how many spinners on first test - Page 2

Fazal · #26 May 13, 2005, 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by pagol-chagol

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Originally posted by Fazal
Just go with two spinners. Both of them part timer: Ash and Rajin
.... unless Rafique or Enamul surprises us (again) in warm-up matches.

In that way you can either go 4 FB and 6 batsman + Pilot

Or, Go for 3 FB + Aftab as part timer. That makes 7 batsman + Pilot. A perfrct recipe for first ever DRAW against England

Edited on, May 13, 2005, 2:04 PM GMT, by Fazal.

Rajin, Ash & Aftab will be so tired that we'll have 4 batsmen+ 3 part time bowlers + WK + 3 pacers. It'll be painful!

Well.. we need to be inovative here.:P

Rotate your part time bowler with short spell. Actually that will keep them warm and help them avoid injury. Or after his spell, Mushrafe can be the part time keeper and Pilot can bowl some overs. And what Bashar and Gullu are doing all these days, can't they bowl couple of overs now and then like Tendulker? Who Knows, those two may be the surprise that Dav and Bashar were talking recently.

we need to filll up the lineup with as many batsman as we can (without compromising with the FBs).... like french fries clogging the blood vessels. Thats the only way we will get a Darw... or even a WIN.

Edited on, May 13, 2005, 5:51 PM GMT, by Fazal.

BangladeshFan · #27 May 13, 2005, 12:55 PM

rafiq is a must, he can get in the team by his batting alone. the question is whether enamul or 3 pacers?

reasons for playing enamul
1)he won the only test for Bd and is probably the only match winning bowler for Bd
2)England is traditionally weak against spinners. If you go down the history u will always see it is the subcontinental spinners who won tests against them in England. both india and srilanka won their only test on the back of murali and kumble. u can see how mushtaq have made a weak county champion. u know how many times warne became terror for england. there are countless many examples. ofcouse enamul is still not in warne/murali league but he is young and quality.
3) in this series, Bd most probably will try to stop england from scoring large totals. SLAs are good for that strategy, they can bowl outside leg in rough and hard to score in that situation.

reasons for playing 3 pacers
1)pitches are conducive for swing bowling
2) well i cant find any more

RazabQ · #28 May 13, 2005, 01:18 PM

Mustaq & Kumbe & Warne are wrist spinners. And now matter how highly one thinks of Enamul - he's no Murali. Yet. Wait a few, a nice counter is coming up on the front page

**Zunaid** · #29 May 13, 2005, 01:58 PM

Check out the new front page article folks

#30 May 13, 2005, 02:16 PM

We can' t take 16 players in the team so someone has to sacrifice , we need 3 genuine pacers and Rafiq has to play so , Enamul is there to bowl our batsmen in the nets like , Talha and Monir ......