al Furqaan
April 20, 2005, 02:58 PM
since the BCB has resumed A team tours on a fairly regular basis, i think we should study the composition of our national team, a team, and u-19 team.
ideally, the A team should be the fodder for new blood into the national team. however, in our history so far, the majority of our current players are direct u-19 call-ups. just look at the list:
masri
ashraful
nazmul
shahadat
enam
tapash
nafis
aftab
abir
in short everyone from the next generation is a u-19er turned pro. this is what accounts for our miserable performances in the past. now, this group is a very promising one indeed. with some more experiece they will be a formidable cricketing force.
The National Team
so here is what i think our national team will be for both tests and ODIs:
1. nafees
2. shahriar nafees
3. bashar (*)
4. aftab
5. ashraful
6. rajin
7. pilot (+)
8. rafique
9. masri
10. tapash
11. enam
12. shahadat
13. nazmul
14. rana
based on pitch conditions, and current form any 11 of these guys should make up the playing XI for our tests and ODIs.
Bangladesh A squad
the A team should be our primary place to get reserves and/or promotions for the national team. here is who i think belongs here:
1. Hannan
2. rokon
3. alok (*)
4. tushar imran
5. Nazimuddin
6. mushfiqur rahim (+)
7. Mushfiqur rahman
8. razzaq raj
9. talha
10. shafaq al zabir
11. wascoroni polash ahmed
12. syed russel
13. nadif choudhury
14. arafat sunny
15. golam rahman
16. dhiman ghosh
this is my proposed line-up. there is of course a third team, the under-19s, who should first be put into the A team squad and then into the national team. inshallah, this puts us in a strong position.
Notes:
i have included talha and razzaq as primarily A teamers because unless they really impress they will not be regulars in our national team. however, they will get the occaisional caps depending on our particular situation and needs at the moment. out of the A team, the most likely to get test/ODI caps are alok, talha, and raj. indeed, talha may get some caps in the england tour. in fact, i strongly suggest playing him in an ODI early in the Natwest. if he performs then let him stay. if not, well we gave him a shot.
as for batting, our best batsmen are on the national squad and they are promising. however, they still remain our weakspot. there are other batsmen who have promise namely, nazimuddin, golam mahbub (or rahman ?), and some u-19 bats.
our bowling is quite strong on both levels, especially the A team squad. all in all, with a good level of a team exposure and solid domestic cricket as we had this year with the NCL, we should make a steady and rapid rise in the international ranks.
one cause for bowling concern is that fact that all of our specialist spinners are SLAs. we need a more varied spin attack. using ash and rajin as part timers is at best an OK idea. tiring them out in the field is not the best idea particularily when you need them to score the bulk of the runs and when you need their excellent fielding ablities.
we need, similar to a GP pacer hunt, a "specialist leg spinner/off spinner" hunt.
let me know what you folks think.
Edited on, April 20, 2005, 8:13 PM GMT, by al Furqaan.
Reason: left some really good stuff out :)
ideally, the A team should be the fodder for new blood into the national team. however, in our history so far, the majority of our current players are direct u-19 call-ups. just look at the list:
masri
ashraful
nazmul
shahadat
enam
tapash
nafis
aftab
abir
in short everyone from the next generation is a u-19er turned pro. this is what accounts for our miserable performances in the past. now, this group is a very promising one indeed. with some more experiece they will be a formidable cricketing force.
The National Team
so here is what i think our national team will be for both tests and ODIs:
1. nafees
2. shahriar nafees
3. bashar (*)
4. aftab
5. ashraful
6. rajin
7. pilot (+)
8. rafique
9. masri
10. tapash
11. enam
12. shahadat
13. nazmul
14. rana
based on pitch conditions, and current form any 11 of these guys should make up the playing XI for our tests and ODIs.
Bangladesh A squad
the A team should be our primary place to get reserves and/or promotions for the national team. here is who i think belongs here:
1. Hannan
2. rokon
3. alok (*)
4. tushar imran
5. Nazimuddin
6. mushfiqur rahim (+)
7. Mushfiqur rahman
8. razzaq raj
9. talha
10. shafaq al zabir
11. wascoroni polash ahmed
12. syed russel
13. nadif choudhury
14. arafat sunny
15. golam rahman
16. dhiman ghosh
this is my proposed line-up. there is of course a third team, the under-19s, who should first be put into the A team squad and then into the national team. inshallah, this puts us in a strong position.
Notes:
i have included talha and razzaq as primarily A teamers because unless they really impress they will not be regulars in our national team. however, they will get the occaisional caps depending on our particular situation and needs at the moment. out of the A team, the most likely to get test/ODI caps are alok, talha, and raj. indeed, talha may get some caps in the england tour. in fact, i strongly suggest playing him in an ODI early in the Natwest. if he performs then let him stay. if not, well we gave him a shot.
as for batting, our best batsmen are on the national squad and they are promising. however, they still remain our weakspot. there are other batsmen who have promise namely, nazimuddin, golam mahbub (or rahman ?), and some u-19 bats.
our bowling is quite strong on both levels, especially the A team squad. all in all, with a good level of a team exposure and solid domestic cricket as we had this year with the NCL, we should make a steady and rapid rise in the international ranks.
one cause for bowling concern is that fact that all of our specialist spinners are SLAs. we need a more varied spin attack. using ash and rajin as part timers is at best an OK idea. tiring them out in the field is not the best idea particularily when you need them to score the bulk of the runs and when you need their excellent fielding ablities.
we need, similar to a GP pacer hunt, a "specialist leg spinner/off spinner" hunt.
let me know what you folks think.
Edited on, April 20, 2005, 8:13 PM GMT, by al Furqaan.
Reason: left some really good stuff out :)