**Official** Australia in Bangladesh

[Barney Rubble]

That is all.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

And also, I want to join in on the


Go Bangla. Like I said, Aus will still win it in the second innings, but Bangladesh have proven that they deserve the chance.

Australia will need to do something amazing to win this game. They're still almost 300 runs behind. If Gilchrist was to get out early tomorrow, it's quite possible that Australia will trail by 250, and you'd have to think 200 was likely. Even if they were to knock over Bangladesh for 150 or so from there, that's a chase of 350-400 on a pitch which will be quite uneven and probably turning a bit. That's hard work.

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

.....

@ Aussie:

Learn to respect and enjoy the game of cricket. BD the worst team in the world, where have you been this whole past year m8 ?????

General: An exciting and wonderful effort by the home side. Gilchrist can get a century and if he does, watch out Tigers !!!!!

If Lee falls, there might be a collapse just like the BD tema's tail, and considering the way the picth is behaving, good luck to both the Aussies and the Bangars.....Bat Voyage :P!!!!!

If the Aussies get to follow on, that'd be great. But if they Score a Mammoth score, sucks on Bd's part because as all can see the pitch is really dying out for the Batsmen.

BD has quality batsmen now, but not as many as does this Aussie side , so it may just be hard for them to socre on maybe the last day on a pitch like this.....unless of course they shoot the Aussies out much quicker, which i reckon they probably can at this moment.

Note: If the Aussies get out cheaply in this innings, and whether they get to follow on or not, I bet a 100% that they will just go berserk with the bat and show how to REALLY bat in the second innings. Hopefulyl regoruping and monitoring their mistakes in the first innings would help !!!!!

It would be a good competition indeed !!!!!~~~~~

 

[Hasib]

yes Gilly is the key for both sides... we have to get him early inshallah! or else he will hold the innings together again like he did today

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

noooooooo, stop the madness

It's amazing that a team has absolutely dominated the world for several years has a couple of bad days and some people can't come to terms with it at all. As I said before, you certainly could not be a West Indies fan (or New Zealand fan, or England fan, or Pakistan fan, or India fan,............)

 

[silentstriker]

It's amazing that a team has absolutely dominated the world for several years has a couple of bad days and some people can't come to terms with it at all. As I said before, you certainly could not be a West Indies fan (or New Zealand fan, or England fan, or Pakistan fan, or India fan,............)

Its not just that Aus have had a couple bad days, but they are having such days against Bangladesh....who are actually playing well enough to take advantage of the situation.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

@ Aussie:

Learn to respect and enjoy the game of cricket. BD the worst team in the world, where have you been this whole past year m8 ?????

General: An exciting and wonderful effort by the home side. Gilchrist can get a century and if he does, watch out Tigers !!!!!

If Lee falls, there might be a collapse just like the BD tema's tail, and considering the way the picth is behaving, good luck to both the Aussies and the Bangars.....Bat Voyage :P!!!!!

If the Aussies get to follow on, that'd be great. But if they Score a Mammoth score, sucks on Bd's part because as all can see the pitch is really dying out for the Batsmen.

BD has quality batsmen now, but not as many as does this Aussie side , so it may just be hard for them to socre on maybe the last day on a pitch like this.....unless of course they shoot the Aussies out much quicker, which i reckon they probably can at this moment.

Note: If the Aussies get out cheaply in this innings, and whether they get to follow on or not, I bet a 100% that they will just go berserk with the bat and show how to REALLY bat in the second innings. Hopefulyl regoruping and monitoring their mistakes in the first innings would help !!!!!

It would be a good competition indeed !!!!!~~~~~

It's not about potential or improvement. Bangladesh still is the worst team in the world until they get the results to prove otherwise. They may have played well agaist Sri Lanka, but they didn't beat them (Tests). The still haven't won a Test against a significant nation.

I'm not just saying this because West Indies is the next step up. When Bangladesh put results to prove that they're better than the worst team in the world, only then will they be elevated from that position. The world of cricket (bar Australia) will be all the better for it.

 

[honestbharani]

If Warne's comments about Murali were out of line, I'd say this is too. Warne's had shoulder injuries his whole career, including ones severe enough to threaten his entire future in the game, and furthermore he's been a rock on dead wickets for his whole career. Just look at how many overs he bowls when the opposition manages a big score.

Warne was grabbing at his shoulder quite regularly all the way through the afternoon session yesterday, and then went off the ground. If he was just interested in protecting his figures, he wouldn't have bowled 20 overs and then left the field with no chance to take wickets and improve them.

