Might is Right

Nowadays ODI becomes a laboratory for ICC. Oneday day they introduce a rule and the very next day the withdraw it(Substitute system). Power play does no favour to relatively weaker teams. It tells this line from behind the shadow that [B]Might is Right[/B]. Indeed, it is not good for cricket. There is no balance exists anymore between Batsman and Bowlers. We used to see the humiliation of the Bowlers always in the twenty-twenty and sometimes in the ODI. Am I like it? Do we really enjoy this? How much longer? People roar when a Batsman hits a six. It is like a waterfall that breaks the sluice gate. It is like Hurricane. But nowadays it becomes nothing exciting. Hit a six and it solves all the problem. Hi-tech bat, fast outfield and Power play(in the 20-20 that also includes dance) everything is ready to entertain audience. Truely we enjoy it very much to see the muscle power as we like to see WWF. I truely believe that they should end this practice and make the balance between Bowler and Batsman.

ICC allows batting team to choose one Powerplay

The batting team will decide when to introduce either the second or the third Powerplay during their innings, starting with the one-day series between New Zealand and Bangladesh in October. The change from the earlier scenario, in which the fielding side decided when Powerplays would be taken, is part of the ICC's new playing conditions which takes effect from October 1.

For more details click here.

Zimbabwe tour to Canada and Kenya 2008

Fri 10 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	Quadrangular Four Nation 20/20 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City
Sat 11 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	Quadrangular Four Nation 20/20 Canada v Zimbabwe Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City
Sun 12 09:30 local, 13:30 GMT	Quadrangular Four Nation 20/20 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City
Fri 17 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	Tri-Nation Tournament in Kenya Ireland v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Sun 19 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	Tri-Nation Tournament in Kenya Kenya v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Tue 21 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	Tri-Nation Tournament in Kenya Ireland v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Thu 23 09:30 local, 06:30 GMT	Tri-Nation Tournament in Kenya Kenya v Zimbabwe Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi

Khaled Mashud retires from International Cricket

Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud has decided to retire from international cricket. Mashud informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board of his decision in a letter on Thursday, 25 September 2008.

See the Last Over Thriller - Bangladesh vs Kenya where Pilot hit six at the first ball

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	44	84	10	1409	103*	19.04	4136	34.06	1	3	147	1	78	9
ODIs	126	110	27	1818	71*	21.90	3315	54.84	0	7			91	35
First-class	95	168	18	3773	201*	25.15			3	17			167	18
List A	184	160	34	2578	71*	20.46			0	10			147	49

Full name Khaled Mashud
Born February 8, 1976, Rajshahi
Current age 32 years 233 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Rajshahi Division
Also known as Pilot
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

See the full player profile from cricinfo.

New Zealand tour of Bangladesh 2008

"You are ready for the series brother."

Ashraful presents a PUMA brand cap to Rajin Saleh.

Chappell in India

Greg Chappell  is helping  young Australian team to give them knowledge about Indian team and tactics. Personally I am really surprised that Indian cricket board does to present any objection.  Chappell has the knowledge about from players to cricket pitches. I must congratulate Australian cricket board about this unique decision. The young, explosive Indian team which was set up by Chappell and he knows them more than Indian coach. It looks like to me that every time India loose a test this series it will shed a senior player and bring more younger player and this will make Chappell`s work more easy.

Australia tour of India, 2008

Thu 9 - Mon 13 

010:00 BDT 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 1st Test - India v Australia

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Fri 17 - Tue 21 

010:00 BDT 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 2nd Test - India v Australia

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Wed 29 - Sun 2 

010:00 BDT 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 3rd Test - India v Australia

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

November 2008

Thu 6 - Mon 10 

010:00 BDT 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT 4th Test - India v Australia

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

BDT : Bangladesh time

New Zealand tour of Bangladesh 2008

Like Tendulker!!!
Musfiq tries to bat with a stamp in the Mirpur stadium.

