Thread: More on Openers
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Old April 30, 2004, 05:09 PM
Zunaid Zunaid is offline
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agent - why not Hannan?

Why not Hannan and Javed Omar for Tests?

If Shahriar matures he can be brought in to replace Javed as he ages.

As for Rokon, I always thought he was better suited for 1 down and not opening - part of his failure was our fault for putting him in a position he isn't suited for.

I suppose for all parctical purposes - Mehrab is out of contention. Several years down the road we may look to the youngster from the U-19.

Now as for ODIs, we've used the following for openers at least 5 times:

Al Sahariar Rokon
Athar Ali Khan
Azhar Hossain
Habibul Bashar
Hannan Sarkar
Javed Omar
Mehrab Hossain
Mohammed Ashraful
Shahriar Hossain

Of this list -
Athar and Azhar are long gone.
Mehrab is out I suppose.

Hannan has scored ok opening in terms of runs scored (average 19, but is slower than we like)

Rokon hasn't done too well in ODIs in general - very low teens average.

Bashar does best 4 down. His average here is double that when he opens or comes one down.

Ashraful opened many times but his average opening or coming first down is in the low teens. He somehow does better later in the order.

Javed has the best average opening for Bangladesh in ODIs of this lot. 23+

Shariar is next with 20+.

So perhaps we should persist with Javed Omar and Shahriar as opening. I know many of us (including me) have been wanting Rana opening, but perhaps he can be better used later in the order.

We may end up with two completely different opening pair for Tests and ODIs

Javed Omar and Hannan for Tests.
Shahriar and Rana for ODis.
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