Habibul Bashar Quotes (37 Quotes)

He looks as if he is in need of a rest. I think there is hardly any problem in his technique and the problem rather lies in mental strength. When he plays he looks like any other great batsman in the world but then he fails to live up to the expectation. And everybody should mind that he is just 21 years old.

No doubt, our first target would be to pick up the remaining wickets quickly but we are already thinking about the second innings. I think the second day was not too bad for us if you consider our first innings total. But all know that we have a very poor

Yes, I am happy that it would not be the same story I have been telling for long. Believe me I am always confident with my team because I know my boys are capable to do anything.

We would try to play better this time and hopefully force at least for a draw.

We are very much happy. We think we achieved a victory in dragging the match to its fifth day against a mighty team.

We have to remedy that and make less mistakes. We play well sometimes, we need to gain self-belief that we can play well consistently.

We know our Test record is not good at all against Sri Lanka. But that all happened in the past. This time we are confident that we can do something what we showed in the one-day series.

Compared to our previous matches against Sri Lanka, we have definitely made significant improvements in the first Test. I must say this time we were more competitive than the past. It is untrue that we have not learned from our mistakes. But I agree that we need a lot more to do in the long run.

I think the situation was more difficult here than the Test match in Pakistan. Pakistan had a very vulnerable tail whereas it was not the case for the Australians and the condition was also altogether a different one. And mind it, the opponent's name is Australia.

We are confident to make something different on our home soil. We will try our best to make an impression in the first game. Sri Lanka may miss some senior players but they are still very strong opponents. One can't call them a second-string side.

If you make a postmortem, you will definitely find visible improvement. What made us most happy that we removed the tag that we had been too bad against Sri Lanka in the past. The one-day victory erased bitter memories and I think our Test performance was

It was a definite boost for our confidence and self belief.

It is fine that finally one of our players got the hundred but honestly speaking I was expecting much more from my top order. Before the series I told my boys that this was a chance for them to make it but it did not happen sadly.

The much-awaited win will embolden our confidence, which will help us build a fight against any team in future.

We need to do better in batting, ... We have been losing too many wickets with the new ball. If we get out of that habit we should be okay.

When we started the series against Sri Lanka, nobody expected us to win anything. But after the first Test (against Australia) everyone had a different impression about us. I think this is our team achievement.

Australia will come back strongly but we are happy to have played a fine first test. Taking them to the fifth day of the match has been no mean achievement for us.

I am satisfied we could push the world champions into a fifth day and that was our moral victory.

It is not impossible because we have beaten several strong teams in the past, and now we can wish for a win against Sri Lanka too.

I think it is difficult to make any plan successful against a team like Australia. We will better concentrate on our own game.

We feel now that we can push any team in the world. We are showing improvement which is most important. As Dav has said, we have to be more consistent with our batting, but we have improved.

It would be really great if we can carry the tempo into our next home assignment against Australia next month. We know how tough it would be against the World champions but if we can carry the good work to the next series, I think it will be a real success for us.

We have seen how someone in their team inevitably contributes when needed. Our tail can learn a great deal from Gillespie. Not only his double century, he was also involved in a big partnership with Adam Gilchrist in the first Test when they were in a corner and Brett Lee also took the game away from us with his batting in the second innings. The bottom line is we all need to work a bit more harder.

It is the brightest day that has ever come in my life, ... I'll cherish this day as long as I live and play.

True, they have lot of world class players and they have been dominating Test cricket for many years. We respect them fully but we are not afraid at all. We've nothing to lose, everything to gain. It will be a great motivation for us.

There are still four days to go and you all know that Australia can bounce back from any stage. That's why our first target would be to bat at least two more sessions tomorrow and then we can think about saving the match. There is no scope to be over excited. It would have been satisfactory had we finished the day losing one less wicket. A century would have been good not only for me but also for the benefit of the team. Making a century against Australia is always special for any batsman.

It is a very good batting wicket and the outfield is fantastic. I definitely want to win the toss here.

The national team players are very serious to perform well in the competition.

We have already started to talk about the issue. This time we are going to play session by session rather than putting runs on board or thinking about setting a target. I have faith in my boys that they will put their best to finish the series on a high note.

That victory against Australia has given us the confidence that we can beat any side in the world,

It was a great Test match for us -- we had our chances. Pushing Australia to five days is a great thing to achieve and everyone is doing their job. Ricky was unstoppable today.

Yes, it is satisfactory the way we finished the first game but there are still three matches to go. I can't say after one victory that we will make it 4-0 because Kenya have a knack to upset world's formidable sides.

This has been a very good match for us as it has taught us how to fight hard against top teams. It has been satisfying in the end but I thought we lost the match in our second innings.

We have already proven that nothing is impossible in a one-day game. We have the ability to do something special on the given day.

Even I slept well last night. We actually tried to take it easy so that we didn't feel much pressure. We tried to isolate ourselves from the outside world and told each other that this is the standard we are going to believe in. We are not doing something unusual. We have the merit to perform like this.

The way the young Sri Lankan carried his innings was absolutely brilliant and I think he snatched the match from us. But we can take the lesson from him about how to carry an innings as long as possible after getting settled in the middle.

No team could be compared with them but we are counting on the good cricket we've played recently. I have little doubt about the ability of my players and I want stubborn efforts from them.