da bet esporte： Bryan Murphy exchanges a few words with the journalists and with sheerconfidence
Shahryar Khan06-Nov-2001
©CricInfo
da betway： Bryan Murphy exchanges a few words with the journalists and with sheerconfidence. Zimbabwe is not taking Bangladesh lightly, not at least in homegrounds – Murphy confirms it. But at the same time he thinks his squad, despitehaving a good number of new faces, has convincing strength to beat the hosts intheir own soil. BCB has arranged a conference in Hotel Sonargaon where delegatesfrom both sides attended the journalists.
A 25-year old Murphy thinks captaincy is a challenge for him and this isgoing to be his first Test as a leader, therefore, he wants to be successful. Hehopes that the series could turn out to be very exciting.
The Zimbabwe side is lacking a few better players due to injury blow and someof them are going through bad patches. Alistair Campbell is seen struggling withthe bat, which prompted his omission. The whiz kid Hamilton Masakadza hasacademic exams in front that cut him off the team. Blignaut and Bryan Strang areinjured.
Geoff Marsh, one of the rare real cricket brains, knows very little aboutBangladesh cricket and says Zimbabwe is still a strong opponent with its newkids. There are lots of talented player there and it is a very challenging jobto groom them, as it should be for the future and he enjoys this.
The Bangladesh skipper Naimur Rahman deals the media men with flair – hopinga good fight against their opponents. He looked content that his side hadsatisfactory practice matches this time before stepping on to the field.
" I can assure we won’t come up with the same tragedy as you saw us inMultan and Colombo. We got ample practice matches this time and had quite a bitof playing, which is vital. I think we learnt a lot from our mistakes. I am notsure about the Tests but as for the ODI we are looking forward to getting a winat least."
Al-Sahariar is not a regular opener but he is still Trevor Chappell’s firstpreference in one of the opening slots. He has been given a chance ignoringanother regular opener like Mehrab – this is a common belief of the sportsjournalists. Trevor thinks Al-Sahariar is a better option than Mehrab becausethe later is presently seen deficient of confidence and concentration.
Naimur looked a bit embarrassed when he was told that his current form is insuspect. However, he refuted this with his customary flamboyant witty remarks.He says he is pulling with quickly and waiting to put a good show.
Mr. Tanzeeb Ahsan Saad is declared as the manager of Bangladesh team for thisseries. He says that the best eleven would be declared pretty soon.
Bangladesh squad practiced in BNS in the morning and the tourists were seenstretching on the green grass of the same ground at afternoon. The great AndyFlower was the attraction and many bystanders were present to watch him instyle. Warm days waiting for Andy!!