Bangladesh are a blot. If their play matched their imagination of how
they play, they would be better than Clive Lloyd's West Indies. In
reality, they make Jason Holder's West Indies look like Ponting's
Australia. At the moment they are sitting on Ireland's spot at the ICC
full member's table, and doing it without any shame or remorse. They
have been at the top level long enough to actually now show something
for it, but they have nothing. No Asia cup, no ICC event semifinals
even, no Test wins away from home against the top 8 teams. Forget the
results, they do not look like they will win anything. Their players,
generation after generation, look stylish and attractive, but can not
summon up the maturity and consistency or even simple grit to win.
Afghanistan wins, often wins ugly. Ireland wins, sometimes wins ugly.
Bangladesh have perfected the art of looking good while losing. Useless.
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