< 1 minute read One of the more interesting one-day series has just finished with Bangladesh emerging 4-0 winners over New Zealand. There are two types of people when it comes to gauging Bangladesh’s progress: the people who look at the scorecards and the people who look at the results. Those of us in
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England finally lose to Bangladesh
< 1 minute read That’s that out of the way then. Up until yesterday, England had won every match they’d ever played against Bangladesh. Not any more. Is it a good thing that Bangladesh won? Unquestionably. Why? Well some of our friends were at the match in Bristol yesterday and one pointed out that
Continue readingTamim Iqbal is in good Test form
< 1 minute read Tamim Iqbal has passed 50 in nine of his last 11 Test innings. Considering how he tends to start his innings – hacking away at every ball like he’s a Thracian gladiator de-limbing adversaries – that’s pretty remarkable. Virender Sehwag is probably a role model, but with Sehwag, you rarely
Continue readingBangladesh v England – no protagonist, no narrative, no cephalopods
< 1 minute read Good films come in two forms: The writers are smarter than you and have constructed an ingenious plot where the story slowly unfolds, keeping you rapt The writers are far stupider than you and haven’t a clue about plot structure, so just to keep things moving, every now and again
Continue readingTamim Iqbal – Bangladesh’s best batsman
< 1 minute read It’s been good to get to know the Bangladesh players a bit better these last few weeks. There are a handful who stand out and others who seem interchangeable. Shakib al Hasan’s their best bowler and bats reasonably well. Mahmudullah is looking good so far. Mushfiqur Rahim is a very
Continue readingNaeem Islam and his high-step
< 1 minute read It’s a great era for run-ups. As well as Friedel de Wet’s bunny-hop, we also have Naeem Islam’s high-step. Just as he’s about to enter his delivery stride, his right leg suddenly tries to knee him in the face. It’s ace. We can only assume that Naeem Islam learnt to
Continue readingShakib Al Hasan’s first Test hundred
< 1 minute read Four years after we tipped him for greatness, Shakib Al Hasan hit his first Test hundred. New Zealand were on the receiving end and while they won the match, their bowlers took some stick. After dawdling along on nought for an age, Shakib Al Hasan suddenly engaged the long handle
Continue readingMahmudullah – Bangladesh number eight
< 1 minute read Number eights have played on our mind in recent months. At Cricinfo, we pointed out that there are some serious batsmen at eight these days. At The Wisden Cricketer, we identified Bangladesh as being a prime culprit in this regard. Bangladesh’s number eights have averaged more than the batsmen who’ve
Continue readingLatest news from the Bangladesh-aren’t-shit camp
< 1 minute read Over the years, we’ve firmly positioned ourself in the Bangladesh-aren’t-shit camp. This is partly because there are fewer people in this camp and that always appeals to us. Mostly it’s because the Bangladesh-aren’t-quite-as-shit-as-you-say-they-are camp doesn’t exist though. You’ve got to pick a side and we’ve chosen ours. Our normal approach
Continue readingTours of Bangladesh are real tours
< 1 minute read “They can’t beat us in Test matches. They can surprise you in ODIs but not in Tests.” So said Virender Sehwag about Bangladesh before his side fell to 213-8 on the first day. Presumably Sehwag saw this coming as well as an almost infinitely better second innings in which India
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