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Old 13-04-2007, 10:40 AM in reply to Rifat's post starting "No I don't agree with this at all, if..."
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Originally Posted by Rifat

Playing against quality opposition is the only way to develop IMO,
What does losing on almost every occasion you enter the field teach you, but how to lose!!

The fact is that Bangladesh have played a lot more against the minnows, and learnt how to win!! They look like a Super 8 team, and this is the direct result of playing at a lower level, and improving. For me this is the only way to see them develop long term.

They were rushed into Test cricket for political and not cricketing reasons, and they have paid the price by being beaten consistently. The only reason they beat Zimbabwe is because it has not been able to field a decent team for the last 3-4 years. But I want to see them at the top, but only when they can compete at that level.

I believe to make them into a decent Test side they need to prove they are by far the best of the rest, and work their way to the top.
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