[Imtiaz]

Originally posted by samiur666

Dont think they will. Anyway can you imagine if your top order had actyually scored, how much better our score would have been?

Samiur, I hope you are wrong ! I have always believed that if pace is denied to batsmen like Jayasuria, Gilchrist etc. then some of element of rashness would creep in.

Tapash should open the bowling with Razzak [ but not Rafique ]. If Tapash does not swing the ball [ his problem is controlling it, in fact ] after two overs, then play the spinners until the 15th over.

Would we have scored 250 ? Not with this top order. I think averages in the long run do not lie.

But I still feel better now than I did two hours ago. This is the first time I have followed a Bangladesh ODI where after the 38th over they batted like any other team in the closing overs of a OD match. From 100/4 to 190/9 , i.e.at 7.5 runs per over for 12 overs is not bad against Vaas and Muralitharan.

Credit goes to Ash, Rana [ selflessness ] , Mashud played a cameo and, of course, Razzak and even the 3 ball Tapash.

Normally, I would give Bangladesh about 2% chance of winning a match [ probability ]. My gut says about 20% today on the back of this morale-boosting recovery.

Let's go at them !



[Edited on 23-7-2004 by Imtiaz]