Aaquib suggests changes
Unb, Dhaka
Visiting Pakistan National Cricket Academy coach Aaquib Javed yesterday opined that club cricket structure in Bangladesh should be changed to create quality fast bowlers."To have better fast bowlers, Bangladesh needs to change its club cricket structure a little bit," the former Pakistan speedster told at a press conference at BKSP in Savar. Aaquib, who arrived in Dhaka on Monday, is offering specialised coaching to selected pace bowlers at the ongoing GrameenPhone Pacer Hunt Camp (phase-3). During a break in the day's camp, the 1992 World Cup winner admitted that club cricket in Bangladesh is very competitive but he felt that matches are played on dead pitches. Aaquib said Pakistan produces pacers in numbers because 90 per cent matches are played on seaming pitches. He also emphasised on producing fast bowlers and good leg spinners for success at international level. He suggested introducing foreign fast bowlers in first class cricket, saying: "The local fast bowlers would also be able to learn from them. "My aim here is to improve the bowlers' speed whatever they are having at the moment because to swing the ball is not a big deal but to bowl fast is very difficult." Asked whether he was happy with the action of the local youngsters, he said, "I am not fully happy. Nobody is perfect and it varies from person to person." Former Bangladesh skipper and now National Cricket Academy operations manager Khaled Mahmud, national cricket academy coaches Dipu Roy Chowdhury and Golam Faruque Suru, AGM (head of market communications) of GrameenPhone Mir Nawbat Ali were also present at the press conference. "We've been associated with the development of Bangladesh cricket and we will try to engage us with spinner and wicketkeeper hunt programmes in the future if the board wants," said Nawbat Ali. Salahuddin Mohammad, a pacer from Satkhira, generating the highest speed of 83 kph in the camp said he has been benefited by the advice of Aaquib.
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