MATCH Thread: 1st Test: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Galle Mar 8-12, 2013 (10:00 local | 04:30 GMT | 10:30 BDT)

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
by the way, where are Shade and those other SL fans?

Of course they're hiding. Talk big saying that we don't deserve to play them after they smacked our bowling attack but after we smacked theirs? They're hiding now and afraid to come out

[auntu]

I was feeling today morning Ash would score a double Ton and Momin would score a 150. Well first part gone ok and it's Mushi not Momin.

Someone wrote in Cricinfo Ash is our first love so we can not forget him. Shakib & Tamim has stolen many hearts now a days but it was Ash for us in the past.

With no expectation on Ash he bring back sweet memories of early love affair days.

I not only pray for 11 more runs but also for 100 runs more.... why not? When you dream, dream large.

[cricbook]

my predaction will be success ....just need 11 more runs.....ash 200......and musy 200.....

[cricbook]

Originally Posted by auntu
I was feeling today morning Ash would score a double Ton and Momin would score a 150. Well first part gone ok and it's Mushi not Momin.

Someone wrote in Cricinfo Ash is our first love so we can not forget him. Shakib & Tamim has stolen many hearts now a days but it was Ash for us in the past.

With no expectation on Ash he bring back sweet memories of early love affair days.

I not only pray for 11 more runs but also for 100 runs more.... why not? When you dream, dream large.

yes brother......go bd go....go ash go......i already told u guys....bd will blast srilanka in no time......

[cricbook]

Originally Posted by WorldCup11
We need to bat whole day tomorrow and let Srilanka bat on a turning 5th day pitch. Let Gazi brings us victory on the final day.

yap....the way this two is hammering.....another 270 runs will give us around 150 runs lead....where we have strong chance to win first test match against mamoth srilanka.

[senman]

Awesome, chance-less batting display, reminds me of VVS & Dravid vs Australia. All the best to Mohammad Ashraful & Mushfiqur Rahim, hope Bangladesh will pull off a stunning victory.

[cricbook]

without tk and sak.......this is fantastic bd day......i wonder..when those two will be back ...what will happend to the team.....we will be the one of the dangarous team in the world.....bangladesh we belive .....we belive in ashraful......he is the one bringing us all spot light glory....where not any other players did it.........beat ausy....beat s africa....16 yrs of age showed the world...beat westindies in t20 w cup....and many mores.....so he is our prospect.....he will be forever.....joi bangla.: flag:

[Rifat]

I enjoy test cricket more than any other format, actually i enjoy all the formats. each one has it's own flavor.

Remember, tomorrow is another brand new day. Cricket is a very funny game. anything and everything possible can happen. So keep your hopes up.

Plan: the ideal case is to bat until tea and declare or even the whole day(I don't remember the last time we drew a test with Sri Lanka). preferably the same pair...Alhamdulillahi Rabbil A'lamin. what an amazing day, there were a couple of nervous moments, but other than that the batting has been virtually flawless and chanceless.

Sri Lankan bowlers bowled really well. credit to them. On this flat track if they didn't bowl with such discipline we could have easily scored another 60-70 runs. Sri Lanka are still not out of this game yet. so we should keep that in mind.

Lol Murali, Vaas must be wondering if they retired too early

[Zeeshan]

i like cricket and shut up rifat, no one will listen to your 20 page rant in a match thread :p

[Habib]

Hey guys, I heard SL are gonna complain about our batsmen's illegal batting action to the match ref

[zsayeed]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
http://www.streamer247.com/tencricket.php

Thanks so much for this last night ( for me) - you saved my life!

[wktkeeper]

going to sleep now. hoping for a brighter morning tomorrow. all the best to ash and mushy, and ofcourse team Bangladesh.

[Tiger Manc]

I've seen enough Bangladesh matches to know we could still lose this Test by 300 runs. I hope we don't lose early wickets tomorrow. We need to bat till tea ideally, because facing Herath on a crumbling 5th day pitch ain't going to be easy.

[One World]

The first test match we played had some silly records to date. From 400 to 92 a.o. But, the authority of batting is totally royal in this match.

[IanW]

Originally Posted by meazz1
Ash proved all of us hater wrong.
I'd love to be wrong than a hater.

Nahh, we always knew Eid was pretty good when it arrived.

If he can deliver a series of 50s and 70s after this, he might repair my long-broken heart ... he still owes us for the last decade of heartbreak.

[Zeeshan]

Daylight savings time er jonno eg ghonta age khela dekte parbo...

ki moja
ki moja!

[Jadukor]

We need the tail to support the batting effort. We need Nasir also not to have a brain fart like Ryad and build a large partnership. We have to erase the 130+ deficit to make it harder for Sri Lanka to declare on the 5th day. It will spin today and runs scoring will get difficult eventually. Lot of work still to be done today.

[IanW]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
We need the tail to support the batting effort. We need Nasir also not to have a brain fart like Ryad and build a large partnership. We have to erase the 130+ deficit to make it harder for Sri Lanka to declare on the 5th day. It will spin today and runs scoring will get difficult eventually. Lot of work still to be done today.

Yep. But one more good partnership - including Eid continuing into an unprecedented second day - saves the game.

Two good partnerships and we might even look at presenting a broken Sri Lankan side with a tricky deficit on a last-day pitch ...

[mij]

We still need another 220+ run to draw this match, I will be happy if we can bat until tea tomorrow.

[cricket_pagol]

Originally Posted by IanW
Yep. But one more good partnership - including Eid continuing into an unprecedented second day - saves the game.

Two good partnerships and we might even look at presenting a broken Sri Lankan side with a tricky deficit on a last-day pitch ...

If we can bat out the entire day, we will be able to put pressure on Srilanka. I hope we can do it...

[cricket_king]

Originally Posted by WorldCup11
Bhai , today we put (438 -135) = 303 runs on board. If we bat whole day tomorrow and put 350 runs more, we'll than lead by 218 runs.

It'll be difficult to score for any team on a fifth day pitch , gazi could be the man on 5th day lets hope for the best.

Fair call, I had disregarded the possibility of us beating them by an innings. I'm not all that hopeful that we'll be able to bat the way we have been on a fourth day pitch, but one can always hope.

[IanW]

Originally Posted by cricket_pagol
If we can bat out the entire day, we will be able to put pressure on Srilanka. I hope we can do it...

Nahh, batting out the first session will put pressure on Sri Lanka. Assume we get to a bit after lunch, giving SL a lead of 50 or so.

They then need to think long and hard about whether to bat to try and kill the game, or to score quickly and give themselves time to bowl Bangladesh out.

In either case, if they left Bangaldesh a target of 100 a session on the last day, thats gettable.

[Rubu]

One more thing that Ash's innings has done, brought back Ian to BC!

[cricbook]

2 hrs to go....

[roman]

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