its far better to follow this match than to follow some slaughtering of cricket which is taking place out here in india these days

bd making a good fightback thanks to shafiul & naeem islam with even the no.11 rubel chipping in & taking bd to a competitive 419 on a pitch offering some spin

if they can dismiss eng for 300, they could be in with a great chance to get their 1st test win(although technically it will be the 4th, but i say 1st as their earlier wins came against zimbabwe "b" & west indies "c" teams)

eng struggling and scoring at little over 2 rpo, 66/1 after 29 overs. they dont have any batsman even 10% as good as the indian batsmen in their xi

yes BD has given a good account of themselves so far...and Eng have to bat last on a slow turner

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i am smelling a bangladesh win in this test

and it takes 9 years after getting test status for bangladesh to record their 1st test win(technically its 4th, but the earlier ones were against zimbabwe "b" & west indies "c" teams)

Eng 3 down now and BD definitely has a chance...they have shown problem to sustain the grip in the game until the end.

It's funny yesterday every hour CI had headlines such as Eng in grip, Eng control, BD crumble...even as I could see BD gradually building some kind of respectability......CI refused to acknowledge it

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^ci suffers from skc. after this even bangladeshi fans will acknowlege it. 419 is a good score on this pitch

eng scoring at a rr of only 2.6 out here. if this match ends in a draw, we can say that eng were the ones who escaped with a draw

yep cricinfo shows england PROGGRESS halted by wickets or something ...

and what a chance bangles are in to win a test match cannot get any better .

amit they won't win... they need to take 20 wickets to win.. .and Veeru has said they can't...

^ yes it will be tough for them

@birbal, they r playing against another ordinary team & they can take 20 wickets. what sehwag said was that they cant take 20 indian wickets. they can still take 20 wickets against england

285/5.. good fightback by BD.. Ian bell and bresnan at the crease with Broad and Swann to bat.. looks like eng will concede some lead..

bangladesh should look at setting eng a 350+ target. that would be tough to get on a 5th day pitch

Bell and Bresnan take the lead for Bangla... so much for taking 20 wickets...

Bangla are PATHETIC... and they are not improving...they have only one or two class players... the rest even Tripura type Ranji players are as good or better...

^bd will have to bat well tomorrow for the whole day and take a 300+ lead. and they need to take these last 2 eng wickets within the 1st 5 overs

300+ on day 5 will be tough

birbalji,
Yes BD are pathetic but this time it was umpires who were even more pathetic..

From CI..

For the record, Matt Prior was trapped on the crease on 9 by a reverse-swinging delivery from Rubel and went on to make 62; Bresnan survived a bat-pad catch on 5 before finishing the day on 74 not out, while Bell's innings could have ended on 82 had an lbw appeal by Abdur Razzak been upheld.

OH..ho... so ICC "Elite" umps are helping the gora team again...

^The elites know which side the bread is buttered and give the 50-50 veridcts in favor of teams they think will help them retain the jobs

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Yeah... surprisingly for a country that provides nearly all the funds for their jobs... Indian players rarely get the benefit of the doubt... though that may be changing a bit..

eng thanks to umpires manage to take a 77 run lead & make 496

It will be a good effort by Bangladesh if they draw this Test, especially considering the umpiring decisions that went against them.

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India's Test record against Australia over last 12 years:

Played 26, Won 10, Lost 10, Drawn 6

Looks like same old story for Bangladesh after all. A few good sessions, but just unable to pull it all together to get a draw/win.

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India's Test record against Australia over last 12 years:

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bd would need to score about 150 more runs to feel safe

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It will be a good effort by Bangladesh if they draw this Test, especially considering the umpiring decisions that went against them.

To be fair, though, none of them were absolutely plumb to the naked eye - and Hawkeye predicted they were hitting the top of the stumps. They'd probably have been reversed on review (unless Daryl Harper was the third umpire )but I wouldn't call them howlers. Just marginals where the batsman got the benefit.

Not like Trott given caught behind off his head in the first test.

^ Well I saw those decisions and most of them looked clearly out. Plus weren't a couple of Bangla batsmen given out incorrectly as well in this Test?

Anyway, they have shown some fight today. Lead is 198 with 1 wicket in hand and 2 sessions left. England should still win, but it may get tricky.

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India's Test record against Australia over last 12 years:

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and england win

but still, well played bangladesh. hoping to c them beat england in the upcoming series in eng

some interesting facts -

this was the 1st time bangladesh made more than 700 runs in a test

and bangladesh have now played 7 tests without making a <200 score. their lowest score has been 233(which is a respectable total to have as a lowest score) over these 14 innings

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^ Plus weren't a couple of Bangla batsmen given out incorrectly as well in this Test?

Not sure. If they were less of a fuss is being made

Haven't seen the video yet, but by all accounts the third umpire run out call was not a good one.

The real point is that all teams get bad calls but the weaker teams have less ability to recover from them. If you're the Windies in the 70s, Australia in the 90s or India now you know that even if one call isn't made you'll get another one soon. For the weaker side that isn't the case. And if you win you tend to gloss over the mistakes.

Bangladesh was unlucky and majority of umpiring decisions went against them.

One of BD batsman hit a perfectly legitimate shot destined for boundary, it hit the boot of Cook in close position and popped out to Tredwell who was bowling!

Not that is called miracle.

I am happy for England because I wanted to see them win. But I could not believe how c.r.a.p. eng were in the second test. If umpires weren't there, they were at best drawing it

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but by all accounts the third umpire run out call was not a good one.

Yes I read about that on the Crizbuzz commentary. You are right in that both sides probably got a similar number of bad decisions. I guess it is a natural reaction to feel more sorry for the weaker team though

Return to form of Pietersen is the biggest plus for England from this series. As for Bangladesh, it's clear now that they can at least stretch stronger most teams at home. The next big step is to take the same kind of performance overseas.

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India's Test record against Australia over last 12 years:

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England with a 3rd String attack...no Sidebottom, Anderson, etc.... win pretty easily in the end...

Bangla cricket is just going nowhere... at least they should have DRAWN this Test...

I think Sidebottom's past it. He just can't stay fit and isn't the player he used to be.

So HR...you think this England attack is pretty much the BEST England can offer? If so, I shudder to think what will happen to them when they visit Australia for the next installment of the Ashes...

Where did I say that? Onions and Anderson would have been an improvement but not Sidebottom any more.

I think Finn could be interesting on a bouncy Aussie track but possibly not this time around. He needs a bit more development.