Match Thread: ICC WC 2015 - Afghanistan vs. Bangladesh at Canberra, Australia; February the 18th, 2015

[BengaliPagol]

From what i've seen at the games i've been to i think Soumya is the best guy to take advantage of the initial power plays overs. Mominul should be dropped due to poor form and i guess in terms of performances Anamul gets the nod ahead of Mominul due to his uncanny unability to score big. As much as i want Mushfiq to bat at #3 i feel like in reality it won't happen at all.

The toughest choice is to either get rid off the specialist spinner from the team or have an extra batsmen in the team. Cos nowadays most teams have capable batsmen all the way down to #8 and we wont have that if Taijul in the team (3 pacers is a must).

But it really depends on the pitch conditions cos i dont know if Manuka is suited for spinners. Atm i rkn if we had to pick from either Shabbir or Nasir it should be Shabbir but thats cos i like Shabbir more and plus he can bowl leggies. But overall i think the most realistic and best team imo is this.

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Soumya Sarkar
3. Anamul Haque
4. Mahmudullah
5. Shakib al Hasan
6. Mushfiqur Rahim
7. Shabbir Rahman
8. Mashrafe Mortaza
9. Taijul Islam
10. Taskin Ahmed
11. Rubel Hossain

[Jadukor]

Ireland had WI down to 80/5 and then went to concede 306 runs. Yet they refused to get demoralized and had the strength of character to chase down this huge target with overs to spare. BD should take lessions from this and never give up and continue fighting till the end. Our players have more experience and have faced tougher competition than the Afghan challenge. If we are mentally strong we should be able to outclass them in all departments. There should not be self doubt or tentativeness in our approach. We should act like a test nation and look to dominate.

[G-man]

I don't think these guys give up games...that's a different era. I can't pull exact games but I do remember then coming back from down n out positions

[ahnaf]

Bangladesh have not played an international game for two-and-a-half months now, but going by this afternoon's workout, they are putting in the effort in training. Barring Tamim Iqbal, who is feeling his way back from a knee injury and only faced throwdowns and some offbreaks, the other Bangladesh batsmen had long stints in the side nets just outside Manuka Oval against both pace and spin. The fast bowlers ran in hard in the heat and tested their team-mates' techniques.

The injury-prone Mashrafe Mortaza eased into his spell, bowling off a few paces at the start, and clutching his right shoulder on a few occasions as he loosened up. He was soon sprinting in from his usual run-up, although he was the slowest of the four Bangladesh pace bowlers. He also bowled the shortest spell among the four, choosing to have a short batting stint after that.

Rubel Hossain seemed the quickest, sending Mahmudullah's leg stump out of the ground with a sharp yorker. He also found some swing, while the two young ones, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain hit the surface hard and generated rapid bounce. The well-built Taskin, especially, was quite a sight when viewed from just behind the batsman as he pounded in.

Rubel and Al-Amin bowled in tandem, while Mortaza and Taskin took charge in another net. Spinners operated in the remaining two practice nets. Team manager and former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud sent down a handful of his mediums as well, even going past the outside edge a couple of times.

Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah comprised the first batch of batsmen while Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman and Mortaza formed the second. Anamul Haque came on in the final batch along with some of the bowlers.

Interesting.

Anyway, full story here
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cric...tml?CMP=chrome

[Rifat]

Canberra tey khela hocchey? taar maney Naimul bhaiya janala theke khela dekhte parbe(or he might as well make it to the stadium with his newly formed family )

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by Rifat
most teams put in three/four hours practice anyways. it just shows the pathetic state of our cricket when just one rigorous session happens in the nets it makes headline news

How do we know they just had one rigorous session? Their doing a report on it now because the match is just a day away. Let's not jump in to conclusions

[cricket_pagol]

Originally Posted by tanvir_nus
I am from Canberra and incase my review was not conveyed before, this is a very good pitch for scoring runs. Afghanistan can easily score 300+ if put into bat first or chase down that score. The weather will be pretty good for batting, pretty small boundaries. I have been to the big bash finals and most of the sixes attempted were reaching the spectators. Hoggy (Brad Hogg) bowled a tight line and didn't give away too many runs, it's the wicket that Bangladeshis will feel most at home. No where in Australia will they get such a good wicket and most suited to them. This means they have no excuse of alien conditions and should definitely win this.

