Bangladesh: A quest for glory. [Mediocre ICC 2005 tale]

[NZTailender]

2nd One day match...we have no change but NZ have a couple of changes:

New Zealand XI
1. C McMillan
2. S Fleming (c)
3. J Oram
4. P Fulton
5. K Mills
6. L Vincent
7. B McCullum (wk)
8. J Franklin
9. T Canning
10. D Tuffey
11. I O'brien

NZ won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat.

Islam and Iqbal did what they usually do in ODI..make a start and look to go on then get out to silly shots. Rahman was out for a duck playing stupidly too. Sonet showed why he's our best ODI player with a classy and sensible 86 backed up by Aftab Ahmed's 49 and Manjural Islams 27.

Our bowlers were fantastic however! At one stage Anwar Hossain had bowled 7 overs no wicket for 9 runs! He came back on for the final spell and got 1 wicket for 14 runs off 8.4 overs...

Manjural Islam bowled very tight until a couple of overs when Canning got onto him but he took revenge and got him out and ended up with a five wicket haul!

Bangladesh 6 for 231.
Ishraq Sonet 86 N.O.
Aftab Ahmed 49
T Canning 2-38
J Franklin 2-49

New Zealand all out 183.
L Vincent 54
T Canning 23
Manjural Islam 5-51
Nazmul Hossain 2-38

Bangladesh won by 48 runs.
MOTM: Majural Islam

 

[NZTailender]

3rd ODI. Same line ups.

The super all rounder bug seems to have reached Tama Canning when he hit 35 off 32

I guess its our fault we didn't get him and Vincent out when NZ were just 7 for 133. THey went on to make 190

Sigh. Our batting started excellent then we were let down as an easy win slipped away.

New Zealand 7 for 190
L Vincent 70 N.O.
T Canning 35 N.O.
Anwar Hossain 2-33
Arafat Sunny 2-48

Bangladesh 7 for 179.
Nafees Iqbal 45
Ashraful Islam 37
D Tuffey 4-47
I O'brien 2-34

New Zealand won by 11 runs.
MOTM: D Tuffey

NZ wins ODI series 2-1.

 

[NZTailender]

Tour of Zimbabwe squad.

Batsmen:
Ashraful Islam (opener)
Nafees Iqbal (opener)
Arif Ahmed (opener/WK)
Atiqur Rahman
Ishraq Sonet (c)
Aftab Ahmed
Rajin Saleh
Naeem Islam
Sadiqur Rahman
Jahurul Islam (wk)

Spin/All rounders:
Manjural Islam (SLA)
Elias Sunny (SLA)
Arafat Sunny (SLA)

Quicks:
Nazmul Hossain (RFM)
Anwar Hossain (RFM)
Shafaq Al-zabir (LMF)
Rezaul Haque (LMF)
Syed Rasel (LFM)


First XI to face Matabeleland
1. Arif Ahmed
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Rajin Saleh (c)
4. Naeem Islam
5. Atiqur Rahman
6. Jahurul Islam (WK)
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Rezaul Haque
11. Shafaq Al-zabir

vs

Matabeleland
1. M Vermuelen (c)
2. N Mukondiwa
3. G Ewing
4. G Strydom
5. J Nyumbu
6. A Hoffman
7. S Kusano
8. M Mabuza (WK)
9. C Macmillan
10. T Mupariwa
11. C Mpofu

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[NZTailender]

Well, this was an excellent performance by most of our batters, and some bowlers! Iqbal and Ahmed got us off to a good start with a partnership of 82. Ahmed and Saleh then put on 52 before Ahmed was out. Then a massive 3rd wicket partnership between Saleh and Naeem Islam saw 210 added to the total. Naeem was unlucky to fall just short of his century...

Saleh and Rahman put on 50 before Saleh was out for his highest score of 171. THe next 3 wickets fell for 8 runs and our total didn't look to get past 450.

Then Elias and Arafat Sunny stopped the collapse with 51 which was followed by an amazing 122 run stand for the 9th wicket between Arafat Sunny (124 N.O.) and Rezaul Haque, 68. Even the last wicket partnership was worth 55. A good performance all round...

Arafat Sunny then bowled a beautiful spell taking 5 for 65. No doubt, he was man of the match.

