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***Official** Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

albo97056

U19 Cricketer
theres no reason for them not to play each other, this is the only real competitive cricket they get as the associates are not really at the same level, bar maybe kenya, and the other test nations are miles ahead.
 

Jungle Jumbo

International Vice-Captain
I don't know, I reckon the Bangladeshi batting order could make a decent score against England ATM.
 

catsa

Cricket Spectator
well from p;ast matches between the 2. bangladesh has beaten them pretty good. so i'm tipping Bangladesh to win the series
 

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
catsa said:
well from p;ast matches between the 2. bangladesh has beaten them pretty good. so i'm tipping Bangladesh to win the series
Didn't Zim win the last one day series though?
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Anyway Bangladesh and Zimbabwe should both play as a first class team in a major nation. And when they can win there comfortably, they should play the 'A' teams of other nations home and away. And when they can win those comfortably, they should be promoted to test status.

However, logistics of that would be hard as hell. So I doubt if it will ever happen. Though playing 'A' teams is not a bad idea. Have some benchmark, like win 40% of away matches, and 75% of home matches against A teams over a 10 year period, before being allowed to go up a level.
 

shortpitched713

International Captain
silentstriker said:
All subcontinent teams, bar Pakistan, are really home-pitch dominant.
You got hammered on this when it came to ODIs a while back, with it being proven that most teams are home pitch dominant in ODIs. If you could do the same for Test nations since a certain point in time, then we could really see how much more home-pitch dominant India are, than say New Zealand.
 

Jungle Jumbo

International Vice-Captain
Bangladesh Squad for first three ODIs
Habibul Bashar (capt), Shahriar Nafees, Khaled Mashud, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Rafique, Tushar Imran, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Saqibul Hasan, Farhad Reza, Mehrab Hossain jnr

Twenty20 international
Shahriar Nafees (capt), Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Nazmus Sadat, Mohammad Rafique, Mohammad Rafique, Nadif Chowdhury, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tapash Baishya, Mehrab Hossain jnr

BCB President's XI
Habibul Bashar (capt), Mehrab Hossain Jr, Nadif Chowdhury, Nazmus Sadat, Mahmudullah Riyad, Farhad Reza, Nazmul Hossain, Tapash Baishya, Marshall Ayub, Mosharraf Hossain Rubel, Ziaur Rahman
 

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Twenty20 cricket is anything but interesting, it's just a slog fest which continues to demoralise bowlers even further in this day and age.
 

Jungle Jumbo

International Vice-Captain
LA ICE-E said:
Bangladesh should win the odi's...the 20/20 is going to be interesting!
The Twenty20 will be far from interesting and I'd have thought the selectors will be more interested in the BCB warmup game TBH. The Twenty20 will probably be a low-scoring affair with spin totally dominant. The Bangladeshis tend to play their shots a bit too early in ODIs anyway, heaven help them when they have to play an even shorter version of it.
 

LA ICE-E

State Captain
excited about the 20/20 its going to be great but cant see it unfortunetly...it would be great if some one had the game or highlights on youtube or something...
 

Jungle Jumbo

International Vice-Captain
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The streets of Dhaka, dusty, polluted and (in recent weeks) blockaded, may seem a far cry from the Gabba and a clash between the supposed colossi of world cricket, but a sizeable degree of importance still rests on Zimbabwe's visit to Bangladesh. Here the prize is not an urn steeped in history and prestige, nor does it carry the tag of a world championship bout. The reward for winning here, it appears, is nothing; the punishment for losing is demotion to effectively the foot of world cricket. It is a loser-takes-all contest, an unwanted undercard to be fought in the media's shadows.

Since Zimbabwe are still in self-exposed exile from the Test arena, the tour currently consists of five one-day internationals, from November 30 to December 9, preceded by the first ever Twenty20 international to be held in the subcontinent on 28 November in Khulna. The Africans will have just one warm-up match against a strong Bangladesh Cricket Board XI on 26 November. However, to facilitate a Zimbabwean re-entry into Test cricket, two first-class fixtures have also been arranged: a three-day match beginning December 11 and a four-day game from December 15.

