Match Thread=> 2nd Test|BDvSL|Dhaka|Feb 8th -12th, 2018|9:30AM Local time|3:30GMT

[Roy_1]

I hope BD think tank isn't taking SL lightly anymore, they whitewashed Pak and drawn test in India recently, they may be inconsistent and lacking experience, still packs a solid punch for Asian wickets.

[aklemalp]

Was Lakmal the best pacer in the first test?

I sa bits and pieces. ..and he was bowlin g wellll

[Roy_1]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Was Lakmal the best pacer in the first test?

I sa bits and pieces. ..and he was bowlin g wellll

In the first innings? Yes but Bhuvi was better both innings combined.

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Roy_1
In the first innings? Yes but Bhuvi was better both innings combined.

I'm was referring to the first test of this series

[Roy_1]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
I'm was referring to the first test of this series

Oh I am sorry, your post is just below mine hence the confusion, I feel like an idiot now he he

[Match Adda]

Tamim
Liton
Mominul
Musfiq
Riad
Mosaddek
Sabbir
Naim
Razzak
Miraz
Mustafiz
This squad will be fire n ice for srilanka
Go Bd

[One World]

Can Tamim make a ton?

[One World]

2 pacers a must, Fizz needs company to balance out. Or else
WalshNeedsToGo

[Yankees]

Originally Posted by One World
Can Tamim make a ton?

Our so-called best batsman couldn't even last a session on a pitch where 3 Lankans scored tons, with 2 going 150+

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by One World
2 pacers a must, Fizz needs company to balance out. Or else
WalshNeedsToGo

Fire the walsh!!!

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
This is the weakest Sri Lankan team in history which is without Mathews. This team got spanked by everybody past 12 months. So we should believe in ourselves at least when we are playing at home. Need to give our spinners a surface they can fight on. Hiding behind a pitch against Sri Lanka would be a pathetic way to end the series.

Agree but I dont think tank turner is the solution. We need a pitch like colombo where we beat SL. Good wicket for first 3 days with some support for spin and fizz. Becomes difficult in last 2 days.

In that kind of pitch the team that plays better will win. Just like we won in colombo

[ReZ_1]

What the second pacer would do? Bowl at most 5-6 overs up front(if he is lucky to get chance before spinners) with lots of short balls and getting hit everywhere... then from the rest of the day absent while fielding in the deep, comes with the old ball to try extra hard to reverse swing in the process miss line and length to concede more runs....

[aklemalp]

Isn't called a rank turner?

Not a tank turner

[Eshen]

^^ Why? What's wrong with a tank turner?

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Eshen
^^ Why? What's wrong with a tank turner?

A tank turner looks most likely to create rough on the pitch

[aklemalp]

Umm, so I hit up statsguru to look at the records of two batsmen from Bangladesh at Dhaka..

Here's what I found:

Imrul Kayes averages 17.60 after 15 innings
Sabbir averages 9.25 after 4 innings

[al Furqaan]

Sabbir better not replace Mosaddek.

Our selectors have become a psychotic joke. Hathu withdrawal. Sanjamul's debut, Razzak's recall. Infatuation with hacks like Sabbir.

[Yankees]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Umm, so I hit up statsguru to look at the records of two batsmen from Bangladesh at Dhaka..

Here's what I found:

Imrul Kayes averages 17.60 after 15 innings
Sabbir averages 9.25 after 4 innings

Imrul is a complete joke. The luckiest "professional" cricketer in the world. if he lived in any other country, he would be working an office job.

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Yankees
Imrul is a complete joke. The luckiest "professional" cricketer in the world. if he lived in any other country, he would be working an office job.

And that's at a home ground. Most batsmen usually thrive at their home grounds...

Chanderpaul always used to make a 100 at the legendary Bourda ground in Georgetown.

[Eshen]

Only Tamim, Momin, and Shakib have good batting stats on Mirpur. If you look at our last five years stats on Mirpur against G8 teams, even Mushfiq (24) and Riyad (25) look poor. Kayes is comparable with them with average of 22.7 (he was even poorer back then, but don't see any point looking at those older stats).

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...s;type=batting

There are reasons we're not a dominant Test team even at home yet.

[aklemalp]

^^Only 2 centuries and 13 fifties compared to 8 centuries and 19 fifties by the G8 teams (combined)

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...s;type=batting

[One World]

Whatever, this is our home of cricket.

We made history here beating England and Australia.

Bring it on

[aklemalp]

What kind of wicket will Gamini 'Fire Da Q-Rator' Silva prepare?

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
^^Only 2 centuries and 13 fifties compared to 8 centuries and 19 fifties by the G8 teams (combined)

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...s;type=batting

Tamim pointed out the issue to BCB during Aus series - in domestics we play on dead tracks (like how it was in ZACS last week). Suddenly in Test matches, our batsmen are tested on rank turners (even Mirpur wicket is not like that for domestics). We can't take home advantage properly unless BCB start to make turning tracks for domestics too and help batsmen develop their skills on such tracks.

[One World]

On a different news, Sunil Joshi was not happy with the spinners.