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Result makes 'em happy

Cricket

SPORTS REPORTER
BCB President's Eleven captain Hannan Sarker was happy to earn a draw in the three-day practice match against England yesterday.
"I think we showed real character in the second innings. That was a plus point after our first innings failure. But we still could have played better," said the national opener while talking to reporters after the match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
England came within one wicket of winning the first of the two practice matches ahead of the first Test starting on October 21.
Hannan said that their aim was to draw the match against the formidable England side and he had no complaints after achieving the target.
The young right-hander the team's only fault was the inability to
distinguish between a good and bad ball. "There was nothing in the wicket for the bowlers. But our inexperience against a disciplined bowling attack was the main reason for the first innings debacle. The way the English bowlers maintained a nagging line and length was something new for us which we did not even face in Pakistan where bowlers gave us the occasional loose ball to put away," said Hannan who stayed at the wicket for 145 minutes to score 16.
Australian Richard McInnes, who is preparing the youth team for the next year's ICC Under-19 World Cup, thought that his first competitive match was a mixed bag.
"We bowled okay. I was happy to bowl England out inside three days. But our batting let us down with some pretty poor shot selection in both innings," said McInnes.
The Australian also said that a draw never makes him happy.
"I'm not very happy with this draw. My philosophy is always win," said the under-19 coach who took
over earlier this month.
"We need to change our mental approach and go for wins," he said adding that there would not be any surprises for the visitors at BKSP when they face Bangladesh A in the next three-day match starting tomorrow.
McInnes however was impressed with left-arm spinner Enamul Haque and right-arm pacer Anwar Hossain Munir. Enamul finished with a match haul of five wickets including four in the first innings to dimiss Michael Vaughan's men for 253.
England coach Duncan Fletcher was happy with the result for a different reason.
"From our point of view it went very well I think. It's important that all the batsmen got some batting and all the bowlers got a decent spell to bowl. So, the match was played to the full except for the first two sessions on the opening day," said the former Zimbabwean captain. When asked why his middle-order collapse in the first innings, Fletcher said that in a game of cricket anything can happen. Besides, he reminded that his team did not get the chance to bat on grass after arriving in Dhaka on October 8.
"We have been batting indoors because of the bad weather. The last time we batted on grass was in September (in The Oval Test).
"We must also look at some of the wickets that fell. One was really a strange and unlucky decision. But again that's how cricket goes," he said.
"But I'm especially happy with the bowlers. They swung the ball nicely and that's what we need to win Test matches," said the England coach.