UNLEASH THE FURY: Shahadat Hossain

tanvir_nus · #1 March 24, 2007, 06:31 AM

It's high time we let go of our inhibition and scare the opponent. Tamim, Aftab, Ashraful, Sakib, Nafees do the damage from the batsmen's side, now it's time to let our wild card lose. It's a shame our fastest man has sat on the benches for so long. But no longer.

Shahadat, should play the next match and mark my words, with him in the side, we are a side more than just scary, a side who will suddenly come alive with it's aggressive intent, competitive spirit, and physical superiority.

Come on tigers, unleash the fury..................

Imteaz · #2 March 24, 2007, 06:34 AM

I Think Shahadat Can Play In The Place of Russell Against Bermuda.

afrina · #3 March 24, 2007, 06:46 AM

Replasing Russell by Shahadat will increase BD's speed for fast bowlers. Bermuda may not cope with the speed, line and lenght of Mashrafee and Shahadat.

Omio · #4 March 24, 2007, 06:49 AM

I think Sahadat could b better option rather than Russel..

akabir77 · #5 March 24, 2007, 10:50 AM

Yeah i think shadat should play and we should also play golla. cause we don't need to lose wkt in first 10 overs..

mac · #6 March 24, 2007, 12:52 PM

Playing Sahadat will be a nice move, but i don't want Golla tomorrow. His days in Bangladesh cricket is still far from over but we should show our faith rather in Sahriar Nafees. He is now out of form and we need a more confident SN in the super 8(If we qualify). The match against Bermuda will give him a good chance to come back in form. The only batsman who is now underperfoming accept SN is Habibul Bashar. And replacing him by Golla won't be nice at all.

tonoy · #7 March 24, 2007, 12:53 PM

shahadat can be tried out I think He isnt the fastest though. I think mash can surpass his pace now that he got his previous pace back

*AsifTheManRahman* · #8 March 24, 2007, 01:41 PM

shahadat is only scary for associates; 135 is haater moyla for batsmen from the top eight.

cricfanz · #9 March 24, 2007, 01:43 PM

i dont really think shahadat should be thrown into the super8 matches without playing in the Berm game, actually..he's quite wayward sometimes, and need to fix that and get some confidence before the big matches..

al Furqaan · #10 March 24, 2007, 01:48 PM

he played well against australia at home back in april...was quite accurate.

his pace can reach 140...and razzak may sit out with a groin injury against bermuda...

sadi · #11 March 24, 2007, 03:19 PM

No changes. This game is way too important to do any kind of experiment.

samiur666 · #12 March 24, 2007, 05:43 PM

What is the fastest shahadat has bowled? I see reports of 135 to 140 kph. That seems to be about as fast as mashrafee can bowl. So whats so special about shahadat in terms of pace?

akabir77 · #13 March 24, 2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by samiur666
What is the fastest shahadat has bowled? I see reports of 135 to 140 kph. That seems to be about as fast as mashrafee can bowl. So whats so special about shahadat in terms of pace?

clearly you haven't seen him bowling.. well then there is a surprise waiting for you!

Imtiazk · #14 March 24, 2007, 06:53 PM

In 20 overs in a World Cup, against two of the fancied sides, Rasel has conceded 89 runs. What is wrong with that ?

Imtiazk · #15 March 24, 2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by akabir77
clearly you haven't seen him bowling.. well then there is a surprise waiting for you!

Shahadat also leaks runs at 135 kph.

samiur666 · #16 March 24, 2007, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Imtiazk
Shahadat also leaks runs at 135 kph.

LOL good one.

allrounder · #17 March 24, 2007, 07:32 PM

Is he anywhere close to Malinga or Tait? In West Indies all you need is to be able to control your bowling, vary the pace and line and length to trouble the batsmen. Pure pace is no help in WI pitches so far.

akabir77 · #18 March 24, 2007, 07:37 PM

nothing wrong with rasell. but That pace bermuda has always played but they have rearly faced pace of shadat's or mashrafi...they will be for in back foot. and rasell when he gets hit there r no other way for him to hide just continue with his bowl where as shadat can go slower very pace and bang in short...

JamesBond · #19 March 24, 2007, 07:37 PM

Mash and Shahadat might be a good combo..

tiger_omar · #20 March 25, 2007, 12:11 AM

If Shahadat controlled his line and lenghts better, he could be a real good force with Marshrafe, but for now that a pretty big "If" right now. Shahadat has had some good games against the lesser teams in ODI's but I'm not sure if it'll be enough against the real strong teams.

Rasel also hasn't done anything wrong to take his spot take away from him either. I guess he could have taken some wickets. Against India, his bowling pressure along with Mashrafe allowed Mashrafe to take 2 early wickets.

BanglaCool · #21 March 25, 2007, 12:16 AM

Shahadat should play against Bermuda.

betaar · #22 March 25, 2007, 12:31 AM

If we are to play as winner in the super 8 we should try Shahadat tomorrow against Bermuda. I think the reasoning behind playing Shahdat in place of Rassel would be the same reason why Tamim is preferred over JO.

The problem with Shahadat, however, is that he will give batsmen loose balls to hit where as any batsman can hit Rassel whenever they want to due to his lack of pace which will be suicidal in super 8.

zakirc · #23 March 25, 2007, 12:57 AM

We needed Shadat against Sril Lanka .... not Bermuda ... a team like Bermuda can only gain from his wary line & length. Against SL we needed his certain good balls to take a few wickets ... against Bermuda, our lineup for the first 2 matches are good enough, especially since we want to have a very convincing victory.

Only argument in favor of playing Shahadat may be, giving him some match practice before playing Australia / SA, where we may need him again.

I always view Shahadat as a stock bowler, only to be used in tough matches expecting some miracle from him. Unless, of course, he can establish more control in his line & length.

RazabQ · #24 March 25, 2007, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by zakirc
I always view Shahadat as a stock bowler, only to be used in tough matches expecting some miracle from him. Unless, of course, he can establish more control in his line & length.

You mean STRIKE bowler right? A stock bowler is some-one like Tapash Baisya or Sakib. Someone who's expected to bowl long spells of line and length and hopefully get a wicket or two. A strike bowler is one who will produce a few jaffa's and force a good batsman to give up his wicket.

zakirc · #25 March 25, 2007, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by RazabQ
You mean STRIKE bowler right? A stock bowler is some-one like Tapash Baisya or Sakib. Someone who's expected to bowl long spells of line and length and hopefully get a wicket or two. A strike bowler is one who will produce a few jaffa's and force a good batsman to give up his wicket.

I used the term "Stock" (Bowler) from a general perspective, i.e., we don't use him in all matches, only in very difficult ones expecting something extra-special. My bad that I did not consider the commonly used cricketing term "Stock Bowler" and anticipate the mis-understanding.