Bangladesh all out 633.
Rajin Saleh 171
Arafat Sunny 124 N.O.
Naeem Islam 97
Rezaul Haque 68
G Ewing 7-160
T Mupawira 2-168

Matabeleland all out 218.
T Mupawira 44 N.O.
G Strydom 37
Arafat Sunny 5-65
Elias Sunny 2-75

Matabeleland following on 3 for 54.
M Vermuelen 31 N.O.
G Strydom 8
Arafat Sunny 1-1
Shafaq Al-zabir 1-22

Match Drawn.
MOTM: Arafat Sunny


First test match vs Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh XI
1. Ashraful Islam
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Rajin Saleh
4. Ishraq Sonet
5. Aftab Ahmed
6. Arif Ahmed (WK)
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Syed Rasel
11. Rezaul Haque

vs

Zimbabwe XI
1. M Vermuelen
2. N Mukondiwa
3. G Ewing
4. M Goodwin (c)
5. K Went
6. L Mutyambizi
7. A Blignaut
8. N Ferreira (WK)
9. H Streak
10. E Rainsford
11. D Hondo

 

[NZTailender]

Crumbs! THe first day was rain and light effected and we only got in two sessions. We batted quite well with pretty much everyone getting starts (the last three were the only ones to score under 30 but managed to get 15 or more).

Elias Sunny played the match of his life taking 12 wickets and hitting 90 runs. They avoided the follow on, just, late on day four. We came out swinging and amazingly managed to do better in aggressive batting than we ever have before, quickly getting 157 from basically a session. We declared and gave ourselves 2 and a bit sessions to get them out for less than 313. We came mighty close and with 30 mins left Ferreira blocked out the rest of the innings. If we had only those extra overs from when the game was rain effected...

...anyway, we should get them in the next match


Bangladesh all out 468.
Elias Sunny 90
Manjural islam 67
H Streak 3-89
E Rainsford 3-107

Zimbabwe all out 303.
M Vermuelen 110
N Mukodiwa 38
Elias Sunny 8-111
Arafat Sunny 2-85

Bangladesh 3 for 157.
Rajin Saleh 65 N.O.
Ashraful Islam 59
G Ewing 1-35
D Hondo 1-36

Zimbabwe 9 for 150.
M Vermuelen 38
N Ferreira 25 N.O.
Arafat Sunny 4-47
Elias Sunny 4-54

Match Drawn.
MOTM: Elias Sunny.

 

[NZTailender]

Sides for the 2nd test.

Bangladesh XI (unchanged)
1. Ashraful Islam
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Rajin Saleh
4. Ishraq Sonet
5. Aftab Ahmed
6. Arif Ahmed (WK)
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Syed Rasel
11. Rezaul Haque

vs

Zimbabwe XI
1. M Vermuelen
2. N Mukondiwa
3. G Ewing
4. K Went
5. L Mutyambizi
6. M Goodwin (c)
7. A Maungwa
8. N Ferreira (WK)
9. H Streak
10. E Rainsford
11. D Hondo

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[NZTailender]

Amazing how you can dominate a side for an entire test and in the next test they come out and have you on the back foot.

Could've won this won, but again, lost a day to rain, and they bowled really well in the second innings to have us nearly all out! We held on though..


Zimbabwe all out 439.
N Mukondiwa 96
M Vermuelen 89
Elias Sunny 3-106
Arafat Sunny 3-126

Bangladesh all out 347.
Arif Ahmed 88
Rajin Saleh 76
E Rainsford 5-105
D Hondo 3-108

Zimbabwe all out 189.
N Ferreira 52
N Mukondiwa 44
Syed Rasel 3-59
Nazmul Hossain 3-69

Bangladesh 6 for 129.
Nafees Iqbal 36
Ishraq Sonet 25
D Hondo 3-47
H Streak 1-7

Match Drawn.
MOTM: N Mukondiwa


Next is a 3 match ODI series.

Line ups:

Bangladesh XI (unchanged again)
1. Ashraful Islam
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Rajin Saleh
4. Ishraq Sonet
5. Aftab Ahmed
6. Arif Ahmed (WK)
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Syed Rasel
11. Rezaul Haque

vs

Zimbabwe XI
1. M Vermuelen
2. N Mukondiwa
3. G Ewing
4. K Kulinga
5. L Mutyambizi
6. M Goodwin (c)
7. N Ferreira (WK)
8. H Streak
9. E Rainsford
10. D Hondo
11. R Price

 

[NZTailender]

1st ODI

Zimbabwe 8 for 198 from 50.
M Vermuelen 42
K Kulinga 30
Manural islam 3-38
Elias Sunny 2-40

Bangladesh 5 for 199 from 48.2.
Rajin Saleh 81
Ashraful Islam 36
G Ewing 1-34
R Price 1-47

Bangladesh win by 5 wickets.
MOTM: Rajin Saleh


2nd ODI. Unchanged line ups.

Bangladesh 6 for 261 from 50.
Aftab Ahmed 104
Ishraq Sonet 64
D Hondo 2-40
E Rainsford 2-51

Zimbabwe all out 174.
H Streak 38
N Ferreira 35
Syed Rasel 4-29
Elias Sunny 2-38

Bangladesh won by 87 runs.
MOTM: Aftab Ahmed


3rd ODI. Unchanged Lineups.

