Match Thread::1st ODI: West Indies v Bangladesh at St George's (August 20, 2014 | 9:30 local | 13:30 GMT)

[Zeeshan]

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People who should be scared incase records get broken:



chaminda vaas incase his first 3 ball hattrick gets broken!



viru sehwag incase 219 gets broken by mithun ali




entire team canada incase lowest score ever gets broken

[Rana Melb]

Bat nai...

[Gowza]

rubel will look to become BD's 5th highest ODI wicket taker, he needs 3 wickets to jump khaled mahmud who is on 67 wickets from 77 matches, rubel has 65 from 49 matches.

mushy will try to overtake nafees as BD's 4th on the list of most 50+ scores in ODIs, both are currently on 17.

riyad could also potentially leapfrog a few bowlers on the wickets list, both he and rasel are both on 61 wickets, 4 wickets behind where rubel currently stands.

mash may overtake shakib as BD's 2nd highest ODI wicket taker, he's currently on 168 with shakib on 171.

if tamim has a good series he could become BD's highest ODI run scorer but he needs 130 runs to do that and with his form it's probably unlikely.

[SS]

Originally Posted by Gowza
rubel will look to become BD's 5th highest ODI wicket taker, he needs 3 wickets to jump khaled mahmud who is on 67 wickets from 77 matches, rubel has 65 from 49 matches.

mushy will try to overtake nafees as BD's 4th on the list of most 50+ scores in ODIs, both are currently on 17.

riyad could also potentially leapfrog a few bowlers on the wickets list, both he and rasel are both on 61 wickets, 4 wickets behind where rubel currently stands.

mash may overtake shakib as BD's 2nd highest ODI wicket taker, he's currently on 168 with shakib on 171.

if tamim has a good series he could become BD's highest ODI run scorer but he needs 130 runs to do that and with his form it's probably unlikely.

Thanks for the summarized milestone highlights.. Very useful information .. Super like and +1

[Gowza]

my XI:

1 anamul
2 imrul
3 mominul
4 mushy
5 shamsur
6 nasir
7 riyad
8 mash
9 rubel
10 taskin
11 al amin

certainly not an ideal playing XI, i'd have shamsur open with imrul at #3 but we need someone else in the middle order and i don't want to play tamim or mithun and mominul has been playing at 3 lately and i think it's better to drop shamsur down the order rather than imrul...could even move riyad or nasir up spot and shamsur can play down as far as #7 but then that's giving more responsibility to riyad who's never really proven that he should be pushed up the order and nasir has also been out of form.

i picked 4 pacers because riyad is going to be just as good as (maybe better) razzak or gazi with the ball and probably all of the 4 pacers will be better than those 2.

[Tiger Manc]

Originally Posted by Gowza
my XI:

1 anamul
2 imrul
3 mominul
4 mushy
5 shamsur
6 nasir
7 riyad
8 mash
9 rubel
10 taskin
11 al amin

certainly not an ideal playing XI, i'd have shamsur open with imrul at #3 but we need someone else in the middle order and i don't want to play tamim or mithun and mominul has been playing at 3 lately and i think it's better to drop shamsur down the order rather than imrul...could even move riyad or nasir up spot and shamsur can play down as far as #7 but then that's giving more responsibility to riyad who's never really proven that he should be pushed up the order and nasir has also been out of form.

i picked 4 pacers because riyad is going to be just as good as (maybe better) razzak or gazi with the ball and probably all of the 4 pacers will be better than those 2.

Good team although Tamim might get in to the team ahead of Shamsur after his knock of 91.

I would definitely go with 4 pacers. You won't get a better opportunity to play 4 and after Riyad's knock today I'd go with him as the 5th bowler.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Good team although Tamim might get in to the team ahead of Shamsur after his knock of 91.

I would definitely go with 4 pacers. You won't get a better opportunity to play 4 and after Riyad's knock today I'd go with him as the 5th bowler.

If tamim gets in and he probably will, then it should be imrul left out rather than shamsur, shamsur is more versatile and can bat anywhere whereas imrul is purely top order. Unless you move mominul back down the order but they shouldn't as they've been trying to groom him in that #3 spot recently where he started to do well and he didn't do so well down the order.

[shivfan]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
Good team although Tamim might get in to the team ahead of Shamsur after his knock of 91.

I would definitely go with 4 pacers. You won't get a better opportunity to play 4 and after Riyad's knock today I'd go with him as the 5th bowler.

IMHO, the only ground where it makes sense to go in with four pacers is at Basseterre for the final ODI...that's a small ground, and spinners can get hammered.

But St George's is very good to spinners...I think they're a must-pick in Grenada.

BTW, does anyone know of any channel in the UK showing this series?

[Yameen]

Originally Posted by shivfan

BTW, does anyone know of any channel in the UK showing this series?

According to Skysports website they are showing it http://www1.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky

However, I am not sure if this is out of date as there is no mention of it on the ads nor on the Sky tv guide?

[rubel_18]

Originally Posted by Yameen
According to Skysports website they are showing it http://www1.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky

However, I am not sure if this is out of date as there is no mention of it on the ads nor on the Sky tv guide?

