Originally posted by Useless
I think Test cricket needs to adopt the a similar approach as soccer. Have the Premier League and the First division. Then teams like Bangladesh can get lots of games and experience and if they are good enough, join the elite.

Or else bangladesh shud create a lot of domestic teams and allow their international players to join those teams while they are off-the-field

Originally posted by Mannydas
but then pakistan hav been known in cricket matches to just give away wickets like that game against australia in the world cup final im sure that pakistan could have put on a better batting performance than that so if pakistan plays like that any team deserves to win!

i completely agree to your thing.. but agianst bangladesh it's different

I think Test cricket needs to adopt the a similar approach as soccer. Have the Premier League and the First division. Then teams like Bangladesh can get lots of games and experience and if they are good enough, join the elite.

but then pakistan hav been known in cricket matches to just give away wickets like that game against australia in the world cup final im sure that pakistan could have put on a better batting performance than that so if pakistan plays like that any team deserves to win!

even many ppl say that... pakistan did that purposely , so that bangladesh getz the test status..///

World 1999 i remember

erm couple of world cups ago pakistan were ordred in the group stage as they were already through to let bangladesh win so they could get test status as bangladesh beat a test match playing country! well thats what my dad sed anyway

west indies sure have a gr8 future ahead... but i saw a gr8 improvment in the bengali team.
unbelievable..
2ndly no offence to any1 but bengladesh shud not be playing test cricket... but i dunno how they quilify

but come on w.indies match performance needs dramtic improvement.. and bangladesh no offence to them i just dnt think they shud not be playing test cricket...

w.indies hav got great hot prospects for the future of the team was wotchin i think the under 19 cricket world cup!

Man.. it's so unbelievable

Bangladesh gave westindies a gr8 fight... wat the hell cricket is so unbelievable