[Baundule]

Players who have only one gear does not become much successful , especially, playing in weaker teams like us, simply because opponents are strong enough to get you, if you are not careful enough. A good player must be able to get accustomed in the 'situation', dominating the bowlers does not always mean, close your eyes and hit. A good player must have the quality of judging the deliveries.

Now, for Ashraful, what he said is actually true. His matchwinning 100 was a very good innings; but his 52-ball 94 could be a first ball duck, his match-winning 82 against SA in the world cup was an innings full of risks. His test score of 158* came, when the result was already written on the wall and he went after everything and survived. Cricket is a game of good form and luck. If you are in good form, you can hit everything from the middle of the bat and if you are lucky, edges will fall in the no man's land. The problem is, form changes with time and luck may not be with you. So, even Sachin tendulkar becomes scratchy to score a very effective; but ugly-looking 90+.

If Ashraful can not adjust himself to the demand of the situation, he should not be in the team in the first place. But he will be in the team, he will be given the license to do kill or destroy the opposition and in the process scoring ducks, his faults will be over-shadowed by a lucky 50. This happens in Bangla Cricket, this happened also during the World Cup. We were so busy with celebrating the #7 position that we did not even care for the loss against Ireland, we did not care for the huge losses against everyone else bar SA and India, even Mukuddem of Bermuda almost got us.

Too much chopping ang changing does not work. At the same time, a cricketer should be in a national team, only when he is matured enough in cricketing ability(talent, brain, fitness).