Bangladesh 6 for 164 from 50.
Ishraq Sonet 50
Aftab Ahmed 38
E Rainsford 3-24
D Hondo 1-35

Zimbabwe 5 for 165 from 48.
M Goodwin 37 N.O.
L Mutyambizi 30
Arafat Sunny 2-27
Manjural Islam 2-33

Zimbabwe win by 5 wickets.
MOTM: E Rainsford

Bangladesh win ODI series 2-1.

 

[NZTailender]

XI's for upcoming Sri Lankan tour of Bangladesh.

1st test Match.

Bangladesh XI
1. Arif Ahmed (WK)
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Aftab Ahmed
4. Ishraq Sonet (c)
5. Rajin Saleh
6. Atiqur Rahman
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Nazmul Hossain
11. Syed Rasel

vs

Sri Lanka XI
1. M Atapattu
2. S Jayasuriya (c)
3. D Jayawardene
4. K Sangakkara (wk)
5. T Samaraweera
6. H Tillakaratne
7. T Dilshan
8. K Fernando
9. K Fernando
10. S Arangalla
11. M Muralitharan

Seems Sri Lanka has a clone in it's team

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat.

 

[James90]

Hmm I usually only play 1 Fernando at a time. Whichever one's in better form at the time.

 

[NZTailender]

1st test vs Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh all out 399.
Manjural Islam 93
Aftab Ahmed 75
K Fernando 3-76
M Muralitharan 3-95

Sri Lanka all out 203.
T Samaraweera 46
H Tillakaratne 37
Arafat Sunny 4-49
Nazmul Hossain 3-51

Bangladesh 9 for 270 declared.
Ishraq Sonet 78
Elias Sunny 39 N.O.
M Muralitharan 4-67
T Samaraweera 3-65

Sri Lanka all out 292.
K Sangakkara 82
K Fernando 55
Syed Rasel 4-85
Elias Sunny 2-11

Bangladesh win by 174 runs.
MOTM: Arafat Sunny

 

[NZTailender]

Hmm I usually only play 1 Fernando at a time. Whichever one's in better form at the time.

They're both averaging 25 with the ball currently in tests and 22 in FC.

 

[NZTailender]

Big win over Sri Lanka there.

Batting first it looked a good pitch to bat on day one but would get better for the spinners. Four batsmen reached 50 and another couple got starts. Manjural Islam unlucky to miss out on his 2nd test hundred.

We bowled solid and consistent and it paid off. They just got past the follow on. The seamers opened the bowling taking 4 wickets which was followed by the spinners finishing off the rest.

With a lead of nearly 200 and 2 and a half days left we were obviously looking to bat quickly and in just 3 sessions posted 270 runs! leavng us with nearly half of day four and all of the final day to dismiss Sri Lanka.

They wanted to win too and batted agressivley but lost wickets and as they lost more got more defensive. At one stage they were 7 down in the final session and could've drawn but 2 wickets in 2 overs ruined that and were all out soon after.

Would be awesome to get another series win!

Roll on match 2..

In this test Manujural Islam passed 1000 runs (@39.86) and 70 wickets (@25.21) from 20 matches.
Nafees Iqbal also passed 1000 runs (@36.71) from 15 tests.
In the previous test Aftab Ahmed passed 1000 runs (42.26) in 14 tests.

 

[Graham]

You're going great! Fantastic win over the Sri Lankans, but watch out in the 2nd Test as I have a feeling that things might even up!

 

[NZTailender]

You're going great! Fantastic win over the Sri Lankans, but watch out in the 2nd Test as I have a feeling that things might even up!

Isn't that always the way!

I wish we could get some 3 match series, so I could try an experimental test line up...

 

[NZTailender]

2nd Test Match.

Bangladesh XI
1. Arif Ahmed (WK)
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Ishraq Sonet (c)
4. Rajin Saleh
5. Aftab Ahmed
6. Atiqur Rahman
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Nazmul Hossain
11. Syed Rasel

vs

Sri Lanka XI
1. M Atapattu
2. S Jayasuriya (c)
3. D Jayawardene
4. K Sangakkara (wk)
5. T Samaraweera
6. H Tillakaratne
7. T Dilshan
8. K Fernando
9. K Fernando
10. S Arangalla
11. M Muralitharan

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat.

Good pitch for batting this one, with a bit of turn. Murali will dominate but we should rip through them.

 

[NZTailender]

This was without a doubt, our most solid and classiest win. No scrambling to get anyone out, or trying to make runs or hold on. We batted smartly, slowly and surely and bowled even better. Sri Lanka never looked in it and it showed with this massive win.

Nafees Iqbal was robbed of a century with a dubious LBW decision on 93. Sonet and Rahman both posted 50's and Saleh hit an impressive 79.

