Bangladesh Squad for the Tour of Sri Lanka 2013

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
So he can score a magnificent zero and initiate a collapse.

Then they should hide him and let him play at #11 behind Abul. There will be no chance of any collapse. He is a usefull fielder and a bowler you know.

[Max100]

if ash plays he should bat at lower order, except t20, he should always bat at lower order

[Fazal]

team first... -players second.... new added player need to fill the gap.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Fazal
Why Jahirul opening? To screw him up? Why not jahirul and marshall in #4 and #5? That was supposed to be their position with Sn in the team. Then you have Mushi, Nasir and Riyad in #6 to #8. Thats was supposed to be thier postion with SN.

No, JaRule's position with SN in the squad was as a backup. Selectors were going with TI-AH-SN as the top 3. They were wrong then with making Anamul open, and its wrong now to make Anamul open. His natural position is #3...check NCL, BCL, DPL, U19 scorecards...he's always at 3. He batted out of position in WI series and still averaged 39 with a big ton. Imagine if he actually played at his natural position. Even Ashraful should open ahead of him.

But JaRule is an opener. I think he was an opener when he had that big domestic season 3 years ago.

based on where Anamul plays there is only one opening at #2 or #3 for the injury of SN. And as selectros selected Ash as SN's replacement he should fill up that hole. if he cannot do that, then the conclusion is he was a bad subsitute (of SN) by the selectors.

Our selectors don't pick players based on strict position usually. First they picked Marshall as he was the next best batsman (some would say more worthy than Mominul who was the orig selection). Then they picked Ash, favoring him over Mehrab and Junaid.

Why changing now to accomodate Ashraful? That's why the acusation of selfishness and "lack of team chemistry" comes when we try to accomodate him without thinking the confort level of other players...

Thats probably the natural and best order. I still don't know how Riyad will do at the top of the order, and he's done very well at the lower order. Let me get a guess at the possible lineup, starting with bowlers first.

11 Rubel
10 Shahadat/Abul
9 Sunny
8 Gazi
7 Riyad
6 Mushfiq
5 Nasir
4 Marshall/Ashraful
3 Anamul
2 Jaharul
1 Tamim

See Ash might not even make the cut, and when Shakib and Naeem come back, he will definitely not make the cut. Ato hoi choi korar kee dorkar?

[Gowza]

they should open with tamim and jahurul, anamul is at #3, i don't think it deserves much debate tbh, i guess you could say tamim and anamul were starting to build a good opening partnership but that can be countered by #3 being anamul's best spot, the fact that he is the best #3 BD have atm and that the #3 spot has been an issue for a very long time. nasir probably at #4 (best batsman with shakib gone) otherwise marshall or mominul (#4 is mominul's best spot and marshall should be comfortable there to), riyad at #5 (he needs to step up with shakib gone, let's see if he's got what it takes), mushy at #6. #7 will probably be marshall or mominul. though nasir or riyad could bat at #7, they have been doing well down the order. it depends on whether you're comfortable with marshall or mominul batting at #4 or not, if you are then nasir and riyad can still bat in the lower order, if not then you have to push them up.

[Ishmumislam]

Mushfiq should bat at no 4 he looks to be in great form

[Tiger444]

I see Ash being the replacement if SN cant make the trip. Could I ask why? Shouldn't Raqibul be ahead of him? He did score higher in the NCL, BCL and the final match. Just cant understand why Ash would make it

[Ajfar]

Ashraful always wins.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Ajfar
Ashraful always wins.

LOL, i didn't even read the whole thread, just read it and got the info. Perfectly encapsulated.

[cricketboy]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Although Riyad should continue at #8, because he has a knack of batting with the tail..

Thats funny but true. Riyad should never go above no 7 in the batting order.

[FaHiMa]

sheeshh it said 5 days to go, now its 9 more days BC is misleading!

[Tiger444]

Reading it a 2nd time here, SN could still be fit in time for the Test series. So there might not be a need to replace him. And if he needs to be replaced, even though the Daily Star article said it was Ash, but Akram Khan did not say anything about Ashraful being the likely replacement. So lets wait a bit and see what happens.

[reyme]

Cant wait to see the TEST, this time I am watching.
Just worried about the pacers, they probably will ruin everything....

why cant we play without pacers for once? I mean is there any law you have to play at least 2 pacers? Our pacers will get murdered in Lanka! I would rather see 8 batsmen and 3 spinners.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by reyme
Cant wait to see the TEST, this time I am watching.
Just worried about the pacers, they probably will ruin everything....

why cant we play without pacers for once? I mean is there any law you have to play at least 2 pacers? Our pacers will get murdered in Lanka! I would rather see 8 batsmen and 3 spinners.

wonder if it's ever happened before? playing no pacers...

[Jadukor]

Feel bad for Shohag Gazi with Shakib ruled out. Mushy will bowl the poor lad to death.

[BD_TigerZ]

Originally Posted by Ishmumislam
Mushfiq should bat at no 4 he looks to be in great form

Off topic but welcome aboard Bhai!

WHY ASH? SEROISULY. IF ANYONE IT SHOULD BE MEHRAB JNR. And marshall should be definite starter if anyone gonna get dropped it should be omi.

[crikss]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
Feel bad for Shohag Gazi with Shakib ruled out. Mushy will bowl the poor lad to death.

I think team management will play 2 spinners since Shakib is not available

[Zeeshan]

Galle's pitch kemon? Aren't Sri Lankan pitches suited for our spinners more?

[Jadukor]

Galle er pitch will assist pacers and we will unleash our Bradman Trio on them

[Eshen]

I will take hatkata SN over Ash. Please don't bring Sir Ash back to screw the team.

[ReZ_1]

Ash can join the team as a bowling all rounder, since shakib is out we need a variety of bowlers to get wickets.

[Jadukor]

If Ashraful is an all rounder then Farhad Reza must be Sir G. Sobers

[Eshen]

It's official, Bangladesh team is screwed, Sir Ash is in!

প্রথম টেস্টে খেলার ব্যাপারে আত্মবিশ্বাসী হতে পরেননি শাহরিয়ার। স্বেচ্ছায় সিরিজ থেকে সড়ে দাঁড়িয়েছেন তিনি।

আশরাফুল ২৫ জনের স্কোয়াডে না থাকলেও টেস্ট দলে নেওয়া হয়েছে অভিজ্ঞতার কথা বিবেচনা করে। এ প্রসঙ্গে অধিনায়ক মুশফিকুর রহিমের ব্যাখ্যা এমন,‘এনামুল হক বিজয়, মমিনুল হক এবং মার্শাল আইয়ুবের মতো নবীন ক্রিকেটার যেখানে দলে আছে সেখানে আশরাফুল ভাইয়ের মতো একজন অভিজ্ঞ খেলোয়াড় দরকার ছিল। সেজন্যই তাঁকে দলে নেওয়া। একদিনে তিনি অভিজ্ঞ এবং শ্রীলঙ্কায় তাঁর রেকর্ডও ভালো। আশরাফুল ভাইয়ের অন্তর্ভুক্তি আমাদের দলের শক্তি বাড়িয়েছে।’

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Mushfiq has a bright future in politics.

[crikss]

Somehow he always manage to get into the team ....hahaha...tonight party @ sichuan restaurant by ASH

[shakibrulz]

Ash AGAIN? Oh ****. I would've given even Shamsur or Mehrab a shot. Anyways hope they don't play him even if the team fails.

Tamim
Anamul
Riyad
Ayub
Mushfiqur+
Jahirul
Nasir
Mominul
Gazi
Sunny
Rubel

But I'm sure they'd even go with 3 pacers as usual and get pwned