**Shakib@Big Bash**

[Rana Melb]

This has been confirmed that Shakib is going to play this year BigBash in Australia, however, this is not confirmed who he is playing for..

Congrats Shakib

Source: bangla vision

[Vepu]

Is it before the WC or after?

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by Vepu
Is it before the WC or after?

Dec- jan

[Rana Melb]

http://m.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh...ry/806685.html

[Vepu]

Now this is an excellent news. Hope he gets to play all the matches and get used to oz pitches

[Rana Melb]

Yes this would be good, he ll get a taste of aussie conditions and environment before WC Now question is whether he will be picked for entire tournament or few games?!!

[Vepu]

Looks like brisbene and sydney both want him. I want him to play for brisbene as we are playing a match there

[Vepu]

Btw we are playing england in adelaide which is a spinning track and will suit bd players better. Anyone knows how is melbourne pitch as we are playing srilanka there. Icc will be making the pitches so i guess they will make them as batting friendly as possible. Then again we got folded for 58 and 78 in our own backyard

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by Vepu
Btw we are playing england in adelaide which is a spinning track and will suit bd players better. Anyone knows how is melbourne pitch as we are playing srilanka there. Icc will be making the pitches so i guess they will make them as batting friendly as possible. Then again we got folded for 58 and 78 in our own backyard

That's the key. It's usually our players mental frailties rather than the conditions. Hopefully our players won't fold like the last WC. That time our core players were 23 year olds and now they are 27 year olds. So hopefully they've become mentally stronger

[Tiger444]

Great news btw that Shakib is eligible to play. Hope he gets selected by a team. This experience would be great for him and could be crucial for our success

[NoName]

Great idea, at least one of our best batsmen will have time to get acclimatized to the conditions.

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by Vepu
Looks like brisbene and sydney both want him. I want him to play for brisbene as we are playing a match there

How do you know that? Any source?

It doesn't no matter if he gets a team he can able to play all over Australia - ( home and away)

[Jadukor]

Can't afford an injury to him at this stage.

[Vepu]

Originally Posted by Rana Melb
How do you know that? Any source?

It doesn't no matter if he gets a team he can able to play all over Australia - ( home and away)

Prothom alo

[Rinathq]

Originally Posted by Vepu
Prothom alo

i doubt its true. Besides Brisbane already has 3 foreign signs aleady (Flintoff, Vettori, Badree). Could be Sydney Thunder though

[NoName]

Shakib is pretty unknown to the Aussies, I don't think he's even rated as anything substantial by them either. In the previous BBL, when Ponting was commentating, he thought Shakib was still captain of BD.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
Can't afford an injury to him at this stage.

Right. But I thought this was ura-dura dhum-dharakka bish over'er khela?

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by NoName
Shakib is pretty unknown to the Aussies, I don't think he's even rated as anything substantial by them either. In the previous BBL, when Ponting was commentating, he thought Shakib was still captain of BD.

Those who follow cricket, they all know Shakib. That is all that matters. Clubs know his value.

[Rana Melb]

Originally Posted by Dilscoop
My understanding is he will get NOC or whatever. Not confirmed whether he's actually going to play. Knowing how ignorant they are about our cricket and how he wasn't bought in any of the previous seasons yet, I won't hold my breath. I mean they cut him after he scored 50 in his 1st game and almost bowled them to a win. ... For Botha.

he was a replacement for injuired Botha; as per the contract he could not able to play when Botha was back. So this year he should find a permanent spot rather than replacement. I want him to play for syndney sixers. lets see.

PS-By the look of it, i am sure they are contacting shakib.. recruiters must know about him and his performance. So in terms of suitabilty this is not an issue.

[NoName]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Those who follow cricket, they all know Shakib. That is all that matters. Clubs know his value.

Apparently not

[Eshen]

For sake of argument, lets say people don't really follow Bangladesh team. But this guy helped Knight Riders to win IPL, no reason not to notice him (for anyone that follows T20 cricket).

[MHRAM]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Those who follow cricket, they all know Shakib. That is all that matters. Clubs know his value.

But the same folks don't look much into Bangladesh cricket.

For someone like Punter claiming that he is the Bangladesh captain tells you quite a bit. SAffers don't know much about him either.

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[G-man]

the aust crowd is pretty ignorant when it comes to bangladesh and the lower ranked teams. They dismiss any achievements saying it was against ireland/zimbabwe etc and flat tracks bla blah

[BanCricFan]

Originally Posted by MHRAM
But the same folks don't look much into Bangladesh cricket.

For someone like Punter claiming that he is the Bangladesh captain tells you quite a bit. SAffers don't know much about him either.

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Nevermind Punter ask ShamCha and see.

[Rana Melb]

Folks I work with all the aussies here, they don't care about Bangladesh. They always think we are lower rank team so they just ignore it. They only value England, Sf and India. So this is us who should lift up our ranking and beat the giants in a regular basis.