Chill out, that was a joke. Hence that smiley.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Its not just that Aus have had a couple bad days, but they are having such days against Bangladesh....who are actually playing well enough to take advantage of the situation.

It's all very "we'll make them grovel"-esque.

Credit to Ricky Ponting for correcting his rubbish about Bangladesh's Test status, but I don't believe for a second that it was anything other than him doing the right thing. I think he entered this Test match expecting for the natural order to occur.

 

[chris.hinton]

It great to see that the Aussies are having a tough time in Bangladesh. And that Bangladesi Cricket is getting better every year.... they had a good 2005 will 2006 be even better

Oh well it good to see the Aussies not doing well

I wish that Macgill was English

 

[Loony BoB]

Well hey, someone has to be the worst (in response to Liam's post quoting Trigger - not disagreeing with Liam, just adding).

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Are you really accusing your belovered homeboys of throwing a match? You'd prefer to think they were rotten cheats with no morals than Bangladesh had favourable conditions and took full advantage of them.

Admittedly that was one of aussie's more shocking revelations.

 

[honestbharani]

Beside the point, I'm not arguing the reason as to why they keep playing them. The fact remains to have SO MANY of your wickets from there is not just helping your test record, it's building it.

On the Warne point, I think you can see from Macgill's performance, being fresh does help...just a bit .

Is it his fault that he plays them so many times? He can only HAVE a test record against whom he is playing. He can't take English wickets when he is playing Bangladesh, you know....

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Well hey, someone has to be the worst (in response to Liam's post quoting Trigger).

Exactly. And until Bangladesh or the West Indies show otherwise, the West Indies are marginally ahead of Bangladesh.

 

[Loony BoB]

Agreed.

 

[honestbharani]

No doubt. Murali, like Warne, is a terrific competitor and nobody would ever accuse him of backing down from a contest, regardless of how they felt about him. Unfortunately it's considered fair game to accuse Warne of anything you like, regardless of how much validity it has.

Actually, in this forum and a few others, it is considered fair game to accuse Murali of anything and everything.

 

[Loony BoB]

Yeah, I hear Murali is a pocket-picking jaywalking voodoo witch doctor ...from Mars.

 

[honestbharani]

Of course Australia isnt going to lose to Bangladesh (??) but for Australian fans to feel that this is just an aberration or because Australia are tired at the end of a long season is to stick the head in the sand like the famous big birds.

The declining force that the Aussie attack is has been in evidence for quite sometime now and should have been anticipated.

This is only an indicator of worse to come. Batting cant help them keep the "undisputed" (mind the emphasis) number one position for long. For that a potent attack for all conditions is a must and this side is looking increasingly bereft of one.

An Australian fan doesnt have to admit it on a forum like this if it causes heartburn but to deny it even in your own contemplation is....well....ostrich-like

Spot on, SJS. Especially when Australia aren't playing RSA or England, both teams who seem to play the bowler (WArne) than the ball... Warne is a brilliant bowler with a million tricks up his sleeve, but honestly, the way Englishmen played (or tried to play) him was not off the top drawer. Without McGrath, they are so heavily dependent on WArne that it is not even funny. But at least they did the right thing this time and gave MacGill a game. He always picks up wickets, they may be off long hops and full tosses but he has done it so often now that it is kinda ridiculous to suggest that he is just a "lucky" bowler.

EDIT: And while Lee is now a very good bowler, finally delivering on the promise, I still don't like the idea of guys like Kasper and Dizzy coming back. Dizzy didn't look in full throttle yesterday, even though he used his experience and bowled very cleverly. Clark looks good, but I would love to see him tested in tougher conditions. But I still don't think Australia's bowling stocks are as good as they used to be.

 

[silentstriker]

Actually, in this forum and a few others, it is considered fair game to accuse Murali of anything and everything.

I think if you said that Murali impales babies with his croocked arm and then proceeds to eat them as part of a satanic ritual, half the people would agree with you.

 

[Ikki]

Is it his fault that he plays them so many times? He can only HAVE a test record against whom he is playing. He can't take English wickets when he is playing Bangladesh, you know....

I'm not really arguing that bro. What is fact is fact, Bangladesh wickets aren't exactly prized wickets. My reply was due to the kind of remarks Warne is getting because of yesterday. Whether or not Warne got wickets, his remarks hold true. Although I'm aware it could have upset a few people.