Match Thread: BCB XI vs SA, Feb 17-19, 2008

[kalpurush]

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs South Africans
(Warm Up Match)

Date: February 17-19, 2008

Time of Match: 10:00 am local time; 04:00 GMT

Venue: Fatullah, Dhaka, Bangladesh

BCB XI (Squad) : Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Nazim Uddin, Rajin Salah Alam, Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury, Mushfiqur Rahim (Vice Captain/Wicketkeeper), Enamul Haque Jr., Sajedul Islam, Talha Jubaer, Farhad Reza, Syed Rasel, Roqibul Hassan, Kazi Habibul Bashar

South Africa Squad : Graeme Smith (Captain), Ashwell Prince, Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, A.B. de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Andre Nel, Neil McKenzie, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson and Dale Steyn

All the best to our young Tigers. Hope, they will put a good fight against the mighty Proteas.

[sandpiper]

go tigers go....

[wiseshah]

thank you. finally some one open a thread, was eagerly waiting for this. thanks a lot. plz update the score and BD line up. Hope raqibul and nazim plays in this match, very curious to see their performance. I believe , rest of the players played for national team in recent past , i mean ODI or test. i think junaed already secured his place in national team, so he can be rested

[Antora]

mushy vice captain? lol
go tigerz!!! =D

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by wiseshah
thank you. finally some one open a thread, was eagerly waiting for this. thanks a lot.
i think junaed already secured his place in national team, so he can be rested

My pleasure.
Junaid should play the warm up match as he needs to get used to the Proteas bowling. I am eager to watch how Sakib motivates this young team to give their best and fights hard. Good luck, Tigers.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by antora93
mushy vice captain? lol

Sick of Mushy?!

[wiseshah]

so from the main test XI, who is not playing in this match?
Ashraful
mashrafe
rafiq
bashar (if he is fit, though we dont need him due to his current form)
Shahadat

hope i haven't miss any name

[wiseshah]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
Sick of Mushy?!

exactly. me too. this kid need rest. we should try pilot in this series(in the test and dhiman in the ODI. Mushy should be rested and i am sure he will come back strong.

[Mahir]

Looking forward to seeing SN, and ofcourse Mushfique, find their form with the bat. Can Mushy be sent at no. 3 for god's sakes ?? Also, Enam needs a good game under his belt BADLY, and that too ASAP! Don't want to see the selectors lose patience with him.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Mahir
Looking forward to seeing SN, and ofcourse Mushfique, find their form with the bat. Can Mushy be sent at no. 3 for god's sakes ?? Also, Enam needs a good game under his belt BADLY, and that too ASAP! Don't want to see the selectors lose patience with him.

Ditto. If these three get their form back, and Aftab too, might change the match result, too!

[mshakir56]

Will there be live updates by anybody ?

[bdchamp20]

Originally Posted by antora93
mushy vice captain? lol
go tigerz!!! =D

Mushfiq shouldnt be vice-captain, he should be captain after 7-8 years..i think he will make our best captain ever, he was our most successful U-19 captain. He is very active in the field and inspires the team whrn tey are down..I really cant understand why Shakib is captain in a team which has Bashar, Shahriar and Aftab

[Rabz]

Thanks for opening up the thread Obayed bhai.
Good luck to the Tigers.

oh...i think the match should be stated as BCB XI vs South Africans, as it is a warm up match.

[al-Sagar]

mushfik will score a century ..............

[Ajfar]

mushy n sakib need sum run..so they can get their confidence bak..rasel needs sum gud bowling practicee..n with bashar injured Rajin will prolly make it to the playing 11 for the 1st test..

[crikss]

Mushfiq should bat in the middle order..his current batting position is not good for him if you consider his U-19 batting position

[Rommel]

Is there any link to follow the match?

[Tokai]

We should make bouncy wickets to give SA a wrong impression. Then when the real deal comes we can take advantage of that.

[Murad]

Sakib saying he wants to see a huge total in the first innings....And he won't let SAns win.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Rabz
oh...i think the match should be stated as BCB XI vs South Africans, as it is a warm up match.

Done. Much thanks.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Tokai
We should make bouncy wickets to give SA a wrong impression. Then when the real deal comes we can take advantage of that.

smart!

[cricket_pagol]

Originally Posted by Tokai
We should make bouncy wickets to give SA a wrong impression. Then when the real deal comes we can take advantage of that.

Its a good idea, but the only problem is that our players might get the wrong idea also!

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by cricket_pagol
Its a good idea, but the only problem is that our players might get the wrong idea also!

are naa..oder ke age..kane kanee..siddon boila dibo too

[Murad]

Shakib to hold back spin
3-day practice game from today
Sports Reporter

Most of the Test probables have been drafted into the local side to adjust with the South African attack and team's captain Shakib Al Hasan made it known during the practice session yesterday that their main objective would be to occupy the crease for as long as possible.

"I will highly appreciate if someone could occupy the crease for a whole day. Our intention is very clear: to spend time in the middle as much as we can to get accustomed to the South African bowlers before the first Test," said all-rounder Shakib.

The pitch at Fatullah is believed to be friendly to batsmen because of its even bounce, different to the Mirpur surface where the first Test of the two-match series will start from February 22.

Injured opener Tamim Iqbal has been drafted into the squad at the last moment but the left-hander has a bleak chance to play the match while former national skipper Habibul Bashar was also ruled out due to a minor thumb injury during practice.

Under Siddons's new training method, Tigers have had mostly concentrated on match practice for the last few days and the young left-hander believes that the warm-up match gave them an opportunity to look at their improvement.

"We played a number of matches during practice which will definitely help us," he said. BCB XI will field 12 players and lanky pacer Talha Jubair may miss the game.

Shakib also expressed his desire not to expose his spinners too much to the South African batsmen during the match as it is expected that the spinners will get the advantage in the series, especially in Mirpur where the slow and low bounce could be a big factor for the visitors.

"We have only two spinners -- Enamul Haque and myself -- in the team and we will definitely try to use spin bowling as less as we can," he added.

South African coach Mickey Arthur however said that they will try their best to capitalise on the warm-up game to acclimatise with the condition before the start of the first Test.

"We will try to utilise the game to the hilt. We have twelve players available right at the moment and all will play the match," said Arthur.

Graeme Smith's team came to Dhaka on Thursday without batsman Neil McKenzie and left-arm spinner Robbie Peterson. The pair will join the team on Wednesday.

The South African coach was not too concerned with the sub-continent conditions. "I never expect bouncy pitches here. We are prepared to play in low and slow wickets," he said.

Arthur said that his side will miss slow left-arm spinner Paul Harris, who already showed his character to become a match-winning spinner for his side.

"Definitely we will miss him (Harris) but we have (off-spinner) Johan Botha," he said.

Daily Star

[MohammedC]

Looking at BD catching practise it seems that players are wearing gloves. I hope it is just to make sure they dont injure their finger