West Indies in Bangladesh (2011)

Just a few days before this starts, Musfiqur Rahim's first assignment as captain and these are two sides desperate for a series win, still no Chris Gayle for WI, I'd say WI will start off as favorites in both tests and ODI's. However, last year BAN did managed to beat NZL 4-0 so at home they can be a dangerous side, should be a good contest, big test for BAN to show their competitiveness, big chance for WI to get back to winning ways before they take on India. Very Important series this for both the teams.

The contest between no. 8 and and no.9 - should be interesting...

Windies will have a pretty good bowling attack to take on Bangladesh.  Their batting against spin is what will worry me.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi . Bangladesh should not be a threat in tests - but then, they should not be playing tests either.

Look out for Roach, not necessarily with the new ball but he's going to cause plenty mischief on those Bangladeshi batsmen when the ball gets older.  I think it's rare to find a West Indian who bowls better with an older ball but that's Kemar Roach.

Roach will be devastating on his day , but I think in this series Rampaul will be very difficult for any of BAN batsman to handle.

BAN's only hope is spin, if WI play spin well ..then there this will be absolutely no contest.

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 08 October 2011 at 12:39pm

Good to see you Amal!

I didn't quite saw the match as I was at the Airport, managed to see Dhoni though landing here for the first game against ENG, surrounded by fans and security guards, Dhoni looked clam and cool as always!

Mystery is right about Pollard.  He hardly ever performs - his fielding is Magnificent and his bowling isn't bad and hits a quick 20 runs but that's about it.  I believe his fielding is what is keeping him around in the Mumbai xi.  As much as I criticize him not being a good player, he is really outstanding in the field and takes valuable catches for Mumbai.

Yes Spinny his fielding is just sooo sooo awesome and good to see you Amal and good luck with your studies.

Yes correct why is Bravo not in the team?? Spinny where are you??

I am sure Bangladesh have better players than Ashraful around - if not I have no hopes from them for the foreseeable future.

Samuels looks in good form, wonder how he will fair against the big guns though.

Ashraful is rubbish and is riding on his 2005 performance against Australia and his debut ton in tests. He's played about 5 good innings out of over 100 in international cricket. His consistency is worse than Afridi, yet he barely bowls these days.

Mushfiqur rebuilding after Bangladesh's disastrous start, 92/5 at the moment. Disappointing that there is no Live telecast of this series in India, no telecast of a cricket series in a world champion country!!!! I'm able to watch live streaming though, but watching only now and then.

Originally posted by sam_ahmed The problem with Ashraful or Bangladesh for that matter is that they look immensely "talented" but don't deliver often, That consistency is just not there, I sometimes wonder how can a team with so many gifted players like Bangladesh still struggles to win games consistently. Lets see if they can turn things around tomorrow.

I disagree. There is nothing really immensely talented about a lot of these players in the BD side. Shakib is awesome, Tamim has a lot of talent and I rate Mushfiqur. Outside of those three, none of the players would even make it to a first class side in Australia nor a second XI. And Australian cricket isn't exactly at its strongest.

If you'd made those comments about the Windies I'd agree. West Indies have had so much talent, yet they seldom manage to play as a team and win games. When you have the likes of Gayle, Bravo brothers, Barath, Chanderpaul, Sarwan, Roach, Rampaul, Simmons, etc and you're barely winning, then there are some real underlying issues.

Edited by Mikey - 15 October 2011 at 11:21am