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November 3, 2020, 06:31 PM
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Funny story on Bangladesh fans...
Hi all, been a while but came across this pretty funny article which I feel may bring a chuckle or smile to some here, so said I'd post. Who knows, some here may eben remember the events
Its quite a lovely story actually, little insight into life pre mass broadband.
Full article link below but I've included the full relevant bit
https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABA...2/001298.shtml
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Great Expectations
While searching the archives this week for a photo of an international between Ireland and Bangladesh at Limavady I was reminded of the story behind the live scoring of the game. This was the second match of a two-game series played on consecutive days at the end of August 2004, with the first game at Stormont on the Sunday won narrowly by Bangladesh in the last over.
Cricket Ireland (as the website was known then) covered the first match but we ran into difficulties as the commentary section had been hacked by a Bangladeshi living in the USA who would type in rude comments about certain players he didn’t like. So while we typed in something like “Great shot through the covers by X”, he would then overtype by saying “Useless player. He’s rubbish. Only in the team because his uncle is a selector.”
We were blissfully unaware because every entry we made would overwrite the previous one so it wasn’t until after the game when it was brought to our attention via the Bangladesh Tigers Fan Forum which was certainly vibrant.
We didn’t cover the second game live but instead I posted period score updates, together with a few photos and a report between innings. This was all done via a hardwired dial-up connection to the public telephone in the bar in the Limavady clubhouse.
The Bangladesh fans forum were desperate for any updates and got more and more demanding as the game progressed. In those days, I was as I still am I guess, mullti-tasking doing about four different things at the game. I was reporting for BBC Radio Ulster and Foyle, writing for the local papers and also taking photos while running up and down those steps at Limavady trying to keep the site updated.
When the site hadn’t been updated for 30 minutes, the Bangladesh fans grew ever more and more anxious for news as the game was evenly balanced. Ireland were around 100 for 3 chasing 231. Cricinfo weren’t covering the games as this was the year before Ireland gained ODI status after the ICC Trophy.
I’m still not sure how they managed it but they got hold of not only my home telephone number but also my work number. Now unfortunately my father was seriously ill, dying of cancer but it lifted his spirits to answer the phone and talk to people. My mother too loved to answer the phone and I can still hear her charging like a bull down the wooden hallway to make sure she got to the phone first. Well, they both got their wishes in spades as the calls started to come in from Bangladeshis all over the world. They also started pestering one of my work colleagues whose peaceful Bank Holiday Monday was ruined with the incessant calls. “This is his place of work, not a sports desk” he bellowed. Thankfully the calls eventually stopped when I posted the final scorecard – Bangladesh won comfortably in the end.
I’d done something similar when back in the early 80s Alex Higgins was playing Steve Davis in the UK final. The game wasn’t on live with highlights being shown late on the BBC but we were desperate to know the score. The brother’s mother-in-law was the only one we knew who had a Ceefax service on their tv, but she went to bed at 10pm with the score level at 15-15 or whatever it was. I then had the idea of telephoning the operator/Directory enquiries and sure enough one of the telephonists knew somebody in the Preston office, got in touch and word came back Higgins had won the deciding frame.
Of course technology has moved on in subsequent years and with it people’s expectations. Supporters now want their information instantaneously and will go with the outlet that is even seconds ahead of the other. That’s a difficult beast to satisfy, especially for a website with scant resources. We are all guilty of it – I find myself moaning when Liverpool win, the BBC haven’t an extensive report on it within minutes of the final whistle. If they lose, then that’s a different story. People simply don’t have patience any longer and that’s not an easy world to operate in. But we do our best
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November 16, 2020, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Donal C
The Bangladesh fans forum were desperate for any updates and got more and more demanding as the game progressed...
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Haha recalling those days....sweet memories of "heart-breaking" days...!
I remember I used to watch live stream via Pal-talk … faded video with lousy audio...but that was enough for waking up all night long...watching tigers hunted down by fox and even by kiwi birds!!
BUT, watching Ashraf l was a great source of joy
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December 8, 2020, 10:12 AM
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Welcome back Donal C.
I didn't join this forum then.
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December 8, 2020, 10:33 AM
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For the oldies who are bored.
Go to your private message. Click "sent" folder.
Click last. Read few of them. You will have a smile in your face. Unless you read a message from Doc "You have received an infraction." Hahaha!!! I got my first that sort of message in 2015. 10 years after being model citizen of BanglaCricket Zunaid thought to destroy that reputation for what reason still unknown.
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January 13, 2021, 02:28 AM
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Lovely tale. I recall pre-BC, in the ICC trophy when we were looking through some chat server (might have been cricinfo gopher which still existed back then) to get ball by ball. We've come far indeed. Now my daughter watches Mandalorian on zoom when her friend does a screen share ... *smh*
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January 24, 2021, 09:31 AM
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Cricket Legend
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And these days I watch cricket running on 1080p resolution with vibrant colors on an LED TV.
I also miss going to watch cricket
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January 24, 2021, 12:16 PM
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How times have changed but the passion is still there
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