[Gowza]

it's quite ridiculous that BD has played so many less tests than others. it's quite common knowledge in sport that players and teams and the game keeps on improving, players/teams that play less fall behind i.e. they have less time to improve than the others. take a tennis player for example, if one of them gets a serious injury that takes them out for 6 months then it's quite tough for them to comeback and pick up right where they left off as the rest of the tour have been training, playing and improving whilst they've been sitting at home injured.

it's the same for any sport. the lower ranked teams have less chance of improving if they play less matches than the top teams. they don't think BD is worth playing, but the thing is they've never been given a proper chance to develop. think of it this way, a player that debuted for england 5 years ago now has 49 matches under there belt whilst a BD player only has 18, that's a huge difference in experience and development, at 49 matches you are an established player, confident in your abilities, confident that you can perform at that level. at 18 matches your still trying to establish yourself, become confident and hold down a spot in the team.

8 tests a year should be minimum for any team, even more so for the likes of BD, zimbabwe, NZ.