Match Thread - BD vs ENG Test1, Lords

[Rabz]

BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHIM

BISMILLAHI MAZREHA WA MURSAHA INNA RABBILA
GAFURUR RAHIM

let the journey begin...

guys.. i know its still 24 more painful hours till the game begins..but i just cant wait..

so im giving the headstart for the match...offcourse with the name of Almighty...

let us have some good luck...
let us enjoy some great cricket (bangladeshi ones)
let us make a mark at lords...
let them players make us proud...

let this be the match thread for the first test...

i know i wud be hardly sleeping tonight..too excited...
what about u guys...??






spirits are flying high...

LET THE GAME BEGIN!!!

Edited on, May 25, 2005, 11:39 AM GMT, by pompous.
Reason: edited the title and made it more specific

Edited on, May 25, 2005, 11:27 PM GMT, by Nasif.
Reason: Thread title modified

[mahbubH]

25 hours to go!

What do you mean by you just can't wait Sydney ? I think you already jumping on your suburban street now and by tommorrow you would be jumping in "Darling Harbour" if possible ............. lol.........Don't jump too much as we are not gonna win ......

[bourny3]

yes i am not jumping because the result is known already.

A bangladesh win

[Rabz]

Originally posted by Bangla amar Maa
What do you mean by you just can't wait Sydney ? I think you already jumping on your suburban street now and by tommorrow you would be jumping in "Darling Harbour" if possible ............. lol.........Don't jump too much as we are not gonna win ......

who said anything about winning ??(not that i would mind to be on the winning side for a change)

im just too excited to have some cricket after such a long time...(practice matches doenst really count...)

and we've gotta enjoy the build up part the most...
cuz once the game begins...and our top order crumbles like sandcastle....
all the fun goes down...and in comes anger...and pain

im just tryin to have the best of time till the match begins..

i reckon we all should....


spirits are flyin high..

[BanCricFan]

Sydney, ma-sha-allah, I like your enthusiasm and the thread begginning with the Basmala (bismillah...), even tho its only a futile game!

Futile or not, I'm also excited by the prospect and taking the flight from Oslo to London today (in 4 hrs) to see the match in-sha-allah! I actually went to school in St. John's Wood- just two mins away from the Lord's but never went to the ground! I think I have been waiting for the right moment all this time!

I wish you guys good luck and hope BD put up a good show for all the fans' sake esp. the young ones!

I will be happy if BD could post around 240 in each innings, anything extra, I will be over the moon! I hope Mashrafe will take 4 or 5 wkts..yeah..may be his first 5-fer! (in-sha-allah)

[Rabz]

thanks BCF...

but we need some divine intervention here...especially on this times of grave danger...( !!!)...

this IS our make or brake tour...

man...im so jealous of all you guys whoz gonna be on the field....hate yaz all...

we poor fans would be loggin on to net..desperately lookin at some webpage...
while u guyz wud be right in the middle of the action...

[Tasin]

Originally posted by Sydney
we poor fans would be loggin on to net..desperately lookin at some webpage...
while u guyz wud be right in the middle of the action...

Yea, right.

[little_master]

So where this thread will end?
"Bangladesh made history at Lord's"? like this???

[little_master]

When will be the playing eleven announced?

[shovon13]

blah...i better get to sleep. its 4 in the morning here, and the game's on in 22 hours. must not be tired.

see ya'll tommorrow.

[BanCricFan]

Originally posted by Tasin

Yea, right.

Honestly, guys, I wish we all were there- the Rajin fan, the Aftab fan, the Mushfique fan...the whole lot! We would have had some very intense debates up in the stands and would have forgotten all about the game!.... A sudden brilliant catch by ..say, Rajin would have triggered off a wild celebration - hi fives, hugging and what not between.....Aftab & Rajin fans!!. Yes, I'm only focusing on the best case scenario...

Wouldn't it be nice if one of our batters- dont really care who it is - could hit a ton or a bowler taking a 5-fer and putting their name on the Board?!!

Guys I hope BDlive will do a great job for yours sake!

Edited on, May 25, 2005, 11:41 AM GMT, by BanCricFan.

[sunnyctg]

i m just happy to see bd play again. I havnt seen bd's match for ages! i was planning to go to lords but i think i hav to cancel that.But gonna watch it on tv definatly.

and i think press is writing too much abt Rahim. that might put him under pressure. May be thats british media's new tactic...you never know!

[Sam]

England has already announced their playing XI in the 1st test:
England:
1 Andrew Strauss,
2 Marcus Trescothick,
3 Michael Vaughan (capt),
4 Ian Bell,
5 Graham Thorpe,
6 Andrew Flintoff,
7 Geraint Jones,
8 Gareth Batty,
9 Matthew Hoggard,
10 Steve Harmison,
11 Simon Jones.

This is the batting order for the English Team.

Source

[One World]

As I look at those names it tells me six of them are far better batsman than Tatendu Taibu and this is the merciless shameless characterless English condition (I did not say English are characterless).

Ar bollei ki...200 years..etc.

How Mashrafe will handle the new ball? Can it be a magic day for Bashar? Is Rahim going to be second Ash of BD? Will it be the golden day for Aftab with his medium pace (if selected)? Who will win the toss by the way? Or is it just the continuation of our dismal performance? ..........................

Its been five years and we are still asking the same kind of questions.

[ManInBlack]

Good on ya Sydney.....How 'bout a victory parade on George Street?

[Sam]

I am really proud of our boys, for their attitude and for being remaining upbeat. Here is a couple of thoughts from them:
o “I'll fight for Bangladesh until I drop dead” – Khaled Masud
o “Please pray that I can play in the same way in the real matches. I am feeling very confident, I want to make my country proud” – Mushfiqur Rahim

[little_master]

Why BD did not unvail the playing 11.
BD always failed to do so early.
Unvailing playing 11 lately creates somewhat presure to some players....
:cool2:

[Sam]

Is this thread only for the day1? Why not one thread for the whole test of FIVE days?

[BanglaCool]

I was present at the historic series and test win for Bangladesh at the stadium. Wow! was that an experience. I wish the same for you guys at Lords. Remember, Tiger(arguably, if you are not a fan of hakina matata) is the Lord of the jungle and so should we be the lord of lords.

[akabir77]

what time (USA-CT/Bangladesh-Dhaka) the test suppose to start any one knows?

[One World]

USA-CT is 4:00 AM tomorrow.

The Bangladesh management curbed out Taposh and Enamul; included both Rajin and Aftab with Monir. Now the team is more vulnerable and more inexperienced respectively.

[Spitfire_x86]

Request to moderators

Please make this the ONE match thread for Test 1.

Ultra large match threads are more fun.....it's nice to see records of higherst hits/replies record getting broken. Since all match threads are going to be archived anyway, then thread size shouldn't matter.

[akabir77]

thanks one world-- i liked the team now all the plyrs who performed or had performed is in the team.. While saying that i would prefer tapash over rajin as tapash can bowl and also might score more runs than rajin will

[Flipper]

Originally posted by Spitfire_x86
Request to moderators

Please make this the ONE match thread for Test 1.

Ultra large match threads are more fun.....it's nice to see records of higherst hits/replies record getting broken. Since all match threads are going to be archived anyway, then thread size shouldn't matter.

Also please add LORDs to the Title, it will look more elegent. Thanks!