Match thread: 1st Test: Bangladesh v West Indies at Chittagong, October 21-25, 2011

[Dilscoop]

Rahim should come at 6, followed by Hom at 7. Shakib should bat at 5. His red-ball batting form is fine. It's the T20s that get to him.

Or they can send Hom at 5, followed by Shak and Rahim. Yes, Rahim is in form. But batting at 7 doesn't really hurt him, mainly because our top order isnt full of supper stars who can bat for 2 days, and not give Rahim a chance to bat. One way or the other, Rahim will be batting with the tails.

[Rifat]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
WTH!!! elish Sunny and Rok yet to join the team...they are currently playing 4days match..which will finish tomorrow...friday, a day after is the test match..will they able to play if selector pick them? Ain't they gonna be tired????

Yes! good point Nadim. in a very important encounter, we need fresh, energetic legs. which is why when i made my XI i excluded Sunny and gave Shubho a go because Shubho is originally well suited for the longer format(as his track record confirms/backed up by stats and performance in domestic + A team circuit in past). plus he was never tried for tests...yet!

we really do not need any more specialist spin bowlers assuming Shakib, Riyad and Nasir and Naeem consistently stay in the national team, then i don't really see a need for even one specialist spin bowler, not even in ODIS.... give that slot to a pace bowler. another reason why I advocated for alok,His leg spin would have completed our spin attack. but the off-break and SLA we have now are not too bad either in terms of variation and diverse spin attack.

Rokibul hasn't really done anything special to be recalled..I think selectors should have waited for the whole NCL to be over and then evaluated Rokibul's performance and then made the decision.

people may criticize the selectors move by including 4 new uncapped players, but given the circumstances, when oldies not performing it is the right move and these players have earned it can they live up to the expectation?

[wiseshah]

last test performances

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/522245.html



Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Match

Bangladesh 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
Tamim Iqbal c Taylor b Vitori 15 46 33 3 0 45.45
Imrul Kayes c Price b Vitori 4 18 9 1 0 44.44
Shahriar Nafees b Price 50 153 126 9 0 39.68
Mohammad Ashraful c †Taibu b Chigumbura 73 239 158 10 0 46.20
Mahmudullah c Mawoyo b Vitori 13 56 35 0 0 37.14
Shakib Al Hasan* c †Taibu b Mpofu 68 122 88 7 0 77.27
Mushfiqur Rahim† c Mawoyo b Vitori 27 107 68 3 0 39.70
Abdur Razzak lbw b Mpofu 11 25 20 1 0 55.00
Shafiul Islam b Jarvis 5 28 15 0 0 33.33
Rubel Hossain not out 16 27 28 2 0 57.14
Robiul Islam lbw b Price 0 12 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, nb 4) 5




Bangladesh 2nd innings (target: 375 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
Tamim Iqbal b Mpofu 43 64 44 7 0 97.72
Imrul Kayes c †Taibu b Jarvis 31 100 64 4 0 48.43
Shahriar Nafees b Jarvis 9 56 37 1 0 24.32
Mohammad Ashraful b Vitori 39 74 51 5 0 76.47
Mushfiqur Rahim† c Ervine b Mpofu 28 109 70 2 0 40.00
Mahmudullah c †Taibu b Mpofu 11 46 25 1 0 44.00
Shakib Al Hasan* c Taylor b Chigumbura 6 6 5 1 0 120.00
Abdur Razzak b Chigumbura 43 28 17 5 3 252.94
Shafiul Islam b Jarvis 7 27 14 0 0 50.00
Rubel Hossain not out 8 14 11 2 0 72.72
Robiul Islam lbw b Jarvis 12 10 8 3 0 150.00
Extras (b 4, lb 2, nb 1) 7

[bujhee kom]

Ki WiseShah miah khub excited money hoiteche!!

[wiseshah]

ash is dropped after two good innings compared to his mates due to his bad ODI performance.

[wiseshah]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
Ki WiseShah miah khub excited money hoiteche!!

ha ha.ektu excited. kintu BD kokhono tana dui match jit te pare na. tai beshikhkhon ei vaab thakbe na BK bhai

[wiseshah]

Originally Posted by roman
apnader NY e thake.. Haate pawa kono bepar na

roman, tumio to ny thako and i thought u r on my side for ever .lol

[kazis2007]

hopefully Nasir will get a century in this test

[kofeenine]

Syedpur Airport e GMG flight available ache ekkhon. I think, they both can fly to chittagong withing 45 mins or so!

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by wiseshah
roman, tumio to ny thako and i thought u r on my side for ever .lol

ami NY-te kaaj kori, kintu too crowded for me to live here. gram-er chhele to!

[TigerEz]

oh no its test again the format of the game where bangladesh always failed but lets keep the hopes alive and try to win but the reality says we gonna loose!

[simon]

I personally wanted selectors to consider Ash as a test specialist batsman,
I have a bad feeling about too many new faces at a time in a test match.

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[al Furqaan]

hows the weather...does it look like we'll get any play?

[Tehsin]

Waiting for an exciting test. Let's just hope the weather plays nice.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by Tehsin
Waiting for an exciting test. Let's just hope the weather plays nice.

Bodda auney ekkini telephone kori kono na maath forishkar koribar lai. Auney satgar fowa, boro ophishaar, auner kotha hunibu. Aai to mud blood, gola dee Satgaiya kotha baair nau haur.

[hoodlum]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
hows the weather...does it look like we'll get any play?

weather not looking good right now...

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[deshimon]

4 new comer in the test squad which isn't acceptable.

[mij]

Looks like Lendl Simmons is in for test match we need find way get him out quick as possible other wise he might do all the damage

[Dilscoop]

Nassir, Sunny (who ever that is), Shuvo should stay away from test. We don't need that many new faces. Just play Hom.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Bodda auney ekkini telephone kori kono na maath forishkar koribar lai. Auney satgar fowa, boro ophishaar, auner kotha hunibu. Aai to mud blood, gola dee Satgaiya kotha baair nau haur.

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Bodda auney ekkini telephone kori kono na maath forishkar koribar lai. Auney satgar fowa, boro ophishaar, auner kotha hunibu. Aai to mud blood, gola dee Satgaiya kotha baair nau haur.

Oh the headache.

[Dilscoop]

Around this time tomorrow, we will be screaming about the XI.

Why him, why not him...

[Rifat]

what type of pitch should be prepare for our guests?

I say keep the same pitch.

[shah99]

Is there anyone from Chittagong? How is weather at the moment?
Sunshine, rain or cloudy? What is the chance the match will start
On time tomorrow? Very much worried here.

[Dilscoop]

WI batting first

1st: 97 a.o by Lunch
2nd: 181 a.o
3rd: 210 by 3rd day Tea.
4th: 127/7

MoM: a Spinner or Rahim.

BD batting 1st

1st: 150 after lunch
2nd: 184, day 2 tea.
3rd: 239, close end of day 3.
4th: 179

BD win by 26