Ashraful stays strangely silent [Archive]

LateCut

June 2, 2009, 05:45 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/2009/06/ashraful_stays_strangely_silen.html

What was his problem? Is this the way to represent your country? Captains has to lead on and off the field. What was he afraid of? You do not have to be fluent like Sanagakara but he is atleast as good as Inzamam! He was not bad at the end of the SL game. He defended very well when talking about upsets BD may inflict to higher ranking teams.

BD-Shardul

June 2, 2009, 06:00 PM

Kothar asphalone kotodur jaowa jabe? tai kotha na bolai bhalo. Ash did the right thing. We will talk on 6th June.

Nafi

June 2, 2009, 06:03 PM

. Ash did the right thing. We will talk on 6th June.

Yes exactly.

RazabQ

June 2, 2009, 06:05 PM

http://www.banglacricket.com/alochona/showpost.php?p=868704&postcount=36

LateCut [বাংলা]তো দেখি[/বাংলা] appropriately late ;) This has already been discussed ...

Akib

June 2, 2009, 06:07 PM

Maybe he was star struck.

Regardless, its not really that important. Probably better to do the talking on the field, rather than at some dinner. And plus, what was he really going to say?

Jesus87

June 2, 2009, 06:15 PM

Mihir Bose the writer of the article will remain silent after 6th of June.

tiger_club

June 2, 2009, 06:26 PM

i like that! let's forget this and look forward to 6th June

FagunerAgun

June 2, 2009, 06:43 PM

Before lip services, provide bat services, specially on June the 6th.

Roni_uk

June 2, 2009, 07:06 PM

Poor guy.. someone really needs to give him some good english lessons.

Yameen

June 2, 2009, 07:16 PM

he may have his reasons which he didnt choose to share about why he didnt speak and I am sure theres a perfectly viable explanation and nothing to do with pride or english etc

Of course the real talking will be done with his bat on the 6th and beyond Inshallah

billah

June 2, 2009, 07:25 PM

I support this. Good. He can get by with his English. I don't think that is an issue. I'm glad he decided not to gab. Hope he lets his bat do the talking come match day.

bujhee kom

June 2, 2009, 07:33 PM

Ashraful doesn't talk much...he is a real man like Clint Eastwood!

Rifat

June 2, 2009, 09:40 PM

But later when I spoke to Gabby I discovered that there was no such snub. It was Ashraful, himself, who told Gabby he did not want to be asked any questions.

i see signs of maturity, ALhamdulillah :) i support ashraful in this case.

bujhee kom

June 2, 2009, 09:45 PM

I respect and value Ashraful as a real tough guy!

BD Tigers

June 2, 2009, 09:52 PM

Imteaz

June 2, 2009, 10:34 PM

Ashraful is Improving on his English. Hope to see somehting better in near future.

Foozy

June 2, 2009, 10:57 PM

There has to be something happened in the party. May be guests were laughing at him/BD as we dont have any chance of wining or something else. who knows? May be that's why he didn't want to talk. Whatever the reason, I dont care. I'd rather see him talk with his bat than answer questions from some hosts.

Also today he responded very well about "upset" word used by Naser Hussain. THAT WAS GREAT!!! World needs to know its not upset anymore to beat teams like India/SF/WI etc. Upset will be not to beat them easily :)

My guess is that he felt he wasn't treated right in the IPL (himself and masri actually). And since most of the questions were from the IPL, he decided not to talk. Good choice in the end as long as our bats do the talking on the 6th. If not.....

al-Sagar

June 3, 2009, 01:38 AM

Our players did the talking in the field, 2 wins against the minnows and competative matches against the stronger sides. No need off field talking. Let our batters and bowlers do the talking in the field on 6th june

BANFAN

June 3, 2009, 01:50 AM

IPL matured him I guess and that's where he has learnt to keep quiet. Good.

bujhee kom

June 3, 2009, 01:53 AM

Ashraful is a deep thinking philosopher batsman!

beshideshi

June 3, 2009, 02:08 AM

Come on lads, I have never seen any Bangladeshi captain speak as fluently as Ash did against SL/AUS. Well about his silence, may be he just wanted to avoid talking? or probably he was too tired after the game? But I think Ash has been the best captain BD has had till date, he has grown in confidece, with making much better moves, talking quite fluently. I think we have found the Stephen Fleming/Graeme Smith. Cause i dont see anyone taking his captiancy, unless he performs like crap

