But the latest one brings more adverse reaction than anybody would have liked and the English section of international media seems to have found it as the best weapon to relegate the tenth Test nation in a lower tier if not strip them from the elite family.

Starting from the first day of the Lord's Test the persevering English reporters asked the same question either to Michael Vaughan or Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar but without getting any satisfactory reply.

True that the Lord's Test was a mismatch, but a pensive English media were not ready to take Bangladesh in the same breath like they always do after every demoralising defeat of their top tennis player Tim Henman.

Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar also admitted that he has not felt such media pressure anywhere in the world.

"I've faced the same question many times and also attended not as many press briefings like here in England. I had to attend a press briefing for two-and-a-half hours before the first day which was quite unusual and I had to answer a lot of questions," said Bashar after the match.

But the Bangladesh captain is happy that not many of his players read English newspapers where the comment of some of them goes nearly beyond the boundary. But he was not taking the media pressure as an excuse for the defeat.

"We wanted to do something special at Lord's so that we could remember it for a long time. But it was the biggest letdown for me. I'm really unhappy with my own batting. I was out playing bad shots in both innings which I shouldn't have done," he said adding that Bangladesh failed in every department of the game.

"It's good to play shots but we did not play proper shots. The ball moved a bit in the first morning but when we batted a second time it was perfectly alright for batting as Khaled Mashud showed with a little bit of patience you can score runs," remarked Basher.

"Generally we are a good fielding side. But I'm surprised at so many misfields and a few catches being dropped."

Asked whether it was wise to give young paceman Shadat Hossain a debut in place of experienced Tapash Baisya, Bashar defended the decision.

"We didn't consider Tapash because he was not bowling well in the practice matches. Shahadat and Anwar on the other hand bowled really well in the lead-up games and to be frank Shahadat bowled really fast."

But Bashar said that their biggest mistake was thinking that the wicket would behave like it did in the practice matches.

"Believe me the ball did not move that much in all those three practice games. But here at Lord's it did really something that upset our mindset. It would have been better for us had we won the toss and got some time to adjust."

He admitted that his team's morale was low and they were now looking forward to a better performance at Durham to get over it.

Coach Whatmore however batted in a different game with the English media constantly harping on whether Bangladesh are good enough at this level.

"There are too many newspapers to read to be honest. I get a tabloid in front of my door in the morning and the time that I get I just quickly scan that," said Whatmore when a reporter asked whether he was surprised at the fierce response from the media.