Congratulations Bangladesh!!!

[Ultimate_Game]

Congrats to B'desh cricket team and their fans on beating SL away from home in a Test and squaring the series   B'desh did have a Test win away from home against WI but it was a depleted WI team due to contracts related fiasco. IMO this is the best B'desh win away from home. They should have done so a lot earlier had Rashid Latif not cheated more than a decade ago but finally B'desh have won a Test away against a top Test nation. This should be a shot in the arm for them and hopefully they go from strength to strength a la 90s SL team. 

[King Tendulkar]

Well done 

 

they defo improving . 

 

 

[King Tendulkar]

Also highlights how far Sri Lanka fallen

[Pollack]

Congrats! A strong Bangladesh team is in India's interest.(inspired statement )

[Ultimate_Game]

10 minutes ago, Pollack said:

Congrats! A strong Bangladesh team is in India's interest.(inspired statement )

A stronger B'desh team in world cricket's best interests. I hope Afghanistan and Ireland join the party as well.

[chewy]

1 hour ago, Ultimate_Game said:

Congrats to B'desh cricket team and their fans on beating SL away from home in a Test and squaring the series   B'desh did have a Test win away from home against WI but it was a depleted WI team due to contracts related fiasco. IMO this is the best B'desh win away from home. They should have done so a lot earlier had Rashid Latif not cheated more than a decade ago but finally B'desh have won a Test away against a top Test nation. This should be a shot in the arm for them and hopefully they go from strength to strength a la 90s SL team. 

What did Rashid Latif do? Which match is this? 

[zen]

Great work, BD!!

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, Ultimate_Game said:

A stronger B'desh team in world cricket's best interests. I hope Afghanistan and Ireland join the party as well.

Afghanistan will surely join the party sooner rather than later.Ireland is going nowhere actually.

[jalebi_bhai]

Congratulations  

[express bowling]

Well done  !

[Ultimate_Game]

2 hours ago, chewy said:

What did Rashid Latif do? Which match is this? 

That match happened in 2003. B'desh was ahead of Pakistan when Rashid Latif claimed a bumped catch. The incident was so egregious that he was suspended for 5 odis by the match referee. B'desh went on to lose the match by 1 wkt and would surely have won had Latif not cheated. here are the links...

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/433973.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3086780.stm

 

That would've been the first overseas win for B'desh against an established Test nation.

[OpeningBatsman]

Really well played. Not easy chasing 190 odd in SL. 

[Ultimate_Game]

2 hours ago, Pollack said:

Afghanistan will surely join the party sooner rather than later.Ireland is going nowhere actually.

Reason Ireland has stagnated is coz ICC didn't reward them at the right time. They should've been given more backing post 2007 or 2011 WC. Since they received no support most of their top players defected to play for England or gave up playing for Ireland in favor of county cricket. Likes of Eoin Morgan, Boyd Rankin and Ed Joyce (in his prime) chose to play for England with a few other better players who exclusively decided to play county cricket. Imagine if they had all continued to play for Ireland if Ireland had been handed a Test spot. I'm sure they would've been stronger than Zim team of 90s and much stronger than the current B'desh and SL Test teams.

[mancalledsting]

Let's hope they continue progressing in the right direction....with the decline of Pak, Windies and Sri Lanka- world cricket needs some more decent teams to be worth watching 

[Zero_Unit]

congrats. I have to say, SL in deep sheet winning the ODI's with these kind of performance. Not to mention that format is BD's fort. 

[Lala]

Congrats BANGLA!!!  next target is India

[Cricketics]

This SL team isn't that weak. They beat Australia 3-0 too and winning 3-0 against Australia is always great achievement even at home. So Bangladesh beating this side is a big achievement for Bangladesh.

 

Their team showed some fight in India too but were out classed by our side. Overall, it is only good for cricket if more test teams are competitive.

 

Congrats to Bangladesh

[Vepu]

Thnks guys. Indians were really appreciative in cricinfo for a change. 

[Yoda-esque]

Always believed in their ability.I am sure that this will make them confident enough to achieve bigger things.Congrats.

[Ultimate_Game]

Another feather in B'desh's cap. Shared all 3 series - Test, Odi and T20 - with SL away from home   Well done B'desh  You guys are definitely on the right track.