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Originally Posted by Kabir
The question isn't whether they can stay that longer or not, but that they MUST do it if they are to be considered even a mediocre Test playing team....
It's just that sometimes, our "stupid" side of the brain takes over the "rational" side. That's what our players have to control.....

There's no direct solution to these. These need continuous effort from every angle. Psychiatrists can't help until they play a considerable amount of time in the middle, and play more 4-day matches at home. International arena isn't a place for them to "learn at the job", but a place for them to "show what they've learnt behind the scenes". And these "behind the scenes" happen to be, in this case, domestic 4-day matches. Until they practice for all that, they cannot make it a habit. And until they make it a habit, they can't survive in the middle.

Excellent post I liked it a lot Kabir. I hope BCB immediately takesattempts to solve this problem of 'learning at the performance stage" rather than learning "behind the scenes" at leagues.