Match thread, Bangladesh vs West Indies 1st Test, Kingstown, St. Vincent & Grenadines, 9-13 July, 2009 - Page 150

banindfan · #**3726** July 10, 2009, 06:12 PM

How many of you feel that History is in the making ?...
Because I have a strong feeling that Bangladesh are going to win this series..irrespective of todays play..

One World · #**3727** July 10, 2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by banindfan
How many of you feel that History is in the making ?...
Because I have a strong feeling that Bangladesh are going to win this series..irrespectiveof todays play..

bujhee kom · #**3728** July 10, 2009, 06:28 PM

Hey guys, we need Kalpurush da to do a match thread for the 2nd youth test bet BD U-19 and Eng U-19 starting tommorow! We have to beat them in this one to level the series!

*AsifTheManRahman* · #**3729** July 10, 2009, 06:28 PM

Old habits die hard. The guys are playing a lot of deliveries on average out there, which is good, but it's no good when the total isn't > 350 against a second string version of a side ranking only one spot ahead of us. This inexplicable inability to carry on after a start - passed down by generations - simply portrays, for the umpteenth time, the weakness of our domestic structure and our batsmen's unwillingness to learn. We could blame Ashoka, but doing that over and over isn't taking us anywhere.

All eyes on the bowlers now - we can still turn this around. Otherwise, beg you God make it rain like it never rained in 50 years.

shamster · #**3730** July 10, 2009, 06:32 PM

Well its the usual isnt it BD collapse at the top and then the rescue act comes in from the tail. We should just top the batting line up upside down.

We should have easily scored 300 runs today. I hope we can get them under 250.

bujhee kom · #**3731** July 10, 2009, 06:32 PM

Asif bhai said it perfectly!

pichchi · #**3732** July 10, 2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nzfan
murali + bowling against Bangladesh = average of 10

We get the point

some of us just got a little carried away here.. And yeah, NZ is still better than Oz!!

Russell2k7 · #**3733** July 10, 2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
OMG, just cuz someone doesn't think vettorri is the greatest bowler to ever live doesn't mean we're like the paki-indian fans (who are equally bad)

If BAN keeps winning quite a few of our fans will be worse than Paki-Indian fans. At least their team wins whereas ours looks like a school kids against WI F team.

Dhrubo · #**3734** July 10, 2009, 08:59 PM

Today our batting was as usual pathetic. Although the lower order showed some spirit the top order still failed (again). IMHO we should just take a break from test cricket, gain more FC experience and then start playing Tests because there is no point playing international matches and embarrassing yourself and your nation. Even if we win this test series (which I hope we do) I still want us to stop playing tests for a while. From the scorecard I see most of our "specialist" batsmen scored double figures but failed to go on and score a fifty or even a hundred, that means they lacked the proper technique and temperment and by temperment I dont mean they were too aggressive they were more like too cautious and lacked confidence.In test cricket a batsmen shouldn't bat defensively the batter must bat moderately using singles as the main source of runs with the bonus of some odd boundaries from bad balls, leaving the good ones or defending them, maybe thats the problem we face. We suck at rotating singles and we cant tell the difference between a good ball and a bad ball.

kalpurush · #**3735** July 10, 2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bangla-red
Mahmudullah will deliver.

Has to, or dhopath dhoroni tol...!!!

One World · #**3736** July 10, 2009, 09:15 PM

Wait, Eid is coming.

al Furqaan · #**3737** July 10, 2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhrubo
Today our batting was as usual pathetic. Although the lower order showed some spirit the top order still failed (again). IMHO we should just take a break from test cricket, gain more FC experience and then start playing Tests because there is no point playing international matches and embarrassing yourself and your nation. Even if we win this test series (which I hope we do) I still want us to stop playing tests for a while. From the scorecard I see most of our "specialist" batsmen scored double figures but failed to go on and score a fifty or even a hundred, that means they lacked the proper technique and temperment and by temperment I dont mean they were too aggressive they were more like too cautious and lacked confidence.In test cricket a batsmen shouldn't bat defensively the batter must bat moderately using singles as the main source of runs with the bonus of some odd boundaries from bad balls, leaving the good ones or defending them, maybe thats the problem we face. We suck at rotating singles and we cant tell the difference between a good ball and a bad ball.

this looks far too well composed to be written by a 12 year old...

Dhrubo · #**3738** July 10, 2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
this looks far too well exposed to be written by a 12 year old...

