Good OD line-up!

Ockey · #1 September 27, 2002, 11:32 PM

With the exception of Rafiqul Islam (who, I still feel, should been replaced by Aminul), I like the batting line-up of the last practice match.

Golla
Hannan
Rafiqul
Rokon
Sanwar
Tushar

It's still too early to speculate but I believe the following should be the line-up for the ODI:

1. Hannan
2. Golla
3. Rokon
4. Sumon
5. Sanwar /Tushar
6. Mashud
7. Sujon
8. Rafique /Kapali
9. Tapash
10.Talha
11. Maju

Some facts from the last game:
15 runs were given away as wides by the BD side, 9 of which came from Anwar Hossain.

Tapash was the most economical 9 overs, 2 maidens, 26 runs for 2 wickets.

Ockey · #2 September 27, 2002, 11:36 PM

Here is the link to the scorecard of the first practice match:

http://www.supercricket.co.za/articl...OMESTICCRICKET

fwullah · #3 September 28, 2002, 04:13 AM

Can anybody on this board imagine Rokon to be a future captain?

When there is a player like Golla and Monju available? Although player performance is not an assessment for a definition of future captain, but I don't see how Rokon is the man to be an acting captain in absence of the following players:

1) Pilot
2) Sumon
3) Sujon

And yet, he was the acting captain against NFO XI in a match which we won.

fwullah · #4 September 28, 2002, 04:16 AM

But he did one thing right - being a captain once.

He showed that he would like to bat at number four if is given the choice.

Pundit · #5 September 28, 2002, 08:37 AM

Fahmida, please explain why you believe either Sumon or Sujon ought to be a future captain-

w/ Sumon, what do we know about him as a person ? What do we get to know about him as a person when hr bats ? Nothing really that,s seriously indicative of his captaining abilities. Also, look a PAK/AUS/INDIA..and Gilchrist, INZI, Dravid. How many of them became or will become a capt permanently after the capt leaves. Also, in terms of tests, AL-Shariyar is almost as experienced as Bashar.

w/sujon...we all agree that MASHUD is a swell guy, isnt it, and would like to see him at the helm for quite a while. How old will Sujon be after that ?

ABout the boy Al-Shariar himself, well, everything from his batting tells us that he is kinda wreckless on the pitch- but elsewhere, do we know. And besides, this was a picnic game, most other guys just wanted to relax. So the infamous coach/ mgmt just chose someone fairly experienced, and with aggressive traits.

**Tehsin** · #6 September 28, 2002, 11:54 AM

Isn't that what we want from our boys ? instead of being complete chickens ?
However, I'd hold off my comment on Rokon 'the captain' because I am not a big fan of his reckless batting and you can't judge him over a win in a picnic match.

Sending himself at number 4 was good. He never wanted to be an opener, it was BCB and the team managements idea to make an opener out of him. As a result, he goes in to open with the attitude of a lower middle order.

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fwullah · #7 September 29, 2002, 12:10 AM

I have said Sumon and Sujon to be a likely captain because both of them was either captain or vice captain of the national or A team. (Sujon was vice captain for the national team for quite a long time and Sumon was the captain for the A team and is now vice captain for the national team).

Otherwise, I have no intention whatsoever to lose Pilot - as THE captain.

I think in the far distant future, if Pilot is injured so that he can't keep wickets, he can still be a Bangladesh captain - only for his batting AND EXPERIENCE (he has played in more ODI matches than any other Bangladeshi until now).