Final XI

[roaring tigerz]

All these deliberations about Ash is baffling, quite honestly. A couple of fifties does not mean much to me. I have given up on him amounting to anything more than " a fifty in ten innings"batsman. Our cumulative effort will largely be shaped by the performances of Tamim, Riyad, Shakib and Mushfiq. Of these, Tamim and Shakib are only just recovering from injuries/sickness. The other two have struggled terribly in these alien conditions. I will be very surprised if we can cross 250 in either innings.

The bowling is looking equally dodgy. When our best fast bowling bet is an upcapped guy and our only strike weapon a spin bowler, we would be hard pressed to contain this English team. Anything under 400 would be a massive effort from our guys.Like most other BC members, I would love to see Shafi, Rubel, and Robiul combo in the starting lineup.

[Beamer]

Yes, it is baffling that we are still talking about him. But, what are we to do? As long as he plays, he will be talked about more than anybody. You are right though. All depends on Sakib, Tamim, Riyad and Mushy..

[Rabz]

What would we do without Ash!!

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Beamer
Ok bro..I will let you know...

please do, if you can pull it off, men will never have to sacrifice sports in favor of wives/sex ever again.

and let me clear it up for the record, as an ethnic bengali, i fully support marital relations...just not during gametime (its sacrosanct - you wouldn't get frisky in the pews during sunday service, would you?). 15 minute half-times were specifically created so that one could get the little lady off and get back to game. cricket with its 40 minute lunches, and 20 minute teas is even more conducive to the female, non-sporting fans of the species.

remember, Beamer bhai, the fate of sport-addicted males all across the Milky Way is riding on your powers of persuasion!

[dolcevita]

Time for confirmation for Tamim Iqbal...

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[Dilscoop]

http://www.banglacricket.com/alochon...&postcount=224

Called it!! I knew this would happen. They could easily play Jislam at 2, and drop that fata$$, and keep Naeem.

But why would they not pick Shafiul!?!?!?! He is our best bowler atm

[Baundule]

Can we somehow include Asoka in our team?

[BangladeshFan]

Ashraful needs to cut his low percentage shots , the shots where he tries to be cheeky. He really needs to build his innings like the good batsmen did in the past such as lara, gavaskar, miandad etc. The more they scored, the hungrier they become. All about getting more and more runs and with that the confidence grows. In test match time doesnt matter, he can watch, leave, defend then express himself more once he gets the feel of the pitch and bowlers.

[Rommel]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
Thats the only prediction XI by crapinfo......they always gets it wrong....

I'm tired of this "Crapinfo" talk. Cricinfo is probably the greatest web resource ever created for Cricket. We rely on Cricinfo for EVERYTHING but yet, we still bitch about how it sucks. I mean seriously, what more can you expect out of Cricinfo? It's a site that is pretty much run by Indians but they still manage to give good coverage for all International sides. Do you think our people could do any better? Have you seen Tigercricket?

[fuzzy]

where is shafiul? he is better out of all the pacers.

[nycpro96]

The Cricinfo XI means almost nothing. I'm almost sure Shafiul will play.

[al-Sagar]

looks like the only reason BD did not declare their squad last evening is still not sure about tamim/shakibs fitness or what combination to pick.

[Dilscoop]

(If they aren't fit) it's not like they will get better over a night

[Tigers_eye]

I hope they select Shafiul.

I have no issues with Ash anymore. I have issues with the selectors and team management.

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
(If they aren't fit) it's not like they will get better over a night

sometime players do their pre match fitness test overnight. but sometimes they wait to do it just before the toss. looks like thats the case this time

[Dilscoop]

I hope they are fit. Or else even with rain, this test will be over in 3 days

[al-Sagar]

ACCORDING TO PA,

naeem, abdurrajjakraj, robin and shamshur rahman are out of contention for todays match. the final 11 will be selected from the rest of the 12.

so the BD twelve for todays game:

tamim, imrul, junaid, jahurul, ashraful, riyadh, shakib, mushfiq, rajib, rubel, rabiul, shafiul

so one of the 4 openers or one of the 4 pacers will be the 12th man

[wiseshah]

I think 3 pacer will be

robiul--rubel--shafiul

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[wiseshah]

Naeem should play instead of imrul

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[AsifTheManRahman]

Oh Beamer bhai you got married! Congratulations!

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by wiseshah
Naeem should play instead of imrul

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unfortunately naeem has been left out of the twelve, according to PA

[WarWolf]

Can any one tell me why Imrul is there? Why Shafiul is not there?

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Can any one tell me why Imrul is there? Why Shafiul is not there?

because team management believes he can be the first BD player to score a century in lords.

[BanCricFan]

Originally Posted by offstump
because team management believes he can be the first BD player to score a century in lords.

who shafiul or vimrul?

Shafi should have been bowling at lords today. Instead, we will see Vimu making a big 9 and bounced out...once again!

[Beamer]

As I suspected yesterday. Kayes is playing. Shafi is not playing.