2nd ODI (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh at Chittagong, Oct 24 2018| 04:30 AM EDT

[RealSports]

A boring match.

[One World]

The other match was very interesting, WIndies tied with India.

The silver lining is Rabbi just matched the record of Sachin, can he emulate further time will tell?

[ToBeFair]

Fazle Mahmud is a complete package.

If Haba has any shame left, he should resign immediately from the position of selection. But wait, no one resigns in the sub-continent.

[simon]

Congratulations to BD for an easy series win over Zim even in the absence of Sak and TI.
Very vappy for Imrul. And Liton
Mushy and Mithun hv been good too.
Like him or not Mithun is showing consistency which is what we need.
Congrts Saif on becoming MoM and I hope he turns out to be a consistent player,I am more interested in his batting

[adamnsu]

Originally Posted by BD_TigerZ
Fazle getting roasted everywhere. People should be sticking it to Nannu and Bashar instead.

Those two don't have any openings to stick things into. They are quite thick skinned especially that Nannu.

[godzilla]

Y'all should have watched Ind v WI instead. Was a gem of a match.

[simon]

Originally Posted by godzilla
Y'all should have watched Ind v WI instead. Was a gem of a match.

I did, from the 40th over i switched matches 😁

[paco]

Originally Posted by adamnsu
Those two don't have any openings to stick things into. They are quite thick skinned especially that Nannu.

[Shingara]

Ki bepar. Zimbabwae er shather match threagulo matro 10 page hoy keno ?
Amra fansra ki shobai eto confident ?

[epitaph]

Originally Posted by Gowza
Rather see shanto have a run at 3 since he’s a specialist number 3 and has done well domestically for a few years.

Shanto's List A avg is 36. That's pretty low by our standards. It shows when he struggles in ODIs, for which he shouldn't even be called up.

His FC avg is high. He should only be in contention for Test and get playing time when there are injuries like now.

Fazle has been averaging 47 lately at domestic level. His selection with Shakib's injury, vs Zimbabwe was justified. Not every experiment is going to be a success (not that we already know this one won't be), and the unsuccessful ones aren't necessarily bad experiments. This isn't the same as calling up Sabbir and Soumya for Test.

Mithun at 5 worked out well. And you guys were complaining about Imrul and Soumya call-ups during Asia Cup not too long ago.(This isn't @ you personally but at all the recent hyperbole needless negativity about ODI selections. Test squad is a different matter. )

[Rifat]

Originally Posted by epitaph
Shanto's List A avg is 36. That's pretty low by our standards. It shows when he struggles in ODIs, for which he shouldn't even be called up.

His FC avg is high. He should only be in contention for Test and get playing time when there are injuries like now.

Fazle has been averaging 47 lately at domestic level. His selection with Shakib's injury, vs Zimbabwe was justified. Not every experiment is going to be a success (not that we already know this one won't be), and the unsuccessful ones aren't necessarily bad experiments. This isn't the same as calling up Sabbir and Soumya for Test.

Mithun at 5 worked out well. And you guys were complaining about Imrul and Soumya call-ups during Asia Cup not too long ago.(This isn't @ you personally but at all the recent hyperbole needless negativity about ODI selections. Test squad is a different matter. )

I am one of the very few in this forum who supports Fazle Mahmud inclusion. I think he should be given another run. If Shakib/Tamim comes back, that's another story...too bad, you gotta make most you the chances you are given.

[epitaph]

Originally Posted by Rifat
I am one of the very few in this forum who supports Fazle Mahmud inclusion. I think he should be given another run. If Shakib/Tamim comes back, that's another story...too bad, you gotta make most you the chances you are given.

Yes, if he fails in all three matches, that's on him. Whether it's due to nerves like Mash said or not.

Part of being successful at this level is being able to hold one's nerves. We need players who won't choke in the WC.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by epitaph
Shanto's List A avg is 36. That's pretty low by our standards. It shows when he struggles in ODIs, for which he shouldn't even be called up.

His FC avg is high. He should only be in contention for Test and get playing time when there are injuries like now.

Fazle has been averaging 47 lately at domestic level. His selection with Shakib's injury, vs Zimbabwe was justified. Not every experiment is going to be a success (not that we already know this one won't be), and the unsuccessful ones aren't necessarily bad experiments. This isn't the same as calling up Sabbir and Soumya for Test.

Mithun at 5 worked out well. And you guys were complaining about Imrul and Soumya call-ups during Asia Cup not too long ago.(This isn't @ you personally but at all the recent hyperbole needless negativity about ODI selections. Test squad is a different matter. )

Nice cherry picking with the stats there, fazl averages 30 in list A cricket with the bat, did you see what shanto did before he got selected for the Asia cup? Last DPL he was terrific.

Mithun Ali averages 33, ariful 25.

I’d say 36.83 with 6 tons in 73 innings is pretty good, fazle has played 78 list A inning so so very comparable.

[epitaph]

Originally Posted by Gowza
Nice cherry picking with the stats there, fazl averages 30 in list A cricket with the bat, did you see what shanto did before he got selected for the Asia cup? Last DPL he was terrific.

Mithun Ali averages 33, ariful 25.

I’d say 36.83 with 6 tons in 73 innings is pretty good, fazle has played 78 list A inning so so very comparable.

I wasn't cherrypicking, I didn't know Shanto did well in DPL. What was his avg?

The fact that they're looking at form and current trend too and not just career avg is a good thing. Mushy's and Tamim's NT averages don't tell the whole story either re what caliber of players they're currently. You think only Shanto should be called up based on form but not others?

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by epitaph
I wasn't cherrypicking, I didn't know Shanto did well in DPL. What was his avg?

The fact that they're looking at form and current trend too and not just career avg is a good thing. Mushy's and Tamim's NT averages don't tell the whole story either re what caliber of players they're currently. You think only Shanto should be called up based on form but not others?

I don’t think only shanto should be called up but I think at this point in time leading up to the WC that call ups should be minimal, plus you said he shouldn’t have been called up, I was simply defending his selection.

Shanto was the leading run scorer in the last DPL, average of over 57.

[epitaph]

Originally Posted by Gowza
I don’t think only shanto should be called up but I think at this point in time leading up to the WC that call ups should be minimal, plus you said he shouldn’t have been called up, I was simply defending his selection.

Shanto was the leading run scorer in the last DPL, average of over 57.

With Shakib's absence they probably wanted another batting AR which is reasonable.

A bowling AR in Saifuddin and a batting AR in Fazle to replace Shakib's bowling is logical. And no one knew Saif would perform like a full time bowler because, previously, he did poorly.

Mithun worked out. They wanted to give another older cricketer a chance, and there were tactical reasons for it. Don't see much wrong in that selection.