Bangladesh [196/5] defeat West Indies [195/9] by 5 wickets to win 1st ODI

[MenInG]

West Indies won toss and elected to bat

 

[MMHS]

Interesting - we are playing 3 pacers & 2 spinners, but the bowling was started by both spinners and they bowled intire Power Play. Should have played one more spinner here dropping Rubel; but Mash’s inclusion actually imbalances the side - shouldn’t make as 2nd pacer of 2 pacer combination; but he has to lead till WK. Best alternative is probably using Soumya for few overs & play 3rd spinner.

 

[shaaik]

 

[Stalin]

Interesting - we are playing 3 pacers & 2 spinners, but the bowling was started by both spinners and they bowled intire Power Play. Should have played one more spinner here dropping Rubel; but Mash’s inclusion actually imbalances the side - shouldn’t make as 2nd pacer of 2 pacer combination; but he has to lead till WK. Best alternative is probably using Soumya for few overs & play 3rd spinner.

What has happened to Taskin ? Last time I saw him he was holding severed heads

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Interesting - we are playing 3 pacers & 2 spinners, but the bowling was started by both spinners and they bowled intire Power Play. Should have played one more spinner here dropping Rubel; but Mash’s inclusion actually imbalances the side - shouldn’t make as 2nd pacer of 2 pacer combination; but he has to lead till WK. Best alternative is probably using Soumya for few overs & play 3rd spinner.

Mash's bowling will be cannon fodder at the world cup on those flat pitches.

 

[Shafi]

Looks like WI is playing test. its 300+ pitch and they will not even get 200 runs. Really poor performances

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Looks like WI is playing test. its 300+ pitch and they will not even get 200 runs. Really poor performances

It's nowhere close to a 300+ pitch. Some balls are keeping low already and a couple bounced extra .

 

[Hasan2K8]

What a catch by TAMIM Iqbal. Flew like a Bengal Tiger!! Grabbed it with both hands! Brilliant!

Should be named Tiger catch!

 

[Mainul]

What a catch!!! Tamim..

 

[Mainul]

Looks like WI is playing test. its 300+ pitch and they will not even get 200 runs. Really poor performances

It looks like a 250 pitch at best.

 

[Shafi]

Mashrafee 5.2 0 12 2 2.25. Still people complaining about him.

 

[Hasan2K8]

It's a good batting pitch. Windows didn't even make any attempt to hit spinners up and over, they highly cautious first 10. Lack of intent. But bowling has been highly disciplined, brilliant and not given windows any width. But again windows did not attack spinners early on, set them back.though spinners bowled well didn't put them off their lines.

63 balls since last boundary. More than 10 overs in ODI without boundary.

Gone!!! Mashrafe gets S Hope. Take that Mash hater, there's many here. Mash is our legend and we love him, funny how non Bdeshis some think they know what's best for BD team than BD fans and think tanks. Well done Big Mash!

 

[Mainul]

Very much disappointed about Athar, after so many years of commentary he didn't improve at all. No inside vision, just normal description.Shamim is decent and better but not international class too.

 

[Mainul]

Mashrafee 5.2 0 12 2 2.25. Still people complaining about him.

Mashrafe bowled well over the years, he is our best consistent performers in ODIs. I never complained about him. He is in twilight of his career , served us well.

 

[Mainul]

It is Mashrafee's 200th ODI. Congrats skipper.His stat is impressive.

 

[MMHS]

WI will need 200+ here; not the best wicket, but these days 200 is bare minimum. Also, there should be dew today.

 

[MMHS]

Need to bring Miraz for 3 overs here, Hetmyer won't resist.

 

[Hasan2K8]

BANGLADESH bowling superb. Windies lack of intent lack of aggressive batting early on hurting them .. Got to show intent. Heytmar trying to play big shots, playing aggressively missing and getting lucky many times.

 

[MMHS]

It took 1 ball - Hetmyer needs psychological treatment; this way, he is not going last long even in T20. He has played Miraz enough to know that, round the wicket some balls are going to drift in to him.

 

[RainMan_]

Embarrassing performance from wi yet again. They r no match for us.

We should invite Nz for an odi series. The kinds of form we r in, we'll easily Banglawash them.

 

[MMHS]

Embarrassing performance from wi yet again. They r no match for us.

We should invite Nz for an odi series. The kinds of form we r in, we'll easily Banglawash them.

If that logic is used equally, we won't travel to NZ in 10 years Can't you enjoy the game with out pulling everyone's leg?

 

[RainMan_]

if that logic is used equally, we won't travel to nz in 10 years can't you enjoy the game with out pulling everyone's leg?

:d :d

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

Reaching 200 will be a challenge for WI from here

 

[Hasan2K8]

Mashrafe Mortaza. BANGLAR Tiger that never gives up. Takes his 3rd wicket. I bet the haters are hurting. LOl

 

[MMHS]

One thing for sure - in 15 years, Mash has learned lot, lot in terms of wicket taking tactics. He is using change of pace here on a sluggish track to unsettle WIN batsmen. Brought Miraz as well against Hetmyer and got him out immediately.

