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Post by hhsussex on Mar 5, 2016 11:59:26 GMT
An entertaining, funny and possibly even a prescient analysis of the rise to fame of the new T20 signing - and perhaps a World T20 star - by Barney Ronay in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/mar/04/mustafizur-rahman-bowler-bangladesh-world-twenty20I like the point he makes about T20, that despite all the whirling heavyweight bats, the scoop-shots and the rest, as far as bowling is concerned it is still a largely orthodox game with little evolution from the traditional formats. Ronay talks about the doosra having been "...been redefined as cheating in pretty much any form.." and I don't know how much of that is down to the unwillingness of the ICC to accept innovation in this version of the game for fear that it would creep into the traditional modes. It will certainly be interesting to see Rahman exploit his cutters, though that does sound to me a bit like what some of the arch-traditionalists of the longer game did most successfully 50 and 60 years ago: Bedser or Shackleton, anyone?
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Post by leedsgull on Mar 5, 2016 12:57:23 GMT
Or more recently Ian Austin for many seasons at Lancashire.
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 5, 2016 12:58:56 GMT
Or more recently Ian Austin for many seasons at Lancashire. Sort-of....I really hope Rahman has a bit more to offer than Austin. Another example, and a role-model for one-day cricketers would be Tom Cartwright who developed so many of these skills specifically, first for Warwickshire and then for Somerset through the original Gillette Cup and then the JPL.
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Post by joe on Mar 5, 2016 14:06:51 GMT
Great article, I'm looking forward to seeing 'Fiz' do his thing at Hove.
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Post by deepfineleg on Mar 5, 2016 16:14:41 GMT
Yes, good article. 'Fiz' much better nickname than 'Musty' would be! And an article by a journo who admits it's "based on absolutely no inside knowledge whatsoever, no whispers, no hard facts". Aren't most of them?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 12:18:34 GMT
Not playing for Bangladesh in the T20 world cup today. Let's hope Sussex haven't signed another crock.
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Post by flashblade on Mar 9, 2016 14:37:53 GMT
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Post by joe on Mar 14, 2016 8:22:53 GMT
Voted top debutant for 2015 in the espncricinfo awards.
I hope we get to see him in the World Cup now that Bangladesh have qualified for the super 10's. He has been absent through injury thus far.
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 14, 2016 8:38:33 GMT
Voted top debutant for 2015 in the espncricinfo awards. I hope we get to see him in the World Cup now that Bangladesh have qualified for the super 10's. He has been absent through injury thus far. Yes indeed, the hope is that Bangladesh have been keeping him wrapped in cotton wool and not chancing a recurrence of injury. Let's hope he is both successful and gains strength and fitness through regular play, both for Bangladesh in his international career, and more parochially, because Sussex don't need any more precious flowers that are only strong enough to bloom on rare occasions.
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Post by joe on Mar 21, 2016 13:47:55 GMT
Plays today against the Aussies.
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Post by joe on Mar 21, 2016 17:47:05 GMT
2/30 off his 4 overs, He bowls a great disguised cutter which beat most of the Aussie top order. Could be a good signing for us in white ball comps if he remains fit.
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Post by flashblade on Mar 21, 2016 22:13:01 GMT
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Post by hhsussex on Mar 21, 2016 22:30:27 GMT
Yes, although I'm mystified by this statement: In all these instances, the slower balls did not give the batsmen enough time to adjust and play a different shot; it's the difference between a 140kph (87mph) bowler bowling 125kph (77mph) slower balls and the same bowler bowling 110kph (68mph) slower balls.
What does that mean? Is he an 87mph bowler or a 77mph bowler? Early on the article repeatedly refers to him as a "quick", and once as a "fast" bowler. I've only seen a couple of short clips of him taking wickets and as far as I can see they were medium pace cutters. I'll be glad to see him if he can keep fit and it won't matter if he's fast or slow so long as he is skilful and varies pace, flight and bounce, just like all the good bowlers of every kind.
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Post by fraudster on Mar 22, 2016 19:13:44 GMT
As I'm the cleverest and only person in the room I'm in HH, I will answer your troubled query. It means his slower ball isn't that slow. Only took me 20 minutes to work that out. You're welcome.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 21:31:59 GMT
As I'm the cleverest and only person in the room I'm in HH, I will answer your troubled query. It means his slower ball isn't that slow. Actually it's the other way around: his quicker ball is medium pace and his slower ball is...er, slow,slow, slower. He bowled OK v the Aussies, I thought. My concern was that he has the build of a stick insect and looks far too frail for the rigours of county cricket. But hey, let's be positive. He's several classes above Chris Liddle. . .
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