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Focus rarely shifts to a Bangladeshi fast bowling corp, but with a tour of New Zealand (3 ODIs and 3 Tests) and the World Cup less than 5 months away, Bangladesh's seamers will need to step up.

With the injury to Taskin, the uncapped Ebadat Hossain gets a maiden call up for the Test squad. Sylhet natives are excited because for years our local team has been the worst domestic side in Bangladesh. I think across all formats, Sylhet has only won a domestic championship once. For the first time, 3 Sylheti fast bowlers (Ebadat, Abu Jayed, and Khaled Ahmed) will make a Bangladesh squad.

The following is my summary of the current BD pace attack:

Mustafizur Rahman (left arm fast medium, height: 5'11", hometown: Khulna)

Everyone knows the Fizz by now. Canny bowler with an action that resembles that of Mohammad Amir, but a totally different type of bowler. Has lost a bit of pace recently, but can still clock up to 140 during most of his spells. His reliance on various cutters might hamper his effectiveness in Tests outside Asia, but in ODIs he has proven to be one of the best in the world going around (73 wickets at 20 with an economy rate of just 4.58 runs per over). He is the undisputed leader of the attack.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (right arm fast medium, height: 6'1", hometown: Khulna)

This man is now entering the 19th year of his international career after no fewer than 7 operations. A true bagher bachcha (Bengali for "son of a Tiger") he is the most inspirational man and captain Bangladesh have ever had and is now a sitting Member of Parliament as well, representing his native Narail district in Khulna. Although he has refused to give a precise timetable, it is widely expected he will retire from cricket at the conclusion of the World Cup. Bangladesh may never see such a strong cricketer ever again. He is now reduced to being a 120 kph trundler, but knows his game well and uses his vast experience to remain an effective 4th bowler for his side.

Rubel Hossain (right arm fast medium, height: 5'9", hometown: Khulna)

The most experienced of the quicks, apart from Mashrafe. He has struggled of late. When on song, he can be a lethal death bowler, but he's had a horror show in the recent past. If he can get back to his best form, Bangladesh will feel much more confident about their chances in England this summer.

Abu Jayed Chowdhury (right arm medium fast, height: 5'8", hometown: Sylhet)

The slowest bowler in Bangladesh's arsenal but almost surely the most gifted swing bowler the country has produced. Generally bowls around a gentle 130 kph pace, but can move the ball consistently through the air. At this moment classed as a Test specialist, he impressed during the abysmal tour of the Caribbean last summer with 7 wickets and could enjoy the conditions in New Zealand.

Syed Khaled Ahmed (right arm fast medium, height: 6'2", hometown: Sylhet)

Although a fellow Sylheti, I was not at all a fan of this guy as I was under the impression that he was just another 5'8" 125 kph trundler. Myself being 5'8" tall, I don't hold that against anyone personally (lol), but that is not what a fast bowler should look like. Khaled has a decent action and run up, has a bit of pace, clocking up to 141 on his debut Test and has no glaring weaknesses. Despite ending his debut wicketless, he did produce 3 or 4 genuine chances and looks like a fairly good prospect for Bangladesh. It is very rare to see a Bangladesh fast bowler getting a 10 wicket haul in a domestic first class game, but Khaled did just that at the end of the last NCL season, paving the way for his Test debut against Zimbabwe late last year.

Ebadat Hossain Chowdhury (right arm fast, height: 6'1", hometown: Sylhet)

A bit of bad luck for Taskin Ahmed got Ebadat a belated call up to the Test team. Has an action and physique almost identical to Brett Lee, only about 10 kph slower. Hits the deck hard, consistently bowling above the 140 kph mark he is widely suspected of being amongst the quickest bowlers in the country. Like his fellow Sylhet Division teammate, Khaled, Ebadat also recently took a landmark 10 wicket haul in first class cricket and coupled with figures of 4-17 in the last BPL match, proved impossible to ignore for the selectors.

