Bangladesh: A quest for glory. [Mediocre ICC 2005 tale]

[NZTailender]

2010 Season.

Bangladesh tour of England.

18 man squad.

1. Ishraq Sonet (Captain)
2. Rajin Saleh (Vice-Captain)
3. Arif Ahmed (WK, Opener)
4. A Nazeer (WK - No-contract)
5. Nafees Iqbal (Opener)
6. H Ismail (Opener)
7. K Elahi (Opener - No-contract)
8. Aftab Ahmed (Middle Order)
9. Atiqur Rahman (Middle Order)
10. Sadiqur Rahman (Lower Order)
11. Manjural Islam (Lower Order, SLA)
12. Elias Sunny (Lower Order, SLA)
13. Arafat Sunny (SLA)
14. K Saleem (RF)
15. Syed Rasel (RFM)
16. Nazmul Hossain (RFM)
17. Rezaul Haque (LMF)
18. S Al-zabir (LMF)

A couple of new faces in the side who will most likely play the tour matches. If they're good enough, they may get a contract.

 

[33/3from3.3]

Congrats
Nztailender on 1000 posts

 

[NZTailender]

Thanks

 

[chooka_nick]

What 3/33 said Greg! This is a top-class story bro

 

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Bangladesh vs Combined Universitys.


Bangladeshi XI.
1. K Elahi
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Atiqur Rahman
4. Rajin Saleh
5. Ishraq Sonet (c)
6. Manjural Islam
7. Elias Sunny
8. A Nazeer (wk)
9. Syed Rasel
10. K Saleem
11. Nazmul Hossain

vs

Combined Uni's.
1. D Payne
2. S Pickering
3. T Nicholson
4. E Pointer
5. W Beal (wk)
6. R Winters
7. D French
8. K Tully
9. W Webster
10. R Duckett
11. A Rampling

Combined Uni's. all out 184.
S Pickering 51
E Pointer 44
Elias Sunny 5-60
Manjural islam 3-70

Bangladesh 6 for 732.
Atiqur Rahman 312
Ishraq Sonet 140
Nafees Iqbal 116
R Duckett 2-219
R Winters 1-57

Match Drawn
MOTM: Atiqur Rahman

What an innings by Atiqur! Elias Sunny also scored 71.


Sussex vs Bangladesh

Bangladeshi XI.
1. K Elahi
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Atiqur Rahman
4. Rajin Saleh
5. Ishraq Sonet (c)
6. Manjural Islam
7. Elias Sunny
8. A Nazeer (wk)
9. Syed Rasel
10. K Saleem
11. Nazmul Hossain

vs

Sussex
1. I Ward
2. C Bowen
3. R Clarke
4. M Prior (wk)
5. C Nash
6. A Gale
7. L Wright
8. J Van der Wath
9. K Head
10. A Wharf
11. B Owen

Sussex all out 198.
M Prior 68
J Van der Watch 36
Manjural Islam 5-57
Syed Rasel 3-23

Bangladesh all out 370.
Atiqur Rahman 140
Manjural Islam 71
R Clarke 3-73
A Wharf 3-85

Sussex all out 138.
C Bowen 49
R Clarke 20
K Saleem 3-49
Nazmul Hossain 3-53

Bangladesh won by an innings and 34 runs.
MOTM: Manjural Islam


Bangladesh vs Northamptonshire.

Bangladeshi XI.
1. Arif Ahmed (wk)
2. Nafees Iqbal
3. Atiqur Rahman
4. Aftab Ahmed
5. Ishraq Sonet (c)
6. Rajin Saleh
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Syed Rasel
10. K Saleem
11. Nazmul Hossain

vs

Northamptonshire.
1. T Huggins
2. G Flower
3. D Sales
4. U Afzaal
5. T Barnwell
6. G Brophy
7. A Jowell
8. C Goode
9. M Lawson
10. P Coverdale
11. C Pietersen

Northamptonshire all out 228.
A Jowell 35
T Huggins 32
Manjural Islam 3-63
Elias Sunny 2-11

Bangladesh all out 324.
Aftab Ahmed 118
Manjural Islam 65
M Lawson 5-106

Northamptonshire all out 215.
D Sales 84
A Jowell 25
Nazmul Hossain 3-24
Elias Sunny 3-47

Bangladesh 0 for 1.
Aftab Ahmed 1 N.O.

