Bangladesh tigers on the prowl

Cricket's worst Test team Bangladesh had the best Test team (better than even the second best by a mile) Australia on the ropes on the 1st day of the 1st Test between Australia and Bangladesh.

Although the series is being played in Bangladesh, and that usually means flat, placid pitches at least for the first 3 days, the quantum leap they've made in terms of performances in the last couple of years has been very very promising. What's even more inspiring about their first day's performance is that they're playing against an almost full strength Aussie team fresh from their 3-0 cleanup of South Africa in South Africa.

Now if only they can bowl Australia out for a low score - it'll get the cynics up and about talking excitedly of how they always knew Bangladesh had it in them to scare the great Aussies and how it's good for the game, and blah, blah... At the very least, it'll stop them from crying for dismissal of Test status for Bangladesh.

Why do I care so much about Bangladesh cricket? I don't really. I just like the fact that the underdogs in this case are taking the Goliaths from down under, and hitting them hard so far. I always enjoyed a good scrap - especially when someone else is doing all the fighting. Heh! Heh!