BCB announces 24 man preliminay squad for New Zealand series

• Tamim Iqbal,Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Roqibul Hassan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehrab Hossain (Jr.), Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Nazmul Hossain, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Dollar Mahmud, Nafis Iqbal, Rajin Salah, Tushar Imranm, Enamul Haque (Jr.), Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Sohrawordi Shuvo, Mahbubul Alam, Sahagir Hossain (Wicketkeeper)

New Zealand tour of Bangladesh 2008

October 2008
Tue 7 03:30 GMT	TBC v New Zealanders Venue TBC
Thu 9 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	1st ODI - Bangladesh v New Zealand Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sat 11 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	2nd ODI - Bangladesh v New Zealand Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Tue 14 09:00 local, 03:00 GMT	3rd ODI - Bangladesh v New Zealand Chittagong Divisional Stadium
Fri 17 - Tue 21 09:30 local, 03:30 GMT	1st Test - Bangladesh v New Zealand Chittagong Divisional Stadium
Sat 25 - Wed 29 09:30 local, 03:30 GMT	2nd Test - Bangladesh v New Zealand Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Bashar want to meet Siddons for a Talk

Very interesting indeed. Follow this link for details from Ittefaq.

http://www.ittefaq.com/content/2008/09/20/news0692.htm

Dhaka Warriors in ICL

		Dhaka Warriors VS.
11.10.08	SAT	Chennai Superstars [1]	Hyderabad	8PM
15.10.08	WED	Hyderabad Heroes [2]	Hyderabad	8PM
20.10.08	MON	Delhi GIANTS [3]	Ahmedabad	8PM
25.10.08	SAT	Kolkata Tigers [ 5 ]	Gurgaon	8PM
27.10.08	MON	Mumbai Champs [ 5 ]	Gurgaon	8PM
31.10.08	FRI	Chandigarh Lions [5]	Chandigarh	8PM
03.11.08	MON	Ahmedabad Rockets [ 7 ]	Chandigarh	8PM
07.11.08	FRI	Lahore Badshahs [7]	Hyderabad	8PM

Bangladesh time.

Personally, I not interested this games. I want to see Bangladesh Cricket Team.
GO BANGLADESH

Logo of Dhaka warriors

The logo of Dhaka warriors is a little bit scary. It looks like the front page of a horror book.

Dhaka Warriors unveiled

• Aftab Ahmed (All Rounder): A proven Under-19 performer for Bangladesh, Aftab’s prodigal talent saw him being drafted into the national Bangladesh side at the young age of 19yrs. It was Aftab who played an instrumental role in clinching Bangladesh’s biggest international victory over Australia in 2005. His sound batting technique & useful medium pacers will play a key role in the fortunes of the Dhaka Warriors at the forthcoming ICL Season 2.

• Alok Kapali (All Rounder): A genuine all rounder, Alok has given a good account of both his bating & bowling skills at the international level. The 24 year old, Alok will be one of the key players adding depth & flexibility to the Warrior side.

• Dhiman Ghosh (Wicket-keeper/Batsman): Dhiman is one of the upcoming talents to emerge from Bangladesh. Dhiman has given a good account of his batting talent right through his junior cricket days and has been an important member of Bangladesh’s future program teams.

• Farhad Reza (All Rounder): A proven performer in the Bangladesh domestic structure earned Farhad a place in the Bangladesh national side in 2006. His cricket credentials are best exemplified by the fact that Farhad is the first Bangladeshi to score a 50 on debut.

• Habib Ul Bashar (Right hand middle order Batsman): An exciting stroke maker “Sumon”, as know to his team mates, is a pleasant cricketing sight when in full flow. The former Bangladeshi captain brings with him the rich experience of having carried the batting expectations of the Bangladeshi national side on his able shoulders. His astute leadership qualities and batting prowess, will see Bashar as the fulcrum of the Dhaka Warriors batting lineup.

• Manjural Islam (Left-arm fast Medium): Swing and pace are virtues possessed by this talented left arm pacer. Throughout his international stint, Manjural has come up with creditable performances for Bangladesh, especially in overseas helpful condition. Manjural will hold the key along with Tapash Baisya, as the new ball pair for the Dhaka Warriors.

• Mabud Chowdhury (Wicket-keeper): Chowdhury comes from a family of first class cricketers & will play the under study role to Dhiman Ghosh in the Warriors line-up

• Mahbubul Karim (Right-hand Batsman): The Chittagong based first class level batsman, Karim is one of the upcoming batsman from Bangladesh to showcase its talent on the ICL platform.

