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Originally Posted by sunniath
my take on the issues:
pilot:wc should be his last international outing.mushfiq is the obvious replacement,but for the world cup,mashud's experience will be handy in case our top order fails.
rasel:i dont see any difference between him,tapash,and sharif bowling wise.all three bowl around 70-75 mph with no real threat to quality batsmen.in wi,wickets will be flat and low.so all three will be smashed around the park.tapash and sharif have improved their batting significantly.but sharif's ability to swing old ball will add variation to the bowling attack.plus masri still seems uncomfortable bolwing in slog overs.sharif can be handy in this scenario.so,i will pick sharif.
opener:stay with mehrab jr.bd pinch hitters will get out in no time in front of quality fast bowling and create pressure on nafees.if mehrab can stay in the middle,it will provide stability in the top order.if on of the pinch hitters is chosen,then we will have three hard hitters in a row.tamim/junaed,aftab and ash.these three guys can get out in one over trying to hit six/four.in order to put some stability,i will choose mehrab as nafees' partner.
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sounds like an analysis done by a famous journalist who has 3 personal assistants going to the matches for him and providing him with reports. dont mean that as an insult man...but have you drawn your conclusions based on what you have watched, or heard?
tapash is much faster than both sharif and rasel, clocking over 80 pretty regularly. your speculation about sharif's ability with the old ball is correct. i agree that he may have the best chance to be included as the third pacer.
masri never was uncomfortable bowling the slog overs, none more so than any of our other bowlers. besides the taylor debacle, i dont remember him messing up too many times in the death. besides, if we want our strike bowler to grow, then we better let him bowl at the death. i'm glad some of you guys on this board aren't applying for coaching positions.
i felt the strongest about your decision to stick with mehrab jr. its okay if we let tamim have a couple of games (rest nafees during those games) in zimbabwe. but the selectors would be taking a backwards step by not sticking with mehrab in the world cup. maybe he'll have to give up his oneday job to tamim/junaed/sadat, or maybe not.....but not yet for sure.
mushfiq yes. pilot no. gilchrist can pull out a team from 68/6 to 300/9. mashud would best at 170/9. mushfiq isn't there yet, but he has the potential of atleast over 200.