Gunner_Mania Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Bangladesh's highest-profile batsman, Mohammad Ashraful, has been dropped from a 13-man squad for the three-match one-day series against England, which gets underway on Sunday, after an extended run of poor form. His place in the squad has been taken by the uncapped allrounder, Mohammad Sohrawordhi, while the country's leading strike bowler, Mashrafe Mortaza, comes back into the reckoning after an eight-month injury lay-off. Since scoring a century on debut as a 17-year-old, against Sri Lanka at Colombo in September 2001, Ashraful has gained a reputation as one of the most naturally gifted batsmen in the world game, and on rare occasions, such as his matchwinning century against Australia in June 2005, he has lived up to that star billing. But his respective Test and ODI averages of 22.78 and 23.72 do his talent no justice whatsoever, and the past 12 months have been particularly torrid. His last century came against Zimbabwe in August 2009, shortly after he was relieved of the captaincy to help him concentrate on run-scoring, but he managed just 62 runs in six innings, across all three forms of the game, on the recent tour of New Zealand. More I guess the English bowlers must be really disappointed.
Texan Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 What happened?? :omg: They suddenly realized that he's not talented :haha:
Serani Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 What happened?? :omg: They suddenly realized that he's not talented :haha: He is talented, just so happens he is also retarded. Good move by BD, finally moving away from the waste of space ashrafool.
Texan Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 He is talented, just so happens he is also retarded. Good move by BD, finally moving away from the waste of space ashrafool. I disagree. Talent is not merely playing outrageous shots, but also picking the correct ball and being able to defend good balls. Ashraful in the past has shown that he can play some awesome shots, but is equally poor defending the good balls and not a good judge of which ball to hit and which not. If it was only about playing one-off innings, then Afridi and Yusuf Pathan would be the most talented batsmen in the world.
Serani Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 I disagree. Talent is not merely playing outrageous shots' date=' [b']but also picking the correct ball and being able to defend good balls. Ashraful in the past has shown that he can play some awesome shots, but is equally poor defending the good balls and not a good judge of which ball to hit and which not. If it was only about playing one-off innings, then Afridi and Yusuf Pathan would be the most talented batsmen in the world. Thats where his retardation comes in, he has all the shots in the book but has no idea when to play them, its something most players should develop over time but Ashraful has no idea how to construct an innings.
Kriterion Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 I disagree. Talent is not merely playing outrageous shots' date=' but also picking the correct ball and being able to defend good balls. Ashraful in the past has shown that he can play some awesome shots, but is equally poor defending the good balls and not a good judge of which ball to hit and which not. If it was only about playing one-off innings, then Afridi and Yusuf Pathan would be the most talented batsmen in the world.[/quote'] talent is merely ability. it says nothing of what you do with that ability. picking balls is not a talent issue. i know which balls to hit and which to leave alone just as well as sachin does. you don't have ot be a rocket surgeon to figure it out. but that doesn't mean i have an ounce of sachin's talent. knowing what to do with talent is the finishing of the product. ashraful was once as talented as any in the land, sadly and inexplicably, that baseline skill is no longer there.
Pak_Forever Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 About time. Good move this and now they should look for another talented youngster or move up that little keeper. That kid bats damn well.
vvvslaxman Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 OH yea.. Bangladesh Ricky Ponting dropped :hysterical:
ensd2 Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 Feel sorry for England bowler But a good move from BD , this guy need a long break
Guest DeveGowda Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 this is Big Achievment for Ashraful..fianlly he got succeded in getting OUT of team :haha:
TheWall Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 Now BD fans have got another excuse for their teams defeat
ensd2 Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 Now BD fans have got another excuse for their teams defeat :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:B->B->B->B->B->B->
Watson87 Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 He doesn't deserve to be on the side. 52 tests and an average of 23 is too much even from a pathetic side.
Ultimate_Game Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 Maybe Ashraful should start bowling more often and move to our other padosi nation... after all an average of 23 gets you star status there :winky:
Arkem8 Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 Must be a slow news day.. watching 15 year old Benson and Hedges Cup re-runs/highlights is more entertaining than following eye-sores like Bangladesh.
vvvslaxman Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 Must be a slow news day.. watching 15 year old Benson and Hedges Cup re-runs/highlights is more entertaining than following eye-sores like Bangladesh. Looking forward to
Lord Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 Looking forward to :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
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