Final Eleven of the 1st Test

[nasifkhan]

I Have heard this from Channel I .

The final squad for the 1st Test would be Like this:

Hannan Sarker
Shahriar Hossain
Habibul Bashar
Ashraful
Rajin Saleh
Khaled Masud
Manjarul Rana
Rafique
Mushfiq
Tapash Baisya
Manjurul Islam


I surprised not to see Tareq Aziz in the team. He deserved it .

[Edited on 18-2-2004 by nasifkhan]

[Sami]

yeah... either alamgir Kabir or Tareq Aziz shud have been there instead of Manjurul Islam... both of them deserved the place... hopefully in the 2nd test... otherwise this is a really good team... the best one we can field right now...

[Ahmed_B]

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[Sami]

hehehe... I didnt even count the number there...

[Mahmood]

Well, considering the last record of Manjurul in Zimbabue, I dont see anything wrong in giving him a chance to repeat his 6 wicket haul. If he sucks, Tarek can get his chance in the second test.

I like this team.

[Sami]

But the thing is when a player performs in the tour pratice matches they expect to get into the first team... and when they dont, it automatcally causes some psychological effect. In this case its a bowler that is already under-performing that gets in the team instead of 2 bowlers that showed that they are capable of bowling well...

I know what i am saying makes the thing sound a lot more severe than the actual situation... but still good performances shud be rewarded...

[adnan]

Manjurul did pretty well against the games against Namibia. Another fact is that, both Tareq and Alamgir achieved there best bowling in that match. Isnt it more of the Pitch? Could any team reach 200? Dont you think that monjurul could do the same on that pitch too?

[Sami]

just to make it clear I have nothing against monjurul playing the test match... my point was if Alamgir and Tareq performed well (which they did) they shud have been rewarded... atleast one of them... preferrably tareq...

[Sami]

How far is dresden from bremen? And what are u doing there...? U can u2u me and lemme know if u want... or add me to ur MSN if u use it...

[Sami]

Habibul Bashar (captain)
Hannan Sarker
Shahriar Hossain
Rajin Saleh
Mohammad Ashraful
Mushfiqur Rahman
Khaled Mashud
Manjarul Islam Rana
Mohammad Rafique
Tapash Baisya
Monjurul Islam

Source: Daily Star

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

jaihok,
first 11 kintu amar mon moto hoyeche. ji bhai onekai kintu hotash ebong kichuta obak hoyechen aziz ke na dekhe. kintu bhai akta kotha mone rakhte hobe. aziz hoito bhalo bolling koreche ebong asholeo bhalo bollingi koreche tini. kintu e kotha mone rakhte hobe je 5 diner match khelar jonno kintu onek experienced hote hoi. jar karone kintu monjur theke aziz ebong kabir pichai porche. dannabad.

[rafiq]

The only surprise is manju's inclusion knowing Whatmore doesn't like him much. So there must be a good reason. Kabir and Tareq Aziz are both ordinary bowlers who got lucky in Harare, although it was tempting to put one in the Test match. One of them could have played for Mushfiq, but our batting is too unpredictable otherwise. I like the batting lineup, this team looks pretty solid.

[rafiq]

Now we finally have the Manjarul - Monjurul naming problem! Text commentary will be chaos from here on out. Bring it on!

[FaltuRidwanBhai]

rafiq bhai,
ami kintu apnar shathe akmot. ashole hai bishoita kintu amio lokkho koreche monju kintu coach ar khub akta prio patro non bole ami mone kori. but ai jatrai kintu akhon monjur upore ar keo nai. mashrafee jehetu nai tai monju ke daka hoyechilo ebong tar onnotomo karon hochhe monju experienced. ta chara monjur kintu speed nai khub akta. swing ache. ebong monjur kintu ghontar por ghonta line and length bojai rekhe consistent bolling korte shokkhom.

[rafiq]

I actually like monju in one dayers because he will give very little away in 10 overs. His problem is he does not take wickets, and how can he when every delivery is an outswinger pitched outside the offstump? Manju needs a new bag of tricks, and hopefully in his time away from the national team he had been working hard.

[Nasif]

I don't like Monju that much either. But the guy did take 6 wickets with those outswingers. I have faith in Whatmore's judgement. Lets hope for the best.

[rassel]

I think it is a decent line up for the first test match. Most of this final eleven have good experience in the test arena. They won’t be intimated by Zimbabwean player since BD performed exceptionally well against last three tough opponent. (Australia, Pakistan, and England).

[Rubu]

Ok, there is nothing wrong with the best 11. but i also want tarik aziz in the team too after his performance in the practice match. can i have all 12? please.

[Sham]

as I seem to find myself being quite a lot these days, and say that I don't like this team much.

Actually, its not that bad, I just don't like having Monju in it. Monju, Mushfiq and Tapash makes it a pretty ordinary pace attack. Too slow and defensive in my opinion. We should definitely have had Aziz. Just because Monju got 6 wickets three years back doesn't mean he should be in this team. Especially after Aziz took 9 wickets against Zimb A. I just get the feeling that we aren't really trying to win.

Having said that, if Monju does do a repeat performance, I'll be the first to jump on the Monju bandwagon. I have no shame!

[Rubu]

can anyone tell me when does the match starts tomorrow? bangladeshi time.

[Ehsan]

I agree with Sham bhai. Man Tareq should have got a chance after all his hard work.

[Sham]

0800 GMT
1400 BDT
0300 EST

[al Furqaan]

I like the makeup of the team, from a batting stand point. But without Mashrafee can we expect to take 20 wickets in a match? He is our best pace man...i think tareq should have gotten the nod regardless of what monju did in the past. they could have kept him in along with monju if they really wanted to.

If rajin does not get at least one century in his 4 test innings i will be dissapointed. but if he has a solid time at the crease then i guess its ok.

Any other american born and raised bangalis here?

[Zobair]

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[sheshprohor]

I somewhere heard that..monju is capable of swing the old ball....If that's the case, we have a trump card.



Prohor