Akib
September 19, 2010, 11:27 PM
The Mushtaq Ahmed award for best overseas player
A few contenders here. Chris Rogers and Mark Cosgrove both enjoyed excellent seasons, with Cosgrove coming within an ace of leading Glamorgan to promotion. Murali Kartik played a big role at Somerset, too. No-one in the country took so many five-wicket hauls (five), while his economy rate ensured his captain of control in the field. The club have had many more glamorous overseas stars - Richards and Garner; Gavaskar and Chapple; Crowe and Waugh; Ponting and Langer - but none have taken the club closer to that elusive Championship title. Warwickshire's Imran Tahir is also worth a mention. He claimed 56 first-class wickets, as well as playing a leading role as Warwickshire reached the quarter-finals of the FP t20 and the final of the CB40. His five wickets in the final were also crucial.
But the winner is Shakib Al Hasan. The first Bangladeshi overseas player in the county game, he defied some slow wickets and produced match-winning bowling performances against Surrey, Gloucestershire and Middlesex.The figures aren't outstanding - a batting average of 25 and a bowling average of 22 - but it is surely significant that Worcestershire won four of the eight first-class games in which he played and, after a horrid losing run, enjoyed four List A victories out of five involving him. He was also refreshingly low maintenance and excellent value for money.
Source: http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/477862.html
Good to see Shakib recognized :D. Great job by him, though I fail to see how a bowling average of 22 is not outstanding.
A few contenders here. Chris Rogers and Mark Cosgrove both enjoyed excellent seasons, with Cosgrove coming within an ace of leading Glamorgan to promotion. Murali Kartik played a big role at Somerset, too. No-one in the country took so many five-wicket hauls (five), while his economy rate ensured his captain of control in the field. The club have had many more glamorous overseas stars - Richards and Garner; Gavaskar and Chapple; Crowe and Waugh; Ponting and Langer - but none have taken the club closer to that elusive Championship title. Warwickshire's Imran Tahir is also worth a mention. He claimed 56 first-class wickets, as well as playing a leading role as Warwickshire reached the quarter-finals of the FP t20 and the final of the CB40. His five wickets in the final were also crucial.
But the winner is Shakib Al Hasan. The first Bangladeshi overseas player in the county game, he defied some slow wickets and produced match-winning bowling performances against Surrey, Gloucestershire and Middlesex.The figures aren't outstanding - a batting average of 25 and a bowling average of 22 - but it is surely significant that Worcestershire won four of the eight first-class games in which he played and, after a horrid losing run, enjoyed four List A victories out of five involving him. He was also refreshingly low maintenance and excellent value for money.
Source: http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/477862.html
Good to see Shakib recognized :D. Great job by him, though I fail to see how a bowling average of 22 is not outstanding.