Nothing to Celebrate. We wont go very far - Page 2

One World · #26 February 25, 2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Zunaid
We have nothing to celebrate. A poverty stricken country where a large chunk live below the poverty line. We have natural disasters hitting us every year. And come the ice meltdown, we might not even exist.

But we do have 150+ million proud and resilient people, except for one, who look forward instead of backwards.

We happen to feel particular joy having a cricket team that is one of the best in the world. In fact, we are in the top 8.

This same team happens to make it to something little called the World Cup. Yes, the frikkin World Cup.

This little team also might even make it to the QF. That is frikkin huge man.

And you think I won't be celebrating?

If I were in Bangladesh now, I would be out in the street yelling my head off. And I ain't a young college brat anymore.

And that's exactly what I did today not being a young college brat either! The jubilation on the streets of Dhaka were ecstatic.

al Furqaan · #27 February 25, 2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tehsin

(by the way, I did not agree with a lot of Shakib's decisions but guess what, he proved that he knows his shyt and I don't and I am so very happy to be wrong on so many occasions today)

me and a friend were wondering why he went with a 5-4 field while Ash and Naeem were bowling on early and that meant huge gaps existed in the field on both sides of the wicket for easy singles. we were literally screaming at our screens in disgust.

eventually i realized that Shakib was setting sucha field for the part timers (ash and naeem). but he went with a "standard" field with the specialist bowlers and then the Irish had real trouble. if you notice Ireland reached 90-3 very quickly, but then went 88-7 at a slower pace.

i still don't understand the wisdom behind that, and there might not be any except pure chance, but hey, we got the W, and thats what counts.

I also felt that he overbowled ash. Ash should have been taken out 2-3 overs before that 14 run over, which nearly killed the game. again we got the W, and by the end of the game, you could see that Shafi was just bowling without any pressure because he knew he could concede 20 for that last wicket.

Dhakablues · #28 February 25, 2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Shakil_TX
Wait, I thought if we beat West Indies and Nederlands from here, we should be in Quarter Finals, am I thinking wrong?

You are a tad bit.. If West Indies also does the same, beat Ireland, Ned, England or vice versa, we will have a tie and the NRR will be the factor. Hence, we needed to win by a big margin today. So we are not really out of the woods just yet.

auntu · #29 February 25, 2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Zunaid
We have nothing to celebrate. A poverty stricken country where a large chunk live below the poverty line. We have natural disasters hitting us every year. And come the ice meltdown, we might not even exist.

But we do have 150+ million proud and resilient people, except for one, who look forward instead of backwards.

We happen to feel particular joy having a cricket team that is one of the best in the world. In fact, we are in the top 8.

This same team happens to make it to something little called the World Cup. Yes, the frikkin World Cup.

This little team also might even make it to the QF. That is frikkin huge man.

And you think I won't be celebrating?

If I were in Bangladesh now, I would be out in the street yelling my head off. And I ain't a young college brat anymore.

Post of the thread Boss.
Really sums up every feelings here.

syedmahm · #30 February 25, 2011, 02:48 PM

Finger crossed until we beat 2 more teams.

jisaan · #31 February 25, 2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 6alltheway
title says it all really. Best we can hope for is to beat wi and ned (even that will be hard) and hope to have a chance at qf match. But we are not really anywhere near the quality of top 6

gthl-)

J Mo · #32 February 25, 2011, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 6alltheway
Title says it all really. Best we can hope for is to beat WI and Ned (even that will be hard) and hope to have a chance at QF match. but we are not really anywhere near the quality of top 6

One step and then another and the longest walk is ended.One brick upon another and the highest wall is made.
My friend, Bangladesh may be not close to top six right now,but we are top eight team already.Who knows few years down the line where BD will be. Important thing is keep believing and fighting.That's what exactly our boys have done to defend a small total of 205.So,well done Tigers.There is indeed a reason for celebration.

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Kana-Baba · #33 February 25, 2011, 03:06 PM

no offense I think only person with serious chronic constipation would not celebrate win.

EspnBhai · #34 February 25, 2011, 03:09 PM

YES there's nothing to celebrate UNLESS we win the rest of all five matches ...

i'd target mainly Eng & SA, rather than WI/NED.

we should win all five and get to the final, that'd be a proper celebration for me.

bdtiger · #35 February 25, 2011, 04:34 PM

DGM- Dure Giya Mor

IanW · #36 February 25, 2011, 04:55 PM

This is the sort of game we used to lose - winning ugly is what champions do.

And, by WG Grace's beard, this was an ugly win.

But it was a win.

ashraful1 · #37 February 25, 2011, 05:16 PM

We dugged out the result, we didn't play well but still won, that's a good thing.

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aniksh1 · #38 February 25, 2011, 05:18 PM

Public needs to stop saying stuff on the field or talking smack and saying stuff that we cannot back up...let us quiet down and not put extra pressure on the players...otherwise they will crumble again like they did today against Ireland...and get battered like against India after saying we will repeat 2007...