Abu Hider (left arm medium fast, height: 5'11")

Pegged as a LOI specialist as of now, he will feel hard done by after being dropped (unfairly IMO) from the squad for the NZ tour. I believe he is a must for the World Cup with his ability to swing the new ball, bowl yorkers at the death, and generally outsmart the opposition. All in all we have the ingredients for a well balanced attack in the not too distant future I hope. Fizz provides guile and variation, Jayed is a swing bowler, Khaled and Ebadat offer a bit of pace and bounce.
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jaybro wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:24 am

Bangladesh pace attack again getting pasted on a green deck, the Fizz going at over 5 an over. Jayed unlucky he's had Taylor dropped a few times, been the pick of the bowlers, Taijurl doing a better job than Mehidy


Jayed and Ebadat have so far outbowled Boult and Southee with the new ball. The difference has been with the old ball and Wagner running rampant with his bouncers. Of course NZ proving they have one of the best batting lineups in the world as well.

4th innings on the tour and Boult is finally getting some movement with the new ball. No movement for Southee.
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I think it’s a stretch to say Jayed and Edadat have our bowled Boult and Southee
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jaybro wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:16 am

I think it’s a stretch to say Jayed and Edadat have our bowled Boult and Southee


Until this 4th innings they had with the caveat of new ball spells only. Bangladesh's openers have put on stands of 57, 88, 75, and 4 runs. And the bulk of those overs were bowled by Boult and Southee. By comparison NZ's openers were both gone for a score of 8 for 2 (from 8 overs) in this game (Raval had a soft dismissal, but Latham was undone by a peach of a delivery from Jayed). In the first Test Latham was dropped on naught, regulation slip catch, granted that was a ordinary delivery from Ebadat. But Jayed and Ebadat bowled very tidy and probing spells in that game.

This last innings was the first time that Boult really got the ball to move around in his first spell - and he got Tamim 2nd ball.

My summary - from what I have seen so far of this series:

Negatives:

1) the importance of Mushy and Shakib was really felt. Shakib had scored 217 in Wellington last time, and Mushy contributed 159 as BD had scored 595-8 declared and earned a first innings lead.

2) Mominul's inability to score. He was out twice leaving short balls down the leg side, caught by the keeper. He was out this way once in South Africa. Minor technique flaw as the shot selection is correct, its just he's a touch late on the execution. The problem is his other dismissals are mostly due to terrible shot selection and the remaining 25% due to genuinely good deliveries (like the one he got from Boult last night).

3) Mithun, Liton, Soumya are almost surely out of their depth here. Yes, Soumya hit a superb 149. However, he lacks consistently. Hitting a big score once every 20 innings won't help the team compete. Also he plays almost exclusively in the air. I bet his 149 had plenty of shots hit uppishly. Mithun and Liton have not had any sizeable scores all series.

4) Pace bowlers fatigue easily. In Hamilton NZ were scoring at under 3 an over for the first 10 overs. In Wellington they were 8 for 2 in the 9th over. The first spell is terrific and then they start going for 5 an over. Understandable given their lack of experience and the fact that in BD domestic games the seamers probably bowl 20 overs in an entire 4-dayer, but here they are required to bowl that many in a single day. Hopefully they will improve their fitness as they gain experience.

5) Fielding. Slip fielding is the absolute worst. I doubt we take even 50% of the regulation catches off the quicks. Pakistani fans often say that Wasim would have taken 100 more wickets had he had the slippers from any other country. Well, if Wasim bowled with Bangladesh's slippers, he would have scarcely taken 100 wickets total! Again exposure is the key. Our close in catchers used to suck against spin because we rarely played on turning tracks that brought our spinners into the game. We are now much better (although still just mediocre), but that happened only because we now play on dustbowls at home.

Positives:

1) Shadman has looked promising. No big scores, but is consistently getting scores and playing some top notch shots as well. Largely unfazed by the short stuff too. Just needs a little experience and he will be the first to say that he needs to get some big scores instead of cute little 30s in every innings. Best thing is he hasn't been dismissed for under 25 at all this tour.

2) Seamers have shown some potential as well. Jayed and Ebadat in particular have moved the ball around a bit. Ebadat has a bit of pace and can extract some bounce with his height. Khaled has been less impressive, but could find a niche as a workhorse who just plugs away at a line and length. Jayed's pace has been higher than I expected bowling consistently in the low 130s, and Ebadat and Khaled have been slower than expected bowling at around 135 on average.
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Yes look bowling well miss chances are things you don't see on a scorecard but looking at the cold hard stats it's hard to say the Bangladeshi bowlers have out bowled anyone

Boult has 13 pegs @21, although he has gone at 4 an over

Southee has been average with 7 @40 and I think it's clear to see Tim is starting to slow down, the World Cup will be interesting to see how he goes if he plays much at all.

