Friday, March 4, 2011

Shakib left stunned by loss

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan admitted his side have "a lot of things to work on" after their humiliating nine-wicket loss against West Indies.
The Tigers were skittled for just 58 - their lowest ever score in one-day cricket and the fourth worst in the history of the Cricket World Cup - in the short-lived Group B clash in Mirpur.
Junaid Siddique and Mohammad Ashraful were the only home batsmen to make it into double figures as the innings came to an end after just 18.5 overs.
Spinner Sulieman Benn claimed 4-18 while skipper Darren Sammy and paceman Kemar Roach shared the other six wickets.

Consistency

For Shakib the batting performance was baffling. They must now recover quickly from the loss as they move on to Chittagong to play England next.
Shakib left stunned by loss"We never thought we'd bat this poorly because we've been playing really good cricket for last the 12 months and we've been consistent with the bat," the all-rounder said.
"I don't know (what went wrong). We have a lot of things to work on now. We have to sit down and think about it.
"But hopefully we'll come back strongly as there are three more games. If we want to qualify for the second round, we have to win two out of three.
"It is still very much possible, but we have to come back hard."
Chris Gayle made sure West Indies had no problems in their run chase, smashing 37 not out to steer his team home with an astonishing 226 deliveries to spare.
The left-handed opener, however, acknowledged that the lop-sided victory had been set up by the bowlers, singling out the slippery Roach - who removed Tamim Iqbal with the third ball of the match - in particular.
"The wicket seemed to be doing a bit, I mean for the spinners, but Kemar Roach did a brilliant job," he said.
"In fact, all our players stepped up to restrict Bangladesh to 60 runs.
"I think this win will take us to the quarter-final but we still can't relax as we have couple of crucial games coming up against Ireland, India and England."
Motivational speech
Captain Sammy revealed that Gayle had delievered a rousing speech to the squad before play started - despite being under the weather.
"Chris Gayle wasn't feeling well today but I thought he came out and showed how committed he is to the cause," he said.
"He said 'do not take Bangladesh lightly'. We were a little flat in the warm-up and he didn't like that so he encouraged us to go out there and remember Bangladesh would be coming hard at us.
"We've always fancied ourselves but it's up to us to go out there and play competitive and consistent cricket."
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