Rafiq climbed up to 26 in the test ranking

ferdous · #1 April 13, 2006, 09:12 AM

Mohammad Rafiq has climed to 26 in test bowling ranking after the first test match against Australia, up 10 places. Among the batsmen, Shahriar Nafees is up 45 places to 59 and he is the second most ranking BD batsman after Habibul Bashar.

Selected BD players Test Ranking:

Bowlers:
26(+10) - Mohammad Rafiq
38(+2) - Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
57(+1) - Enamul Haque jnr
66(-3) - Shahadat Hossain

Batsmen:
29(+2) - Habibul Basahr
59(+45)- Shahriar Nafees
67(-5) - Mohammad Ashraful
73(+7) - Rajin Saleh
77(-2) - Javed Omar
89(-9) - Mohammad Rafiq
97(+3) - Aftab Ahmed
99(-4) - Khaled Mashud

Source:
www.cricketratings.com

**Zunaid** · #2 April 13, 2006, 09:53 AM

Interesting in terms of ratings. This 12 is pretty much the current team.

Rubu · #3 April 13, 2006, 09:57 AM

Only rafique had the oppertunity to bowl at the 2nd innings more often (its easier to get wickets in the 2nd innings) he would have climbed up inside 10 by now.

Carte Blanche · #4 April 13, 2006, 09:57 AM

Won't mean much unless we can keep up this performance.

Miraz · #5 April 13, 2006, 10:06 AM

If Rafiq had the opportunity to bowl in the 2nd innings consistently, he would have been within 1-10 in test bowling thats for sure and he would have ended his career with 200+ wicket.

Sauron · #6 April 13, 2006, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rubu
Only rafique had the oppertunity to bowl at the 2nd innings more often (its easier to get wickets in the 2nd innings) he would have climbed up inside 10 by now.

I was thinking the exact thing last night after Rafique's 9 wkt haul. He rarely gets the chance to bowl twice in one test match. I'd imagine we would have had a top-10 bowler amongst us by now if Rafique got his due share of the red cherry.

zahid · #7 April 13, 2006, 10:15 AM

So, Rafique's the only top ranking bd player, then?

Hmmm... shabash

oracle · #8 April 13, 2006, 10:25 AM

Awesome Rafique. And what a role model. I hope he sticks around another 5 years as he seems to maintain his fitness.So why not?

Ahmed_B · #9 April 13, 2006, 10:52 AM

It's only rafiq that brought us back in the game with his performance on 4th and 5th day after the horrible 2nd innings batting.

ialbd · #10 April 13, 2006, 11:02 AM

well done.. Rafiq...
waiting to see him in the top 10 list...
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sar2005 · #11 April 13, 2006, 11:07 AM

Asraful and Pilot are due for a good big show. Will they really perform and can improve their position possitively?