Time to drop a "must have pace attack" strategy?

[Jadukor]

Originally Posted by Gowza
also the selectors and need a proper development plan for each pace prospect. like farhad reza is opening the bowling for the BCB XI right now. why isn't one of the kamrul's or dollar or sajidul or babu or jayed or taskin etc opening? it's no wonder the pacers don't develop very well, they don't even get the chance to.

The root of all problems is our batting. We sucked so bad in batting for so long now that even the selectors are always thinking about how to add more batsman to the playing 11. Farhad is there opening the bowling because he can bat. Although he has proven himself worthless with the bat several times before, still we foresee him as a rescuer with the bat at the expense of an attacking bowling option.

Most sides, with a world class al rounder like Shakib, would have no problems fielding a balanced side for an international game but when it comes to bd we even need the 8,9,10 to score heavily to get to a par score.

If we could fix our batting at least, then we could also go in with 3-5 specialist bowlers in one game. At present this is unthinkable from the selector's point of view.