crazyisland
October 15, 2003, 09:27 AM
It seems like our culture is to be negative and we are always suffering from some kind of inferiority complex. For some reason we think like our backbone are made out of plastic. We just can't think of ourselves as winner. You don't have to be a genius to figure that out. Even in this board I see few who are confident and optimistic but most are very pessimistic. And that's how the Bangladesh's cricket players are as well. Some of them are real fighters and they have high expectations but most of them are happy with so little. Just read the article from The Daily Star below. You can see the difference between the mentality of our captain and coach who is an Australian.
BCB President's Eleven captain Hannan Sarker was happy to earn a draw in the three-day practice match against England yesterday.
"I think we showed real character in the second innings. That was a plus point after our first innings failure. But we still could have played better," said the national opener while talking to reporters after the match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
England came within one wicket of winning the first of the two practice matches ahead of the first Test starting on October 21.
Hannan said that their aim was to draw the match against the formidable England side and he had no complaints after achieving the target. ...
... Australian Richard McInnes, who is preparing the youth team for the next year's ICC Under-19 World Cup, thought that his first competitive match was a mixed bag.
"We bowled okay. I was happy to bowl England out inside three days. But our batting let us down with some pretty poor shot selection in both innings," said McInnes.
The Australian also said that a draw never makes him happy.
"I'm not very happy with this draw. My philosophy is always win," said the under-19 coach who took over earlier this month.
"We need to change our mental approach and go for wins," he said adding that there would not be any surprises for the visitors at BKSP when they face Bangladesh A in the next three-day match starting tomorrow.
From www.thedailystar.net
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Hannan Sarkar said - "I think we showed real character in the second innings. That was a plus point after our first innings failure. But we still could have played better,"
What is he talking about? We made less then 60 in first innings and almost lost all wickets even before making 200. Is this our real character??
The point I am trying to make is until we are confident enough and set our goal high enough we won't get what we expect. If moon is the target then we need to aim for the star. For our case we aim for the tallest building in Dhaka but like to reach the moon.
BCB President's Eleven captain Hannan Sarker was happy to earn a draw in the three-day practice match against England yesterday.
"I think we showed real character in the second innings. That was a plus point after our first innings failure. But we still could have played better," said the national opener while talking to reporters after the match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
England came within one wicket of winning the first of the two practice matches ahead of the first Test starting on October 21.
Hannan said that their aim was to draw the match against the formidable England side and he had no complaints after achieving the target. ...
... Australian Richard McInnes, who is preparing the youth team for the next year's ICC Under-19 World Cup, thought that his first competitive match was a mixed bag.
"We bowled okay. I was happy to bowl England out inside three days. But our batting let us down with some pretty poor shot selection in both innings," said McInnes.
The Australian also said that a draw never makes him happy.
"I'm not very happy with this draw. My philosophy is always win," said the under-19 coach who took over earlier this month.
"We need to change our mental approach and go for wins," he said adding that there would not be any surprises for the visitors at BKSP when they face Bangladesh A in the next three-day match starting tomorrow.
From www.thedailystar.net
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Hannan Sarkar said - "I think we showed real character in the second innings. That was a plus point after our first innings failure. But we still could have played better,"
What is he talking about? We made less then 60 in first innings and almost lost all wickets even before making 200. Is this our real character??
The point I am trying to make is until we are confident enough and set our goal high enough we won't get what we expect. If moon is the target then we need to aim for the star. For our case we aim for the tallest building in Dhaka but like to reach the moon.