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adamberry

Not knowing a great deal about domestic cricket in Bangladesh, I've picked a line up that seems quite good on paper. So here goes:

Ehsanul Haque (26 yrs; played 1 Test, RHB)
Nazmus Sadat (19 yrs; LHB)
Nazimuddin (20 yrs; has played for Bangladesh A; RHB)
Imran Ahmed (25 yrs; RHB)
Faisal Hossain (27 yrs; LHB)
Saghir Hossain (19 yrs; WK)
Arafat Salahuddin (22 yrs; RHB, RFM)
Elias Sunny (20 yrs; LHB, SLA)
Hasibul Hossain (28 yrs; played 5 Tests & 32 ODI's, RHB, RFM)
Shafaq Al Zabir (19 yrs; RHB, LMF)
Yasin Arafat (18 yrs; RHB, OB)

I have tried to include youth and experience in this XI, however I'd be willing to accept that this may not be the best line up.

Rifat

The bowling line-up looks good, Yasin Arafat is an off-spinner (very bright prospect) and another prospect Shafaq Al Zabir a pacer, in the batting Ehsanul Haque is a talent as well as Tamim Iqbal, Ehsanul's average is almost 60 in domestic cricket and Tamim's average is 100 something. See the first page.

Mike · 06:44 PM

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                    Mat    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave   SR    100 50  Ct St Team		Bat(Bwl) - age

Nazmus Sadat   (A)    6   12   0   661  151   55.08  58.28   2  3    3  - KHULNA	1 - 19
Nasiruddin Faruque    8   14   3   510  101   46.36  45.69   1  4    7  - BARISAL	3 - 22
Al Sahariar           8   15   0   593  102   39.53  79.17   1  5    7  - DHAKA		3 - 28
Shahriar Nafees       3    6   0   248   83   41.33  75.60   -  3    1  - BARISAL	4 - 20
Ehsanul Haque        10   17   1   955  138   59.68  57.15   2  8    6  - CHTGNG	5 RA-OB - 26
Mahmudullah   (A)     7   14   2   425   70   35.41  47.69   -  4    6  - DHAKA		6(5)RA-MF - 20
Golam Mabud          10   20   1   721  122   37.94  57.95   1  4   35  1 SYLHET +	6 - 21
Mushfiqur Rahman      9   14   0   387   72   27.64  50.19   -  5    6  - RJSHI		6(2,4) RA-FM - 26
Elias Sunny           7   11   4   182   51   26.00  59.09   -  1    2  - CHTGNG	8 SLA - 20
Syed Rasel            2    3   0    37   26   12.33  46.83   -  -    -  - KHULNA	11(2) LA-MF swing - 21
Hasibul Hossain       9   16   2   129   31*   9.21  57.84   -  -    1  - SYLHET	11(1)RA-FM - 28

I've gone for a blend of youth and experience. Plenty of variety in the bowling, too.

Tamim Iqbal has been removed from the qualifiers list because he had only played 4 matches. I realize he's a big talent but, at only 17 yrs, he's way too young to be considered now. Let's see how he does next season.

adamberry · 15-05-2006, 10:29 AM in reply to Mike's post "My team:"

That looks to be a pretty good line-up to me on the basis of averages etc.

I agree with you on Tamim Iqbal, he is a bit too young to be selected for an A-team at this stage.

admin

Could all the selectors please PM me with their two key players from their team that they think must be in the WAT final XI. This will help move the selection process along quickly. Once I have two key players from each selector I'll post them in the thread and then we can continue the selection process.

admin · 06:24 PM

Key Players:

Vrock: Ehsanul Haque, Nazmus Sadat
Karthik: Abdur Razzak, Faisal Hussain
Rifat: Ehsanul Haque, Hasibul Hossain
uham: Mushfiqur Rahman, Tusher Imran
adamberry: Ehsanul Haque, Hasibul Hossain
Mike: Nasiruddin Faruque, Shahriar Nafees

Provisional Team:

1. Nazmus Sadat (6)*
2. Shahriar Nafees (1)*
3. Nasiruddin Faruque (5)*
4. Tusher Imran (3)*
5. Ehsanul Haque (7)***
6. Faisal Hossain (6)*
7. Saghir Hossain + (3)
8. Mushfiqur Rahman (3)* RA-FM(2)
9. Abdur Razzak (2)* SLA
10. Shafaq Al Zabir (4) LA-MF (1)
11. Hasibul Hossain (6)** RFM (1)

Please post your revised team. Try and improve the balance of the provisional team.

Vrock · 01:15 PM

1. Nazmus Sadat (6)*
2. Shahriar Nafees (1)*
3. Nasiruddin Faruque ... Faisal Hossain
4. Tusher Imran ... Ehsanul Haque
5. Ehsanul Haque ... Nasiruddin Faruque
6. Faisal Hossain ... Mahmudullah
7. Saghir Hossain
8. Mushfiqur Rahman
9. Abdur Razzak
10. Shafaq Al Zabir
11. Hasibul Hossain

Sadat opening offers a watcful approach with a strike rate of 58, and Nafees with a strike rate of 75 gives a nice balance of aggression and defence which will give an innings a rock and someone to keep the score ticking over.

