World Cup- Bangladesh V Ireland- 25th February

The Bangladesh cricket fan has got a sharp sense of memory. If on the opening day of the World Cup they were never shy of reminding India of 2007 then today they were literally whooping for revenge on the Irish, for the defeat inflicted on them in the same World Cup

You would not be mistaken if you thought you entered a boxing arena or a staged WWE arena going by the din at the ground today. It has become a popular phrase for the Indian Test team to describe the partisan home crowd as their invisible twelfth man. Bangladesh can also say the same about the Mirpur crowd

But it wasn’t all rosy going for the home team. The batting was a collective failure today and the partnership between Rahim and Raqibul gave not only some respect but also something for the bowlers to bowl at. Tamim started off in his customary aggressive fashion and it was his wicket that sparked the collapse

The fielding and the bowling of the Ireland team improved as the match went on. Dockrell impressed of all the bowlers and Rankin was dishing out freebies that Bangladesh capitalised on

Perhaps the players themselves were egged on by the pin in the battle as their exaggerated celebrations on wickets showed. Naeem would be lucky if he did not attract some fine for the way he celebrated a wicket

The batting of Ireland showed up what exactly ails the Associate nations- stomach for a fight or rather diplomatically put, experience in tougher conditions. They stuttered but were then controlled by a partnership between the O’Brien brothers and then the dismissal of Kevin combusted the innings in such a way that it lasted till the end. Whereas the bigger countries tend to rely on four to five players, it is only limited to a couple of players for the associates

The good thing for Bangladesh is that they are still in hunt for the quarter-final berth and with the advantage of playing all their matches at home and also the quarter-final if they don’t face Sri Lanka, Bangladesh have a good chance of making it big with the ‘invisible twelfth man’

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