It is over 4 years since the 2003 world cup when BD was beaten by every team, even Canada whose players do not play cricket throughout the year. Most of their players have full time jobs and get time off by their nice bosses. They do not even play many games. Bangladesh cricketers are paid to play full time. I still feel that this is a better team that played in 2003. I have seen a few of those matches and it was simply pathetic, those days are fully gone and with Jamie at the helm, Inshallah, those days will never return.
We have to keep the faith in these boys, the way Jamie is keeping the faith, and he feels that there will be a good turnaround by the middle of the year. He will not tolerate any crap from players, probably make them work so hard until they collapse from exhaustion, then revive them with a splash of cold water and make them work harder. He has the Aussie mentality and he has to rub this off on the players. If anyone is to toughen them up, it is Jamie.
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