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Sports News Thursday, September 11, 2003 Compiled by SDNP Head lines
Hasibul to be back Hasan Masood from Faisalabad
The Daily Star
Photo: Star Captain Khaled Mahmud said this while talking to this correspondent after the team arrived here from Multan yesterday afternoon. "There will certainly be a change in the pace department and I'm also optimistic of Rafique playing on Friday. He is nursing a slight groin injury and we will know only after tomorrow's practice whether he plays or not," said Mahmud at the team hotel lobby after a five-hour bus journey from Multan. He also indicated that experienced right-arm seamer Hasibul Hossain would play in the second limited-overs game after a poor showing by his side in the first one-day at Multan on Tuesday. Bangladesh lost the first match by 137 runs as the tourists' toothless bowling was plundered for a massive 323 runs. Hasibul, who has joined the squad as a one-day specialist, was the last minute omission in the first match. The team management preferred all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahman ahead of the experienced paceman. But the ploy did not work out. Mahmud admitted that there was no evidence of a fight that the Tigers put up in the three-match Test series. "We tried to be too attacking in the first match and that led us to make too many errors in the bowling," said the Bangladesh captain. Bangladesh played with only one specialist pacer in Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza. Mushfiq shared the new ball with Mashrafee while Mahmud came as the first change bowler. But the trio proved expensive with Mashrafee conceding 63 runs in nine overs while Mahmud and Mushfiq went for 65 and 59 runs in ten and eight overs respectively. "My performance was also not good in the first one-day," said Mahmud, one of the three Bangladesh batsmen who fell for a duck. But the Bangladesh captain believes all is not lost in the five-match series after losing the first game saying that his team is capable of beating Pakistan on a given day. "If you compare the two teams, they are almost equal. The problem in the first match was that they scored too many runs and you need to do something extraordinary to chase such a big target," he said. Mahmud however said that they would put a better fight on Friday. "We have the potential to win a match. What we need is get those individual acts together," said the Bangladesh captain. Meanwhile, Bangladesh had a light practice session in the afternoon in two groups. The players, who did not play in the first ODI, practised early while the rest joined them after 45 minutes. U-19 booters take on Tata Academy today UNB, Dhaka,
The Daily Star Bangladesh, now participating in the five-team Indian youth meet as part of their preparation for the AFC under-20 soccer tourney, will play Indian B side on September 13, Uzbekistan on Sept 16 and Iran on September 18. |
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Bangladesh
cricket captain Khaled Mahmud (R) speaks to the media as batsman Habibul
Bashar looks on after arriving in Faisalabad yesterday.