Match Thread: 1st Test, Bangladesh vs. West Indies at SBNS, Dhaka; November 13-17, 2012

[mac]

Dear Ruposhi Bangla, I will eat dinner for one week in your restaurant if you mix Jamal Kouta in Chandu's dinner.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Habib
Maybe you should take a nap more often.

hashte haste khocha diye kotha bolen kan, habib bhai...

btw day 3,4 belonged to ours, 2 was wi, 1 was even almost

[oronnya]

Originally Posted by maysun
Holy moly.. I take a nap and five wickets fall?! WOW!

Can you reply to that Hasan man @ CI now

[Roni_uk]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
o ki adyo khelbe?

he will be back. Pet kharap aar koydin thake. He must have had lots of immodium by now

[mac]

Originally Posted by maysun
Holy moly.. I take a nap and five wickets fall?! WOW!

Stay awake the whole time and go to take the nap when match starts tomorrow.

[AbuDarda]

What a come back by our bowlers! bravo boys!

[mahbubH]

What a half an hour of test cricket!! Great.

On another note... is there any team lost a test match after scoring 550+ runs in their first innings?

[Roni_uk]

cr*pinfo doesn't think we would win.... lol

"So West Indies are six down with a lead of 200-odd runs and that has set-up the game nicely for the last day. The way things are going at the moment, looks like Bangladesh will get a 240-250 target, and that should play in WI's favour too as it will keep the home side interested. Although, wickets went down in a heap in the last half hour, the main work was done by the partnership between Kieran Powell and Darren Bravo"

[WindieFan]

LOL well done for fighting back, p/ssed off that we lost a wicket so late, but the fact is we're playing with 5 batters and one of them is at the hotel right now, apparently Chanders should be back tomorrow though, and if thats the case i believe a 300 lead is still on, Sammy can bat as he already proved by getting a ton in England, and we all know what Chanders can do, i'm hoping both of them can take it till lunch, then it will be interesting,

Another thing that CANNOT be denied is the ball is turning BIG TIME!!! , and it's only gonna get worse tomorrow, so it will be very interesting to see how Bang deal with Narine in these conditions, he was starting to turn it on earlier today, i can't see how he doesn't make a big impact with the pitch cutting up.

[Isnaad]

Game on! Exactly what I wanted!

[mr cricket]

We can win this!

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by WindieFan
LOL well done for fighting back, p/ssed off that we lost a wicket so late, but the fact is we're playing with 5 batters and one of them is at the hotel right now, apparently Chanders should be back tomorrow though, and if thats the case i believe a 300 lead is still on, Sammy can bat as he already proved by getting a ton in England, and we all know what Chanders can do, i'm hoping both of them can take it till lunch, then it will be interesting,

Another thing that CANNOT be denied is the ball is turning BIG TIME!!! , and it's only gonna get worse tomorrow, so it will be very interesting to see how Bang deal with Narine in these conditions, he was starting to turn it on earlier today, i can't see how he doesn't make a big impact with the pitch cutting up.

Yes, Narine was getting some serious rip today whereas there was zero turn just yesterday. It will be a stern test even if you don't add another run to your lead. Only thing in our favor is that Almost all of the BD batters bat well against spin...even Junaid and Nafees.

[rinathq]

Originally Posted by WindieFan
LOL well done for fighting back, p/ssed off that we lost a wicket so late, but the fact is we're playing with 5 batters and one of them is at the hotel right now, apparently Chanders should be back tomorrow though, and if thats the case i believe a 300 lead is still on, Sammy can bat as he already proved by getting a ton in England, and we all know what Chanders can do, i'm hoping both of them can take it till lunch, then it will be interesting,

Another thing that CANNOT be denied is the ball is turning BIG TIME!!! , and it's only gonna get worse tomorrow, so it will be very interesting to see how Bang deal with Narine in these conditions, he was starting to turn it on earlier today, i can't see how he doesn't make a big impact with the pitch cutting up.

It isn't turning "big time".. infact, its barely turning other than some rare ones
in fact the only wicket which resulted from a turn was Samuel's. All the other deliveries were arm balls/ quickers.

[Tiger Manc]

Good performance towards the end, but I can't help feel that dropped catch by Junaid is going to hurt us.

[KaaL-PurusH]

hey guys, how many catches was dropped today?

[mr cricket]

If we win this, it will be our first victory against the big "8" nations. It will also change the way other nations looks at us.

Lets pray for the best.

[Ian Pont]

Tomorrow morning is a BIG session! The lead isn't enough yet for WI and they are in a 50-50 position. This means BD have a REAL chance to press on here and bowl out WI to chase less than 280.

Brilliant effort.

[mahbubH]

Originally Posted by KaaL-PurusH
hey guys, how many catches was dropped today?

I saw Zunaed dropped one at the slip.

[Ian Pont]

Originally Posted by mr cricket
If we win this, it will be our first victory against the big "8" nations. It will also change the way other nations looks at us.

Lets pray for the best.

It will not. Only winning Test matches at home regularly and then sometimes away, will do that.

[Rabz]

Left the stadium at 3.30 when the Windies pair was going good at it.
Came home only to see the flurry of wickets at the end.
But had a good day at the ground, so not feeling sad to have missed those wickets at the ground.

[WindieFan]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Yes, Narine was getting some serious rip today whereas there was zero turn just yesterday. It will be a stern test even if you don't add another run to your lead. Only thing in our favor is that Almost all of the BD batters bat well against spin...even Junaid and Nafees.

And how many of them have scored runs on a minefield? because the way Shakib and Gazi was getting rip towards the end today i honestly think there could be big trouble ahead for Bangla.

[Maysun]

Originally Posted by mac
Stay awake the whole time and go to take the nap when match starts tomorrow.

Not a chance. I will be awake and celebrating the victory with you..

Originally Posted by oronnya
Can you reply to that Hasan man @ CI now

They don't take comments after Stumps.

Will read the commentary and try my best tomorrow

[KaaL-PurusH]

Originally Posted by mahbubH
I saw Zunaed dropped one at the slip.

u just saw? didn't u suppose to shoot him? man up

[WindieFan]

Originally Posted by Ian Pont
Tomorrow morning is a BIG session! The lead isn't enough yet for WI and they are in a 50-50 position. This means BD have a REAL chance to press on here and bowl out WI to chase less than 280.

Brilliant effort.

With Chanderpaul at the crease he only bats one way, safety first, so if we manage to get to lunch with a 300 lead i can't see us losing, i'm also glad we've got the runs on the board already, batting last on a pitch thats turning is very tough, especially on the last day.

[mr cricket]

Originally Posted by Ian Pont
It will not. Only winning Test matches at home regularly and then sometimes away, will do that.

Yea, but atleast this match proves we can be competitive in Test format. We just need more chances to play top nations, so we can continue to improve.