Originally Posted by Miraz
Bangladesh cricket at a crossroad: change of vision required to lift the bar
Khondaker Mirazur Rahman
Bangladesh cricket has entered into the most crucial period after gaining the Test status. ............ and Bangladesh cricket must select right persons to fill their shoes.
Very timely thoughts
Firstly, coach selection.
To add...The deficiency I felt during whatmore's time, was of a boaling coach, We have seen talents coming and diminishing due to lack of appropriate grooming & Guidance. It should be seriously thought to have a good boaling coach for the team. Even short exposure of our pacers to the likes of Akram, Waker, Mcgrath, could be boosting the performance of the bowlers to a great extent
Secondly, change in captaincy.
That's already done and think quiet appropriately
Thirdly, the composition of the team. Time has come to take some strong decisions about some of players. We are carrying them for years without reasonable explanations........ Javed Omar, Khaled Mashud has nothing left to offer for Bangladesh team in both forms of the game, same applies to Habibul Bashar in ODIs. We need players like Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed and Mushfiqur Rahim in the Test team, who can take oppositions to the wire with their aggressive intents. Test cricket has evolved a lot along with ODIs. Now, teams play for win, aggressive players like Adam Gilchrist, Kevin Pietersen, Mahendara Dhoni are ruling Test cricket. Timid approach can only hold us back, time has come to open the eyes and change the thought process.
So appropriate about the older players. And also for the young players like tamim, Aftab, Mushi.... In fact an upcoming team like BD should not have much changes in the test and ODI teams, We must keep more or less the same team and allow these young boys to learn to adapt to different situations and how to change gears in game. that helps in both form and makes them matured players. None does so much changes between both team, thease days. !/2 changes should be enough
Lastly, change in the domestic structure.
The pitches should be bouncy pitches like SA, Aus, WI it has been proven over the years, that it is easy to adapt quickly to a dead indian type pitch, rathar than bouncy pitches. Unless it is impossible to make bouncy pitches in BD due to weather / Soil, but as much as possible we must have mostly bouncy pictches
Finally, If we want to progress as a cricketing nation and solve our Test woes, we must take correct decisions about these issues. Bangladesh Cricket Board want to follow Australian model to raise the standard pf the game. I hope they will truly follow the system and will take decisions which will lift the bar and Bangladesh will come out of the dark old days of Test misery.
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