World Cup Match Thread: Bangladesh vs. Ireland, February 25th, 2011 SBNS, Dhaka 14:30 Local, 8:30 GMT 3:30 EST 2:30 CST 0:30 PST

[al Furqaan]

i hope we bat first and win by at least 88 runs...that will bring our NRR back to just above zero.

[al-Sagar]

ok bhais and apas .....

gosol kore jumma pore ashi

then lunch kore khela dekhte bosbo

@bujhee_kom: shoshur bari ashsi so bujhte paretesen khawa ta kemon hobe .... ....

[irampool]

Originally Posted by aosaif
Stadiums look fairly empty unless home teams are playing. Would a game like NZ vs AUS have pulled a bigger crowd if it was played in Bangladesh?

Having the most number of games in India is fine due to the fact that they have so many International stadiums, but I see no point in giving so many games to Srilanka! ICC could have easily given a lot more games to us, and I'm sure the turnover of the people here would have been much bigger! Srilanka has always been a boring place for cricket, and undoubtedly it has the least passionate crowd among the sub-continent countries!

[boka]

এতো গবেষণা...... যা হওয়া উচিৎ - আমরা আগে ব্যাট করলে ৭৫+ রানে জয় আর পরে করলে ৬/৭ উইকেটে জয়....
এর কম কিছু হইলে বুঝতে হবে আমরা খারাপ খেলছি..............................

[Dhakablues]

Many of us have made this match more than what it needs to be. This is a game that Bangladesh has to win,, so is the match against the West Indies or England or South Africa along with Netherlands..

If we are thinking this hard to win a match against Ireland then we have stopped "Believing".. A team that is thinking of Quarter-Finals or Semi-Finals cannot be this much worried about winning aginst a semi-professional side,, that too when the home team is playing in Mirpur with the home crowd and the other team's first World Cup match!!

We will win this match. Bangladesh is not that Bangladesh where the wickets will fall one after another and we fold in 180 runs or let Irish score 290 runs.. Those days long left when Al -Shahrier, Durjoy, Jahangir Alam, Mridul was no longer part of the team..The team is not complacent but with 7 batsman, 4 spinners, Irish/West Indies/English/Dutch team will not have it easy to win against Bangladesh side and 3 of them will likely to lose.India and South Africa are different because they know spin too well..

So, Unless the God of cricket is wearing a gree to shower the luck of the Irish I say,, how big do Bangladesh want to win today??

[bujhee kom]

KI hobey ki hobey boshe boshe tai bhabtisi...

[boka]

Originally Posted by dhakablues
we will win this match. Bangladesh is not that bangladesh where the wickets will fall one after another and we fold in 180 runs or let irish score 290 runs.. Those days long left when al -shahrier, durjoy, jahangir alam, mridul was no longer part of the team..the team is not complacent but with 7 batsman, 4 spinners, irish/west indies/english/dutch team will not have it easy to win against bangladesh side and 3 of them will likely to lose.india and south africa are different because they know spin too well..

So, unless the god of cricket is wearing a gree to shower the luck of the irish i say,, how big do bangladesh want to win today??

কাউকে বড় করতে গিয়া কাউরে ছোট না করি...
আল শাহরিয়ার, দূর্জয়-রা তাদের সেরা-টা দেওয়ার চেষ্টার কমতি করে নাই কখনও

তবে কথা ঠিক আমরা বিরাট জয় না পাইলে ব্যপার-টা দুঃখের হবে....

[nadim 98]

Bismillah....

[Miraz]

Couldn't sleep well last night.. Really anxious.

[auntu]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf
thread under construction thakle ai akta sommosha!...sobai vhulei jay 1st post er kotha!

কবিতা টা জোস হয়েছে ভাইয়া!!

Thanks Night Wolf.

I was watching last night talk show on WC.

Aminul Islam said, We should bat first and the dew factor won't be a problem. He is not sure about the role of Rakibul. When the opener's are doing good Shakib comes in at 4 to keep up the good work and when the openers failed Mushfiq comes for settle things down. So Rakibul doesn't fit anyways.

