Bangladesh's transition problems

[Farhad]

Its about time they realise that twenty20 cricket is not like ODI cricket. You cant change gear halfway through an innings. Twenty20 cricket is all about going at one speed. Those "buildings" in the "Manhattan chart" should be relatively level with each other. Instead, in the last game, they went the "Jayasuriya" route and tried blasting their way in the first few overs and take advantage of the fielding restrictions. It worked, but it also damaged them because of all the wickets they lost. This time, they overcompensated by trying to keep hold of their wickets and let the lower order pick up the slack. You cant do that in Twenty20's! The ideal way to approach it, as most of the better teams (including South Africa last night) see it, is to keep a steady runrate throughout the match picking up a boundary or two every over. The game isnt just about slogging.... We should learn a thing or two from South Africa's run chase last night: their runrate chart was a straight line!