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Originally Posted by asddsa
specialist spinner for Test matches for sure !!
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I voted for Naeem as 'improving' category because I think he wants to be in the Test side and so he's trying to improve his performance at the moment.
Until the World Cup 2011, its OK, but in the future, we need a specialist bowler, with Sakib already in the team as the 5th bowler. On this point, I am confused about the role of both Mahmudullah and Naeem in the bowling department, because Mahmudullah is not bowled his full quota of 10 overs, and sometimes neither is Naeem. In test cricket also, Mahmudullah is not given the ball to bowl a lot besides Sakib, so that's another point for discussion.
On the other hand, Abdur Razzak did not bowl well at all against SL-IND and I'm not sure whether he can perform to his ability in the upcoming tours. If the same-bowling combination is kept for the national team up until the World Cup 2011, then I think we need more variety in our bowling - left arm spin bowling of Sakib & Razzak and off right arm off spin bowling of Mahmudullah and Naeem to make up the 40 (or is that 30? - with 20 overs from our two new ball bowlers) overs is not good against any strong team. Especially with 20 overs of field restrictions (including 10 overs of bowling & batting power play) does not encourage keeping 4 spinners in the team; does not matter how turning or spin-friendly the wicket is.