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Old October 13, 2011, 08:55 AM
IanW IanW is offline
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Originally Posted by rakib28
Someone made the following comment in Cricinfo. I think it was spot on. Don't what was strategy to put Naeem Islam here as an opener.

"I hope this doesn't sound too harsh but I can't help feel Naeem Islam's innings was pretty selfish - his poor strike rate has left this game pretty much out of reach for Bangladesh. He hit 3 boundaries in ten Powerplay overs! Same goes for Adrian Barath's innings earlier, though it didn't last so long so wasn't too costly for WI.." I like the name of the person who sent this comment - Morgan Stanley."
Rakib,

Naeem got roughly a third of the runs, with about half the overs used for one wicket. Round the number of Bangladesh batting collapses you have seen to the nearest twenty, then tell me how much better three down for thirty off four sounds.
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