Match Thread: Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka, 9th Match, Asia Cup 2008 at Karachi, June 30

[abdulmukit]

bangladeshi batsman's have to play very carefully against this mendis guy who allready took 9 wicket in this asia cup, he took 5 wicket haul against UAE the other day and 4 wickets against pakistan today.

courtesy from cricinfo.com

Stats and trivia

The year 2007 had just two instances of Bangladesh batsmen making centuries, but since March this year, four have already been scored. Tamim Iqbal's 129 against Ireland broke the drought, followed by hundreds by Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful and Kapali.

[wiseshah]

my advice to nazim or team: let nazim play his "natural game".

i want a matara hurricane innings from nazim. thats the only way, he can treat us.

[simon]

Hope we take batting first & get more than 250.
Later if we get Jaya,Sanga & Mohila quickly than it will be our day.

[Umar]

No Nazim please.
this guy is Absolute waste atm.
gives me an unpleasant feeling every time he walks in. JUST FEEL LIKE...He is coming to GO providing nothing for the team but extra pressure on teammates !

[The_Yorker]

oh no...Nazin again !! I think they should let me play, I can get 7 runs.

[Murad]

Originally Posted by Eshen
So Nazim gets another chance! From Siddons' facial expression after the fall of his wicket in the last match, I thought Siddons would kill Nazim.

I think it's a good move that Siddons is giving Nazim a long enough trial instead of reverting back to Shahriar.

Exactly.
They should give a player enough chances before sending him back to the lower level. He should get atleast 10 matches in a row to prove himself. If he fails then he should be dropped from the squad and sent to the A-team or Academy.

Junaid should have been given more chances as well. He never got a 3 matches in a row. He played 2 match, failed and then got dropped, which was a big mistake.

Nafees has been given way too many chances. He should be sent to the A-team to play in England.

[Perm]

Originally Posted by wiseshah
thats anew thought. hmmm; mosharraf: have to think twice, dont we have enough spinners in the current team
instead why dont u add mehrab jr in the opening slot instead of SN
so farhad can retain his spot. after 3 pacer: mash-shahadat-farhad, our spinner can show their valky: razzaq-alok-mahmudullah-mehrab jr and ash(if it requires). what do u think?

Team balance would be the only issue with the side I posted. Injuries and form aside, I think that is our best XI and should play every ODI.

With the poor form that Shahriar Nafees is in I don't think he'll actually score many runs (I hope he does of course), so Mehrab Hossain Jr would probably be about his equal with the bat right now. A definite class below him though. I'm not really a big fan of Farhad Reza either, hence my unwillingness to have him in the XI. If the pitch was seam friendly then I'd probably play him, but as it is I think Mashrafe and Shahadat will be enough. Obviously once Rasel comes back from injury he'll go straight into the side, allowing us to play three specialist seamers.

[Perm]

Originally Posted by Eshen
I think it's a good move that Siddons is giving Nazim a long enough trial instead of reverting back to Shahriar.

It's good that Jamie Siddons has faith in his players, an encouraging sign for a young side who are lacking confidence. I do hope that this faith is consistent though, and shown for all players who may be struggling.

[Perm]

Originally Posted by muradnyc
He should be sent to the A-team to play in England.

I would definitely support this. No doubting in my mind that Nafees is a very classy batsman but he has been desperately short of runs for a little while now. Allowing him to play for Bangladesh A could be a positive move for his career, hopefully he scores plenty of runs and regains his confidence.

[rattlehead]

no nafees again
poor atahar would be extremely heart broken

[cricman]

Originally Posted by rattlehead
no nafees again
atahar would be extremely heart broken

Maybe Athar should get back on the selection committee than? I don't think the XI has been named yet, Siddons did have that WTF did you do look on Nazim's face, Commentator did say he was a bit unlucky that it didn't go for 4, I would suggest him to bat like he does in the 20/20's but if he's out early it's puts alot of pressure on Ash to deal with the new ball so early, thats why you see lots of leading edges and he's trying to learn the cut shot and he's missing alot with it, nothing wrong with the shot selection if you bowl that length best option would be the cut shot but Ash isn't on Javed level with the cut shot.

