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ODI Tri-Series : Bangladesh(213/5) defeats West Indies(152/1) by 5 wickets to win the series (D/L)

Chokli said:
What about Yasir Ali?

I think you raise a good point but your top 3 looks so strong now.
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Yasir is a solid No. 5, but for ODIs you need top 3. Yasir is a perfect replacement for Mahmudullah (he’ll retire or will be playing ODI selectively after WC), in both longer formats.

Batting is probably not much of a headache for last few years and now the depth is very good - Mash at 10 and I'll take him as batsman over fast bowling all rounder Faheem Ashraf any day. But, I am surprised with the bowling actually - if they replace Mustafiz with Taskin (read if he can survive injury threats), backed by Jayed, this attack won’t be that poor in UK. Jayed actually bowls lovely late swingers, but at 125Ks. Spin pair is solid and both Taijul & Nayeem are actually better classical finger spinners than Shakib & Miraz, so back up is there also.
 
Shakib MoTM - 1-33 of 10 in these conditions is probably better than hitting a hundred.
 
MMHS said:
Yasir is a solid No. 5, but for ODIs you need top 3. Yasir is a perfect replacement for Mahmudullah (he’ll retire or will be playing ODI selectively after WC), in both longer formats.

Batting is probably not much of a headache for last few years and now the depth is very good - Mash at 10 and I'll take him as batsman over fast bowling all rounder Faheem Ashraf any day. But, I am surprised with the bowling actually - if they replace Mustafiz with Taskin (read if he can survive injury threats), backed by Jayed, this attack won’t be that poor in UK. Jayed actually bowls lovely late swingers, but at 125Ks. Spin pair is solid and both Taijul & Nayeem are actually better classical finger spinners than Shakib & Miraz, so back up is there also.
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I don't see the point of Liton in the side unless he will wicket keep.

Tamin
Sarkar
Shakib
Mushfiqur
Mithun
Riyad
Rahman

That is a World Class top 7
 
8 wickets & 5 overs - izzat bal bal bach gaya, well a bit more than the width of a bal ...... But, WIN will come back strong in next game - it’s too good to be true (of such dominance).
 
Bangladesh wins by 8 wickets

What a thrashing handed to West Indies after their record making match Vs Ireland last match
 
Chokli said:
I don't see the point of Liton in the side unless he will wicket keep.

Tamin
Sarkar
Shakib
Mushfiqur
Mithun
Riyad
Rahman

That is a World Class top 7
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Add Miraz, Saif & Mash from 8-10, batting shouldn’t be a concern and today I think up to 310-15 was covered - WIN attack wasn’t depleted here.

Liton actually is a brilliant batsman on song - he is almost like the right hand version of Soumya; plays brilliant shots but finds a way to get out. He is probably one last trick away from being consistent- if he can do that, Soumya-Liton might open for us in next 2 WCs.
 
BDfanforever said:
This is WI B side, their main side can be very powerful at times but inconsistent.
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We have been playing the full side for the past one year, you can go check the results of the series in WI which hasn't been even one year old.

Furthermore the bowling attack is almost full strength world cup squad except thomas who is erratic and played the series in BD so you can see how erratic he is. Yet we lost 2 chasing this down so obviously we should be happy with the start.

And we played the whole Asia Cup without Tamim and Shakib
 
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Bangladesh_Fan said:
We have been playing the full side for the past one year, you can go check the results of the series in WI which hasn't been even one year old.

Furthermore the bowling attack is almost full strength world cup squad except thomas who is erratic and played the series in BD so you can see how erratic he is. Yet we lost 2 chasing this down so obviously we should be happy with the start.

And we played the whole Asia Cup without Tamim and Shakib
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Wi has been losing to bangaldesh a lot recently. Their bowling is just not good. This win isn't even a surprise.
 
Bangladesh just thrashed this WI side. Credit goes to boys for coming back strong after that defeat in the tour match. I am becoming hopeful with this side. I need to see how Jayed and Rubel fares in this series. Fizz has been thrashed today, that's a concern too
 
Half-centuries from each of Bangladesh’s top three and a strong bowling performance in the last 10 overs ensured the Tigers claimed victory over West Indies in the ODI Tri-Series, also involving Ireland.

