Zimbabwe bigger threat than NZ

[fishyguy]

Zimbabwe's batting line up is much stronger that NZ at the moment. Brendan Taylor is pure class plus plus Masakadza is a beast. They bat right to #9. They have been smashing SA who have a much superior bowling attack than BD. Their weakness is their bowling. But then again BD's batting is still unreliable. In this series SN, Imrul and Shakib covered up an otherwise dismal batting performance.

[Nadim]

But, their bowling sux without Price.

[Shaan]

beparna ora ashuk arekta BanglaWash hoye jabe..

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[crikss]

lol..dont tell me they are having better batsman than Mcculam and Ross Taylor

[FagunerAgun]

Zimb and SA spinners do not have the 'beguiling guile' that our spinners do.
Our spinners will create a mesmerizing web and tame the Zimb batsmen.
Tamim's return will be a bonus, atleast Rock will be dropped.
Let them on in.

[jisaan]

Originally Posted by FagunerAgun
Zimb and SA spinners do not have the 'beguiling guile' that our spinners do.
Our spinners will create a mesmerizing web and tame the Zimb batsmen.
Tamim's return will be a bonus, atleast Rock will be dropped.
Let them on in.

and what abt the menacing RUBEL HOSSAIN?
in current form, he has the ability to knock a few zimbos at will, mark my words

[Jadukor]

I dont think u can term the performances of just two games as "current form"...

Rubel and Shahadat have been simply pathetic run leaking machines for over a year or so... Although the new bowling coach seems to have done his magic on Rubel, we would still need to wait and see alteast a couple of games against zimbabwe to be sure he has improved... we have group opponents like Sehwag, Smith, Gayle... we will be killed if he degrades back to the radarless stuff he bowled before...

I like Shafiul... he and Mashrafi would be my preffered pacers...

[mac]

Originally Posted by jisaan
and what abt the menacing RUBEL HOSSAIN?
in current form, he has the ability to knock a few zimbos at will, mark my words

Exactly, and i think in this period of time Pont will work on his pace so that he can reach 140 consistently again with the current kind of accuracy.

[jisaan]

Problems in Batting:
1) Absence of Tamim - Insha-Allah, his return is not so far away

2) Form of Junaid- Junaid looked ok with his strokes, but couldn't carry through, which will be fine with one good innings, i think. His fielding is what worries me.

3) Form of Roqibul - He's one guy who has been utterly disappointing. He has been unable to accumulate or accelerate. His current form is a big worry for the team and might be encoraging for a few inspirants like Jahurul, Ashraful.

4) Lack of firepower at BPP esp. Mahmudullah - He remains a pain-in-the-neck. Batting at No.7, his strike rate has equalled or exceeded 100% only in 10 occassions out of 50 innings (4 of which are innings of less than 10 runs). and 28 times his SR was below 70% which is a shame for a lower order specialist.

A few problems might be solved with mashrafe's return. He is one guy, who can help us accelerate in BPP. Shuvo, Shafiul & Raz might be given special attention to capitalize the BPP restrictions.

Problems in Bowling:

1) Shafiul is still too expensive. His strike rate is fantastic though. But he has got the man IAN PONT to help him out. Hope he emulates some of RUBEL's heroics and put the selectors into some trouble on whom to select along side Mashrafe

2) Shuvo has been a revelation but his every now-and-then leg-side deliveries has been a thing to worry about. Otherwise he is more than good as the 3rd spin option.

[jisaan]

H.Masakadza, Brendon Taylor, Chibhaba, Coventry, Williams, Ervine... they have some real good talent
But the biggest threat would be Taibu & Chigumbura.
In a way it would a good test for our highly reputable bowling attack.
Real good opportunity for us to gear up for the World Cup.

We've heard much abt how Mahmudullah is trying to be a good slogger. Also, Shuvo needs to warm-up with bat & ball. It would be a good one for him too.

Hope Jahurul gets a break and proves his worth over roqibul

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by jisaan
and what abt the menacing RUBEL HOSSAIN?
in current form, he has the ability to knock a few zimbos at will, mark my words

I certainly am looking forward to it.

