No more Mushfiqur Rahim please...

[LateCut]

Can someone post video highlight of the dropped catch and missed stamping chance? Jimmy thinks it was a hard chance. How about the stampling? It should be a regulation stamping chance fot Rahim unless that was an arm ball by Rafique. Even then it is very unfortunate.

[sadi]

The one stumping that he missed in fourth day morning was down the legside and it was quite a hard chance. Plus some commentators thought De Villers stepped out only after seeing Mushfiq missed to catch the ball.

[zainab]

It is difficult to agree or disagree wih coach Siddons. He is the one in charge and he must have seen something in Mushy to say these things.Also, it is not wise to change in midstream. Even though Mushy is making mistakes, he knows the way each bowler bowls, he anticipates the way the ball moves. To bring in someone else now, who has no experience with these bowlers is asking for more truble, and I think Siddons has realized this. One has to see it from his point of view that he has no other option now.
I wonder why he was not asked about Bashar. i would have liked to hear his response.
I like Mushy, he has been keeping wickets since the world cup, which is just one year, and IMO, he has improved.
Sanghakara, Gilchrist, Boucher, Dhoni took years to become good keepers. I think after the Ireland series, Siddons will look into training another wicket keeper.

[akabir77]

I have a question why did the reporters ask JS about Mushi when there is a bigger failure in the team? Why didn't they ask why bashar is in the team? I think our incompetent reporters r trying to put pressure to get pilot in.

I know Mushi needs to be rested but we have bigger problem in the team then him.

Why wasn't there a single q about bashar? is there any reporter in BC? please answer me? i want to see the logic here...

[Murad]

Because everyone loves Bashar. Everyone living in the past.

Selectors bolen ar reporter bolen.. shobai

[Omio]

Pilot going to play ctg test.

[pocha]

Originally Posted by Omio
Pilot going to play ctg test.

Are you a selector?

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by pocha
Are you a selector?

No Omio is selector's bhatiza

[Omio]

Originally Posted by Fazal
No Omio is selector's bhatiza

[Dhakablues]

Originally Posted by Fazal
No Omio is selector's bhatiza

Is the Bhatiza of the Cheap(h) selector or the Pati-selectors? ,

[BangladeshFan]

these cute faces get more chances than they deserve. thats the advantage of good look!

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by lamisa
not exactly @ this moment though,not for tests @least.

dhiman was the best keeper in the FC NCL matches this season, he topped the dismissals list and he has a better FC NCL record with the bat than rahim. if dhiman shouldn't be there then neither should rahim, surprisingly pilot has a better FC NCL batting average than both rahim and dhiman.

[Zobair]

We should stick with Mushfiq. Hopefully he will have better luck next match.

[djnaved]

Originally Posted by Zobair
We should stick with Mushfiq. Hopefully he will have better luck next match.

so if mushy then we should stick with haba also, hopefully he will have better luck next match

[Zobair]

Yes I agree. Afterall Bashar is only 19 and has his whole career in front of him!

Originally Posted by djnaved
so if mushy then we should stick with haba also, hopefully he will have better luck next match

[AsifTheManRahman]

Let's see who in this forum thinks he/she knows better than Siddons now. If you have a new player in the side - who is also "the best wicketkeeper in the country" - you stick by him: you or the media has no job putting pressure on him by asking for his head.

[Mahir]

Mushfique is NOT the biggest problem in the team. Sort the rest of the issues out first and then you guys are welcome to bash the kid (oh sorry, the "golden boy") to your heart's content.

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Let's see who in this forum thinks he/she knows better than Siddons now. If you have a new player in the side - who is also "the best wicketkeeper in the country" - you stick by him: you or the media has no job putting pressure on him by asking for his head.

[detroitpagla]

I think M. Rahim has someone from upper level backing him up. I smell Dhiman Ghosh very soon!

[Murad]

Shudu zero na marlei hoi..

we wouldnt complain if he scores 30+ scores in some innings. he hasn't made a double digit score in his last 7/8 innings. its not helping him and the team.

both he and mash should take break from cricket for sometimes.

