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

[amar11432]

"It's a huge game; if we lose we are out," said Siddons, before offering more encouraging words, "We didn't pencil in the India game, we wanted to give them a go but we have pencilled in the Ireland game and West Indies as well. We are confident and we think we can win."

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesig...php?nid=175117

What does "pencilled in" even mean?

[bd fan]

Originally Posted by russhassan
Imrul
Tamim
Junaid
Shakib
Roqibul
Ashraful
Mushfiqur
Shuvo
Razzak
Shafiul
Rubel

Mahmudullah and Nayim are useless batsmen for the number 7 position.

Would me my team aswell but would have shariah nafees in place of Ashraful.

[Farhad]

Originally Posted by allrounder
what is our record against IR? I think they won 4 and we only won 2 matches in total of 6 matches we played so far. Is that correct?

Its the other way around. BD has lost to Ireland twice in an ODI, once in the last WC, and the other in the trip to Belfast last July. At Mirpur, BD has one all three previous matches by large margins...

[roman]

I really dont see Riyad Nayeem playing after the WC is over. Its time for Shuvogoto, Shabbir, Zahirul, Noor Hossain to take over..

[bd fan]

After we finish this world cup we should look for a player who has muscles and is not short, and use him for the batting powerplay, giving him the license to hit hard. This will solve our batting powerplay problem (I am aware this is harder than I make it look)

We can't afford to have mushfiqur rahim at the batting powerplay.

Wish Mahmudullah could be trained to smash the ball at the batting powerplay. He has the potential.

[view360]

Originally Posted by bd fan
After we finish this world cup we should look for a player who has muscles and is not short, and use him for the batting powerplay,

Health is no wealth unless it is utilized with a little bit of liquid called brain.

[nadim 98]

Originally Posted by roman
I really dont see Riyad Nayeem playing after the WC is over. Its time for Shuvogoto, Shabbir, Zahirul, Noor Hossain to take over..

kinda agree. Nasir and Shuvogoto are the 2 who are ahead of the race atm to get in the ODI team.

For test, i would keep both Riyad and Nayeem and bring in Jahirul in place of Sir Ash/Nafis.

[kalpurush]

nadim 98 Cricket Savant

WOW Nadim! Congrats

[Dhakablues]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
kinda agree. Nasir and Shuvogoto are the 2 who are ahead of the race atm to get in the ODI team.

For test, i would keep both Riyad and Nayeem and bring in Jahirul in place of Sir Ash/Nafis.

The real question is.. does our selector know who Nasir or Shubhogoto?

[Shehwar]

Originally Posted by allrounder
what is our record against IR? I think they won 4 and we only won 2 matches in total of 6 matches we played so far. Is that correct?

Nope! 4-2 to Bangladesh.

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[desirocker]

Originally Posted by roman
I really dont see Riyad Nayeem playing after the WC is over. Its time for Shuvogoto, Shabbir, Zahirul, Noor Hossain to take over..

THank you

[Tupun]

Originally Posted by Tiger17
That is so true, Ash is still the 'little kid' in the squad. I too was so upbeat on his performances but recently he's been disappointing to say the least! Instead i think Shahriar Nafees would be a better replacement for him. It would be strange to put him back into the game especially after all the chances hes been given. I know people still want to see that spark in him, but having him back will only put the team back. If anything it will demoralise some of the players currently in the squad

Second that..... Even if he comes in and wins a game for us... he will sink us rest of the tournament and we wont drop him cos he played that memorable innings. We also need to use our batting powerplay properly....... we wait too long to take it and by then the set batsmen r out.

[Tupun]

Originally Posted by view360
Health is no wealth unless it is utilized with a little bit of liquid called brain.

Well said..... but just imagin how the search for that tall muscular player would kick off.... would they put a add on BTV?

[Eshen]

Still no glue for the match thread! Ok, here is a bump

[al Furqaan]

irish capo or WK was a little hazy in his stats...said they had beaten us 3 out of the last 4 times we played...they've beaten us 2/3 times, and once was in 20-20 format.

but they've beaten us 3 out of 7 overall meetings.

[Rifat]

:auntuflag:

if we really lose to Ireland/netharlands, we really don't deserve to host the World Cup.

simple as that.

