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There is no actual term for the way you felt when watching Bangladesh over the last ten years. Its a combination of hope and pain. The hope they will do wells up but is usually brought down by the pain when they inevitably dont. It might be from one game or one series. Maybe they had a good session or day, or you saw a young cricketer who you think has a bright future. The hope rises, but the next game, the next day, the next series brings you back down, and that player you invested in, much like Bangladesh, loses the quality that excited you and fades away.Even in their best players, there has been disappointment. Tamim Iqbal paints Lords with his glory, and yet spends most of his time in mediocrity. Shakib Al-Hasan is one of the best allrounders in the world, but its doubtful weve ever seen him consistently at his best. Mashrafe Mortazas dodgy knees have kept away a quality player and sensible head. And then there is the horror story of Mohammad Ashraful, their first prodigal son, their first cautionary tale.Their loss in the World T20 against India was perhaps their most Bangladesh moment. They had come into the tournament after being a World Cup quarter-finalist, they had played quality limited-overs cricket, discovered the marvels of Mustafizur Rahman, and were expected to cause an upset and perhaps sneak into the semi-finals. For most of the match against India they were not playing like some afterthought of modern cricket, but like the team their country so desperately wants them to be. And not against any team, but against the favourites of the tournament, in their own backyard. They were virtually over the line, so much so that it inspired a premature celebration from Mushfiqur Rahim, that looked silly at the time, but was far sillier then whey managed to lose the game.It was yet another moment when Bangladesh tried to show they were Tigers and proved they were Toygers. Not for the first time, the cricket world lost patience with them: when will this team grow up?Bangladesh are one of the luckiest cricket nations in history. You could argue that they were involved in Test matches over 50 years ago, as East Pakistan, and they should have been pushed, helped and funded back then, but that isnt what cricket does. But once they started playing cricket at a top Associate level, they needed to win only one game to get Test status. Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe had similar luck, but in the modern era the other teams have not fared as well.Kenya beat West Indies in the 96 World Cup, then in the 2003 World Cup they beat Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and thanks to a walkover from New Zealand, made the semi-finals. They never received a Test call. And if Kenyan fans feel slighted, what of Irish fans - they have had three successful World Cup campaigns and are still not a Test team.Those from the major nations feel Bangladesh havent significantly improved, and those from the smaller countries think Bangladesh have misused their golden ticket.From a modern standpoint you can see how there might be grounds for those arguments. Bangladeshs senior players were dropped to push youth, and instead of fielding a quality team of youngsters, they became an immature team of spoilt brats. The next generation never really came on at all. They struggled to fill an XI with international-quality players. Their fans have become known as boisterous at best and vicious at worst. And their chairman, the ICC president at the time, all but suggested that the World Cup quarter-final was rigged against his team.All of this has left many cricket fans feeling like this team has underperformed, over-complained and will never make it. Some say if they have been this poor for this long, they will never make it.The thing is, they were never supposed to be good enough. The only way to get consistent at international cricket is by playing international cricket for a long time. That has been proved many times in cricket history.New Zealands first Test win was in their 16th series, and that was a dead rubber after West Indies already led 3-0. They won their first series after 39 years, 1-0 against Pakistan in 1969. Before that series they had won six Tests in 92. And even after that first series win it took them another ten years to win another. New Zealands paramount moment was not a win but a drawn series against England. To get the 0-0 result after three Tests, they batted like statues for days on end after stacking their batting. They didnt win a Test, but they won respect, and slowly over the years they continued to get better.And it isnt just New Zealand. South Africa didnt win a Test until 15 years into their Test career, despite usually playing teams from England that included non first-class players, and third- or fourth-string teams. And in 1906, when they won, it was largely because they mastered the wrongun before anyone in England knew much about it. Before that, they had lost every single Test they had played in bar one.Indias first two series wins were against Pakistan and New Zealand, both of whom had not won a series at that point. It took India 29 years to beat England in a series. It was 19 years before they beat England in a Test, and 15 Tests.New teams dont get a lot of Tests. That was the same then as it is now. Bangladesh havent played Australia in a decade. When they went into the first Test against England, they hadnt played a Test in over a year. This latest win was only their tenth Test against England in their 16-year history; recently England and Australia played that many against each other in less than 12 months.And it isnt like Bangladesh could rely on a solid first-class structure. Until they were a Test nation, they had no first-class cricket of any kind. Their premier competition, the National Cricket League, had only started a year before. To be a consistent and top-quality Test team, having a quality first-class system is a must. They were learning to play Test cricket when they were learning how to make a first-class structure. Their chances of instant success, or any success, or just regular non-embarrassment, would have relied on a fair bit of luck. Like them being held back for no good reason for up to 50 years, as Sri Lanka were, or playing in another countrys first-class set-up, as Zimbabwe had done, or somehow unearthing someone as talented as Fazal Mahmood while taking a few Test players from another country, like Pakistan did. It took New Zealand over 40 years to find one bowler as good as Fazal Mahmood. Bangladesh might be working with more human resources, but top-quality bowling needs good captains, selectors, coaches, competitions and pitches to help it. You can make a Test team with the strike of a pen; the rest takes time. When England toured there in 2010, the story oft quoted was that Bangladesh, the entire country, only had three bowling machines. Millfield school in England probably has more than that.If it was hard for new teams back when South Africa was playing an English 3rd XI on matting wickets, think of how hard it is now for a developing country. Bangladesh arent just playing against 11 men