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

[Razi]

IMO, this should be the batting order:

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Zunaed Siddique
3. Rajin Salah
4. Mohammed Ashraful (c)
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Naeem Islam
7. Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
8. Mehrab Hossain Jr.
9. Abdur Razzak
10. Mashrafe Mortaza
11. Shahadat Hossain

[Murad]

Shakib should bat after Mushy and Mehrab.

[bujhee kom]

i think it's a big mistake not to bring in robin and taking mehrab instead! i fear mehrab will fail and robin would have been potent no matter how spin friendly the ctg divisional pitch is. robin is a lot reliable with the bat as well. just my opinion. i could be wrong!

[abu2abu]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
i think it's a big mistake not to bring in robin and taking mehrab instead! i fear mehrab will fail and robin would have been potent no matter how spin friendly the ctg divisional pitch is. robin is a lot reliable with the bat as well. just my opinion. i could be wrong!

I agree, this line up is too spin-heavy. I know that's not the intention (it's supposed to be batsman heavy), but the end result is the same.

If aftab was around, he could offer some variation with his medium pace. As it is we'll be over-reliant on very similar slow left arm bowlers. no leggies in the side (other than ash), so there's no variation really. We needed a decent medium pacer (rasel or robin) to balance the side out. As it is, mortaza and rajib will have a heavy workload.

This attack might be ok for spin-friendly dhaka, but is it prudent for Chittagong?

The BD management obviously think NZ are suspect against spin, but I think that's being naive. they have two great spinners (patel and vetori) to practice against, so they can't be that bad. they're not South africa...

[yaseer]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Only 3 specialist bowlers - haay re kopal!

To me, it's 2 and half bowler - according to Razzak's previous performance.

Nowadays, test teams are trying to get 5 bowlers in XI and we are planning to.....can we call this a plan...a complete disaster is waiting.

[yaseer]

The worst thing will be...if NZ wins the toss and bat first.

[BD-Shardul]

Don't know why feeling like this.

Prediction:

Superman: 50
Zunaed: 13
Saleh: 11
Keptin:23
Moyna: Golden Duck
GoBoy: 7
Jnr: Golden Duck
MaMu: 40
Lalla: 20
Sharapova: 0*

Extra: 16

Total: 180

Hope Tigers prove me wrong. Also I hope Ash win the toss and bat first, and make most use of the pitch.

[Spitfire_x86]

Going with 3 bowlers in a test is stupid. If we have a huge batting collapse, I don't see Mehrab rescuing us. If somehow top and middle order bat well Mehrab will be useless at #8 anyway. Mehrab hardly adds anything to the team in terms of bowling.

[Ishtylish cricketer]

Let's see how the real cricketers deal with bouncers from Kiwis? My prediction is that Bd players will piss in their pants when they see Martin run in to bowl and will get out trying to pull his full pitched deliveries. The dreaded flashblacks of Ash and Kapali trying to pull Mitchel Johnson's good length balls still give me nightmare. I just hope there's no repeat of these stupid shots.

[Beamer]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
Going with 3 bowlers in a test is stupid. If we have a huge batting collapse, I don't see Mehrab rescuing us. If somehow top and middle order bat well Mehrab will be useless at #8 anyway. Mehrab hardly adds anything to the team in terms of bowling.

But, You and I ( at least I did ) both knew that they will stack the line -up with batsmen. Leaving Enam gave me the indication that they would go for this perceived safety first approach. Even Ash told yesterday that they will try to draw the test! What a defeatist attitude! I think they hope that Mehrab will provide around 20-30 runs, and to them, that will be a measure of success. I knew what team they will pick. Now, lets see what order they come in. I bet you they send Rajin at no.3. Pretty easy to decipher these idiots..

[yaseer]

True spitty, #8 can't achieve anything if 6 other specialist batsman fails. a total waste.
Erokom stupid idea je kar matha theke ashe.......eta ki sudhu batsman der khela?? 11 jon e 3 jon bowler tar upor ekjoner average abar 169!!

