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CWAB stands up

Sports Reporter
Former general secretary of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Mahbubul Anam at a roundtable yesterday observed eight months have passed by but no reform has taken place at the board.
"I voluntarily stepped down hearing that there would a lot of reforms, but no such things have taken place. Moreover pushing aside our plans the incumbent officials are implementing their own plans. I also believe differences are acute in organising the game," he went on to tell the seminar titled Bangladesh Cricket: the Current State of Affairs & What Should Be the Future Course of Action’, organised by the Cricketers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB).
CWAB arranged the debate in the wake of the national team's poor performances at the highest level since the World Cup. This kind
of initiative to bring all the people concerned together to find a way out for Bangladesh cricket has been taken by the cricketers for the first time.
The forum, where present and former organisers, cricketers and journalists expressed their opinions, has raised more questions than answers during a four-hour long lively discussion at the lounge of the Jatiya Press Club, moderated by former national player Shakil Kasem.
Gazi Ashraf Hossain, the influential member of the current board, however differed with the former official, saying that it was easy to say many things when one is outside of the board.
"It is easy to say many things when staying out of any kind of responsibility. But I could understand that there were a number of obstacles and difficulties only after I was given with the responsibility," said Ashraf, who now holds the important post of the chairman of cricket operations.
"But we have to overcome the
obstacles step by step to go forward with our cricket and I am hopeful that the problems will be minimal in the coming years," the former national skipper hoped.
Most of the speakers however demanded for a unified effort to take the country's cricket few steps forward. They also questioned why we failed to work with unity for the greater interest of the game and felt the necessity for a 'strategic plan' for the improvement of the game.
A number of issues were raised for the national team's failures and many found too many young cricketers in the side as a big problem for Bangladesh cricket as they said that the board failed to ensure a good mixture of youth and experience and in the senior team
Problem in domestic structure and lack of facilities also came in discussion.
"We have to introduce longcr-version cricket at the age-level and as well make sure that the players get bouncy pitches al home. We can take help from experts teachers of different universities for making bouncy pitches," opined former national skipper Roquibul Hasan.
Another former skipper Aminul Islam however pointed out the lack of mental toughness behind the poor showings of Bangladeshi cricketers in the international stage.
Everybody however urged not to be frustrated with the current state of affairs.