Match Thread: Bangladesh V New Zealand - World Cup Super 8 - April 2, 2007

[Rubu]

.........VS..... .
Date: April 02, 2007

Time : Monday, 9:30 Local Time, Monday, 13:30 GMT, Monday 9:30 EDT
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Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua

Weather: Some Chance of Rain

World Cup Squad Habibul Bashar Captain Player page Shahriar Nafees (vc) Abdur Razzak Aftab Ahmed Javed Omar Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Mohammad Rafique Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Rajin Saleh Saqibul Hasan Shahadat Hossain Syed Rasel Tamim Iqbal Tapash Baisya

World Cup Squad Stephen Fleming Captain Player page Shane Bond James Franklin Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Brendon McCullum (wk) Craig McMillan Hamish Marshall Chris Martin Michael Mason Jacob Oram Jeetan Patel Scott Styris Ross Taylor Daniel Vettori

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Bangladesh, on their 2nd Practice Match,
defeated New Zealand
and started the World Cup on a high note
It is about time, they show that it was not a flluke

[Miraz]

Good luck to Bangladesh.

Rubu, I am expecting a turnaround in fate of both Bangladesh and you.

[Shaan]

if young tigers can display the maturity of their bating and play according to the nature of the game then I believe we have good chance. Hope they don't come into rush shots before making proper judgment of the bowler and his delivery, they should also remember that they are playing for their country not to a personal displaying...

[Nafis_BD]

Inshallah BD will win this time prove that we r capable of beating big teams!!!

[bengaltiger]

JITBOI

[AsifTheManRahman]

crying out loud for an uncurtailed game.

[Rubu]

Originally Posted by Miraz
Good luck to Bangladesh.

Rubu, I am expecting a turnaround in fate of both Bangladesh and you.

What you mean, Miraz Bhai?

[Yasin]

Inshallah Bangladesh will win. I am just not happy with the line up. Dont think Aftab is the right person to come at No: 3 especially since we keep losing a wicket early. Promote Saqib/Ashraful if Tamim gets off cheaply which might just be the case unless he is having one of his days. Saqib comes at No: 4 and with Aftab and Tamim going early it doesnt make a difference if he comes at 3 or 4. Or try Ash at 3. The world cup might not be a place for experimenting, but then we have achieved what we have set out for, now lets treat these games to find a solution for the future (not that we should lose them). Mushfiq might also be promoted but Ash looks in good touch and he is more experienced. Best of Luck Bangladesh.

Not expecting a lot but definitely expecting a decent performance.

[sportsman]

inshallah , Bangladesh will repeat the warm-up match result.

[Murad]

"He (Tamim) should pick the right bals to hit. We all know how talented he is and he was given a free license to go out there and enjoy his cricket. But I will sit with him tomorrow and will try to make him understand that at this level you can't belt the ball always," said Bashar.

bashar said it to tigercricket... ekta kotha bujhina.... tamim to matro koyekdin dhore kheltese.. or temon experience nai... but Nafees ke niye kisu bole nai keno? shei to ei 4ta match e 10 er upore run kortei pareni.. plus or to onek experience...

is he afraid to talk abt nafees.. as hes a cousin of the chief selector? kichui bujhina....

[Miraz]

Originally Posted by Rubu
What you mean, Miraz Bhai?

Recalling the memory of Sri Lanka match

[BD Tigers]

Insha Allah BD will fight hard and win us the match. I dont want NZ to be in Semis. Also pray for a 50 over match. Win the toss, bat first and chase 240 runs and win by 3 wks Insha Allah!

[imtiaz82]

I would like to see a 50 over match, I am tired of these 25over matches..

Inshallah we will see a turn around in this match, also Shahdat would be a better option than Taposh.. Well I have a feeling they are just going to go with Syed Russel.

[cricket_pagol]

Hope to see a good game tomorrow. Looking for a good performance from bangladesh... anything can happen if the players play up to their potential. Come on Bangladesh!!!

[Orion]

Bangladesh needs to hire a full time fielding coach as good fielding can change a side drastically. Best examples are Sri Lanka and South Africa. BD Cricket Board is earning a lot of money now and it needs to be used wisely.

[tonoy]

go bangladesh. I know you can do it.

[JamesBond]

Go Bangladesh Go

[Hatebreed]

You might wana change "Beated New Zealand" to beat, or defeated.

[Navarene]

We are gonna win if (god forbid) its not gonna be a curtailed match!

[Imtiazk]

Originally Posted by Orion
Bangladesh needs to hire a full time fielding coach as good fielding can change a side drastically. Best examples are Sri Lanka and South Africa. BD Cricket Board is earning a lot of money now and it needs to be used wisely.

Hiring a coach is not the issue. The problem is our ingrained culture. Seniority etc. It is obvious that Bashar does not do much fielding practice or for that matter running between the wickets.

THe ground fielding of the younger bunch is actually quite OK.

[Rubu]

I do not have high expectation from this match beside having a better performance than the Australia game. However, I would want them to beat both of England and WI and end up with 6 points in super 8.

[taklima_naj]

Dont wanna be thrashed again

[Bancan]

cmon bd ........ show em whos the tiger.

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[BangladeshCricket]

Nothing will happen and we will face another thrashing defeat...BD's batsmen can't score more than 40 runs..top order is extremely fragile and only two batsmen in middle so far scoring runs not even reaching 50...Mashrafee won't be there always to score 30 runs..
I have no clue what to do with our bowlers as we have too many SLA and NZ already know about it..Their team is very balanced and we will loose this match badly just because of our batsmen and a good thrid seamer/thrid spinner.

[al Furqaan]

at least our schedule gets easier after the first 3 (killer) games...WI, ENG, IRE what a way to end the WC...we might even win 3 from 3...inshallah