***Official*** Bangladesh in Sri Lanka, 2013

[cricman]

SL are still 250 ahead and have been bowling on the legstump line for the past hour

 

[WindieWeathers]

What a boring match!!..Bang comfortable here but they better be careful because in November they got 530 against us in their first innings after we batted for a day and a half too but they still ended up losing the game, Hereth could be a nightmare on the 5th day if the track starts to change.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Curator reckoned pitch won't crumble much even on 5th day

 

[NUFAN]

Congrats Ashraful, surpassing his own personal and countries highest score. Mushfiqur quickly approaching his score too.

 

[benchmark00]

What the **** is with the Bangladesh lineup for this Test?

How many blokes are injured? It seriously looks like a massive step back. Abul? Mominul? Ashraful?!? Really?

 

[NUFAN]

Lol, taste it Pews.

Ashrafuls knock on debut too, kid could go places.

#jokenevergetsold

 

[Mike5181]

Far out, Ashraful. Slowly improving that ridiculously low average of his.

 

[James]

Wow.... and we thought the University Oval was flat!

 

[ajdude]

Far out, Ashraful. Slowly improving that ridiculously low average of his.

yeah he's kinda ****ed it right up hey

should just reset his statistics to default imo

 

[Jono]

Is this better for cricket than Bangladesh getting dominated?

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

wp Ash & Mushy

 

[kingpin]

gezz..nothing to take away from batsman..but geez 1000 runs for 8 wickets

How flat can this pitch can get?

 

[Scaly piscine]

I expect Bangladesh will subside for 500 in the first session, but it would be nice to see them get a lead and up the pace, then see if there's just enough in it for the spinners, surround the bat and put a bit of pressure on Sri Lanka. They haven't always coped well with batting for a draw in the past.

 

[centurymaker]

I reckon Bangers are still much more likely to lose than win or draw, given their history...

 

[Viscount Tom]

Didn't they pile on the runs against India in their first test, then go all Poseidon adventure and capsize?

 

[ajdude]

ashraful reverse sweeping first ball, he's back

 

[ajdude]

ashraful's average to go back to like 23, all his hard work undone

 

[Jezroy]

I was kind of hoping that Mushfiqur may get the first BANG 200.

Jus' sayin'.

Sorry Ashrafans.

 

[Spark]

He must be gutted missing out on a road like this. Pitches like this one and the one in Dunedin are bad for cricket.

Wasn't it Galle that got marked down as a bad pitch for giving us a great fun test against Australia about 18 months ago? Guess they made sure that won't happen again.

Yeah, dire stuff that they've made it the roadiest of roads instead. I liked watching Galle Tests, but not if this is the new norm.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah, dire stuff that they've made it the roadiest of roads instead. I liked watching Galle Tests, but not if this is the new norm.

It's almost like they've flipped the bird to the ICC about it.