Rifat
December 28, 2007, 06:39 AM
this is a reflection thread. i wasn't as dissapointed wih the performances yesterday because i wasn't expecting a win. i was very dissapointed with the first ODI since i was expecting a win. but overall, Bangladesh have shown trends of improvement...
1. 1st ODI: they were batting exceptionally until the 27th over... even though we think the pressure was off the Bangladeshi batsmen, but pressure was on them, on them to carry on to 50 overs. this is all psychological... All the Supporters of Bangladeshi were flying with hopes of a victory when the score was 148/3 in the 28th over. but somehow, everyone expected Bangladesh to carry on critics and supporters alike, given the recent boom boom improvement in our cricket play. so our batsmen were feeling the burden of "Must go on" type attitude. this type of attacking batting attitude is something only we have seen recently against class opposition. too much expectation led to psychological pressure, psychological pressure led to inevitable collapse.
2. 2nd ODI: i thought they batted quite well for the first 12 overs. again, they lose the psychological advantage when the expectations start soaring again,with psychological pressure, collapse is once again inevitable.
3. satisfaction versus demand: they are quite capable players, they lose it after playing half of the match because the 20/20 format has distracted the players abilities to continuosly perform. when the team does really good, are in command,on song, they start feeling pressure tat they should finish it, the demand for them to play well allows them to carry that exra psychological pressure to let them slack off a bit for ive to seven overs, little o they realize how improtant every singe moment is in international cricket. i wuld still overlook someo of their blunders because we are yet to have a full strength experienced squad, young talent is not the only way to suceed in cricket.
the think they are satisfied when they hit a coupleof fours or a fancy six. but in reality, to pay a successful cricket innings you have to balance aggression with defense playing safe shots and rotating the strike.
4. consistent performance: if you look at Aftab, Ashraful, Razzak, Rafique, Mortaza they have been playing for Bangladesh for quite a while, thus do are still young, but however, they have quite some experience under their respective names. they have the abililty o perform on a consisten basis, an th have rightfuly done so, especially the skipper Mohammad ashraful. Talent like Shahriar Nafees were getting used to internatinal arena, until a patch of poor performances gets him off the team. one has to agree though, he was amon te most consistent performers on song when he was in the team. the truth is, even though fans know, guys like Ashraful, nad Tamim Iqbal are quite capable of batting 50 overs, they do not come to the crease with that type of mindset, they come to the crease thinking that i will take my team to an excellent position,: but when we are in an excellent position, they feel as if they had doe their job, to en extent that is true,sadly our middle order failed to carry on the momentum built by Ashraful and Tamim in the first ODI against New Zealand on boxing day.
5.the strength of the opposition: this cricket season, we have beeen consistently been challenged by India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. even though or team has lost all the matches against India, the team has perfomed quite well gainst them at home soil. we did good becasue we had a psychological advantage over them. we have been losing consistently because of the given strength of the opposition is not what we are used to since last year. the game plan formula is there, the confidence is thre, only thing missing is enough experience for the players.
so you see, it is not a question of whether Bangladesh can play effective cricket or not, we have quite dominantly shown not only we an play but play effectively. it is all a matter of team morale, team chemistry and experience that still eludes the Bangladesh team from a victory, a well deserved convincng victory. it is all psychological.
1. 1st ODI: they were batting exceptionally until the 27th over... even though we think the pressure was off the Bangladeshi batsmen, but pressure was on them, on them to carry on to 50 overs. this is all psychological... All the Supporters of Bangladeshi were flying with hopes of a victory when the score was 148/3 in the 28th over. but somehow, everyone expected Bangladesh to carry on critics and supporters alike, given the recent boom boom improvement in our cricket play. so our batsmen were feeling the burden of "Must go on" type attitude. this type of attacking batting attitude is something only we have seen recently against class opposition. too much expectation led to psychological pressure, psychological pressure led to inevitable collapse.
2. 2nd ODI: i thought they batted quite well for the first 12 overs. again, they lose the psychological advantage when the expectations start soaring again,with psychological pressure, collapse is once again inevitable.
3. satisfaction versus demand: they are quite capable players, they lose it after playing half of the match because the 20/20 format has distracted the players abilities to continuosly perform. when the team does really good, are in command,on song, they start feeling pressure tat they should finish it, the demand for them to play well allows them to carry that exra psychological pressure to let them slack off a bit for ive to seven overs, little o they realize how improtant every singe moment is in international cricket. i wuld still overlook someo of their blunders because we are yet to have a full strength experienced squad, young talent is not the only way to suceed in cricket.
the think they are satisfied when they hit a coupleof fours or a fancy six. but in reality, to pay a successful cricket innings you have to balance aggression with defense playing safe shots and rotating the strike.
4. consistent performance: if you look at Aftab, Ashraful, Razzak, Rafique, Mortaza they have been playing for Bangladesh for quite a while, thus do are still young, but however, they have quite some experience under their respective names. they have the abililty o perform on a consisten basis, an th have rightfuly done so, especially the skipper Mohammad ashraful. Talent like Shahriar Nafees were getting used to internatinal arena, until a patch of poor performances gets him off the team. one has to agree though, he was amon te most consistent performers on song when he was in the team. the truth is, even though fans know, guys like Ashraful, nad Tamim Iqbal are quite capable of batting 50 overs, they do not come to the crease with that type of mindset, they come to the crease thinking that i will take my team to an excellent position,: but when we are in an excellent position, they feel as if they had doe their job, to en extent that is true,sadly our middle order failed to carry on the momentum built by Ashraful and Tamim in the first ODI against New Zealand on boxing day.
5.the strength of the opposition: this cricket season, we have beeen consistently been challenged by India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. even though or team has lost all the matches against India, the team has perfomed quite well gainst them at home soil. we did good becasue we had a psychological advantage over them. we have been losing consistently because of the given strength of the opposition is not what we are used to since last year. the game plan formula is there, the confidence is thre, only thing missing is enough experience for the players.
so you see, it is not a question of whether Bangladesh can play effective cricket or not, we have quite dominantly shown not only we an play but play effectively. it is all a matter of team morale, team chemistry and experience that still eludes the Bangladesh team from a victory, a well deserved convincng victory. it is all psychological.