The Next Test Nation

Well dear it's not me ... look now England also don't want to play with b'desh and aussies india already scrapped their home test against bangla.
look at their recent defeat in test pathetic performance with so much investment in infrastructure

I could just see it!
Yuvraj Singh,test average:132.33!

I seriously doubt BD deserve any place among the rest of Test nations.On paper they look to give some fight , but somehow it never translated over a consistent period of time, which make be believe that they should not be playing agianst top 8.

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 12 April 2011 at 7:08am

Originally posted by Mikey Watson averages almost 45 in ODIs at a strike rate of 88. Australia rarely play BD or Zim as well. To go with a bowling average UNDER 30 and over 130 ODI wickets. Not bad for someone who bowls 1st or 2nd change and opens the batting. Sehwag doesn't even average 40 in ODIs... Watson is the best all rounder in the world, to call him 'half decent' is an insult to be quite frank. Did Sachin not score a double ton vs BD? Maybe they should remove that from his records...

Chill Mikey, I rate Shane Watson as a good allrounder. I would love him to score double against any top 8 teams other than (a minnow team).

Well i said it always .That Bangladesh has Pathetic Administration for Cricket.
It may offend Bangladeshi Fans who said they are going to be 2011 Champions and now must be saying 2015 Champions.

Look at the looses to Full Members by Ireland and Bangladesh.
Ireland played Styen and Morkel attack..and Bangladesh Played 2nd String Attack and collapsed at 78 in own backyard.
With 12years of experience and regular funding from ICC as Full Member they cannot progress.
Cannot even put a fight in their own backyard in world cup.
West Indies and South Africa games were Pathetic.
Ireland Deserves chance to play in 2015. May it be ahead of Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.
Ireland still dependent of HPP money from ICC.
Which is very less than compared to Full member fund to Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.
Loot it as realistic way.
Give Ireland a chance for 5-10years..if they don't develop then also show them way out.

Originally posted by Mikey Did Sachin not score a double ton vs BD? Maybe they should remove that from his records...

I'd be happy to see Bangladesh go. They don't really offer anything to world cricket. We didn't and we continue to not need them at this level. They are a burden...

very poor and silly comments against Bangla boys, but they won't be going anywhere anytime soon, time and again I have pointed out how the top teams also lose so badly. not so long ago, BAN had beaten NZL 4-0 and have beaten both ENG and IRE (who are often called better than  BAN) in the WC.

even ZIM are a good side, they did well last year in their backyard beating IND twice and SLN once, I admit india were a slightly weaker team but then a similar indian team also beat NZL 5-0 last year.

Good news is that ZIM are all set tp return to test cricket this year, this should be a big boost for ZIM cricket and hopefully will enhance their progress.

finally, calling Shane Watson a half decent opener is a joke.

 No sam, Bangladesh shouldn't be revoked of their ODI status. Its their Test status that fail to inspire. Seriously how many would be interested in watching a Bangladesh Test match.

They say the ICC about to come up with a Test league championship. I wouldn't mind not seeing Bangladesh in that league.

Don't get me wrong I still do believe with time, if they can pump in a little more dough to their cricketing infrastructure, they will grow as a cricketing nation, they got the following and the passion. Just not ready imo for test cricket atm. 

Originally posted by vote4peace  No sam, Bangladesh shouldn't be revoked of their ODI status. Its their Test status that fail to inspire. Seriously how many would be interested in watching a Bangladesh Test match. They say the ICC about to come up with a Test league championship. I wouldn't mind not seeing Bangladesh in that league. Don't get me wrong I still do believe with time, if they can pump in a little more dough to their cricketing infrastructure, they will grow as a cricketing nation, they got the following and the passion. Just not ready imo for test cricket atm.

you have valid points V4P, my main point is that do we even understand what age group are we looking at? I mean their oldest player is 28 years of age, we are looking at players in their early 20's and they are still good 4-5 years away from reaching their "peak" which I'd say is about 28-32 years of age period for most cricketers.

considering the amount of talent these players have I mean Tamim, Shakib, Mortaza, Mushfiqur, Mahmudullah, Kayes, almost every single player in their team has tremendous potential, I cannot understand how can anyone say that BAN will be going no where? (i'm not saying this to you, it's for people who think like that).

Also BAN have never gone backwards like KEN or SCO, it's only that their progress has been slow, which is a minor concern.

There have been sic scores of 150 or above against Bangladesh. NZ and SRL have been on the receiving end most of the times with 8 150 plus scores. Followed by India and BD with 6.

Their bowling is not that strong either mate. They need to produce two really good fast bowlers to be consistent at the top level. All spin attack may work some times, but it wont take BD cricket forward.

The point on BAN's fast bowling is absolutely right, unless they unearth a couple of very good fast bowlers they will continue to find it difficult to contain teams.

Mortaza is fairly good but he still needs to improve, Shafiul is very young so we need to give him some more time, same with Rubel, but I think Shafiul is a better bowler than Rubel.