The best of the Bangas is Jayed (as I predicted) with 3 wickets @65, had a few chances dropped the poor bugger but still bowled plenty of dross

The rest have been s**t house

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... ype=series

Granted the Kiwi batting lineup has been really good but that's what you get when you go overseas you'll bowl to batsman in conditions they are suited to and like, same as when Zimbabwe spinners tour Bangladesh.

Also remember the Kiwi guys have come across a red hot Tamin Iqbal, he's been top shelf this series, he's the reason their economy rates are so high.

Yes if Shakib & Mushy were there the batting would have been much stronger and you could possibly have played an extra seamer or batsman with the spin of Shakib (You guys are f***ed when he retires btw) but there are still so many glaring issues that still remain, and to your credit you've identified them.

Catching - might be the worst in world

Batting - Mominul can't buy a run out of the sub-continent, for a guy who's done so well at home he should be doing much better. Liton Das is a guy who I really like but he needs to be dropped, so many failures now he can't find the middle of the bat.

Bowling - Both seam and spin the BD guys can't find away to be effective unless it's a dust bowl, until they can they'll continue to get flogged overseas.

Losing this Test is very embarrassing IMO they only had to last three days and lost it in just over 2 really.
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jaybro wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:39 pm

Yes look bowling well miss chances are things you don't see on a scorecard but looking at the cold hard stats it's hard to say the Bangladeshi bowlers have out bowled anyone


Well I can only hope that potential will bear fruit on subsequent tours outside the subcontinent. Looking at the FTP, that will be a while from now. We won't be playing Tests outside Asia until 2022 with tours to NZ, SA, and WI coming up 3 years from now.


Boult has 13 pegs @21, although he has gone at 4 an over

Southee has been average with 7 @40 and I think it's clear to see Tim is starting to slow down, the World Cup will be interesting to see how he goes if he plays much at all.


Southee just took 13 wickets @ 17 vs Sri Lanka, so he's not slowing down. Just a bad series where he hasn't been able to get anything from the pitch. But again, if a world class guy with over 200 wickets isn't able to utilize his own conditions, we can cut the BD pacers some slack, regardless of the numbers.


The best of the Bangas is Jayed (as I predicted) with 3 wickets @65, had a few chances dropped the poor bugger but still bowled plenty of dross


That was a good prediction. I didn't really rate Jayed given his lack of height and pace, but his ability to move the ball both ways has been impressive. He could be our version of Bhuvenshwar.

The rest have been s**t house


Also remember the Kiwi guys have come across a red hot Tamin Iqbal, he's been top shelf this series, he's the reason their economy rates are so high.

Yes if Shakib & Mushy were there the batting would have been much stronger and you could possibly have played an extra seamer or batsman with the spin of Shakib (You guys are f***ed when he retires btw) but there are still so many glaring issues that still remain, and to your credit you've identified them.


Once Shakib retires we will need another spinner all rounder. Its tough to fill the shoes of a guy who averages 40 with the bat and 30 with the ball, so if we can get someone who averages 30 with bat and 40 with the ball, we will be lucky. I think Mehidy Miraz can still fill that role as he is still just 21 years old.

Catching - might be the worst in world


Batting - Mominul can't buy a run out of the sub-continent, for a guy who's done so well at home he should be doing much better. Liton Das is a guy who I really like but he needs to be dropped, so many failures now he can't find the middle of the bat.


I am prediciting Mominul to come good in Christchurch. Its difficult when you are a BD test specialist and only play once every 6 months, and that too only get 4 innings without any serious chance to acclimatize to the conditions. Look at Tamim, scored all of 5 runs in the ODI series, but got accustomed to the bowlers and conditions and is averaging 70 so far in the Test series. Mominul's technique and generaly temperament are too good for him to average less than 30-35 in overseas conditions. He's looked solid except for his dismissals so far.
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Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:24 pm

Southee just took 13 wickets @ 17 vs Sri Lanka, so he's not slowing down. Just a bad series where he hasn't been able to get anything from the pitch. But again, if a world class guy with over 200 wickets isn't able to utilize his own conditions, we can cut the BD pacers some slack, regardless of the numbers.


