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Old October 8, 2013, 02:42 AM
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to be fair on razzak he was brutal in the last FC season, and he actually has a better FC average than enamul, his career best FC bowling is also better (a 9fer as opposed to enamul's 7fer). enamul has done better with his test chances, better average, better strike rate (though still poor at 80), more wickets (but then he's also played 6 more tests than razzak has), he has more 5fers and even a 10fer in tests so those are the positives for enamul.

but then you could make case for a myriad of domestic spinners. shuvo in FC still averages 22, strike rate of 50 and in his 1 test got 4 wickets, average of 36 and strike rate of 74. but no one wants him selected after seeing him bowl.

saqlain sajib is averaging 20.96, strike rate of 43 from 47 FC matches, he's got more FC 4fers and 5fers than razzak already yet he's played 16 less matches than razzak and he''s only 34 wickets short of what razzak has as well (actually the somparison with shuvo is similar).

enamul despite still being a domestic giant hasn't quite looked the same i believe, gets less turn i heard nowadays than he use to.

btw saqlain's numbers are quite incredible, in his 7 domestic FC seasons he's never averaged above 25. 24.48 was his worst season, that was last season, the season before that it was 21.90, before that 17.44, then his other 3 seasons (his first 3) he averaged in the 19s in all of them.

anyway probably enamul should have been selected because he was in the zim series and did alright, though it was awhile ago. they obviously picked enamul over razzak for that zim series so why swap it around now?
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