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It’s still very funny. For the good part of three days the supposed best team in the world has been taken to the cleaners by the worst. I’m off to Oz tomorrow to see the in-laws. Oh how I will laugh. Ps my father in law is called Bruce! lol

true but 282 lead is a great achievement against the worlds best

I think the 3rd day clearly belonged to Australia...bdesh had little to celebrate...first gilly puts on over 100 more batting with the tail...and then they lose 5 wickets for 120 odd...

first 2 days to bdesh but 3rd thay clearly belonged to australia...

Quoted message from BVM101

yes...first 2 days bdesh was clearly on top and totally outplayed australia and whatever the final result is, that in itself is reason for them to be proud...it took the best gilly knock in over a year just to avoid the follow on

That's a pretty lame post. You either win or lose and you sound like a cope out. It would be great if Bangladesh win for the sake of cricket, not for the sake of a laugh. If they do lose the egg will certainly be on your face. If they win the whole carton will be on your face. You cant have your cake and eat it too. Stand up and cheer or run away and hide.

It’s still very funny. For the good part of three days the supposed best team in the world has been taken to the cleaners by the worst. I’m off to Oz tomorrow to see the in-laws. Oh how I will laugh. Ps my father in law is called Bruce! lol

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i gurantee u bangladesh will win if the set a target of 350 at least...i dont see aussies chasing that kind of total on a slow picth and cracks cumoing up with bangladeshes spinners bowling really welll

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I agree, unless hussey and hayden can form a big 100+ opening partnership...australia batting is basically up to the top 3...if they go fast it is easy for them to crumble...

And worth a lot more than two cents.

Why not praise Bangladesh for playing so well in this game?

Or are you so narrow minded that you would rather try and make fun of Oz?

The way I see it, Bangladesh played very well for 2 and a half days, been on top of Oz, but the aussies are showing real character and determinations, allied with skills, to fight their way back into contention to win the match.

This makes for a much more entertaining match, like the series against south Africa, then a match were it is all over by the third day.

Then again, guess being aussie is automaticly being targets for smaller mind indivudals who can try and gloat off the backs of others and try to shine in their reflected glories, then to try and be objective and talk about a good match in progress, where their nemises, Oz, actually may have a chance to make come good??

My 2c worth only of course

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Why are some people geting bogged down and against someone having a good laugh at Aus? I for one have been laughing at one person - WARNE.. the big mouth that he is, have got more than an egg right on top of his nose !! I certainly hope that even if BD loose 5 wkts quick, none go to Warne for his all talk about cheap wickets.. Oh yeah I forgot his injured!!! thats whats really making me laugh now... an injury might be there, but at what a time, after being smashed away for 5.6 an ovr he claims to be injured after... when was the last time this guy was injured??

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Oh no, not getting bogged down from people having a laugh at Oz, heck, we laugh at our own often enough.

There has been a few post spoking fun at Oz that has not only been funny but painfully accurate. Some of our sportmen has been known to say things which makes me cringe, same I think could be said of sportsmen from all other countries too.

What I was trying to reply to was yet another, in my opinion, pointless thread at trying to imply that Oz cricket is a laughing stock just because we are playing against a side that is punching well above their weight at the mo.
There has been enough of those threads and I know, I have not helped matters at all by responding to this one, just as there haev been a few pi$$ take threads on the England board ribbing them about their performance the last few months, it can can a bit over the top.

Most countries, and Oz is no different, will mock and tease other countries a bit about their sporting performance,a s wel as laugh at its own limitations, but just got a bit tedious to have another thread opening here along the same topic, with nothing new to add.

And was not even funny.

Sorry, will shut up now

Will OZ be BD's bunny if DB wins?
Don't know of other team that lost a ODI and Test against them, correct me if I'm wrong?

I do think some people should stop over defending bdesh...it is done with good will and of course they played great the first 2 days, but that is not the way to help develop a team…they did make some mistakes in the 3rd day that had beds been England or Pakistan or India everybody would have been quick too point out but since its bdesh people will just cut them some slack...why come out hitting like it was a 20/20 match when they already have a 150+ lead from the first innings?...that lacked experience...

It is demeaning I think this attitude...when England, India, Pakistan, Australia, etc lose nobody over defends them, because we all agree they are good teams that had bad days, so we can critique them, argue about where they went wrong and how they can improve...with bdesh nobody dares say that because it seems like beating down on the weak kid.

with Bangladesh it should be the same as with the other teams...if not its just demeaning...this is like "the poor little boy that always sucks is playing well, lets give him a clap cause we know they suck anyway and probably wont play well again for years"....I think this is wrong...if Bangladesh are to be respected they will earn this respect through results with the passage of time, not a one off vs. Australia but consistent good results...but they should not be overly defended giving the sensation that just by playing 2 good days vs. Australia they can feel perfect about themselves...that creates complacency...

what they have done has a lot of merit but the constant outcry to praise bdesh for 2 good days of cricket is getting a bit too much I think…

I do think they have played too aggressively though. They don't have an 'in-between' batsman to my knowledge-someone who can be quite attacking but who can also defend when necessary. Bashar has a propensity for throwing his wicket away, Ashraful is the same, while Rajin Saleh seems to get a bit bogged down. Perhaps Khaled Mashud is the closest they have to a middle ground.