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

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Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2nd Test.

Bangladesh XI
1. Nafees Iqbal - 43.71
2. Golam Mawla - TEST DEBUT
3. Rajin Saleh - 39.36
4. Aftab Ahmed - 48.36
5. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 36.05
6. Jahurul Islam (wk) - 14.00
7. Manjural Islam - 39.14 - 26.68
8. Elias Sunny - 40.35 - 22.41
9. Arafat Sunny - 22.50 - 32.05
10. Rezaul Haque - 11.37 - 40.60
11. Anwar Hossain - 8.05 - 47.37

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Pakistan XI
1. S Bin-nasir - 30.11
2. Z Haider (wk) - 26.60
3. H Raza - 33.09
4. T Umar - 33.34
5. I Farhat - 28.74 - 36.92
6. Y Youhana - 41.44
7. A Razzaq - 28.72 - 35.68
8. S Ahmed - 17.37 - 25.34
9. U Gul - 9.00 - 29.97
10. F Masood - 7.66 - 28.02
11. D Kaneria - 4.33 - 23.18

Pakistan won the toss and have elected to bat.

 

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Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Match.

Pakistan all out 304.
H Raza 91
I Farhat 52
Arafat Sunny 5-87
Manjural Islam 5-91

Bangladesh all out 284.
Rajin Saleh 72
Manjural Islam 48
F Masood 4-69
D Kaneria 4-111

Pakistan all out 354.
Y Youhana 135
S Bin-nasir
Arafat Sunny 5-142
Elias Sunny 2-49

Bangladesh 7 for 262.
Elias Sunnt 42 N.O.
Manjural Islam 38
D Kaneria 5-70
S Ahmed 1-50

Match Drawn
MOTM: Arafat Sunny


A promising test series ends. We missed a lot of opportunities, especially when we had Pakistan 5-140 in their second innings.
Manjural Islam played a gem of an innings but unfortunately wasn't there at the end and Elias Sunny hogged the strike and saw us home for a draw.

Arif Ahmed returns from injury.

Various newspapers in Bangladesh have slammed the management and coaching of the bowling attack for being "too spin reliant" and the fast bowlers being nothing but park trundlers.
Unfortunately, there just aren't any class quicks coming through the ranks and about 75% of all bowlers available for picking are spin bowlers.

Ishraq Sonnet's captaincy has also come under scrutiny but the players and selectors are sticking with their most successful captain.

With another 3 match ODI series following the tests, coach Greg Thomas has launched an attack on the ICC for not giving Bangladesh extended series.
"We've come a long way and we deserve at least 3 tests or 5 ODI matches. We feel we can seriously compete with the worlds best and should be awarded accordingly" he said before the first ODI.

Arif Ahmed is being rested despite being back from injury and H Ismail is being given another run at opening.

Rajin Saleh returned to Bangladesh due to family business and Sadiqur Rahman replaces him, while Shafaq Al-zabir takes Anwar Hossains place.

Bangladesh XI
1. H Ismail
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Ishraq Sonet (c)
4. Aftab Ahmed
5. Sadiqur Rahman
6. Jahurul Islam (wk)
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. Rezaul Haque
11. Shafaq Al-zabir

vs

Pakistan XI
1. S Bin-nasir
2. Z Haider (wk)
3. H Raza
4. T Umar
5. Y Youhana (c)
6. Y Hameed
7. A Razzaq
8. I Anjum
9. T Mughal
10. S Ahmed
11. F Masood

 

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1st ODI

Bangladesh 7 for 168 from 50 overs.
Manjural Islam 53 N.O.
Elias Sunny 28
F Masood 2-21
I Anjum 2-32

Pakistan 2-172 from 49.1 overs.
H Raza 63 N.O.
S Bin-nasir 51
Elias Sunny 1-29
Arafat Sunny 1-38

Pakistan won by 8 wickets.
MOTM: H Raza


2nd ODI

Bangladesh 7 for 228 from 50 overs.
Aftab Ahmed 90
Sadiqur Rahman 69 N.O.
S Mushtaq 2-39
S Ahmed 2-60

Pakistan all out 199 from 46.5 overs.
S Bin-nasir 47
Y Youhana 38
Rezaul Haque 4-40
Shafaq Al-zabir 2-35

Bangladesh wins by 29 runs.
MOTM: Rezaul Haque


3rd ODI

Pakistan 7 for 195 from 50 overs.
Z Haider 56
H Raza 45
Arafat Sunny 2-32
Shafaq Al-zabir 2-42

Bangladesh all out 145 from 44.1 overs.
Aftab Ahmed 38
Manjural Islam 34
F Irfan 4-35
S Ahmed 2-30

Pakistan win by 50 runs.
MOTM: F Irfan

Pakistan win the ODI series 2-1.

