Match thread: Bangladesh A Team vs West Indies Four Day Match September 22, 2012 (9:30 AM BDT | 3:30 AM GMT) - September 25, 2012 (5:30 PM B

[Rifat H]

current partnership 4 from 51 balls . WI bowlers are in total control here

[Rifat H]

No run scored from last 27 balls

[Maysun]

I have to no idea what their plan is.. But this is suicidal, going at a SR of 10

[Gowza]

anamul hits a 4

[Gowza]

another 4 for anamul.

[Gowza]

all of a sudden anamul hits 3 4s in one over

[Maysun]

So what just happened?

[Gowza]

anamul just got out that's what happened

[riajul]

typical BD Batsman

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[Maysun]

that was coming, to play like Imrul and Afridi at the same time

[Gowza]

farhad off the mark with a 4

[WindieFan]

yeah 143/5 and Warrican has done so well since lunch, Brathwaite was brave to turn to him again after he was hit all over the place before lunch, anyway Permaul has been giving away far too many boundry balls in his last three overs so i hope Brathwaite has enough sense to take him off now and give him a rest, why aren't the pacers bowling any overs? i really don't get it, is the pitch that flat that pace is worthless?

[Gowza]

warrican has done really well to pull back his econ rate, remember at one stage it was 6 now it's done to 2.03.

[Gowza]

scoreboard is updating really slowly atm.

[WindieFan]

Originally Posted by Gowza
scoreboard is updating really slowly atm.

Yeah he's only young and he could have easily lost confidence but he's done very well indeed and pretty much dragged us back into this game single handidly with his maidens, pressure and vital wickets.

[al Furqaan]

poor showing here...I hope this is the end of the road for most of these A teamers. the India tour should have been it, but tried and tested failures like Imrul, Rock, Naeem keep getting selected for the A team just like Tushar and Rokon before.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
poor showing here...I hope this is the end of the road for most of these A teamers. the India tour should have been it, but tried and tested failures like Imrul, Rock, Naeem keep getting selected for the A team just like Tushar and Rokon before.

yes, especially for imrul and raqibul. naeem is a more reasonable pick though he hasn't been taking his opportunities.

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
poor showing here...I hope this is the end of the road for most of these A teamers. the India tour should have been it, but tried and tested failures like Imrul, Rock, Naeem keep getting selected for the A team just like Tushar and Rokon before.

Unfortunately, we will have to continue to shuffle this bunch of idiots simply cuz we don't have alternatives.

Who do you suggest would replace them ?

[Rabz]

Wow, just had a good look at the scorecard.
Naeem currently batting, 12 of 81 balls !!
He takes the whole stay in the crease to a new level.
Continuously leaving balls outside off stump will not do anyone any good.
Try take some singles, rotate the strike.

[Maysun]

I think they got the whole notion of "stay in the crease as long as you can" completely wrong

Going at a SR of 10-20 will not do the job, not only are you giving the momentum away completely to the bowling side, but you're not scoring and we know you'll give in soon and play a wild shot and get out!

[Rabz]

^^ Any good team will be more than happy to feed you balls outside the offstump all day long.
If you are a Bangladeshi batsman, you are going to kochafy at some point.

[F6_Turbo]

Originally Posted by maysun
I think they got the whole notion of "stay in the crease as long as you can" completely wrong

Going at a SR of 10-20 will not do the job, not only are you giving the momentum away completely to the bowling side, but you're not scoring and we know you'll give in soon and play a wild shot and get out!

And that's been the problem in recent years...nothing in the middle. We're either trying to smack everything out of the ground, or blocking EVERYTHING.

[Rabz]

Great !
Another gone.
All wortheless.
SRK in.

[Maysun]

Same old, same old, meh. What a bunch of ..

[Maysun]

Naeem Islam's score reads 29*(132) (4x2,6x0) - SR 21.97
Imrul Kayes' score reads 6(41) (4x0,6x0) - SR 14.63

What's the point of playing such an innings at the start? Now with a collapse imminent, understandable!