Faruk said, Tamim needs to blast through his innings as his demolishing batting would break the Irish heart. He was also delighted to see the way Tamim batted in the last match with much responsibility and seance.

They both agreed that Ash should play at no. 7 to use the powerplay and increase the RR at point of time.

Shujon with so called great cricket brain (tagged by our local Bangla newspaper) said Ash should bat at no. 4. He deserves that spot no matter what happen.

Khaled Masud said we should be mentally prepared that in any match we would have to chase target of 270 and around. So we should have batters who can score 6 out of 6 balls at the lower part of batting line up. So he think Ash and SN would be the better solution than Rakibul.

Mr. Ishtiak former national player and cricket administrator said he is more looking forward to see Sohrawardi to see against the teams like Ireland.

All the ex players were concerned about the strategy of the Tigers to use the batting powerplay. They think alike us that the team management is not using it properly.

[Dhakablues]

I agree Boka. Durjoy, Rokon did whatever they could with their limitations.It was not a disrespect What I meant to say was that the new breed of cricketers know more wins than more losses..This same team has won against all the ODI teams in the world and never looks back.. Back in the days, we never won against any teams than Hong Kong, Singapore and used to even lost against Papua New Guinea, Netherlands and Maurice Odumbe was Virendar Shevagh for us!! That was day before yesterday and the fear of losing..well it is non-existent!!

[al Furqaan]

so far Rock has done well...against both Pak and Ind, unfair to drop him and lets see what he can do. riyad and naeem both have done poorly.

the thing is this. one of imrul or junaid is bound to be a long term failure. thats where SN steps up hopefully.

[bujhee kom]

The bottomline is very simple..at the end of the day I hope and pray that we let Porterfield know how many rice to be found in how many paddys! + have a pint on me at a paddy Pub son!!

[tonoy]

yo dudes, any good link pls?

[Imtiazk]

I find some posts in BC bewildering ! On the one extreme, we will reach the quarter finals [ or even win the cup !! ] and, on the other, this is a tough match.

Please make up your minds. If we can't beat Ireland in Mirpur's slow track with our spinners egged on by our capacity crowd, then when are we going to go anywhere ?

[cricadda]

bd won the match .......it was my tonight dream....make it real...go tigers...go.

[Jadukor]

I feel that Junaid is a better player of quality pace bowling compared to Nafees... and Nafees is a much better player of spin than Junaid... so we could select Junaid at 3 so that he can handle the fast bowlers should a wicket fall early and Nafees at 4 so that he can come in and be comfortable against the spinners during middle overs...

[godzilla]

how long till the game?

[cricadda]

Originally Posted by godzilla
how long till the game?

u.s.a time 3.30 a.m....toss...will be 3.00 a.m

[nadim 98]

@ Tonoy
http://www.cricvid.com/

[auntu]

Great performance by the USA Tiger fans!
It's dead night there and you guys are with us!! wow!!!

Let's roar together.

[auntu]

Whichever team wins the toss should bat first - Ganguly and Sidhu.

[Zeeshan]

অবিন্যস্ত কেশে, বসন্তের কুহেলিকায়, জাদুময় ঘুর্ণাবর্তে দিশেহারা
আইরিশ পুডিং খেকোদের কে শোনাবে আশার কথা?
উন্মাদের অট্টহাসি, খাপ ছাড়া তলোয়ার, নীরব ঘাতকের মায়াবী বিষে
যখন গর্জে উঠবে একটি নাম।
সিডনী থেকে সান ডিয়াগো, নিউইয়র্ক থেকে নোয়াখালী
আকাশ-বাতাস কাপিয়ে একটি নাম, হৃদয়ের অভ্যন্তরে একটি পতাকা।
প্রস্তুত থেকো, গর্জে উঠবে বাংলাদেশ - আরো একবার।

auntuda

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
@ Tonoy
http://www.cricvid.com/

You know you are my favorite member here right?

[auntu]

'Navjot Sing Sidhu batted at Trinidad and the spectator gone home with pillows.' - Tony Cozier.
Pointing to his slowest double ton in test cricket in that match.