Match Thread: 4th ODI, Bangladesh vs. Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, August 16, 2009

[Nocturnal]

nice video wiseshah. like your work.

Go Tigers!! Win the series in match FOUR!!

[Razi]

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by wiseshah
thanks zunaed bhai for posting it.

Uh oh uh oh

[beshideshi]

dropping junayed was gonna backfire, i assumed this was going to happen. Bring back zunayed, play the team in the 1st/2nd odi minus Nazmul, plus Robin. And we should be fine, we lost the game because Chigumbura scored 30 odd extra runs for zim. If we didnt give away those runs, game wudv been ours.

But Inshallah, this one will be ours. I see Ash standing up once more....

[kalpurush]

Nice work wiseshah


Good luck to you and Tigers.

[abc70]

Good thread

Bangladesh will win this at any cost.

[Purbasha T]

Make it 3-1, nothing else would do.

[cricket_king]

Please win...

[fuzzy]

we need some sensible from top order... if that happens inshallah we will win..

[fuzzy]

Tamim
Junaed
Rokibul
Sakib
Ashraful
Mushfiq
Mahmudullah
dollar M
mahbubul
enamul
rasel

[Naimul_Hd]

i m really disappointed by Mahmudullah's performance. He is giving all those short pitches ball to hit 666 !

[simon]

Originally Posted by Razi

cool video,thanks.
I love the Nescafe song,I guess it's a habib prodction.

[salin]

Be ready for another upset

[nycpro96]

I wanna see 3 pacers by dropping Riyad.

[abz..+]

drope mehrab for this match

[Razi]

Zunaed back for Bangladesh
TigerCricket.com Report

Bangladesh have made one change for tomorrow's crucial 4th ODI of the Grameenphone Cup against Zimbabwe. Mehrab Hossain Jr., who played in the third match which the Tigers lost by 69 runs, makes way for opening batsman Zunaed Siddique. Bangladesh lead the five-match series 2-1.

The injury-struck Bangladesh side is still without the services of paceman Nazmul Hossain who is nursing a thigh strain. With Rubel Hossain already ruled out of the series due to a side strain Bangladesh will again rely on their only fit pacers Syed Rasel and Mahbubul Alam for early breakthroughs in tomorrow's game. Rubel's replacement Dollar Mahmud is expected in Bulawayo on the morning of the game.

"We know that we did not execute our plan well and we let our standards drop. Everyone realises that we only have ourselves to blame for the defeat on Friday. We are really focused on putting up a much improved show tomorrow," said vice captain Mushfiqur Rahim after the Bangladesh side had completed an intense training session at the Queens Sports Club today.

"The wicket is absolutely flat and there is no margin for error. The game has to be won with high intensity cricket and if you lose concentration for a few overs while fielding then the match can quickly get away from you," added Rahim.

BANGLADESH TEAM for the 4th ODI

Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Roqibul Hassan, Mushfiqur Rahim (Vice Captain/WK), Mahmud Ullah, Naeem Islam, Mahbubul Alam, Enamul Haque Jr., Syed Rasel. 12th man - Mehrab Hossain Jr.

[Murad]

Team management er matha kharap hoye gese

Junu re drop e ba korlo keno.??abr ei game er jonnei ba nilo keno?? Mehrab re ek match kheliyei ba keno drop korlo?

Shob Lipu shalar dosh. Nije to ekta faltu player chilo.. ekhon team management ke o faltu kore peltese..!!Oi beta bekkol okhane keno gese????

[Roni_uk]

Yes selectors are at a loss (as usual). There was absolutely no point in changing a perfectly balanced winning team for the third ODI. But idiotics got the better of the selectors. Now Junaid will be back after 5 days of rest, prob lost the form he was gaining in the first two matches already.

[mehedi]

Junaed on for Mehrab- this is really unfair, they should've dropped naeem instead

but anyways good luck tigers

[nycpro96]

Zimbabwe look to level series

Match facts
Sunday August 16, 2009
Start time 09.30 (07.30 GMT)

Big Picture

Zimbabwe's comprehensive comeback win in the third ODI was the best thing that could have happened to the series. Else, the last two games would have been reduced to dead rubbers. It halted Bangladesh's seven-match winning streak and caught them in a moment of complacency. When Zimbabwe lost two early wickets, it seemed like an all too familiar story but they put the setback behind them and showed true character in amassing a total which was sure to test a team on the upswing.

