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BCB to conduct fast bowling camp in district level
DHAKA, March 2, 2019 (BSS)- To execute Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) plan to
find out more fast bowlers from the grassroots level, Bangladesh’s high performance
pace bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake is all set to conduct a fast bowling camp in
district level very soon.
The former Sri Lankan fast bowler said in a country with more than 150 million
people, there is no shortage of talents but they need to be unearthed in proper way as
BCB emphasized on to make it fast bowling pipeline stronger.
“We like to go to all of the districts to find out more fast bowlers. That is my
next programme,” Ramanayake said here today. “There are more than 150 million people
in this country. So there should be more talents. I am going to conduct more camps to
find out more talents outside of my work for the high-performance unit. ”
“We have a good series against England under-19. Fast bowlers have done well in
the series. So there is a lot of talent in the country. That is why we have called a
group of under-19 bowlers who are talented and we have found four-five bowlers. They
are quite capable of a higher level of cricket in future,” he added.
To provide players in the pipeline for the national team, in line with BCB’s
vision Ramanayake has already been engaged in more development programmes. He has been
conducting a camp with 13 bowlers who were picked up from the Youth Cricket League.
“These are the under-18 group of bowlers who have played YCL recently. We have 13
bowlers in the camp. Our main job is to see how they are at the moment and to improve
their skill-set. These are all about,” he said.
Ramanayake however called for to have patience on the fast bowlers who are doing
badly in Bangladesh ongoing series against New Zealand. Of the three frontline fast
bowlers who are the part of Bangladesh squad in the first Test against New Zealand,
Ebadat Hossain worked under the supervision of Ramanayake for long.
“The pacers are playing in New Zealand. They are fresh. They need more time to get
more experienced,” he said.
“He (Ebadat) can bowl fast. He is impressive. He failed to take an early wicket
because a catch was dropped. I am sure that he has the talent,” he added.
Ramanayake however advised Ebadat to be consistent with his line and length.
“I worked on with his (Ebadat) skills. We saw how we have a good wrist to release
the ball that all good bowlers have. He has to be more consistent with line and length
which will come by the time eventually.
Because he just played one innings and bowled a lot of overs. He will learn
bowling a lot of overs against a good team. Yeah, we worked on those (straight head).
With the pace, he can be more consistent and better.”
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