Match Drawn
MOTM: Aftab Ahmed

 

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1st Test. England vs Bangladesh.

Elias Sunny was injure during the last tour match.

Bangladesh XI.
1. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 39.22
2. Nafees Iqbal - 39.74
3. Atiqur Rahman - 32.36
4. Aftab Ahmed - 42.89
5. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 34.22
6. Rajin Saleh - 41.57
7. Manjural Islam - 36.37 - 25.88
8. Arafat Sunny - 21.08 - 30.27
9. Syed Rasel - 26.12 - 40.00
10. K Saleem - 15.00 - 49.00
11. Nazmul Hossain - 3.54 - 39.69

vs

England XI.
1. A Strauss - 34.35
2. M Trescothick (c) - 39.25
3. T Mills - DEBUT
4. K Pietersen - 38.73
5. H Ball (c) - 30.38
6. A Flintoff - 32.45 - 31.78
7. G Jones (wk) - 30.47
8. M Davies - 5.34 - 27.38
9. J Anderson - 6.93 - 27.58
10. S Harmison - 5.34 - 24.92
11. M Hoggard - 6.19 - 28.39

England have won the toss, and elected to field.

 

[NZTailender]

Match Report: Day 2.
England took advantage of the ripe bowling conditions and ripped apart the Bangladesh batting line up to have them 5-70 at tea. Manjural Islam strode to the crease and partnered Aftab Ahmed in a 174 run partnership to save them from a humiliating 1st innings total.
They batted into the second day and at stumps on day 2, Islam is undefeated on 125 with Bangladesh 9 for 313.

 

[PeterF]

Good fightback there. Well done

 

[NZTailender]

Will look at reviving this one day. I should probably post what happened in that match but I'm away from the computer that has that save file on it!

 

[NZTailender]

Since I'm back at this computer.


England vs Bangladesh. 1st Test.

Bangladesh 313 all out
Manjural Islam 125 Not Out
Aftab Ahmed 111
J Anderson 5-87
M Davies 2-75

England 263 all out
T Mills 83
A Strauss 39
Manjural Islam 5-35
Syed Rasel 2-49

Bangladesh 5 for 241 declared
Atiqur Rahman 91
Ishraq Sonet 44
J Anderson 4-79
M Hoggard 1-53

England 1 for 60
A Strauss 28
M Trescothick 26 Not Out
Alias Sunny 1-7

Match Drawn
MOTM: Manjural Islam

 

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England vs Bangladesh. 2nd Test Match.

Bangladesh XI.
1. Nafees Iqbal - 39.02
2. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 38.39
3. Atiqur Rahman - 33.18
4. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 33.81
5. Aftab Ahmed - 43.70
6. Rajin Saleh - 41.30
7. Sadiqur Rahman - 44.57
8. Manjural Islam - 38.94 - 25.33
9. Elias Sunny - 45.87- 22.38
10. Syed Rasel - 23.22 - 39.64
11. Nazmul Hossain - 3.36 - 38.57

vs

England XI.
1. A Strauss - 34.34
2. M Trescothick (c) - 39.22
3. T Mills - 86.00
4. K Pietersen - 38.69
5. H Ball (c) - 30.14
6. A Flintoff - 32.40 - 31.72
7. G Jones (wk) - 30.35
8. M Davies - 5.27 - 27.75
9. J Anderson - 6.86 - 27.31
10. S Harmison - 5.31 - 25.19
11. M Hoggard - 6.41 - 28.52

England won the toss and elected to bat.


Bangladesh spinners crush England's batsmen.
The English batsmen looked at sea against the pairing of Manjural Islam and Elias Sunny.
They scored 137 runs off the pair, who claimed 4 wickets each. Aftab Ahmed grabbed a wicket as did Syed Rasel. Rasel was the only seam bowler to go for less than 4 runs an over (1.95) while the spinners went at under 3rpo.

England were all out after a spirited low order resistance which saw them lift from 7-217 to 317 all out.

