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Originally Posted by crickwizard
ICC and BCB should have BD team tour around most of the time of the year and BCB needs to do the pitch work at home. These 2 are the keys. In short term they should really find a bowling solution, none of the pacers are upto standard for intl cricket, they are club cricket level. Mash has eaten too much vaat-ghost and lost form. I wish we kept Rafiq like Srilanka kept Jayasuriya.
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A bit harsh there. Shafi and Rubel are extremely talented bowlers who are not handled and guided properly. Shafis line and length is impeccable and can swing the ball, too. He needs to ball in tandem with someone like an in-form Mash. His temperament is right up there. Rubel needs to work intensively on his line and length. Potentially, he could be a world class bowler with his speed and reverse swing. He needs to add conventional swing to his arsenal.
We cannot judge our pacers based on one terrible tour. Lets not forget these were very unfamiliar conditons they played under. If you compare Shahadats maiden England tour and this one you will understand where I'm coming from. Its a shame that he has lost his pace significantly since his first tour.
Our pacers need to bowl more overs in FC matches in all conditions. They have very little experience there.
An in-form Mash, talented Shafi and a desciplined Rubel would make a very decent pace attack. And Shakib is one of the best spinners out there. Yes, you're absolutely right about Rafiq.