Please, Bangladesh, don't blow this. You played far better cricket than South Africa in the one-day series to not only win it but also earn the respect of all who watched you, the locals included. But you're losing that respect as we speak by reducing yourself to a mess of unseemly squabbling in what looks a lot like an immature, emotional attempt to deflect the blame for your dismal performance in the second innings at Kingsmead. It's time to grow up and get on with the game.
BANGLADESH TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA, 2022
Fractious Bangladesh risk taking eye off the ball
BCB have also decided to lodge a complaint to the ICC about the umpiring in the first Test, and felt South Africa indulged in excessive sledging during the game © AFP
Many cricketminded South Africans - and surely also Bangladesh's more serious, less blindly nationalistic supporters - would want to tell Mominul Haque's team something of that sort as they prepare for the second Test at St George's Park. If the visitors don't pull themselves out of their damaging downward spiral of negativity about matters they cannot change, what started as their most successful tour of South Africa could end in ignominy.
Yes, the umpiring in the first Test
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