Bangladesh [260 & 221] defeat Australia [217 & 244] by 20 runs to win the first Test

[Executioner]

Bangla fans . Still a way to go but should the team pull this off where would you rank this win in terms of cricketing acheivement ??
Surely one of the bigger moments ??
Beating australia in test cricket is special . No matter what the strength.

The match is still not over. We have to score 200 more runs and get 10 Australian wickets. Australia are a good side. But TBH even before the match I felt that Bangladesh would start as favorites. I know Bangladesh players felt so, a few experts like dean Jones felt so.

Winning this match won't give extra feeling because Australia aren't the force they used to be. But its a matter of bragging rights. People down under look down upon our team.

When Shakib went to play in the BBL for his second stint people barely mentioned that he is the top allrounder. Some commies mentioned that he was the captain of BD (he was not at the time)

It's important that the world knows we have world class cricketers, that we can become a formidable side someday. Ofcourse we have shown our potential to all other teams but yet to show it to Australia

 

[idrizzy]

The match is still not over. We have to score 200 more runs and get 10 Australian wickets. Australia are a good side. But TBH even before the match I felt that Bangladesh would start as favorites. I know Bangladesh players felt so, a few experts like dean Jones felt so.

Winning this match won't give extra feeling because Australia aren't the force they used to be. But its a matter of bragging rights. People down under look down upon our team.

When Shakib went to play in the BBL for his second stint people barely mentioned that he is the top allrounder. Some commies mentioned that he was the captain of BD (he was not at the time)

It's important that the world knows we have world class cricketers, that we can become a formidable side someday. Ofcourse we have shown our potential to all other teams but yet to show it to Australia

What score would you say you need minimum? Currently 88-1. Would 200 be enough?

 

[Executioner]

What score would you say you need minimum? Currently 88-1. Would 200 be enough?

200 would mean we would have an outside chance of winning. 250 means we have 70/30 chance of winning. 300 means game pretty much over for Australia.

 

[CanadianG00se]

Bangladesh should try to be watchful first hour of morning session. Try to nudge ball around and score around 3 runs an over for morning session. If they dont lose too many wickets, they should try to score 4-5 an over and get the lead to 300ish. Let Australia play 15-20 overs tomorrow and get 2-3 wickets like 1st inning and put the Australian lower order under immense pressure.

M Hassan should open the bowling with Fizz. Warner is walking wicket against offies.

 

[Chrish]

Bangladesh will have to get minimum of 250+ lead to have a security. Game is far from over

 

[KhalidRafi]

I think Bangladesh can win this if they set Australia 250 to win. Even 200 could be a challenge for Australia. This pitch is only going to get tougher to bat on as the game progresses and with Australian batsman still playing spin woefully and Bangladesh having 3 spinners who have confidence and control in their home conditions, I'd back them to win.

Seriously though, Aussies. Stop playing on the back-foot so much!

 

[SL_Fan]

Oz staring down the barrel here. BD have been ruthless thus far. Any thing over a 200 chase will be very difficult on this track. Even 150 will take some getting for mine.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Congrats Bangladesh on winning this game. Australia won't even score 200 in their 4th inning. Bangladesh should win it easily.

Alarming signs for Australia. Smith seems to be the only batsman who can actually bat outside Australia.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bright sunny morning till now at 8:45 am...hoping for a Good innings from bd boys

 

[Shafi]

Bangladesh will score 300+ in the same pitch. Arrogance and refusal to play practice match will cost them a whitewash. Expecting Bangladesh to win by at least 150 runs

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Australia will have to get early wickets if they want to restrict Bangladesh to a total that they can chase in the 4th innings.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bangladesh will score 300+ in the same pitch. Arrogance and refusal to play practice match will cost them a whitewash. Expecting Bangladesh to win by at least 150 runs

300+ and 150 are two tough numbers

 

[Arsalan Pro]

BD only requires another 120-150 runs more to make, before they can put Australia in trouble chasing in the last innings of a test match with this kind of pitch.

 

[Shafi]

Pitch does not look that threatening

 

[Executioner]

Pitch will get worse as the day progresses. Lyon got the ball to rip

 

[MMHS]

Pitch does not look that threatening

It'll - early morning moisture has bonded the surface slightly, therefore it's better time to bat (& hence Tamim is trying for a head start). Once the Sun burns the moisture, wicket should grip.

 

[Shafi]

It'll - early morning moisture has bonded the surface slightly, therefore it's better time to bat (& hence Tamim is trying for a head start). Once the Sun burns the moisture, wicket should grip.

If Bangladesh batted in the 4th Innings, they can chase 300 runs against this Australia bowling

 

[Executioner]

If Bangladesh batted in the 4th Innings, they can chase 300 runs against this Australia bowling

Chasing is difficult because of the pressure.

