Bangladesh in Test cricket: 'Pain all over, where to give medicine' ๐๐๐๐
There is no consistency in the performance of experienced cricketers. Irresponsible and whimsical shots put the team in danger. Many of their next generation did not become experienced even after playing for 5-6 years. Lack of originality, authority and creativity in leadership. The words of the plan and process are in the voices of the coaches, the opposite is seen in the work. The lack of importance and care is evident in the activities of the parent body BCB. The problem of infrastructure and planning is eternal, there is little plan to improve it.
Experience does not meet expectations
Mushfiqur Rahim's Test career is over 15 years old, Tamim Iqbal has been playing for 13 years. But the experience is not reflected in the continuity.
In the first Test of the series against the West Indies, Tamim could not touch two figures in two innings. His scores in the second Test were 44 and 50 with the ball. There is no question about batting at the speed of ODIs in the context of the match. However, if you can not make the innings big, then the question arises! In both innings, he was out on unnecessary shots.
Prior to this series, he did 41 against Zimbabwe last year and did not do well in the Rawalpindi Test against Pakistan. He performed well in two Tests in 2019 in New Zealand. But before that, there was only one fifty in 12 innings, that too in an innings of 52 runs.
Tamim was supposed to become one of the world's best in the last few years with his talent, ability and experience. But he is not able to fulfill the expectations of Bangladesh team completely.
The same can be said about Mushfiqur. He has scored two double centuries against Zimbabwe in the last two and a half years. But he has not scored a century against any other team in the last four years! Four series have gone by this time, not a single fifty.
In the just-concluded series against the West Indies, he touched two figures in four innings, while the fifties were just one. That too for 54 runs. His wicket in the reverse sweep of the Mirpur Test will be a nightmare in Bangladesh cricket for a long time to come.
Mominul Haque has scored a century in the West Indies series, but has not reached 30 in the remaining three innings. He also scored a century against Zimbabwe last year. But before that there was only one fifty in 12 innings.
In the reality of Bangladesh, of course, there is no question about their place in the team. However, if you want to take the team to the next step in the test, the performance of these veterans must be world class! There they failed miserably.
Batting order
Mushfiqur Rahim is no longer keeping Tests. But he is batting at number 5. Shakib Al Hasan at number 7. With the exception of Tamim Iqbal in the opening, the team's top two batsmen bat so low that it is unlikely to be seen in any other team in the world!
Liton is a very successful batsman in the top order in domestic cricket. He also batted for Bangladesh in limited overs cricket in the top order. But he is batting at number 7 in the Test team. There is no answer to the question of whether justice is being done to a talented person like him.
Shantar, who is not on the run, is shaky in confidence, but he is playing three in a row. But if he goes down, he has a chance to play a little less stress.
The batting order is fixed in advance, the situation of the match demands something else but there is never any tendency to change. The batting order in question is also in the West Indies series. Especially in the fourth innings of the Mirpur Test, when the West Indies were successful in bowling with off-spinners at both ends, seeing the crowd of left-arm batsmen in the top order, right-handed batsmen like Mirage or Liton did not rise in the batting order.
The questionable planning and process of team management.
After a long year, the team went down to play Tests but did not play any warm-up matches before the series. Although the reality of playing first class matches was not there, playing large length matches among oneself could at least rust. The initiative was not seen.
The misery of Bangladesh's Test culture and cricket culture was revealed when Saumya Sarkar was included in the Mirpur Test team. After opener Sadman Islam was injured, Soumya was added to the team by sending an emergency message. But he is not in the contract of BCB red ball. He was not even in the preliminary team of the Test series.
He was also made to open the innings in Mirpur with the team. Saif Hasan, the opener who has been in the team since the beginning of the series, has been the spectator. But in the previous two-and-a-half years, Soumya has been considered in the middle or lower-middle order in Tests.
Coach Russell Domingo and bowling coach Otis Gibson have been talking about the need for pace bowlers since taking office. At least two fast bowlers are expected to play in the country. However, in both the Tests of the West Indies series, there was only one specialist fast bowler in the XI.
Mustafizur Rahman was selected as the only fast bowler in the Chittagong Test, who is not on the board's red ball contract and has long been out of the Test consideration. Abu Zayed Chowdhury, who has become the team's undisputed best Test pacer in the last two-and-a-half years, is out in Chittagong.
From the selection of the team to the strategy of the game and the various steps, the impression of a long-term plan is not very noticeable in anything.
Fielding coach Ryan Cook has been in charge for three years. Without a majestic government there is still no slip fielder to rely on. There is no one better than Mominul to field in โsillyโ positions near the batsman. These noble believers are also far behind the world standard. Overall fielding does not mean continuity.
And the BCB
BCB chief Nazmul Hasan has warned cricketers and team management after the whitewashed taste of the West Indies. He spoke of change with emphasis. He spoke about accountability. But to him, there is no question about the board!
He took over as BCB president in October 2012 on the nomination of the government. Shortly after taking charge, he said his board would focus on the Tests. After winning the elections in 2013 and 2017, he has been in charge for more than 6 years. But not much progress has been made in the development of Test cricket.
Just last year, the board arranged separate contracts for cricketers for Tests. Test match fees have been increased quite a bit. Both are pretty good moves. But this board has a significant job to say in the development of the test!
The structure of domestic cricket has not been very strong in these 6 years. Cricket has not improved much. The board has yet to find a way to make domestic long-term cricket more competitive. Cricketers have also had to go on strike to increase match fees and facilities. Even the quality of the ball was questionable.
Regular play of the 'A' team is very important for the development of Test cricket. But the regular schedule is far away, the 'A' team rarely plays in Bangladesh. There is no shortage of BCB funds, but there is no sign of investment in this place.
What is called BCB Academy has actually become a residential hostel. There is no place for cricketers to work out problems. Making wickets like different countries and conditions is unimaginable. Expecting a self-sufficient academy is a fantasy.
There are no good indoor facilities outside Mirpur. There is no end to the problems indoors in Mirpur.
There is only one good gymnasium, Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. There, the national team, high performance team, age group, girls team, different club teams, everyone has to share the gym.
During tournaments like BPL or Dhaka Premier League, 4-5 teams have to practice together in a small academy field. The less practice there is for cricketers other than the cricketers in and around the national team, the better. Modern technology is a distant star to most cricketers.
Apart from these, there is a pattern of constant interference by the BCB chief in team selection, selection of XI, even decisions and strategy of the team after winning the toss.
When cricket in a country has so many problems from top to bottom, the country that wins the match occasionally, maybe a lot too!
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