Domingo seeing the positive side of having time
While the disagreement over quarantine protocols between the BCB and SLC has halted Bangladesh national team's return to international cricket, head coach Russell Domingo tried to see the positive side of having that time in hand to work on the specific needs of the players and working with the details.
The national team players had started individual sessions in BCB facilities across the country with the Sri Lanka tour in mind. With the tour now scrapped, there is no set target to prepare for. Domingo reiterated that it would be frustrating to come in and work everyday without realistic goals but opined that now the staff have a real opportunity to make changes to a player's game which cannot always be achieved during a normal calendar year with busy scheduling and the gruelling grind of matches coming thick and fast.
"If you do the same thing over and over without any particular goal in mind, then it's going to be very challenging. But it does allow us to really work on players' skills at the moment where you can maybe make one or two technical changes or discuss things with guys that you maybe haven't done with games coming up. So there is the benefit of not having the pressure of games coming up in a week or two where you don't want to make too many changes. You can actually make changes to a player's technique now. The energy in the training sessions have been impeccable. They want to play and there is no doubt about that," Domingo said when asked about how to keep the players inspired during a long absence from international cricket.
He gave a few examples of a couple of players who are undergoing some technical changes during the break. "Otis has been getting more time to work with Mustafizur [Rahman] and it allows Fizz that bit more time to get the ball to shape back in. Hopefully we can see some of that work tomorrow [in practice match] and we are definitely seeing it in the nets. A guy like Shanto, the way he plays spin, has his head falling over. We're working to get his head up a little bit more and we are pleased we have got that little bit of time in hand," Domingo said.
While it is a disadvantage to be out of cricket for so long, Domingo wanted to see the positive side of players missing out on matches.
"Sometimes losing seven or eight months can prolong your career in the future because mentally and physically you might not be as fatigued and you can stay in the system for a year longer or two. Maybe a break can prolong their careers and I am trying to look at the positive side of it," the head coach reiterated.
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