Match Thread: Gloucestershire vs Bangladesh A July 20 -22

[istiak]

50 runs partnership....

[Zobair]

a good 50 partnership but a long long way to go still in this innings.

[BDshardul]

[silly_point]

Originally posted by BanCricFan
I think our batters still have problems picking up ones and twos and keep rotating the strikes!! most of their scoring shots are boundries (incl. many edges). When boundries dry up they usually give their wkts away by playing some expansive shots regardless of the wrong ball or the right ball! somehow they forget about taking singles or doubles, therefore, keeping the scoreboard ticking and their personal account too!

I hope Mushfiqur Rahim is an exception to this.

93 pc of Tushar's runs came from boundaries and for Alok it's 77 pc. They should absolutely take more singles and doubles and keep it rotating

[BanCricFan]

O Tushar in 30s!
lets hope he get to see the 40s, for a change!
He is still not running the ones and the twos! I wonder if he knows how?!

[BDshardul]

Time is up! what happens to the Umpires. Should be close at 4:45 GMT and it is 5:08.

[pilot fan]

this is good to see from our fringe players who are outplaying a strong gloucestershire side

this is a good tour as it will give our players time to get used to enlgish conditions

[pilot fan]

stioll 4 overs to go to get to the 90 overs in the day

[istiak]

Originally posted by BDshardul
Time is up! what happens to the Umpires. Should be close at 4:45 GMT and it is 5:08.

It is 5:45 the finishing time!!!!

[pilot fan]

if one is out should we send in a night watchmen and if so who?

[shongkhonil]

good to see kapali slowly regaining his form.

[Mr-khan]

Bangladesh A trail by 134 runs with 7 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps
Bangladesh A 98/3 (29 ov)

[reverse_swing]

well 5:45 for BST not GMT. I think umpire have decided to let finish full 90 overs.

[pilot fan]

stumps

fantastic effort by our young players

[BDshardul]

Thats it. Thanks all for company. have nice time. See u tomorrow inshallah.

[metallian]

is the game over for today? it's 1:18 eastern time.

[metallian]

nvm people. it's over. see you tomorrow

[Beamer]

It was frustrating to see their tail rebuilding the innings from 72-7 to a respectable 225. Shahadat was very expensive once again. Russel looks to me pretty economical. And as Faruqe said, he has the ability to swing both ways in a tight line. Its also promising to see Talha taking wkts.

Maybe, and hope dearly that Alok will come out of his wretched form in this series. He is showing signs. That is positive. Good fight back by Alok and Imran after the disastoruos start. Nazimuddin is struggling in these conditions so far..

[LateCut]

Does anybody know why Uppal C. is not playing for the gladiators? I do not know why does not play regularly for Sri Lank either! He can slog and is more than a decent bowler.

[cricman]

Rahim is our only capable batsmen after Tushar and Kapali. I hope they can have a monster partnerhip tommorow around 150 runs so that there is no xtra pressure on Rahim

[Spitfire_x86]

Kapali is doing well

I hope he gets a big score tomorrow

[Spitfire_x86]

Originally posted by BanCricFan
I think our batters still have problems picking up ones and twos and keep rotating the strikes!! most of their scoring shots are boundries (incl. many edges). When boundries dry up they usually give their wkts away by playing some expansive shots regardless of the wrong ball or the right ball! somehow they forget about taking singles or doubles, therefore, keeping the scoreboard ticking and their personal account too!

It's a problem in one day cricket, but not in the longer versions of cricket. Because of aggressive field placement in longer version of cricket, boundaries are easier to get and singles are harder to find.

[Tigers_eye]

Good showing. But must continue to build innings. anything over 250 is a good score.

[Sham]

Originally posted by silly_point

93 pc of Tushar's runs came from boundaries and for Alok it's 77 pc. They should absolutely take more singles and doubles and keep it rotating

With due respect, I don't think we can fault our batsmen for not nudging singles under these circumstances.

I have seen enough county cricket to know what these opposition bowlers will try to do. Every county has 3 or 4 of the John Lewis type medium pacers on their staff who make their living out of hitting the seam on the off-stump and trying to get the ball to seam. They typically bowl with a 7-2 field with two slippers and 5 fielders in the covers between gully and mid-off and will just keep pegging away at that line till the batsman makes a mistake. Under these circumstances and especially on a first day pitch, the best you can do really is to wait for the ones too wide or too full and get them past the cover fielders for four.

I have gone on and on about the importance of singles in ODI cricket, but in this form of the game, wicket preservation is key and as long as they aren't getting out, I don't have too many complaints. I'd rather have them wait for the bad balls against medium-pace seam bowlers than get out by being adventurous, trying to nudge the ball onto the leg-side to rotate the strike. In short, I don't advise playing across the line. As long as they play with a straight bat and negotiate the seam, they will get enough bad balls to put away. After all, most of these guys aren't Test class bowlers and the wicket will become easier tomorrow and the day after.

[Fazal]

Daily Player's Stock Tracker

Shahriar Nafees ↓(down)
Nafees Iqbal ↓(down)
Tushar Imran ↑(up)
Nazimuddin ↓(down)
Alok Kapali ↑(up)
Mushfiqur Rahim → (no change)
Mushfiqur Rahman → (no change)
Talha Jubair ↑ (up)
Enamul Haque ↓(down)
Syed Rasel ↑ (up)
Shahadat ↑(up)