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...
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.
facing learnt match situations win
We have not been used to facing such situations where we could win the match and have learnt our lessons.
early lost match reason repeated upset wickets worried
I am upset and worried with the way we lost too many wickets in the early stage. We did it in the first match and repeated in the second. I think this was the reason we lost our way.
achieve australia days five great match pushing ricky test
It was a great Test match for us -- we had our chances. Pushing Australia to five days is a great thing to achieve and everyone is doing their job. Ricky was unstoppable today.
finished formidable game kenya knack matches three upset victory
Yes, it is satisfactory the way we finished the first game but there are still three matches to go. I can't say after one victory that we will make it 4-0 because Kenya have a knack to upset world's formidable sides.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Compared to our previous matches against Sri Lanka, we have definitely made significant improvements in the first Test. I must say this time we were more competitive than the past. It is untrue that we have not learned from our mistakes. But I agree that we need a lot more to do in the long run.
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.
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I think the situation was more difficult here than the Test match in Pakistan. Pakistan had a very vulnerable tail whereas it was not the case for the Australians and the condition was also altogether a different one. And mind it, the opponent's name is Australia.
confidence field riding
We will take to the field with more confidence riding on the achievements of the first Test.
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It would be really great if we can carry the tempo into our next home assignment against Australia next month. We know how tough it would be against the World champions but if we can carry the good work to the next series, I think it will be a real success for us.