Bangladesh need to strongly finish to score 380 frequently: Neil Mckenzie
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh batting consultant Neil Mckenzie stated that Tigers need to finish strongly on the back end of the innings to score 380 more runs on a regular basis.
Mckenzie, who has been working with the Tigers for the last two years as batting consultant, is also frustrated with the long break of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide.
Bangladesh enjoyed the most success in one day cricket before an ordinary performance in the 2019 World Cup, the performance that engendered a lot of criticisms as they didn’t make enough runs in the one day format.
The former South Africa batsman said the Tigers need a top-down aggressive batting approach to score 380 runs regularly in ODI cricket as he expressed his opinion to a leading English daily.
“I would like to see the seniors putting their hands up and the youngsters supporting them. What we lack in ODIs is strong finishes. We need players like Shanto, Soumya, Liton, (Mohammad) Mithun to support the seniors well. We also need to have all-rounders like (Mohammad) Saifuddin who can hit a long ball at the back end and perform with the ball,” Neil McKenzie said.
“Then we can think of scoring totals in excess of even 380. Guys like Taijul who play Test cricket need to upgrade their batting skills so that our tail is longer especially in Tests. We need to value our wickets more especially away from home,” McKenzie added.
The batting consultant also revealed that Bangladesh players may not be as strong as the West Indies batsman but they are more skillful than the Caribbean batsman as well.
“Bangladeshi players are not as physically strong as the West Indians. But our players are definitely more skilled than them. It’s all about maximizing your qualities. We play in slightly different wickets where it's tough to get going because of the slowness and lowness,” he said.
“Our focus has never been on hitting huge sixes. Rather we’re focusing on skilful hitting and finding the gaps. Also, we’re working on big-hitting as well. BPL is a big catalyst for it as guys are able to spend time with big hitters like Andre Russell and learn things from them,” Mckenzie said, signing off.
