Habibul Bashar
Habibul Bashar
Qazi Habibul Basharis a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team, widely regarded as one of the greatest Bangladeshi Test batsmen of all time. Under the managership of Dav Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test victory of Bangladesh came under his hands in 2004 against Zimbabwe. Under Bashar's captaincy, Bangladesh have beaten Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka...
foot quick three wickets
We were on the back foot loosing three quick wickets at the very onset.
confidence field riding
We will take to the field with more confidence riding on the achievements of the first Test.
believe easy isolate last merit ourselves outside perform slept standard tried
Even I slept well last night. We actually tried to take it easy so that we didn't feel much pressure. We tried to isolate ourselves from the outside world and told each other that this is the standard we are going to believe in. We are not doing something unusual. We have the merit to perform like this.
achieved against dragging fifth match mighty victory
We are very much happy. We think we achieved a victory in dragging the match to its fifth day against a mighty team.
further happy improve performance second
We are very happy with our performance and we want to improve it further in the second test.
consistent improvement push showing team
We feel now that we can push any team in the world. We are showing improvement which is most important. As Dav has said, we have to be more consistent with our batting, but we have improved.
forget losing match performing runs several start wickets
They managed to get runs even after losing several wickets while we just caved in. We did well overall, but now have to forget the first match and start performing all over again.
absolutely brilliant carried carry innings lesson match possible settled
The way the young Sri Lankan carried his innings was absolutely brilliant and I think he snatched the match from us. But we can take the lesson from him about how to carry an innings as long as possible after getting settled in the middle.
brightest cherish
It is the brightest day that has ever come in my life, ... I'll cherish this day as long as I live and play.
batting expect lots
It's a batting wicket, we can expect lots of runs.
against fight good hard lost match satisfying second taught top
This has been a very good match for us as it has taught us how to fight hard against top teams. It has been satisfying in the end but I thought we lost the match in our second innings.
although days dominated good last match pushed test took
Although we didn't win, we pushed them to the last day and it was a good Test match for us in all ways. We dominated two days of play and we took more out of it although in the end they won.
achievement australia fifth fine happy match mean played strongly taking
Australia will come back strongly but we are happy to have played a fine first test. Taking them to the fifth day of the match has been no mean achievement for us.
against build confidence fight help team win
The much-awaited win will embolden our confidence, which will help us build a fight against any team in future.