Audio Clip just for good ole Rob

Hasib · #1 April 30, 2005, 01:32 AM

Hi Rob,

As you have been "entertaining" us with some clips let me show you one rite here...

Interview- Nafis Iqbal

Rob · #2 April 30, 2005, 06:33 AM

Its no lie, with the exception of Giles, the rest of the English spinners are just not up to standard. I suppose Graeme Swann is OK, but that is just about it. The least said about Gareth Batty the better, from my point of view anyway.

The most promising spinner me have is Mark Lawson, who plays for the Yorkshire U-19s. A good leggy, but still much work to do.

oracle · #3 April 30, 2005, 06:42 AM

Invincible

and this is is how freddie will get out

Rob · #4 April 30, 2005, 06:47 AM

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Originally posted by oracle
Invincible

and this is is how freddie will get out

Mashrafes a good bowler, he caused England problems in the last series, he impressed everyone. Your best bowler no doubt. He is more likely to get Vaughan out though with a ball like that. Vaughan keeps kidding himself that he is still one of the worlds best. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE VAUGHNIE.

Sami · #5 April 30, 2005, 07:51 AM

Whenever I see that delivery I have a hard time believing that we got a pacer like him... he is brilliant.

He changed his action after his injury... he looked even more menacing with his earlier run up and action. I hope he keeps on impressing us with more and more deliveries like that... and yeah a 50 now and then wouldnt hurt either.

Akib · #6 April 30, 2005, 08:33 AM

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Originally posted by rob22888
Mashrafes a good bowler, he caused England problems in the last series, he impressed everyone. Your best bowler no doubt. He is more likely to get Vaughan out though with a ball like that. Vaughan keeps kidding himself that he is still one of the worlds best. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE VAUGHNIE.

LOL.... yes i think that is more likely than Flintoff getting out...

al Furqaan · #7 April 30, 2005, 11:08 AM

i never saw mashrafee before the injury...once i did...i was wondering at his run up...this is a fast bowler i asked myself, lol.

but he is GREAAAAAT!!!

Beamer · #8 April 30, 2005, 11:24 AM

As much as Rob is campaigning for Freddie, I doubt whether he will play against us in the test matches. I am actually more worried about Thorpe. He can frustrate our bowlers with his endless patience and build partnerships with middle lower order batsmen. Our inability to finish off the tail is a problem in test matches. Even in recent times, when we had good success bowling out top and middle order batsmen during a test match, the likes of McCullum, Chigumbura ( with taibu ) , Zaheer khan and even Kumble managed to score a sizeable portion of the team total. It is demoralizing and our bowlers seem to lose way after spending a considerable amount of time in the field. Maybe, things will change for the better from now on. We have to sustain the pressure when we get the opposition under the ropes and have to guard against losing way.

Rob · #9 April 30, 2005, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by Beamer
As much as Rob is campaigning for Freddie, I doubt whether he will play against us in the test matches. I am actually more worried about Thorpe. He can frustrate our bowlers with his endless patience and build partnerships with middle lower order batsmen. Our inability to finish off the tail is a problem in test matches. Even in recent times, when we had good success bowling out top and middle order batsmen during a test match, the likes of McCullum, Chigumbura ( with taibu ) , Zaheer khan and even Kumble managed to score a sizeable portion of the team total. It is demoralizing and our bowlers seem to lose way after spending a considerable amount of time in the field. Maybe, things will change for the better from now on. We have to sustain the pressure when we get the opposition under the ropes and have to guard against losing way.

Thorpes a class act, anyone who can make 16 test hundreds and about 35 fifties is class, especially considering all of Englands crapness in the 90's and the personal problems he had that he has gone through.

However, he tends to thrive in bad situations. If you get England three down early, then he is very frustrating as he almost always gets England out of trouble with a gritty 50 or 100. However, if Englands first three wickets make a lot of runs, then Thorpe is very likely to fail. Why? No idea, but that is just the way he is. Probably a lack of experience of batting in good situations having played for England a lot in the 90's.

Your bowlers should know how to get Trescothick out, although his record suggests his technique is harder to crack as it may seem. Trescothick either fails or makes a hundred most of the time, you must try and get him early as he is a very dangerous batsman.

For Vaughan, who is up their with the best on his day, you must bowl tight lines outside off stump. I have lost count how many times he has edged to the keeper or slip in the last 18 months. Vaughan is a good player, anyone who can make 3 big hundreds, damn good aggresive hundreds, in one series against Australia is certainly a good player. Vaughan is just going through a bit of a sticky patch in his career, a patch I am losing patience with to end.

FaltuRidwanBhai · #10 April 30, 2005, 12:06 PM

wow that was really a great delivery. truely just can believe that its a bd bowler doing all that creative work to shewag. poor him. but i think someone else will be sorry soon. thats probably as you said vaughan.
hopefully we will get trescothik and also thorpoe. and hopefully vaughan will continue with his struggle.

Beamer · #11 April 30, 2005, 12:30 PM

Do not doubt Thorpe's class. Like I said, he is the most dangerous man as far as we are concerned. You have given a very eloquent explanation as to why he seems to thrive when England is in bad situation, given Englands history of failures in 90's. Nasser Hussain was another simmilar player though not as classy. I am pretty confident that your openers won't be as successful. Our opening spells can be pretty good and we have got teams uder pressure by taking 2-3 wkts early in the innings ( within 100-150 runs ). I am worried about our inability to sustain the initial pressure and have let teams off in the past. . Thats why I am worried about Thorpe as he also is an exceptional player of spin.

Ahmed_B · #12 April 30, 2005, 12:51 PM

Apart from the english players...I am worried about another thing too. And that is the recent poor catching records of BD side.

In the very recent tours/matches with the bigger teams, BD bowlers have been able to create chances for early breakthroughs... but the fielders, specially the silp fielders have let them down. And batsmen of these classes.. when get lives, do become somewhat like Dinosaurs ! Rememeber tendulker in the very recent series?

I hope they improve on their catching a lot!

FaltuRidwanBhai · #13 April 30, 2005, 01:57 PM

akdom thik kotha kintu bolechen horizon bhai. catch kintu amra ebar shochorachor pabo na. ebong je koitao pabo amar mone hoi na she koitao khub akta tara tari ashbe. shutorang amader kintu all time high alert position a thakte hobe. amar mone hoi amader kichu specialized slip fielder thaka uchit. karon eta kintu akta khubi guruttopurno position. amar mone hoi je wicket keeper jemon shobai hote pare na temne slip fielder howao kintu akta khubi kothin bepar. ebong amar mone hoi ejonno alada training ar proyojon. tobe jai hok ai bharoter biruddhe torun mashrafee kintu besh bhalo koekta catch niyechilen jar jonno kintu amra bharoter biruddhe shai matchti joy labh korechilam. dole kintu rajin ar moton khepro fielder o royeche. shutorang amar mone hoi je mathe shobai jodi aro aktu monojog diye khelte thake taholai kintu eta shombhob. dannabad.