 

[MMHS]

Mashrafe Mortaza. BANGLAR Tiger that never gives up. Takes his 3rd wicket. I bet the haters are hurting. LOl

No one hates him, but he is on his last life. Another 7 months in to it, he'll struggle in UK. But, he is needed to lead the side, hence the discussion is about what combination can be used to accommodate him.

 

[Hasan2K8]

So Mashrafe will play his 200th ODI match for BANGLADESH , and out of all the grounds/venue, despite most games being held in Dhaka, his 200th for BD will not be in Dhaka or Chittagong. It will be in Sylhet so proud moment that will be for Mash, BD and especially Sylhet people witnessing a legend of BANGLADESH playing his 200th ODI for BD at Sylhet stadium.

 

[BDfanforever]

Why are Desi cameraman so creepy?

 

[Hasan2K8]

Gone!!Good catch by Liton Das. Rubel gets Samuel

 

[MMHS]

Samules need to be dropped for WIN WC squad, no point investing in such seniors.

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

Another down, 127-6 WI

 

[Khanusman1]

Unpredictable bounce. Bd batsmen might struggle aswell

 

[Shafi]

WI players should concentrate more on L leagues such as BPL, IPL, PSL, CPL, SPL, Big bash......

 

[Mainul]

Rubel is a trash death over bowler

 

[Mainul]

Should have bowled Mahmudullah

 

[MMHS]

Rubel has conceded 61 on this track - might score a century in WC. We have to think about other pacers.

 

[Mainul]

BD may suffer soon for not getting ready 4th or 5th Pacer in the bench. Rubel is not a dependable bowler, sometimes bowls well sometimes rubbish. But Rubel Mustafiz and Mashrafee bowling in tandem. We didn't see Shafiul, Taskin.

 

[MMHS]

Should be chase able, but won't be easy here. One top order has to play long. But there is no RR pressure- batting out 50 overs should be enough.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Bowlers bowled well, Mash, Fizz bowled well. Good team effort Rubel is hit or miss, did well until death overs.

Windies, approach, application was bad especially first ten ov. It's not a ultra road like in some places but it's not unplayable wicket, there were some uneven bounce but it's a wicket to bat normal sensibly not going gung-ho t20 style.

BANGLADESH should be fine.

Excited about this team. Batting looks powerful. I like the inclusion of all top 4. Sarkar hitting them well again, Kayes brilliant last series, Liton is dangerous , TAMIM is class. There's firepower, big hitting power all over this team. Add to that there's Arfiul, Saifuddin two good hitters waiting in the wings, then there's MD Mithun who's done well in ODI's.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Tamim and Liton opening. I'd gone with Tamim and Imrul. Liton at 3.

 

[MMHS]

Looks like boys have taken my playing out 50 overs comment too seriously.

 

[Mainul]

BD is chasing this average total like Pakistan of Misbah's era. They will suffer for sure if they continue to chase like this.

 

[MMHS]

This fool Liton doesn't deserve that luck - picked the only fielder on a precision perfect flick to a rubbish ball!!!!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

If there is dew, shouldn't it be easier to bat than when windies batted?

 

[MMHS]

If there is dew, shouldn't it be easier to bat than when windies batted?

Should be, but not if you lose 4-5 against new ball.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Should be, but not if you lose 4-5 against new ball.

The only danger i can see is if Oshane gets the ball to really skid on to the batsmen in which case it will be difficult to bat.

 

[MMHS]

Short ball is a major problem for us to fix - practicing against bowling machines doesn't help much.

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

Liton Das now seems comfortable against Thomas, sends him to the boundary

 

[MMHS]

Losing early wicket is becoming a fashion for us - WIN, ZIM or ENG, SAF ... hardly matters. Today Miraz is batting at 8, so the depth is well covered, at least hope so and the target is below 200, but Tamim's shot was like a tailender and Imrul indeed is a tailender batting at 3 .

 

[MMHS]

Liton Das now seems comfortable against Thomas, sends him to the boundary

He lives by every ball, so you never know. But, instead of Kayes, they should have sent Soumya at 3 and kept Imrul at 7. Soumya is decent against pace while Kayes can bash spinners.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Liton Das such pleasing batsman. One my fav BD player . Especially after that brilliant ton against India. Loved it. More to come from this tiger. I bet at idian flat wickets Liton could do even better if selected for ipl

 

[Hasan2K8]

O Thomas has serious pace. Will be handy in England next year. Then again wickets will be flat. Faster you bowl, quicker you travel if you're offline.

 

[MMHS]

Liton Das such pleasing batsman. One my fav BD player . Especially after that brilliant ton against India. Loved it. More to come from this tiger. I bet at idian flat wickets Liton could do even better if selected for ipl

Tactically, not many BD players should be expected to ply in IPL - sedate top order batsmen, spinners or spin all-rounders are in abundance there; shouldn't block one of 8 foreign quota. It's quite logical that Nabi, Mujib, Shehzad & definitely Rashid should have higher value in T20 leagues. I would have rather liked BD A team to play in Ranji as a proper team, but that's 10-12 years back - now, we are alone and have to grow alone.