[khelapagol]

Originally Posted by wiseshah
so far this is the best tournament for Bd players, all matches 200 plus runs,
2 century: kapali, ashraful
half century: tamim, rakibul
milestone 1000 run: tamim, kapali
100 wkt: razzaq

Bd is so in consistent ,so my prediction is next 2 matches will be worst and Bd will score less than 200 in next matches and tamim , alok, rakibul will be failed,
i hope i am wrong......... i am just saying this, so u will be mentally prepared and dont be too upset and admit our lack of ability.

again, i hope i am wrong

Bhai boy dekhan ken? Emnitei eto tension e thaki BD er match nia

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Obayed bhai, nice thread. Best of luck to the thread opener and the team.

Can you change the pic of Jayawardane? He is not such a nice person as in the pic. Please put a picture which shows the real arrogant silly Jayawardane.

Abu...happy?!

[Murad]

Prediction for tomorrow's game:

Batting First : 195-210 all out
Srilanka : 211/4 in 33 over

Srilanka Bat first: 320/8
BD 235/7

[HereWeGo]

Originally Posted by muradnyc
Prediction for tomorrow's game:

Batting First : 195-210 all out
Srilanka : 211/4 in 33 over

Srilanka Bat first: 320/8
BD 235/7

Since it is soo easy for u to predict the match scores...y don u also predict the toss outcome...pir baba

[Murad]

Originally Posted by HereWeGo
Since it is soo easy for u to predict the match scores...y don u also predict the toss outcome...pir baba

Pir baba mone kore.... kalke toss jitbe srilanka ar batting korbe..

[bujhee kom]

all the good wishes and loving prayers for our tigers!
bismillah! go bd!

[abdulmukit]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
Abu...happy?!

i lol'd at that pic of jaywardene....haha

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by ehteshamul
GREAT THREAD – ONE SUGGESTION

Hello Kalpurush Bhaiyya,

Congratulations to you for this wonderful thread that you have opened for BD Cricket team Vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup match scheduled for tomorrow June 30 2008.

Designwise ,Contentwise it is second to none. Full Marks to you!

I have just one suggestion on this thread that of the picture of Ashraful.

It appears to me (no offence to you) that in the picture Ashraful looks jaded, pensive and giving the impression that he is short of confidence.

On the other hand Mahela’s picture has his character personified. A very appropriate picture typical of Mahela Jayewardene.

I have a picture of Ash from a CNN link that shows him fresh, smiling and all confidence.

Here’s the link:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/09...y20/index.html

The only problem of Ash photograph in this CNN link is his Jersey as this was the one BD cricket team wore during the World 20 02 0 .This picture was taken after his match winning knock against West Indies.

Having said the picture of Mahlea Mahela Jayawardene on this thread does not show him in his national jersey. So from that perspective it should b okay.

A fresh confident looking Ash photo will do full justice alongside a confident and fresh looking Mahela Jayawardene as this will have both of them in same phase off course photowise .

Hope this helps.

Allah Hafez.

Cheers!

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Much thanks for your kind words! Your request has been honoured. It is in deed a great picture. Thanks kindly again.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by abdulmukit
i lol'd at that pic of jaywardene....haha

Aj BD'r kache harar pore onek din Jaywardene ei cheharai thakbe!!!

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by SS


Aeitasi Eibar Kaya felamu....Aloukik, Tamim, Ash, Raqib hold on to your diapers

...তামিম কে দেখেই তো এই বালকের "ওই" খানে যেতে হবে...

[Razi]

kalpurush bhai there is a mistake in the spelling of match at the top where you wrote 'mach' by mistake, i hope you correct it.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Razi
kalpurush bhai there is a mistake in the spelling of match at the top where you wrote 'mach' by mistake, i hope you correct it.

Corrected! Much thanks.

[BD-Shardul]

Our toss bhaggo seems to be very suprosonno in this Asia Cup. Hopefully we will win the toss today and bat first. To have any chance, Bangladesh Captain Mohammad Ashraful will have to rise on the occasion against the toughest opponent of Bangladesh, which conversely if his favotite opponent

[mahbubH]

Originally Posted by HereWeGo
Since it is soo easy for u to predict the match scores...y don u also predict the toss outcome...pir baba

lol ... good one!