I contacted one of the sky advisors online and they seemed to reassure that it will still be shown if its on the schedule, they may just update the listing by tomorrow or something. So lets hope thats the case.

[mehedi]

Originally Posted by Yameen
According to Skysports website they are showing it http://www1.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky

However, I am not sure if this is out of date as there is no mention of it on the ads nor on the Sky tv guide?

According to the SS website(your link) they will show the T20 game as far as I could understand. Let's hope they show all the matches though

WED 27TH AUGUST

England 10:30 India
England v India ODI Series 201, Sky Sports 2 HD (10:00)
West Indies 23:30 Bangladesh
West Indies v Bangladesh Twent, Sky Sports 2 HD (00:00)

[One World]

I want Gazi to repeat his heroics overseas.

[SS]

Originally Posted by One World
I want Gazi to repeat his heroics overseas.

He seems to be just another short lived shuper star

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by SS
He seems to be just another short lived shuper star

Other than Sakeb almost all are one hit wonder, and yes, even Tamim. Ironically Sakeb won't be featuring. Topsy turvy world we live in.

[SS]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
Other than Sakeb almost all are one hit wonder, and yes, even Tamim. Ironically Sakeb won't be featuring. Topsy turvy world we live in.

Agree with you 1000%.. Each player seems to select their once in a life time performance in a series .. Who seems to be for this series... The newbies.. Mitchum Chakrabarti Ali or Taskin Lee Akther Ahmed

[Gowza]

i wouldn't say mushy and tamim are one hit wonders, or mash. shakib is however the only player who has been consistent from the start and continued it. mushy started poorly and has been on the up ever since whereas tamim had an ok start then became really good and has now become poor. mash has always been quite decent but injury prone. we'll see how these guys go over their entire careers and then make a judgement. i don't see any new players being able to push out shakib and mushy, tamim's spot is purely up to whether tamim can make it back to the batsman he once was or not, otherwise anamul, shamsur and imrul are going to push him out.

[Sohel]

I see one of only two possible outcomes for us in this game, considering neither our greatest ever cricketer nor Shakib is in this team.

1) Defeat snatched from a possibly winning position thanks to Mushfiq's classic captaincy.

or

2) Windies pacers doing to our batsmen what the tsunami did to some of the family resorts in Phuket.

But I'll watch the match anyway, every ball and all, because that's the kind of masochism we partake in. Also looking forward to Taskin's bowling, Bijoy's allegedly improved footwork, and Shourobh's continued maturity. Everything else is a bonus.

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by Sohel
I see one of only two possible outcomes for us in this game, considering neither our greatest ever cricketer nor Shakib is in this team.

1) Defeat snatched from a possibly winning position thanks to Mushfiq's classic captaincy.

or

2) Windies pacers doing to our batsmen what the tsunami did to some of the family resorts in Phuket.

But I'll watch the match anyway, every ball and all, because that's the kind of masochism we partake in. Also looking forward to Taskin's bowling, Bijoy's allegedly improved footwork, and Shourobh's continued maturity. Everything else is a bonus.

[Razi]

[simon]

Originally Posted by Razi

interesting but that dish is more of a south indian dish, for us it should have been bhaat maach.

good luck to Zee bhai, his thread & the cats.

[Equinox]

^Lol is that daal?

[affan_ayan]

Zeeshan,

its a request for the therad openning style. I thought you will give BD player pictures and some west indies. Even we are loosing, but whenever I see Mushfiq's DAD pr some other BD tigers crazy pics..it gives me unbriddled joy.

Now, I got shocked by seeing Shewag, Vaas, Canada team..Mood completely went off. We can write some texts but in the main thread all foreign palyers totally made me shocked.

Please take care of this in future, if possible.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by affan_ayan
Zeeshan,

its a request for the therad openning style. I thought you will give BD player pictures and some west indies. Even we are loosing, but whenever I see Mushfiq's DAD pr some other BD tigers crazy pics..it gives me unbriddled joy.

Now, I got shocked by seeing Shewag, Vaas, Canada team..Mood completely went off. We can write some texts but in the main thread all foreign palyers totally made me shocked.

Please take care of this in future, if possible.

You picked the wrong day and time, bro. And I Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiindly suggest you take care of your spelling in the future before dishing out suggestions. And this is me replying in the nicest way possible.

Matbori amio korte pari instead of letting others trample over me.

[Donal C]

Originally Posted by affan_ayan
Zeeshan,

its a request for the therad openning style. I thought you will give BD player pictures and some west indies. Even we are loosing, but whenever I see Mushfiq's DAD pr some other BD tigers crazy pics..it gives me unbriddled joy.

Now, I got shocked by seeing Shewag, Vaas, Canada team..Mood completely went off. We can write some texts but in the main thread all foreign palyers totally made me shocked.

Please take care of this in future, if possible.

Canada deserve some love too .....

[affan_ayan]

SHewag-re dekhlei mathai rokto chore jai...or oitar pic abar shabar age diche...mejaj-tai kharap hoe gelo