Bangladesh v West Indies, 2nd Test, Khulna, 21-25 November, 2012

Not much rest for the combatants. Will the Bangers now have some belief? I'm betting Crystal has a big one to snuff any such thing out.

The Bangers must be deflated after getting so close yet being so far away from a victory in the first test. I predict the Windies will be quite clinical here.

Aye. We smashed 'em in Dizzy's 201* Test after they came close to knocking us off the Test before, only for Gilly and MacGoo to rescue us.

I fear the same will happen to the hapless Bangers here.

First test for Khulna

Whoda thunk that Bangles v Ganjas would be a far better contest than Lankans v piss-weak Sheep-farkers???

tricycle wrote:First test for Khulna

Is it below sea level? Will the tides effect pitch moisture levels?

Starts in just under 2.5 hours.

Heartening-

"Tickets for the first two days play has been reportedly sold out and you can imagine how excited the people of this region is to watch international cricket. The team hotel is around 3km from the stadium and people have lined up the streets to greet both teams in the morning, huge cheers going up . The city has been gripped by the advent of cricket, and many buildings have been lit up while near the team hotel, the roundabout has been adorned in decorative lighting.

"The eastern end has filled up almost, the western side still hasn't. But there were long lines outside, so maybe a matter of time. This is the biggest sporting occasion in this city in its history..."



Good to see test cricket certainly isn't dead in some parts of the World. A victory against a major test nation would be a further boost.

It is the venue's first test. Guess we'll have to wait till later to make a judgement but great to hear.

Shahadat dropped for Abul Hasan, whoever he is.

Wonder when the Bangles will really get a first class structure.

Entertaining 1st session. Bangers 3-88 at Lunch. Same deal with the Banger batsmen - get start then get out. Tamim went for 32 and Nafees made 26. Clearly need to work on their concentration.

This is getting depressing. 5/98 now. A few starts but no one going on with it.

Decentish fightback now, though. 160/5. My main man Nasir Hossain has steadied the ship.

I F'd the Bangers and I F'd Nasir. I'm sorry.

Brass Monkey wrote:I F'd the Bangers and I F'd Nasir. I'm sorry.

Doubt Nasir is.

Very familiar look to this Banger innings. 32, 26, 16, 17, 52, 32*. Who's the coach these days? He needs to get them refocussing after they've made a start. They seem to have a "well, I've done my bit" mentality. Get hungry, boys.

Richard Pybus. Tough ask though, they hardly ever play FC cricket apart from tests.

Cheers t. Pybus - always thought it a great name.

He's a perfect for the Bangles. They do select all their player before hitting Pyberty.

8-Two Fitty. Can they scrape 300?

50 with a six for Abul Hasan

skully wrote:8-Two Fitty. Can they scrape 300?

Yes, they can. Abul Hasan's gone batshit.

Wow - 110 for the 9th wicket so far. 8-303.

Shit!!! Top stuff. Fair play to the Bangers. Thought they'd be done for 200.

Narine still crap