Need to earn every home game to keep us in good stead for play-off: Nixon

BBPL

Need to earn every home game to keep us in good stead for play-off: Nixon

Z.Ahmed

16 Dec 19 18:31:02

Image : Cricfrenzy

|| CF Correspondent ||

Chattogram Challengers head coach Paul Nixon said on Tuesday that they are eyeing to earn win in every game at their home town.

Challengers will open their account against Sylhet Thunders in the second game of the day at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on November 17.

‘’We need good victories here. It’s obviously my first time here. There will be home challenges although already we have done some victories well, Inshallah.”

“This is a crucial part of BPL what we mentioned earlier. Four home games, you know, we have to win every game. You know it’s crucial. We have to win six games. I think we can go close to qualifying unless we have to go an odd long path. So, it’s crucial. Wicket looks good and temperature is beautiful. So, we are looking forward to a good preparation today. We will work hard today and come tomorrow and implement to our task very well,’’ he said.

Nixon added that he is looking forward to see his batsmen blaze in the competition.

“Yeah, you know, Twenty20 is a small margin. It’s about a getting over the line. Sometimes you go over the line. Sometimes you crawl over the line. It’s about a getting over the line. You know we got worked well over the improvement. You know we work over fielding miss-improvement and continuity of youngsters,’’ said Nixon.

‘’Our batsmen need to be nice to score 165 or 170 at the end. I think the pitch is here to be a bit more conducive for good batting than Dhaka. Our bowlers, you know, mortally would like to take more wickets. In a game, less or more boundary is over. Last over is going to 15 or 20 runs. It’s really harm for T20 game. So, it’s nice that we are doing well but there is a good room for improvement.

“Definitely, I think it’s going to be good wicket for the bowlers. I think bowlers have to bowl smart to keep well here. I think it will be high scoring matches here. They have to look on their service for excellent service,’’ he said.

Nixon said that he is a known a coach in the international circuit and that is the driving factor behind doing all the hard work.

“Yeah, it is important to be known. It would be resilient. It should be built mental strength and physical strength and determination equally. Stauncher we need to be that usually important. We got some overseas players over the world who also our leaders. We have a coach we have to talk about them. Crucial everybody keeps their job what they are to be. It’s a team effort. You know it’s a scoring affair as it’s a long tournament. So we got to make sure that people can drive our standard as a coach