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Originally Posted by Gowza
not exactly sure what you're saying here..... but to give an example, someone like David Hussey (mike hussey's younger brother) would pretty much be guaranteed a spot in any test side other than australia. the reason he hasn't made the aussie test side is because there is too much depth to make the team, not because he isn't good enough to play test cricket. these players could potentially (we're never going to truly know unless they do play test cricket) rack up more rating points and therefore rank higher than some of the players already in that ranking system, that would mean some players on the list would have to be doing better than they are currently to achieve the rank they've currently been given, and if they don't then they'd be pushed down the list....
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correct,
but lets suppose D Hussey does play hypothetically speaking...and achieves a rank high rank, lets say a top 15 rating. then somone who is currently on the top 15 would fall out of the ratings. which means essentially that it doesn't matter who plays or not. the top 15 will be the top 15 regardless of their name.
im not saying that D Hussey is not Test grade, but he isn't good enough to force his way into the OZ first XI thats for sure. he may even be good enough to play tests for OZ, but he's not better than the current group of core batsmen which is why he isn't there.
but one thing is for certain, there can only be a maximum of 7 batsmen per Test side, and given 8 top sides, that means the top 56 batting spots are a good place for any Bangladeshi batsmen to be in.
the depth or lack of depth in any other nation means nothing. it would mean something if ash was ranked number 45 and the rest of batsmen were scrubs from the top sides.
being ranked 45 is a decent achievement (of course our boys shouldnt be satisfied by that as an ultimate goal) because we know that the 44 batsmen above ashraful really are classy Test batsmen.