Bangladesh aim at learning few tricks

NAIROBI, OCTOBER 4: The Bangladesh skipper Naim-ur-Rahman is carrying a white flag to Nairobi. ``Yes, it's a fiendship tour for us. We kno...

NAIROBI, OCTOBER 4: The Bangladesh skipper Naim-ur-Rahman is carrying a white flag to Nairobi. “Yes, it’s a fiendship tour for us. We know beating such strong teams will be quite difficult, so we would rather be happy just to learn a few tricks,” he has been maintaining.

“If we have to improve our game, we need to get exposure against great teams. We respect English cricket and will closely observe their style of play,” says Rahman, as the latest entrants to the Test-club face England in the last of the three pre-quarterfinal ties of the ICC Knock-Out Mini-World Cup at Nairobi Gymkhana on Thursday. Bangladesh’s trip has already been made. They beat hosts Kenya in a friendly tie on Thursday, so Rahman feels they can go home happy at not having lost to them. “Losing to Kenya would have put pressure on us.”

England are on a high and have more than pride to play for. The Test-series victories over the West Indies and Zimbabwe have done wonders for the side and on Tuesday they were in for another pleasant surprise, beating favourites Australia in a warm-up game.

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“That’s okay, it was just a friendly tie. But the way we turned the corner during the summer nobody should take us lightly. We are a happy unit and have as good a chance as any other team,” cautions skipper Nasser Hussain, whose wretched batting form is the real cause of concern. “I have been hitting the ball well in the nets, so I feel good,” he says.

For long England have struggled for right men at right spots. This summer they unearthed a new sensation in the strongly-built opener Marcus Trescothick, who doesn’t mind going after the bowling from Ball One. He is confident about his abilities and that rubs off on others too.

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