We may have the nickname of tigers, but we are bunch of cowards. Selectors pick the team to draw. Groundsmen made a wicket so flat its pretty much impossible to bowl the opposition out.
I bet the management also asked the players to go slow in the 5th day of the 1st Test. Our defensive attitude spurred the Windies on. When you are David you cant afford to be predictable. Tamim should have attacked from ball one and put the Windies on the backfoot. If we lost playing shots and attacking, at least we could have said we gave a fight, not submit timidly. This is sth we have developed in the last few years, started under Siddons. We seem to be content to put up a good show instead of trying to win. I hope the next coach we get can get this tiger spirit back.
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