With a strike rate of 45 Nasiruddin Faruque seems to be much like Sadat in style, this would mean that runs would not flow if Nafees was to get out early (which is more likely to happen due to his more aggressive nature) then there would be a period early in the innings where runs may be difficult to come by. I think that Faisal Hossain should be put at number 3 with Faruque at 5; Faruque could then hold an innings together if there was a top order collapse.

4 and 5 in the order could be either way round for me, two very similar players in aggression so I am comfortable either way.

Tushar Imran's average this season has been quite poor, and a high score this season of 198 only really highlights his inconsistency.

Saghir Hossain has a decent average at 30 for a keeper, and at a strike rate of 60 he doesn't look too aggressive so will make an innings when needed. He has scored a century and four fifties this season.

Hasibul Hossain has got plenty of wickets, a great strike rate, and a great average this season. A perfect choice as a fast medium pace bowler.

Shafaq Al Zabir gives some variation in being a lefty (medium fast), he will offer the difference in angle.

I think a genuine allrounder I had missed in my original XI and is missing from the provisional is Mahmudallah, he has averaged about 35 with the bat and 32 with the ball. He gives a better balance to the side with having four good bowling options rather than 3, and this allows the batting to go a fair way down the order.

Abdur Razzak and Mushfiqur Rahman are both very handy with the bat so will add runs down the order, making up for only having five specialist batsmen.

admin · 02:25 PM

The problem I have with the provisional team is that it doesn't contain a genuine all-rounder. It might be okay for Australia to rely on four main bowlers because they are good enough to bowl sides out without risking their seamers bowling too many overs. They depend heavily on Shane Warne to bowl a lot of overs. If the provisional side had no genuine all-rounder it would rely on Abdur Razzak to bowl a lot of overs so the seamers aren't over-bowled. Ehsanul Haque could also chip in with a few overs as the part-time OB bowler. Abdur Razzak hasn't taken a wicket for Bangladesh A yet (in first-class games - however, he has taken plenty of wickets in the one-day matches for Bangladesh A) which suggests he can't play a central role like Shane Warne. Therefore, our WAT side needs an all-rounder to bat at #6.

I could only find 3 all-rounders worthy of consideration: Farhad Hossain RA-OB, Mahmudullah RA-MF, Manjural Islam Rana SLA.

If Manjural Islam Rana plays then there is no point in playing Abdur Razzak. It's not good policy to play two spinners of the same type. Therefore, Abdur Razzak would have to be replaced with Yasin Arafat OB.

If you wish to retain Abdur Razzak then Farhad Hossain RA-OB and Mahmudullah RA-MF are the other options. If Mahmudullah is chosen as the 4th seamer then Ehsanul Haque can take the part-time OB role.

If you prefer Farhad Hossain then you add more variety to the attack as well as being able to rest the seamers.

If we do select an all-rounder, which I advise, then one of the current top six batsmen must be dropped. Please post your revised team and give reasons for how you balanced your side.

Vrock · 05:33 PM

1. Nazmus Sadat - (p/t SLA)
2. Shahriar Nafees
3. Faisal Hossain
4. Ehsanul Haque - (p/t RA-OB)
5. Nasiruddin Faruque
6. Mahmudullah - (RA - FM)
7. Saghir Hossain+
8. Mushfiqur Rahman (RA - FM)
9. Abdur Razzak (SLA)
10. Shafaq Al Zabir (LA - MF)
11. Hasibul Hossain (RA - FM)

I still believe dropping Tushar Imran is the way to go in terms of only having 5 batsmen, and the allrounder to replace him would be Mahmudullah. He offers pace with the ball to back up a front line 3 man pace attack. And gives something extra to a decent line of batting.

Having an allrounder as a spinner I don't think would be needed as there are already two part timers that can bowl decent spin and have done pretty well this season.

For the spot of front-line spinner I was stuck between Razzak* and Manjural Islam Rana. Rana has had a poor season with the ball but has excelled with the bat averaging over 40. Razzaq has averaged 17 with the bat and 33 with the ball. Both are SLA's so I think we should go with the stronger bowler rather than looking at what they offer with the bat. As the side can contribute all the way down. In this case I went for Razzak, his economy is also superior to that of Rana so will be able to tie an end down if needed.

* I don't think Razzaq can be seen as a genuine allrounder, he has only averaged 17 with the bat and hasn't made any big scores.

adamberry

Revised team:

1. Nazmus Sadat
2. Shahriar Nafees
3. Faisal Hossain
4. Ehsanul Haque
5. Saghir Hossain +
6. Mahmudallah
7. Manjural Islam Rana
8. Yasin Arafat
9. Mushfiqur Rahman
10. Shafaq Al Zabir
11. Hasibul Hossain

I've decided to omit Abdur Razzaq from my XI in favour of Manjural Islam Rana, on the basis that Yasin Arafat should be able to be included. IMO Arafat is a better spinner, which is shown in his averages, which are significantly better than Razzaq's.

I've elected to include Mahmudallah as the all-rounder at number 6, so as to include a fourth seamer in the team. This should enable rotation through the bowling attack.

Shafaq Al Zabir is included as the left-arm seamer to provide variation and a different bowling angle.

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