While Bangladesh’s pace attack has won much of the plaudits for the side’s excellent recent form, Ashraful has been happy with the efforts of his batting group despite a slip up in their most recent Test outing against Zimbabwe in Harare when they were dismissed for just 140 and 185 in a massive defeat.
Ashraful is confident his batters will be able to turn that around in Australia despite the strong squad the Aussies recently name, pointing to their good efforts against Pakistan in May when they registered an impressive 2-0 series sweep.
“Our batters did really well over the last seven months. One series can go wrong; one Test match went bad, but in the four Tests prior to that, our batters played extremely well,” he said.
“See, we can lose one or two games in different conditions. After playing so well over the last seven months, there is no reason to be demoralised after losing one or two matches, I believe. Obviously, they have gained experience from playing in different conditions.”
Series schedule:
First Test: August 13-17, Darwin
Second Test: August 22-26, Mackay