[shuziburo]

Originally Posted by FagunerAgun
Zimb and SA spinners do not have the 'beguiling guile' that our spinners do.
Our spinners will create a mesmerizing web and tame the Zimb batsmen.
Tamim's return will be a bonus, atleast Rock will be dropped.
Let them on in.

But, ZIM batsmen can play spinners better than NZ. BD will have to win in high scoring affairs.

Having Tamim will help. So should not having Raqibul. Zaharul should also be in the team, and brought into the 11 if either SN or JS is not doing the job.

[Habib]

Originally Posted by shuziburo
But, ZIM batsmen can play spinners better than NZ. BD will have to win in high scoring affairs.

Having Tamim will help. So should not having Raqibul. Zaharul should also be in the team, and brought into the 11 if either SN or JS is not doing the job.

It won't be any high scoring affair because the pitches in BD are slow & low as hell unlike SA pitches.

[lamisa]

^^^u mean an out of form taylor and McCullam?

[Miraz]

We will see that in time. I understand why you are a bit scared. India's Zimbabwe mission wasn't a good experience.

Don't worry, we have weapons in our hand to tackle Zimbabwe.

[Fortuner]

Originally Posted by Miraz
We will see that in time. I understand why you are a bit scared. India's Zimbabwe mission wasn't a good experience.

Don't worry, we have weapons in our hand to tackle Zimbabwe.

we have weapons but as we lost against Holland and Ireland, i am scared. BD is much better than than all the associates and even west indies but the prbz wid our guys are smtimes they cant cope in foreign conditions and sometimes some other excuse they will give.

We lost ireland and holland couple of months back and the excuse was that the condition over there was difficult for us. Come on we cant accept defeat against team ranked below us at all.

[shakibrulz]

Zimbabwe at home, time to boost Iceman's stats!

[Tiger-ess]

well our recent experiences with the lower ranked team hasnt exactly been fantastic now has it so lets not get ahead of ourselves. But then again having said that at home...I am expecting another Banglawash!!

[al-Sagar]

Originally Posted by Tiger-ess
well our recent experiences with the lower ranked team hasnt exactly been fantastic now has it so lets not get ahead of ourselves. But then again having said that at home...I am expecting another Banglawash!!

overseas we may have had problems with lower ranked teams but at home we never had a problem.

so bring on the zims ..... they will be given the wash, whatever form(bangla, tiger, white, acid) they wish

[simon]

Originally Posted by shakibrulz
Zimbabwe at home, time to boost Iceman's stats!

don't forget Tamim & Mash

But as far as Zim is concerned,ya their batting might be not too bad than NZ(in this series)
but as we r comparing looking at Zim playing SA,I will say that SA pitches r usually high scoring & SA don' hv a strong spin attack as we hv .
Zim will always suffer agnst our SPin attack & the new threat Rubel/Shafi will be engh aswell.

[MohammedC]

What do we have between now and Zim series. obviously our cricketers deserves a break but after that what next . NCL od or practice session.

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[Spitfire_x86]

We'll win 4-1

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86
We'll win 4-1

Heads must roll if we don't win 5-0. No excuses for losing to a team ranked below us. Our reputation is more at stake against Zimbabwe than it was against New Zealand.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Heads must roll if we don't win 5-0. No excuses for losing to a team ranked below us. Our reputation is more at stake against Zimbabwe than it was against New Zealand.

i too think it will be 4-1.

actually, after this 5th ODI, after bristol...i think it will be 5-0 to us. zimbabwe have yet to prove that they can handle spin. 3rd string overpaid IPL scrubs on the benign tracks of bulawayo don't count.

but i WON'T be surprised if we lose one and have to settle for 4-1. at the same time, i think the team believes they can defend any total on earth. you don't defend 174 unless you actually believe you can do it. not in this day of 20 overs of PPs, and twenty-twentification of ODI cricket.

when Kapil and company defended 183 to lift the cup, they did so in an era when gavaskar could play 30 off 200, and still get picked to play the next game!

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
you don't defend 174 unless you actually believe you can do it.

Yeah about that...Siddons' boss needs to give him a kick in the butt. What the heck kind of a score is 174?