 

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Bangladesh host the West Indies 2009.

1st Test Match.

Bangladesh XI
1. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 39.36
2. Nafees Iqbal - 42.70
3. Rajin Saleh - 39.64
4. Aftab Ahmed - 46.94
5. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 36.12
6. Sadiqur Rahman - 72.00
7. Manjural Islam - 39.30 - 26.46
8. Elias Sunny - 45.23 - 22.46
9. Arafat Sunny - 22.21 - 30.78
10. Nazmul Hossain - 3.37 - 34.13
11. Syed Rasel - 29.14 - 38.91

West Indies XI
1. C Gayle - 35.37
2. D Smith - 29.02
3. J McClean - 42.49
4. R Sarwan - 35.94
5. B Gordon - 38.30
6. S Chanderpaul (c) - 39.87
7. C Baugh (wk) - 25.29
8. R Hinds - 29.06 - 23.99
9. D Bravo - 20.23 - 26.85
10. D Mohammad - 13.73 - 24.45
11. K Jeremy - 7.65 - 30.08

West Indies have won the toss and elected to bat.

At lunch the West Indies are 6 for 82.

 

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Match Report: Stumps, Day One.


Bangladesh started the match extremely well with Smith falling to the bowling of Rasel on just the 3rd ball. After tight bowling from the pace bowlers the spinners took over and got on top of the West Indies batsmen who stumbled to 6 for 68 then 9 for 101. A last gasp from Bravo (40 from 84) saved them from total embarrassment.
West Indies grabbed revenge early, dismissing Nafees Iqbal for a golden duck (C&B Gordon) and Arif Ahmed going for 36 with the score on 68.

Stumps Day One
West Indies all out 145.
D Bravo 40
C Gayle 26
Manjural Islam 4-33
Arafat Sunny 3-30

Bangladesh 2 for 93.
Rajin Saleh 41 N.O.
Arif Ahmed 36
B Gordon 1-8
R Hinds 1-17

 

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Match Report: Stumps, Day Two.
Having dismissed West Indies for just 145, the Bangladeshi batsman looked to get an early lead with rain clouds hovering. The going was tough however, on the dusty pitch, with Saleh adding just 7 to his overnight score. The batsmen battled tough with the Windies spinners who were dangerous, dismissing the batsmen before they could convert their starts into bigger scores. Halfway into the second session, the rain started to fall and play was called off for the day.
Elias Sunny remains not out 37.

Stumps Day Two
West Indies all out 145.
D Bravo 40
C Gayle 26
Manjural Islam 4-33
Arafat Sunny 3-30

Bangladesh 8 for 242.
Rajin Saleh 47
Elias Sunny 37 N.O.
D Bravo 3-42
R Hinds 3-46

 

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Match Report: Stumps Day Four.
On day three the West Indies bowlers wrapped up the innings with Elias Sunny unbeaten on 50 (his 6th in tests).
The West Indies turned the match on it's head with calm batting from Gayle, Sarwan and Gordon. Bangladesh look frustrated as the Windies slowly took the initiative away and built a good lead. Finally on day four, Bangladesh dismissed the Windies for 422 leaving them 310 for victory. Arif Ahmed was the only wicket to fall before stumps, Bangladesh still needing 247 for Victory.

Stumps Day Four
West Indies all out 145.
D Bravo 40
C Gayle 26
Manjural Islam 4-33
Arafat Sunny 3-30

Bangladesh all out 258.
Elias Sunny 50 N.O.
Rajin Saleh 47
D Bravo 4-48
R Hinds 4-49

West Indies all out 422.
C Gayle 109
B Gordon 97
R Sarwan 91
Elias Sunny 5-109
Manjural Islam 4-133

Bangladesh 1 for 63.
Nafees Iqbal 33 N.O.
Rajin Saleh 16 N.O.
Arif Ahmed 12
D Mohammad 1-20

 

[PeterF]

A good last day awaits

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

I'm in 2011 with Bangladesh

My team: (ODIs)

1 Arif Ahmed (wk)
2 Ali Arman
3 Aftab Ahmed
4 Habibul Bashar (c)
5 Golam Rahman
6 Naeem Islam
7 Manjural Islam Rana
8 Ahsanullah Hasan (SLA bowler - top of Test ratings)
9 Elias Sunny (Rezaul Haque when away)
10 Mashrafe Mortaza
11 Shafaq Al Zabir