West Indies had been cruising batting first, having progressed to 197/2 after 40 overs on the back of Shai Hope’s second century in succession, and fifth since the start of October 2018 – in that time, only Virat Kohli has more ODI tons.

With Sunil Ambris, playing instead of the injured John Campbell, having helped lay the platform, and Roston Chase unbeaten on 50, they looked set to push on past 300, but ended up falling short as Bangladesh rallied.


Tigers captain Mashrafe Mortaza was the star, dismissing both set batsmen on his way to figures of 3/49, while Mohammad Saifuddin, who finished with 2/47, was marginally less incisive and marginally more economical.

No one else could go past 20 for the Windies, and with their success in the first game against Ireland having been founded on their opening pair, they will be desperate for their lower order to come good before long.

Chasing 262, Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal marched out the blocks, taking Bangladesh past three figures in quick time. Sarkar was the aggressor but fell in sight of his hundred to a juggling catch on the rope by Darren Bravo off the bowling of Roston Chase.

Tamim was more sedate, in the end facing 48 more balls than Sarkar for just seven more runs, but also had a chance of a century before flicking Shannon Gabriel to Windies captain Jason Holder at short midwicket.

Still, the damage had been done, and a run-a-ball 61* from Shakib Al Hasan and a slightly quicker 32* from Mushfiqur Rahim was enough to see the Asian side home with eight wickets and five overs to spare.

Bangladesh next face Ireland on Wednesday, 9 May, while the West Indies next encounter is also against Ireland on Saturday, 11 May.

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/news/1212328
 
Bangladesh_Fan said:
We have been playing the full side for the past one year, you can go check the results of the series in WI which hasn't been even one year old.

Furthermore the bowling attack is almost full strength world cup squad except thomas who is erratic and played the series in BD so you can see how erratic he is. Yet we lost 2 chasing this down so obviously we should be happy with the start.

And we played the whole Asia Cup without Tamim and Shakib
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I know that. I think they are weak against asian sides atm, but plays better against non asian team. Remember, WI was the team which destroyed us in 2011 WC.
 
Chokli said:
I don't see the point of Liton in the side unless he will wicket keep.

Tamin
Sarkar
Shakib
Mushfiqur
Mithun
Riyad
Rahman

That is a World Class top 7
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Lol at world class.

We need a specialist no. 3
 
Great win for BD, well done. They need to take this form forward when it really matters.
 
DUBLIN – Irish international Andy Balbirnie has had a big year so far, however a rearing delivery from West Indian Shannon Gabriel in the last one-day international had him thanking the manufacturer of modern-day batting helmets.

Speaking from the team hotel in Dublin ahead of tomorrow’s encounter with Bangladesh, Balbirnie said:

“I think the West Indies game was hugely disappointing, particularly after running England close last Friday. We just didn’t show up and couldn’t string many partnerships together with bat and ball. I think it’s important we look at areas we can improve and quickly look to rectify them this week in training.”

Asked about the incident with Gabriel when struck on the helmet and forced to retire hurt, he said:

“I feel fine now, and even at the time I was more annoyed that I couldn’t bat for about 40 minutes, as I thought I was moving quite well - but that’s how it goes. I’m just glad the helmet did its job - thank you Masuri!”

Asked about how he is preparing for the next match against Bangladesh, he said:

“I just like to focus in the nets on my strengths and particularly working on my first 20 balls and how best to combat the toughest period of batting. It’s about not over-complicating things - keeping it simple. We also have footage available of all their bowlers which gives us an idea of what to expect.”

While the Irish international side was battling the West Indies on Sunday, across town at The Hills Cricket Club the Ireland Wolves were faring better in a warm-up match against Bangladesh. Speaking about the Wolves win, Balbirnie said:

“It was a great win. The Wolves set-up is brilliant and one that needs to develop and play more games because it gives the emerging players a taste of what to expect if selected for the national team. It also means more games of top quality cricket, because as it stands there isn’t enough fixtures in domestic cricket for guys to impress as much as they’d like.”
 
Having defeated West Indies by eight wickets in their first match of the tri-series, Bangladesh will be confident of their chances against hosts Ireland on Thursday, 9 May.

Overview

Ireland v Bangladesh
3rd ODI
The Village, Dublin
Thursday, 9 May; 10:45am local time, 9:45am GMT

Bangladesh were clinical against West Indies, pulling things back admirably after the Windies had cruised to 205/2. The bowlers, led by skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, struck crucial breakthroughs to restrict them to 261/9.