• Mohammad Rafique (Left-arm spinner): An epitome of discipline & accuracy, Rafique has been the premier spinner for the Bangladesh national side. The first Bangladeshi cricketer to hold the distinction of scoring 1000runs & taking 100 test wickets, makes Rafique one of the cricketing powerhouses in the Warriors stable. His rich international exploits will see Rafique as the mainstay of the Warriors bowling line-up in the forthcoming ICL Season.

• Mohammad Sharif (Right-arm pacer): The 6feet 5inch tall pacer, is a prodigal fast bowling talent, who made his international debut for Bangladesh at the young of 17years. Sharif is an expert exponent of reverser swing bowling and an useful over order, hard hitting batsman.

• Mosharraf Hossain (Left-arm spinner): The young 23year old left-arm spinner has enjoyed decent success at the first class level of the game in Bangladesh. After the retirement of Mohammad Rafique, it has been Mosharraf who has played the role of a spinner it the Bangladesh national side.

• Shahriar Nafis (Opening Batsman): The dashing south paw is one of the best cricket prodigies to emerge from Bangladesh in the recent history of the game. Shahriar has delivered creditable performance since his international debut at the young age of nineteen. Foreseen as an important member of the Warriors side; lot would depend on Shahriar’s opening guard, to give momentum to the Warrior batting in the forthcoming ICL tournaments.

• Tapash Baisya (Right Arm pacer): Tapash is one of the best fast bowling talents to emerge in recent years from Bangladesh. The tall pacer with a slinging action can work up some decent pace to trouble the best of opposition batsmen. Tapash will be one key, the new ball bowlers in the Warriors bowling arsenal.

Bangladesh Cricket team in on the brink of disaster

Bashar, Ghosh, Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Farhad Reza and Mosharraf Hossain joined in the rebel ICL league. Who is next on the line?

Australia make clean sweep

Australia 5 for 198 (M Hussey 57*) beat Bangladesh 125 (Tamim 63, Hopes 3-30) by 73 runs
To tell the truth Bangladesh team donot have the ability to score 200 runs in Australia soil. But great effort by bowlers and Tamim.

Ashraful is going to loose Captency

After loosing the 2nd ODI against Australia Bangladesh team management is calculating strategy for home series. This time they are considering to assign a new captain for the team. So, the last ODI will be last ODI for Ashraful as a captain.

Thursday, Siddons Bangladesh cricket coach said to the waiting journalists that in the home series against Newzeland team will get a new catain. Mashrafee and Sakib are the front runner for the post. He also said, its upto Ashraful whether he wants a rest from captaincy or not.. .

Australia v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI, Darwin

Australia 2 for 118 (Marsh 69*) beat Bangladesh 117 (Johnson 3-17) by eight wickets

Atleast Bangladesh team cross 100 mark. Hopefully they will score 200 in the next match.

Bangladesh tour to Australia 2008

I hope Bangladesh team will show better performance today.

Bangladesh tour to Australia 2008

In the 1st One-Day International, Bangladesh in Australia, 2003 Bangladesh scored 105. In 2008 Bangladesh scored 74. There is some similarity.

2003 1st One-Day International Bowling card
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 10 3 23 3 (3w)
Lee 8 1 25 4 (3nb, 2w)
Bichel 5 0 24 2
Hogg 10 0 27 0
Symonds 1 0 5 0


2008 1st One-Day International Bowling card
NW Bracken 6 1 23 0 3.83
SR Clark 7 1 18 1 2.57 (4w)
MG Johnson 6 1 10 2 1.66 (1w)
MJ Clarke 2 0 7 1 3.50
B Geeves 5 0 11 2 2.20
CL White 1.4 0 5 3 3.00

In 2003 the bowlers are Gillespie, Lee, Bichel, Hogg, Symonds all are famous. And most importantly they play more on International arena than in the Australian domestic league. So in 2003 both teams were foreign to the Darwin. But now MG Johnson, B Geeves, CL White are the new prospects of Australia and they are quite familiar with Darwin field and pitch. You can argue that MG Johnson is not a new bowler for Australia. But he only plays 9 tests and 40 ODIs. So I fear that this series will be more difficult and tiresome for Bangladesh. More frustrations may wait for them ahead.

Bangladesh crushed by 180 runs Australia v Bangladesh, 1st ODI, Darwin

Australia 8 for 254 (M Hussey 85, Marsh 76, Shahadat Hossain 3-42) beat Bangladesh 74 (White 3-5) by 180 runs.
There is not much to say.

