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Sun shining in Kimberley

BlSHWAJIT Roy in Kimberley
There will be nothing better if the Tigers get the current sunny weather in their two-day warm-up match against South Africa A at the De Beers Diamond Oval today ahead of their tough challenge against the Proteas in theTest series.
“It's a beautiful weather, a perfect spring-summer,” said Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons expressing his excitement as they have had the experience of going through gloomy conditions, including a washout at East London, since arriving in the country on November 2.
So, it has been refreshing condi-tions here for Mohammad Ashraful's men in the picturesque city famous for diamonds, as a
gentle breeze has been blowing to ensure more comfort.
For any first-time visitor it may be however a pleasant surprise if he tries to locate the stadium in the very hushed atmosphere. The first scene that will come to his attention is no doubt a newdigging mine hole in a city which holds the world’s biggest man-made hole called'Big Hole"
But there were all modern facilities in the ground where the Bangladesh team practiced yesterday to shift their focus to the lon-ger-version game from the one-day competition.
“I saw the two-day match just as a transition from one-day cricket to Test cricket. The two-day game gives us the opportunity to change our mind from the shorter-version cricket... It's a mind-changing opportunity," said the Tigers coach during the net session.
The Australian also said that they want to make maximum from the two-day match and they were hardly bothered with the opponents.
“Our main objective is to leave the ball perfectly....batting for five-six hours bowling on the right spot. That's it, mainly focus on the basic ahead of the two-match Test series," the shaven-headed coach added.
"There (in the opponent team) might be a few known faces but I am not sure. Actually we are focusing on our own game in the two-day match... doesn't matter against whom we bowl or bat." explained Siddons.
There has been everything right in the stadium except the rough outfield but Siddons was not too worried with that.
"The outfield is little bit rough but I think everything is okay here," headded.
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Bangladesh coach however was more concerned with his side's traveling in the series as they arrived here on Thursday evening and will get only one extra day for travel by road to Bloemfontein where they play the firstTest from November 19.
“Any team can be troubled by this hectic schedule but we had not any chance to do anything with the schedule. The gap between the two-day match and the first Test is little bit worrying," he observed.
Bangladesh captain Ashraful was concentrating on the six sessions as thev want to capitalize nn the oppor-
tunities ah eadoftheTestseries.
“We want to give our maximum no matter whether we are bowling or batting,” said Ashraful adding that they still didn't find any difficulty to bat in the South African conditions in the middle of their season.
As per rule there should be 90-overs on a day but it was not confirmed whether a team will be able to field twelve players.
Bangladesh however decided on a 12-man team leaving out Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Syed Rasel and Abdur Razzak, who will leave for Australia today to be examined by a human movement specialist about his action.