Again, we have to score many runs. From chasing or posing target, whichever choice we are given. No way out on this one. 300 should be the BARE MINIMUM target.

Is the pitch at canberra one of those drop in pitches?

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by ahnaf
Bangladesh have not played an international game for two-and-a-half months now, but going by this afternoon's workout, they are putting in the effort in training. Barring Tamim Iqbal, who is feeling his way back from a knee injury and only faced throwdowns and some offbreaks, the other Bangladesh batsmen had long stints in the side nets just outside Manuka Oval against both pace and spin. The fast bowlers ran in hard in the heat and tested their team-mates' techniques.

The injury-prone Mashrafe Mortaza eased into his spell, bowling off a few paces at the start, and clutching his right shoulder on a few occasions as he loosened up. He was soon sprinting in from his usual run-up, although he was the slowest of the four Bangladesh pace bowlers. He also bowled the shortest spell among the four, choosing to have a short batting stint after that.

Rubel Hossain seemed the quickest, sending Mahmudullah's leg stump out of the ground with a sharp yorker. He also found some swing, while the two young ones, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain hit the surface hard and generated rapid bounce. The well-built Taskin, especially, was quite a sight when viewed from just behind the batsman as he pounded in.

Rubel and Al-Amin bowled in tandem, while Mortaza and Taskin took charge in another net. Spinners operated in the remaining two practice nets. Team manager and former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud sent down a handful of his mediums as well, even going past the outside edge a couple of times.

Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah comprised the first batch of batsmen while Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman and Mortaza formed the second. Anamul Haque came on in the final batch along with some of the bowlers.

Interesting.

Anyway, full story here
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cric...tml?CMP=chrome

It might mean Anamul is out if that's the case. The XI seems pretty unclear still

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by BengaliPagol
From what i've seen at the games i've been to i think Soumya is the best guy to take advantage of the initial power plays overs. Mominul should be dropped due to poor form and i guess in terms of performances Anamul gets the nod ahead of Mominul due to his uncanny unability to score big. As much as i want Mushfiq to bat at #3 i feel like in reality it won't happen at all.

The toughest choice is to either get rid off the specialist spinner from the team or have an extra batsmen in the team. Cos nowadays most teams have capable batsmen all the way down to #8 and we wont have that if Taijul in the team (3 pacers is a must).

But it really depends on the pitch conditions cos i dont know if Manuka is suited for spinners. Atm i rkn if we had to pick from either Shabbir or Nasir it should be Shabbir but thats cos i like Shabbir more and plus he can bowl leggies. But overall i think the most realistic and best team imo is this.

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Soumya Sarkar
3. Anamul Haque
4. Mahmudullah
5. Shakib al Hasan
6. Mushfiqur Rahim
7. Shabbir Rahman
8. Mashrafe Mortaza
9. Taijul Islam
10. Taskin Ahmed
11. Rubel Hossain

Looks like Anamul won't play the first match, Mominul will instead. If he fails, Anamul comes in the next..but not sure though. These two are still pretty uncomfortable, in these pitches.

[cricman]

Very Important to be able to read the pitch correctly. Depending on the surface the slower bowlers can have success.

[ahnaf]

Originally Posted by Tiger444
It might mean Anamul is out if that's the case. The XI seems pretty unclear still

most likely that's the case but you never know.

[Nadim]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...io/833065.html

I'm tired of hearing "GOOD CRICKET".

