Bangladesh- SPORTS

[Tmac]

is there a chance we may make it to the Semis? What if we beat Ireland and one of Endland or West Indies? Would that be enough? Regardless it's been an amazing world cup. Judging by the total South Africa posted against West Indies today, it was an amazing achievement for Bangladesh beating South Africa. We must continue to develop.

[mirzazeehan]

Video of celebrations in Dhaka after Bangladesh's win over South Africa

http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j9...t=MOV01057.flv

[tanzirian]

Originally Posted by Tmac

is there a chance we may make it to the Semis? What if we beat Ireland and one of Endland or West Indies? Would that be enough? Regardless it's been an amazing world cup. Judging by the total South Africa posted against West Indies today, it was an amazing achievement for Bangladesh beating South Africa. We must continue to develop.

Semis is still quite a stretch. Only realistic chance would be to win all three of the remaining matches, but that is not enough by itself...South Africa would have to lose at least one of their remaining matches, and even then it would come down to run rate, in which case the Africans would likely come out on top. Of course in the unlikely scenario that we win all three of our matches, and South Africa lose both of theirs (assuming that the West Indies are gonners today), then we would go through on points.

[mirzazeehan]

ICC World Cup 07
Spirited Tigers take on England today
Sports Reporter

It will be another opportunity for a spirited Bangladesh to challenge the record books when they meet England in a World Cup Super Eights match in Barbados today.

There are only three Test-playing teams including England that the Tigers have yet to conquer in one-day internationals, and their splendid 67-run victory over South Africa gave a clear indication that they can beat anybody to fool the statistics.


The match starts at 7:30pm Bangladesh time with state-run BTV and SET Max beaming the live coverage from Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.


England won all the previous seven matches over the last seven years against Bangladesh quite convincingly, but it will not guarantee them another success as Bangladesh have already proved that their first round victory against India was no fluke, rather they can win on their own -- something they did against the mighty Proteas.

Michael Vaughan's boys are under pressure as they made their semifinal chance vulnerable, having lost both big matches in the second stage against unbeaten Australia and Sri Lanka. Their only victory came against Ireland and interestingly, they are yet to beat any full ICC member country in the competition as their two first round wins were against lowly Kenya and Canada.


On the other hand, Bangladesh got their confidence back in their dream World Cup run after poor showings against Australia and New Zealand in the second round, when they outplayed South Africa, their first win in eight attempts against the Proteas. The stunning Tigers win not only dethroned the Africans from the top spot of the ICC one-day rankings but also kept their hopes of making the semifinals alive.

The expectations are high in the country after Sunday's glorious triumph, but the players should prove their consistency to keep up the momentum, with everything depending on the batsmen.


Mohammad Ashraful hogged the spotlight after a long time, and no doubt everybody expects another spark from the little man beside the other top order batsmen to see Bangladesh at their best.


Bangladesh's left-spinning trio -- Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak and Shakib Al Hasan -- already proved that they have the ability to bamboozle the English, who hardly have a reputation of feeling comfortable against the slow bowlers.


Unlike the slow and low wicket at the Providence in Georgetown where the spinners thrived, the wicket at the Kensington Oval will offer some bounce but expected to be more favourable to batsmen.

Source:http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/11/d70411011711.htm

[tareq79]

Guys, is there any live streaming link for the world cup matches? (it must be free!)...i need it badly as i ll be outside bangladesh for two weeks starting next sunday...pls help.

[Dhakaiya]

Originally Posted by mirzazeehan

ICC World Cup 07
Spirited Tigers take on England today
Sports Reporter

It will be another opportunity for a spirited Bangladesh to challenge the record books when they meet England in a World Cup Super Eights match in Barbados today.

There are only three Test-playing teams including England that the Tigers have yet to conquer in one-day internationals, and their splendid 67-run victory over South Africa gave a clear indication that they can beat anybody to fool the statistics.


The match starts at 7:30pm Bangladesh time with state-run BTV and SET Max beaming the live coverage from Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.


England won all the previous seven matches over the last seven years against Bangladesh quite convincingly, but it will not guarantee them another success as Bangladesh have already proved that their first round victory against India was no fluke, rather they can win on their own -- something they did against the mighty Proteas.

Michael Vaughan's boys are under pressure as they made their semifinal chance vulnerable, having lost both big matches in the second stage against unbeaten Australia and Sri Lanka. Their only victory came against Ireland and interestingly, they are yet to beat any full ICC member country in the competition as their two first round wins were against lowly Kenya and Canada.


