Bangladesh's Worst Ever Test Performance
F Waliullah

First innings score is 139 all out. Second innings score is 87 all out. The opposition scores 536 all out. What does it tell you? It is just
Bangladesh's worst test match performance ever. Bangladesh lost to West Indies inside three (3) days, by the biggest margin of an innings and 310 runs. 87 runs is Bangladesh's lowest ever test score in a test innings, as well as lowest ever test match total - combination of two innings for Bangladesh - only 226 runs.

If this goes on in the 2nd test match of Bangladesh too, then we should forefeit our world cup matches. It would be better to forefeit all
world cup matches rather than to see all our batsman going down to fast bowling like this.

After watching the Bangladesh batsman going down in first innings, we all thought that it was alright as there was some grass on the wicket and that the batsman had to bat on a new wicket on the first morning in a test match. Also we had this big hope of returning back in the second innings.

But all is lost now. The second innings total is the lowest ever Bangladesh total in any test innings. And it was also not against a bowling attack which consisted of the likes of Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie. With the experience of playing in the conditions of South Africa, against the quick South African bowlers, what the batsman, especially those batsman who went to South Africa and played regularly there and was successful, should have come forward and perform at least against the inexperienced West Indies
bowlers.

And what this poor batting performance of Bangladesh batsman have managed to do is that when they will face the same West Indian fast bowlers, their legs will start to shake even watching the likes of Drakes, Lawson and Collins with the ball in hand. If they can prove these words wrong, then that's going to be better, but if not, then all they have in the far future is the fear for fast bowlers who are not even in the big show yet.

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