DO THE JOB and don't forget to give a non-fake genuine smile

[irampool]

Originally Posted by 22Yards
no need to field first again. Its going to be a day match isnt it ?

No it's a D/N match. It's really confusing about what should we do if we win the toss actually.......Ireland batted really well in both of their warm up matches, so if we end up scoring 240-250 odd, the pressure would be on us and Ireland will believe that they are the favourites to win it from there!

On the other hand, if we bowl first and can't restrict them under 250 odd, it might well cause pressure on our batsmen and having the most terrible batsmen to bat in the PP, it's not gonna be easy for us to chase even 250 against them!

And not only Ireland.....we have to think about Ned very closely too, they have a very strong batting line up.....they were really unlucky not to win against Eng after scoring 292!

[22Yards]

Originally Posted by irampool
No it's a D/N match. It's really confusing about what should we do if we win the toss actually.......Ireland batted really well in both of their warm up matches, so if we end up scoring 240-250 odd, the pressure would be on us and Ireland will believe that they are the favourites to win it from there!

On the other hand, if we bowl first and can't restrict them under 250 odd, it might well cause pressure on our batsmen and having the most terrible batsmen to bat in the PP, it's not gonna be easy for us to chase even 250 against them!

And not only Ireland.....we have to think about Ned very closely too, they have a very strong batting line up.....they were really unlucky not to win against Eng after scoring 292!

Coming from the last match my guess is Shakib was counting on the dew to cause the indian bowlers some trouble but i think that didn't quite as planned. On the other hand, he underestimated the indian batting strength and hoped to bundle them out less than 250 and probably wanted to repeat the heroics of 07 WC.

I think we shouldn't presume Irish batting to be weak and count on our bowlers to restrict them to a reachable total. This gamble could come back and haunt us yet again so my suggestion would be not to over think about the toss issue. Our bowlers are under pressure after the disastrous opening match. We should bat first as we would normally after winning the toss.

The game plan should be
bat first, post as much as you can (250+)and choke with some quality left arm spin. I think spin should do the magic for us on this game but I wont count on some presumption.

[shobbo]

Originally Posted by FaHiMa
^ I agree. It should be :

Tamim
Imrul
Zunaed
Shakib
Mushy
Rock
Ash
Razzak
Shafiul
Rubel
Nazmul

I like ur team bt may b instead of rock i wud prefer riyad or nayeem because of their bowling ability.. they had bad match bt still they proved before..Riyad will b better choice between the 2

[mac]

Best of luck tigers. Can't go to the stadium this as my exams start on 27. Thinking of selling my tickets.



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[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Rifat
:auntuflag:

if we really lose to Ireland/netharlands, we really don't deserve to host the World Cup.

simple as that.

DO THE JOB and don't forget to give a non-fake genuine smile

Great post...

[magic boy]

nadim 98 ক্রিকেট সাবান

oh oh congrats Nadim!! :p

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by Rifat
If we really lose to Ireland/netharlands, we really don't deserve to host the World Cup.

I disagree. We have a great crowed and we love cricket in general. Just because our team plays poorly, doesn't mean our fans should be punished for it.

If we lose to Ire/Neth, then we don't deserve to go through to next round, and we probably won't.

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
If we lose to Ire/Neth, then we don't deserve to go through to next round, and we probably won't.

That will be a massive blow for me... the loss against India hurt a lot... but losing to these sides and the consequent embarassment will be too much to bear...

[auntu]

গতকাল রাত্তিরে বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় দলের কাছাকাছি একখানা জার্সি নিয়ে এসেছি। শুক্কুরবারে বাসায় ভালো-মন্দ একটু খাবারের চিন্তা করছি। ডানে-বামের দু-একজন হয়তো আসবেক্ষণ।

শুধু বাবা তামিম, বাবা সাকিব কোপটা জায়গা মতো দিস রে বাবা... বেটাচ্ছেলে এশ হাতে বিস্তর ছাই মেখেই ব্যাটিংএ নেমে পরিস রে। আজকাল তো তোর জন্য ব্যাট ধরা আর পিছল কৈ মাছ ধরা একই বস্তু...।