The chase couldn't have gone smoother for Bangladesh as they tracked down the target with eight wickets and five overs to spare. Tamim Iqbal broke a string of low scores to a craft a solid 80 up the order, while Soumya Sarkar scored a fluent 73.

Shakib Al Hasan too was among the runs, making a run-a-ball 61. Overall, Bangladesh couldn't have asked for too much more in the match. They face off with Ireland, who have won only one of their last four one-day internationals and were handed a sound 196-run thrashing by West Indies in the opener.

Ireland's bowling has lacked penetration, except on seam-friendly pitches, and that's an area they need to address as a priority. In the batting department, they need consistency from senior men like William Porterfield, Paul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie, among others.

Players to watch

Kevin O'Brien (Ireland): The batting all-rounder was the lone half-centurion for Ireland in the match against Windies. He is an impact player, and if he can get another big score, he could well motivate the rest of the team as well, and Ireland's frail batting could desperately use the fillip.

Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh): One of the few all-rounders in the world who can make the team on back of either his batting or bowling independently, Shakib is going to be key to Bangladesh's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 chances. To gear up for that, he'll want to gather steam beforehand. He already excelled in both departments in the match against Windies, and will look to maintain that momentum when he takes on Ireland.


Conditions

It's going to be chilly and cloudy with a strong possibility of rain. The pitch at The Village tends to offer prodigious lateral movement when there's cloud cover. Seamers on both sides will be licking their lips.

Squads

Ireland: William Porterfield (c), Andrew Balbirnie, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Lorcan Tucker, Gary Wilson

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (c), Liton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Saifuddin, Abu Jayed Rahi, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Yasir Ali, Nayeem Hasan

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1212490
 
Great start by BD. Good to seen that Sarkar has started to score again. He has always had the potential but never had the brains to utilise it fully. Hopefully he has matured enough and Iearned from his past mistakes.

Expecting an easy win against Ireland as well.
 
Instead of holding players for full day, this match should be called off immediately- it’s not safe there to play on that slippery surface before WC, neither worthy. In any case it might end in a wash out and BD will avoid humiliation at the hands of Ireland- better do it now so that players can do some indoor practice instead of gossiping whole day at dressing room.
 
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I don't understand why WI didn't call back their WC selected players from IPL. This is their final prep before the cup begins. WC > IPL. You will get 10+ ipl to play if you keep your form, but only a handful of wc.
 
Ireland won the toss and opt to bat against West Indies

IRE 25/1 (7.5) CRR: 3.19
 
I didn’t notice one significant sign in OP, which is the most important factor in the long run for us, more than the tournament results - this tournament is hosted by Ireland and the 3 logos that I see are

Seven Rings Cement
Walton &
Gazi Tyre

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Ireland 327/5 (50 overs)

WI 331/5 (47.5 overs)

Windies win by 5 wickets with Sunil Ambris starring with 148(126).
 
A maiden international century from Sunil Ambris helped West Indies chase down 328 in the fourth match of the Tri-Nation Series, their highest run-chase in ODIs.

Andrew Balbirnie's 135 had pushed Ireland to a formidable first innings effort, but Ambris' 126-ball 148 and some help from the middle order was enough to condemn the hosts to a five-wicket defeat.

William Porterfield's side won the toss and elected to bat, and following Sheldon Cottrell’s (1/67) early dismissal of James McCollum (5), Paul Stirling and Balbirnie batted astutely, the latter bringing up his 50 from 55 balls.

Stirling was conservative in the early stages as he reached his 19th ODI half-century, while Balbirnie exhibited some fine-stroke play, batting at around a run-a-ball as the Windies bowlers grew increasingly frustrated.

Stirling and Balbirnie put on a stand of 146 Stirling and Balbirnie put on a stand of 146
The tourists fought back somewhat in the middle overs, as Shannon Gabriel (2/47) found his stride, forcing Stirling to top-edge a hook to backward square, departing for 77, before dismissing Porterfield (3) with a sharp angling ball that took an edge to Ashley Nurse in the slips.