At lunch on day 2:

England all out 317
H Ball 81
A Strauss 66
Manjural Islam 4-67
Elias Sunny 4-70

Bangladesh 1 for 63
Arif Ahmed 39 N.O.
Nafees Iqbal 17
M Hoggard 1-11

 

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Bangladesh hold on for a draw.
In a match Bangladesh should never have been in a position to lose, England fought back hard to give them a massive scare on the final day.
After a poor bowling performance in the second innings, Bangladesh were set a total of 300 plus on the final day. The top order gave it a shot, and got off to a flyer. But after a few wickets fell, Sonet decided to shut up shop. Unfortunately for him. it wasn't as easy as that. The English seamers found movement that wasn't about the day before, and reduced Bangladesh to 9 down with half a session to play.
Elias Sunny and Sadiqur Rahman hung on to get Bangladesh home, to draw the match and the series.

England all out 317
H Ball 81
A Strauss 66
Manjural Islam 4-67
Elias Sunny 4-70

Bangladesh 9 for 429 declared
Arif Ahmed 164
Rajin Saleh 77
J Anderson 3-115
M Davies 2-95

England 9 for 447 declared
K Pietersen 120
A Strauss 93
Manjural Islam 3-93
Elias Sunny 3-101

Bangladesh 9 for 235
Sadiqur Rahman 67 N.O.
Arif Ahmed 38
S Harmison 3-51
J Anderson 3-74

Match Drawn
MOTM: Arif Ahmed

Next is a triangular series between England, West Indies and Bangladesh.

 

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One Day Triangular Series. Eng, WI, Bang.


One Day warm up match - Derbyshire vs Bangladesh

1. Nafees Iqbal
2. H Ismail
3. Ishraq Sonet (c)
4. Aftab Ahmed
5. Arif Ahmed (wk)
6. Sadiqur Rahman
7. Manjural Islam
8. Elias Sunny
9. Syed Rasel
10. Rezaul Haque
11. Shafaq Al-zabir


Bangladesh vs Derbyshire
Bangladesh 6 for 266
H Ismail 98
Nafees Iqbal 82
S Benn 2-40
F Bull 2-52

Derbyshire all out 161
S Ervine 65
S Benn 21
Manjural Islam 3-14
Syed Rasel 3-20

Solid match from the guys. Only problem was how we played spin. We were cruising until the spinner (Benn) came on. He pretty much dominated until his last two overs, where he went for 25 runs and no wickets.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

One Day Triangular Series. Eng, WI, Bang.

The minnows to lose all matches.

(Yes, that's England.)

 

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The minnows to lose all matches.

(Yes, that's England.)

 

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One Day Triangular Series. Eng, WI, Bang

First ODI - England vs Bangladesh

Bangladesh
1. Nafees Iqbal - 25.71
2. H Ismail - 32.76
3. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 33.30
4. Aftab Ahmed - 35.89
5. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 24.27
6. Sadiqur Rahman - 27.78
7. Manjural Islam - 28.14 - 25.81
8. Elias Sunny - 24.88 - 28.44
9. Syed Rasel - 11.60 - 25.43
10. Rezaul Haque - 9.43 - 30.51
11. Shafaq Al-zabir - 8.00 - 30.20

vs

England
1. A Strauss - 28.50
2. M Trescothick (c) - 34.76
3. T Mills - DEBUT
4. K Pietersen - 32.33
5. I Bell - 21.05
6. A Flintoff - 36.27 - 26.47
7. G Jones (wk) - 17.71
8. K Ali - 18.73 - 18.29
9. M Davies - 5.43 - 24.57
10. J Anderson - 3.36 - 26.10
11. S Harmison - 4.81 - 26.38

England won the toss and sent Bangladesh in


England win on wickets remaining.
In a low scoring match, England managed to beat Bangladesh on the final ball of the day. Steve Harmison hit the winning runs for England as the Bangladesh team looked on in disbelief. Just 2 overs earlier, England needed 18 runs with 2 wickets remaining. 2 top edges for four and one dropped catch of the penultimate over got them within 6. With a single off the first ball of the last, a dropped catch and an LBW appeal off the next two, then a dot ball, then a wicket, England needed 5 to win and 4 to tie. Steve Harmison strolled in and slapped the ball through mid on for four. England won on wickets remaining.
Earlier, Ishraq Sonet had lead from the front with 74, getting out in the final over trying to hit one over the top. The batting looked weak and Sonet held the innings together, giving his bowlers something to defend.

