July 14, 2012, 10:11 AM
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Cricket Legend
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Join Date: December 17, 2007
Favorite Player: Tamim Iqbal
Posts: 6,063
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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
To summarize, he was a real taskmaster. Back in the days, we had a very, very good U-19 team - second probably only to India. The Mushfiq, Shakib and Tamim that you see today were all graduates of that team and products of Richard's no-nonsense coaching style. Even guys who are in and out of the team or always knocking on the door (Nafees, Enamul) were coached and shaped by him. Nazimuddin was a whiner and didn't like his ice baths in what one would consider no less than fall weather here in the north, but he was lucky he was born to a mother who was the opposite of a sissy, telling her son to quit being a pink unicorn with wavy eyelashes and that she would prefer a cricketer over a son any day.
Not to get ahead of myself, but I hope Richie Mac will stay around to coach the national team once Pybus' tenure is over (which it will some day, the later the better of course).
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Sounds like the kind of no BS coach we need.
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Reporter: You could hit the first ball for 4 couldn't you?
Tamim: Ha, I could hit the first ball for 6, that's not a problem. 
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