Match Thread : Bangladesh vs New Zealand, 1st Test at Dunedin, 4-8 January 2008 - Page 229

Murad · #**5701** January 6, 2008, 01:16 AM

It wasn't unexpected. It's a trend in our cricket team that when the openers do well, middle order fails, when openers do bad, middle orders sometimes do well. So for that reason I didn't get excited yesterday when I saw the openers doing so well.

However, I have to blame the openers for some reason. They shoudn't have got out. THey were the set batsmen. If one of them stayed, then it could've been otherwise.

riad · #**5702** January 6, 2008, 02:44 AM

What a match between Aus vs Ind .....
The world would ignore BAN vs NZ news for some time and debate Aus vs Ind game ........good news for us

Antora · #**5703** January 6, 2008, 02:57 AM

Just got home! i was hoping either tamim or zunaed would score 100 but i guess not! and very poor batting by the others! but i am happy we wernt innings defeated

djnaved · #**5704** January 6, 2008, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by muradnyc
It wasn't unexpected. It's a trend in our cricket team that when the openers do well, middle order fails, when openers do bad, middle orders sometimes do well. So for that reason I didn't get excited yesterday when I saw the openers doing so well..

also sometimes it happen, when openers do bad, middle order also do bad.. the best prood is that on last odi they scored 95 against NZ.

Sovik · #**5705** January 6, 2008, 06:38 AM

its a shame that after 8 years in test cricket we are still collapsing as we did 7-8 years ago. we've got a decent team but there are few weak links and they are doing the most of the damages. we didn't need haba and aftab in the test and i hope haba don't get anymore chance. rajin will be a much better option and farhad or sakib for aftab.

Dhakablues · #**5706** January 6, 2008, 08:54 AM

What else can be added...? The story of Bangladesh, I guess. We spoke about how the selection was wrong and it proved again that gut feel doesnt win you matches,,consistent performance does. Aftab/Bashar/Nafees/Mushfique never performend against Bariasal/Sylhet and we expected them to perform against New Zeland, what else can you say about that... We ourselves are creating this embarrasment, so be it. Let us be humilated again and again until some wise wakes up and realizes finally what Test criceket is all about.

Beamer · #**5707** January 6, 2008, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by nzfan
just got home from work...... how did they manage to squander the bes tposition that the Bangladeshi test team had ever been in?

Handling sudden prosperity when there has been none can be tricky as well. That will be the next learning curb. For a starter , we have at least found a good pair of opening batsmen after years of futile search, and just as Siddons said, it is time to focus on the next four. In the future, granted we keep getting solid effort from either of the opening bat, we will take advantage. It will come. It has to.

Spitfire_x86 · #**5708** January 7, 2008, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Beamer
For a starter , we have at least found a good pair of opening batsmen after years of futile search, and just as Siddons said, it is time to focus on the next four.

I hope Tamim/Junaid are not new Biddut/Opi in the making

BD-Shardul · #**5709** January 7, 2008, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
I hope Tamim/Junaid are not new Biddut/Opi in the making

Ameeen Bro.

zainab · #**5710** January 7, 2008, 06:44 AM

Aftab can remain as an ODI specialist, that is the only way he knows to bat. He has lovely strokes, and if he can learn to play spin, he then can be a valuable batsman.
I still think that Siddons will have faith in him, and maybe when he returns to BD, Siddons will help him. I hope so for Aftab's sake.