da jogodeouro： Nasir Hossain’s dismissal left the Bangladesh dressing room incensed as they felt the batsman was erroneously given out caught behind by umpire Paul Reiffel
Mohammad Isam in Chittagong06-Feb-2014
Nasir Hossain’s dismissal towards the end of the day irked the Bangladesh dressing room•AFP
Bangladesh plagued by injuries
da dobrowin： Bangladesh have a string of injuries that could affect them in the course of the ongoing Test. The biggest difficulty is likely to be behind the stumps as captain Mushfiqur Rahim will take the field but not as wicketkeeper.
Imrul Kayes has multiple injuries. He pulled his hamstring on the final ball of his innings, had hurt his groin and suffered a blow to his back on the second day. Abdur Razzak’s bowling in the second innings will depend on how he shows up as a batsman on the fourth morning.
“Imrul has cramps at the moment so after his pain goes away, I can assess his hamstring injury,” physio Vibhav Singh said. “I will see how Razzak bats in the first innings tomorrow, see how he turns while running. I will assess Mushfiqur on a day-to-day basis, but he is unlikely to keep wickets tomorrow.”
Nasir Hossain’s dismissal on the third day left the Bangladesh dressing room irked as they felt the batsman was erroneously given out caught behind by umpire Paul Reiffel. The decision brought back focus on the BCB’s continued avoidance of the Decision Review System (DRS) or the Officiating Replay System (ORS).Hossain had tried to cut an Ajantha Mendis delivery late in the day and was caught low by wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal. The Sri Lankan close-in fielders went up in a huge appeal, but the batsman and the non-striker Mahmudullah were crestfallen. After coach Shane Jurgensen saw a replay of the dismissal on the team analyst’s laptop, he let out a scream that showed the frustration in the team. Later, Shamsur Rahman termed it a “bad decision”.”Our day was ruined by one bad decision, which was of Nasir Hossain,” Shamsur said. “We would have had an altogether great day had Nasir not been given out like that. I think you have seen it on television what happened. I don’t think it touched his bat when he attempted the cut. We saw it in the replay several times. He has now had two such calls in two consecutive matches.”Nasir is a key player for us in that position. He performs in all formats, be it Twenty20s, ODIs and Test cricket. The whole team suffers if such a performer becomes victim of a bad dismissal.”There had been one questionable decision in the previous Test when Mushfiqur Rahim’s leg-before decision appeared to have an inside edge. Bangladesh have had issues with umpiring errors in the past, most notably against England at home in 2010 when several leg-before appeals from Bangladesh were turned down. The other prominent series in this regard was in Zimbabwe last year when umpiring decisions led the Bangladesh coach to visit the match referee’s room on several occasions.BCB’s stance on DRS has been peculiar. As the No. 10 ranked Test team, Bangladesh certainly could do with the aid of the DRS. This was first highlighted by Shakib Al Hasan during the 2010 home series against England, when he criticised the BCB for spending money on welcoming the then ECB chief David Morgan rather than employing the DRS.ESPNcricinfo understands that when the tender notice was placed for the broadcasting rights of the current series, the companies were given a choice to either include or not include the DRS in their bid. None of the bidders went for the “with DRS” deal.