Of Bangladesh cricketers

In our school days in Calcutta in the 1940s, we were told that dropping catches is losing matches and taking catches means winning matches. I believe that the message should be implanted in all cricketers. Although we saw some brilliant batting and bowling performance in the just-concluded series against Pakistan, we also saw some poor catching and fielding by our cricketers. When catches are missed in tandem, the fielders are called butter-fingered according to a well-known axiom in cricket. Similarly, when ground fielding is not up to mark, the fielders are called flat-footed. Sometimes our bowlers delivered 'no balls' a little too many and batsmen got out offering their lazy bats to waist high deliveries. This is unfortunate and undesired from a classy cricket outfit. Occasions of getting over the line by our bowlers were at times far too many that gave the opponent batsmen a merry time. At times the bowlers appeared as though they were gripping the ball loosely and they were bowling all over the places with scant attention to field placing and the captain had to repeatedly intervene to advise them on the ground.
To sum up, we should not be complacent about our recent performances in the World Cup as well as the home series against Pakistan. We should aim higher and loftier.
A cricket enthusiast
Dhaka