Balbirnie was undeterred however, reaching three figures from exactly 100 balls, marking a superb fourth ODI ton. His excellent knock came to an end when he mistimed a low Jonathan Carter full toss into the hands of Jason Holder at long-off, leaving the field to a warm ovation from the crowd for his 124-ball-135.

Ireland veteran Kevin O’Brien then carried on where his compatriot had left off, blasting three fours and as many sixes in an explosive 40-ball 63, while Mark Adair chipped in with a flurry of boundaries in his unbeaten 25 (13), pushing Ireland to 327/5 from their 50 overs.

Ambris and Shai Hope made a splendid start to their side's run-chase, the former notching a maiden ODI half-century from just 44 balls as Ireland struggled to find early inroads.

In-form man Hope departed for 30 via a fantastic McCollum catch at point, and Darren Bravo fell victim to Stirling for 17, but a confident Ambris on his just his fourth outing in the format, took charge of proceedings, notching a maiden ODI ton from just 89 deliveries.

He and Chase (46) put on 108 for the third wicket before Ireland struck in consecutive overs, Josh Little (1/78) clean bowling Chase, and Ambris edging to gully for 148 off Boyd Rankin (3/75).

The middle order quelled any threat of a potential Ireland comeback upon Ambris' departure with a swift counter-attack in the latter overs, Carter's 27-ball 43* and Holder's 36 enough to see out the game with 13 balls remaining.

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/news/1214528
 
DUBLIN – A Sunil Ambris-led run chase allowed the West Indies to chase down 328 to pick up their second victory over Ireland in the Walton ODI Tri-Series out in Malahide.

Ambris scored a quite brilliant 148, and was partnered by good supporting knocks from Roston Chase, Jonathan Carter and Jason Holder on the visitors way to victory.

Earlier, Andrew Balbirnie had scored a scintillating century of his own and was the mainstay of the Ireland innings as they made a competitive 327-5 from their 50 overs. Balbirnie scored 135 from 124 balls and registered his fourth One-Day International hundred, passing 3,000 runs for Ireland in the process.

Ireland had opted to bat first on what looked a good Malahide pitch. James McCollum, opening for the first time for Ireland, fell early edging off Sheldon Cottrell for 5. Paul Stirling and Balbirnie then went about rebuilding the innings. Stirling was watchful early, benefitting from a dropped catch when only on 10. He made sure to make the West Indies pay, when occasionally showing us some vintage Paul Stirling cuts and drives square of the wicket.

Balbirnie, who looked comfortable from minute one, put on 146 for the second wicket with Stirling. However, with Stirling on 77, he hooked a Shannon Gabriel bouncer straight into the hands of fine leg. William Porterfield fell soon after for 3, however, Kevin O’Brien proved to be the perfect foil for Balbirnie, who continued to push along at a run a ball before completing his hundred off his hundredth ball.

Balbirnie and O’Brien then decided to push for more runs in the last fifteen overs having passed 200. Balbirnie hoisted two sixes over mid-wicket in his attempts to continue upping the run-rate. He eventually departed for 135 when attempting one hit too many off Jonathan Carter and holing out for 135. His knock was very well received by the home crowd and was given a well-deserved standing ovation coming off the pitch.

The wicket didn’t yield Ireland’s progress though - Mark Adair was promoted up the order to join O’Brien for the last six overs with 257 on the board. O’Brien, who had batted with great intent from the off, deposited Jason Holder for three sixes in a row in the 48th over. The former had his revenge when O’Brien scooped one to short fine leg to depart for a fine 60 off 43 balls.

There was still two overs left in the innings Adair, who has already shown himself as being a more than useful middle order batsman at this level, was not done with yet. He contributed a more than useful 25 not out from 13 balls, including a big six over mid-wicket from the final ball of the innings.

At half time, Ireland would have been content with 327 on the board, which seemed a very competitive total.

Ireland would have been looking for quick wickets to start the run chase, but the West Indies started with good intent. Shai Hope, who is has been in terrific form in this series and Sunil Ambris played with great fluency from an early stage and put Ireland on the back foot. Ambris played the main role as the aggressor, bunting Murtagh and Adair over their head for a selection of boundaries early on. Ambris brought up his fifty up his 43 balls.

