Jamie Siddons, Bangladesh’s new hitting consultant, was ecstatic to see so many good players here, believing that he had already done half of his job.
Former Bangladesh head coach Siddons stated that the players only needed self-confidence and technique to prosper in foreign environments.
Bangladesh, he claims, is already a strong team at home, having won 12 of the previous 13 bilateral series since June 2014, but the Tigers’ key goal today is to win matches on a broad and continuous basis.
“There are four or five six-foot-tall fast bowlers who bowl 140-plus (kph). It is quite exciting to me. You still have the world’s best all-rounder (Shakib Al Hasan) who delivers nearly every day that he plays, whether with the bat or ball,” Siddons said here today in his first interaction with the media after coming to Bangladesh as batting consultant.
He particularly singled out the names of Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain and Liton Das who were instrumental in Bangladesh’s last two wins against Afghanistan.
Mehidy and Afif put on a record 174-run for the seventh wicket after Bangladesh reduced to 45-6 in the first ODI, chasing a target of 216. But their partnership helped Bangladesh win the game by four wickets from the jaws of defeat.
Liton in the second game struck a sublime 136 to guide Bangladesh to an 88-run win and take an unassailable 2-0 lead.
