Eh, how come SL wins the toss and elects to bat first?

[Tigers_eye]

They are not afraid of the dew?

[Jadukor]

eh, why this needs to be a new thread?

[MohammedC]

eh, they are in trouble.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
eh, why this needs to be a new thread?

Great question. Two things.
1. You don't answer a question with a question. People do that to avoid discussion/conversation.

2. Because some of the people here do not understand the difficulty of chasing. See Ricky Ponting.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
eh, they are in trouble.

This is not about being in trouble. This is about making a statement. Showing intent. When you are at home, playing against a team not ranked in ODIs...

Gorai golod.

[Jadukor]

eh, the dew is going to screw Sri Lanka today

[Shehwar]

Batting first is a good strategy against lesser teams who succumb to pressure! We should have done that against Afghans.

[Maysun]

Originally Posted by Shehwar
Batting first is a good strategy against lesser teams who succumb to pressure! We should have done that against Afghans.

Problem is, they were too scared about the dew factor and the batting collapse. Hence, they thought they would have played better with a target at sight.

[Zunaid]

Originally Posted by Shehwar
Batting first is a good strategy against lesser teams who succumb to pressure! We should have done that against Afghans.

We did succumb to pressure.

[shuziburo]

Bangladesh is the only team to complain about the dew, if I am not mistaken.

[abherath]

Eh, Sri Lanka won with a bonus point.

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
They are not afraid of the dew?

Because dew factor only applies to us. Its our players who made "dew factor" a BIG issue after a loss. This is our home field, but we still don't know how to minimize the "dew factor" for example bolwing the spinners early in the innings, etc.

Besides pushing individual players under the bus, this is another great excuse to divert pressure from the captain. This is the perfect scape goat.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Zunaid

We did succumb to pressure.

lol, we are the minnow here.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Maysun
Problem is, they were too scared about the dew factor and the batting collapse. Hence, they thought they would have played better with a target at sight.

+1.
Fear of batting collapse shows we need to change our approach. Ura-dhura, jodi laigga jai 20-20 game approach doesn't work in 50 over or test.

[t20lover]

Bangladesh is a team of full of sissy's. Wrong decision by umpire, dew factor and they just keep complaining

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Fazal
Because dew factor only applies to us. Its our players who made "dew factor" a BIG issue after a loss. This is our home field, but we still don't know how to minimize the "dew factor" for example bolwing the spinners early in the innings, etc.

Besides pushing individual players under the bus, this is another great excuse to divert pressure from the captain. This is the perfect scape goat.

The decision of choosing to bat first is usually captain's. However, in this instance, at home, the coaches, the managements all have input or can assist the captain to take the correct decision. failure written all over MANAGEMENT.

[MohammedC]

Eh,this turned to be a good thread after all.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
Eh,this turned to be a good thread after all.

I started this thread way before SL posted a decent total.
Here comes the lecture:

Cricket is being played for decades!!! Those who have followed or studied the game knows the huge advantages teams have when they post a decent total on the board. Thus in test 4th inning successful chase over 400 is rare. Heck 350 is rare. even 300 stands in most instances.

Seems like we live by the sword and die by the sword. Our style of play is the problem. You have to be mentally strong to chase down a total. With Riyad and Nasir forgetting how to bat, all of a sudden our middle order, which was our strength became a liability.

My frustration is if fans can see these things from outside, why can't management see it?

[akabir77]

Agree with T_E, we should have bat first, we should do that in T20 also. causing chasing is 100 times harder and it shows that afgans have no clue about it. If we want to win in the T20 we need to do it period and make up our game plan as such... We should not be afraid of defeat anymore. We should go for the kill and if we fail fair enough, but don't want any more sisy move and then lose anyway.

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
The decision of choosing to bat first is usually captain's. However, in this instance, at home, the coaches, the managements all have input or can assist the captain to take the correct decision. failure written all over MANAGEMENT.

but... but ... in the media its not the coach or BCB management who come up with "dew factor" excuse, its only our captain and his players who come up with "dew factor" excuse.

Also on the field its cpatains's responsibility to make sure your top spinners get all his overs before the dew become too excessive. That's what other capatins are doing. When your top spinners are not used upto full quota in the game and the excuse was given dew factor, I don't know how I can blame BCB management or coach (instead of the captin) there.

[nightwatchman]

natctey na janley shob uthan baka!
Bangladesh needs to learn how to dance in different floor.
We are the only cricket team that does not have home field advantage!
Never seen this in any game in my entire life

[shuziburo]

Boycott must be preparing some nice barbs for us the next time he is in the box.

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by nightwatchman
natctey na janley shob uthan baka!
Bangladesh needs to learn how to dance in different floor.
We are the only cricket team that does not have home field advantage!
Never seen this in any game in my entire life

That includes home umpires...

[al Furqaan]

There is no monster under your bed or in your closet. SL has spinners how are they gripping the ball? Its just an excuse to lose and not work hard by the spinners. Probably invented by Sir Yeah-Yeah Razzak.

[simon]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
Bangladesh is the only team to complain about the dew, if I am not mistaken.

Originally Posted by Fazal
Because dew factor only applies to us. Its our players who made "dew factor" a BIG issue after a loss. This is our home field, but we still don't know how to minimize the "dew factor" for example bolwing the spinners early in the innings, etc.

Besides pushing individual players under the bus, this is another great excuse to divert pressure from the captain. This is the perfect scape goat.

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
There is no monster under your bed or in your closet. SL has spinners how are they gripping the ball? Its just an excuse to lose and not work hard by the spinners. Probably invented by Sir Yeah-Yeah Razzak.

Toss, dew made the difference - Kohli
http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup...ry/724027.html

In the end, things became particularly slippery when Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, struggling to grip a ball drenched in dew, bowled nine full-tosses in the last five overs. Had India taken their chances before that, the dew might not have proved such a decisive factor.