Bangladesh tour to Australia 2008

They are looking very worried ahead of the First ODI against Australia.
http://www.banglacricket.com/

Bangladesh tour to Australia 2008

If you have time then visit this forum.
http://www.banglacricket.com/alochona/showthread.php?t=27589&page=2

Australians arrive in Darwin for Bangladesh series

The Australian Cricket team has touched down in Darwin ahead of its three one-day matches against Bangladesh.

The series opener is this Saturday at Mararra Stadium.Despite captain Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden being ruled out of the series through injury and Brett Lee through personal circumstances, the side is still confident of winning the series 3-0.But swing bowler Nathan Bracken says the home side is also well aware their minnow opponents are capable of staging an upset.

"They've done it before so, yeah, we've got to go out and play well," he said.

"We're off a break, we're I guess under a bit of pressure and it's up to these guys now ... it's up to us to put our hands up and perform well and basically if they play good cricket we have to match it."

Bracken admits the loss of Lee from the series puts him under more pressure, but he says the Darwin humidity should result in extra swing.

"The Australian A team said it swung up here a bit early in the morning," he said.

"So hopefully it we get the chance to bowl early we can utilise that and it would actually give me more of a chance to get a few early wickets and hopefully just bowl well."The World one-day champions will take on the Australian Institute of Sport side tomorrow.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/27/2348352.htm

Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI v Bangladesh

Bangladesh win the last match by 120 runs. Pretty Impressive. Isn`t it? Mehrab Hossain jnr hit a century 132 runs from 129 balls. Who says he is like Javed or Rajin? Lets look his career details:

Mehrab Hossain jnr

Bangladesh

Player profile

Full name Mehrab Hossain jnr
Born July 8, 1987, Dhaka
Current age 21 years 50 days
Major teams Bangladesh, Bangladesh A, Bangladesh Under-19s, Dhaka Division
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm slow

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	1	2	0	14	8	7.00	22	63.63	0	0	2	0	0	0
ODIs	11	10	0	203	54	20.30	470	43.19	0	1	18	0	3	0
First-class	33	60	7	1846	196	34.83			4	8			17	0
List A	40	38	3	946	65*	27.02	1690	55.97	0	6			16	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	1	1	47	29	2	2/29	2/29	14.50	3.70	23.5	0	0	0
ODIs	11	7	139	108	3	2/30	2/30	36.00	4.66	46.3	0	0	0
First-class	33		2604	1444	37	6/80		39.02	3.32	70.3	2	2	1
List A	40		1229	880	31	4/37	4/37	28.38	4.29	39.6	1	0	0

Only one ODI fifty.Last ODI New Zealand v Bangladesh at Auckland, Dec 26, 2007. So it is his comeback.
1st ODI v Australia at Darwin - Aug 30, 2008.Goodluck.

Tigers lost the last game Bangladesh tour to Australia 2008

It is not total surprising that AIS which is not even a first class team beat Bangladesh cricket team in four ODIs. Although Batsmans have some practice but the bowlers may lost all their selfconfidence. The Bowlers are struggling from the day one. The main Bowling power is spin but unfortunately, we still have not find any replacement of Rafiq. Abdur Razzaq plays well in ODI but his performances is not acceptable in the Test. Saqib is allrounder and we should not expect that he will bring important breakthrough. He is a support Bowler. Same goes to Alok and Mahamudullah. Unless we get a quality spinner, there is a big trouble is waiting.

