South Africa V Bangladesh 1st Test @ Potchefstroom Match Thread Date: 28th Of September 2017 6:00 AEST

[nsuRocks]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Kayes sent Morne out of field - take that haters!

Rofl! bouncer mere na 150kmp yorker mere!

[Eshen]

Kayes keeping SA fielders on their toes, that's for sure

[aklemalp]

Batting like lara

[Gowza]

Hmmm imrul gone now

[aklemalp]

Well it was on the cards for kayes

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Batting like lara

Khocha Lara.

[al-Sagar]

Imrul edges to the Pavillion

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Well it was on the cards for kayes

He was dropped once but couldn't take the opportunity.

[Eshen]

End of the career for Kayes, I assume

[Eshen]

Morne out of the match with side strain - SA a bowler short. With one session washed out, we will never get a better chance to draw a match with SA.

[mufi_02]

I haven’t seen a single ball in this test match.

Well we will lose regardless. 7 wickets will be lost in a single session.

[Match Adda]

I'm watching the highlights only... but if they can't drawn the match with morkel out and session cut...
Musfiq will lose his captaincy... he gotta stays until the end tomorrow, all they need to do ... play dots not lollipops

[Match Adda]

Seems like tamim finding him self out of order again..

[Match Adda]

Kaye's and taskin and shafiul will be drop for the 2nd test ..
Sarkar , Roy , rubel will come for sure ...

[tiger1000]

Originally Posted by Match Adda
Kaye's and taskin and shafiul will be drop for the 2nd test ..
Sarkar , Roy , rubel will come for sure ...

God I hope not

Rubel is awful and will make us much worse and that's saying something after the way we performed

[Abid_Khan]

Originally Posted by Match Adda
I'm watching the highlights only... but if they can't drawn the match with morkel out and session cut...
Musfiq will lose his captaincy... he gotta stays until the end tomorrow, all they need to do ... play dots not lollipops

Do you have any link for the highlights?

[simon]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Morne out of the match with side strain - SA a bowler short. With one session washed out, we will never get a better chance to draw a match with SA.

Since 2015 we have done many incredible things for the first time.
I think our batters are yet to save a test match from such situation, let's see what happens, but with Tamim & Momin out and SAkib not playing I see no chance.
Realistically the best thing we can do from here is to drag this test match as far as we can, minimize the margin of defeat.

[aklemalp]

Mehedi.

3rd highest in runs conceded in a match without taking a wicket.

Imran Tahir leads the list with 0/260

[Rinathq]

Originally Posted by Rinathq
4 out of the top 6 in SA lineup is a righty.. and yet we went for an offie....... think tank replaced by fish tank

I said this before Mominul took those wickets....... Thanks for proving me right. Before the game I wanted Taijul in the side but most people opted for Miraz because of his batting.. how useful his batting has been to us....

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Eshen
End of the career for Kayes, I assume

Would be sad after his massive 30 odd today.

[bujhee kom]

If Mustafizur hits a century, we may have a chance to win this match.
And if somehow we end up winning or draw this match, we will finally show who the boss is!

[asif1530]

Originally Posted by tiger1000
God I hope not

Rubel is awful and will make us much worse and that's saying something after the way we performed

Taskin has been given several opportunities, rightly so because of the termendous potential. But, at some point, one has to wonder whether he has it in him to be successful in test. May be, it is better for him to develop himself in First class. At the time being, he looks awfully out of depth - short in both skill and grits. The fact that he fared worse than "proven mediocre" Shaful says a lot.

Couple of years ago, I was wondering about the WORST "specialized" bowlers in test history among ones that played at least 10 tests. Rubel was a strong contender with an average of 78 ! Now, it looks like Taskin will give Rubel a stiff competition if selector/management keep on picking him. After 4 tests, he is averaging 80+. Frankly, I don't see himself pushing that down unless he develops drastically - both his skills and grit.

As awful as Rubel has been in Test, it is hard to be worse than Taskin. On top of that, Rubel has improved a bit from his early days of playing test cricket - both in control and in use of the old ball. So, Rubel might be slightly less pathetic option.

[asif1530]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Would be sad after his massive 30 odd today.

Not quite the end of test career, but I wish we have a moratorium for Taskin in Test. If he continues to play more tests with his current repertoire, he is on course to be one of the worst "specialized" bowlers to have ever played in Test with 80+ average !! Frankly, I don't see him having a great impact on the game with his current skill set. One might say - hey, there were several catches dropped in his bowling in NZ. Even if one count all those misses as wickets (there were 5, I think), he would still have averaged 47 - very poor !

He does possess raw materials for test bowling for sure. But, at the moment, he lacks the necessarily skills to be effective in tests. Skills such as controlling the length, seaming the red ball both ways enough, reversing old ball, thinking/planning, bowling long spells without loosing speed and venom, targeting short bowl better .... I wish he could develop all those skills outside of playing test.

[Night_wolf]

this is a huge loss, no less embarrassing than a innings defeat

[nsuRocks]

its as if the batsman lost before the start of play