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Originally Posted by RazabQ
You'll find Dav agreeing with me.
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Oh really? Thats what Dav also said
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Dav Whatmore had no doubt that the current crop came with a more aggressive outlook, more fearless attitude. "It's not a criticism of the older guys," he said at the end of the day, "they've done a lot for Bangladesh cricket. But the younger guys seem to play with a lot less pressure. They play for the day; they have some skill and a strong desire. They now have to show they can do it against the bigger teams." -- cricinfo
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Ofcouse there is a diff between Ash and Nafess. And that is the diff in quality of grey material in their head than anything else. Ash is in the middle of his profession career versus Nafees is in the early stage of his professional career. Ash squandered lots of opportunities... where as Nafees rearly miss his opportunity he gets(so far)
And how Nafees is introduced into the big league is very similar to the way Mehrab, Sakib and (Mushfiq for fuiture) is introduced into the league. Actullay they (new breed) are introduced into the big league with much more exposure to the u-17, u-19, team-a. than Ash, Rajin were introduced. Nafis and Nafees was in between these two groups.
By going through this process, they are better equiped to fight against similar talented players (of same age group) and survive at each level, and they know how to take advantage when opportunity is given. Thats how they came to the top. Its similar as how butter/cream is made out of milk. Whereas Ash came to the team, he came for for pure talent, no concrete proven record of survival or experience like these boys. Thats why he is failing more often. Talent and proven success record in lower level combined should be the criteria for promotion. Ash got a triple promotion solely based on talent and no track record to back him up, he didn't have to fight for his position, It was given to him in silver platter.
And thats why we see Nafess's success rate is much higher than his old generation of players including Ash ( who have lots of experience by now). And thats why there is
more chance of success by Mehrab, Sakib and Co, than their older generation players. Beacuse they are better prepared to fight back and retain their position; they were not given any double promotions. Ofcouser there is no guarantee all of them will be successful.
In future generation, the new players will be much more ready than Sakib and co. Nafees (the current new dog) and Ash (old dog) again proved that there is nothing to gain giving repeated chances to old dogs who hardly learn any new tricks. Its better to rebuild the team with these new generation of players as they learn from their mistakes. And according to me, the above comment by Dav just validate my locig.
btw a players age is not dictated by their physial age. Its by their mental age as well as their professional age.