Congratulations to our cricketers
Humayun Hyder, Zigatola, Dhaka
Congratulations to our cricketers who have accomplished a wonderful feat by handing a 4-0 series defeat to the once mighty East African cricketing nation Kenya against whom Bangladesh never had such a stunning success. It may be the case that Kenya's poor performance was due to their not having enough exposure to international cricket, as they are not yet a Test playing nation. It is important to mention that in cricket the frontline batsmen are considered to be the anchors. And their performance decides the fate of the game. However, in case of our players it is just the reverse. Our batsmen's continued poor performance must be corrected. If we always leave the game on the shoulders of our middle order batsmen, then we shall never be able to achieve the desired results. Hence, it is the prime job of our coach to train our batsmen in that manner and to do so the coach has to build-up their skills, confidence level, stamina, poise etc, so that the middle order batsmen do not have to share the burden to take the score to a respectable level. As for our bowlers, we must at least groom more than one bowler who'll be considered a real paceman. Therefore it is my humble appeal to our great coach Mr. Whatmore to take these things into serious consideration and act accordingly. Because our players will soon be facing the most dreaded cricketers of the world, the Australians, and we have to do our homework properly. ***Mohammad Ashraful is the wonder boy of Bangladesh cricket. There is no doubt that he is extremely talented. And, he has also proved his class by playing some extra ordinary innings against the world class teams like Australia, Sri Lanka and India. But it's very disappointing for everyone who supports Bangladesh cricket that this wonder boy is wasting his talent. He is not consistent at all, and consistency is the hallmark of a great player. He has played some good knocks against Sri Lanka and also scored a century, but against Kenya, in the ODI series his highest score was 18! It's also very sad that a player of his class has such poor average! He played 31 Tests, and batted in 61 innings but only scored 1443 runs at an average of 24.87! Highest Score: 158* (not out) against India. He is a world class batsman but his average is below 25! All the great players maintain a healthy average, at least above 40. And, if you take a look at his ODI average, you'll be shocked! In 66 ODIs he batted in 63 innings, and scored 1204 runs at an average of 19.73! Highest score: 100 against Australia Below 20! What will you say now? I don't believe that Ashraful isn't a good batsman. I have also confidence that he can do a lot better. But, I'm very much frustrated about his average, I'm sorry to say. Our coach should look into the matter. Khan Mohammad Ibn Sina, Bottala Bazar, Bottala, Tangail
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