The Tigers - Bangladesh Story

[bangorcc]

I am starting my first ever series as coach/captain of Bangladesh, if anyone can give any feedback it would be greatly appreciated.

Anyway my first series is 2 test matches against Zimbabwe, a draw in the series will be enough to take us above them in the rankings.

For my first squad I am going for

Tamim Iqbal - Opening Batsman
Naeem Islam - Batsman
Nasir Hossain -Batsman
Shuvagata Hom - Batsman
Shahriar Nafees - Opening Batsman
Jaharul Islam - Opening Wicketkeeper
Mushfiqur Rahim - Wicketkeeper
Anamul Haque - Opening Wicketkeeper
Shakib Al Hasan - All Rounder
Mahmudullah - All Rounder
Farhad Reza - All Rounder
Elias Sunny - Bowler
Ziaur Rahman - Bowler
Abdur Razzak - Bowler
Nazmul Hossain - Bowler
Sohag Gazi - Bowler
Mashrafe Mortaza - Bowler
Shafiul Islam - Bowler

[bangorcc]

First Test

The teams for the first test are

Zimbabwe
Taylor
Sibanda
Williams
Masakadza
Chigumbura
Waller
Chakabva
Mutumbami
Meth
Price
Jarvis

Bangladesh
Iqbal
Islam
Al Hasan
Islam
Hossain
Rahim
Mahmudullah
Hom
Mortaza
Rahman
Hossain

We won the toss and have elected to bat first on a decent batting track with little to no turn.

Day 1
Tamim Iqbal hits his 13th test century in 91 balls without being troubled by the Zimbabwean attack. 7 balls later and he's out to a fantastic catch from keeper Chakabva after edging one from Chigumbura. Good start to the day reaching 98-1 at lunch. Jahurul Islam has now reached his 1st test 50 in 120 balls and can hopefully now push on. Shakib Al Hasan is out for 20 to Meth leaving us on 136-2. Naeem Islam out for 1, things starting to look worse now on 141-3. Another decent session apart from the loss of 2 wickets to leave us on 186-3 at lunch. Jahurul Islam out to Meth for 96, look a bit more stable again now on 224-4. Things look a bit shaky again with Nasir Hossain falling to Jarvis leaving us on 235-5. Struggling now with a mid order collapse as Mushfiqur also goes for 5 this time to Chigumbura, 237-6 now. Reach the end of the day without further incident on 272-6 at the close of play.

Day 2
Shuvagata Hom reaches his first test 50 taking the 50th run when he was dropped at 1st slip after 104 deliveries. Then out 4 balls later to Jarvis without adding to his tally to leave us 337-7. Mahrafe Mortaza out for 1 bowled by Chigumbura to leave us on 340-8. Mamudullah reaches his 7th test 50 after 87 balls. Then gets out caught and bowled to Chigumbura the next ball he faces 347-9. We have declared on 351-9 with Nazmul Hossain on 1* and Ziaur Rahman on 4*. Zimbabwe get to lunch on 9-0. Nazmul Hossain takes the wicket of Sibanda for 27 caught by Mahmudullah, Zimbabwe on 36-1. Zimbabwe get to tea without any more wickets falling on 118-1. Shakib Al Hasan got Williams caught behind on 97 Zimbabwe now on 210-2. Zimbabwe end the day on 233-2.

Day 3
Nazmul Hossain gets his his second wicket getting Taylor LBW for 137 meaning Zimbabwe are now on 325-3. Moving on to 329-3 at lunch. Mahmudullah got Masakadza out for 70 giving Zimbabwe a lead of 1 run with 4 wickets down. Al Hasan's second wicket was getting Waller out caught and bowled for 18 meaning Zimbabwe were 5 wickets down with a lead of just 44. Mortaza got the 6th wicket which was Chigumbura caught behind on 47, Zimbabwe have a lead of 68 runs. Zimbabwe reached tea with a lead of 94 runs with 4 wickets in hand. Rahman got Mutambami LBW for 7 so Zimbabwe have 3 wickets in hand with a lead of 96 runs. The 8th wicket came with Zimbabwe 99 rus ahead, Rahman getting Chakabva LBW for 32. With a lead of 102 runs Zimbabwe lost Price for 2, their 9th wicket, to AL Hasan who collected his 3rd wicket of the innings. Zimbabwe lost their last wicket, Jarvis for 5 bowled by Mortaza with a lead of 135 runs. In the 2 overs the had to face before the end of the day Bangladesh scored 4 runs leaving them 131 rus behind with 10 wickets remaining.

Day 4
Iqbal was bowled by Chigumbura for 11 Bangladesh had 9 wickets left and were still down by 117. Bangladesh went until lunch without losing anymore wickets and were only 28 runs behind Zimbabwe. Al Hasan got his 12th test 50 off 94 balls. Islam got his 2nd 50 of his test career and of the match in a slow yet steady 108 balls. Al Hasan converted his 50 into his 3rd test century facing another 91 balls. Bangladesh had a good session, not losing a wicket meaning that at tea they had a lead of 66 runs with 9 wickets remaining. Islam and Al Hasan broke the Bangladeshi record for the 2nd partnership with a beautiful partnership of 211 and still going. Islam got his first test century another 127 balls after he reached 50. 93 balls after he reached his century Al Hasan passed another milestone this time of 150 runs. At the close Bangladesh were 151 runs ahead with 9 wickets still remaining.

Day 5
Islam reached 150 another 128 balls after he passed the 100 mark. After passing 150 Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi to score 201 runs and only the 2nd to score 200 runs facing 110 deliveries later. Bangladesh then declared with Al Hasan on 202* and Islam on 153* leaving Zimbabwe 257 to win in 4 hours of playing time. Nazmul Hossain got the first wicket bowling Taylor for 9. Next to go was Williams for 10, Hossains 2nd victim, this time caught behind. Mortaza got Masakadza LBW for 58. The 4th wicket and Mortaza's 2nd was Chigumbura LBW for 14 meaning Zimbabwe needed 111 runs and Bangladesh 6 wickets in 85 minutes to win. Mahmudullah got Sibanda stumped on 56. Hossain's 3rd and Bangladesh's 6th wicket was Waller LBW for 21. Rahman got the wicket of Chakabva LBW on 17. Time ran out on the 2 sides with Zimbabwe 46 runs and Bangladesh 3 wickets short of victory in a very entertaining draw.

[Alrounder80]

You should give the initials of the first name where it may be confusing who is who like Jahurul Islam and Naeem Islam...