Sports Reporter :
The cricket series of different formats between Bangladesh and South Africa, the Number 1 Test team in ICC Ranking, are now under way braving the Rainy Season. Sri Lanka and Pakistan are also encountering each other in this season in Sri Lanka. But the monsoon rains are frequently disrupting the matches for several hours, sessions or even for the whole day. That is, in simple words, rain has become an anti-cricket phenomenon. Some say, the 3rd Party, blocking the games to go as usual.
It is not only in Asia, the ongoing Ashes Series between England and Australia in UK is also facing the same fate. However, Britain is more known for its frick-minded weather. Rain disrupted matches, particularly ODI’s, often create disattraction in the minds of the watchers/viewers/fans. Tragically, it is very much painful when the results of the match under D/L Method takes U-turn or belied the normal game process.
The spectators and the cricket-lovers have a very simple question, “Why the cricket series is being held in the Rainy Season?” A million dollars questions indeed.
Replying to it Media Manager of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Rabeed Imam told this Reporter over telephone on Friday, “The cricket series between any countries are usually held after they agree bilaterally to play a series or matches at a mutually suitable time. Of course, weather reports/forecast, past periodic weather records etc, are also duly considered . But nature (i.e. rains, heats, temperatures etc) is not always predictable. So, at times all calculations fail.
When the two countries agree on the schedule, fixed at mutually suitable and free time, the decision including match fixture, is just informed to the International Cricket Council (ICC), the highest body of the world cricket with the request to arrange the match officials needed to conduct the matches.”
Earlier, Rabeed added that Bangladesh had played three full-fledged series before this current series with South Africa.
The Proteas (South Africans) who had no match engagement in this July-August period proposed Bangladesh (BCB) for this return visit. So, as per normal cricketing tradition, BCB has to agree to the proposal and fix the match fixture.
It is unfortunate that rains this time bothered the match itinerary much, particularly in the Ctg Test. This is not unnatural to all other games and sports too. The weather does not always act in favour of all.
BCB Media Manager also added that the cricket schedule of the bilateral series was decided by the two cricket boards in mutual consultations.
