posted Oct 21, 2008

There are some quality players in there, Ashraful, Razzak, Mortaza and Shakib look to be of sufficient class to make it at the highest level. But it'll take time for them to blossom as a team, they probably need a few of the guys to get county experience, but that doesn't seem terribly likely.

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posted Oct 21, 2008

For a team that recently lost many players to the ICL, its a very good performance. If it weren't for Vettori then Bangladesh would have won reasonably comfortably.

Whether New Zealand are getting worse or Bangladesh getting better, or maybe both, remains to be seen. The next test will tell us more about it

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posted Oct 21, 2008

The problem for Bang is that, in 1 innings, it is usually just 1 player who gets a decent score (for them a decent score is over 50), if anyone, so their innings totals are never competative (spelling?). They need to develop as a batting unit, not relying on 1 or 2 guys.

Also, how much does Ross Taylor suck ??? He might have all the talent in the world but he just doesnt have the application, concentration, wotever... he REALLY needs to be dropped from that NZ team.

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posted Oct 21, 2008

vash, Taylor is going through a rough patch- I saw him at Old Trafford against England, I asure you, he does have the mental credentials too.

As for the Bangla's, this is just a random result (or even innings), as all that made this contest interesting was NZ's first innings. Bangladesh have some good bowlers, but they need to get some batsmen to give them more to aim for (excluding this game, obviously). I feel even on a road, they would get themselves out for under 350. Anyone remember when Aus came close to losing a test against them, but were saved by a knock form Ponting I believe. This is the same.

They will get there eventually though...

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posted Oct 21, 2008

Boys in Bangladeshi team must control over their exitement and must show more determination

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posted Oct 21, 2008

Bangladesh is finding it hard to close the games I guess. Out of 3 ODI they couldve won them all, but they just won 1. If it wasn't for Vettori they wouldve won the test aswell. Same thing happend with Australia, Pakistan , South Africa. They are just unable to finish of the game!!

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posted Oct 22, 2008

I agree with Grimvald. Bangladesh never seem to be able to build on good performances. They've given major teams a few scares over the years, but never really kicked on.

I suppose there is no way for them to develop as a test team without playing more tests against decent opposition, but it does seem that at the moment they do not deserve test status.

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posted Oct 22, 2008

Taking the test status away isn't going to help bangladesh at all. I don't know about rest other ppl, but I see Banglas are improving. Without 14 Core Player if they play this good, imagine if they had those players!.
Siddons doing a fine Job

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posted Oct 22, 2008

you i am telling y in 2 to 3 years bangladesh will be one of the most storongest team in the world . and they will beat nezeland 2test . y will see . if all the batsman clic at the same time that will be horrible for nezeland team

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posted Oct 28, 2008

Not sure how a Test between two teams that have both lost key players to the IPL tells us about their standing against the rest of the cricketing world.

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