{"id":2880,"date":"2016-10-08T06:29:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T06:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2016-10-08T06:29:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T06:29:04","slug":"bangladesh-still-haunted-by-world-t20-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2016\/10\/08\/bangladesh-still-haunted-by-world-t20-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh still haunted by World T20 collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh were in strong positions with bat and ball but Mashrafe Mortaza was left to rue missed opportunities after England\u2019s resilience saw them home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bangladesh collapsed twice in Mirpur. With 39 runs needed to win from 52 balls, they lost their remaining six wickets for just 17 runs in the space of 6.3 overs. It cost them the match. But they could have secured victory much earlier had they also not dropped three catches and let three fall between fielders in the space of 18.4 overs.<\/p>\n

Since batting takes centre stage in Bangladesh, the collapse will need to be discussed first. Whether you are in professional training or just playing with your cousins in your driveway or in the street, bowling comes a distant second and fielding is almost a formality. Against England at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, batting was going to be the king, the commander and the foot soldier that would take them to victory.<\/p>\n

But once England broke the 118-run fifth-wicket stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Imrul Kayes, the slide set in. It was hard not to think it would, given how Bangladesh collapsed in their last three ODIs.<\/p>\n

During the series against Afghanistan that ended this week, Bangladesh lost 7 for 62 (first ODI), 7 for 54 (second ODI) and 6 for 67 (third ODI). The spans varied between nine to more than 20 overs but whatever the timeline, as collapses usually do, they quickly put them under pressure from a position of strength and comfort.<\/p>\n

Going back a little more, their inexplicable last-over collapse against India in the World T20 came to mind when they were giving it away in this England game. Would this game ever be forgotten? The tell-tale signs of a panicked dressing-room were certainly visible.<\/p>\n

Mosaddek Hossain just wanted to defend the first ball wherever Jake Ball bowled, so his inside edge on to the stumps looked like a nervous poke. It is harsh to expect more calmness from someone playing his third ODI but he has been picked because he is good. Mashrafe Mortaza played a daft shot but by then the tail had already set in.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh don\u2019t bat deep, and it was up to Imrul to take them home. He was tired and cramped so when he got stumped to a Rashid slider, with a century to his name, there was an excuse. But when he had just bludgeoned this bowling attack for the past three hours and 32 minutes, there would be much expectation from him to just see it through.<\/p>\n

The match was over but Mosharraf Hossain, considered an allrounder, was still at the crease. But this is only his second international match after eight years so it was always going to be hard for him. But he was picked because he is good. When Taskin Ahmed edged Ball to the delighted England captain Jos Buttler, the stadium was half empty. Those in the stadium have seen this before, so they didn\u2019t want to see it again.<\/p>\n

Mahmudullah and Mosharraf dropped Stokes on 69 and 71 in successive overs before Mosharraf gave Duckett a chance on 59. Duckett was also fortunate twice more when shots fell between three fielders and just short of Taskin at backward square-leg. Right at the end, Mosaddek erroneously let one bounce inches in front of him thinking Tamim, pedalling back, would go for the catch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh were in strong positions with bat and ball but Mashrafe Mortaza was left to rue missed opportunities after England’s resilience saw them home. Bangladesh collapsed twice in Mirpur. With 39 runs needed to win from 52 balls, they lost their remaining six wickets for just 17 runs in the space of 6.3 overs. It cost them the match. But they could have secured victory much earlier had they also not dropped three catches and let three fall between fielders in the space of 18.4 overs. Since batting takes centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}