Substitute Player

**Mahmood** · #1 July 22, 2002, 09:20 AM

Isnt the 12th man the only choice for substitute fielder?

This caught my eyes...

RP Arnold c sub (Fahim Muntasir) b Manjural Islam 25 48 25 4 0

*ST Jayasuriya c sub (Mohammad Ashraful) b Enamul Haque 145 214 164 13 6

I guess you can replace as many player as you want then. And the 12th man is a meaningless position!!!

**Tehsin** · #2 July 23, 2002, 02:41 AM

You caught it all right but I guess the Lankans figured it won't hurt either way. (unless ICC changed the rules on us)

[Edited on 24-7-2002 by tehsin]

**Mahmood** · #3 July 23, 2002, 09:14 AM

Seems so...we call this in BD...dudh-bhat.

[Edited on 23-7-2002 by Rajputro]

fwullah · #4 July 23, 2002, 10:24 AM

From the TV commentators, (My Cable TV is back today, and I could say yesterday's highlights) I heard that Hannan Sarkar had hit his hands (Right hand - fingers somewhere, can't say for sure - but the bandage was all over his right hand's 3 or 4 fingers) and when he was out today for only 1 run, the TV showed his hand.

I didn't know of this until I saw the TV, I mean nobody in papers said anything about it.

So, maybe he was off the field most of the time, and maybe Ashraful was the other (2nd) substitute fielder.

**Tehsin** · #5 July 23, 2002, 09:35 PM

That explains it.
Now, what did you say about Hannan ? Don't tell me he is injured ? We already lost Masri. GRRRRRR