What is the status of school cricket in Bangladesh? Once there was this very popular tournament called ‘Nirman School Cricket Tournament’ here in Bangladesh. During the pre-Test era this tournament used to generate humungous about of interest amongst the cricket loving public. Saint Josephs, Dhanmondi Govt Boys High School, Govt Lab, Residential Model High School, Scholastica etc used to surface some astonishingly talented young cricketers. They were dazzling talents!
Being a Josephite I have had the privilege to witness some
high class talents. Saint Josephs had a very high quality facilities regarding
sports, especially cricket. And thus, apart from studies, the students could
quench their thirst for sports and they were under the supervision of a
qualified coach – Brother Shusanto.
Talk about talented batsmen or bowlers, Saint Josephs had
them all. But as Bangladesh was not a Test side and somehow, a rather dubious
future regarding Bangladesh cricket, had prompted many of the Josephites not to
take cricket seriously. I guess, the same thing had happened with other school
cricketers as well.
Mind you, in those days, many national cricketers had
emerged from this ‘Nirman School Cricket Tournament’. But these days, I don’t
hear anything about school cricket. Frankly speaking, school cricket lays the
foundation in developing a cricketer. In other words, school cricket is the
factory of producing quality cricketers.
Do we still think about school cricket seriously? If not,
then, we should think about it. The BCB should have a special program regarding
school cricket – coaching the school boys under qualified coaches, give the
school cricket tournaments enough life, special workshops for the school
cricketers etc. etc....
I think, Bangladesh’s school cricket needs momentum.
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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