2nd Match - Bangladesh v Pakistan (16th March)

[zorax]

I don't even know who Tec15 is but I can only assume it's a Pratters multi.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Nah, they suck in world events and tournament finals even in BD. They just freeze up in the big stage. Bowling falls to pieces, tactical errors, panicked fielding (which sometimes leads to to some epic efforts like today's catch tbf).

Quite a lot like SA tbh. Can't handle the nervous energy, panic too soon, unable to keep a calm head.

Bottled it bad at home in WC 2011 against WI by going 58 all out when everyone was expecting something good; Stumbled on two Asia cup finals too both at home. Can't perform under pressure on big occasions

 

[Pratters]

@ TEC: Particularly as they did quite well the last time around in 2015.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

shahzad dropping a dolly

Without that it's not a complete Pakistan performance

 

[Pratters]

Pakistani rejoicing at fall of Bangladeshi scalp.

My eyes are gone.

#rameezoncrack

 

[zorax]

Bottled it bad at home in WC 2011 against WI by going 58 all out when everyone was expecting something good; Stumbled on two Asia cup finals too both at home. Can't perform under pressure on big occasions

Yea they can dominated the home bilateral series all they like, but if they are constantly messing up big games like those, no one is going to take them seriously as a cricketing force.

Very disappointing start this. Luckily we got 4 more games; although this was the easiest.

 

[smalishah84]

Pakistani rejoicing at fall of Bangladeshi scalp.

My eyes are gone.

#rameezoncrack

 

[Pratters]

Yea they can dominated the home bilateral series all they like, but if they are constantly messing up big games like those, no one is going to take them seriously as a cricketing force.

Very disappointing start this. Luckily we got 4 more games; although this was the easiest.

Weird you say this as Bangladesh is being taken more seriously now than before.

 

[Tec15]

What "freezing" happened with the bat today? Two of the best T-20 batsmen went fairly early slogging while chasing an enormous total. After that the woefully out of form Shakib and Mushfiq stunk up the joint. It's not like they were playing any better in the Asia Cup previously. The same people who failed then are failing now, while the same passengers who were being picked then are being picked now. No need to search for a deeper meaning.

 

[Tec15]

Yea they can dominated the home bilateral series all they like, but if they are constantly messing up big games like those, no one is going to take them seriously as a cricketing force.

Very disappointing start this. Luckily we got 4 more games; although this was the easiest.

Who's "We"? India?

 

[Pratters]

Bangladesh has batted fine today. It is just that their bowling was weak.

 

[Pratters]

Who's "We"? India?

Hong Kong..

 

[smalishah84]

Bangladesh has batted fine today. It is just that their bowling was weak.

no, they have definitely not batted fine today.

Their batsmen seemed quite out of sorts. Most of them were not adjusting to the pace of amir and wahab

 

[Pratters]

Pakistan bowling is terrific and they had a huge total to chase. Usually I would expect a team to crumble. Bangladesh did well to reach 140+ today.

 

[Pratters]

I am surprised at the anguish of zorax. Bangladesh has improved a lot in the last 2-3 years and continues to improve. This doesn't mean a team will win every knock out game they play. These are giant steps as far as I am concerned and they are constantly improving.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Weird you say this as Bangladesh is being taken more seriously now than before.

Not necessarily. If we go by CW, outside of few people like PEWS, Zorax or myself and a few others who follow their cricket and are aware of their home series wins. Otherwise if you look at it, in general people still don't take them very seriously because bilateral home wins generally don't create a lot of noise, especially when it's a 'small' team like Bangladesh.

In order to gain widespread respect and prove themselves, they need a solid performance at a World stage, such as World T20 or Champions Trophy or World Cup. Until then, we will have a lot of people dismissing Bangladesh despite their home wins, because they just don't follow what Bangladesh do at home.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

What "freezing" happened with the bat today? Two of the best T-20 batsmen went fairly early slogging while chasing an enormous total. After that the woefully out of form Shakib and Mushfiq stunk up the joint. It's not like they were playing any better in the Asia Cup previously. The same people who failed then are failing now, while the same passengers who were being picked then are being picked now. No need to search for a deeper meaning.

I think Zorax is meaning the whole team's performance as collective

 

[Tec15]

Nah they didn't bat well at all. But this theory of them doing well at home bilaterals and "freezing" at big events is complete bs. They wouldn't have done any better if they were chasing the same total at the Asia Cup at home.

 

[smalishah84]

Pakistan bowling is terrific and they had a huge total to chase. Usually I would expect a team to crumble. Bangladesh did well to reach 140+ today.

yeah but they played this exact same bowling attack just a few weeks ago, and on this belter of a pitch they should have made 175 at the least, if pak had 200, their rr is going to look really bad now

 

[Black_Warrior]

I am surprised at the anguish of zorax. Bangladesh has improved a lot in the last 2-3 years and continues to improve. This doesn't mean a team will win every knock out game they play. These are giant steps as far as I am concerned and they are constantly improving.

You are sounding like someone who doesn't follow their cricket all that much.

Bangladesh being excellent at home is old news for us. It's not longer "improvement" because we have seen this for a while.

Now we are waiting for them to translate that at a world stage, while you are now realizing that Bangladesh are excellent at home.