Domingo out to make a statement in longer version format
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Russell Domingo believes Bangladesh lack in Test cricket due to the fact they don’t play it regularly and added Test championship is a platform he would like to use to make a statement in the longer formats.
‘’It’s hard to get any sort of rhythm in your Test match cricket if you’re not playing that many Test matches. With the new Test Championship, that allows a team to focus a lot more on Test match cricket. We know often Bangladesh play one- or two-Test match series. Hopefully now there will be three-Test series, four-Test series, which gets them more into that format. Because so much focus there is on white-ball cricket, with the Test Championship, a lot of that focus now needs to move away from the World Cup and the 50-over format into Test match cricket. So it will be a good start to put a lot more focus and emphasis on our red-ball skills in the next couple of months,’’ said Domingo.
‘’It’s a massive opportunity for Bangladesh to compete regularly in Test match cricket. Their last Test match was maybe six months ago, we can hardly remember when it was. The more you play the better you’re going to get in the format. That’s probably where they have been lacking. Tthey haven’t played a lot of Test match cricket. If you look at England, Australia, India, and weight those up against the number of Tests Bangladesh have played, you can understand why they are the leading sides in the world in that format,’’ he said adding that he is looking forward to meet the expectations that he is bound to have during his stint with Tigers.
‘’I’m sort of used to that expectation and that pressure. So I’m looking forward to it. I’ve not been with a team for two years, I’ve been doing South African A side, and I’m really excited to get going again and work with a lot of people and work on cricket and think about selection and strategies, because once you are away from it – it’s been great for me for two years to be away from it and take a step back – you do miss it. As coaches, you thrive in that sort of pressure, you enjoy it. No matter which team you are coaching, there’s always some sort of pressure to win. That’s why we do it, because of the pressure if we knew we were going to win every single game, it’d be the most boring job in the world. The most enjoyable part of the job is the pressure to win,’’ the South African concluded.
