Good performance by BD today. A couple of observations on the newbies:
Anamul Haque - in the field, very good esepcially that run out. more importantly, he is starting to look comfortable in the side which augurs well for the future (I mean purely from a team chemistry perspective, his batting aside...)
Ziaur Rahman - I like Zia, he's tall and hardworking. However, there's no way he's good enough to play for Bangladesh, not these days anyway. His bowling is slow even by our pace standards and his fielding is mediocre. He's a decent six hitter, but do we really need that if the batters do their job (and with Mash in the side)?
To all those who say Ash shouldn't be opening I respectfully disagree. In my view, if you so much as countenance having Ash in your team, the only position he can remotely justify is as opener in T20s. In T20 cricket a quickfire 30-odd (at a good strike rate) is considered good (although a 50 is always better). In every other form of cricket it's a wasted start. Was there ever a position more tailor-made for Ash...?...
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