Shakil_TX · #39 February 25, 2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhakablues
You are a tad bit.. If West Indies also does the same, beat Ireland, Ned, England or vice versa, we will have a tie and the NRR will be the factor. Hence, we needed to win by a big margin today. So we are not really out of the woods just yet.

You are right. I must have been smoking my happy stuff a little too early in the day. However WI already lost to SA and I was already assuming they were going to loose to India and England too, and that being the case if we beat Nederlands and WI then it would be safe too say we made to the Quarter Finals. Or am I still not getting this right

Damn! Amar ganjar kolkita gelo koi? Haq Mawla!

sar2005 · #40 February 25, 2011, 06:12 PM

I hope you are not serious! One of the very few things that we 160 million celebrate together is our wins. I know we did not bat well but the win came from a point where it was just a matter of time for IRE to win (41 runs in last 10 overs with 4 wickets on hand). This was simply amazing!!

This is the win that forced me to reset my password after 2 years to login BC to celebrate with you all. And now you are telling not to celebrate?

PS> Please don\t tag me shuker payra! My age and life does not support to come hear and post regularly but I had my eye always on bc to read all of your discussions.

simon · #41 February 25, 2011, 06:18 PM

It's disappointing cause we shld hv won it with big margin but no we were abt to loose.
But still we can celebrate cause we won from a loosing position,tht's wht makes it special & it will lift us more.

shaad · #42 February 25, 2011, 06:58 PM

Look, everyone has off days, days when you're simply not in form -- you've seen batsmen have those and either play themselves in or get out. Today just happened to be a day when most of our batsmen simply didn't click. These things happen and will happen, hopefully with less frequency as our lads mature as a team. But professional teams can have such off days, and still be able to dig out a win. Our boys did -- and it shows a degree of grit and confidence which was lacking previously. I think that's certainly worth celebrating.

metallian · #43 February 25, 2011, 07:10 PM

what a bad energy. have some optimism dooodee. This thread was an epic failure

Night_wolf · #44 February 25, 2011, 08:55 PM

lets look at rest of our wc now..the most hyped game "india match" is over...our fara game "ireland match" is over..so now both the batting and bowling unit now can play without pressure..1st match the bowlers buckled under pressure and in the 2nd match it was the batters

Antora · #45 February 25, 2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kana-Baba
no offense I think only person with serious chronic constipation would not celebrate win.

hahahah WTH? that was so random :P

al Furqaan · #46 February 25, 2011, 11:53 PM

2 years ago, this was a game we'd lose by 6 wickets inside 40 overs.

cricket_king · #47 February 26, 2011, 03:14 AM

LOL @ thread opener. Dude, I was celebrating all night even after the match. And I'm still not finished. Defending 205? We are kings.

cricket_king · #48 February 26, 2011, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Antora
hahahah WTH? that was so random :P

How is it 'random'? It's called exaggeration, or hyperbole. His point is clear. Any Bangladeshi fan would've celebrated this win. Duh. I'm so tired of people using the word 'random' as an adjective just for a lack of a better word. Awfully limited vocabularies.

al-Sagar · #49 February 26, 2011, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Neel Here
on the contrary I get the feeling that this team has not peaked yet, the best is yet to come !

which only bodes well for the future matches of BD.

we are getting better and better .......

tamim is due a century soon.

imrul is due to play a slow but long innings which will prove effective.

nafees may get a game someday and show it was a wrong decision to keep him out of the team.

ashraful got a choto EID with ball, may be a BORO EID with bat will come soon.

Naeem and Mahmudullah may recover their lost game which they were reknowed off. playing well at 7,8.

bowling wise raj and shakib still havent bowl at their best .... ....

shafi got his dream spell yesterday and Rubel will get one soon like the one he got agaisnt NZ in the 4th ODI.

shuvo will get a chance and do something similar to what he did to Finish off NZ in the 2nd ODI.

LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN STILL DO. TODAYS WIN WILL BOOST OUR MORAL FOR THE FUTURE GAMES AND IF THINGS WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE STARTS TO HAPPEN ... ...

jisaan · #50 February 26, 2011, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by offstump
we are getting better and better .......

tamim is due a century soon.

imrul is due to play a slow but long innings which will prove effective.

nafees may get a game someday and show it was a wrong decision to keep him out of the team.

ashraful got a choto EID with ball, may be a BORO EID with bat will come soon.

Naeem and Mahmudullah may recover their lost game which they were reknowed off. playing well at 7,8.

bowling wise raj and shakib still havent bowl at their best .... ....

shafi got his dream spell yesterday and Rubel will get one soon like the one he got agaisnt NZ in the 4th ODI.

shuvo will get a chance and do something similar to what he did to Finish off NZ in the 2nd ODI.

LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN STILL DO. TODAYS WIN WILL BOOST OUR MORAL FOR THE FUTURE GAMES AND IF THINGS WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE STARTS TO HAPPEN ... ...

- "great men think alike"