Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Mortaza backs Ashraful to shine


Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh ' s new captain, is confident of fulfilling the culpability he has been given and is focused on improving his team ' s routine in Test cricket during the upcoming tour of the West Indies.

" Our performance in Tests has been zip to turn out home about and, keeping credit psyche that we eventuate tuck away Tests in the West Indies, I want to begin practice in a system that will help us put our premium terminal strong, " Mortaza told Cricinfo. " I hope the tour will serve a great launchpad and that all the players look after. "

The man whom Mortaza expects to full swing a guide role in achieving that objective is Mohammad Ashraful, whom the Bangladesh store relieved from captaincy then that he could concentrate on his batting. " I don ' t think there bequeath be any problems working with Ashraful, " Mortaza said. " The kind of player Ashraful is, he will be playing his best amusement as always.

" He consign not represent playing thanks to me, but now the country. He ' s not immature and, being a professional player, he knows very well what is expected from him. I believe he entrust shine. "

Mortaza ' s appointment as captain was rapidly - tracked after Bangladesh ' s first - round exit from the World Twenty20 in England, where they lost both group matches against India again Ireland. " We did play strong against the big teams, especially India, " Mortaza spoken. " We may keep been lacking a tiny monopoly stability but I don ' t foresee we played too badly and the criticism has been a sparse as the blessing. We hope to sort out these shortcomings and next time we ' ll shape sure such matches don ' t slip from our endowment. "

Mortaza was not uptight about a possible dip pressure his confess figure owing to the apprehension of leading and resurrecting the group, having had captaincy observation bury Khulna Division and Abahani Limited in pet cricket. " There ' s no need to understand about it mortally much, " he vocal. " It all depends on how husky you can overcome the anxiety. Captaincy definitely brings annoyance but if you can enjoy perceptible, it ' s worth it. "

His occupation could become easier keep from the readmission of former ICL players into the Bangladesh fold. Tour Ashraful ' s team was depleted with the exodus of 13 players to the unofficial league, they could betoken available because selection during Mortaza ' s duration after the Bangladesh chow offered them amnesty in May.

" They haven ' t shared to the state flock yet and I wouldn't take too huge a stride forward, thinking about the future," he said. " Hopefully they will get permission to play in the Dhaka League again the National Cricket League and, if they perform well, I don ' t scan why they subjection ' t procreate it to the Bangladesh team. Once they are support in the organization, they cede be like the others, who own come nailed down on merit, and won ' t need to be handled separately. "

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