Bangladesh all out 185
Ishraq Sonet 74
Aftab Ahmed 23
M Davies 3-23
S Harmison 3-38

England 9 for 185
K Pietersen 50
A Flintoff 29
Shafaq Al-zabir 4-31
Syed Rasel 2-43

England won on wickets remaining
MOTM: Shafaq Al-zabir

 

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One Day Triangular Series. Eng, WI, Bang

Second ODI - West Indies vs Bangladesh

Bangladesh
1. Nafees Iqbal - 25.44
2. H Ismail - 31.39
3. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 34.17
4. Aftab Ahmed - 35.62
5. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 23.68
6. Sadiqur Rahman - 25.90
7. Manjural Islam - 27.84 - 25.89
8. Elias Sunny - 24.50 - 28.57
9. Syed Rasel - 9.67 - 25.29
10. Rezaul Haque - 10.50 - 30.70
11. Shafaq Al-zabir - 4.00 - 23.79

vs

West Indies
1. C Gayle - 38.72
2. D Smith - 19.88
3. J McClean - 38.53
4. R Sarwan - 35.42
5. B Gordon - 29.78
6. C Baugh (wk) - 20.28
7. R Hinds - 20.01 - 21.43
8. D Bravo - 17.45 - 28.21
9. T Best - 4.21 - 22.26
10. K Jeremy - 4.02 - 26.02
11. J Lawson - 5.25 - 25.07

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl.

 

[Kweek]

harsh!

come on Bangladesh

im in 2010 atm with England, and just lost to Bangladesh in the ODI series...(im 2nd last in the ODI rankings cbb to do them properly)
but in Tests I still beat them 4th in the test rankings.

 

[NZTailender]

One Day Triangular Series. Eng, WI, Bang

Second ODI - West Indies vs Bangladesh

A very tough pitch for the batsmen. A lot of movement for the seam bowlers. Was happy with our early bowling performance, but it started to wane towards the end. Batting was looking great until a minor collapse.

West Indies 5 for 199
R Sarwan 99 N.O.
D Smith 30
Shafaq Al-zabir 2-36
Syed Rasel 2-48

Bangladesh 6 for 200
Nafees Iqbal 97
Ishraq Sonet 30
J Lawson 2-42
R Hinds 1-27

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets

MOTM: Nafees Iqbal

3rd ODI - England vs Bangladesh

Unchanged line up for us again!

Bangladesh
1. Nafees Iqbal - 27.08
2. H Ismail - 30.37
3. Ishraq Sonet (c) - 34.08
4. Aftab Ahmed - 35.04
5. Arif Ahmed (wk) - 23.67
6. Sadiqur Rahman - 24.00
7. Manjural Islam - 27.60 - 26.31
8. Elias Sunny - 24.50 - 29.10
9. Syed Rasel - 9.67 - 25.24
10. Rezaul Haque - 10.50 - 30.91
11. Shafaq Al-zabir - 4.00 - 23.06

vs

England
1. A Strauss - 28.12
2. M Trescothick (c) - 34.41
3. T Mills - 13.50
4. K Pietersen - 32.18
5. H Ball - 31.29
6. A Flintoff - 36.02 - 26.52
7. G Jones (wk) - 17.46
8. C Tremlett - 8.17 - 21.39
9. M Davies - 6.08 - 24.34
10. J Anderson - 3.38 - 25.98
11. S Harmison - 4.82 - 25.94

England won the toss and sent Bangladesh in


Revenge! After a 111 run partnership for the 6th wicket, our bowlers defended our small total of 202. The spin bowlers dominated and rippe dthrough the English middle order. It was sweet!

Bangladesh 6 for 202
Manjural Islam 56
Arif Ahmed 50 N.O.
C Tremlett 3-33
A Flintoff 1-35

England all out 160
T Mills 46
M Davies 19
Elias Sunny 3-18
Shafaq Al-zabir 2-26

Bangladesh won by 42 runs
MOTM: Manjural Islam

 

[NZTailender]

harsh!

come on Bangladesh

im in 2010 atm with England, and just lost to Bangladesh in the ODI series...(im 2nd last in the ODI rankings cbb to do them properly)
but in Tests I still beat them 4th in the test rankings.

haha, yeah. In my other international games I play from time to time I really just play the tests and skip the ODI matches.

We're turning into a decent ODI outfit though, so I'm going to put more time into them!

But we're still ranked 9th in both forms