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Originally Posted by shovon13
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.
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interesting comments.i have seen all of these players playing for the national team.i personally did not feel any difference between tapash,rasel and sharif.rasel is probably the slowest of the three,but none of them bowls fast enough to trouble quality batsmen on regular basis.you are probably correct on tapash's pace as he obviously puts the most effort while bowling.i really dont know how fast each of these fellows bowls.but they do not excite me as pacers.that is why i put them in the same bracket.
now comes the issue of masri.leaving the taylor nightmare,he is usually not economical in his last spell.i cant give you the economy rates of his different spells,but if you follow bd games carefully, you will notice this as well.if bowling in the slog overs is sharif's speciality,then he should be brought to the side.dont get me wrong.i am not writing like others to kick players out of the team for one bad performance.but wc is not the place to practice to bowl in the slog.bd team should work with masri to make him more effective toward the end.my point is, get the specialists for the optimal performance now.groom and train players for the rest of the season.we are getting too excited with our bowlers after playing with teams like zim and scot.i think any of our premiere division teams can defeat these sides.i dont want to comment on your statement on being the coach.it does not worth a response.
i am not going to compare pilot/mushfiq with gili.you mentioned that pilot can help the team rech 170.dont forget that this is the general case of our team.every now and then, we score 220-235 range.but most of the time, when we are 5/6 wickets down before the team reaches 100/120,pilot pulls the team up to a respectable total.i have no doubt in mushfiq's ability and to me,he is a better batsman than pilot.but does he have the temperment to take the pressure of wc?historically, our selectors have thrown out new players from the team whenever they were under fire.ehsanul was dropped from the team after wc and he never returned to the side.i want mushfiq to stay and that is why i want to give him as much time as possible to become mentally tougher.that is why i went for pilot.regardless what happens in wc,he is going to leave the team.then mishfiq will come to the side and will have four years of experience before playing the next wc.i hope you will now understand why i made my initial comments.