On a Queens Sports Club pitch which offers little margin for error for the bowlers, it's obvious that the better batting side will win. Zimbabwe fell short while chasing 321 in the second match, still managing to fight it out till the end. They went one step further in the third, pacing the innings intelligently and not allowing the Bangladesh spinners to get on top of the them. Promoting Elton Chigumbura proved a masterstroke because he had the cushion of runs to go out there and butcher the attack. A total of 323 eased the pressure on the bowlers. With the openers gone within two overs, there seemed an air of inevitability to the result before a last-ditch effort by Mahbubul Alam gave the visitors something to cheer.

Bangladesh will look to snap out of Friday's effort and put in a better all-round performance. They dropped two crucial catches in the field, crucially letting Chigumbura off early, leaked many singles and the top order wilted too early, leaving plenty to the middle order.

"We know that we did not execute our plan well and we let our standards drop," the vice-captain Mushfiqur Rahim said after an intense training session. "Everyone realises that we only have ourselves to blame for the defeat on Friday. We are really focused on putting up a much improved show tomorrow."

Form guide
(last five matches, most recent first)
Zimbabwe - WLLWW
Bangladesh - LWWWW

Watch out for…

In a team of trigger-happy hitters, Raqibul Hasan stands out as a batsman who is prepared to drop anchor and build an innings. He showed that in the West Indies where his calm presence helped his team out of a nervy situation and seal their first ever overseas win. His 78 in the third ODI came at a decent clip but it was just his bad luck that the support from the other end wasn't as forthcoming as he would have liked.

Elton Chigumbura's savage assault was indicative of Zimbabwe's hunger to put it across to the visitors. He capitalized on the third Powerplay and Bangladesh struggled to plug the onslaught. He also took the valuable wicket of Shakib Al Hasan and edged out Hamilton Masakadza for the Man-of-the-Match award.

Team news

Bangladesh have already announced their XI for tomorrow, with the only change being the inclusion of Junaid Siddique in place of Mehrab Hossain jnr. Naeem Islam opened in the third ODI with little success, so he's likely to drop down the order to accommodate Junaid.

Bangladesh 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Junaid Siddique, 3 Mohammad Ashraful, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Raqibul Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Naeem Islam, 9 Mahbubul Alam, 10 Enamul Haque jnr., 11 Syed Rasel

Zimbabwe are yet to announce their XI, but it won't be surprising if they stick to their winning combination. Their top scorer in the second game, Sean Williams, missed the third, so there's a case for his inclusion. He could replace Vusi Sibanda, who was out for a second-ball duck.

Zimbabwe: (probable) 1 Vusi Sibanda/Sean Williams, 2 Mark Vermeulen, 3 Hamilton Masakadza, 4 Brendan Taylor (wk), 5 Charles Coventry, 6 Elton Chigumbura, 7 Stuart Matsikenyeri, 8 Malcolm Waller, 9 Prosper Utseya (capt), 10 Ray Price, 11 Tawanda Mupariwa

Quotes
"The wicket is absolutely flat and there is no margin for error. The game has to be won with high intensity cricket and if you lose concentration for a few overs while fielding then the match can quickly get away from you."
Mushfiqur Rahim calls it as he sees it

[nycpro96]

Originally Posted by mehedi
Junaed on for Mehrab- this is really unfair, they should've dropped naeem instead

but anyways good luck tigers

Why wouldn't they drop Mehrab. Can't bat, can't bowl. Naeem is the most useful batsman during the batting powerplay. Mehrab thinks playing dot balls during the powerplay overs is clever because the fielding side doesn't expect it. And, Zunaid was dropped for no good reason. He was in some sort of form as of late.

[Nadim]

Bismillah....This match is our insallah

[BangladeshFan]

If Naeem plays, which now it seems like, I hope he is used as a pinch hitter at number 3. We have to maximise the runs scored in first 15 overs as there are not many lusty hitters down the order.Ash plays more cautiously now, which is good, so he should be 4, then rakib 5 and sakib 6.

[dash]

all this could have been posted in the match thread

[nycpro96]

Originally Posted by dash
all this could have been posted in the match thread

Bhai. This is the match thread.