This is our team

By Asif Ahmed, Lendal Terrace, London, UK
23 November 2003, 18:00 PM
I write in reply to the letter posted by Mr. Ahmad Kamal, Abu Dhabi, UAE, dated Saturday 15/11/03.

Whilst I can understand Mr. Kamal's frustration and indeed many others, I would like to point out the road to success is never easy. In any field it requires hard work, discipline and above all, patience. And perhaps at times, even a bit of divine inspiration.

As such I find Mr. Kamal's views very unfortunate. It should not matter to us what anyone else outside Bangladesh says about our cricket. We are duty bound to support our national team. There is never a quick fix or short cut to success. There seems to be a real malaise in our nature to cut corners.

Therefore I make a call for all to support our teams both in times of good and bad. We, and the national team, do not need 'fair-weather' friends.