2nd Test - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Bangladesh stand a very good chance of winning here.[size=13px]A couple of more hours left and i hope bangladesh can see light at the end of the tunnel, but I'm pretty sure Sri Lanka's spinners will try their hardest to prevent the hosts' escape.[/size]
[/size][size=13px]Mominul needs to make it big and led the host's counter attack.[/size]
[/size][size=13px]Scores : [/size]
[/size][size=13px]Ban 208/3 (Hasan 14 Mominul 74),need 259 to win.[/size]

[size=12pt]84.4 [/size]
Pradeep to Mominul Haque, 1 run,  tucks it away behind square leg and there it is !

Third Test hundred

as he has a giant smile on his face in celebration. The players are shaking hands now :


[size=12pt]looks like both teams have decided to [size=14pt]call this a draw[/size]  [/size] 8)

http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v...17473.html

Angelo Matthews has criticised Bangladesh for declining to orchestrate :

the highest successful chase in cricket's 137-year history.


Mushfiqur countered by saying Sri Lanka had not bowled well enough to win. 


[quote author=ketchim link=topic=87419.msg548423#msg548423 date=1391803746]

90 overs would need 5 RPO......a bit too agressive on Day 5 : to get to 450 +
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[quote author=Kyle link=topic=87419.msg548455#msg548455 date=1391831312]

Lol@chasing this down.........Declaration was too late, Chandimal took his sweet time to ton up. Weird.


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[quote author=Goog Lee link=topic=87419.msg548345#msg548345 date=1391789048]

you making a prediction or just reporting scores?  ::LOL::
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Goog Lee made a prediction on his beloved BuddhaLankans  ?  :-\


Here , tek dis :

                                         

Mushfiqur questioned the timing of Mathews' declaration.

"I am also surprised that they only made us play a few overs [on day four],"

"If I was captaining Sri Lanka, I would have left it with 20 overs to go.

I think I would have been happy with a 350-400 lead."

"We didn't really declare late," Mathews said.

"If they wanted to chase the 467, they could have, but they did not show any intent.

They had 98 overs, and we actually could have bowled more than 98 overs, but they didn't show any intent.

We were one-nil up in the series and they had to make a move.

But we declared yesterday itself, rather than waiting for today.  :

We were being positive and we were going all out for the win."

Mathews suggested Pakistan's recent historic chase of 302 at 5.25 runs an over, against Sri Lanka, indicated 467 was chaseable !

"If they wanted to, it was possible,"

That's what the Pakistanis did in Sharjah.

Bangladesh should have gone for the loss and in this  I Mean that they should have made an effort to chase down the score.
A loss or a  draw for Bangladesh , same difference but the excitement of a run chase and who knows maybe they could have won

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=87419.msg548499#msg548499 date=1391891776]
Bangladesh should have gone for the loss and in this  I Mean that they should have made an effort to chase down the score.
A loss or a  draw for Bangladesh , same difference but the excitement of a run chase and who knows maybe they could have won
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Are you even serious dude? We're talking about a 9th ranked team, who got CRUSHED in their first match (which was IMO due to the whole them losing their test status thing, because they haven't collapsed that bad in recent times at all) and they applied themselves and earned the draw.

5+ RPO on 5th day? On a slow and inconsistent pitch? Have you even watched the match?

Bangladesh "won" this, pure and simple. They played well and earned the draw. Congrats to them. Angelo is trying to save his face, nothing else. His declaration was defensive and he deserves the blame - although I don't know if that'd have done any good, but yeah.

Lanka declaration was silly .

India had a better chance with that 467 and Lost


no idea what Kwami and Angelo smoking or drinking . :-[