys.
Really looking forward to see Sajid's performance.
He might just get carried away a bit.

Too bad wont be able to follow the game much.
Its Eid here tomorrow.

Too busy jobaying the goru.
And eating the maangsho.

[tonoy]

allright an eid match. Lets see if the boys could win one in eid. Cant wait to hear sajidul's performance in the radio.

[MarufH]

good luck tigers... too bad i have a test until 9:00p.m. EST. anyways... congrats Rifat!

[Fazal]

So Gullu and Mehrab is not playing this game?

[Anher]

- A full 50/50 match to get the most important practice in seaming condition done.
- A must easy win to boost the moral,confidence, hope and to put pressure on already pressurized NewZealand Team
- Bowling performance from Sajjidul
- Longer innings batting from AFtab (crucial to any chance of BD win in any match).

Thats all i hope from our boys today.
Good luck Bangladesh team and Eid Mubarok to all.

[nasimul]

Good luck to BD and Eid Mubarak to all !!!!!

[rashed_va]

Its 8:00 am in Auckland now and it is drizzling light and looks cloudy. Should be ok by noon - better be.

[taklima_naj]

Originally Posted by rashed_va
Its 8:00 am in Auckland now and it is drizzling light and looks cloudy. Should be ok by noon - better be.

Oh no, we need sunny day to have some practice for our players

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Nafi
I wonder what the bowling attack would be, if sajid would be used, which bowlers would be rested etc.

haha...simple...it is Rasel!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Good luck to the boys.
Really looking forward to see Sajid's performance.
He might just get carried away a bit.

Too bad wont be able to follow the game much.
Its Eid here tomorrow.

Too busy jobaying the goru.
And eating the maangsho.

সিডনী...মাংস বিলাবেন না গরীবদের?...
পাঠিয়েদিন ডাক-এ...!!!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Fazal
So Gullu and Mehrab is not playing this game?

They will...in the 1st Test!

[damalChele]

I would really love to see some experimental changes in the top order. Since these are practice matches our batting order should be slightly changed to see who does well. For instance everyone would love to see Mushy batting higher up the order a bit. I don't think that has ever been tried out. He comes at bloody no 7. He is too good for that position. Not sure about his regular postion in the NCL.

[al Furqaan]

batting first is key in practice matches, regardless of conditions.

we aren't trying to win games, we want time in the middle. if u bat first, put up some runs u can bowl the entire 50 overs as well as bat 50 overs. plus, don't we want the toughest batting practice? so why not bat even if the conditions are bowling friendly?