Bangladesh v Sri Lanka | 1st Test | Jan 27-31, 2014 | Dhaka

[Ibad17]

Test matches these days played on such poor surfaces that kills discussions. By the way many people do ask for updates , I think the live streams also not working properly these days

yes but people can search score on cricinfo and google..

 

[Justcrazy]

The post lunch session to start ,

BD would be desperate to get some wickets here

 

[Justcrazy]

BD need to bowl defensive line and squeeze the Lankas and force mistakes.

 

[Justcrazy]

Before the game BD captain was talking about sporting pitches , but still this pitch is tailor made for draw.

 

[avicricket]

Bangladesh deserve to be in 2nd tier.still a disgrace to test cricket.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka can easily bat out today , still they will have II days to force a win.

 

[Justcrazy]

Both these batsmen look settled , they will look to bat long here, lots of time left in the game.

 

[Justcrazy]

14th Test for Matthews

 

[Justcrazy]

56 overs left in the day , Lanka can easily bat at least another 40 , and then have a crack at BD batters , they would be tired by that time.

 

[Justcrazy]

:century for Mahela

 

[switchshot]

BD themselves are to blame here. Such a batting pitch and they threw away wickets just like

 

[Justcrazy]

Last over 17 runs

lead 266 runs

 

[Justcrazy]

500 up

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka leading by 329 runs , still no sign of declaration

 

[Justcrazy]

It looks as if Lanka would really BD here to the maximum extent

 

[Justcrazy]

36 overs to go , I have a feeling Lanka would like to have a crack tonight with new cherry , they will like to get at least one down here

 

[Justcrazy]

Mahela has successfully passed Allan Border's Test tally of 11174 runs. Congratulations to the Sri Lankan middle-order bat

 

[Justcrazy]

359 runs lead , BD must be tired by now

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

What Phainta this is

 

[Justcrazy]

600 up now ........ will they declare ?

 

[Justcrazy]

Tea called

Lanka leading by 370 .........

They should bowl at least 20 overs at BD tonight

 

[Justcrazy]

Final session starts , would be interesting to know what Lanka tactics are.

 

[Aman]

SL should go for 1000

 

[Justcrazy]

Shakib continuing relentlessly here. He is one quality player in this BD line up.

 

[Justcrazy]

SL should go for 1000

If they do not want to win , they can. But They will declare tonight

 

[Justcrazy]

Jayawardhane gets to 150 now !!!

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

lead swells up to 388

are Lanka looking for 400 run mark?

 

[Justcrazy]

:4 :4

Lanka taking chances

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 76 runs already , everyone waiting for declaration

 

[Justcrazy]

Just over 20 overs left

 

[Adil_94]

Lankans will declare due to bad light

 

[Extreme Pace]

Jaya probably looking for his double ton.

 

[Mr Consistent]

:century for Kithuruwan Vithanage

 

[MarkCooper]

This is not test cricket. It is called Test cricket but its not.

These guys have no business even being here in this format. Big Three should kick them out and get Ireland in.

 

[Aman]

If I were SL I would go for 1,000, there's still enough time to force result as well.

 

[Mr Consistent]

and 200 for mahela

 

[Aman]

This is not test cricket. It is called Test cricket but its not.

These guys have no business even being here in this format. Big Three should kick them out and get Ireland in.

Doubt it, you'll probably poach the good players. And cricket just isn't big in Ireland, at least Bangladesh gets big fan support.

 

[Mr Consistent]

they have declared now

 

[Aman]

No 1,000

 

[amax]

Declare after 200 from Mahela

 

[Aman]

176 run partnership in 29 overs

 

[amax]

This is not test cricket. It is called Test cricket but its not.

These guys have no business even being here in this format. Big Three should kick them out and get Ireland in.

If Eng stop poaching Irish players than there is a chance of competitive Irish team but it looks like things will get worse for Ireland as English Phassst bowlers seems to be inspired by Indians these days.

 

[khalil1986]

This is not test cricket. It is called Test cricket but its not.

These guys have no business even being here in this format. Big Three should kick them out and get Ireland in.

Big 3?

The 5-0 hammering and yet such arrogance.

 

[Mr Consistent]

tamim

ireland>>>>>bangladesh
it is better to give ireland test status

 

[Kianig89]

SL were pumped up after the defeat against Pakistan and they took out their anger on Bangladesh

I hope rain saves Bangladesh

 

[thivakar]

SL were pumped up after the defeat against Pakistan and they took out their anger on Bangladesh

I hope rain saves Bangladesh

More minnow bashing lol

 

[steelo green]

Where are the Bang fans who said they are on the cusp?

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Ireland and Afghanistan waiting

 

[saiyan0312]

srilanka destroyed bangladesh. 730 runs and already a wicket.

 

[steelo green]

srilanka destroyed bangladesh. 730 runs and already a wicket.

Like I said, this team isn't even close. To compare them to Pakistan is ludicrous.

They have always been a young team which when came of age never became anything.

Tamim Iqbal has been playing cricket for what 7-8 years? I have been following him since highschool and he is still as immature and lacking in all facets

 

[OZGOD]

One way traffic in this Test. I predicted beforehand that SL would score 1000. They probably could've but batted too slow.