On the other hand, Bangladesh got their confidence back in their dream World Cup run after poor showings against Australia and New Zealand in the second round, when they outplayed South Africa, their first win in eight attempts against the Proteas. The stunning Tigers win not only dethroned the Africans from the top spot of the ICC one-day rankings but also kept their hopes of making the semifinals alive.

The expectations are high in the country after Sunday's glorious triumph, but the players should prove their consistency to keep up the momentum, with everything depending on the batsmen.


Mohammad Ashraful hogged the spotlight after a long time, and no doubt everybody expects another spark from the little man beside the other top order batsmen to see Bangladesh at their best.


Bangladesh's left-spinning trio -- Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak and Shakib Al Hasan -- already proved that they have the ability to bamboozle the English, who hardly have a reputation of feeling comfortable against the slow bowlers.


Unlike the slow and low wicket at the Providence in Georgetown where the spinners thrived, the wicket at the Kensington Oval will offer some bounce but expected to be more favourable to batsmen.

Source:http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/04/11/d70411011711.htm

Good luck tigers One more showdown

[gohorns]

Looks like another collapse on the way. Who says BD is unpredictable?? BD always follows a similar pattern...loss loss loss loss win loss loss loss loss loss win loss loss loss loss I hope that shuts up the critics who say we're unpredictable Pakistan and India are unpredictable...they can win a few on the trot or lose a few on the trot....BD is quite predictable

It's okay...once the losing cycle ends (which may be after the WC) we'll win again

[tanzirian]

40-4

Why on earth did they play Shahriar Nafees again? He is clearly out of form. The Tamim Iqbal - Javed Omar combination had finally started to give us some stability at the top, and they decide to go back to the one that wasn't working....why?

Also, with all due respect to our captain...he should retire after this tournament. Whatever his other virtues, he has failed miserably at bat just about every time. He deserves a pat on the back, but new blood is needed at the helm.

[gohorns]

JO didn't get that many runs though plus his strike rate is pretty low. I mean, if you can't get runs AND have a bad strike rate, it doesn't help your cause. But yeah, I agree that Nafees should've done better and I also agree that Bashar needs to retire. He's done his part and should receive a proper farewell for his contribution to BD cricket. I have to say though that despite his poor showing with the bat, he has made some good decisions as captain. Anyway, maybe Nafees can replace him lower down the order. Who would be the new captain? Everyone's so inexperienced...

[Tmac]

ya they seem to be having trouble with this pitch and the bounce it's giving. How many fast bowlers does England have?

[tanzirian]

Originally Posted by gohorns

JO didn't get that many runs though plus his strike rate is pretty low

I'm not denying that, but it seemed that with the Iqbal-Omar combination we were less likely to lose wickets in the first 10 overs.

Sorry Tmac, don't know enough about England to answer your quetion.

Ashraful gone for 1...that's pretty much the end of it.

BTW, in recent weeks I've noticed that it takes 2 or 3 posts for my post count to go up by 1. Has this happened to anyone else?

[gohorns]

Originally Posted by tanzirian

I'm not denying that, but it seemed that with the Iqbal-Omar combination we were less likely to lose wickets in the first 10 overs.

Sorry Tmac, don't know enough about England to answer your quetion.

Ashraful gone for 1...that's pretty much the end of it.

Yeah with JO we didn't lose wickets right away (like we usually do).

[mirzazeehan]

Indeed another 'SAD' day for the Tigers,and whats worse is that,we are losing because of our INABILITY/MISTAKES not because of good performance by our opponents.

[Tmac]

if England batted first or if BD scored 40 more runs then BD would win this match. Too bad our batting was horrible.

[tanzirian]

England 113-6. This is Sri-Lanka style suspense (almost).

Anytime our batters have given our bowlers a reasonable total to defend, they have shown their class. Unfortunately our batters don't perform on a consistent basis.

[Tmac]

great effort by the BD bowlers. Hopefully they can bowl and bat well against West Indies.

[mirzazeehan]

Originally Posted by Tmac

great effort by the BD bowlers. Hopefully they can bowl and bat well against West Indies.

Yeah,the bowlers were excellent,hope they can continue like this in the next games

[Dhakaiya]

What the Hell is Habibul Bashar doing these days. He was out there looking at the sky in the middle of the pitch!!!

[gohorns]

I think this has been a problem with the BD team. This is the second time they were caught out of their crease because they were watching the ball. I guess the years of watching top-flight cricket just on tv (or live) has made spectators out of the players They need to be reminded that we're actually playing top-flight cricket now, not just watching so stop watching to see if the catch is taken and get back to the game!! hehe..

[tareq79]

any live streaming link???