WarWolf

June 3, 2009, 02:11 AM

Mihir Bose the writer of the article will remain silent after 6th of June.
Inshallah.

bdchamp20

June 3, 2009, 02:41 AM

What do you mean he was star-struck? He has been playing International cricket for 8 years and has been captain of a Test team for 2 years. He just came out from playing with team-mates such as Tendulkar and Jayasuriya. He is being criticised and rightly so. What kind of maturity is shown by snubbing a country's biggest sports show? As a captain he is responsible for promoting ICC events. And what does this have anything to do with the match on the 6th? Sometimes we are just too blind and excited and "he will reply with his bat" just sounds plain stupid. If he was really mature he would've put whatever happened in the party behind and put a brave face in front of the camera. Just when you think he is maturing he does something like slapping a spectator or this or like what happened yesterday he just turned his back to Tamim. This kid lets me down so badly on the field and off the field...

nahaz

June 3, 2009, 03:08 AM

No biggie..but if I was Ashraful, I'd tell them to ask just one or two questions if I didn't want to talk, and answer briefly. If I was worried about being on the spot, I would have asked them to let me know the questions beforehand. Nothing that can't be managed.

maybe he heard the topic and thought there's not much worth talking..especially if its IPL. More that ppl snub IPL, the better..

Isnaad

June 3, 2009, 03:19 AM

Ash will talk with his bat.

hoodlum

June 3, 2009, 03:32 AM

Ashraful is Improving on his English. Hope to see somehting better in near future.

He is taking some English speaking course in a university as i heard.

Sohel

June 3, 2009, 04:02 AM

Looks like he's wising up and learning to just shut up and play. Always better to speak softly and carry a big bat. WTG Keptin Shaab! ... :up:

Rabz

June 3, 2009, 04:03 AM

Had he opened his mouth with the usual jibrish...blah blah blah...it would have got only 2 lines in the media.

Now he didnt, it got a whole article!

Who's the winner?

Actions, not words.

Naimul_Hd

June 3, 2009, 05:40 AM

it takes guts not to speak foolishly like others do rather stay calm and avoid unnecessary pressure from media.

I would say he has done it properly besides when he already said the presenter not to ask any questions prior to the function.

But one thing is the most important tht he needs to lead the team as a proactive captain and manage a good performance against big boys. Otherwise, everything done with the media would backfire him.

I wish all the best to Ash and his Co. :flag:

Isnaad

June 3, 2009, 05:48 AM

Had he opened his mouth with the usual jibrish...blah blah blah...it would have got only 2 lines in the media.

Now he didnt, it got a whole article!

Who's the winner?

Actions, not words.

:):flag:

CricFanBD

June 3, 2009, 06:05 AM

Ashraful is a deep thinking philosopher batsman!
You make my day..ha ha ha

Ashfaq

June 3, 2009, 06:08 AM

Ashraful is a deep thinking philosopher batsman!

Yeah, that's why he gets lapse of concentration so requently. The colour of the sky, the aroma of the air, all rouses the philosopher in him and he starts to think, "In this endless universe, I'm an insignificant man doing an insignifiacnt job. What the hell, get out and contemplate the mystery of life."

After getting out, he snaps back to reality and realizes he's become a real fool, so he smiles a sardonic smile at his inner philosopher, who, in the material world, is just another foo.

BanCricFan

June 3, 2009, 06:14 AM

Ashraful is a deep thinking philosopher batsman!

It takes one genius to recognise the other one ;)

How about a co-authorship of a book entitled "The Art of Batting" with Ash? It would be a screamer!

BanCricFan

June 3, 2009, 06:19 AM

Yeah, that's why he gets lapse of concentration so requently. The colour of the sky, the aroma of the air, all rouses the philosopher in him and he starts to think, "In this endless universe, I'm an insignificant man doing an insignifiacnt job. What the hell, get out and contemplate the mystery of life."