He's been left out of Test and ODI lineups recently, the coaching staff clearly think he's slowing down
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jaybro wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:36 pm

He's been left out of Test and ODI lineups recently, the coaching staff clearly think he's slowing down


Southee has never been anything more than a decent ODI bowler. He's very much a red ball bowler and he hasn't missed any Tests unless he's been injured. Remember "cold hard stats" are 13 wickets at under 17 apiece vs SL just a few weeks ago. He's not slowing down, just had an off series so far.

Even Boult, the bulk of his wickets have been tail enders and batsman throwing their wickets away. Wagner is the one who has really bowled NZ into dominance in this series.

But going through the scorecard and commentary now:

Taylor dropped on 20, twice, off Jayed's bowling. Goes on to score 180 more runs. Ebadat had Latham similarly dropped on 0, and he went on to score another 161 runs. Thats a decent effort for a pair of quicks who had 5 combined Test caps going into the match. By comparison, Tendai Chatara with all his lack of Test matches has 9 caps.
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Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:14 am

Southee has never been anything more than a decent ODI bowler. He's very much a red ball bowler and he hasn't missed any Tests unless he's been injured. Remember "cold hard stats" are 13 wickets at under 17 apiece vs SL just a few weeks ago. He's not slowing down, just had an off series so far.


He was left out of the 1st two Tests v Pakistan in the UAE

Also he's been left out of the ODI side against India and Pakistan IIRC

Southee has been a mainstay of the side for what seems like forever, he'd never be left out of such games in years gone by
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jaybro wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:35 am

He was left out of the 1st two Tests v Pakistan in the UAE

Also he's been left out of the ODI side against India and Pakistan IIRC

Southee has been a mainstay of the side for what seems like forever, he'd never be left out of such games in years gone by


I am sure Southee must have been unfit for the UAE Tests. No need to play 3 or 4 seamers on those tracks.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... pe=bowling

Southee's Test bowling figures in the past 3 years is better than his overall career averages. Averages 28. Had a resurgence in 2018 in fact. So there is no reason to think his career or bowling is waning. If a laymen like me can figure that, I'm sure NZC's management is even more aware of that. Even his pace has been up...bowling late 130s against BD in this current series.

As an ODI bowler, he's always been average. bowling average of 34 is actually pretty poor given his reputation and overall bowling class. That being said, I am sure he will make the squad for WC 2019.

Bottom line is, Southee is still a top class seam bowler in Test cricket. And he's only 30...he should be at peak form for another 2-3 years.
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Kriterion_BD wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:05 am

Bottom line is, Southee is still a top class seam bowler in Test cricket. And he's only 30...he should be at peak form for another 2-3 years.


Perfectly summed up. I have always said that Southee is very much a red ball bowler; his overall ODI stats are impressive but not on the level of Boult.

In the shorter formats I'd personally rather see the likes of Matt Henry, Locki Ferguson, Adam Milne and Kulklegan (spelling)….LF was averaging 90mph in on of the ODI's and in the T20's Kulklegan hit 155K! New Zealand are oozing talent and I'm going on a tangent, sorry.

Southee is still world class, period.
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Don’t tell me Kriterion tell the coaches/selectors

Definitely left out by choice not injury
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Southee is bang average in ODIs. He's not terrible. But if Henry or Ferguson or even Milne can do better...but Southee is still a top class Test bowler.

I do think the ODI game has now evolved to a point where bowler's economy rates should be the primary determinant of class rather than average. Because nowadays ODIs are all about scoring 300 and chasing 300 in order to win.

Its weird though that Milne has disappeared.
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Whether or not you rate him in ODI cricket is irrelevant in this case, the NZ selectors/coaching staff have started leaving him out of sides, which even as little as 6 months ago would seem inconceivable.

You’re very good at finding little points to argue about to intentionally or unintentionally (I’m not sure) defer from the main subject.
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Focus rarely shifts to a Bangladeshi fast bowling corp, but with a tour of New Zealand (3 ODIs and 3 Tests) and the World Cup less than 5 months away, Bangladesh's seamers will need to step up.

