Oh don't be silly. Bangladesh will get stuffed in every game. And we most certainly don't have bigger issues than the west indies.
Ill put my avatar on the line backing NZ on that one
I would be with you if the Bangla boys were at home but New Zealand at home are still a decent/good outfit. And I can’t see any of the Bangladesh batsmen particularly enjoying themselves or any of the Bangladeshi seamers for that matter, unless they have a secret firebrand in waiting.
The idiotic selections are more down to lack of real options for selectors or coach to select from. Take the openers spot, how many specialist openers who haven't been tired are really good enough. Then you look at the seamers and really is there depth, no wonder they keep picking these players on form who aren't international standard.
A lot easier to come away with your first big win when no really expects anything of you. As well as the side you playing is down in confidence but still expected to win comfortably. Sometimes it is harder for a side like Bangladesh with their home fans to win these type of matches at home, as there is bit of expection from the home fans they might be able to pull off a win.
We can but hope
Excuse me? The only reason they even managed to make 200 was because Mortaza managed to slog a few fours at the end. And I personally think that having a decent bowling lineup is usually pretty important in winning games. Northern could barely make it to a hundred against Auckland last week. But against Bangladesh they suddenly look international class. Bangladesh just got flattened by arguably the worst side in the domestic comp this year. Face it, they don't have a prayer, no matter how poor NZ have been playing of late, and that goes double for the test matches.
Ever heard of the term getting used to conditions....
Inferior might be accurate, but saying a team is vastly inferior is just giving your opp no respect at all and just asking to be beaten.
The only place we lack depth is the opening slot. We've just had alot of bowling injuries of late and if you try to tell me that Hopkins selection ahead of Fulton is justified I hope from now on that all your itches are unreachable and some kid in baggy trousers around his ankles writes obscenities with weed killer on your lawn!
Well, considering that Bangladesh have never won a test match against a major cricketing nation, and haven't really shown any significant improvement in the longer form of the game, I really don't think they've done much to earn any respect. They might cause a shock in one of the ODI's. But they've got sweet FA chance of winning a test.
The thing is how often do you see any side go into matches these days with a full strength bowling attack. With all the back ot back matches all sides have major injury problems, basically every 2nd tour. The fact that all it takes is a couple injuries and there is no one to replace them with says a fair bit, about the lack of depth for mine.
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