 

[MMHS]

If Bangladesh batted in the 4th Innings, they can chase 300 runs against this Australia bowling

That would have been credit & dis credit to respective batsmen or bowler - you have to come out of old English thoughts that it's the wicket that makes spinners - actually other way.

Taijul gone.

 

[MMHS]

Should have sent Sabbir - it's monotonous lefti in top 4, which is allowing to settle Lyon.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need another 216 runs minimum to put any pressure on aussies...else bd is loosing this match

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Symptoms are not good...need to break the shakles

 

[MMHS]

Need another 216 runs minimum to put any pressure on aussies...else bd is loosing this match

Depends on how we catch - if bowlers are to take 10 wickets only, it won't be easy for the Aussies to better 1st innings, which had 35% contribution from last 2 pairs.

 

[MMHS]

Of the 31 overs, 26 are played by Tamim & Soumya, still the RR is just about 2; which actually tells how difficult it's to score.

 

[MMHS]

Thanks for the show Kayes.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

We are trying loosing anyhow..

 

[boomboomcheema]

Why Imrul gets so many chances?

 

[boomboomcheema]

I bet Little Bradman Mominul can perform much better than Imrul.

 

[Executioner]

Lyon is getting the ball to really rip.

If this continues then it's going to be a tough day for the batsmen from both sides. Bangladesh will want to score another 140 more runs too

 

[MMHS]

Why Imrul gets so many chances?

Because, we play too little Test, therefore you can't change too much. Imrul to his credit saved a Test against PAK with Tamim, next 3 Test were almost washed out, so draw & his failures were not counted. Next Test series was a year later & he did play a significant innings at Dhaka against Poms. Such players won't survive 3 or more Test series.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Mushfiq also forget how to bat for the last couple of matches

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Congrats Tamim for your 50. Make it 100+ please

 

[Executioner]

Mushfiq also forget how to bat for the last couple of matches

I thought he did well against Lanka

 

[MMHS]

Congrats Tamim for your 50. Make it 100+ please

Chill - we'll have to play really, really bad to lose it from here. Aussie tail won't bail them every time from 144/8; but we won't get Smith/Warner in single digit every time either.

 

[Executioner]

Chill - we'll have to play really, really bad to lose it from here. Aussie tail won't bail them every time from 144/8; but we won't get Smith/Warner in single digit every time either.

Ditto

We are effectively 126/3 and need 124 more runs to set a difficult target. One of the wickets lost was that of a tail ender and the other 2 were off form. Important thing is that our top 3 batsmen are still out there.

Need to play real bad to lose from here but that's still possible.

 

[Shafi]

Bangladesh team is better than Australia. This team can draw series in Australia

 

[ads101]

Think Bangladesh will win here, exciting stuff . I think Aus will struggle to chase 200, but Bangladesh will get more than that, at least 250, probably 300.

 

[MMHS]

Ditto

We are effectively 126/3 and need 124 more runs to set a difficult target. One of the wickets lost was that of a tail ender and the other 2 were off form. Important thing is that our top 3 batsmen are still out there.

Need to play real bad to lose from here but that's still possible.

Effectively 2 down with best 4 players still active. Also, Lyon looked so threatening because of constantly bowling to lefties.

 

[Executioner]

So far 250+ has been chased only 3 times in the SC by non Asian teams.

Funnily enough 300+ has been chased against us twice by NZ and Australia. My words those matches were such big misses, we should have won them. But weak sides find it difficult to close games

 

[Executioner]

Haturi is the only coach to pick players in tests despite having ordinary FC numbers and poor defensive technique

 

[taqi]

Anything over 200 will be very difficult for aussies

 

[MMHS]

Bangladesh team is better than Australia. This team can draw series in Australia

Won't - we don't have bowlers to take wickets in AUS & they won't play for mile stone - the'll keep scoring at 4.5+/overs, for whatever wickets it costs & take out rain loss for 170 overs.

 

[MMHS]

The amount of singles Aussie spinners are conceding on this track indicates they are bowling faster & loose. On such wickets actually it's easier to hit one & wait for a over.

 

[Executioner]

Bangladesh team is better than Australia. This team can draw series in Australia

Sorry bro we are not better than Australia. We don't have any quality pacer. If have someone even as good as Riaz and Amir who haven't been their best in tests, we could become competitive.

Australia are still giving competition to BD. BD would struggle in Australia. Pakistan struggled in Australia and Pakistan are a much better side right now

 

[Executioner]

The amount of singles Aussie spinners are conceding on this track indicates they are bowling faster & loose. On such wickets actually it's easier to hit one & wait for a over.

