***Official*** Bangladesh in New Zealand

[TT Boy]

LOL @ O'Brien's drop.

Good stuff from the openers though. Played some cracking shots on the highlight package I saw, plus a couple of streaky ones to boot but 'encouraging' signs nevertheless.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

I iz a citizen of the world. I was born in NZ though. Now i is in da land of the da rising sun.

Me too.

I was in an internet cafe in Shibuya today and some guy was checking cricinfo...

And to make this on topic... How are England not gonna kill us in the Tests?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Me too.

I was in an internet cafe in Shibuya today and some guy was checking cricinfo...

And to make this on topic... How are England not gonna kill us in the Tests?

By having batsmen congenitally unable to get into three figures, no clue who our best wicketkeeper is, a pace attack that's nearly as injured as yours, a spinner fond of long hops and a tail that is arguably the most fragile in world cricket. That's how.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Abdul Kardar & Khalid Ibadulla. 249 @ Karachi vs Australia, 24 October 1964.

Merci.

 

[TT Boy]

By having batsmen congenitally unable to get into three figures, no clue who our best wicketkeeper is, a pace attack that's nearly as injured as yours, a spinner fond of long hops and a tail that is arguably the most fragile in world cricket. That's how.

That's ok, the New Zealand batsman were struggling to get into double figures in South Africa let alone contemplating the thought of scoring a hundred. Can’t see anything less than a 2-0 for 'us' tbh.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Tamim goes for 84, hopefully Junaid keeps his head now and Habibul refrains from hooking everything...

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Junaid gone now . Come on boys, don't throw this one away again.

 

[TT Boy]

No his gone now. Collapse is on.

 

[Perm]

Bangladesh!

Ashraful needs a big score, and Bashar definitely needs runs.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

****, Habibul undone by the short ball for the umpteenth time. I'll leave this one til the morning now.

 

[Perm]

Does Habibul Bashar deserve to be in the Test side? Hasn't scored a 50 since April of 2006 and I don't think he's made too many domestic runs either.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Does Habibul Bashar deserve to be in the Test side? Hasn't scored a 50 since April of 2006 and I don't think he's made too many domestic runs either.

TBF Bangladesh didn't play a Test for over a year from April 2006 and while his domestic form hasn't been that great, he notched up three fifties just before the tour in an NCL competition that has been largely dominated by the bowlers. I think he's there more for his experience in a very, very inexperienced side, although the way he's batting he looks like the least experienced out there.

Agreed though, his time has passed. Someone else has to stand up now, ideally Rajin Saleh.

 

[Perm]

Athar Ali Khan has a pretty good point here, but the rules of the game, that wasn't a catch as Sinclair grounded the ball in the process of taking the catch.

 

[Smudge]

Bangladesh falling apart at the seams. Five down now.

 

[Prince EWS]

TBF Bangladesh didn't play a Test for over a year from April 2006 and while his domestic form hasn't been that great, he notched up three fifties just before the tour in an NCL competition that has been largely dominated by the bowlers. I think he's there more for his experience in a very, very inexperienced side, although the way he's batting he looks like the least experienced out there.

Agreed though, his time has passed. Someone else has to stand up now, ideally Rajin Saleh.

How is Rajin not already playing, though? He's your best batsman as of now from where I sit. His test averages hovers between 27 and 30 and his first class average is 35. He looked extremely assured technically against Australia - even moreso than Nafees even if he scored less runs than him. I just don't get his omission; he'd be the first batsman on the list for me. Habibul, Nafees as a middle order player and Aftab is all much of a muchness but Rajin should definitely be there.

 

[NUFAN]

How is Rajin not already playing, though? He's your best batsman as of now from where I sit. His test averages hovers between 27 and 30 and his first class average is 35. He looked extremely assured technically against Australia - even moreso than Nafees even if he scored less runs than him. I just don't get his omission; he'd be the first batsman on the list for me. Habibul, Nafees as a middle order player and Aftab is all much of a muchness but Rajin should definitely be there.

Especially in a seamer friendly place like NZ.

 

[Perm]

Apologies for the quality of most of these images, they were the best I could do.

 

[Perm]

Is there anything worse in cricket than Ian O'Brien taking wickets?

 

[Smudge]

Nice to see that NZC and the OCA went a little old-school and let the crowd have a play on the field during the breaks...

 

[Sir Redman]

Is there anything worse in cricket than Ian O'Brien taking wickets?

Was thinking the same thing myself, though Ian O'Brien dropping catches would be up there as well. Particularly when the batsman is Jaques Kallis.

Desperately hope he doesn't get picked for the England series.