World Cup a challenge for B’desh bowlers, warns Walsh ‘Pay `120-cr dues or vacate Wankhede’
DHAKA: West Indies great and Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh on Monday warned that bowling conditions in Britain would make the upcoming World Cup a tough test for the South Asian side.
The ten-team tournament will run from May 30 to July 14 in England and Wales.
“It will be a big challenge,” Walsh told reporters in Dhaka.
“There are going to be some good cricket wickets, which are batting-friendly. We have to be intelligent, and try to execute well.
“We have to read the conditions and the surfaces we play. Some places the ball might swing more than the others. We have to assess when we get there.”
Walsh, who played four World Cups for the West Indies between 1987 and 1999, tipped the bowlers to rely on their variations to be successful.
“Most of the wickets will be docile and flat. We have to work on our variations and execution,” he said. “Everybody studies one another these days. So they know our strengths and weaknesses. Likewise, we also know theirs.”
Walsh will be overseeing a Bangladesh pace bowling unit already grappling with injury problems.
The Caribbean star revealed that three of his five charges -Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain and Mohammad Saifuddin — were injured.
“We need to get them back into bowling, within the right frame of mind, and be sharp enough to do a bit of bowling in Ireland and be ready for the World Cup,” he said. MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has sent a notice to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) asking it to pay Rs 120 crore towards unpaid dues and lease renewal, failing which it will have to vacate premises of the iconic Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai.
The notice, issued by Mumbai City collector Shivaji Jondhale on April 16, stated that if MCA authorities fail to turn up for a hearing with appropriate documents on May 3, then the takeover procedure will be initiated.
When contacted, Jondhale said that “MCA had applied for renewal of its lease when the issue of dues surfaced. Seeing their reputation, it is a petty amount for the association. There will not be any interim meeting or extension to the cricket body”.