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Originally Posted by Sohel NR
We hardly batted as a cohesive unit in the last two series, needing someone, usually Moyna, to bail us out and deliver time and again with the odd player-of-the-day supporting him. Therefore, the euphemism "winning combination" (with regards to our batting as a cohesive unit) can only appear in the embarrassingly challenged minds of egomaniacal morons at BCB/press still clueless after all these years of being involved with cricket. Shameful to flaunt one's idiocy in public like that and time to wake up to fact that not everyone is in need of meds, therapy and the urgent need to keep his mouth in check.

Generally excellent bowling coupled with almost solitary heroics with the bat delivered most of those wins.

As for Alok, remember I'm one of his biggest fans, he WAS given plenty of chances to perform his way back into the squad but he either bailed out of those opportunities altogether, or didn't perform the way he needed to. So not having him here is no surprise at all.

I am far more concerned about the FACT that the proven gadha of Bangladesh cricket, Sid's Sissified Trio (SiSi3) of once promising batting prospects, and the DramaQueen devoid of the basic ability to sight the earlier than it his his freaking bat, constitute FIVE out of NINE recognized batsmen in the batting order.

Tamim, Abir, Moyna and GoBoy are the four who can. Abir is better than ever IMHO because of that extra effort and I'd like to see him bat at number 3 with GoBoy at 4. Put Imroze at 6 or 7 with the manhood handbook he didn't seem to need before Sid started his extensive estrogen therapy, and hope the gadha delivers Eid in the same positions. Nayeem needs the same handbook as Imroze so better get 2! No Riyad please!!!

DeshuHujur 2.0, though an excellent bowling prospect, can't hold the bat at this level yet and Nostrilamous Rex never could. Shuhash has genuine potential with the bat and I hope he spends enough time in the nets to contribute when the time comes in less than a month.

1. Tamim 2. Imrul 3. Abir 4. Mushfiq 5. Shakib 6. Motin/Imroze 7. Motin/Imroze 8. Nayeem/Shubho 9. Shuhash 10. Rubel 11. Nostrilamous Rex.

Anyway, what's done is done and it's time to get behind the team we have. Let's not forget to add SERIOUS prayers to our individual effort because Lord knows we need to in order to avoid another 2003 made infinitely more painful because we're at home!

Once again, enjoyed reading your post, Sohel bhai