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Old July 14, 2005, 03:53 PM
israr israr is offline
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Default Which country after Bangladesh will be the next test playing nation?

We all know the harsh and destructive criticisms which have gone down the years over Bangladesh’s performances after they were hastily granted the test status by the ICC. The disincentive comments were really intimidating which had a profound impact and the millions of disillusioned Bangla cricket fans’ hopes were pessimistic. At this situation, when no was magnanimous enough, in stepped Dave Whatmore, a veteran coach, who took over the novice players and illuminated our future, revealing the cricket world what we are capable of. Since then, our attitude towards the game had changed dramatically, not being awed by the opposition and coming up with some phenomenal achievements. Hope this attitude remains immutable and immaculate. However, the two minnows, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, are emerging and closing their gaps between stronger nations, albeit slowly. It won’t be long enough till they reward everyone with impressive results. At the moment, what cricket needs that the game should be spread and this is possible if more countries are established as test nations at a greater pace. We can allude to Sri Lanka; how they transformed into a major team, but taking the significant factors into consideration, this remains unlikely. The ambiguous question is: Which country will be the next test playing nation? I implore you to share your notion and shed some light upon this fact and converse with me in this laconic post.

Edited on, July 14, 2005, 9:01 PM GMT, by reverse_swing.
Reason: Thread moved to International Cricket forum.
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