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'One day they will win'

HASAN MASOOD from Karachi
Bangladesh might have lost the first Test against Pakistan by seven wickets. But they have earned the admiration from many friends including Pakistan coach Javed Miandad.
"Well, they played very good cricket in this particular Test match. I mean they definitely gave Pakistan a hard time. If they keep playing like they did here, one day they will win and to me that is not too far away," said Miandad after the match yesterday.
The former Pakistan captain, who has scored more than eight thousand runs in Test cricket, was impressed with the attitude and application of the Tigers during the five days.
But when asked whether at any point in the match did he think of losing, Miandad replied such a prospect never crossed his mind.
"We scored 342 runs. So, it means we have a capable batting line-up. Although some seniors players like Inzamam and Youhana didn't do well in the first innings, but the way they batted today, it looked totally different," said the champion Pakistan batsman.
"Yes, Bangladesh gave a very good fight and if they had a good bowling attack, they could have given Pakistan more trouble," he said.
Miandad was particularly impressed with the effort of young Bangladesh batsman Rajin Saleh, who scored a fighting 60 in the second innings.
"The way Rajin played was almost like Habibul Bashar. I mean all Bangladeshi youngsters have proved that they have courage in them. Now it will depend on how they carry on."
While Miandad was generous in applauding the effort of the Tigers, his Bangladesh counterpart Dav Whatmore came up with a critical assessment of his players' performance.
The Australian thought that on the fourth day his young charges lost the by losing seven wickets in less than two sessions.
"I think we had the potential in
this match to make things difficult for the opposition. Though we were in a position to winning the game, but unfortunately on the fourth day we lost too many wickets in a short time and so surrendered the initiative," said Whatmore during the postmatch briefing.
"We had a good chance on third day when we quickly took the remaining five Pakistani wickets
which was fantastic and then closed the day losing only three wickets with a good total on the board. But the twist came on the fourth day morning when we collapsed.
"I had hoped Rajin and Khaled Mashud would carry on for some more time, but it did not happen. We lost seven wickets so quickly and I think that helped the home team to come back into the game," said
Whatmore.
The inspirational Bangladesh coach also believed that the biggest lesson his team had learned was that it was a lost opportunity of putting the Pakistanis on the tight rope.
"And with a little bit more careful batting, it could have been a very good Test match," he observed.
He also disagreed that bowling was Bangladesh's weak link saying that his young guns did a good job considering the wicket in Karachi was pretty flat.
Whatmore however praised Habibul Bashar for his hundred in the second innings.
"I think his history in Test cricket was a pressure for him for not being able to convert the fifties into hundreds. Hopefully he has got rid off that by scoring a tremendous hundred and I congratulate him for his fantastic effort."
The Bangladesh coach also had encouraging words for debutant Rajin.
"For someone like him who has no experience, I think he showed a lot of promise and commitment. I think he has a bright future," said Whatmore.
While talking about his plans for the next Test starting at Peshawar on August 27, Whatmore said that he wants his boys to carry on the good work done in Karachi.
"I think it will come out in the next few days whether we can carry on with what we did here. But they
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have set a certain standard that can be improved. I think they all know that", he said.
When Whatmore dominated the briefing his captain Khaled Mahmud had little to offer in terms of words after his own disappointing performance with bat and ball.
"I didn't perform which was expected of me. I didn't bowl well and my batting also went wrong somewhere. But without considering that, I think my team played very well," said Mahmud.