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**Official** Australia in Bangladesh

PY

International Coach
Harmison definitely won't find himself in their team if this continues.

If they collapse, he may be able to slot it at #6.
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Hmm, some major overreaction in this thread.

Some of the bowling has been poor, particularly in the first session and Warne's second spell, but mostly it's been some sublime batting, particularly from Nafees who is a huge talent, and one of the flattest pitches you will ever see. In fact, I'd say outright this IS the flattest pitch I have ever seen Australia play a test on. Not only is there absolutely zero sideways movement, there's no bounce, there's hardly any turn even for the leggies and it's easy paced. The biggest threat you'd find on it is the occasional one keeping a bit low.

Having said that, Bangladesh of two years ago wouldn't have been able to take advantage of such conditions, regardless of who was bowling. It's been a wonderful batting effort from Nafees, and he's definitely confirmed what a lot of us thought after the 2005 NWS - that he's a class above any other batsman Bangladesh have produced.

As far as the bowling goes, Gillespie has been very good and very consistent. He's also shown his experience by knowing how to bowl on a dead subcontinent pitch, simply keeping it straight on off-stump and trying to induce an error. Lee was very good in his opening spell but had trouble with a pitch that has so little bounce. Clark and Warne have been up and down, but more poor than good. Warne's bowled the odd lovely ball, but there's been too much loose stuff and not enough consistency. Captaincy has been sub-par I thought. Ponting didn't have many interesting ideas, didn't rotate the bowlers enough and came up with some daft field placings, including keeping a massively attacking field all the way to lunch, and then not giving Gillespie even a first slip after it.

It's fair to criticise the Australian bowlers a bit, but really they haven't been all that bad. Full credit should go to Nafees for taking stock of the wicket and the flat and unmotivated air about the Australian play. Conditions were perfectly suited for Bangladesh to attack, and they have done so very well. Should be an interesting final session.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Aussie, is that the Bangladeshi specialist channel? I'd love to watch this, but I don't think I can get access.
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
albo97056 said:
whats the channel called? can you get it on ntl?
its either ESPN Star or Dordarshan i'm not sure, but from 800 to like 810 i think are asian channels.
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
TT Boy said:
Just tried, "channel unavailable". :confused:
yea you got to pay for that, sky (skysportsextra) normally don't bring games from the su-continent unless england are their from what i've noticed. I have watched the last 3 India/Pak series & Australia's tour's to India & SRI here.
 

dinu23

International Debutant
man, I wish I could see this match. Warne going over 6 and over. I'd love to see his face. :D
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
hopefully Warne & MacGill can run throough these blokes, i have had enough of this tbh..
 

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
Wow, as Sean said, a lot of people suspected Nafees had more than a little talent, but he's just been incredible today, regardless of the state of the pitch. Pity that Bashar missed out on three figures, but I don't think Bangladesh will collapse, at least not dramatically. Might be tempting fate, but Saleh from what I've seen looks pretty solid (though very defensive most of the time), Ashraful obviously has talent and Mashud and Aftab are decent as well. And Rafique has a Test century to his name, hehe. Looking forward to seeing Aftab bat, he was quite impressive last year as well.
 

RolledOver

U19 Debutant
aussie said:
hopefully Warne & MacGill can run throough these blokes, i have had enough of this tbh..
Why do you think that way?? If Bangs put up a good total, they will atlest make the match interesting.No point in having a match in which a side gets out for 100 run total and the other side only bat once.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
This is outstanding stuff from the Tigers, more than making up for my annoyance at the lack of play in Guwahati. Onya Shahriar. :D
 

dinu23

International Debutant
RolledOver said:
Why do you think that way?? If Bangs put up a good total, they will atlest make the match interesting.No point in having a match in which a side gets out for 100 run total and the other side only bat once.
aussie is just taken aback by the performance of the Bangladeshis.
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
RolledOver said:
Why do you think that way?? If Bangs put up a good total, they will atlest make the match interesting.No point in having a match in which a side gets out for 100 run total and the other side only bat once.
nah, Australia have been playing enough cricket since they returned from the ashes, the quicker they beat them the better. Chrsit why couldn't BANG do this againts some other team:dry:
 

albo97056

U19 Cricketer
aussie said:
nah, Australia have been playing enough cricket since they returned from the ashes, the quicker they beat them the better. Chrsit why couldn't BANG do this againts some other team:dry:
because they were ****ed off at ponting for his commentsand really wanted to show em! :laugh:
 

superkingdave

Hall of Fame Member
loving how all the names and stuff that come up on screen are sponsored by dairy milk.

2 fours in succesion off Warne
 

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