Reserves: Rajin Saleh, Nafees Tanvir, Abdur Razzak

 

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Match Report: Result.
An amazing turn around by the West Indies spinners saw Bangladesh crash to a frustrating defeat.
In the first session of day five, the Bangladeshi's lost 5 wickets for just 16 runs.
Dave Mohammad was the chief destroyer, nabbing 7 wickets backed up by Ryan Hinds, sealing a 99 run victory.
Rajin Saleh's partnership with Elias Sunny provided Bangladesh with a glimmer of hope but after Elias was deceived by a Mohammad spinner it was all over.

Stumps Day Four
West Indies all out 145.
D Bravo 40
C Gayle 26
Manjural Islam 4-33
Arafat Sunny 3-30

Bangladesh all out 258.
Elias Sunny 50 N.O.
Rajin Saleh 47
D Bravo 4-48
R Hinds 4-49

West Indies all out 422.
C Gayle 109
B Gordon 97
R Sarwan 91
Elias Sunny 5-109
Manjural Islam 4-133

Bangladesh all out 210.
Rajin Saleh 96
Nafees Iqbal 39
D Mohammad 7-73
R Hinds 3-61

West Indies won by 99 runs.
MOTM: Manjural Islam

 

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Bangladesh vs West Indies. 2nd Test Match.

This time we're going to change our batting tactics dramastically, mainly to counter the spinners. The pitch is expected to turn a lot from Day One so it will be an interesting spin battle.

Atiqur Rahman is recalled and the order is reshuffled. Nazmul Hossain is dropped.

Bangladesh XI
1. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 38.70
2. Nafees Iqbal - 41.85
3. Atiqur Rahman - 30.71
4. Aftab Ahmed - 45.51
5. Rajin Saleh - 40.65
6. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 35.16
7. Sadiqur Rahman - 33.00
8. Elias Sunny - 47.11 - 22.46
9. Manjural Islam - 37.94 - 26.08
10. Arafat Sunny - 22.29 - 30.41
11. Syed Rasel - 25.75 - 39.40

West Indies XI
1. C Gayle - 35.72
2. D Smith - 28.76
3. J McClean - 41.54
4. R Sarwan - 36.14
5. B Gordon - 39.12
6. S Chanderpaul (c) - 39.89
7. C Baugh (wk) - 24.84
8. R Hinds - 28.84 - 23.66
9. D Bravo - 20.36 - 26.77
10. D Mohammad - 12.91 - 24.20
11. J Lawson - 6.19 - 26.74

 

[Jamee999]

Nice story, easy on the eye.

I'm sure results will pick up soon!

 

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Bangladesh vs West Indies. 2nd test.

An up and down test saw leads being exchanged and some great performances from both sides.
The West Indies elected to bat and got to 389 on the back of McClean's 141 helped along by Baugh down the order.
Rajin Saleh was unlucky to miss out on another century as the Windies kept Bangladesh to 303.
Bangladesh turned things around slightly by dismissing the Windies batsmen for less than 300 setting a target of 384.
The openers got us off to a good start (0-72) but then got themselves out 10 minutes before stumps on day four.
The rest of the order kept their heads about them, collecting runs calmy, whittling away at the total. With a session to go, Bangladesh needed 131 with Ishraq Sonet and Sadiqur Rahman at the crease.
The West Indies bowlers excelled in keeping the runs down forcing these two to start taking risks. There were a couple of dropped catches and LBW appeals but the continued on. With 3 overs remaining they needed just 15 runs.
The Windies spin bowlers managed to keep them to just a run in each of the last two overs, perhaps due to Sadiqur's inexperience, as Sonet looked on in pain as he played and missed and padded away.

The match was drawn but the series wasn't, the Windies taking it 1-0.

