Bangladesh v Pakistan | 1st Test | Chittagong | 09-13/12/11 | Day 1

[anakwalajinn]

Assalamu Aleikum!

So, toss has been won by The and bowling first it is!

Pakistan team
Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal†, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema

Bangladesh team
Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Elias Sunny, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Nazimuddin, Rubel Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Shahadat Hossain

 

[cricfan4ever]

will we ever bat first with Misbah being Test captain? ffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[anakwalajinn]

will we ever bat first with Misbah being Test captain? ffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lolwut? i dont care what we do first as long as it is according to the conditions

 

[anakwalajinn]

Match begins in: 0:07

iSticky please mods

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Walaikum Asalam

I'm not sure why we are bowling first that too in Bangladesh. The ball will turn miles on day 5. I missed the toss but did Misbah give any reasoning for bowling first?

 

[iHammad]

Why are we batting first?

Pitch Report: This is a used pitch. It looks like a good pitch for batting. The average first innings score is around 350. The spinners will come into play later during the innings. Day 1 should be a good batting day, reckons Ranil Abeysinghe

 

[saeed-sohail]

This decision can backfire big time. One bad batting performance and you are facing tough 4th innings against their spinners.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Not long to go, good decision to bowl first against a minnow. Pakistan to win this easily. Go PAK!

 

[cricfan4ever]

Emad: "In the ten test matches Pakistan have played since Misbah took over as Captain they have NEVER batted first..."

 

[srh]

again a bad decision by Misbah

 

[cricfan4ever]

Doctrove umpiring and no DRS

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Tootapoota (Tarapore) and Doctrove umpiring. God help Pakistan.

 

[anakwalajinn]

Emad: "In the ten test matches Pakistan have played since Misbah took over as Captain they have NEVER batted first..."

In the ten test matches Pakistan have played since Misbah took over as captain, they have ONLY lost once!

And how many tosses has won out of those 10?

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Need a silly point for Hafeez.

 

[abdulhafeez306]

And Mishbaaah listens to me.

 

[anakwalajinn]

My take on this: Always support the captain and the team no matter what and make the assesment and review AFTER the game. If they thought it was a good decision bowling first, then good for them and we as fans should support them in that instead of crying this and that before the game has even started.

It's not the end of the world if he decided to bowl first

 

[chuck]

why is Umar Akmal not playing? Is he injured or just kept out?

 

[musti]

again a bad decision by Misbah

lol, the game hasn't even started yet!

Have you assessed the pitch and the conditions, or do you have better cricketing knowledge than misbah and the management?

 

[cricfan4ever]

why is Umar Akmal not playing? Is he injured or just kept out?

he's not in the test squad...

 

[abdulhafeez306]

The only reasoning I can think of behind bowling first is that Mishbaaah wants to win by an innings.

 

[anakwalajinn]

I think Bangladesh is going to make a good score here. 3-400 +

 

[SwingNSeam]

WSalam, Good team selection!

 

[waqar_ahmad]

Misbah reads the pitch well.

If this is a spinning pitch, what's the logic behind bowling first?

 

[anakwalajinn]

man I am hungry. would have been great with some pizza

 

[insaftak]

Misbah reads the pitch well.

If this is a spinning pitch, what's the logic behind bowling first?

Don't ever question tuk tuk ul haq!

He is always right. Pakistan won't even get to bat second time.

 

[whyamir]

Good pace early on from Gul.

 

[down4whatever]

Wow, Gul at 147.5 kph !

 

[Inziquicksingle]

The speed guns seem very inconsistent.

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Good opening start for Bangladesh - 2/0 and more importantly lasting over 4 overs.

Faring better than they did in the ODIs at the moment. The longest they lasted in the ODIs was 3.3 overs.

Now it's up to the middle order to build on the relatively solid start provided by the openers.

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

any link?

 

[Rizz Khan]

any links ?

 

[insurge]

Good opening start for Bangladesh - 2/0 and more importantly lasting over 4 overs.

Faring better than they did in the ODIs at the moment. The longest they lasted in the ODIs was 3.3 overs.

Now it's up to the middle order to build on the relatively solid start provided by the openers.

 

[cricfan967]

Down the track..

 

[abdulhafeez306]

acricket.info

 

[cricfan967]

Half volley

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

 

[Rizz Khan]

why has pakistan just gone with 2 fast bowlers ... are they crazzy :S !!!

 

[down4whatever]

Looks a good batting track.

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

Hope they put up 260+ .. I wann see some competition!!

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Oh my this pitch is flatter than my flat tire.

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

Who's the other fast bowler? Cheema?

 

[cricfan967]

Umar sledging

 

[Asif321]

gud morning

 

[cricfan967]

) Umar doesn't keep his mouth shut

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

Gul ki aggression

 

[Asif321]

Who's the other fast bowler? Cheema?

yeaaaa

 

[anakwalajinn]

lol what did say?

 

[anakwalajinn]

any link?

yes

 

[anakwalajinn]

any links ?

yes

 

[cricfan967]

Tamim Iqbal

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

Gone

 

[Bangla Tiger]

tamim gone!

 

[Zeeraq]

 

[cricfan4ever]

good stuff from :cheema, gets the big fish

 

[anakwalajinn]

:cheema

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Bring Hafeez from the other end now maybe. Shahriar Nafees can't play him.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Tamim gone.

 

[anakwalajinn]

man Tamim Iqbal is in bad fooorm

 

[abdulhafeez306]

At least Tamim Iqbal was able to more than double his accumulated score from the ODI series. It's just a pity he hardly scored anything in the ODIs.

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

Stupid Misbah. I wanted to see Pakistan bat first.

 

[osee_bhai]

My take on this: Always support the captain and the team no matter what and make the assesment and review AFTER the game. If they thought it was a good decision bowling first, then good for them and we as fans should support them in that instead of crying this and that before the game has even started.

It's not the end of the world if he decided to bowl first

Agreed

ALso good team selection!

 

[akheR]

At least Tamim Iqbal was able to more than double his accumulated score from the ODI series. It's just a pity he hardly scored anything in the ODIs.

Averaged 1.33 @ SR 28.57 for the ODI series.

 

[cricfan967]

Nafees gone, Cheema strikes

19-2

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

Cheemaaaaaa strikes again

 

[anakwalajinn]

:cheema

 

[cricfan4ever]

Jaffa from :cheema, and top catch from

 

[anakwalajinn]

Stupid Misbah. I wanted to see Pakistan bat first.

Bangladesh 19/2

 

[Square Drive]

Caught in the slips!

 

[osee_bhai]

Cheema on firee!!!!!!!!!

 

[osee_bhai]

He's bowling 140ks, seaming, great seam position for swing, really nice form he's in.

 

[cricketworm]

Very good line and length ... he is making batsman play ... batsmen are bit slow to react. Very good bowling ... not wasting new ball.

 

[anakwalajinn]

is it just me or has the cricinfo stopped?

 

[whyamir]

At this rate, when does follow on start for Bangla? after tea?






just kidding

 

[osee_bhai]

is it just me or has the cricinfo stopped?

Yeah it has

 

[cricketworm]

Ok I don't want sledge Ashraful today ... don't feel like it.

 

[cricfan967]

Man outside the ground walking with a couple Indian fielders

 

[saeed-sohail]

Cheema is on fire.

 

[Sjaloha]

What is the score now?

 

[abdulhafeez306]

Ok I don't want sledge Ashraful today ... don't feel like it.

Ashraful is an experienced campaigner and sledging won't work on him. You just have to let him throw his wicket away

 

[Sjaloha]

I dont know what is wrong with cricinfo.