With the injury to Taskin, the uncapped Ebadat Hossain gets a maiden call up for the Test squad. Sylhet natives are excited because for years our local team has been the worst domestic side in Bangladesh. I think across all formats, Sylhet has only won a domestic championship once. For the first time, 3 Sylheti fast bowlers (Ebadat, Abu Jayed, and Khaled Ahmed) will make a Bangladesh squad.

The following is my summary of the current BD pace attack:

Mustafizur Rahman (left arm fast medium, height: 5'11", hometown: Khulna)

Everyone knows the Fizz by now. Canny bowler with an action that resembles that of Mohammad Amir, but a totally different type of bowler. Has lost a bit of pace recently, but can still clock up to 140 during most of his spells. His reliance on various cutters might hamper his effectiveness in Tests outside Asia, but in ODIs he has proven to be one of the best in the world going around (73 wickets at 20 with an economy rate of just 4.58 runs per over). He is the undisputed leader of the attack.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (right arm fast medium, height: 6'1", hometown: Khulna)

This man is now entering the 19th year of his international career after no fewer than 7 operations. A true bagher bachcha (Bengali for "son of a Tiger") he is the most inspirational man and captain Bangladesh have ever had and is now a sitting Member of Parliament as well, representing his native Narail district in Khulna. Although he has refused to give a precise timetable, it is widely expected he will retire from cricket at the conclusion of the World Cup. Bangladesh may never see such a strong cricketer ever again. He is now reduced to being a 120 kph trundler, but knows his game well and uses his vast experience to remain an effective 4th bowler for his side.

Rubel Hossain (right arm fast medium, height: 5'9", hometown: Khulna)

The most experienced of the quicks, apart from Mashrafe. He has struggled of late. When on song, he can be a lethal death bowler, but he's had a horror show in the recent past. If he can get back to his best form, Bangladesh will feel much more confident about their chances in England this summer.

Abu Jayed Chowdhury (right arm medium fast, height: 5'8", hometown: Sylhet)

The slowest bowler in Bangladesh's arsenal but almost surely the most gifted swing bowler the country has produced. Generally bowls around a gentle 130 kph pace, but can move the ball consistently through the air. At this moment classed as a Test specialist, he impressed during the abysmal tour of the Caribbean last summer with 7 wickets and could enjoy the conditions in New Zealand.

Syed Khaled Ahmed (right arm fast medium, height: 6'2", hometown: Sylhet)

Although a fellow Sylheti, I was not at all a fan of this guy as I was under the impression that he was just another 5'8" 125 kph trundler. Myself being 5'8" tall, I don't hold that against anyone personally (lol), but that is not what a fast bowler should look like. Khaled has a decent action and run up, has a bit of pace, clocking up to 141 on his debut Test and has no glaring weaknesses. Despite ending his debut wicketless, he did produce 3 or 4 genuine chances and looks like a fairly good prospect for Bangladesh. It is very rare to see a Bangladesh fast bowler getting a 10 wicket haul in a domestic first class game, but Khaled did just that at the end of the last NCL season, paving the way for his Test debut against Zimbabwe late last year.

Ebadat Hossain Chowdhury (right arm fast, height: 6'1", hometown: Sylhet)

A bit of bad luck for Taskin Ahmed got Ebadat a belated call up to the Test team. Has an action and physique almost identical to Brett Lee, only about 10 kph slower. Hits the deck hard, consistently bowling above the 140 kph mark he is widely suspected of being amongst the quickest bowlers in the country. Like his fellow Sylhet Division teammate, Khaled, Ebadat also recently took a landmark 10 wicket haul in first class cricket and coupled with figures of 4-17 in the last BPL match, proved impossible to ignore for the selectors.

Abu Hider (left arm medium fast, height: 5'11")

Pegged as a LOI specialist as of now, he will feel hard done by after being dropped (unfairly IMO) from the squad for the NZ tour. I believe he is a must for the World Cup with his ability to swing the new ball, bowl yorkers at the death, and generally outsmart the opposition. All in all we have the ingredients for a well balanced attack in the not too distant future I hope. Fizz provides guile and variation, Jayed is a swing bowler, Khaled and Ebadat offer a bit of pace and bounce.
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I like Abu Jayed so I was surprised they dropped him after the 1st Test v Zimbabwe, imo he’ll be their best bowler in the tests.

