Bangladesh now and middle nineties SL

Shafin · #1 March 20, 2006, 05:08 AM

Have any of you noticed that there is a lot of similarities between BD's current team and SL in middle Nineties?

It's already been told that Ashraful is quite like Arvinda De Silva.

What i want to add is,Aftab has the killer instinct Joya had and we have a very good spin attack like them,althoug still short of a Murali.

And i really want to believe that we found our Vaas in Russel,someone said he once was a opener,so with proper care,he can be developed into an efficient allrounder.

I personally believe we have all the possibility to achieve SL-96 in 2011,and again,its another WC in the subcontinent.

mafizraju · #2 March 20, 2006, 05:24 AM

good target to have WC 2011... five years to go... may be we will get it

hkooraham · #3 March 20, 2006, 06:28 AM

If BD is given a fair chance to play the so called senior teams frequently, you will definitely do very well in the World Cup.

The mid 90-s team of SL was the World Champion side. A bit too early isn't it to compare with them ?

fwullah · #4 March 20, 2006, 06:47 AM

I would say that we have to win a few tri-nation's tournaments which has at least one other test playing nation and beat a few teams in away matches to come close to the mid-nineties Sri Lankan team.

prasad · #5 March 20, 2006, 06:49 AM

bd shud find a consistent hitter like jayasurya.if bd had tried rafique at the top consistently ,mayb he wud have become one.

hkooraham · #6 March 20, 2006, 06:52 AM

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Originally posted by fwullah
I would say that we have to win a few tri-nation's tournaments which has at least one other test playing nation and beat a few teams in away matches to come close to the mid-nineties Sri Lankan team.

Absolutely right.

hkooraham · #7 March 20, 2006, 06:53 AM

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Originally posted by prasad
bd shud find a consistent hitter like jayasurya.if bd had tried rafique at the top consistently ,mayb he wud have become one.

If you could make Jayasuriyas like that there would be so many in every team now !

prasad · #8 March 20, 2006, 07:00 AM

check jayasurya's record sir.......he was a genuine left arm spinner in the early days.not a batsman.if not like jaya,rafiq wud have come close atleast.anyway.......its wud have cud have shud have.....

Ejaj · #9 March 20, 2006, 07:54 AM

No way.. Srilanka had their best cricketing moments in mid 90's. They were already a world beater by that time. You can perhaps compare Sl of late 80's to current bd team. So.. that gives us. liek 7 years to to win worldcup and to be a world beater.

Spitfire_x86 · #10 March 20, 2006, 07:59 AM

We're not even as good as 1998-2000's Zimbabwe yet. That team went to the Super Six of WC1999 (without getting any walkover) and won a 3 test away series in Pakistan in the next year.

Heck, even the Zimbabwe team of 1996 whitewashed England in a 3 match ODI series (home series)

Spitfire_x86 · #11 March 20, 2006, 08:04 AM

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Originally posted by prasad
bd shud find a consistent hitter like jayasurya.if bd had tried rafique at the top consistently ,mayb he wud have become one.

Rafique is too old, he's already 36.

I think we will be better served with a strokemaker filled batting lineup than having just a great hitter like Jayasuria in the top order. There are many prospects in the juniror level who could match Aftab/Asraful, provided they get proper nurturing.

sadi · #12 March 20, 2006, 09:20 AM

definately we have to go a long way..... which is impressive and encouraging though is the fact that we are improving every series.... in the beginning when we got the test status, it felt like we were stuck in the same phase for a while and weren't going anywhere.... thats not the case anymore as more and more talented players coming up and filling the space in the national team....

prasad · #13 March 20, 2006, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by Spitfire_x86

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Originally posted by prasad
bd shud find a consistent hitter like jayasurya.if bd had tried rafique at the top consistently ,mayb he wud have become one.

Rafique is too old, he's already 36.

I think we will be better served with a strokemaker filled batting lineup than having just a great hitter like Jayasuria in the top order. There are many prospects in the juniror level who could match Aftab/Asraful, provided they get proper nurturing.

u r right.now its too late.i said about 5-6 yrs ago.

SS · #14 March 20, 2006, 09:41 AM

first of all I totally disagree with this...we are not lanka and we are not like lanka in nineties...might we are improving

Tigers_eye · #15 March 20, 2006, 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by prasad
check jayasurya's record sir.......he was a genuine left arm spinner in the early days.not a batsman.if not like jaya,rafiq wud have come close atleast.anyway.......its wud have cud have shud have.....

Sorry to dissapoint!! Raifque will not play in the 2011 WC for sure. We will have plenty of SLA coming up. May be Sakib (19) can be the one.

We are not even close to the mid ninties SL team. No Murali, not even close. No Ranatunga. No Kallu. Ofcourse no Jayasuriya. They fought almost every match (be it test or ODI). home games were not a walk in the park for any team. That team may be better than the current SL team.

2 for one 1. Ash-Aftab can be our De silva. He performed every match, may be one of these two can step up every match.