da bet nacional： Bangladesh coach Mohsin Kamal believes his inexperienced side could spring asurprise against world champions Australia during the ICC Champions Trophy
da roleta： Charlie Austin09-Sep-2002Bangladesh coach Mohsin Kamal believes his inexperienced side could spring asurprise against world champions Australia during the ICC Champions Trophy.The minnows have only won three One-Day Internationals in their 53-matchhistory, including a controversial victory against Pakistan in the 1999World Cup, but Kamal has seen sufficient raw talent during his two-monthtenure in charge to be optimistic.Bangladesh, though, face a daunting task in this 12-team tournament, needingto beat Australia and New Zealand to qualify for the semi-final stage.”Australia and New Zealand are both better sides, but the hope is alwaysthere that we can win,” he said. “One-day cricket is nobodies game, someonehas to win and someone has to lose.”The boys are looking forward to playing the likes of Glen McGrath and JasonGillespie – that is the only way they are going to learn.””We will always play positive cricket,” he said. “We cannot think negative -cricket is played in the mind and in the dressing room.””During our last tour of Sri Lanka we scored 226 at SSC after a goodpartnership between Tushar Imran and Khaled Mashud – on a different day wecould have scored 250/260 and won that match.”But, win or lose, Kamal is most interested in the performance: “We are notinterested in results, we are here to improve our cricket. I don’t want tothe boys to worry about losing.”Heavy monsoon rains have marred Bangladesh’s preparations in Dhaka but Kamalis looking forward to practice games against Holland and England.”Conditions were not really up to it in Bangladesh because of the rain so wehave to make use of our chance to practice here before our first gameagainst Australia on Sept 19,” he said.Bangladesh’s strategy is focused on their all-rounders, with leg-spinnersAlok Kapali and Mohammad Ashraful, one-day specialist Khaled Mahmud,left-arm spinner Mohammad Raffique and fast bowler Tapash Baisya allexpected to chip in with bat and ball.
