[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by Sohel
Batting well in any format means sighting and playing each ball according to its merit according to match situation.

We have a couple of guys who bat well every now and then, but WE never bat well as a cohesive batting unit. Usually only one or two out of our top batters do well when others fail. Then the successful guys fail in subsequent matches to give the ones who have failed before a taste of success. That's the norm. Only Shakib and Tamim bat consistently well and generally don't fail over more than 3 innings in a row. Maybe Nasir, Riyad and Mushfique can become as consistent over time. That would be nice.

First of all, we always tend to have weak links in the proverbial chain. Selecting players of based on bias, misguided preconceptions, cricketing ignorance and intellectually dishonest, decontextualized and purely statistical geekfesting is something we have excelled at without fail. Naturally we've never fielded eleven players with the ability to sustain success at the highest level. We have always insisted on selecting at least 2 to 3 guys who clearly don't belong and after the rare flukish success here and there, they inevitably cost us matches with their shocking inadequacy some folks simply don't see.

Finally we have all those bad habits we pick up playing sub-par domestic cricket on dead pitches facing shamefully ordinary trundlers and pie-chuckers. Batting without footwork, not rotating the strike and premeditating everything, meaning defensive blocks as well as offensive strokes, may reward some in the NCL and DPL, but they won't sustain success at the highest level. Add metal fragility and the ABSOLUTE refusal to work hard outside "camp", meaning on your own without gutani, to the mix and there you have it: the typical state our team batting.

Well said. I think our batting will improve. Before we had to rely on 1 or 2 guys to perform but now we have the likes of Tamim and Shakib who have multiple centuries at the Test level and then Mushy who is getting half centuries regularly and it's just a matter of time before he starts hitting centuries more regularly. Riyad has slacked off a bit after a very strong start but I believe it's just a matter of time before he starts getting bigger scores. Nasir hasn't proved himself yet for the longest format but I believe he'll start performing once he gets more matches as he's a class act.

Again it comes down to our problems with our #2 and 3 spots. Once we resolve that issue, I feel we'll start having a lineup that will start clicking more often.