 

[MMHS]

So far Liton babaji has got 3 sliders down the leg - 2 went for leg bye, one to the throat of deep leg .... now has tried to pull one from length to cow corner. Needs egg treatment.

 

[MMHS]

Half way through - hope we don't bolt it today.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Shakib Al Hasan turning it on. On a tricky wicket BANGLADESH got 100 in 20 overs. Shows the power of this batting side. Tricky wicket or not, two pace or not.

 

[MMHS]

These two have decided to slog their way out of trouble - hope it works. I don't think, we have the mind set to fight it out in a slightly difficult wicket. Even if the target is 97, I feel we can win inside 20 overs, but for 4-5 down. Just don't have the batting maturity to play long innings.

 

[MMHS]

Shakib Al Hasan turning it on. On a tricky wicket BANGLADESH got 100 in 20 overs. Shows the power of this batting side. Tricky wicket or not, two pace or not.

Batting depth is good, but don't think the temperament is there. ENG, IND, NZ or SAF would have won it at most 2 down playing clinically boring game, we managed to make a match out of WIN bowling and still there is a twist left, I am afraid.

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

BD moving towards the win here in first ODI , in this series a 3-0 will be good achievement considering West Indies recently won a match and tied one in India few weeks back

 

[Hasan2K8]

25th overs gone Bangladesh 139-3

 

[MMHS]

Shakib gone, as expected as well - hope Mash doesn't need to come here.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Shakib was in t20 mode. Every ball tried to hit it. This isn't a flat track, there is two pace to it. Shakib needs to tone it down and see the team home safely. Over done the attacking.

 

[MMHS]

MashAllah, we have managed to give Rovman Powel his 2nd wicket in 32 games.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Forgot Sarkar was playing too. Nice shot, like a jab over the top. Another exciting player!

 

[MMHS]

Soumya's timing in sublime, upper chamber is blank.

 

[Hasan2K8]

Windies have good pace bowlers as in in terms of pace. No great wicket taking quality.

 

[Stalin]

Hands down Mushfiq is the best wk batsman in Asia in ALL formats. I mean is there an instance where he has failed. Whenever i see him bat, he always gets them runs.

 

[Hasan2K8]

666666 Sarkar what a shot. That was like Ganguly in 2002/3 natwest series final, I remember hitting a 6 like that

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

I am not watching this game but well played Liton Das & Soumya Sarkar. We need to persist with these two instead of overrated and tried failures like Sabbir Roman and Mossadek

 

[Executioner]

We beat West Indies in West Indies

They should not bother us much here

 

[Hasan2K8]

I still wanna see Sarkar bat at the top, got to be top 3 if not opening due to left right combo. Sarkar plays pace better than all in BD maybe tied with TAMIM but SS is more dangerous against pace bowlers and batting top end allows him more room to go over the top play his big shots and he can take advantage well. On flat wickets batting first I'd have Sarkar at 3 drop KYes and play saifuddin

 

[MMHS]

5 down, still hope that Mash won't be needing today .... with bat. Soumya has been done by Chase all 3 times in this - identically : C 1st Slip, B R Chase.

That's why I see hollow in his upper chamber.

 

[Hasan2K8]

This wicket. When you chase it you go out. All Mash's wicket were when batsmen chased him. BD inning, TAMIM Shakib Sarkar chased it outside off - got out. This isn't a wicket to wanting to meet the ball all the time. Leave few wide off, well ahead of rrr. No need to enforce the play.

 

[Hasan2K8]

50 for Mushfiqur Rahim. Gun player. I'd appreciate him even more if he batted at 3 and solved the long time issue that it has been for BD at #3 position. Rahims technique , temperament all essentials needed IDEAL for ODI #3.

 

[MMHS]

50 for Mushfiqur Rahim. Gun player. I'd appreciate him even more if he batted at 3 and solved the long time issue that it has been for BD at #3 position. Rahims technique , temperament all essentials needed IDEAL for ODI #3.

Won't work - he is more closer to Javed than Greg , so No. 4 is best position for him. The best guy to bat for us at 3 in ODI is Tamim - Soumya & Liton opens, Tamim at 3, Mushi 4. But, I don't think the idea of plying your most complete batsman at 3 would penetrate the skull of BCB.

 

[Executioner]

Mushy the saving grace for Bangladesh again.

 

[RainMan_]

Apart from kohli, Smith, Williamson and root, I don't think there is any other middle order batsman in the world who is better than mushy.

He has single handedly has won so many matches for us that I have lost count of it. Amazing player

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Sowmya should only open. Seems to prefer pace. At the world cup I think BD should have a top 5 of

Sowmya
Tamim
Mush
Liton
Mahmudullah

And hope for the best.

 

[Executioner]

Sowmya should only open. Seems to prefer pace. At the world cup I think BD should have a top 5 of

Sowmya
Tamim
Mush
Liton
Mahmudullah

And hope for the best.

I would have Riad at 6/7

 

[Stalin]

Apart from kohli, Smith, Williamson and root, I don't think there is any other middle order batsman in the world who is better than mushy.

He has single handedly has won so many matches for us that I have lost count of it. Amazing player

Looks like you're forgetting some one