If consistent performance in NCL matches is the main criterion for national team selection, then the selectors have to choose Ehsanul Haque and Faisal Hossain over Ash and Aftab- does not it sound ridiculous? We all know that those so called consistent performers against weak attacks will turn clueless against quality attacks in most cases. Thus the selectors don't have much choice but to follow their gut feelings to pick talented but yet inconsistent teenagers. Otherwise we would not have a talented player like Mashrafee in our team. Our domestic leagues at this point can produce another Habibul Bashar or Hasibul Hossain at best.
Athahar Ali many times mentioned that stats in the domestic circuit are not necessarily the selection criteria for the national team, the techniques and fighting qualities of a player are the things they look for. It is not the bulk of runs that may get you selected, rather it is the conditions under which those runs are made are the criteria.
This post is not meant to justify Ash/Aftab's inconsistencies, their failures bug me as much as they do to you. Also, I would love to see Ehsanul and Faisal getting chances again to prove their skills at a higher level, but this time it should be the A team as the first step.
Edited on, December 5, 2005, 5:44 PM GMT, by TheWatcher.
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