[auntu]

I was allwayz fillin dat Mushi played test a bit early. pilot should have played some more then musi can get in.

I wonder how many threads i have to post about Mushi!

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by auntu
I was allwayz fillin dat Mushi played test a bit early. pilot should have played some more then musi can get in.

I wonder how many threads i have to post about Mushi!

Why complain man? don't you know that our players learn slowly? That's why we exposed this golden talent in the test arena as early as possible so that can take his time to learn and become a platinum boy when retires.

[tiger_army]

im ready to bet 500 dollars. Lets give chance Dhiman/pilot rest of the series, there will be another bashing thread for either Dhiman or Pilot whoever gona get chance...We Bangalies r seriously lack of patience. these Bashing threads are in our blood.

[zainab]

i dont know if anyone has read this:

‘No more Mushfiq please…’
Staff Correspondent

It seems the honeymoon for Australian cricket coach Jamie Siddons with Bangladesh is over as he has been widely criticised by the fans on Tuesday for publicly defending under-performing wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim.
Mushfiq squandered at least two stumping chances in South Africa’s second innings and made only nine runs in two attempts in the first Test in Mirpur that Bangladesh lost by five wickets.
Siddons batted a long time for Mushfiq in the post-match press conference terming him the best wicketkeeper Bangladesh has at the moment. He also shifted the blame on the media for creating enormous pressure on the player with talk of his removal.
‘Our coach wants to have longer honeymoon with Mushy (Mushfiq) inspite of repeated golden eggs and poor wicketkeeping. Seems like he is brainwashed by selectors and giving a blind eye to his performance,’ a fan wrote on the Banglacricket.com, a website for the Bangladeshi fans.
‘Disappointed to see Siddons is babying the players. Asking the media not to create pressure on a player! Sounds pathetic,’ added another fan in the same website.
The popular website had a long debate over the performance of Mushfiq after the first Test with most of the participants taking a swipe at the selectors for constantly standing by their man.
‘It’s a hard job to bowl in Test cricket and if you miss a chance then 9 out of 10 times world-class players will make you pay for your mistake. And we all know Mushfiqur always does this kind of mistake which costs us a great deal. I don’t understand why we are using him in Test cricket,’ said a fan.
‘I absolutely agree — that Mushfiq had enough. With no contribution in batting he can’t even do any decent job as a keeper, other than shouting and screaming only. But seriously, who cares about how we the fans feel about our team,’ lamented Razeea, another cricket fan.
‘Mushfiq badly needs a break that will help him to get better and come back as a better batsman. He is developing as a keeper and is almost par with Pilot but his batting is now even worse compared to other options,’ said Miraz, the editor of the website.
‘People keep telling me Rahim’s batting will come good but if you look at the kid’s batting record at all levels (u-19, A team, NCL, national team) he’s never been a consistent batsman, he averages under 30 in all formats in all levels except for u-19 cricket where he averages 33 but 33 isn’t that great,’ commented another fans.
Most of the fans agreed that the selectors should now consider Dhiman Ghosh, the wicketkeeper of the GP-BCB
Academy side, at least in one-day and go back to Khaled Mashud for Tests.
‘If good sense prevails, the selectors will get out of their ego and give him (Mashud) his goodbye match. For ODIs… we took chances with Junaed/Farhad/Mehrab … we should do that with Dhiman,’ said a fan from USA.


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Banglacricket is featured here as saying that fans here wants him out. Why is it that they did not pick up on the blatant fact that fans wants Habibul Bashar out also, who IMO is having a free ride by occupying a seat as a privileged spectator.

At least Mushy does some work behind the stumps.

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Zobair
We should stick with Mushfiq. Hopefully he will have better luck next match.

He was wrongfully given out by the umpire in the 1st Test. Hope, it doesn't happen again in the 2nd Test!

[Ehsan]

Zainab, source please. Where did you find the article?