wow bangladesh seems to a really improving side, i am looking forward for them to be playing the 2007 world cup, they might suprise us all by winning the world cup, like sri lanka did in 1996
Australia V Bangladesh Tour
o dear.lol
Bangladesh 427
Australia 6/145 Gilchrist 51*, Lee 13*
Day 2, stumps - Aus: Hayden lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza 6, Ponting lbw b Shahadat Hossain 21, Martyn b Mohammad Rafique 4, Hussey b Mohammad Rafique 23, Clarke b Haque 19, Warne c Khaled Mashud b Enamul Haque 6 Bang: Nafees 138, Bashar 76, Saleh 67, MacGill 8/108, Gillespie 2/47
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MacGill still confident
Sportal
Having spared Australia even more blushes by a career-best eight-wicket haul, leg-spinner Stuart MacGill believes his team can still recover from its precarious position against Bangladesh.
At stumps on day two, the Australians had collapsed to 6-145, still 282 runs short of Bangladesh's first innings total of 427 and requiring another 82 runs to avoid the follow on.
However, the damage could have been far greater had it not been for MacGill, the leg-spinner grabbing 8-108 as the final five Bangladeshi wickets fell for just 29 runs.
Beaten by Bangladesh in a one-dayer in England last year, MacGill believes the Australians can avoid a stunning defeat.
"The game is not finished," MacGill told The Daily Telegraph.
"The game is far from finished and although Bangladesh is in a very strong position I know that Australia will fight very hard to firstly get another bowl and then see what happens."
While MacGill has not played much Test cricket recently, he believes his teammates are starting to show the strain of a long season.
"We are tired. Not only have we been in the field for a day and-a-half but I think since the Ashes started this is our 16th Test which has been a pretty long summer," he said.
"I think if there is any question of fatigue, it's not to do with the work we've done off the field because we're prepared for cricket ... maybe we could have done with a bit more time to get acclimatised."
While Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore agreed, he was more concerned with how his team would handle being in the unusual position of controlling a Test match.
"We're very much in the driving seat in this Test match which is not a position we're used to," Whatmore said.
"How we handle this in the next day, two days will be interesting because we need to continue to be proactive rather than reactive."
"We're really enjoying the situation at the moment.
"We have had some happy moments in one day cricket but as far as Test matches go, given the opposition we're playing against, it is very, very pleasing."
Bangladesh 427
Australia 6/145 Gilchrist 51*, Lee 13*
Day 2, stumps - Aus: Hayden lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza 6, Ponting lbw b Shahadat Hossain 21, Martyn b Mohammad Rafique 4, Hussey b Mohammad Rafique 23, Clarke b Haque 19, Warne c Khaled Mashud b Enamul Haque 6 Bang: Nafees 138, Bashar 76, Saleh 67, MacGill 8/108, Gillespie 2/47
MacGill still confident
Sportal
Having spared Australia even more blushes by a career-best eight-wicket haul, leg-spinner Stuart MacGill believes his team can still recover from its precarious position against Bangladesh.
At stumps on day two, the Australians had collapsed to 6-145, still 282 runs short of Bangladesh's first innings total of 427 and requiring another 82 runs to avoid the follow on.
However, the damage could have been far greater had it not been for MacGill, the leg-spinner grabbing 8-108 as the final five Bangladeshi wickets fell for just 29 runs.
Beaten by Bangladesh in a one-dayer in England last year, MacGill believes the Australians can avoid a stunning defeat.
"The game is not finished," MacGill told The Daily Telegraph.
"The game is far from finished and although Bangladesh is in a very strong position I know that Australia will fight very hard to firstly get another bowl and then see what happens."
While MacGill has not played much Test cricket recently, he believes his teammates are starting to show the strain of a long season.
"We are tired. Not only have we been in the field for a day and-a-half but I think since the Ashes started this is our 16th Test which has been a pretty long summer," he said.
"I think if there is any question of fatigue, it's not to do with the work we've done off the field because we're prepared for cricket ... maybe we could have done with a bit more time to get acclimatised."
While Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore agreed, he was more concerned with how his team would handle being in the unusual position of controlling a Test match.
"We're very much in the driving seat in this Test match which is not a position we're used to," Whatmore said.
"How we handle this in the next day, two days will be interesting because we need to continue to be proactive rather than reactive."
"We're really enjoying the situation at the moment.
"We have had some happy moments in one day cricket but as far as Test matches go, given the opposition we're playing against, it is very, very pleasing."
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Well glad to see a thread on this, I was gonna start one today 
Not looking too good for you guys, Lee out for 15, Jason "Jesus" Gillespie is on 25*(85)
& Gilli got 105*(162).
I told your'll a while back about bangladesh, but some of you guys just dissed me, now you see what I was talking about. Even if your'll do some how win this test, you have to admit they had your'll crapping in your pants! Just imagine, "Bangladesh's first ever international test match win against Australia" Even SA couldnt do that!
Not looking too good for you guys, Lee out for 15, Jason "Jesus" Gillespie is on 25*(85)
& Gilli got 105*(162).
I told your'll a while back about bangladesh, but some of you guys just dissed me, now you see what I was talking about. Even if your'll do some how win this test, you have to admit they had your'll crapping in your pants! Just imagine, "Bangladesh's first ever international test match win against Australia" Even SA couldnt do that!
Oh know spoke too soon Jesus is gone! Clark in, Aus 229/8
Is'nt this a sorry site
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