No practice for Bangladesh (22 October 1998)
Bangladesh captain Aminul Islam said his team has nothing to lose but gain everything from the two practice matches they will be playing against New Zealand and England at the BKSP
22-Oct-1998
22 October 1998
No practice for Bangladesh
Our Sports Reporter
Bangladesh captain Aminul Islam said his team has nothing to lose but
gain everything from the two practice matches they will be playing
against New Zealand and England at the BKSP. The NZ match is today and
the England game tomorrow.
"We are aware of our strength and will try to give our best against
the two Test-playing sides," said Aminul while talking to The Daily
Star at the BKSP yesterday during the England-Zimbabwe match.
"We came to know about tomorrow's match against New Zealand a while
ago so I can't tell you anything in advance," Aminul added, saying
that they did not have any net practice since their arrival at the
BKSP on October 16.
"We were restricted to the indoors and we did a bit of knocking on dry
days. But there was no nets for us," said a dejected Aminul.
"Despite all the odds, the team spirit is very high and I hope we will
do well," said the ACC Trophy winning captain.
When contacted, the Director-General of BKSP, Brig Mahmud Hassan, also
confirmed that the institute could not provide the Bangladesh team
with enough practice facilities because of their earlier commitment of
preparing a ground for the practice matches for England and Zimbabwe.
"Moreover, I was not informed by the board in time that the national
team will have training here. I came to knew the day they arrived
here," said Hassan.
Source:: The Bangladesh Daily Star (https://www.dailystarnews.com)