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*Official* Bangladesh in South Africa 2022

StephenZA

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The greatest indictment on the SA batting order is that VDD appears to be the best batsmen...
 
Gnske

Gnske

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
So what is the point of Aidan Markram in any format right now? His record in ODIs particularly is abysmal for someone who enjoys hard handed sloggery.
 
Bahseph

Bahseph

International Debutant
Well done Bangladesh. Wish I had more to comment but didn't get a chance to watch a single ball,hope SA bounces back! Markram is quickly playing himself out of the Test and ODI sides.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Bahseph said:
Well done Bangladesh. Wish I had more to comment but didn't get a chance to watch a single ball,hope SA bounces back! Markram is quickly playing himself out of the Test and ODI sides.
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I'm not sure he should have actually played a single ODI yet. He's shown no aptitude for the format, even at lower levels.

Making him continue to play a format he never really figured out while he's also in career worst form is just cruel. Nothing to be gained from this, really.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Prince EWS said:
I'm not sure he should have actually played a single ODI yet. He's shown no aptitude for the format, even at lower levels.

Making him continue to play a format he never really figured out while he's also in career worst form is just cruel. Nothing to be gained from this, really.
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That's not true... he has dominated FC and List A at times, scored some big impressive hundreds. He is turning into a Duminy, at the lower levels he looks so good but for whatever reason he just can not translate that. I think it a mental attitude unable to relax, puts to much pressure on himself.
 
Bahseph

Bahseph

International Debutant
StephenZA said:
That's not true... he has dominated FC and List A at times, scored some big impressive hundreds. He is turning into a Duminy, at the lower levels he looks so good but for whatever reason he just can not translate that. I think it a mental attitude unable to relax, puts to much pressure on himself.
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@Prince EWS , StephenZA is totally right. He has looked a class above whenever I watch him in domestics. I hope this isn't another Duminy situation. How much can we read into the fact that his best work comes when he is playing T20I cricket? Seems more settled in what he needs to do.
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

International Debutant
Yeah, Markram averages 42 in List A matches with a strike rate of 96.95 with a high score of 183. Those figures are obviously going to look even better if you remove ODIs, so you can definitely understand why they keep picking him, hoping that he'll come right.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

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Dendarii said:
Yeah, Markram averages 42 in List A matches with a strike rate of 96.95 with a high score of 183. Those figures are obviously going to look even better if you remove ODIs, so you can definitely understand why they keep picking him, hoping that he'll come right.
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That hope has died... they need to send him back down, pick some other youngsters and maybe come back to him in 18 months, if he has sorted himself out. Considering how quickly they dropped Hamza, Markram been given plenty of opportunity.
 
Bahseph

Bahseph

International Debutant
Way too long of a rope if you ask me. 3 fifties since 2017 is not good reading. And they have also tried him in multiple positions in the order. Time to move on imo. I'm also questioning the value of Phelukwayo these days. Can the quotas really favour him when Ngidi,Rabada and Bavuma are locks in most squads,with Sipamla,Magala,Dala and Zondo there and there abouts?
 
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Dendarii

Dendarii

International Debutant
Markram's bowling is more of a factor in T20s where you'd only be banking on him to bowl a couple of overs (with the option of more if he goes well), so it's less of a concern if he has an off day with the ball.
 
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