Match Thread: Bangladesh vs. West Indies 2nd Test, St. Georges, July 17-21, 2009

[MarufH]

Originally Posted by bd-omi
Interestingly he is from English medium background and has the best accent that I've heard from any BD cricketer.

That's a lame comment. Going to English Medium has nothing to do with beard.

[bd-omi]

Originally Posted by Purbasha T
Oooooooh yes, just the way SURF EXCEL does.

May also be like "Wheel Power White".

[bd-omi]

Originally Posted by MarufH
That's a lame comment. Going to English Medium has nothing to do with beard.

Well perhaps but u will hardly see one there with a beard. Keeping aside those "Chagla" ones.

[bd-omi]

Originally Posted by MarufH
My team:

1. Tamim
2. Imrul
3. Junaid
4. Mushy (He needs to move up the order, he looked solid)
5. Ashraful
6. Mehrab (much better option with +bowling.)
7. Shakib (better off at 7, as he plays aggressive and good for a quick fifty end of the innings)
8. Mahmudullah
9. Robin/Enamul (depending on the pitch, like Mash said)
10. Shahadat
11. Rubel
12. Pavel

There will be no better feeling than seeing Shakib go in to presentation after the win. After all, he was the engineer behind first win.

The reason I wanna play 3 left armies if possible is they can put the ball at pretty much same stop and dent the pitch for the fourth innings (assuming we bat first again) After that, imagine how deadly Shakib will be!!!

Aren't there 12 men in your squad? Why do we need Pavel, when we have mushy?

In my team Junior will fight with Shahadat for a place. Robin will be an automatic inclusion because Shahadat's pace has deteriorated significantly. 75 Kmph is not at all threating.
And yes I'll play Mehrab instead of Rock. His bowling is his added advantage.

[wiseshah]

i will go for the same test team that played in the first match. though mash is injured, so there is one change coming for sure.

my squad

tamim
imrul
junayed
rokibul (may be mehrab jr, his spin can be useful)
ashraful
sakib
mushfiq
mahmudullah
shahadat
enam jr/ robin
rubel

if mehrab jr plays in place of rokibul, then we dont need enam jr. we should play robin

[dash]

most likely there will be only one change- robin for mash
or may be mehrab darial for rock (thatl increase a spinning option), but i doubt that would happen
no need for speculation

[Fazal]

Whoever is choosen in the final 11 by the selectors, Shakib will get best out of that bunch and will make it another entertaining TEST for us.... thats for sure.

[tigerpain]

To start with Congrate to Brave Tiger, It was well earned 2nd test victory. After watching the game; analysis at my own. All of our boys have shown some sorts of determination even with 9 uncaped WI player. Nevertheless, Win is a win.
Goin to my point after watching Ash performance so far this series who has played 8 yrs for BD team has been able to put up any sort of consistency; most of you would agree with in this case. I think it's time to call up Alok Kapali back in this series to replace Ash; i am confident Alok will do far better than Ash..have you say...

[MarufH]

Originally Posted by bd-omi
Aren't there 12 men in your squad? Why do we need Pavel, when we have mushy?

In my team Junior will fight with Shahadat for a place. Robin will be an automatic inclusion because Shahadat's pace has deteriorated significantly. 75 Kmph is not at all threating.
And yes I'll play Mehrab instead of Rock. His bowling is his added advantage.

12th man??? You don't know that teams usually announce 12th man for bottle carrying? LOL
jokes apart, 12th man is also the fielder is ready to take the field if anyone is injured/need a break. Also he may not bowl. So who is better fielder than a keeper? With Mash out, we need Shahadat for experience. You can't build a pace attack with combination of 2/3 test played experience.

[MarufH]

Originally Posted by bd-omi
Well perhaps but u will hardly see one there with a beard. Keeping aside those "Chagla" ones.

What does it have to do with others keeping it or not??? It shows the man is confident and does not "care" what people like you think.

[abc70]

Originally Posted by tigerpain
To start with Congrate to Brave Tiger, It was well earned 2nd test victory. After watching the game; analysis at my own. All of our boys have shown some sorts of determination even with 9 uncaped WI player. Nevertheless, Win is a win.
Goin to my point after watching Ash performance so far this series who has played 8 yrs for BD team has been able to put up any sort of consistency; most of you would agree with in this case. I think it's time to call up Alok Kapali back in this series to replace Ash; i am confident Alok will do far better than Ash..have you say...

Dude what has Alok done? He also played for long long time for BD again done worst than Ash and the confident word is useless because you are saying your confident about alok but is Alok really confident himself who will play in the middle not you?

[AsifTheManRahman]

Any word on the pitch?

[cricadda]

[QUOTE=Foozy;916042]Critics have been after our TEST status for a while. And as far as this test goes, it might just give us a series win in TESTS, which is going to be HUGE for BD cricket.





if we can win the series, it might change our cricket and change our loneless from the test cricket........

[cricadda]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Any word on the pitch?

what u mean?

[cricadda]

my team.....

tamim iqbal
imrul kayes
j siddik
ashraful
meharab jr
saqib
riad
musy
nazmul[if not mash play]
rubel
anamul jr.........

[cricadda]

Originally Posted by cricadda
my team.....

tamim iqbal
imrul kayes
j siddik
ashraful
meharab jr
saqib
riad
musy
nazmul[if not mash play]
rubel
anamul jr.........

i choose extra spiner because wi are weak in spin. and they birth first bowl attack. so they good on against pace bowl attack. so we should played extra spiner.[ this opinion after i saw first match].

[Ashfaq]

cricadda, See that Edit button?

[Fazal]

I guess cricadda is still spinning with extra spinner in his team. Thats why he targeted "edit" button but hit the "quote" button.

[Ashfaq]

Could very well be true.

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Any word on the pitch?

yea, its approximately 22 yard long.

[Ashfaq]

Originally Posted by bangladesh_sy
yea, its approximately 22 yard long.

Also, it is made of Grenada soil.

[Tigers_eye]

Blind Ash lovers keep him in the team just like ujbuk selectors.

[Shobha]

COME ON TIGERSSSSS

show us the way to glory!!!!!!!!!

[Ashfaq]

Originally Posted by Shobha
COME ON TIGERSSSSS

show us the way to glory!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully your "Hubby" wont flop.

[bujhee kom]

Jege utho Banglaar Baghera!
Shanti, bhalobasha ebong cricket!