The West Indies had reached 84 in the thirteenth over without much worry when Shai Hope cut to point off Boyd Rankin where James McCollum took a good diving catch. Ireland were able to briefly stem the flow of runs with Darren Bravo at the crease, Paul Stirling especially bowled very tightly in his four over spell. The tight period of play for Ireland yielded another wicket when Bravo chipped lazily to long off for 17.

Ambris continued to fire though in a fluid style. He combined with Roston Chase, who was more than happy to play second fiddle, and the two constantly found ways of going at or above the required run rate at all times. Ambris brought up his maiden One-Day International hundred in 89 balls with a punched single to a joyous West Indies changing room.

Just when it looked like the West Indies were cantering to victory, Josh Little rattled one through Chase’s defences to knock back his leg stump. It might have been different at the end if the massive appeal against Jonathan Carter first ball had been given. When Ambris guided a Rankin lifter to short third man for 148, Ireland looked like they might have a small little window back into the game.

The West Indies captain, Jason Holder came to join the now composed, Carter and they went about knocking off the rest of the runs with a lot of authority. They both hit crucial boundaries at times when they needed and despite Holder sending one skyward and departing with one run to win, the West Indies chased down the required 328 with thirteen balls to spare.


Andrew Balbirnie said after the game:

“It’s a bitter pill to swallow, we felt that we got it right with the bat today and we were good with the ball last week, we need to just try to put them all together.”

“I’ve felt good for the last two games and found myself getting out weirdly, I felt quite good in training and that I was moving quite well so to be able to put on a big score as a team, as a batting group was very pleasing.”

“We've played a bit hot and cold of late. I thought we got it right with the bat today, and I thought we got it right with the ball last week, so it’s a matter of combining both and put them both together to put us over the line.”

Giving credit to his teammate Balbirnie, after the match Paul Stirling said:

“He [Balbirnie] is in brilliant form - he's a lot more positive than he has been in the past where he is now coming out at number three and hitting the fielders quite hard in the first 10 balls, which is a good sign.”


Ireland will need to beat Bangladesh next week and hope results go their way to advance to the Final of this Tri-Series.


SCORECARD IN BRIEF

Ireland v West Indies, one-day international, 11 May 2019, Malahide Cricket Club


Ireland 327-5 (50 overs; A Balbirnie 135, P Stirling 77, K O’Brien 60; Gabriel 2-47)

West Indies 331-5 (47.5 overs; S Ambris 148, Chase 46; Rankin 3-65)



West Indies won by 5 wickets
 
[MENTION=147429]Chokli[/MENTION]

Not sure why your post was deleted, but I didn't see anything wrong in the question. May be these days PP is too sensitive on troll alert therefore mods are doing over time ....:)

Scoring 360 against IRL and scoring 360 against Poms are different proposition - add to that in chasing scenario, I don't think BD would be able to do that, in fact not many teams can do it. These are incidents that somehow happen in some days - you play positively and connect every thing in middle, then a little bit of luck ... miracles do happen. PAK actually should have won this game from that platform - not many days you'll see team chasing 180 in 20 overs with 9 wickets at hand and 2 set batsmen in middle on an absolute batting belter.

For BD team, I don't think even batting first we'll be able to cross 350 - team's core strength is not that. These sort of total happens in 2 ways - one the Buttler way that someone plays a blinder 100 at 200 sort of SR or a big partnership to build the momentum from ball one. I don't think we have anyone remotely close to the ability of Buttler, Russell, Maxwell or even Pandeya - but this team has a very good batting depth and a top order that can consistently maintain a good (5+) RR all through. That sort of batting can take you to 300, may be 325 or even 343; but not 350+ sort of scores. The innings that Fakhar played, I don't think any BD player is capable of playing, may be Soumya, but he won't last for 134 at that rate..........

However, PAK has raised the bar really high, so expectation should be another 350 in this series if the conditions are similar - this is where PAK batting is extremely vulnerable, may be you'll see very next game team will be all-out for 250 and loose by 100+ margin. Bangladesh batting is more stable in that regard - may not be 350+, but on a good batting track you can expect them to score close to either side of the per most times.
 
