Bangladesh v West Indies, 1st Test, Dhaka, 13-17 November, 2012

Marquee series of the month.

Rubel Hossain's back into the squad and random Sohab Gazi could get his first cap.

Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Mahmudullah (vice-capt), Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Shahriar Nafees, Shakib Al Hasan, Naeem Islam, Nazimuddin, Nasir Hossain, Elias Sunny, Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Abul Hasan, Sohag Gazi

West Indies call up Veerasamy Permaul. How far behind is Bishoo now?

Squad: Darren Sammy (capt), Denesh Ramdin (vice-capt), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Kirk Edwards, Assad Fudadin, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels

Huzzah. Didn't even know this was on. Should help pass some time between the Aus/Saf and Pom/Bannie tests.

Test cricket.

Grouse as.

Yeah, it may not be a marquee series, but it's still test cricket. And then India v Englanbd starting on Thursday. Good times.

Weird, the channel covering this has mysteriously disappeared from my set top box. Blood hathway.

Also, the second test will be Kulna's first as host

Fromage! Rikki?

FFS, this is a TEST MATCH that's getting under way in just under an hour and yet it still hasn't been Rikkied!

Bad times.

0.1
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, SIX, surprise surprise, Gayle smashes the first ball over long on for a big six, against offspinner Gazi. Welcome to Test cricket

Looks like Crystal's in the mood!

0.6
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, no run, short and wide, wanted to cut it hard, but missed it completely
0.5
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, 2 runs, flighted on the off, driven to the right of mid-off for a couple
0.4
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, SIX, another one, pitched up and that has been launched into the orbit, another six in the over.. Well, well, we have got a day of hitting coming up
0.3
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, 4 leg byes, down the leg side, Gayle gets some pad on it and the ball rolls away to the boundary.
0.2
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, no run, on the middle, little turn, Gayle comes forward and defends
0.1
Sohag Gazi to Gayle, SIX, surprise surprise, Gayle smashes the first ball over long on for a big six, against offspinner Gazi. Welcome to Test cricket

Gayle gone now. Caught at deep mid off trying for another six.

Careless. Another triple nipped in the bud.

Sohag Gazi then. Weird that for so many left arm spinners they produce only a rare offie.

Shuvo the last one?

WTF was that innings from Chris Gayle?

Samuels gone too.

Chanders in. I predict he will make 173*.

At least there's a point in Shahadat's inclusion

Bangers holding their own at the moment.

skulls

How many times has there been a six off the first ball of a Test?

How many times has there been two sixes in the first over of a Test?

my guess is once

Not much point in Shahadat's inclusion.

Shiv crabbing away, he's a certainty for 200* now unless JGK tips a big innings for him or all the Bangladeshis die of old age first.

Shiv knows he's on to a good thing, so JGK's woofs and acts of god aside, I suspect they're going to have to pry that 100 out of his cold, crabby claws.

Is established rigor mortis an accepted mode of dismissal?

Don't think so, Ponting and Tendulkar are already post that stage and into decaying stage.

tricycle wrote:Don't think so, Ponting and Tendulkar are already post that stage and into decaying stage.

Meanwhile Michael Hussey must have stored a picture of himself in his attic, progressively looking more truly horrible.

I knew he was dodgy.

lardbucket wrote:

tricycle wrote:Don't think so, Ponting and Tendulkar are already post that stage and into decaying stage.

Meanwhile Michael Hussey must have stored a picture of himself in his attic, progressively looking more truly horrible.

How positively wilde of him.

Has Chanders taken to stuttering more in the 90s than before, or is it just my impression?