***Official*** Bangladesh in Zimbabwe

[NZ Guy]

Haha his average has risen by around 15!

 

[laksh_01]

It matters.

How does it?

 

[Jakester1288]

He probably wont get it from here.

 

[NZ Guy]

I hate Utseya and whoever did the misfield!

 

[Athlai]

How does it?

As NZ Guy said, it would be like losing your virginity to a prostitute.This record deserves to be broken by a better batsman than Coventry.

Looks like his own teammate denied him the chance to score 200. Thats Zimbabwe cricket for you.

 

[Jakester1288]

Equaled it, top knock all the same.

 

[NZ Guy]

equalled! not happy im off to bed, hope I wake up to see Tamim Iqbal with the record

 

[Jakester1288]

WTF did they take 2 for anyway?

 

[laksh_01]

As NZ Guy said, it would be like losing your virginity to a prostitute.This record deserves to be broken by a better batsman than Coventry.

Looks like his own teammate denied him the chance to score 200. Thats Zimbabwe cricket for you.

Then y did that much better batsmen couldn't break the record which Coventry could?

 

[Athlai]

equalled! not happy im off to bed, hope I wake up to see Tamim Iqbal with the record

Haha that would be awesome

 

[Athlai]

Then y didn't that much better batsmen couldn't break the record which Coventry could?

They weren't given the same circumstances in playing against this Bangladeshi team on this particular pitch.

 

[Perm]

This record deserves to be broken by a better batsman than Coventry.

The record deserves to be broken by whoever plays well enough to break it. If Coventry had made those last 6 runs, then he'd be a deserving record holder.

 

[laksh_01]

They weren't given the same circumstances in playing against this Bangladeshi team on this particular pitch.

Ya u mean to say no top batsman got an oppertunity all these years on a pitch like this against any of the minnows? Come on dude accept it! Even if the batsman if from Zim, Ban, Ire, Ken etc... When its a official match, then a record is a record.

 

[TT Boy]

The record deserves to be broken by whoever plays well enough to break it. If Coventry had made those last 6 runs, then he'd be a deserving record holder.

Agreed. What a performance.

And you only have to go back three pages on this thread and people were suggesting that Zimbabwe no longer deserved ODI status.

 

[Athlai]

The record deserves to be broken by whoever plays well enough to break it. If Coventry had made those last 6 runs, then he'd be a deserving record holder.

I disagree with this, too much played into his favor for a knock like this.

-the batting conditions
-the opposing bowlers
-his own teammates poor batting

If Jayasuriya or Anwar or Tendulkar or Lara or anyone else were given this scenario then I'd say the same result could come out. While in a game with tougher conditions, bowlers and better teammates it would be as unattainable as it has proven to be.

 

[Xuhaib]

Charles who?

 

[TT Boy]

The second highest score was 37 and he scored over 60% of his sides runs. Come on.

 

[Athlai]

Ya u mean to say no top batsman got an oppertunity all these years on a pitch like this against any of the minnows? Come on dude accept it! Even if the batsman if from Zim, Ban, Ire, Ken etc... When its a official match, then a record is a record.

I'm saying while it hasn't happened and I'll admit that it is faaaaaar more likely to happen in a match with a flat pitch against bad opposition.

Would like the record to be broken against one of the top teams.

 

[laksh_01]

I disagree with this, too much played into his favor for a knock like this.

-the batting conditions
-the opposing bowlers
-his own teammates poor batting

If Jayasuriya or Anwar or Tendulkar or Lara or anyone else were given this scenario then I'd say the same result could come out. While in a game with tougher conditions, bowlers and better teammates it would be as unattainable as it has proven to be.

Ha ha ha thats pure foolishness. Then every record is to be blamed.

Yuvi's 6 sixes in T20 Wc:
- No other batsman came on strike
- Broad was bowling bad
- Pitch was good
- wind was batsman fav etc etc

Anil Kumble's 10 Wkts against Pak:
- No other bowler couldn't take even a single wkt
- Pak batsmen couldn't give away their wkt to anyother bowler
etc etc etc...

Thats so funny!

 

[Perm]

The second highest score was 37 and he scored over 60% of his sides runs. Come on.

Yeah, for me that's the biggest thing. 194 runs out of a team total of 300 is phenomenal, regardless of who the opposition was.