MMHS said:
[MENTION=147429]Chokli[/MENTION]

Not sure why your post was deleted, but I didn't see anything wrong in the question. May be these days PP is too sensitive on troll alert therefore mods are doing over time ....:)

Scoring 360 against IRL and scoring 360 against Poms are different proposition - add to that in chasing scenario, I don't think BD would be able to do that, in fact not many teams can do it. These are incidents that somehow happen in some days - you play positively and connect every thing in middle, then a little bit of luck ... miracles do happen. PAK actually should have won this game from that platform - not many days you'll see team chasing 180 in 20 overs with 9 wickets at hand and 2 set batsmen in middle on an absolute batting belter.

For BD team, I don't think even batting first we'll be able to cross 350 - team's core strength is not that. These sort of total happens in 2 ways - one the Buttler way that someone plays a blinder 100 at 200 sort of SR or a big partnership to build the momentum from ball one. I don't think we have anyone remotely close to the ability of Buttler, Russell, Maxwell or even Pandeya - but this team has a very good batting depth and a top order that can consistently maintain a good (5+) RR all through. That sort of batting can take you to 300, may be 325 or even 343; but not 350+ sort of scores. The innings that Fakhar played, I don't think any BD player is capable of playing, may be Soumya, but he won't last for 134 at that rate..........

However, PAK has raised the bar really high, so expectation should be another 350 in this series if the conditions are similar - this is where PAK batting is extremely vulnerable, may be you'll see very next game team will be all-out for 250 and loose by 100+ margin. Bangladesh batting is more stable in that regard - may not be 350+, but on a good batting track you can expect them to score close to either side of the per most times.
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WI chased almost 418 against much superior English attack. In fact, it's pretty safe to say they annihilated England on similar conditions.
 
BDfanforever said:
WI chased almost 418 against much superior English attack. In fact, it's pretty safe to say they annihilated England on similar conditions.
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WIN batting is totally different than us - it’s brittle but explosive. Some days they will break some record.
 
Bowlers have done their job. Now it's turn for our batters to complete a win against WIN. It was satisfying to see Mustafizur among wickets again.
 
aloo paratha said:
I don't think chase played. Gabriel didn't play and Oshand is missing here.
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Ok Chase destroyed them in tests. Only Thomas is missing, and he is a new player. Other than that its full strength WI bowling attack. Its actually even stronger than the one that played against England.
 
Strange thing is little Musfiq or Pakistan girl Aliya Riaz has more ability to hit 6 than Faheem.
 
At the end of the day, we didn't achieve anything from this tournament - batted twice, both times chasing, so the same order had to be placed and bulk scores were done by top 4, who are certain to start in any case. What was needed is batting from Sabbir, Mithun, Yasir & Mosaddek. And, against IRL also, if they win the toss, we'll chase and use same order, because I don't think they'll risk losing against IRL. Bowlers did great, against WIN back-ups and the two players that certain for WIN (Holder, Hope) raised enough concerns that this bowling might not do miracles in WC. This is why I never liked the idea of this series and instead of such shallow games, we should have played 10-12 List A games against County sides.

For WIN, two things stuck is that their attack is alarmingly exposed - this Oshane guy isn't going to uproot many trees with his loose cannon on 350 tracks - other than that this is what they have. But, on a positive note I am impressed with Holder's captaincy - we had a loose end in our batting (top 3 identical lefti) and through that small gap, he almost made a match out of 50-60 below per total - bowled out his 3 offies and did get all 3 lefties out to make BD sweat at least.

Anyway, not a bad day - first kids won the series against PAK U16 and now this is probably going to be our first multi-nation trophy (the last game against IRL is becoming academic, in terms of tournament).
 
BAN 248/5 (47.2 Ovs) • WI 247/9 (50.0 Ovs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wkts
BD in good form....coool
 
aloo paratha said:
I don't think chase played. Gabriel didn't play and Oshand is missing here.
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Its a full strength bowling attack by all means , Only Thomas is missing in bowling and he is no Marshall, the guy played in BD series and they still lost the series, he was quite expensive , Chase and Gabriel have been dropped for this match they played the first match and lost by 8 wickets vs BD. For Bangladesh Rubel is not playing neither is Saifuddin today.

Gayle and Russell played vs BD at home in West Indies last year and still they lost the home series
 
Bangladesh_Fan said:
Its a full strength bowling attack by all means , Only Thomas is missing in bowling and he is no Marshall, the guy played in BD series and they still lost the series, he was quite expensive , Chase and Gabriel have been dropped for this match they played the first match and lost by 8 wickets vs BD. For Bangladesh Rubel is not playing neither is Saifuddin today.

