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Tigers' brains test Dav's nerves

Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore was a fuming after watching his boys stoop to defeat in yet another match and another series, which if they had applied themselves properly, could have gone their way. In short, this has been the story with the Tigers ever since the Sri-Lankan born Australian took over in mid 2003. They fight hard, scare the hell out of illustrious teams, get into winning positions and then they lose. This is exasperating enough for the cricket loving millions in Bangladesh and no one is hurting more than Whatmore as was evident when he spoke his heart out to The Daily
Question (Q): What is you assessment of the one-day series?
Dav Whatmore (DW): The people here I think have now understood that Bangladesh are not a team to be taken lightly. But quite personally, I'm sick of losing matches that we can win and the players were told that. That's not to say that there weren't any positives. In fact, there were some good positives to come out of the series. But the fact remains played three, lost three. That's the cold hard fact.
Q: Do you think it's still a case of the mental block that they can't get over the habit of losing?
DW: Well, there's still an obstacle that's stopping the team as a whole from crossing over that line. As I have said in matches where I honestly feel the team is good enough to win, I'm sick of it. I don't want to be involved with people who continuously fall short of the mark. And we need to have a good long think about this because this can't continue.
I'll accept it if you are playing an
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extremely good opposition who are playing well and you get soundly beaten. But we've pushed this opposition. We've pushed them all the way and we were clearly good enough to have jumped that extra hurdle and win the match. But there's something stopping them. So what is the reason for this?
Sometimes I feel they are too used to losing. 'Well played Bangladesh' but you still lose.
Q: Do you feel the players are satisfied with just playing well?
DW: You can't blame me if I think that way. I don't think anybody can be blamed sitting from the boundary watching this.
Q: So has the time come to get rid of those who in your words still fall short of the mark?
DW: I'm not suggesting that. It may be the case but that is something for the selectors to discuss thoroughly and to come up with an answer. But I'm commenting what I see here and it's an awful feeling.
Q: You think a proven psychologist like Dr. Rudy Webster or someone like him can help in clearing the mental block we were talking about?
DW: Mental skill experts are good. But you have to get the right person for our culture. Got to get the right one for India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri, Lanka because we are a bit dif
Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore was a fuming after watching his boys stoop to defeat in yet another match and another series, which if they had applied themselves properly, could have gone their way. In short, this has been the story with the Tigers ever since the Sri-Lankan born Australian took over in mid 2003. They fight hard, scare the hell out of illustrious teams, get into winning positions and then they lose. This is exasperating enough for the cricket loving millions in Bangladesh and no one is hurting more than Whatmore as was evident when he spoke his heart out to The Daily