By Ahead of the home series against Australia, the Bangladesh women’s outfit was beaming with confidence, inspired by their recent success against India. Determined to give the tourists a run for their money, the home team was ultimately brought down to earth as they were clean swept away in both ODIs and T20Is.
The failure to compete against Australia in any game served as a warning sign for the home team, slated to host the forthcoming T20 World Cup. Concerns over the lack of challenge from his troops were admitted by Bangladesh head coach Hashan Tillakaratne.
“It’s been disappointing,” Tillakaratne told reporters following their series concluding T20I game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. “How we played against them or about challenging them, that’s been disappointing,” he said.
“We have to go back to our drawing board and see where we went wrong and come back strongly because no one has performed very well against Australia,” he added.
Australia Deals Bangladesh a Reality Check
“Fear factor and fear of failure [was there],” he said. “We want to have a chat with the girls first and do an honest debrief and see what went wrong,” he said.
“As a part of coaching staff, I would say the girls need to improve considerably,” he concluded.
While Bangladesh got a reality check, Australian skipper Alyssa Healy looked satisfied as they dominated throughout the series in both ODIs and T20Is.
“From Australia’s perspective, I think we got everything we possibly could have had on this trip,” Healy told reporters following their successful tour. “Opportunities were given when necessary and the results went our way,” she said.
