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***Official*** Bangladesh in NZ 2021-22

thierry henry

thierry henry

International Coach
tbh reckon Ajaz would look unthreatening. But the yarns about how we should have picked him write themselves don’t they.
 
wellAlbidarned

wellAlbidarned

International Coach
thierry henry said:
Yes and no. I don’t agree with minimising how good we are to that extent - no team is perfect and we still have various weaknesses in various conditions, but imo we won the WTC and got to world #1 because we were at least near enough to #1. I don’t believe there’s anything to ‘expose’, we’re just a flawed side like all sides.

I do agree though that a sort of artificial smugness might have crept in (among fans if not players) and it’s a timely reminder that our players are not actually destroyers of worlds and we need to take home series against ‘lesser’ opposition seriously. Can’t just say ‘don’t you know we’re a big team now’ and expect them to fall in a heap.
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Pretty much on board with this. Although I think getting pantsed by an overseas spinner on day 4/5 at home is something which needs to happen to us sooner rather than later.
 
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ashley bach

Cricketer Of The Year
Spark said:
It's Day 3. Their aim, as unrealistic as it may be, should be to bat until at least halfway to tomorrow and declare with the aim of forcing an innings result.

No thoughts of acceleration or declaration at all today. Just bat, and bat, and bat.
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Spark judging by this thread you have a lot to answer for the crap coverage many are receiving.
 
Skyliner

Skyliner

International 12th Man
Bangladesh had limited preparation as well.

We have a conservative mind-set as a cricketing nation and it often works to our detriment. We have dropped one 'sort-of' spinner who bats a bit in Santner and have looked to replace him with the exact same sort of player in Ravindra. We would be better off picking Ajaz and asking the lower order players to lift and provide some runs in the same way the Aussie lower order does. Southee has never improved as a batsman, he's never been asked to man up and take on greater responsibility with the bat, and maybe Jamo is now going down the same path...too much molly-coddling and being treated as a border-line nuffy with the bat, rather than saying "we back you to do a job for us". If you don't ask people to rise to a challenge then they probably never will.
 
Chubb

Chubb

International Regular
Aritro said:
Mominul's played some rash shots today but for the most part he's put together a 40 average test career by being aware of how **** he is and adjusting his approach accordingly. Couldn't possibly have got more out of his ability than he has.
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Could have done more outside the subcontinent, he looks a million dollars in Bangladesh.
 
anil1405

anil1405

International Captain
centurymaker said:
Don't see Bangers getting a lead in excess of 100.

NZ will then score at least 350 by lunch on day 5 and set target of 250+ with 2 sessions to go and Bangers will get rolled over.
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Look it was fine when people said the test would be rolled over in two days prior to the start of the game. But give Bangers some credit and stop this dire posting continuously in this thread about a potential Bangers collapse.
 
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vandem

State Captain
Skyliner said:
Bangladesh had limited preparation as well.

We have a conservative mind-set as a cricketing nation and it often works to our detriment. We have dropped one 'sort-of' spinner who bats a bit in Santner and have looked to replace him with the exact same sort of player in Ravindra. We would be better off picking Ajaz and asking the lower order players to lift and provide some runs in the same way the Aussie lower order does. Southee has never improved as a batsman, he's never been asked to man up and take on greater responsibility with the bat, and maybe Jamo is now going down the same path...too much molly-coddling and being treated as a border-line nuffy with the bat, rather than saying "we back you to do a job for us". If you don't ask people to rise to a challenge then they probably never will.
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Ravindra will be a quality test top 6 batter (probably opener). His part-time spin bowling is a bonus. Santner was was normally picked as the 4th bowler (with de Grandhomme taking the batting all-rounder + 5th bowler role). So not "the exact same sort of player" .

If we picked Ajaz ahead of Ravindra we would have 5 bowlers. Aussie don't pick 5 bowlers. They pick 4 bowlers and a batting all-rounder.
 
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