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Article: Crik: Bangladesh coach blames Test defeat on mental attitude
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- August 31, 2003
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Crik: Bangladesh coach blames Test defeat on mental attitude
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 31 AFP - Disappointed Bangladesh coach
Dav Whatmore blamed
a poor mental attitude among his players for their nine-wicket defeat
in the second Test
against Pakistan at the weekend.
"I have been thinking, thinking and thinking, there has to be mental
(reasons)," Whatmore
told reporters, clearly frustrated by his team's poor showing in the
second innings on
Saturday after a strong start.
"You go so far to earn a victory and then just can't take the last
step, it has to be mental."
Bangladesh put up a good total of 361 in the first innings, then
took a ...