Northern Territory News gives news about Bangladesh Cricket Team

Bangladesh shrugs off 'practice' loss

PETER TIFFEN August 19th, 2008 BANGLADESH coach Jamie Siddons played down yesterday's one-day cricket loss to the AIS in Darwin. "It's practice. Winning is not the most important thing at this stage," Siddons said.
Because I come here to get my compensation related my shoulder injury from CA. Where is my lawyear?
The AIS smashed the Bangladesh attack all over Gardens Oval, scoring 4-330 in its 50 overs after being sent in to bat.
Thank God. It is only 4-330 not 4-440.
It then held its nerve to win by 14 runs despite a daring assault on the daunting target by opener Tamim Iqbal Khan and Tigers batting maestro Mohammad Ashraful. Siddons said Bangladesh was still recovering from its "horrendous" 35-hour series of flights to Darwin and its main focus was the international series against Australia at the end of the month. "Hopefully we will be full of steam by the last game and ready for the ODIs. They are the important ones not these," he said. But AIS captain Moises Henriques said it was a big payoff to get a win over an international side. "This is the tour that we have been training for for the past four months," Henriques said.
And Bangladesh training for the past four months to play game against Australia team.
"We batted really well and although we were under the pump early on in the field we brought it back well." Left-arm orthodox spinner Jon Holland starred for the AIS taking 4-43 from his 10 overs. With Bangladesh threatening at 3-238 he bowled dangerman Ashraful for 71 to start a Tigers' slide that saw them lose 4-14. The Tigers rallied again, but 15 runs in the last over proved beyond the final batting pair. Henriques had a great all-round match taking 3-38 including the scalp of Tamim who, batting with a runner after injuring a leg, blasted 85 from 65 balls inluding 16 fours and two sixes to put Bangladesh well ahead of the required run rate. Earlier, Henriques clobbered 69 from 41 deliveries twice lifting the ball into the Botanic Gardens. Wicketkeeper/opening batsman Michael Wade got the AIS off to a Gilchrist-like start crashing 55 from 39 balls with four sixes. And NSW's Peter Forrest was superb in making 83. He shared in a stand of 139 for the second wicket with a patient Greg Moller (74). AIS 4-330 (Peter Forrest 83, Greg Moller 74, Moises Henriques 59, Shakib Al Hasan 1-45, Abdur Razzak 1-5) d Bangladesh 316 (Tamim Iqbal Khan 85, Mohammad Ashraful 71, Jon Holland 4-43, Henriques 3-38).
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/08/19/5311_ntsport.html

Bangladesh in Australia 2008

Junaid Siddique makes a return to the ODI side after four months. He is very lucky. Read about his life from wikipedia.

Mohammad Junaid Siddique (born 30 October 1987 in Rajshahi) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is sometimes referred to by his nickname Imrose. A left handed batsman and occasional right arm off break bowler, he made his debut for Rajshahi Division in 2003/04 and played through the 2006/07 season. He made his Test and ODI debuts during the tour of New Zealand in 2007/08.

Siddique has scored one first-class century, a fine unbeaten knock of 114 against Khulna Division and also has a limited overs ton to his credit, 104 against Chittagong Division. He appeared for Bangladesh A in 2006/07.

Siddique made his debut for Bangladesh in the Twenty20 International World Cup during September 2007. He made 71 on debut, against Pakistan, an innings filled with wristy strokeplay, striking 6 fours and 3 sixes. Siddique scored a half-century against New Zealand as part of a Bangladeshi record stand between him and Tamim Iqbal.

In December 2007 Siddique was selected in the Test and ODI squads for the tour of New Zealand. On 26 December 2007 he made his ODI debut, opening the batting he scored 13. On 4 January 2008 he made his Test debut, he scored 74 in Bangladesh's second innings sharing in a 161 run opening stand with fellow debutant Tamim Iqbal. The stand is a first wicket record for Bangladesh ^[1] and the third highest set made by debutants. Siddique scored a patient 74 against South Africa in a test match in February.^[2] and it is also the second highest partnership for debutant openers^[3]

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	4	8	0	183	74	22.87	429	42.65	0	2	24	0	3	0
ODIs	6	6	0	41	15	6.83	115	35.65	0	0	5	0	1	0
T20Is	1	1	0	71	71	71.00	49	144.89	0	1	6	3	0	0
First-class	22	41	1	1038	114*	25.95	2180	47.61	1	6			19	0
List A	29	29	0	685	120	23.62	925	74.05	2	4			6	0
Twenty20	2	2	0	83	71	41.50	59	140.67	0	1	8	3	0	0

Disciplined SriLanka win the series

SriLanka again prove that Megastars may be useful to win lucrative business deals but cannot a cricket match.

Australia announced the team Bangladesh tour to Australia 2008

Australia Matthew Hayden, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke (capt), Michael Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, James Hopes, Cameron White, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken.

Wrist problem hurts Ponting while Hayden battles heel injury. Lucky for Bangladeshi Bowlers. Is not it? Michael Clarke will be a captain. Ha! Ha! another Ashraful :)