No one is saying Bangladesh is a better side then England. What he was saying was that Bangladesh performed better in this world cup than England so far that's all, although i don't think he needed a separate thread to point that out.
I'm not a neutral when South Africa are playing, and I've liked Graeme Smith ever since he... took consecutive double-centuries off us.I thought most neutrals would be rooting for Bangladesh tbh, esp. considering how well Smith is liked.
I was rooting for Bangladesh, but I'm still a big Graeme Smith fan.I thought most neutrals would be rooting for Bangladesh tbh, esp. considering how well Smith is liked.
Seconded.
maybe, but theirs has been by far the slowest progress in terms of number of matches, of all the entrants into international cricket....
says who? you are just twisting factors to suit your convenience here....
....i can as well say they got much more chances in their initial years than nz when they first came into international cricket, have had much more infrastructural and coaching support than nz and just haven't had the talent to make use of it....
but one of the fastest progress in ODIs if u just consider number of years
not at all a proper consideration in my opinion, and i've already given an explanation why in my previous post...
says mesays who? you are just twisting factors to suit your convenience here....
but yeah because the players get better with experience yes but they don't become a lot better. So you have to wait for the new crops to get into the scene. And now after 6 years the new crops for bangladesh are starting to come through. You have to wait for latent to come your current players get a bit better but not a whole lot but they money the current players are brining are funding for better talents which are starting to come. So its more about time to see real changes.
that's fine....and let's continue to see how this new "crop" makes use of the "real chances"....my point still stands though....says me
meant changes
Only because there's that many more matches played nowadays than in the past.
If England defeat Bangladesh, even thrash them, that wont mean they have performed better than Bangladesh in the world cup. Teams can have bad days. You can't say which team performed better in the tournament based on 1 game.
Anil, quality players won't emerge straightaway when your team has got test status. IT takes a little time to get used to everything that goes with international cricket. Esp. for a team like Bangladesh, who are not exposed to top class training or infrastructure right off the bat. Given all that, I think Bangladesh are doing as well as any nation once they got test status. It generally takes a second-generation team to get a new side to be competitive due to a variety of reasons.says who? you are just twisting factors to suit your convenience here....