Bangladesh
has passed only five years and they have to go a long way.
Sri
Lanka
forced tigers another eight-wicket defeat in the first Test of
the GrameenPhone series at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium on
Friday. Perhaps 41 Test matches is not enough to bridge the
imperceptive errors out of the Bangladeshi cricket team. I do
agree that Test cricket needs to be about the best playing the
best. Does
Ricky
Ponting know
New Zealand
got their maiden Test victory in their 45th attempt?
The history of
cricket Test match in
Bangladesh
is more than half century years old. In
January 1, 1955,
Dhaka
became the 39th Test venue of the world as provincial
capital of former
East Pakistan.
Bangladesh
gained its independence in 1971, many other things having
priority at the beginning, though cricket has continued to grow.
All the cricket fans of
Bangladesh
were anxiously waiting to see cricket Test match again in
Bangladesh.
Our dream has come true when
Bangladesh
was given the status of the 10th test playing nation on
the 26th June,
2000. It
was a splendid achievement and recognition in the history of our
sports to remember.
Our body
language had been changed and momentum begun in 1997, when
Bangladesh
won the ICC Trophy in
Malaysia,
qualifying for its first ever world cup appearance. Soon after,
Bangladesh
was granted full ODI status by the ICC. Eventually in 2005 our
cricket team beat world champions
Australia
in a Natwest series ODI match. Recently
Sri Lanka
was beaten for the first time by
Bangladesh
in the second ODI at Bogra. We do not expect them to win every
game; however, can�t we deserve a certain level of consistency.
At present
Sri
Lanka
is not the best team in the world. They have been losing matches
quite frequently to
Australia,
India,
New
Zealand
and
South Africa.
Mahela Jayawardene toasted a 2-1 ODI series triumph and looking
forward to win Test series against
Bangladesh.
We have to save the Test series against
Sri Lanka.
It saddens me to see most of the time
Bangladesh
performing badly. Our team and few players have very high level
of skills and why these can�t be reciprocated on the
international sphere. How long Ashraful will entertain us, again
he is terribly inconsistent.
Without a good
batting performance a test match cannot at least be pushed
towards a draw. Our batsmen need to work on their footwork with
extensive practicing basic, accurate and modified stroke making.
It needs to have a unique technique or take help for batsmen to
adopt their technique right.
Bangladesh
never had any problem producing promising talent youngsters.
Recent performances of the U-19 teams might be used as a general
indicator. I don�t have any idea about the international
credibility of our selectors. BCB needs to some serious thought
into it to keep our high hope for the national pride.
In 1990
West Bengal
visits
Bangladesh
in February. An unknown batsman Saurav Ganguly scores a century
and a half-century to help
West Bengal�s
accomplishment in both matches. Not many people know that the
great former Indian captain originally from
Bangladesh.
It is not about the people, just shortage of experience and
training. If the brain doesn't work properly, then you can't
expect the hands or the feet to show best possible performance.
What more can do Whatmore?
Momtaz Ahmed
Toronto,
Canada