Gayle and Russell played vs BD at home in West Indies last year and still they lost the home series
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Why are you bothering to justify!!!!!!!
 
My mistake - didn't see there is a Final on Friday. So, we haven't won the tournament yet :(
 
Smooth chase once again and Mustafizur made a pretty good comeback from last match. BD finding pretty decent form just in time for the WC. Ideally Taskin should be tried in one of the next matches.
 
if bangladesh wins this, will this be their first tri series trophy?
Also to people who are nagging about WI B team, if memory serves me correctly, WI full strenght team also lost to BD in a series not to long ago. However, both russell and gayle seems to be in a very good form, would have been interesting to see how these two alone would have made the difference with the bat for WI. Just accept that BD is a good team who occaisonally chokes now and move on. It's getting old at this point this continious trooling.
 
BDfanforever said:
Ok Chase destroyed them in tests. Only Thomas is missing, and he is a new player. Other than that its full strength WI bowling attack. Its actually even stronger than the one that played against England.
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Ok but how do you make up for missing Gayle, Hetmyer, Russel?
 
light said:
if bangladesh wins this, will this be their first tri series trophy?
Also to people who are nagging about WI B team, if memory serves me correctly, WI full strenght team also lost to BD in a series not to long ago. However, both russell and gayle seems to be in a very good form, would have been interesting to see how these two alone would have made the difference with the bat for WI. Just accept that BD is a good team who occaisonally chokes now and move on. It's getting old at this point this continious trooling.
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It's more Bangladeshi fans undermining the WI by beating a B class team. Even Lewis who would be their backup opener is not playing.
 
light said:
if bangladesh wins this, will this be their first tri series trophy?
Also to people who are nagging about WI B team, if memory serves me correctly, WI full strenght team also lost to BD in a series not to long ago. However, both russell and gayle seems to be in a very good form, would have been interesting to see how these two alone would have made the difference with the bat for WI. Just accept that BD is a good team who occaisonally chokes now and move on. It's getting old at this point this continious trooling.
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Honestly, wi is at the lowest level in their history they're just above minnows.
 
aloo paratha said:
Ok but how do you make up for missing Gayle, Hetmyer, Russel?
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Well I did admit batting wise its their B or C team. Honestly their main batting is Hetmeyer and Hope only. Gayle and Russel doesn’t provide storm often.

Usually their B or C team plays a lot better than their so called super stars. Hetmeyer and Hope were their backup players not so long ago.
 
aloo paratha said:
Ok but how do you make up for missing Gayle, Hetmyer, Russel?
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We beat them in both ODIs and T20s with all these players. We are saying it repeatedly. WI is weak surely but absence doesn't undermine our victories.we are fully capable of beating full strength WI
 
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light said:
if bangladesh wins this, will this be their first tri series trophy?
Also to people who are nagging about WI B team, if memory serves me correctly, WI full strenght team also lost to BD in a series not to long ago. However, both russell and gayle seems to be in a very good form, would have been interesting to see how these two alone would have made the difference with the bat for WI. Just accept that BD is a good team who occaisonally chokes now and move on. It's getting old at this point this continious trooling.
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You are right.
 
Mainul said:
We beat them in both ODIs and T20s with all these players. We are saying it repeatedly. WI is weak surely but absence doesn't undermine our victories.we are fully capable of beating full strength WI
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Yes you are. But are you capable of beating the top 5 teams?
 
A good series going on here. Who will win the cup in the end? Bangladesh seems to have the edge over West Indies.
 
'I've been doing my role in the team' – Ashley Nurse

Ashley Nurse, the West Indies spinner, is confident that he is fulfilling the role the team expects from him but would like to be even more consistent in the lead up to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019.

Nurse sparkled in the fifth match of the tri-series against Bangladesh, taking 3/53 albeit in a losing cause. He surged to the top of the wicket-taking charts for the series with a total of seven scalps, which is particularly impressive given that Irish conditions don't typically offer great support for spinners.

"I've been bowling well in patches. I haven't been as consistent as I'd like to be," Nurse said during the post-match interaction. "Getting wickets is the ultimate goal for a bowler. I got a four wicket haul in the first game against Ireland but I didn't bowl that well. But I'll take getting wickets any day.