from England, theyre playing one of the most organised cricket bodies that has ever existed. They are playing an English cricket team that has a 200-year first-class history; a system that sucks in professionals from other countries as well. They are taking on the second richest cricket board in human history. You can have all the passion and goodwill in the world, but you are fighting a cricket institution, a powerhouse, and not just 11 pretty good players.So far Bangladeshs biggest successes dont look like much. They have been against Zimbabwe. That is very much like how India started off by beating Pakistan and New Zealand. Their other success was against a strike-breaking West Indies team with a batting line-up that was nameless then, let alone now. They built up a five-series ODI winning streak. Made a World Cup quarter-final. And they broke through the glass ceiling that cricket put up just to keep them out of the Champions Trophy.That might not sound like much from 16 years as a Test nation, but considering where they started, how long it takes to grow in cricket, what they have achieved is extraordinary. There was no system; they were essentially a paper team, thrown into top-flight cricket on a whim. Theyve never been well funded, theyve had political interference in their cricket, and they are the pride of a nation desperate for their instant success.That they managed to beat England, not just any team, but a culturally significant team in cricket, at their tenth try, is one of the great moments in cricket. This would have been an excellent series had it been played between two teams of equal status, but for it to happen between No. 10 and No. 1, when it comes to the order in which they entered the game, it was a truly historic moment. Hopefully one that will become known as the day Bangladesh grew up.Their fans will never lose that hope or pain; more success only truly brings more pain when you fail. But the teams next big development will be when neutrals start hoping they fail, and feeling pain when they consistently beat their side. Because when Bangladesh are detested, not patronised and ignored, that is when they will know they have made it.It will take a long time, but in cricket, things do take time. Swell Marble Bottle Uk . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. Liberty Swell Bottle Uk ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. http://www.swellbottleuk.com/ . 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"Any time you play your old team and you dont leave on the best of terms you want to go there and you want to embarrass them, and we were able to do that tonight," said Williams, who was cut by the Tiger-Cats in February after two seasons in Hamilton. Saskatchewan (4-0) remains the only undefeated team in the CFL while the Ticats (1-3) dropped into a three-way tie for last in the East Division. The game was Austins first in Saskatchewan since coaching the Riders to the 2007 Grey Cup. Austin left the Roughriders after the championship win and spent five years in the U.S. college ranks before signing on as Hamiltons head coach and general manager in December. "Weve got to look at our lineup," he said. "Like I told the coaches, its going to start with us. Weve got to figure out what our guys can do well and only ask them to do that because theres some things we just arent good enough to do." Williams returned to the Roughriders, with whom he played his first three CFL seasons, after the Ticats released him and, in the lead-up to Sundays game, pledged to make Austin look bad. He delivered by sacking Burris on Hamiltons first drive of the third and fourth quarters, putting an exclamation point on a sparkling day for the Riders defence, which also forced three first-half turnovers. "They have problems over there and next week when they see us were going to try to do the same thing," said Williams, whose team will travel to Hamilton for a rematch in Week 5 on July 27. The game was big in other ways for Saskatchewan as well. Big as in 310-pound offensive lineman Dan Clark, who lined up as a tight end and caught the first touchdown of his career on an eight-yard pass from Durant to end the third quarter. "Its an unbelievable experience," said Clark, who was mauled by his teammates after the catch and gave the ball to his father after the game. "I never thought in 10 years of football that Id be catching the ball in the end zone in the CFL." The Riders also overcame a big mental hurdle, after last years team also opened 3-0 only to drop five straight games en route to an 8-10 finish. Saskatchewan -- ranked seventh in yards allowed entering Sundays ggame -- held the Ticats to 161 yards of net offence, forced them to punt 11 times and also got sacks from Craig Butler, Jermaine McElveen and Ricky Foley.dddddddddddd "On defence what we talked about is being a championship defence and making sure teams dont score," said Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin. "We went back and we thought we had some poor fourth quarters over the last couple of weeks. The guys did a good job of playing quarter-by-quarter. They did a great job and they had great focus ... and it just turned out being no points." With the Roughriders facing a north wind in the first quarter that gusted to over 50 km/h throughout the game, the defence came up with a steady stream of big plays before Durant found his groove. The returning Eddie Russ forced the ball from the hands of Ticats receiver Greg Ellingson in the first quarter to give Saskatchewan the ball near midfield, and made a shoestring tackle on Samuel Giguere on Hamiltons next possession to force a third-and-one attempt that came up short. Chris Milo got Saskatchewan on the board with his first of three field goals to start the second quarter and the Riders got the ball right back when Butler came up with an end zone interception on a Henry Burris pass intended for Ellingson. Saskatchewan took a 16-0 lead into halftime after a 28-yard touchdown pass from Durant to Bagg and two more field goals from Milo, including a career-best 47-yarder with the wind at his back. The last gasp of wind in the Ticats sails was snuffed out by a pass interference call near the end of the third quarter that negated a 30-plus yard interception return by Rico Murray. Geroy Simon made his Roughriders debut and kept his streak of consecutive games with a reception alive on a six-yard catch in the first quarter. He added a 32-yard grab in the third to set up Clarks TD, and now has catches in 174 straight games. The Riders padded their lead in the fourth quarter with a 60-yard TD reception by Bagg and a 28-yard touchdown pass to Weston Dressler. Bagg finished with a game-high 125 yards on five catches. Durant completed 20 of 32 passes for 347 yards with no interceptions. Burris went 16-for-27 for 158 yards before giving way to Dan LeFevour with five minutes to play. LeFevour finished 3-for-4 with 21 yards. NOTES: Saskatchewan scratched DB Macho Harris, LB Abraham Kromah, DB Terrell Maze and SB Eron Riley. Hamilton scratches included former Roughriders Luca Congi and James Patrick, as well as defensive end Brandon Boudreaux and offensive lineman Cody Husband. ' ' '