[MATCH THREAD] Zim v Bangla 3rd Bulawayo ODI

[Boundary]

Congratulations boys once again. Whenever I can't catch the action live we win, maybe that's the trick from now on - should I make the sacrifice?

Great Win! I didn't even want to post here and jinx the Vusi-Willie combo . Awesome guys. The Zim Bird gets more colourful

Ouch, that's a bright bird there

[Jemisi]

Not sure what to make of where things stand. We've won a test, lost a test to BD. That is bad since they have only ever won against a very weakened Zim team and a very weakened WI team. So we gave them their first real test win - away from home. We will likely struggle against them in their conditions.

Hope we can mange to beat each of the winter touring teams at least once.

[brmtaylor.com admin]

If we could win one more Test match this year that would be a tremendous victory. It would almost (or totally?) make up for the Test loss to Bangladesh if we could defeat Pakistan or Sri Lanka.
We pushed Pakistan last time, we can do it again. Sri Lanka worries me because Sangakarra and Jayawardene could decide to put on a 500 partnership...

Where should the next Test series be played? All in Bulawayo? All in Harare? Or split between the two? Probably one each is the way to go, finances permitting.

[betterdays]

Not sure what to make of where things stand. We've won a test, lost a test to BD. That is bad since they have only ever won against a very weakened Zim team and a very weakened WI team. So we gave them their first real test win - away from home. We will likely struggle against them in their conditions.

Hope we can mange to beat each of the winter touring teams at least once.

This is probably the strongest BD team we've seen though. though their pace bowlers still seem to need a bit of work - Robiul ambushed us in the second test (I don't think we can read too much into the second innings of the first test) but apart from him they never really looked threatening. We coped with the spinners so much better than the ones in WI and they're not awful spinners the BDeshis!

[eugene]

Great win for Zimbabwe, not sure I agreed with Williams blocking out 5 balls at the end but it was great to see Vusi returning to form with a century.

Dont bother to try...its beyond you..

Someone seems a bit upset today.

[Kriterion_BD]

Well done, Zimbabwe! You thoroughly deserved to win every match because you played better cricket and made fewer mistakes.

ZIM are a worthy opponent at home, and they have beaten us 2-1 in Tests, pushed the shit outta NZ, and fought admirably before capitulating against PAK. They're a far better team at home than we are at home. And they're a far better team at home than people give them credit for. And now the cherry on the sundae is the 2-1 win against us, that too coming back after a clobbering in the first game. Kudos, you really shoved it down our throats in fine fashion.

We simply didn't deserve to win. We didn't learn jack shit from the last tour where we just waltzed in with our egos and expected ZIM to just grovel and hand us a W on a silver platter. We batted like rancid p*****s for the entire tour and barring Robiul in the Tests bowled like dipshits. Blaming umpires, conditions, facilities, and accomodations can only explain one, maybe two losses. They don't excuse an ass whooping at the hands of an allegedly inferior side. Unless you have a fever above 40 or are missing some limbs, there is no excuse for repeated f**k-ups.

Tamim needs to stop talking shit, quit smoking, lose a few pounds, and start scoring runs. Didn't score a single 50 on tour and calls others "ordinary". Mushfiq may have batted well in spurts, but his brain dead leadership cost us. Too many shitty short balls served up by our pacers.

We should not have lost an ODI series to ZIM. We shouldn't have lost the Tests, but at least we got a draw. But we shouldn't have lost the ODI series.

Even a whitewash at home likely won't make up for this, and in this fact alone ZIM can take great pride.

Once again well done, and I wish the best for ZIM in future, even if only to make our bullshit stink a little less.

[sloandog]

It's so nice to have an educated crop of Bangladesh fans on the forum, and not the arrogant egoistic supporters you mostly get on the facebook and cricinfo pages!


On a different note, the kit looks dire. A sponsor is needed asap for the next series. We can't keep playing in that kit it's just simply embarrassing to look at, let alone to play in. Hopefully with this series victory we'll get some kind of sponsorship going, otherwise...well it's just a joke

[eugene]

I thought ZCF, bankrolled by BRM and maehara had already agreed to sponsor the national side?

[sloandog]

I thought ZCF, bankrolled by BRM and maehara had already agreed to sponsor the national side?

[betterdays]

Any highlights link sloandog?