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Originally posted by Zunaid
Some random thoughts and observations on this issue:
Heresy thought: Does Bashar (and some others) belong in the ODI team? He is becoming more of a bane than a boon?
ducking from the brick-bats....
as myself...
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I don't think there is anything heretical about your comments. Any comment, however far-fetched , but civil can be discussed.
The Bashar situation is intriguing. You would have thought that the way he plays a test innings was tailor-made for ODI's - but his average is virtually half [ over 50 matches for ODI's , about 30 in tests ].
Since, he plays in the same position in both forms of the game and probably goes in on average more or less at the same time, why this difference ?
Is it exposing his lack of technique against the moving ball as the white ball, by all accounts, supposedly moves more than the red one ? Most batsmen's ODI average is lower than the test average because of the need for a higher run rate, but it is seldom so glaring !
Are there other batsmen who have played sufficient number of matches in both the disciplines whose averages are so markedly different ?