DHAKA, May 8, 2022 (BSS)-The Bangladesh cricketers need to learn the art of 
how to play the Test cricket with right frame of mind, the coaching staff 
said to BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon recently.

While addressing the media today, the BCB boss reveled this, stating that the 
coaches were disappointed to see that the players' lack of mindset to play 10 
days in a row. 

"The coaches told me that we have to work on it if we want to do well in the 
Test cricket. Because most of the players don't really have the mindset to 
play 10 days," he said here today. 

The coaches were on leave after the South Africa series. Head coach Russell 
Domingo, spin coach Rangana Herath, batting consultant Jamie Siddons and pace 
bowling coach Alan Donald arrived in Dhaka yesterday. 

As the Test team will leave for Chattogram this evening, the BCB president 
sat in the meeting in a hurry with them. He also talked to Test captain 
Mominul Haque at length. 

In the wake of the disastrous Test result against South Africa, Papon sat 
with the concerned people to know what went wrong indeed. After winning the 
ODI series for the first time on South African soil, Bangladesh battled neck-
to-neck in the first Test before experiencing a collapse on fourth day 
afternoon, which caused their defeat. In the second and last Test in Port 
Elizabeth they even couldn't pose a threat and eventually were whitewashed in 
the Test series.

The expectation was sky high in this Test series as Bangladesh entered South 
Africa with a memorable win against New Zealand. 

"We have discussed a lot about our Test performance. The coaching staff gave 
me the example of last four/five Test matches where we were in good position 
but couldn't capitalize on. Even the first Test that we played against 
Pakistan was fairly competitive but we collapsed in the second Test," Papon 
remarked. 

"This has been the case for quite a sometimes now that we were playing well 
in the first Test but failed to replicate the performance in the second Test. 
So we have to come out from this, otherwise it would be tough to do well in 
Test cricket," he added.

The BCB chief said that their sole focus is on now Test cricket as they want 
to do well in this format.

"We have some elaborate plan to make us a good Test team but due to the 
Covid-19 pandemic, we couldn't execute our plan. We are a good ODI team but 
we are not a good team in Test and T20 cricket. We have to do well in T20 
format also but for the time being focus is on Test cricket. As the Covid-19 
situation eased now, we'll try to execute our plan," he informed. 

Papon gave a glimpse of the plan, saying the Test cricketers will work on 
their technique and other aspects throughout the year now.

"After this Test series we are going to West Indies. Those who are in Test 
squad, they will come after the Test series. Then they have no game about 
three and a half months. We've been planning to engage them in cricket. They 
will work on their technique and other aspects and also will rectify the 
mistakes they had done," the BCB president said.