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34 test innings:
THEN
> Average score in first 10 test innings: 29.7 runs
> Filtered average score in first 10 test innings, after dropping highest and lowest scores to better determine consistency, divided by 8: 26.5 runs
Decent start, "good" by BD standards. Raised expectations.
NOW (Last test in 2006)
> Average score in last 10 test innings: 12.4 runs
> Filtered average score in last 10 test innings, after dropping highest and lowest scores to better determine consistency, divided by 8: 12.0 runs
Clearly lost it and more "consistent" with his failures. More than justified exclusion.
DECLINE
> Average score: (-) 17.3 runs or (-) 58.3%
> Filtered average score: (-) 14.5 runs or (-) 54.7%
SUCCESS/FAILURE %
> Success, 50+ scores divided by innings played: 5.9%
> Failure, 0-19 scores divided by innings played: 67.7%
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62 ODI innings:
THEN
> Average score in first 10 ODI innings: 13.9 runs
> Filtered average score in first 10 ODI innings, after dropping highest and lowest scores to better determine consistency, divided by 8: 11.75 runs
Not a good start for a batsman.
NOW
> Average score in last 10 ODI innings: 20.6 runs
> Filtered average score in last 10 ODI innings, after dropping highest and lowest scores to better determine consistency, divided by 8: 11.4 runs
The 115 drove his numbers up, but other than that, he was actually less consistent.
IMPROVEMENT/DECLINE
> Average score: +6.7 runs or 48.2%
> Filtered average score: (-) .4 runs or (-) 3.4%
No comment.
SUCCESS/FAILURE %
> Success, 50+ scores divided by innings played: 9.7%
> Failure, 0-19 scores divided by innings played: 66.1%
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Alok did very well in the NCL since 2006 and changed his grip among others things. Sadly, there's a huge qualitative discrepancy between domestic FC/List A and the highest level, and without the necessary A Team tours to try and mitigate some of the difference, he failed to perform consistently again once reselected for the ODI squad. Take out the highest 115 and lowest
, one of his 2 BTW, and that becomes clear.
International cricket is not
jamai ador and you have to take whatever opportunity you have with both hands. He failed to do that in ODIs in terms of consistency. A patch of 10 matches is enough time for any cricketer to show something.
Until and unless he has back to back stellar seasons in the NCL supplemented by successful A Team tours, I don't see how he could be selected again for either the ODI or the test side. Then again you never know with our whimsical selectors.
Also, both Riyad and Nayeem are doing well, and ESPECIALLY genuinely talented and hardworking Nayeem can be nudged up the order alongside GoBoy. Riyad needs to get singles from the off side also in order to keep pressure off of himself, and find his groove. It may be too early to say this, but I'd rather go with those three than Alok at this point.
There is no doubt about Alok's talent but talent without application is a geriatric shark without teeth. We neither have the luxury nor the necessity to gamble at this crucial juncture.
Raqibul is not a number 4, especially without his V game and with his painfully exposed limitations, and we all know about Mo. Junaid cannot seem to get rid his bad habits, and Imrul declined steadily after the first innings of the first test in West Indies. So the opportunity exists for others out of the team. But how likely are they to succeed in International cricket without consistent performances in the NCL
AND the A Team?