West Indies all out 389.
J McClean 141
C Baugh 74
Syed Rasel 3-75
Arafat Sunny 3-88

Bangladesh all out 303.
Rajin Saleh 94
Arif Ahmed 65
D Mohammad 6-106
R Hinds 3-65

West Indies all out 297.
R Sarwan 68
C Baugh 57
Elias Sunny 4-81
Arafat Sunny 3-71

Bangladesh 5 for 375.
Sadiqur Rahman 68 N.O.
Aftab Ahmed 66
R Hinds 3-113
J Lawson 1-60

Match Drawn
MOTM: J McClean

 

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1st ODI

Bangladesh 7 for 181 from 50 overs.
Aftab Ahmed 56
Rajin Saleh 31
D Mohammad 2-31
K Jeremy 2-36

West Indies 4 for 182 from 49.2 overs.
C Gayle 53
J McClean 47 N.O.
Elias Sunny 2-37
Rezaul Haque 1-31

West Indies won by 6 wickets.
MOTM: C Gayle

2nd ODI

Bangladesh 4 for 189 from 50 overs.
Ishraq Sonet 67
Arif Ahmed 39
D Sammy 3-24
D Bravo 1-32

West Indies 3 for 190 from 47.4 overs.
J McClean 66
D Smith 59
Manjural Islam 2-33
Shafaq Al-zabir 1-29

West Indies won by 7 wickets.
MOTM: D Smith

3rd ODI

Bangladesh 5 for 229 from 50 overs.
Sadiqur Rahman 53
Arif Ahmed 53
Aftab Ahmed 53 N.O.
D Mohammad 2-37
R Cunningham 2-42

West Indies all out 184 from 43.2 overs.
J McClean 51
D BRavo 36
Elias Sunny 3-37
Manjural Islam 3-38

Bangladesh won by 45 runs
MOTM: Aftab Ahmed

 

[33/3from3.3]

good luck with that

 

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Pakistan tour of Bangladesh.

Played these all last night as I was bored.

1st test Match.

Bangladesh XI
1. Arif Ahmed (wk)
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Ishraq Sonet (c)
4. Aftab Ahmed
5. Sadiqur Rahman
6. Naeem Islam
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Arafat Sunny
10. K Saleem
11. Nazmul Hossain

vs

Pakistan XI
1. S Bin-nasir
2. Z Haider (wk)
3. H Raza
4. I Farhat
5. T Umar
6. Y Khan
7. Y Youhana (c)
8. S Mushtaq
9. U Gul
10. F Masood
11. D Kaneria


Anwar Hossain's contract was terminated and right arm fast bowler 'K Saleem' was signed on. He generates real pace and looks a good prospect for the future.

Anwar Hossains stats:
Anwar Hossain. 25. RFM
Tests: 21 Overs: 841 Runs: 2426 Wickets: 49
Best: 4-90 5 W/I:- 10 W/M:-
Average: 49.51
ODI's: 36 Overs: 325 Runs: 1313 Wickets: 38
Best: 3-20 5 W/I:-
Average: 34.55

K Saleems FC and OD records:
K Saleem. 22. RF
FC: 33 Overs: 1191 Runs: 3342 Wickets: 127
Best: 6-54 5-W/I: 5 10-W/M:-
Average: 26.31
OD: 42 Overs: 370 Runs: 1525 Wickets: 94
Best: 5-41 5W/I: 1
Average: 16.22

Syed Rasel broke his thumb and Naeem Islam was called up as cover.


1st test.

Bangladesh all out 180.
Sadiqur Rahman 36
Naeem Islam 33
S Mushtaq 4-39
F Masood 3-46

Pakistan all out 336.
H Raza 128
T Umar 65
Manjural Islam 6-96
Arafat Sunny 3-106

Bangladesh all out 172.
Sadiqur Rahman 47
Arif Ahmed (retired hurt) 31
S Mushtaq 4-42
D Kaneria 4-62

Pakistan 2-19
S Bin-nasir 10 N.O.
H Raza 4
K Saleem 1-15
Nazmul Hossain 1-0

Pakistan won by 8 wickets.
MOTM: S Mushtaq


Our batting woes continued (especially with in form batsman Saleh injured) and no-one looked comfortable. Sadiqur's 47 was very scrappy and off 211 deliveries.
Pakistan lost the last 6 wickets in their first innings for 26 runs, so that was also frustrating. Even more frustrating, our keeper being injured.

So for the next match I handed the gloves to Sadiqur Rahman as we don't really have any good replacement keeper/batsmen.

Atiqur Rahman was also recalled.