[Tigers_eye]

Nera ek bar'i bel tolai jai, ar BCB? bar bar!!

Didn't we test that "stacking up with batsman" theory before in ODIs? Didn't we open with Farhad (bowling) one time and had 10 batsman/alrounder and a wicket keeper? What was the score? Pathetic I remember. I hope I don't see Mushi's kebla kanto hashi. That just annoys me after he gets out.

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by Ishtylish cricketer
Let's see how the real cricketers deal with bouncers from Kiwis? My prediction is that Bd players will piss in their pants when they see Martin run in to bowl and will get out trying to pull his full pitched deliveries. The dreaded flashblacks of Ash and Kapali trying to pull Mitchel Johnson's good length balls still give me nightmare. I just hope there's no repeat of these stupid shots.

cricinfo: Martin out of Bangladesh Tests
link: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bdes...ry/372950.html
mark gillespie replaces chris martin!

[bujhee kom]

less than 11 hours before chunks of solid waste hit the fan!
i am excited and forever hopefull!
GO BD!
go tigers!
just play good cricket and kick the kiwies behind real hard!

[bujhee kom]

hey guys, when are we gonna find out about the playing 11? before the match starts?

[Tigers_eye]

To save bandwith I will remove my avatar and signature for match days!! Anyone want to join? Every little bit helps!!

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Originally Posted by bujhee kom
hey guys, when are we gonna find out about the playing 11? before the match starts?

See Post #71.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
To save bandwith I will remove my avatar and signature for match days!! Anyone want to join? Every little bit helps!!

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See Post #71.

Or a better solution would be, anyone else please DON'T join, in that case we will have less traffic....

[nadim 98]

8 batsman..need to score 350+ in the first innings

[nadim 98]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
hey guys, when are we gonna find out about the playing 11? before the match starts?

bro rassel and robin out for 1st test

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
To save bandwith I will remove my avatar and signature for match days!! Anyone want to join? Every little bit helps!!......See Post #71.

thank you mijan bhaiya! i missed that post of noc bhai. so it is all decided and go ahead then...mehrab - i worry a lot, should have taken robin!
anyway, best of luck to my tigers!

yes tiger_eye bhai, i will temporarily drop my sig and my monkey face to speed up our site!

[MohammedC]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
To save bandwith I will remove my avatar and signature for match days!! Anyone want to join? Every little bit helps!!

Done, I have joined your club for next Five days.

what about location and fav player. thats gone also. Looks much better. Probably if every one gets rid of avatar will make it a bit faster

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
Done, I have joined your club for next Five days.

what about location and fav player. thats gone also. Looks much better. Probably if every one gets rid of avatar will make it a bit faster

Why five days?? We may beat them inside three days you never know!!
Great!! my location is going also.

thank you and bujhee kom and all others (who will join)

[jahidus200]

Originally Posted by BD-Shardul
Don't know why feeling like this.

Prediction:

Superman: 50
Zunaed: 13
Saleh: 11
Keptin:23
Moyna: Golden Duck
GoBoy: 7
Jnr: Golden Duck
MaMu: 40
Lalla: 20
Sharapova: 0*

Extra: 16

Total: 180

Hope Tigers prove me wrong. Also I hope Ash win the toss and bat first, and make most use of the pitch.

y quite right

[AsifTheManRahman]

This is perhaps the weakest New Zealand side that we will have faced in a decade. Their batting is in shambles, their bowling nothing to be wary of. It's high time that we put our heads down and bat it out. Unfortunately (and much to my chagrin at that), we are only playing three specialist bowlers when we could have played four; an extra batsman, as experience gained from following the team for a while suggests, will make no bloody difference.

In any case, I hope we can bowl them out - at least 1.7 times if not twice - with what we have.

[bujhee kom]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
bro rassel and robin out for 1st test

thanks nadim bhaiya! i see.....man! i wish robin was playing instead of mehrab jr.!