Bangladesh v South africa 1st test match

[wilyoldfox]

bangladesh have made a superb comeback into the first test match. Shahadat Hossain was great with the ball and took six wickets. South africa were bowled out for 170 and bangladesh took a 22 runs lead. They then made 125/4 at the end of the day. What do you think can they beat south africa?
Another interesting moment was when ashraful got de villiars out when the ball bownced twice before reaching de villiars.

[sanketh84]

this thread probably needs to be shifted to the test match section.....but yeah the way things r going..i dont think many people will want to bet who will win. yeah i'm surprised bucknor didnt call that a dead ball, i wonder if its an error from him again.

[batoutofhell]

hi sanketh
I guess if the ball bounces more than twice before reaching batsmen then only it is deemed to be no-ball
so in the case of ashraful i still see it as a legal delivery
i might be right(or wrong) here

[Aurelius]

I think you're right batoutofhell, if it bounces twice, it's legal; if it bounces thrice, it's not. But I think Bangladesh really made the right move in recalling Rafique for this series, and I think that the attack of Mashrafe, Shahadat and Rafique is probably the best one that they've ever fielded. On more thing. Bashar needs to go. He's been their best bat for years now, but over the last couple his average has fallen from 36-37 (actually very solid) to 30-31.

[greg]

I will never forget a wicket i got once,it turned square to the left then turned square to to the right and bowled the guy middle stump.I was rolling on the floor laughing which isn't right but it is folklore in my cricket club.

[wilyoldfox]

Think south africa are well in the drivers seat now, unless they have a major collapse, or should i say chok again.