*Official* New Zealand in Bangladesh Thread

[sportychic33]

does anyone know whats the score in the black caps warm up match against the BCB XI?

 

[Kent]

Styris had an awful England series, but if you look back over his past 5-10 matches, his form has been pretty consistent.

I don't think his final test in England was that bad! It was a bit of an easy-paced pitch and a dead rubber I suppose.

We all know McMillan likes to point to the stats, but Styris would have a lot more ammo in that regard. He has a 43 average without playing ZIM or BAN, scored 170 in our most recent test win, and has scored more 100's than any other BC since entering the test side.

 

[Tim]

I don't think we'll know the Day 1 score until tommorow morning.

 

[Kent]

does anyone know whats the score in the black caps warm up match against the BCB XI?

I say it a lot, but google news really is fantastic!
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&n...d&q=bangladesh+++new+zealand&btnG=Search+News

Early shock for Black Caps in warmup match
14 October 2004
By MARTYN WATTERSON

DHAKA: New Zealand recovered from a stuttering start to post 122 for four at lunch on the first day of their three-day cricket tour match against a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) 11 today.


Captain Stephen Fleming led the way with an unbeaten 48 after winning the toss at the BKSP Stadium ground, but he would have been rueing the first 15 overs after they slumped to 56 for three.

The BCB side, which features a host of fringe test players, bowled with vigour to rock the Black Caps in their only practice match before the first test, starting on Tuesday.

Fleming, along with Hamish Marshall, managed to steady the innings to steer New Zealand through to lunch after a less than impressive start.

The opening partnership of Mark Richardson and Mathew Sinclair started with promise, with Sinclair kick-starting the innings with consecutive boundaries through long-off, but they were rocked early when Richardson was trapped leg before wicket for two in the third over.

Fleming came to the crease and started scoring freely as he and Sinclair navigated the bowling on a hot and overcast morning.

Sinclair moved to 16 with another cracking drive for four, to bring up the 50, but he was bowled the very next ball by Alamgi Kabir.

The home side, buoyed by an exuberant band of over 1000 locals, broke through again shortly afterwards when Scott Styris was dismissed cheaply.

Styris cut the ball, which stopped just short of the boundary, but on turning for a third run, Fleming sent him back to leave him stranded on five, and the Black Caps wobbling at 56 for three.

Nathan Astle maintained the tempo, with the tourists racking up 55 by the 10th over, but on 15 Astle edged to the slips off Kabir's bowling.

At 86 for four, Marshall came to the crease and started confidently, reaching lunch unbeaten on 18 with Fleming on 48.

 

[Tim]

Im not too concerned as playing poorly against warm-up teams seems to happen to most countries. What I do want to see though is the bowlers put together a few maidens & lower the amount of extras.

 

[Kent]

Remember not to be fooled by seeing both Astle and Marshall playing in this one. I'm pretty sure an agreement was reached to make this warm-up game a "12 can bat, 12 can bowl" deal.

 

[Tim]

Yeah that was reported on stuff.co.nz that 12 would play in this match.

Normally I get excited about a test series...even against Bangladesh. But we seem to be going through the motions a little lately.

 

[Kent]

Tea update - 245/5.

Marshall out for 51. Fleming 129*, Oram 7*.

 

[Tim]

All I ask for is that we win comfortably & that there are no injuries in this match.

 

[bryce]

What a joke you are. You make Anzac look too good (Anzac mate, your posts have been great recently ).

Lance Hamilton? The purpose of the NZ 'A' tour, was partly to develop up and coming players, and Hamilton does not fit the criteria I'm afraid. He is 31, nearing 32 next year, and will struggle to make a full-strength CD attack.

Hefford' statistics are nothing to proud of, especially an average of 30 in NZ seaming conditions. Sherlock was picked on potential, and has delivered in parts of the tour.

Mate, your a ****in clown and mustn't be a very good reader either because if you bothered to READ the post properly you would of seen me say that they(hamilton & hefford) should of been ahead of sherlock purely because they are the people who kept him out of the CD team - not that they should of been on the tour, and again if you bothered to READ my post i actually suggested mark gillespie or bradley scott ahead of sherlock for the tour and they are both good young players who had very good seasons who i also felt should have been rewarded, don't bother to reply to posts you don't read properly in the future or your going to make yourself look like an even bigger idiot.

 

[Kent]

Are there any Kiwis who have the power to top this thread?