Bowling went well except Samaraweera hung around like a bad smell remaining unbeaten on 94. Manjural Islam took 5 wickets.

We batted again with a lead of around 150 with a bit of time to go. Batting collapses in the past have been our downfall. Today was a different story as Arif Ahmed and Nafees Iqbal broke the record for the 1st wicket partnership for Bangladesh with 164.

5 batsmen hung around as Iqbal got to his 2nd test century then we declared with a day to bowl out the tourists.

Three quick wickets before lunch and they were looking shakey. The Sunny spinners took 34 overs between them to finish off the rest of the line up.

Our first series clean sweep!

Bangladesh all out 408.
Nafees Iqbal 93
Rajin Saleh 79
M Muralitharan 4-90
S Arangalla 3-101

Sri Lanka all out 259.
T Samaraweera 94 N.O.
H Tillakaratne 53
Manjural Islam 5-63
Arafat Sunny 2-59

Bangladesh 5 for 289 declared.
Nafees Iqbal 116 N.O.
Arif Ahmed 106
M Muralitharan 3-54
S Arangalla 2-68

Sri Lanka all out 154.
M Attapatu 30
K Sangakkara 28
Elias Sunny 4-36
Arafat Sunny 4-42

Bangladesh won by 284 runs.
MOTM: Nafees Iqbal

Bangladesh win test series 2-0.

 

[Hughbot]

Nice One Mate... Good Series Win. You've got them playing well.

 

[NZTailender]

Cheers Hughbot One dayers they're not so crash hot..

3 Match One Day International Series.

Bangladesh XI
Bangladesh XI
1. Golam Mawla
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Ishraq Sonet (c)
4. Rajin Saleh
5. Aftab Ahmed
6. Jahurul Islam (WK)
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Nazmul Hossain
11. Anwar Hossain

vs

Sri Lanka XI
1. M Atapattu
2. S Jayasuriya (c)
3. D Jayawardene
4. K Sangakkara (wk)
5. T Samaraweera
6. H Tillakaratne
7. T Dilshan
8. K Fernando
9. L Gunaratne
10. K Fernando
11. S Arangalla

1st ODI
Bangladesh 176 all out from 48.5 overs.
Aftab Ahmed 48
Ishraq Sonet 34
K Fernando 3-28
T Samaraweera 2-28

Sri Lanka 7 for 177 from 45 overs.
D Jayawardene 37
T Dilshan 36 N.O.
Elias Sunny 3-46
A Hossain 2-33

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.
MOTM: K Fernando

2nd ODI (unchanged lineups).
Bangladesh 6 for 162 from 50 overs.
Nafees Iqbal 35
Jahurul Islam 33
T Samaraweera 2-32
K Fernando 1-24

Sri Lanka 9 for 164 from 48.4 overs.
D Jayawardene 44
S Jayasuriya 35
Manjural Islam 5-23
Elias Sunny 2-33

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket.
MOTM: Manjural Islam

3rd ODI. Sri Lanka line up unchanged. Bangladesh replace Rajin Saleh with Naeem Islam.
Sri Lanka 7 for 161 from 50 overs.
T Samaraweera 39 N.O.
K Fernando 33
Arafat Sunny 3-22
Anwar Hossain 2-48

Bangladesh 7 for 162 from 47.1 overs.
Nafees Iqbal 53
Aftab Ahmed 49
T Samaraweera 4-21
K Fernando 2-53

Bangladesh won by 3 wickets.
MOTM: T Samaraweera

Sri Lanka win the 3 match series 2-1.


Nearly lost that last game. With 16 runs to get with 7 wickets remaining we lost 4 for 10.

Next is the South African tour of Bangladesh.


With the rise of Elias Sunny, he has taken over as 2nd choice spin all rounder in front of Mohammad Ashraful. Ashraful's contract has been terminated and lef tout of the twenty man squad. He is replaced by H Ismail, a right handed opening batsman aged 23.
He has made his debut in FC this season with an average of 40 and 3 centuries. I'll post his full details later.

 

[NZTailender]

H Ismail's stats.

H Ismail. 23. RHB
FC: 21 Inns: 36 NO: 8
Runs: 1147 HS: 119 100's: 3 50's: 5
Average: 40.96

OD: 39 Inns: 39 NO: 2
Runs: 1260 HS: 216 100's: 2 50's: 6
Average: 34.05


Bangladesh 12 man squad to face South Africa.
1. H Ismail
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Aftab Ahmed
4. Ishraq Sonet (c)
5. Atiqur Rahman
6. Rajin Saleh
7. Arif Ahmed (WK)
8. Manjural Islam
9. Elias Sunny
10. Arafat Sunny
11. Nazmul Hossain
12. S Al-zabir