Bangladesh XI
1. Nafees Iqbal
2. Ishraq Sonet (c)
3. Aftab Ahmed
4. Manjural Islam
5. Naeem Islam
6. Atiqur Rahman
7. Elias Sunny
8. Sadiqur Rahman (wk)
9. Arafat Sunny
10. K Saleem
11. Nazmul Hossain

vs

Pakistan XI
1. S Bin-nasir
2. Z Haider (wk)
3. H Raza
4. I Farhat
5. T Umar
6. Y Khan
7. Y Youhana (c)
8. S Mushtaq
9. U Gul
10. F Masood
11. D Kaneria

We bowled well to dismiss the Pakistani's for just 268, Manjural the chief destroyer with a 5-fer.
Batting on an absolute turner, we looked in trouble once again, 5-109.
At the crease were Atiqur Rahman (23 tests) and Elias Sunny (22 tests). Both have not yet posted a century and I was doubtful, yet, they got their heads down and ground out superb centuries.
We took a bit longer to get Pakistan all out again, though only 4 of their batsmen reached double figures.
Set an even 200 for victory with a day and a half left I was a bit pessimistic. We could easily collapse for 180 like the previous match. And we did just that - 7-127 at Tea.

Luckily Arafat Sunny and Sadiqur Rahman kept their wits about them and got the runs in time to pull of an emotional victory.


Pakistan all out 268.
S Bin-nasir 112
H Raza 47
Manjural Islam 5-89
Elias Sunny 3-52

Bangladesh all out 373.
Elias Sunny 114
Arafat Sunny 110
U Gul 3-42
D Kaneria 3-114

Pakistan all out 304.
H Raza 96
S Bin-nasir 68
Elias Sunny 6-74
Manjural Islam 2-65

Bangladesh 7 for 200.
Sadiqur Rahman 39 N.O.
Arafat Sunny 33 N.O.
S Mushtaq 3-46
D Kaneria 3-64

Bangladesh wins by 3 wickets.
MOTM: Elias Sunny.


Our batting performance is definately a worry, compared to strong performances of the last coupel of 'years'. Hopefully the next season is better than this (which ends after the 3 ODI series).

Elias Sunny passed 1000 runs with his 100, and 100 wickets with his 6-fer.

 

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Bangladesh v Pakistan. 3 match ODI series.

Absolute shocker in the first game. I don't think Rezaul Haque batting at 10 has topped the scores too many times..

I may put more effort into ODI's and pick a ODI specialist team. Our openers averaged under 10 this year (4 different guys) and a couple of our middle order batsmen don't have great records...

1st ODI

Bangladesh 9 for 107 from 50 overs.
Rezaul Haque 23 N.O.
Manjural Islam 18
D Kaneria 3-17
F Masood 2-16

Pakistan 1 for 108 from 35.5 overs.
H Raza 40 N.O.
S Bin-nasir 35 N.O.
Elias Sunny 1-19

Pakistan won by 9 wickets.
D Kaneria

2nd ODI

Bangladesh 6 for 147 from 50 overs.
Ishraq Sonet 66
H Ismail 16
S Ahmed 3-20
F Masood 2-32

Pakistan 3 for 149 from 44.3 overs.
H Raza 51
Syed Rasel 1-25
Arafat Sunny 1-54

Pakistan won by 7 wickets.
H Raza


3rd ODI

Pakistan 8 for 189 from 50 overs.
T Umar 71
Y Khan 52
K Saleem 3-25
Syed Rasel 2-18

Bangladesh 2 for 190 from 47.2 overs.
Ishraq Sonet 86 N.O.
Naeem Islam 62
S Ahmed 2-22

Bangladesh won by 8 wickets.
Ishraq Sonet

 

[cric_manic]

Im finding it easy with Bangladesh i won the Test & ODI series against England and im looking good against SRL

 

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This ends probably the worst year for Bangladesh since I took over.

The 'star' performers of the year:

Tests:
Elias Sunny.
434 runs @ 62
28 wickets @ 22.86

Rajin Saleh.
402 runs @ 50.25

Manjural Islam.
38 wickets @ 22.87

ODI's:
Aftab Ahmed.
309 runs @ 51.50

Elias Sunny.
12 wickets @ 27.75


It's amazing how things change.
Last year Aftab Ahmed averaged 84.90 (849 runs) in tests with 3 centuries and 5 fifties.
This year he scored the one 50 in a total of 188 runs at 15.67, dropping his average to 42.

Nafees Iqbal's averaged dropped below 40 while Rajin Saleh and Elias Sunny both improved their average.

Rajin Saleh is the leading run scorer in tests. Manjural Islam is the leading wicket taker.
In ODI's Aftab Ahmed leads the runs and Manjural Islam has the most wickets, and is just 5 wickets away from being the first to reach 100

 

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Im finding it easy with Bangladesh i won the Test & ODI series against England and im looking good against SRL

Cool What's your squad?