"[In] the other two games [it] was a bit tough. This has not been a spinning deck. Wickets here are generally not good for spinners ... I have been doing my role in the team and it's nice to come in and do what the team requires [of] me."

Nurse was the only incisive bowler for West Indies in the match as the rest struggled to contain Bangladesh's slow but steady march towards another win. In the 21st over, Nurse dismissed Shakib Al Hasan and Soumya Sarkar in a space of three balls to push back Bangladesh but a 83-run stand between Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammad Mithun ensured they got safely over the line without too many hiccups.

"Captain gave me the ball a bit early in the power play so it was all about restricting runs and building some pressure. It worked out for us. I got a couple of wickets in one over but to get 10 wickets (as a team) was the ultimate goal and we didn't get them."

"I was in very good rhythm. It was a slow pitch. Today I got most of it right. It was a good performance from me. But to get a win was more important. Obviously we didn't get that. But hopefully, we can come back in the final."

The 30-year-old admitted that West Indies didn't have adequate runs on the board and it will be essential in the final to get a par score so that bowlers will not be under too much pressure to deliver.

"I thought it was a 300 pitch and if we got to 280 also, we would have be fine. The wicket was as good as the game against Ireland," said Nurse.

"They have got the better of us in the last two games but that doesn't mean anything [in the final]. We turn up and get some more runs on the board first and foremost then the bowlers will have an easier job. We need to build some pressure in the field [as well]. And we need to get into their middle-order. We haven't done that."

West Indies will play Bangladesh again in the final of the tri-nation series on Friday, 17 May in Dublin.

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/news/1219972
 
Bangladesh bowling looks stronger than Pakistan or even India. Who knows Bangladesh may be play in semi or even final.
But WI team is finished unfortunately and Scotland team is better than him. There is always up and down in life.
Mashrafee/Streath would be better choice to replace Azhar as bowling coach. This guy is a thinking cricketer and better than any bowler in Bangladesh team. We are keep giving 350+ runs every often now-a-days
 
Our bowling is effective only when:

1) the opposition are weak against slow stuff, be it from spinners and pacers
2) the conditions are sluggish

It's not going to be easy having 130kph bowlers bowling at world class batsmen in the flat pitches of world cup.

I believe in Asian conditions it won't even be outrageous if someone put as up as one of the favourites given our performance at home - Since 2015 only England beat us in an ODI series(which too was competitive). But I don't see how we are going to fare too well in the world cup with lack of big hitters and express pace bowlers.
 
Shafi said:
Bangladesh bowling looks stronger than Pakistan or even India. Who knows Bangladesh may be play in semi or even final.
But WI team is finished unfortunately and Scotland team is better than him. There is always up and down in life.
Mashrafee/Streath would be better choice to replace Azhar as bowling coach. This guy is a thinking cricketer and better than any bowler in Bangladesh team. We are keep giving 350+ runs every often now-a-days
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Lol. How is Bangladesh bowling stronger than India or pakistan? Even Afghanistan have a better and varied bowling attack with Rashid, mujeeb etc.
These Mortazas , Rubels and Taskins will be carted around in the WC. Shakib is the only decent bowler and he too is an all rounder.
 
Shafi said:
Bangladesh bowling looks stronger than Pakistan or even India. Who knows Bangladesh may be play in semi or even final.
But WI team is finished unfortunately and Scotland team is better than him. There is always up and down in life.
Mashrafee/Streath would be better choice to replace Azhar as bowling coach. This guy is a thinking cricketer and better than any bowler in Bangladesh team. We are keep giving 350+ runs every often now-a-days
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You lost your credibility(which you have very little)when you said bd have better bowling unit than india .Anything bd have outside asia is there batting not bowling
 
aloo paratha said:
It's more Bangladeshi fans undermining the WI by beating a B class team. Even Lewis who would be their backup opener is not playing.
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Generally BD fans have a nag of doing such things, which is why their team gets a lot of heat, but your statement is simply not true this time around. I read some of the comments, seems level headed. Even they have admited that this is WI B side, however with almost a full strength bowling attack - which is not false. Unless am missing something here.

WI cricket < BD cricket these days anyways. Some would even argue on par with AFG too. Can't deny that. These days, WI players are too busy playing luxary leagues around the world than actually showing up for the international team
 
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