Yes! England should beat the drum for us

By Rezaul Karim Imon Motijheel Colony, Dhaka
13 May 2005, 18:00 PM
In response to the Guardian piece "Why England should beat the drum for Bangladesh" by Tanya Aldered, re-published in The Daily Star of April 26,2005. I can not but point out some matters of the write-up.

We all know that Bangladesh will feel the heat wave of the upcoming Ashes during their first tour of England. It can be said undoubtedly that Steve Harminson will gobble Bangladeshi batsman up on the seaming pitches. It is also true like the Sun rises in the east that the test series will be 2-0.

Although Bangladesh has just won its first ever test, it is always acceptable to be defeated against a team like England which is considered the oldest cricket playing nation. I want to tell the columnist that only a few days ago Brain Lara scored the record breaking 400 runs against this same team he is boasting. It is the team, which has been searching for an Ashes trophy over a decade.

In the article he wrote, "poor Bangladesh, once the flourishing artistic arm of the subcontinent now seem as the poor step brother of superpower India". Yes

Bangladesh was really a flourishing artistic arm of the subcontinent when it had mouth watering assets.

Yes Bangladesh team may be a crisp lettuce for the English bowlers to eat up before burning into Ashes by the Australians. England can be keeping her chin up by beating Bangladesh and what they only can do. Thanks to Tanya Aldered not to forget the embarrassing situation our Tigers at Dhaka put them in. And I am also happy to listen from the writer they want to take revenge of it. At last I am afraid to say that there will be the toughest competition ever in the Ashes series but we still believe the result will be 3-0 and 5-0.