I've been following BD cricket for years. I signed up to the BD cricket forum in 2005 to try to better understand BD fans and how passionate they follow their cricket. Their cricket board has failed them. Inability to further develop players like Tamim, Shakib, Ashraful (faded without a trace) in the longer form of the game. Once players get to the national team they stop developing. Lack of a competitive first class setup at home.

This is a perfect example of a board and a country and a team that should be doing better. Now if BD were at threat of being relegated and losing their Test status, do you think that would be an incentive to perform better?

 

[steelo green]

One way traffic in this Test. I predicted beforehand that SL would score 1000. They probably could've but batted too slow.

I've been following BD cricket for years. I signed up to the BD cricket forum in 2005 to try to better understand BD fans and how passionate they follow their cricket. Their cricket board has failed them. Inability to further develop players like Tamim, Shakib, Ashraful (faded without a trace) in the longer form of the game. Once players get to the national team they stop developing. Lack of a competitive first class setup at home.

This is a perfect example of a board and a country and a team that should be doing better. Now if BD were at threat of being relegated and losing their Test status, do you think that would be an incentive to perform better?

I see your perspective but at the same time, one cannot lump all the teams minus the big 3 in one category. England atm don't even look like a top 5 team and India has been getting hazed of late. It really just shows you there is parity in the sport. Afghanistan and NZ seem to really be taking those next steps. You're lumping the ineptitude of BD to all other teams who are actually growing.

BD is one side of the coin, but there are others who are starting to grow.

I say let's just wait and see what happens with this proposal before making any final judgement. For all we know the principles we are all against won't even make the final product and the only real difference will be the distribution of revenue sharing.

 

[mithun_minhas]

BangBros should man up and go down fighting.

This type of phainty is not godd.

 

[OZGOD]

I see your perspective but at the same time, one cannot lump all the teams minus the big 3 in one category. England atm don't even look like a top 5 team and India has been getting hazed of late. It really just shows you there is parity in the sport. Afghanistan and NZ seem to really be taking those next steps. You're lumping the ineptitude of BD to all other teams who are actually growing.

BD is one side of the coin, but there are others who are starting to grow.

I say let's just wait and see what happens with this proposal before making any final judgement. For all we know the principles we are all against won't even make the final product and the only real difference will be the distribution of revenue sharing.

And those teams that are growing should be given the opportunity to push for Test status in my opinion. That's what promotion and relegation is all about. It makes every team (including those in the Big 3) accountable for their performances.

 

[steelo green]

And those teams that are growing should be given the opportunity to push for Test status in my opinion. That's what promotion and relegation is all about. It makes every team (including those in the Big 3) accountable for their performances.

Let's hope that's the case. If performance=test status, I am all for it. Teams know they cannot sit on their hands and make money any more, so a new domestic structure to actually hone their talent would be good. There are obviously some positives to the proposal which have been approved by the lesser boards, it is the skewing of money and power in one direction that is my issue.

 

[pal]

The huge disparity in the quality of the teams involved in this test provides further support for having two tiers in test cricket. Teams like Ireland and Afghanistan aren't too far away in terms of talent from Bangladesh. They are as deserving as Bangladesh of test status and should be playing each other more often.

 

[Justcrazy]

DAY IV

Bangladesh trail by 463 runs with 9 wickets remaining

 

[thivakar]

Minnow lose their second wicket

 

[Justcrazy]

Poor start by BD here , they need to show some fight here.

 

[Justcrazy]

up for the Bangalis

 

[Saeed]

Bangladesh hasn't improved at all.

 

[Justcrazy]

The question is can BD take this game to next day ?

 

[Saeed]

Looks like they are not interested in Test cricket at all.

 

[Justcrazy]

3rd wicket gone.

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 25 so far .....

 

[Justcrazy]

These two have been aggressive here. probably right thing to do

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

92 / 3

Bangalis playing shots here

 

[GenericBrand]

Missing Ash

We are playing ODI <.<

 

[Justcrazy]

:century for Bangalis

 

[Buffet]

BD is in great hurry to score 700 runs and set a 200+ target for SL, lol.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bangladesh RR 4.34

BD loosing wickets

 

[Justcrazy]

Why BD batsmen playing so aggressively and loosing wickets ?

 

[Justcrazy]

114 / 4

BD would be dissappointed loosing so many wickets

 

[Justcrazy]

BD continues playing shots , hope they can get away with them and get a partnership going.

 

[GenericBrand]

Going after Herath now.

 

[Justcrazy]

Bangladesh trail by 360 runs with 5 wickets remaining

 

[Justcrazy]

If Bangla can somehow take the game to last day , it will be a boost for them

 

[Justcrazy]

Bangladesh trail by 348 runs with 4 wickets remaining


That is lunch .......

It looks as if we will have result before Tea

 

[Justcrazy]

Post lunch session in progress, BD trying to do something

 

[OZGOD]

Bangladesh doing their best to convince everyone that they deserve to maintain their Test status...not. Seized the moment and all that. Then again everyone can have a bad 5 days I suppose (or 4 in this case).