I don't think it's jumped out as a 'must read' for most of the CW mods yet.

 

[marc71178]

* points out to Kent who is the adminstrator *

 

[bryce]

lol i've been a member as long as most of the mods but i got no power though

 

[Arjun]

When does the series start?

 

[Mingster]

Mate, your a ****in clown and mustn't be a very good reader either because if you bothered to READ the post properly you would of seen me say that they(hamilton & hefford) should of been ahead of sherlock purely because they are the people who kept him out of the CD team - not that they should of been on the tour, and again if you bothered to READ my post i actually suggested mark gillespie or bradley scott ahead of sherlock for the tour and they are both good young players who had very good seasons who i also felt should have been rewarded, don't bother to reply to posts you don't read properly in the future or your going to make yourself look like an even bigger idiot.

Sherlock was injured - Hamilton and Hefford weren't "selected ahead of him".

Brad Scott is nothing special, typical NZ medium pacer who only relies on seaming conditions to do well.

So do I look an even bigger idiot now?

 

[Kent]

New Zealand first innings (overnight 285-6)
M.Richardson lbw Shahadat Hossain 2
M.Sinclair b Alamgir Kabir 16
S.Fleming retired 129
S.Styris run out 5
N.Astle c Hannan Sarkar b Alamgir Kabir 15
H.Marshall b Alamgir 51
J.Oram c Dhiman Ghose b Shahadat Hossain 19
B.McCullum not out 52
D.Vettori not out 26

Extras (b-1 lb-2 nb-20 w-6) 29 Total (declared for six wickets, 81 overs) 344

Fall of wickets:1-14 2-50 3-58 4-86 5-205 6-274

Did not bat: Ian Butler, James Franklin.

Bowling: Shahadat Hossain 11-0-58-2 (nb-13 w-3), Talha Jubair 10-2-29-0, Alamgir Kabir 21-2-82-3 (nb-7), Anwar Hossain 13-2-47-0 (w-2), Nadif Chowdhury 18-0-86-0 (w-1), Mohammad Ashraful 2-0-20-0, Alok Kapali 6-0-19-0


Bangladesh first innings
Hannan Sarkar c McCullum b Wiseman 44
Nafees Iqbal c Sinclair b Oram 0
Aftab Ahmed c McCullum b Butler 14
Alok Kapali c and b Vettori 17
Mohammad Ashraful c McCullum b Vettori 44
Shamsur Rahman c McCullum b Butler 37
Dhiman Ghose c Astle b Wiseman 1
Nadif Chowdhury mot out 11
Talha Jubair batting 5

Extras (b-8 nb-17 w-2) 27 Total (for seven wickets, 81 overs) 200

Fall of wickets: 1-24 2-76 3-78 4-110 5-167 6-171 7-191

To bat: Any two of the three (Alamgir Kabir, Anwar Hossain, Shahadat Hossain).

Bowling: Butler 13-1-29-2 (nb-6 w-2), Franklin 9-1-30-0 (nb-2), Oram 8-5-14-1, Vettori 24-3-57-2 (nb-9), Wisemen 21-4-56-2, Styris 4-3-5-0, Astle 1-0-1-0, Sinclair 1-1-0-0

 

[Kent]

9 no-balls, Vettori?!

Butler also up to his old tricks a bit, although very tidy from him otherwise. No-one's figures look poor enough for Bracewell to think about playing Mills or Martin 'cold' I wouldn't think, so I'd say Tuesday's XI is pretty much set.

 

[bryce]

so I'd say Tuesday's XI is pretty much set.

yeah just the small matter of dropping the 12th player

 

[bryce]

Brad Scott is nothing special, typical NZ medium pacer who only relies on seaming conditions to do well.

yeah i suppose but what are oram and tuffey then - 125km bowlers who spearhead our attack, mark gillespie would of been a good pick though because he is also a good lower order batsman and as said in earlier posts i don't know how accurate cricinfo's RF,RM, etc etc, but it has gillespie down as a RFM but i'm not too sure, does anyone know how quick he bowls?

 

[Kent]

yeah just the small matter of dropping the 12th player

Well, I'm assuming Bracewell's already made up his mind on the Marshall/Astle situation. Personally I think he's had a strong leaning towards Marshall before this match even began.

I also read an article suggesting Chris Martin was a dead cert because he's the senior pace bowler in this squad. Why you'd rest someone from your only warm-up game seems bizarre (he was hardly setting the world on fire in SA), but I guess it's possible.