Maharashtra Ranji Trophy team wants to visit BD!!

[Nocturnal]

It's a prothom-alo news today. Link

Summary:Maharashtra Ranji Trophy team wants to visit BD in May. Maharashtra head coach Shaun Williams who was with BD team for few years doing the liaison. They want to play against BD-A team - 3 ODI, 3 T20 and 2 Three-Day game between May 9th - May 29 2009. BCB's Cricket Operations Committee Chairman Enayet Hossain welcomes this idea but says in that period SA and SL academy team supposed to visit BD most likely few A-Team player will include in academy team which might result a weaker A team for Maharashtra series.

I really like this idea playing against a good Ranji side. The more we play with different teams the more we learn! Hope it happens in May outside Dhaka and promotes cricket in all over BD.

[Abid_Khan]

Yeah a very good move by the cricket boards

[Nadim]

correction:
bhai its not ODI....it's OD

[bujhee kom]

This is great news, Alhamdulillah! I hope the schedule works out with the A-team and the team structure for the BCB-Academy team in may and Maharashtra Ranji team tours BD!

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Nocturnal
....BCB's Cricket Operations Committee Chairman Enayet Hossain welcomes this idea but says in that period SA and SL academy team supposed to visit BD most likely few A-Team player will include in academy team which might result a weaker A team for Maharashtra series. [/I]

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Ei glue ta na lagaile ki cholto na??

[ammark]

excellent initiative by Shaun Williams. I hope BCB can field a full strength side and have 4 day matches instead of 3 day matches. We need to develop our first class abilities greatly.

[Kabir]

Is it going to be in early May? Then I'm in for watching a couple of the games

[crikfreak]

this is a really good idea... hope it works out....

[MohammedC]

BCB would be a fool to ot back away from this offer.

[LateCut]

Isn't Raj playing for Maharashtra?

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by LateCut
Isn't Raj playing for Maharashtra?

I thought it was Enam Jr.

[Nocturnal]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
I thought it was Enam Jr.

yah! it was Enam Jr -----> SW connection!!

[cricman]

Close to a full squad as possible (no Mash and Ash), Make it Happen BCB

[nycpro96]

try out mithun in the series along with the other upcoming cricketers

[Gowza]

i hope this happens and hope that they don't have too many national players. it's home turf so there's not much to gain for national players other than maybe playing some ok quality opposition but the reserve players get less of a chance to do that than the national players and deserve the opportunities when they're supposed to be getting those opportunities (and not have them stolen by national players). it's one thing to pick a lot of national players on an A tour when they could gain experience form the various conditions (still unfair on the reserves though) but when it's at home there's not much point imo.

want to see them try nout players like shuvo, mithun, rony, shamsur, robiul, sajidul, nabil samad, nazmus, subashis, delwar, nasir, marshall, maybe even abul hasan.

[nsd3]

Marshal, Shuvo, Shamsur are most likely to play against the SL side at that time.

[Gowza]

pretty sure the Maharashtra team would be stronger than the SA and SL academy teams so i'd pick them for the Maharashtra series but who knows what the selectors would do.

[al Furqaan]

good job by shaun williams.

[beshideshi]

Originally Posted by Gowza
i hope this happens and hope that they don't have too many national players. it's home turf so there's not much to gain for national players other than maybe playing some ok quality opposition but the reserve players get less of a chance to do that than the national players and deserve the opportunities when they're supposed to be getting those opportunities (and not have them stolen by national players). it's one thing to pick a lot of national players on an A tour when they could gain experience form the various conditions (still unfair on the reserves though) but when it's at home there's not much point imo.

want to see them try nout players like shuvo, mithun, rony, shamsur, robiul, sajidul, nabil samad, nazmus, subashis, delwar, nasir, marshall, maybe even abul hasan.

Absolutely spot on. there is no point playing the international players, they get exposure to high level players every now and then, but the upcoming players need exposure to some good players, and Maharastra should be able to provide that. More of an academy team should play maharastra. And we have to remember, if our national team trashes MR in eveyr game, it wont mean much, but the experience the knowledge the young blokes will gain will be much more valuable

[One World]

Good news.

[Isnaad]

They can come........no problem I guess....

[Rabz]

We should have enough players to compete in few different outfits simultenously.
Nice work by SW.
Only concern for me is the rain.

[Neel Here]

guys, this is the maharashtra team and not the mumbai one. BD A should win this easily.

[bangla-red]

Is this the team that Enamul played for?

[auntu]

Good move. Shawn Williams still a very good friend of Bangladesh. Thanks Shawn.