Memo to the team

[Raynman]

After watching the warm up games here is my summarization/recommendations for the team:

• We will be lucky to win beyond IRELAND. Now luck favors the brave but the courage seems to be lacking beyond Shakib and Riyad.

• Having said the above, we still have a reasonable shot at the Semis. Our 2nd round will be Pakistan (could be rusty from lack of cricket), SL & NZ (We seem to have been giving them headaches in recent times) and possibly WI instead of SL (whom we beat in the last world cup). 2 wins out of 3 in that situation is not unreasonable

• Mash has lost all confidence. He needs to clear his mind of the IPL drama, that nightmare of an over and focus anew. Keep him away from the death for now. Rubel has the Yorkers (not the best by other standards but the best we got).

• Shakib is THE MAN. He can give Gayle a run for his money on the ‘Mr. Cool’ factor. He needs to take more of a leadership and motivational role on the field

• Let Ash open with TI. He’s having to come in within the first 3 overs anyways. Or bring in Roqibul to open. If he’s going to anchor at a 90 strike rate, let him support the big hitters.

• When a bowler is performing keep him on. Ash is always thinking of the death overs and who to hold back. Every time Shakib picks up a wicket or bowls an economical over, he is pulled away for later. I would rather keep the pressure on and make the batsmen have to take 12+ runs off of Mash or Rubel towards the end instead of putting the pressure on the bowlers to contain at 9 or 10.

• Singles, Singles, Singles!!! Six singles in an over is better than blindly slogging to give away 4 dots, a four and then your wicket

• Got to improve on the fielding. We don’t have the luxury of a bowling unit to compensate for missed run outs, dropped catches or misfielded extra runs

• Experiment with the spinners. Look at Kumble and Pieterson gambling in the IPL by bringing themselves on in the 1st over and delivering key wickets. The openers are used to the pace ball that they can just guide. You throw in spin and all of a sudden they need slog from the get go. Jayasuriya bowled the last over today. Trust our spinners. Besides Shakib and Naeem, use Riyad and Ash. (Drop Razzak for now)

[Tigers_eye]

Good suggestions!! Do we have any more practice matches left? Why not try these options? Ash opening with Tamim is how it should be. There is only 20 overs. Let them play all T20 overs (Potential).

The equation will change once we beat Eendia.

[Omio]

• Let Ash open with TI. He’s having to come in within the first 3 overs anyways. Or bring in Roqibul to open. If he’s going to anchor at a 90 strike rate, let him support the big hitters.


I don't agree with this point. To win a T20 match we must use the PP and that is only for 6 overs, so Big Z is fine with Tamim. Ash is fine with num 3. Shakib at 4, Riad 5 then Rokibul. No point to inclusion of Nayeem.

[Imteaz]

Let Ashraful think what he plans for his team...........

[Foozy]

I liked some of the ideas, however now that all practice matches are done with, I suggest no sudden changes on the day of...

[Ajfar]

ATMR bhai could not post in this thread at this moment but he told me to write this.."maar ashrafuila maar"...

[BANFAN]

Good suggestions !!

Ash opening could be a good positive change.

[cricman]

What Separates the Real good batting teams is that they have overs of this nature

1|1|1|4|1|1 for 14/15 overs and than slog instead of 4|4|.|.|4|W ---> 4|W|4|.|W|2

Also Better Teams Put away the bad balls for 6, the 2 run difference Adds up over an Innings.

[bdchamp20]

My suggestions:
Mix up the line-up we need some hitters in the lower order. Maybe play Ash or Shakib at 5/6. Bat Raqib at 3 so he can anchor the innings. Ash-Tamim opening wouldn't be bad either.

Mash MUST be bowled off by the 15th over latest.

Rubel should start bowling after the 10th over and bowl the 18th and 20th overs.

[Imteaz]

If we Win "Everything is Alright".......If we Loose "Nothing is Alright".

[RazabQ]

Originally Posted by cricman
What Separates the Real good batting teams is that they have overs of this nature

1|1|1|4|1|1 for 14/15 overs and than slog instead of 4|4|.|.|4|W ---> 4|W|4|.|W|2

Also Better Teams Put away the bad balls for 6, the 2 run difference Adds up over an Innings.

Agree with the 1st point but other than Tamim and perhaps Masree when he isn't busy backing away to preserve his knees, who in the side can hit those sixes. As I commented on the Aus/BD match. Shane Watson hit most of his sixes with a straight bat - power shots. Other than that 1 TI shot, all our sixers were cross bat shot - more batspeed/timing shots. While our players _are_ getting bigger - Riyad, Rok, Shaki are all 5'10ish or more ... we aren't ever going to be able to play the power game.

[al-Sagar]

instead of zunaed give mithun a go at top

tamim
mithun
ash
sakib
riyad
naeem
rakib/shuvo
mushfik
mashtafe
rasel/razzak
rubel