Do Bangladesh still deserve their minnows tag?

[Starfighter]

On the other hand, maybe they're all minnows.

 

[Daemon]

Well we do have two new whipping boys in Ireland and Afghanistan now.

Man it's not going to be pretty is it. Quite worried for Ireland in particular.

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah, I can see Afghanistan doing decently against WI or Bang (or SL atm) in slowish conditions but Ireland seems to have gone significantly backwards.

 

[Daemon]

Yes

 

[Black_Warrior]

The thing is BD only have about 4-5 Test standard players - Shakib, Tamim, Mushfiq, Mehedi and possibly Mominul.

When they get the right conditions (usually at home), they can draw test series on the back of these players.

But yeah once conditions are out of their hand, they are pedestrian.

 

[cnerd123]

One bad innings and all the haterz come out of the woodwork

I see how it is

 

[vcs]

TBF, *****, we warned you that Bangladesh are likely to get a bit of a hammering in places like SA.

Long years of getting our hopes up watching India go to these countries..

 

[Hennybogan]

I think they are a decent side and hold their own at home, obviously they'll struggle in OZ SA NZ ENG. Probably need 2 world class batsman and 2 w/c fast bowlers in their side to be competitive overseas.
I'd love to see Aust go there every 2-3 years and play a 3 test series.

 

[TheJediBrah]

One bad innings and all the haterz come out of the woodwork

I see how it is

You really think it's going to be just one bad innings?

 

[Slifer]

I think they are a decent side and hold their own at home, obviously they'll struggle in OZ SA NZ ENG. Probably need 2 world class batsman and 2 w/c fast bowlers in their side to be competitive overseas.
I'd love to see Aust go there every 2-3 years and play a 3 test series.

I actually think most touring sides these days struggle tremendously away from home. See RSA in England recently and they were the gold standard of touring.

 

[honestbharani]

Better sides have gone from the SC to RSA and received worse thrashings than this in the first two days.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I don't think it's so much the magnitude of the thrashing or the score though. All test teams get severely thrashed from time to time. I think it's more the quality of the pace attack that those of us who saw the game are reacting to.

 

[cnerd123]

Having the worst pace bowling attack going around doesn't make you a minnow tho.

India weren't a minnow back when Gavaskar was taking the new ball, were they?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

At least they don't have to follow on.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Away from home they will struggle as they don't have a pace attack to threaten enough. At home they are a tough side to play with their spin options. Come a long way in the last few years.

 

[Daemon]

More than Bangladesh catching up to the rest (and they have improved for sure), maybe the rest have dropped closer to their level.

Some of the test cricketers these days are diabolical in spin friendly conditions. Utterly hopeless.

 

[vcs]

Yes

 

[SeamUp]

More than Bangladesh catching up to the rest (and they have improved for sure), maybe the rest have dropped closer to their level.

Some of the test cricketers these days are diabolical in spin friendly conditions. Utterly hopeless.

I think you are on to something here.

The fight has gone to grind things out and sometimes as a foreign batsman in Asia that is exactly what you got to do. I guess DRS has made it slightly more difficult to get a stride in but still.

 

[weldone]

225/0 after 50. Declare now and challenge Bangla for an ODI chase to make it interesting.

 

[weldone]

not a minnow as long as they are winning some at home btw