The Professor wrote:It really is a shame that dubious clandestine chats with bookies and temper tantrums have ruined Shakib Al Hasan for me as a cricketer
Always strikes me as a guy who's a tad overhyped anyway. Plays most of his cricket at home, hardly toured against top teams (And has a poor record I think vs everyone except NZ), his OD strike rate when ZImbabwe are removed from the equation was slow in the the 1990s, and he averages 40 odd a wicket.
I think if he'd had to play in England, India and Australia more his averages would plummet. And a lot of teams used to throw B teams or C teams at BD all the time, his record for instance against West Indies who have at least twice in memory had their contracted players refuse to play BD, is very good.