It didn't start yesterday. I was harping about at last year's Asia Cup and got mocked about it by the usual suspects. Absolutely clueless, yet built up as a tactical mastermind. The commentators crediting Mustaifuzr's two wickets now to his "brilliant" captaincy ffs.
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23th Match - West Indies v Bangladesh
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Arachnodouche
International Captain
Those two insane spurts in momentum have ensured WI will end with a challenging and probably winning total now.
Really? I thought the plan was to give them 380 instead.
cnerd123
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He's had a poor WC. I think the BD think tank had plans and ideas that just haven't come off. Evaluating him on the basis of the WC alone isn't fair. He's been a pretty good captain and a bowler for a good couple of years now and has been one of the main reasons behind BD's recent improvements.
I think they just lack experience in England ODIs and as such some of the decision making has been lackluster. Maybe sticking a bit too rigidly to a plan, or trying funky things for the sake of it. Some pacing issues too.
Having said that, BD haven't been awful. Just wish they would stop opting to bowl first.
cnerd123
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Hope's way better than Rayudu given the role he has to play. India needed a number 4 that could capitalise on the platforms set by a powerful top order. West Indies needed a number 3 to bat through the innings holding it together while the others go beserk around him. Rayudu would be a great fit for this team while Hope would be useless for India.
I can't think of saying anything that wouldn't get me banned now. Just stick to India.
weldone
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Haha seriously, I didn't like Mashrafe's captaincy today either. But Tec is just pouring venom as if Mashrafe has committed dozens of murders.
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Don't worry. The crappiness of *****'s posting is a universally accepted fact here.
Second Spitter
State Vice-Captain
Only the Windies can look bad getting to a score of 300.
cnerd123
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Captaincy is such an inexact science anyways. Mashrafe's entire schtick is shuffling around his bowlers in short spells. He always takes a bowler off after 3-4 tidy overs, unless it's Shakib or a guy who is clearly proving effective in the conditions. He doesn't seem to follow any planned bowling strategy and kinda just makes things up on the fly. Sometimes it work, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you can see him stubbornly stick to a plan that isn't working, sometimes you see him abandon something that looks like it is.
Ultimately the man has been getting results and it's hard to argue that the side has been underperforming underneath him - unlike when Mushy was skipper. So I think he's a perfectly good captain.
Second Spitter
State Vice-Captain
Thomas-Cottrell-Gabriel, there's more tail there than at Petco.
Second Spitter
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Thomas with the bat makes Courtney Walsh look like Brian Lara.