After getting out, he snaps back to reality and realizes he's become a real fool, so he smiles a sardonic smile at his inner philosopher, who, in the material world, is just another foo.

Finally, we have someone who has debunked the undebunkable! Classic stuff:)

Baundule

June 3, 2009, 06:52 AM

Ashraful is more mature off the field. I did not like the Mihir Bose article.
Ashraful was and what is more at first it looked like a terrible snub to one of the minnows of world cricket.
The word minnow was uncalled for and also does not apply to one of the top 10 teams of the world. He should have checked the T20 ranking.
the Bangladesh captain, whose team cannot be expected to progress very far, was only there to stand and wait on the recognised powers of the game.
His attitude is evident from this quotation.

So, he can say whatever he likes; but the only impression I have is that I wasted my valuable 2 minutes reading his article.

beshideshi

June 3, 2009, 07:05 AM

Indians act like BD is nothing.... I mean still they call us minnows??? and even though ICC seeded us as no.8 we are still 'not expected to go very far'?? And i will say it as many times needed, Ash will be the best captain in BD history, he is already showing signs of it.
I just pray for one thing, BD beating India, if we beat india, I will be the happiest person ever. Let it be the big slap in them face, an answer to many of the injustices our cricket team has faced. Let ashraful talk.....let him talk against Ishants/Zaheers.

yaseer

June 3, 2009, 07:12 AM

Ignore this bhua writers.
Bujhlam na, ekta press conference e onnoder moto chapabaji/golabaji kore nai bole ekkebare heading banai article likhe felte hobe? eita ki asolei eto boro issue? ei betar motlob hoitese kono bhabe BD ke or amader captain ke nichu dekhano. Jottoshob bhua Indian writer.

BanCricFan

June 3, 2009, 08:58 AM

Ashraful is more mature off the field. I did not like the Mihir Bose article.

The word minnow was uncalled for and also does not apply to one of the top 10 teams of the world. He should have checked the T20 ranking.

His attitude is evident from this quotation.

So, he can say whatever he likes; but the only impression I have is that I wasted my valuable 2 minutes reading his article.

One more deshi bombastic bash- in the deshi sense of the word- to India on the 6th will force him to reconsider his attitude!

auntu

June 3, 2009, 09:18 AM

Mihir Bose the writer of the article will remain silent after 6th of June.

Haha..I like this one..:D

Imteaz

June 3, 2009, 09:30 AM

So, We should talk after the match and keep silence now.

LateCut

June 3, 2009, 12:42 PM

The fact that he requested that no question be asked is a sign of weakness or lack of confidence. He just could have responded to a generic question with generic answer like he did after the SL game. For example, he could say something like this to any question posed to him. "We do not consider ourselves to be minnows or a lowly ranked team. In 20/20 format we can compete with anybody and win some of those. Do not term the ones we win with big teams as upsets. We are a confident bunch and we have the talent and skill to beat anybody in this tournament."

Ashfaq

June 3, 2009, 01:09 PM

It's a bit redundent now. Only Allah and Ash knows the real reason behind his silence. Lets not act like bangla film kutni buri who finds a conspiracy in everything. He didn't speak, big deal. If that whats his name reporter didn't make such a big deal out of this, it would have slipped off the radar totally.

auntu

June 3, 2009, 01:15 PM

Nafis 1718

June 3, 2009, 01:21 PM

kotha kom kaj beshi......he is gonna show it

Murad

June 3, 2009, 01:21 PM

Howcome no one else picked up this news? Only Bose and BBC picked it up!

CI or any other cricket website didn't report anyting like this like.

Ashfaq

June 3, 2009, 01:55 PM

Howcome no one else picked up this news? Only Bose and BBC picked it up!

CI or any other cricket website didn't report anyting like this like.

CI, for all it's fault is the primiere cricket news agency. Why should it concern itself with petty rumour mongering?

RazabQ

June 3, 2009, 06:42 PM

CI, for all it's fault is the primiere cricket news agency. Why should it concern itself with petty rumour mongering?CI for all its "premier" position can't even afford to send a reporter to each game. They basically watch off the tv and report on a bunch of these. And CI TV appears to consist of blokes reading out match bulletin with a back-drop of scorecard; we have to troll to all sorts of blogs for high-lights!