< 1 minute read We’d sooner Shakib Al Hasan had signed for a first division county, but don’t underestimate the significance of a Bangladeshi clambering aboard the treadmill. It means that while they might be three-and-a-half years late, Worcestershire have cottoned on to the fact that this is a good player – despite the
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Shakib Al Hasan is effing magic
< 1 minute read Not top hats and rabbits magic – the good kind. Shakib Al Hasan took 1-24 against Zimbabwe today. Then he hit 105 not out off 69 balls by way of an encore. Almost imperceptibly, he’s becoming a top all-rounder and Bangladesh’s first superstar. He was even named Test player of
Continue readingShakib al Hasan is the best all-rounder in one-day internationals
< 1 minute read Shakib al Hasan is the best one-day international all-rounder in the world. It’s official. According to who, you ask? According to maths. You can’t argue with maths. Well, you can argue with maths, but it takes ages and you’ll get confused and bored, so why bother? Just take it on
Continue readingShakib Al Hasan twangs another bow string
< 1 minute read How many strings does Shakib Al Hasan’s bow have? Predictably and disappointingly, he has two strings to his bow: batting and bowling. This is not an especially large number of strings, but it’s two more than we have. We haven’t even got a bow – or if we have, we
Continue readingShakib al Hasan takes five
< 1 minute read Shakib al Hasan’s taken five wickets in three Test innings in a row. 5-70 against Sri Lanka follows 5-130 and 6-99 against South Africa. He’s currently ranked the 27th best one-day bowler and the eighth best one-day all-rounder. The earth can consider itself safe from shattery, nor is it in
Continue readingDaniel Vettori – the premier slow left-arm all-rounder
< 1 minute read Daniel Vettori took 9-133 in this Test. Shakib al Hasan took 9-116. Daniel Vettori hit 76 in his second innings. Shakib al Hasan hit 71. Daniel Vettori hit 55 not out in his first innings. Shakib al Hasan got five. Daniel Vettori wins. New Zealand win. Shakib al Hasan loses.
Continue readingShakib al Hasan becomes a Test player
< 1 minute read Shakib al Hasan has played six Tests before this current one against New Zealand, but he hasn’t hit a fifty and before today he was averaging over a hundred with the ball. Not any more. After Bangladesh recovered from a rocky start to their innings to post a mediocre 245,
Continue readingShakib al Hasan’s first proper hundred
< 1 minute read It’s over two years since we tipped Shakib al Hasan for great things. It’s been a bit of wait, but he might be getting somewhere. After 75 in his last innings, he’s now hit a hundred. It was against Pakistan as well. Without wishing to be too harsh on Canada,
Continue readingShakib al Hasan spanks runs
< 1 minute read Yes, Bangladesh lost again, but Shakib al Hasan had an all-round good game and that warrants coverage. He took 2-50 as Pakistan pummelled their way to 308 and then he hit 75 off 73 balls. Shakib now averages 32 with the bat in one-day internationals and 33 with the ball.
Continue readingBangladesh knock out West Indies
2 minute read We’re brilliant at this whole ‘identifying players to watch during the World Cup‘ thing, just so long as you’re not too rigid about which World Cup we were talking about. Chris Gayle might have gone for a duck yesterday, but earlier in the tournament he hit the first ever international
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