Gamble on 5 specialist bowlers!

Lonewolf_bd · #1 May 13, 2005, 05:29 PM

It is no secret that batting is our weakness. In many cases, the stats of our frontline batsmen are no better than our tailenders. That being the case, I think we can do the bold thing and gamble by playing 5 specialist bowlers, and sacrifice 1 batsman. In reality, it should not really weaken our batting by much.With 3 pace bowlers and 2 spinners, we give ourselves the best chance of bowling England out twice (Even if the chances of that are 100/1, the only objective once on the field is to win). With Pilot, Rafique , Mashrafee and Tapash at 6,7, 8 and 9, it is not that we will have rabbits batting after our batsmen.

Playing 5 specialist bowlers sends the right message to the opposition, that we are here to win. After all, we have nothing to lose.

tnb · #2 May 13, 2005, 06:37 PM

That's an interesting idea. Sham's report on Mashrafi's batting was encouraging, and Tapash is not that bad with it either. Actually our bowling is relatively better than our batting, and their batting saved our face numerous times. But to save the match (which should be our first priority), ultimately we will need a proper batsman in the middle with the lower order.
So, i think it's too big a gamble to take five bowlers in a match against four top-notch bowlers.

sunniath · #3 May 13, 2005, 08:13 PM

i think the run difference will be be so huge that an extran batsman wont be able to make any difference.so playing an extra bowler can be a good idea.

Edited on, May 14, 2005, 1:13 AM GMT, by sunniath.