Pacers stay untested

The planning for the first of three Tests against New Zealand was a silly one for Bangladesh as downpour permitted only 12 overs of play on the second day of the two-day practice coordinate against a New Zealand XI at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Christchurch yesterday.

It was ostensibly one of the chilliest days in New Zealand, with downpour making life increasingly horrendous yesterday. The Bangladesh squad will make a trip today to Hamilton, which is relied upon to be much chillier, for the first of the three-coordinate arrangement beginning from February 28 at Seddon Park.

Discussing silly arrangements, the Bangladesh batsmen managed to invest some energy out in the center on Saturday's first day, with most batsmen using the chance to adjust to conditions following their inauspicious execution in the ODI arrangement.

Yet, the bowlers did not get that open door on the second day as downpour washed out the whole day after the Tigers bowlers only 12 overs against New Zealand XI.

Mustafizur Rahman and Ebadot Hossain picked up a wicket each yet they couldn't bowl almost enough to be set up for the granulate of a five-day coordinate and were denied of the fundamental match practice urgently required for a generally unpracticed bowling line-up.

With regards to involvement, Mustafizur - who has played only 12 Tests up until this point, is really the most experienced pacer in the squad. Abu Jayed has played three, Khaled Ahmed only one while Ebadot is as yet sitting tight for his Test debut.

It will be critical for the youthful Bangladeshi seamers to use the crease agreeable New Zealand conditions and, all the more essentially, they should direct the Tigers' charge so as to pick 20 Kiwi wickets if the guests need to win a Test.

As indicated by Bangladesh bowling mentor Courtney Walsh, it will be imperative that the youthful seamers stay predictable while in the meantime demonstrating controlled hostility.

"It's an extremely unpracticed assault so there have been exchanges among ourselves, [on] what we've learnt and how things are advancing. Yet, to me, it's about consistency and kicking it into high gear the ball in the correct zones. We have been endeavoring to deal with that angle practically speaking up until now and it's going ahead well. The one dissatisfaction was that we didn't motivate an opportunity to perceive how they bowl in the second spell, to perceive how they alter in such circumstances.

"We had enough practice yet and still, after all that we would need to see them in the matches. The young men are extremely sharp and I think they know the conditions, which probably won't help turn and the seamers should put their hands up. So it's an opportunity for a couple of these youthful bowlers to attempt to build up themselves and endeavor to do well for Bangladesh," Walsh told journalists yesterday.

There was discussion about the solid breeze blasts in Hamilton and Wellington, which may cause a few issues for the seamers, yet as indicated by one of the untouched incredible quick bowlers there was no point searching for reasons and that it is dependent upon the bowlers to attempt to change in accordance with the circumstance.