Not a chance.. The only reason they have improved is because of the Zimbabwe exodus and India deciding to be complacent and rest players for a couple of games.. Zimbabwe's "proper" team would smash Bangladesh into last week..crickmate said:At least some blind peoples in this forum now should see that Bangladesh indeed has improved. Even the A team of Bangladesh is very close to the national team in performance.
Even their team of 2003\04 hammered them.Langeveldt said:Not a chance.. The only reason they have improved is because of the Zimbabwe exodus and India deciding to be complacent and rest players for a couple of games.. Zimbabwe's "proper" team would smash Bangladesh into last week..
Richard said:Even their team of 2003\04 hammered them.
And that was with a side not remotely close to meriting Test and ODI status.
If they still had Johnson, Grant Flower, Wishart, Campbell, Goodwin, Andy Flower, Carlisle, Guy Whittall, Streak, the Rennies, Olonga, the Strangs, and a few others, they'd still be something resembling a decent side.
Bangladesh made a tiny improvement in the 2nd half of 2003, but they're still not anything remotely close to Test-standard.
No, they've been crap ever since Andy Flower, Alistair Campbell, Guy Whittall, Henry Olonga and Gavin Rennie were lost after that competition.chaminda_00 said:The full strength Zimbabwe Team that came to Australia last summer was crap and they been crap ever since Andy Flower retired after the 2003 WC.
Maybe it's time you stopped pelting the board with your uninhibited gibberish and disappeared for good?Pinkline Jones said:Richard,
Andy Flower and Grant Fowler wouldn't make a Zoe Goss-selected Orange Boy Eleven let alone a Test side. I can't see your point here. Maybe, it's about time Richard, that you discarded your Falling Down-style shattered spectacles and had a proper look at the kebabs. There's an old Bangladeshian proverb "He who He who He who he who" but then again the originator, Calcutta's Kebabus Emeritus, Karma Pa-Pa-Pa-Prajneesh WAS reputed to have had a speech impediment.
Err, yes, despite winning The First Test by 183 runs and having a first-innings lead of 42 with 8 wickets remaining, that wasn't a hammering?crickmate said:lol, Richard. How bad memory you have. All of the matches were very competitive. And you call that hammering. LOL again. In 3 ODI matches Bangladesh won 1 match and other two mathces were also competitive. If you please refer to the scorecards again, you will see the only difference between Bangldesh and ZImbabwe 2003/04 was Heath Streak.
Wow, what an amazing achievement Bangladesh have achieved - they're a tiny bit better than Zimbabwe!Zimbabwe was a one man show. And still they are one man show. Earlier it was Heath Streak. Now it is Taibu saving Zimb ass from being humiliated.
And believe me, if now Zimbabwe comes with full strength, even Bangladesh A team will be too competitive for them. Face the reality.
It was too pity that Zimbabwe cannot even form a good A team. How shallow the depth of cricket they have.
Richard said:Wow, what an amazing achievement Bangladesh have achieved - they're a tiny bit better than Zimbabwe!
Things have been looking-up for Bangladesh since 1985, when they played their first international game of any status.crickmate said:the point is they have improved a lot in the last two years. and most of them are still very young players. Also lots of excellent players are in the pipeline. Wait and see. Though some like you does not want other teams to bloom up, they will come up eventually kicking the ass of so called crcketing nations where cricket is actually dyeing day by day. The passions and support Bangladesh have towards cricket are itself enough to boom them up very soon. Like they have improved in last two years , they will keep improving, whether you want it or not.
And JUST imagine what'd happen if we stripped them of 25 or so of their top players...?Langeveldt said:The fact that Bangladesh have managed to beat Zimbabwe is just depressing for cricket. Not a great Bangladeshi feat..
Imagine what would happen if we stripped Bangladesh of 15 of their top players?