The Fizz is an ODI for me, he’s had a good start to his test career against South Africa but personally from what I’ve seen he needs either the batsman to be going after him ( why he’s a great limited overs bowler ) or he needs a 5th day pitch deteriorating to take wickets. I guess being a Bangladeshi fast bowler makes it no surprise he enjoys conditions that suit spinners as well. I doubt he’ll be effective in NZ (Tests)

Khaled Ahmed has the tools so he might end ok, will struggle this tour, Rubel shouldn’t be anywhere near the test side, has a good ODI record tbf.

You know my feelings about Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, love that guy such a warrior or tiger what ever you like to call him, could easily see him going down the Imran Khan route becoming President.

Don’t know much about the rest, what happened to Robiul Islam? He killed Zimbabwe in 2013
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Robiul has disappeared sadly. He would have been handy in overseas Tests but the selectors just forgot about him after a few series. He hasn’t even made any noise at the domestic level. He’s also 30 plus, which means the selectors won’t even bother looking at him even if he performs.

We have had a lot of turnover in fast bowling. Al Amin, Taskin, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Shubhashish Roy are just some of the guys who played Tests and are now gone. Taskin has made a comeback, but IMO he did nothing to warrant selection. The new coach Steve Rhodes prefers tall quicks with some pace (a philosophy I heavily agree with) and that probably explains the selection of the 6’2” Taskin. However, people have been sayin he’s lost pace bowling at just 135 now (I’ve seen a couple of his BPL deliveries and both were around 140 so IDK how true that is).

But it is shocking that Fizz is our most experienced Test bowler and he has all of 12 caps or so. Jayed has just 3, Khaled 1, and Ebadat 0. So our pacers go into the NZ series with a combined total of 16 caps. That is how many Tests England plays in an average calendar year!

At any rate, I would hope this group plays well enough to get a long run but they have to take wickets for that to occur. No one expects much from these guys, but maybe that’s a good thing given how guys like Taskin massively failed to live up to the hype.

I would like to see the Test attack consist of the 3 ethnic Sylhetis (Jayed, Ebadat, and Khaled) but I suspect Ebadat will not get a chance till the 3rd Test with Fizz starting over him due to reputation alone.
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Robiul Islam just announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.

Apparently, Hathurasinghe was key behind his demise similar to how he blacklisted Mominul (Mominul hit just 1 century from 33 innings under Hathu, but has 7 from just 29 innings under all other coaches).
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As expected very poor numbers for the BD pace attack coming out of the NZ ODI series, granted most sides especially from Asia struggle with their seamers in NZ but the BD guys were really off the pace.

The Fizz was the only guy to take multiple wickets but he went for more than a run a ball, whilst Mash was pretty economical going for under 5 runs per over, but only 1 wicket to show.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine ... ype=series

Lets see how they go in the Tests
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Seamers getting a thrashing in Hamilton so far. The real fault goes to the batsmen for not getting to at least 400 (still a woefully underpar score on this track). But with hacks like Liton, Mithun, Soumya, and Mahmudullah its impossible to get a half decent score.

But the initial spells from the seamers was pretty good.

Jayed was bowling around 132 kph and was spot on with his accuracy and kept swinging the ball into the left handers. I'm not sure if he can swing it the other way as of yet (the in-swinger to a RHB), but he does have a ball that goes straight on with the arm. Raval in particular had several leaves where the ball came within a couple inches of the stumps.

Ebadat was the quickest of the lot, though slower than I thought. I only watched a few overs, but he was hovering around the 138-139 mark. Not sure if he got any close to 145. He did get Raval to chase away from his body on his 2nd ball, edging to the slips, only to have Soumya put down a fairly straigthforward chance.

Khaled bowled a good line and length right around 135 clicks. Does occaisionally get some good bounce given his height. Not as impressive as Jayed or Ebadat, but as a workhorse who maintains a line and length, he could still offer more value than guys like Taskin or Rubel who neither take wickets nor stem the flow of easy runs.
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Not surprised they’ve hid the Fizz
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