[Roni_uk]

My head says bat first, bat first, bat first... But my heart says field as we wouldn't know what is a good score. I dont want batsman to get out for thinking they need to go beyond 280, 300, 320.

[tanvir_nus]

Originally Posted by cricket_pagol
Is the pitch at canberra one of those drop in pitches?

I might go and see the guys practicing today if I get some break from office. But an educated guess here, even if it is a dropping pitch it will probably be even more batting friendly than the normal. We have to beat Afghanistan with our batting make no mistake. If we are batting first, we need to score, again I have to say this a 300, and chasing we have to chase confidently down a steep target. We have to keep those in mind.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Nadim
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...io/833065.html

I'm tired of hearing "GOOD CRICKET".

im sick of "If we play to our ability .... Bla bla" if you can't play with certainty to some degree, it's not your ability damn, it's fluke....

[Tigerblood99]

Originally Posted by BANFAN
im sick of "If we play to our ability .... Bla bla" if you can't play with certainty to some degree, it's not your ability damn, it's fluke....

Cant have certainty in cricket man, gayle n co was down 5 before 100 with that killer lineup. So was australia, n a lucky dropped catch. Ability has not given certainty in this WC

[bujhee kom]

Ki jani ki hoi, ki hoi../
SHudhu bhoi bhoi...
Raatey chokhey ghum nei.../
Mathar chul/pither/kaaner/nostriler Chul sob phekey gelo...

[Rana Melb]

Are afghans are cautious or playing mind game?

http://www.24livenewspaper.com/site/...lyinqilab.com/

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
Earnest request from a fan:

বাবারা তোরা আয়ারল্যান্ডের সাথে হারছোস,
মাইন্ড খাই নাই।
তোরা তো প্রতি ম্যাচেই হারের মাঝেই অর্জন খুজোস,
আল্লার দোহাই লাগে আফগানিস্তান আর স্কটল্যান্ডের সাথে এসব অর্জন ফর্জন খুজিসনা।
তগো পিছনে খেটে খাওয়া মানুষের মাথার ঘাম পায়ে ফেলানো টাকা আর কোটি হৃদয়ের ভালবাসার কথা মাথায় রেখে খেলিস বাপ।।

শত আতংক আর অনিশ্চয়তায় ভরা দিনগুলির মাঝে তোদের দিকেই মানুষ তাকিয়ে থাকে একটু আনন্দে চিৎকার করার আশায়।।
ভাল থাক, ভাল খেল আর টাইগারের গর্জনে কাঁপিয়ে দিয়ে আয়...

শুভ কামনা তোদের জন্যে....

Just a gentle reminder

[tanvir_nus]

Just came back from the practice ground, didn't see any fast bowlers, probably taking a break and staying fresh for tomorrow. Good intense session. Very serious faces, which kinda scare me a bit... They should be going out there and enjoying and being really confident. Other than that, a pretty solid practice.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by tanvir_nus
Just came back from the practice ground, didn't see any fast bowlers, probably taking a break and staying fresh for tomorrow. Good intense session. Very serious faces, which kinda scare me a bit... They should be going out there and enjoying and being really confident. Other than that, a pretty solid practice.

Game face is good. Players laughing and smiling and posters will say they went to only take selfies, not play cricket. They should be serious even if its just Afghanistan.

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Game face is good. Players laughing and smiling and posters will say they went to only take selfies, not play cricket. They should be serious even if its just Afghanistan.

Being too much serious never works for us, it backfires.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Being too much serious never works for us, it backfires.

Yes let's just go clubbing all night like 2003. Much better.

[Rifat]

It's good to have fun, in it's proper context. I loved the fact that guys went out go carting and enjoyed themselves You can also have a lot of fun while playing cricket. Remember how much fun the guys had beating India in World cup 2007? How much fun Ashraful had toying with South African bowlers in World cup 2007?. the key is to have fun while being professional, having fun without losing your senses...

[fuzzy]

Canberra will become bangla bazar for a day