Just saw Agar's pitch map. All over the place

Lyon has been brilliant though. Best spinner in the world from a non-subcontinental team.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Bangladesh team is better than Australia. This team can draw series in Australia

Lol keep dreaming. Virtually impossible for Bangladesh to get 20 wickets in Australia.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bangladesh team is better than Australia. This team can draw series in Australia

Exaggerated words bro.

 

[MMHS]

Just saw Agar's pitch map. All over the place

Lyon has been brilliant though. Best spinner in the world from a non-subcontinental team.

Indeed a good bowler, but he actually bowled poor this innings. His 2 wickets were one lofted at long on & the other one a NWM. Bowling on such wickets is a bit difficult than it looks - for big turns, it looks like there are lots of happening, but players who can play spin will keep leaving many of those. Lyon hardly attacked wicket.

 

[MMHS]

Imrul's (& Shafiul) best contribution in this match could be that he might have kept Agar for the 2nd Test XI.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need another 157.

 

[Executioner]

173/3 effectively. Best batsmen still out there. Going to be tough for us to lose from here.

 

[Protea Fan]

What happened to Steve O'Keefe he was all their in the news for last indian tour and suddenly disappeared

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

What happened to Steve O'Keefe he was all their in the news for last indian tour and suddenly disappeared

Behavioral problem.

 

[MMHS]

What happened to Steve O'Keefe he was all their in the news for last indian tour and suddenly disappeared

Officially, unsatisfactory performance (he indeed didn't take 12 wickets after Pune); unofficially, he got a bit too thirsty (2nd time in 6 months) in a party arranged by CA and at one point mixed identity between a female guest & his Missus ......

 

[MMHS]

Great session for us, potentially match winning - only one effective wicket down (that too Imrul, I must say) and 89 on board added. If possible, we should look to bat positively & get Aussies to face music for 10 overs this evening.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Need another 157.

Don't be greedy, at one time you were content with 250 .... Now it seems that you want 350. When it's gets more closer, you will need more.

 

[Executioner]

So far sessions won by Bangladesh - 2, sessions shared - 5, sessions shared won by Australia - 0

 

[Executioner]

I think we should be slightly more aggressive in the next session. Score 100 runs. Anything.more than that is a bonus

 

[MMHS]

So far sessions won by Bangladesh - 2, sessions shared - 5, sessions shared won by Australia - 0

Aussies at most shared 1 session - 5th one. Do you think Aussies were happy to go to lunch, BD at 96/3 from 10/3? 4th session was also lost, because of losing Smith & Hashcomb.

 

[Executioner]

Aussies at most shared 1 session - 5th one. Do you think Aussies were happy to go to lunch, BD at 96/3 from 10/3? 4th session was also lost, because of losing Smith & Hashcomb.

By shared I mean no team won convincingly.

This session for example was convincing win for us because we score 90 runs lost 2 wickets one of a tail ender

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Don't be greedy, at one time you were content with 250 .... Now it seems that you want 350. When it's gets more closer, you will need more.

Never said about 250

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need at least another 142 ( for me )

 

[Shutdown Corner]

What happened to Steve O'Keefe he was all their in the news for last indian tour and suddenly disappeared

They are grooming Agar who is 9 years younger for the next tour of India which OKeefe won't be able to make most likely.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

There goes our win.

 

[Shafi]

There goes our win.

Australia will not score over 100 in the 2nd innings, Apart from Smith and Handscomb others are garbage.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Great ball by Cummins. Tamim did nothing wrong.

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

What a bouncer by pat...unplayable ball almost

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Very much earned wicket by pat...great bowling lad

 

[Shafi]

How many overs remaining??

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

All depends on now this duo....come on desi boys...

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Need to break this shackle..

 

[Executioner]

Need to keep calm. We have 5 proper batsmen left. That should be enough to get another 70-80 runs.

 

[boomboomcheema]

If Warner and Co start going bersek at the start, anything can happen.

No target below 300 is safe.

 

[Executioner]

So far so good for USM 211/5 effectively. 4 Batsmen left we should push the lead to 300.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Sabbir playing fast

 

[Executioner]

Bangladesh's lead is 1 less than Australia's score in the first innings.

I reckon we have got the bare minimum score already. All the runs from here onwards will give us extra confidence

 

[Executioner]

The way our 3 seniors have batted they will easily match their way into the rankings

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Can Bangladesh make another 100+ runs?

 

[Executioner]

5 wickets left in the tank. We should try to bat till tea.

Btw weird review. Agar himself felt it was not out.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Can Bangladesh make another 100+ runs?

How greedy can you be?

Be happy with the current target as it is.