Bangladesh in NewZealand

Bangladesh vs New Zealand T20 match
Seddon Park, Hamilton
23 Dec 2007

NEW ZEALAND 133/7 20 overs
BANGLADESH 134/6  17 overs

Result: Bangladesh wins by 4 wickets with 3 overs to spare


There was no Mortaza or Rasel in the side who are our two best bowlers.

good win for bangla... rasel is out injured during the 2nd warm up match, mortaza is very much there for the first test, i guess he was rested today.

The bowling line-up was well under-strength, we had a 19 year old in the side and having our front-line bowlers would've made a world of difference.

I'm looking forward the hiding we're going to dish out on boxing day.

The first string black-caps side will look a lot different to the one that played in Hamilton. There was no McCullum, Vettori, Mills, Martin, Oram and Gillespie.

exactly. 

Yes, true, their bowling looked to be very good at the beginning...they're def. a side with a lot of promise!

I was impressed with Southee, He bowled well generally, just the Banglas decided to get all unorthodox on him and ruin his figures.

Bangladesh seemed to take the game a lot more seriously than the NZ team, and i suspect the banglas think they've got a psychological advantage over the NZ players that were in the team,  when we didn't play hard and i expect us to hit them hard once the real games begin.

Bangladesh are progressing while NZ remain stagnant. I just saw that the bowling attack was 2nd string attack but the batting line up was mostly what would be in internationals. I think people are underrating Bangladesh. India and others have made the mistake and paid the price. NZ shouldn't underestimate them. I don't consider their batting much but their bowling is capable of bowling NZ out. An upset could surely occur if Bangladesh's bowling attack fires and looking at NZ's batting dept. I won't be surprised if Bangladesh win a match or two. 

Good point there, well we will just have to see how this plays out...

Originally posted by bondy they've come on in leaps and bounds and are in a better position than NZ were when they began. It took 26 years for NZ to win their first test, Bangladesh have some time to better that feat!

 The personal slanging matches had better cease forthwith. Humourous asides are fine , mindless namecalling are not.

Beers Sammy boy, beers. It's the season.

Originally posted by sam_ahmed Originally posted by bondy Originally posted by sam_ahmed Originally posted by bondy NZ were also sporting an under-strength side, though Bangladesh batted superbly, congrats to them!   no bondy!!! NZL's side was a pretty decent one, with almost all their front line players, i guess their bowling though was a little short on experience. I'm sure you'll appreciate the contradiction you just made. No Bondy they weren't sporting an under-strength side!? Oh know they were, sorry. Idiot.     get some brains mate... their batting was top class with all their internationals playing, i said NZL's side was a pretty decent one, never said their original playing eleven... anywayz it happens when you lose to bangladesh and have to eat your own words... idiot... fool... dumb***... brainless creature!!!

huh? You better watch what you say to Bondy mate, I'd keep it shut if I were you.

Or he could be both! It will make him much more special!

Nah sam. You're taking it too far. anyways NZ don't need an Akram. They need a Ponting or Sachin or Dravid more.