Really good innings to watch, catch the highlights if you can. On his day, Mohammad Ashraful plays with an elegance comparable to players like Damien Martyn or Mark Waugh or David Gower. However, it seems like months between those days. Aftab Ahmed's power shots were pretty lusty as well and Mashrafe Mortaza showed his pinch hitting skill yet again.
The downside is, I still don't feel like they'll learn too much from this, I mean the innings was all about playing properly for as long as possible, then stepping up a gear; what will be remembered is a big dominant score at better than a-run-a-ball. They'll each want to be that guy, instead of the guy Ashraful was for most of his innings. Even the way he and Aftab Ahmed went down was too familiar, the shot was good, but the fielder was right under it. Seems like there's not enough tactical training going on.
