Junaed Sidique & Jahirul Islam to learn pace bowling !

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Originally Posted by simon
I never heard of them showing interest.

The very first post of the thread that you are replying to:
http://www.banglacricket.com/alochon...17&postcount=1

Quoting relevant part:

Ian Pont, the fast-bowling coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team, took an initiative to produce seamers out of the batsmen to give the Tigers more bowling options.
After having a look into his arsenal, Pont urged all of his batsmen, who have bowled seam sometime in their career to come forward as Bangladesh are desperately in need of all-rounders, who can also bowl seamers (pace).
‘Today we started the process and we have all the fast-bowlers in. We have two of the batsmen coming in as well bowling pace. We are thinking of a couple of batsmen who might know how to bowl pace as well. We are just giving everyone the chance to learn how to increase their speed,’ Ian Pont said after a practice session.
Junaed Sidique, who used to bowl pace when he was young, joined Pont’s group of pace bowlers and went in for training. Jahirul Islam was also tried out for pace bowling.
‘I used to bowl pace when I was a kid. I am not certain what I can do but I will give it a go and see what happens,’ said Junaed after the practice session.

No one was forced. They volunteered, now they are pussy-footing.

[Naimul_Hd]

i hardly believe these Newspaper drama !! Reporters always mix some masala to make it more spicy !

[One World]

In quest of Sujon and Nannu 2.0.

[Dilscoop]

^^ Nannu was a spinner/

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by beshideshi
On one hand I know how much harder training for pace bowling is compared to batting, I also see why it will be annoying to learnt a new trait after already played test cricket. But these guys showed interest to become fast bowlers and should give fast bowling a couple of more months before saying "it's not for me".
I doubt that Junaid and Jahurul has such horrible perception of pace bowling, the reporter makes it sound a lot worse than it actually is. Junaid just smiled innocently and the reporter translated that as a cry for help, seriously?

exactly bangla newspapers always rong choray lakhe..

[22Yards]

so if they have no interest whatsoever learning pace bowling then it wouldnt bring any result. In that case, they should ditch this idea alltogether and let them bat, if they can do that atleast. Should they have a little sense of interest of playing for the team rather than playing for themselves, they should have throughly considered this idea that their advantage in height ( which i would say pretty rare in Bangladesh lets say 1/10 people are tall in bd ? ) can just play a big role in the future. didn't sachin started his career as a no 10 bowler ? i truly believe it can also go the other way round. You just need to be willing to learn and identify what you are good at.

[BANFAN]

Emni jaye na abar .... Tayna pachaye .........

[magic boy]

If tailenders can practice batting to contribute 25/30 runs why cant they? Aailshar dol

[firstlane]

What happend to the idea of using Junaed (& Zahirul) as part time bowler? Was it a failure I wonder!

[Trigger_Tiger]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
At least someone's thinking outside the box. But being the losers that our batsmen are, I wouldn't be surprised if they fail miserably like dogs in the streets.

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Don't insult the stray dogs like this Asif Bhai...they will fight to death for their territory and pride...hehehehehe!

On a more serious note though...I see why not? He is just getting a start and maybe a Pace Bowling Clinic for potent part-timers...increasing the variety withing the team and bringing in far more depth than the rest of the subcontinental teams !

[capslock]

This is a great initiative. Now, who is going to teach them how to bat properly?

[firstlane]

Originally Posted by capslock
This is a great initiative. Now, who is going to teach them how to bat properly?