fwullah
November 1, 2003, 10:35 PM
What do you think guys? Is it time for Bangladesh to have a separate captain for tests and ODIs, and a separate team for tests and ODIs in some cases? Besides it also helps us as well as the selectors to and the players to play a certain type of cricket continuously, so that the players won't think of playing like One Dayers in a test match and vice versa. There is the disadvantage of "Rafique" issue that if he was chosen for Tests, then may be he could have taken 50 wickets by now, but it gives some food for thought.
If we choose a separate captain, then Oracle's 'ideal team' in another thread makes out a good test team. I am just copying his 'ideal choice' from the other thread:
IDEAL CHOICE
However if we want to speculate here is my ideal line up:
1Sarkar
2Nafis-he should get a chance
3Javed-Moniruzaman-he should be tried asap.
4Bashar
5Kapali-Ash
6Rajin-Aftab
7pilot
8rafiq (c)
9masri
10talha
11tapash-enamul jr.
The following players may be played in both versions of the game:
1) Hannan Sarkar
2) Habibul Bashar - considering that he performs in ODIs as well
3) Rafique
4) Pilot - or maybe look for a new keeper who is a better batsman for ODIs along with being a good keeper? - Anwar Hossain is not an option here right now since his keeping lacks accuracy.
5) Mashrafee
6) Tapash
The following players could be solely one day specialists: (well, Mushfique is, or had been a one day specialist until Whatmore had seen a test-player in him)
1) Khaled Mahmud (c)
2) Mushfiqur Rahman
3) Naimur Rahman - considering that he's selected
If this idea had been taken earlier, then we might have seen Aminul Islam playing in all the test matches and no one day matches for him and Akram Khan playing in only one day matches and no test matches for him. The disadvantage in that case, if Bangladesh had gotten test status earlier than the year 2000, we would have never discovered what a fine captain Aminul Islam is, for the one dayers.
The advantage is that we would never have let ourselves in trouble like we are in now, when Khaled Mahmud, or previously when Naimur Rahman - who are simply 'one day specialists' - making them captains in both test and one day cricket.
Anyway, these are all speculations and although some of these are being sometime taken into consideration by different selectors or not, I don't think that this is something in Dave Whatmore's mind, particularly now. For example, we all have been discussing that Alok Kapali should have been discarded from the test squad for his poor performance in tests, but he is continuing to be in the test team over the last 3 tours.
If we choose a separate captain, then Oracle's 'ideal team' in another thread makes out a good test team. I am just copying his 'ideal choice' from the other thread:
IDEAL CHOICE
However if we want to speculate here is my ideal line up:
1Sarkar
2Nafis-he should get a chance
3Javed-Moniruzaman-he should be tried asap.
4Bashar
5Kapali-Ash
6Rajin-Aftab
7pilot
8rafiq (c)
9masri
10talha
11tapash-enamul jr.
The following players may be played in both versions of the game:
1) Hannan Sarkar
2) Habibul Bashar - considering that he performs in ODIs as well
3) Rafique
4) Pilot - or maybe look for a new keeper who is a better batsman for ODIs along with being a good keeper? - Anwar Hossain is not an option here right now since his keeping lacks accuracy.
5) Mashrafee
6) Tapash
The following players could be solely one day specialists: (well, Mushfique is, or had been a one day specialist until Whatmore had seen a test-player in him)
1) Khaled Mahmud (c)
2) Mushfiqur Rahman
3) Naimur Rahman - considering that he's selected
If this idea had been taken earlier, then we might have seen Aminul Islam playing in all the test matches and no one day matches for him and Akram Khan playing in only one day matches and no test matches for him. The disadvantage in that case, if Bangladesh had gotten test status earlier than the year 2000, we would have never discovered what a fine captain Aminul Islam is, for the one dayers.
The advantage is that we would never have let ourselves in trouble like we are in now, when Khaled Mahmud, or previously when Naimur Rahman - who are simply 'one day specialists' - making them captains in both test and one day cricket.
Anyway, these are all speculations and although some of these are being sometime taken into consideration by different selectors or not, I don't think that this is something in Dave Whatmore's mind, particularly now. For example, we all have been discussing that Alok Kapali should have been discarded from the test squad for his poor performance in tests, but he is continuing to be in the test team over the last 3 tours.