Bangladesh Watch 2015-2019

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No the home Aussie tour would replace the one scheduled in Aus in the FTP. Bangladesh lost one series vd Australia which is the tour of Aus. Its because Bangladesh arent viable.

Our tour SA is also being hosted in the backwaters for the same reason.
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Taskin Ahmed has finally broken into the Test side. Probably would have done it a year or two earlier if he had been fit. Mustafiz though who has played the limited overs leg, is being rested, at least for the first Test. I hope the extra week of rest will mean he can play in the 2nd Test. The remaining pacers have zero ability between them (Rubel, Kamrul, and Roy).

Otherwise its a good selection although I'd have liked to see Mosaddek in the squad and possibly start ahead of Mahmudullah.
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Taskin widely reported to be a sure selection in the Test XI tomorrow for the Wellington Test, and also to be the spearhead of the attack on debut. The only other seamers in the squad are Rubel (Test average over 75 :o ), Kamrul Islam Rabbi (a Rubel clone in terms of action with only 2 caps and a single wicket to his name), and fellow debutant Shubashis Roy. Mustafiz may play in the 2nd Test as he is still not 100% fit from the surgery on his bowling shoulder.

Personally, I would play Taskin and Shubashis, and not sure who I would play out of Rabbi and Rubel since they are so similar in terms of how they look. But selecting Rubel would go against my policy of picking a tried and tested failed quantity, but Rabbi looks like the same exact bowler. Do you go with crap you know well or crap you've barely ever seen before?

I would have liked to see Mosaddek Hossain make his debut as well with his 70+ first class average, and the continued exclusion of Nasir Hossain is also baffling when far lesser players like Shuvagoto Hom kept getting selected.

I like the look of WK Nurul Hasan who is a good 8-9 inches taller than Mushfiq and as a result would automatically make a better keeper even putting his natural skills asides. Only question is, does Nurul have the batting ability to play at this level (FC average of 40+)? I think he does, he only needs to average 25 to bring value by keeping wicket and batting at #8.

My ideal lineup given the squad we have:

Tamim
Imrul
Mominul
Mushfiq
Shakib
Sabbir
Mahmudullah
Nurul (WK)
Mehedi
Shubashish
Taskin

I am sure the team will take a 3rd seamer in place of Nurul, which isn't a bad idea its just that I'm not sure the 3rd seamer will make the team more competitive. In my lineup, Mahmudullah will need to bowl 15-20 overs per innings, which is capable of.
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Yeah your side looks like a good side in Asia but you need 3 seamers minimum in NZ, is even consider not playing Mehedi since you already have Sakib. I know he killed it against England but spin is rarely a factor in NZ, plus I think you guys will need extra batting here .....

What's the go with Mushy Rahim ? How come he didn't play after the first odi ?
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Mushy had a hamstring problem. Will play the first Test although according to his fb/IG he's only "almost fit". Him and Tamim are tough and often play through pain.

Mehedi does have batting ability although he hasnt scored yet. He can average 15-20 at this level which is not quite good enough for a #8, but we dont have anyone else that can score that many. Also I think Mehedi is the type of spinner who may be effective in all conditions. Certainly, dont expect him to rip through lineups, but Shakib who I think is a lesser spinner on pure skills alone has picked 5 fers on greentops before. So I would hope Mehedi can chip in with a 2-3 per innings.

Our seamers outside of Taskin and Mustafiz suck and are totally reliant on very seam friendly wickets to look competitive. Shahid, Robiul, and Shafiul would have done well on these types of tracks. But they arent here.

Fizz is injured still but should play the 2nd Test after being the best of our quicks in the LOIs despite not being fully fit. From the rest, Roy looks decent.

Rubel and Rabbi are pure crap.
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Only 40 overs of play possible on day 1, but I had been waiting for this tour for at least the past 2 years. All in all to be 145-3 at stumps marks a satisfying state of affairs so far. Of course we have made a habit of collapsing, religiously, so I have to hold my breath every single delivery. But so far the context we have is:

- first away tour in nearly 2.5 years (September 2014)
- greentop wicket (albeit not much venom in the pitch so far)...however on similar surfaces Pakistan crashed to 133 all out with de Grandhomme taking a 6 fer on debut, India 102 all out on their most recent tour, with only Sri Lanka having a decent first innings total of 294. these are first innings totals on most recent tours. we didn't get a warmup 3-dayer with the crammed schedule
- windy conditions...gusts of up to 150 km/h according to cricinfo and 135 according to on air commies...that is serious wind. makes bowling, fielding, and batting an utmost challenge

Tamim played very well...wish he would have carried on, but 56 off 50 was solid. Only his first two boundaries were streaky and after that he just put Boult to the sword. Mominul though, played the knock of the innings so far, and he has been in patchy form the past 1.5 years with just one fifty (a match-securing 66 in the Test win against England - coincidentally it was Tamim and Imrul who also scored in that game), despite numerous starts in the 20s and 30s. He's on 64* overnight...but he has been in total control the entire innings, barring two loose wafts outside offstump. He's displayed his temperamental and situational awareness once again, scoring just 3 from his first 30 odd deliveries, but now having a strike rate of nearly 60.

We need to get to 300 and that should make us competitive should this game essentially become a 10 session match. We will then have to rely on an extremely inexperienced bowling attack (4 specialist bowlers have 4 caps between them!!!) to limit NZ's first innings lead as much as possible.

Commentators are expecting it to be tougher batting conditions tomorrow, but I'm not so sure.
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Mominul departs without adding to his overnight score of 64. Disappointing, but these are tough conditions and his innings had been flawless up till that point. Pacey and bouncey conditions although there isn't any appreciably lateral movement. But this was Mominul's first innings on tour...no warm up games, so I'll take a water-tight 50. Just hope he continues to warm up and hit his stride these series. He's proven he has the technique and mental strength to cope with these alien conditions.

Only worrying issue is that he has 10 dismissals between 50 and 68 out of 35 innings. A few more conversions and his average would be in the mid 50s, instead of a touch above 52.

As the pitch gets bouncier...I'm interested to see how Taskin will bowl here as he is only 6'2" but his action produces the bounce you'd expect from a guy who is 6'4" or so.
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What a day at the office for Mushy and Shakib ... :D

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Impressed with how decently Rabbi has bowled. Roy has been decent as well but his follow through is an issue it seems...was warned several times for oddly landing in the danger area.

Taskin was impressive in his first spell, 5 overs for just 10 runs and created a genuine edge off Raval in his first over...but Sabbir spilled a pretty straightforward chance at 3rd slip. Taskin struggled thereafter although he did bowl a fairly good ball to get Williamson out, and created another chance dropped by Shakib at deep backward square leg. His pace was dissapointing hovering around the 135 mark and didn't even get to 140 (139.9 was the fastest I saw).

However he does have a knack of breaking partnerships, but more importantly of getting the key wicket or the lead batsman. Got Williamson out for his very first Test wicket and you can't get a bigger wicket to start off with. Genuinely had KW as well. 3rd time in the tour he's taken KW out early, so I guess that makes him his bunny!

Test is surely headed for a draw. Hope we get to bat again and if Mominul can score an unbeaten 31 his average will jump up to 53.00
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Kriterion_BD can you explain the significance of the name "Kamrul Islam Rabbi"? It sounds both Islamic and Jewish, surely a rare combination?

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