Match Thread: Bangladesh vs. New Zealand, Test 2, Well. NZ, Jan 12 - 16, 08

Electrequiem · #1 January 9, 2008, 02:09 AM

Start of day's play
11:00 AM Local, 22:00 GMT, 4:00AM BDT

Bangladesh XI (Probable)
Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Habibul Bashar, Mohammad Ashraful, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafee Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Sajidul Islam, Enamul Haque

(Full Squad)

New Zealand XI (Probable)
Craig Cumming, Matthew Bell, Peter Fulton, Stephen Fleming, Matthew Sinclair, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Chris Martin, Iain O'Brien

(Full Squad)

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Electrequiem · #2 January 9, 2008, 02:12 AM

My FIRST ever match thread...followed OgniThuthu's template from the first test.

Good Luck, Tigers!

wiseshah · #3 January 9, 2008, 02:21 AM

good job electriquiem. hopefully we will play 5 days test match this time.

Anher · #4 January 9, 2008, 02:56 AM

Final Stand for Bangladesh.

Good luck.

BD-Shardul · #5 January 9, 2008, 03:26 AM

Good Match Thread.

Good Luck Tigersd and Electriquiem as well.

MohammedC · #6 January 9, 2008, 03:57 AM

Good luck Tigers.

Nafi · #7 January 9, 2008, 04:40 AM

Woah where did you get that pic from

PoorFan · #8 January 9, 2008, 05:01 AM

Good luck Electriquiem! I mean BD team.

nasimul · #9 January 9, 2008, 05:21 AM

Nice match thread Electriquiem. Good luck Tigerz

Sovik · #10 January 9, 2008, 08:55 AM

lets have some kiwis for breakfast, lunch and dinner

sadi · #11 January 9, 2008, 08:56 AM

Bangladesh team er kono kobor nei keno? Siddons mone hoy bhaloi dola ditese....

jahidus200 · #12 January 9, 2008, 09:21 AM

hopefully every batsman will comeback and we will win this test match

al Furqaan · #13 January 9, 2008, 10:13 AM

selectors should stop shuffeling the thread opening lineup.

Tigers_eye · #14 January 9, 2008, 10:16 AM

Bismillah!!

Kabir · #15 January 9, 2008, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
selectors should stop shuffeling the thread opening lineup.

Bujhlam na...did I miss something? Is everyone following a thread opening lineup at BC these days?

KnightBD · #16 January 9, 2008, 10:43 AM

Take the game to 4th day!

Jago Baag Jago

akabir77 · #17 January 9, 2008, 10:47 AM

Take the game to final day and win it...

Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

*AsifTheManRahman* · #18 January 9, 2008, 10:48 AM

Good stuff Electronic brother. Any word on the pitch?

Tigers_eye · #19 January 9, 2008, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Good stuff Electronic brother. Any word on the pitch?

In a sense we are all electronic brothers. Virtual brotherhood.

Rabz · #20 January 9, 2008, 11:31 AM

Good stuff Electrequiem.

and good luck BD.

tonoy · #21 January 9, 2008, 11:35 AM

Guys, two more days to go and we got a match thread going already?

Sovik · #22 January 9, 2008, 12:02 PM

atleast this thread will keep us away from ongoing Harbhajan and Symonds issue for sometime

sandpiper · #23 January 9, 2008, 12:11 PM

শ্রেয়তর নৈপুন্য দেখার অপেক্ষায় রইলাম।

sadi · #24 January 9, 2008, 12:23 PM

Hopefully this time we will get to watch the whole game without India-Aus game distracting us.

sadi · #25 January 9, 2008, 12:25 PM

Finally Tigercricket has some update:

Quote:

Last stop at Windy City
Rabeed Imam
09-January-2008

WELLINGTON: The New Zealand capital is the last destination for the Bangladesh team before they wind up their 5-week tour and this is also the place where they will have the final chance of salvaging something concrete. Down 0-1 in the two-match series the Tigers arrived here today (Wednesday) afternoon for the final Test at Basin Reserve starting Saturday.

Usually Wellington’s name is associated with its reputation as New Zealand’s ‘Windy City’ and for about four months a year the westerly ‘roaring forties’ winds whip through the Cook Straight between the bottom of the North Island and the top of the South Island and produces blistery weathers that can turn into gale force winds. The Bangladesh team however found Wellington to be a sunny and generous 16 degrees and the wind never threatened to go beyond pleasant.

Wellington is also the most southern capital in the world holding an urban population of 379,000 and as the team bus zigzagged across the edges of the Wellington Harbour into the sprawling city centre towards the Tigers’ hotel the scenes were more akin to a Riviera with posh apartments and villas jutting out of the mountains and overlooking the blue waters of the Pacific. There’s one thing to remember here, the Harbour lies along an active geological fault which is prominent in its straight western coast. The land to the west of this abruptly rises and that’s why many of Wellington's suburbs sit high above the centre of the city which is dominated by a mixture of modern high-rises and century old structures. This probably explains why Wellington is also the country’s capital of contemporary and historic art.

The Bangladesh team had a stopover in Christchurch on their way to Wellington from Dunedin and a very special guest was present at the airport just to meet them. Former New Zealand captain Graham Dowling came with his wife to say hello and spent some time with the players and officials and it signified the genuine affection the 70-year old carries for Bangladesh cricket. When Mohammad Ashraful was introduced to him Dowling said “I’ve heard about you. You smack the ball all around the park.” His wife meanwhile was surprised by the appearance of the Bangladesh skipper and exclaimed “you are far too young!”

In 2000 under the Chairmanship of Sir Clyde Walcott the ICC Cricket Committee appointed a sub-committee of Australia’s Bob Simpson, Zimbabwe’s Andy PyCroft of Zimbabwe and Nasim-Ul Ghani of Pakistan to visit Bangladesh and inspect the country’s cricketing infrastructure and then report if Bangladesh were ready for Test and international cricket. Simpson had to decline as he had other commitments at the time and Dowling took his place. It was only after Dowling and the others reported favourably that the ICC Executive Board decided to give Bangladesh Test status.

The Tigers spent the afternoon doing some recovery and fitness activities at the nearby beach before attending a homely reception arranged by the small but sprightly Bangladeshi community here. The children, most of whom are born here, may find Bangla alien compared to English but the passion for the country remains intact. Some brought scrapbooks with the players' photos and took autographs, others ran around with miniature bats and had them signed by their heroes. The ladies had spent hours preparing Bangladeshi delicacies for the team and every effort was made to make them literally feel at home.

Preparation for the second Test continues tomorrow with fitness sessions in the morning and then extended nets and fielding in two groups at the Basin well into the afternoon.

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