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Originally Posted by Ian Pont
No short term solution other than existing pacers get into nets and practice hard on bowling the ball to hit off stump - just like we did when i was there. We focused on that every day we trained. The fruits were there in the 4-0 Banglawash and 3-1 ODI win over Zim.
So something is going wrong if they are not doing that.
Longer term - ID and develop talent. Coach the next pacers waiting to come in. Get them to understand how to develop themselves.
It isn't rocket science
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What makes me shocked is their lack of control over line and length. They didn't attack the stumps at all while bowling. The reason probably is that they were not confident enough to trying to hit the off stump corridor regularly.
When Shafiul came for the first time, we have seen him swinging the ball nicely. He lost it completely in this test. Rubel didn't get reserve swing, Robiul had some swing but was not consistent enough.
As you indicated , all these things suggest that they were not regular in practice. If a player has to depend on the national team practice sessions only to maintain and develop his skills then he better should stop playing cricket.
It's not hard to hang a net in a field and put three stumps in front of it. Get a ball boy to collect you the ball. Then continue practicing. You won't need national team set up for that. You can do it yourself even being in the remote part of the country.