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**Official** Australia in Bangladesh
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Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
For people watching, what's Razzak's action like? I know it's been flagged as dicky before.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It's still dicky.Neil Pickup said:
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
It has a kink, particularly when he bowls a bit quicker than normal. Not as bad as Botha or anything though.Neil Pickup said:
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
How awesome are fat guy jokes though? Comedic gold, those.
Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
True, Rajin and Tushar barely bowl on the domestic circuit. That's why I expected Alok to play today. You can say that they might as well play four spinners, but you need two seamers for the first fifteen (or twenty, or whatever) because the spinners will otherwise just get picked off, and we haven't got enough spinners who can bat, like India have Yuvraj, Sachin, Sehwag.Prince EWS said:
Options:
- Alok Kapali LBG
Enigmatic, no shortage of talent
- Manjural Islam RanaSLA
Perhaps a little orthodox, but a safe option with the ball, indifferent with bat
- Jamaluddin Ahmed OB
Maybe too bits-and-pieces for ODI cricket, but has had only one opportunity
- Nadif Chowdhury SLA
Clearly a talent with the ball, not consistant with the bat
- Saqibul Hasan SLA
A future star, but very inexperienced
- Mehrab Hossain jnr SLA
Precocious, ODI-style middle order batsman, and handy spinner
If it's more of a batsman who can turn over his arm...
- Nazmus Sadat LB
Consistant young opener who bowls a bit of leg-spin - could get flogged
- Uttam Sarkar RM
Would please Steds
- Ehsanul Haque RM
Heavy scorer in domestic cricket, fairly accurate off-cutter bowler. Emergency plug?
- Faisal Hossain OB
Another big domestic player, but not a lot with the ball
EDIT: Wow, just realised I sound like Arjun
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The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Not that much, you didn't mention hitting sixes at all.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Alok was originally set to play but pulled out injured. Tushar took his place.
And I understand the picking quicks to bowl in the first fifteen overs is the norm (even on slow, turning wickets), but it was 3-109 after 15 overs, with Razzak having two of the wickets. You can't tell me that the likes of Manjural and Enamul couldnt have down worse than conceding upwards of 8 runs per over in the first ten overs. The Bangladesh quicks just dont offer anything on flat, turning wickets - they'll get carted by the Australians. Razzaq basically bowled with the new ball - he bowled the 9th over of the innings and he took the big wicket in the 11th... why not make it a regular occurance on these wickets?
As for batsmen that can bowl spin, I'd be happy to say that Rajin is at least the equal of Yuvraj and Sehwag when it comes to bowl, regardless of how little he bowls in domestic cricket. Tushar's a shocker though.
sideshowtim
Banned
can't wait for cosgrove to get a hit. he has enormous (no pun intended) potential and will definitely be a permanent fixture in the one day side in about five years...he's probably still a few kilos over what he should be so losing some more weight may bring him some more fitness and maybe he'll be able to convert that into runs.
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah I do hope he gets a run this series (which he should definetely do, given there's two more games). He does seem to be a huge potential, but as you said his weight is an issue. For an elite cricketer, there really is no excuse for being overweight, and I do hope he gets and stays in decent shape, because from what I've seen of him he could be a pivotal player in years to come.sideshowtim said:
sideshowtim
Banned
he has huge wraps from everyone who has seen him play. lehmann (although i must say he is a tad bias towards SA) has said he is the most talented young batsman in the country at the moment. speaking of talented batsmen we also have travis birt (scored 99 on county debut), cameron borgas, callum ferguson, george bailey, dominic thornley...and none have played an international match. we have a fair bit to look forward too.andyc said:
mefly
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
... Dave Hussey, Marcus North, Aaron O'Brien, COSGROVE is the main one, he wont only perform in the one dayers but also in tests. he might get dropped looking back at past performances by selectors over inconsistency. He will start well though.sideshowtim said:he has huge wraps from everyone who has seen him play. lehmann (although i must say he is a tad bias towards SA) has said he is the most talented young batsman in the country at the moment. speaking of talented batsmen we also have travis birt (scored 99 on county debut), cameron borgas, callum ferguson, george bailey, dominic thornley...and none have played an international match. we have a fair bit to look forward too.
sideshowtim
Banned
he was very, very consistent at the start of the domestic season...he averaged something like 300 in the ING cup due to being not out so much because he'd win the game off his own bat. does he have a county contract yet?
sideshowtim
Banned
cosgrove.