Ofcourse it is too much for most 12 year olds. I am 13 btw

But I think you guys underestimate this age group too much, there are kids my age that can write much better than me and I do agree that it doesnt sound like what a typical 13 year old would have written but I always find it easy to write like this, so why go with the usual msn language ? Its important to post your opinions properly if you want them to be heard.

al Furqaan · #**3739** July 10, 2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell2k7
If BAN keeps winning quite a few of our fans will be worse than Paki-Indian fans. At least their team wins whereas ours looks like a school kids against WI F team.

no, because indian fans think they own the world and everyone should be subservient to them (ICC, IPL issues)

and paki fans think any success is indicative of their "racial" superiority to everyone else.

shaad · #**3740** July 10, 2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
no, because indian fans think they own the world and everyone should be subservient to them (ICC, IPL issues)

and paki fans think any success is indicative of their "racial" superiority to everyone else.

Let's go easy on the generalizations there, shall we?

**Zunaid** · #**3741** July 10, 2009, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by shaad
Let's go easy on the generalizations there, shall we?

Everyone believes in stereotypes.

Zeeshan · #**3742** July 10, 2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by shaad
Let's go easy on the generalizations there, shall we?

Not that I am taking any sides, but stereotypes are true. Even liberal leaning Bill Maher once said in his show that there IS a reason stereotypes arise. Generalizations dont just appear out of vacuum. In my long term "tenure" in usa i have met many Indians who have this I-am-better-than-thou condescending attitude. "Eh Bangali babu...kaisa hai..." Another one be like: "You have a lot to learn man...we gotta teach you on how to dress properly..." They always have this Big Brother attitude.

At the same time, whenever I go to Bangali gatherings almost 99% of the mainstream people LIVING in US has this anti-American, "oh-911-was-an-inside-job" attitude.

In my youth I was virulently against racial profiling. As I grew older, and having seen patterns, now I know better to rise over the politically incorrectness of an issue.

Having said this, I don't defend stereotypes even knowing the veracity of some of the issues *likeSouthEastAsianshavingbodyodorissuesbecausethe yaretoocheaptoinvestindeodorants*

And a sign of an evolved, Enlightened being should also be to look beyond stereotypes and see an individual human for his own unique qualities instead of labeling him. But to deny that generalizations don't exist is to live in a self-delusional world.

+++
On a different note, uncle nice to see you are participating in the match threads more. This is a first step in breaking shyness. lol... j/k :P

*AsifTheManRahman* · #**3743** July 10, 2009, 10:42 PM

Ya'll gotta stop hanging out with FOBs.

Zeeshan · #**3744** July 10, 2009, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Ya'll gotta stop hanging out with FOBs.

Your location has FAILURE written all over it.

Go Wellington!

Sohel · #**3745** July 10, 2009, 11:00 PM

Leg spin, off spin, and then there's Sid spin:

Four guys scored 30+! Rejoice! Chaul, mora shaub jauyouddhoni kori! Mora shaub jauyouddhoni kori! Bhalo batting! Notun diner abhash, din baudoler batash! ...

*AsifTheManRahman* · #**3746** July 10, 2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Gopal Bhar
FAILURE

Exactly my point. I'm a Bangladeshi passport holder living in Canada - I have FOB written all over me. So you gotta stop posting in BC.

ammark · #**3747** July 10, 2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gopal Bhar
...Another one be like: "You have a lot to learn man...we gotta teach you on how to dress properly..." They always have this Big Brother attitude.

Bangalis do that too. We tend to behave like anyone "junior" to us is an inferior species that is just wrong, disrespectful and needs to be fixed by my "senior" bhab! condescension seems not to run along nationality, but ethnicity too :P

Zeeshan · #**3748** July 10, 2009, 11:13 PM

Dr. Z... Dr. Z... Asif vai is being a meanie to me again.

Sohel · #**3749** July 10, 2009, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Old habits die hard. The guys are playing a lot of deliveries on average out there, which is good, but it's no good when the total isn't > 350 against a second string version of a side ranking only one spot ahead of us. This inexplicable inability to carry on after a start - passed down by generations - simply portrays, for the umpteenth time, the weakness of our domestic structure and our batsmen's unwillingness to learn. We could blame Ashoka, but doing that over and over isn't taking us anywhere...

Yep ...

**Zunaid** · #**3750** July 10, 2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Gopal Bhar
Dr. Z... Dr. Z... Asif vai is being a meanie to me again.

Son - you needed a horsewhipping...He was too kind.