Bangladesh squad for first three ODIs
Habibul Bashar (captain), Shahriar Nafees (vice-captain), Khaled Mashud (wicket-keeper), Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Farhad Reza, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Tushar Imran, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain.

Bangladesh squad for Twenty20 international
Shahriar Nafees (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket-keeper), Aftab Ahmed, Farhad Reza, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Nazmus Sadat, Nadif Chowdhury, Mohammad Rafique, Saqibul Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Tapash Baisya.

Zimbabwe squad
Prosper Utseya (captain), Brendan Taylor (wicket-keeper), Tino Mawoyo, Gary Brent, Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Keith Dabengwa, Ryan Higgins, Anthony Ireland, Blessing Mahwire, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Christopher Mpofu, Mulenki Nkala, Sean Williams.

Although Bangladesh lost 3-2 in Zimbabwe last August, their home advantage and greater experienced make them clear favourites this time around. The batting order can look disjointed at times and there is precious little depth to the seam bowling resources, but the combination of real talent and quality spin bowling should see off Zimbabwe, as was demonstrated in their Champions Trophy qualifying stage meeting just under two months ago.

The dropping of Mohammad Ashraful is a clear sign of the progression of Bangladeshi cricket over the past couple of years. Up to very recently certain players, Ashraful among them, were being selected based purely on historic performances; with queues of batsmen forming from the representative sides and domestic cricket, talent alone is not enough. Following a run of poor form, Ashraful was dumped and replaced by Tushar Imran. The selectors then got the response they wanted: Ashraful smashed a career best 263 for Dhaka just two days later.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe's options are rapidly diminishing and there is a sense that some players are undroppable simply because there is no-one to take their place. The batting relies heavily on Brendan Taylor, who struck a last ball six against the Tigers in August to clinch Zimbabwe the third ODI, while the bowling is fragmented with an over-reliance on part-time spin. Mulenki Nkala, a promising player on Test debut against England in 2000, has re-emerged to bolster the seam attack, but there is still a heavy dependence on Prosper Utseya's off breaks, particularly on the sub-continent.

Around a month after the end of the monsoon season, Bangladeshi pitches are more conducive to seam bowling than they are for the rest of the year, but slow bowling is still likely to determine the outcome of the series. Large totals are improbable on the slow, low surfaces, so it will rest on Rafique, Razzak and Utseya to choke the opposition and create the mad panic that often spreads through the two sides. Ultimately Bangladesh's class should show through - who would have thought that statement could be said without a hint of sarcasm two years ago?

Cricket Web's Players to Watch

Bangladesh: Mohammad Rafique
Possibly the best slow-left arm bowler in the subcontinent, Rafique's experience should be vital in squeezing false shots from Zimbabwe's batsmen. Expect Rafique to work in tandem with the two other left-arm spinners in the side, Abdur Razzak and Saqibul Hasan, to create pressure and lift the required rate. On the slow pitches his big-hitting should also provide a useful injection of pace into the latter half of the innings and he is likely to be pushed up the batting order for the Twenty20 game.

Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor
Following Tatenda Taibu's departure from the Zimbabwean cricket scene last year, Brendan Taylor inherited the wicket-keeper's gloves and mantle of his country's only real international class batsman. His role in the middle-order will be crucial at holding together his less experienced colleagues, although Taylor is only 20 himself. Taylor's battle against the Bangladeshi spinners could determine the amount of success Zimbabwe will derive from the series, even if producing a victory proves to be too big a job for one batsman alone.
 

LA ICE-E

State Captain
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The reward for winning here, it appears, is nothing.
actually the reward is a trophy:laugh: but any ways its a rivalry between the minnow test teams...there's only what 2 or 3 real rivalry in cricket? - England & Australia ....India & Pakistan....i cant really think of any other that you can really call rivalry except Bangladesh and Zimbabwe...so reward of winning besides the trophy is bragging rights between the 2 test minnows
 

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