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da betway： Rex Clementine10-Sep-2001Aminul Islam is one of the stars of the Bangladesh cricket team. Theright-handed batsman, who captained Bangladesh in the 1999 World Cup, spoketo CricInfo during their recent tour of Sri Lanka.”It’s a nice place to be and a lovely place to play cricket. My previousvisit was in 1997 and it’s good to be here,” he enthused. “This side is oneof the best in the business and I am glad to be playing against them.”Even though Bangladesh were soundly beaten in the inaugural Test Matchbetween the two countries (as has happened in all the five Test Matches theyhave played in so far) Aminul, who’s popularly known as Bulbul, believestheir cricket is on the right path.”I feel we are heading in the right direction,” says the 33-year-old. “We’vegot a good structure, which is very important. The Board has done well tohire good Sri Lankan coaches over there. We might lose Test Matches bythumping margins, but that doesn’t matter as long as we learn things. Slowlywe’ll draw matches and in five or ten years time hopefully we can regularlywin.”He made his ODI debut in 1988 and from then on Bangladesh has played 40one-games and he’s missed just two of them due to injury. During the longcareer he’s also captained Bangladesh before they achieved Test status,”I have enjoyed my captaincy to the core,” says Aminul. “The two victoriesin the World Cup were so special and so were the wins in the warm up gamesagainst Essex and Middlesex.”And among those wins for this stylish batsman the victory against Pakistanin the 1999 World Cup was the greatest achievement, “The victory againstPakistan was like winning the World Cup for us.”Aminul feels that the win gave him greater self-belief, “Whenever I am downI go back to that moment and it gives me so much of confidence. After all,if we can beat Pakistan then we can beat anyone in the world.”When the country was granted Test status he lost his job to Naimur Rahmanwho had the honour of captaining Bangladesh in the Inaugural Test Match. Butno one could steal the limelight from Aminul as he made a classy 145 againstIndia on debut. That was the third highest score by a player on debut.”That 145 against India was a memorable innings and undoubtedly my bestknock,” he believes. “Firstly, it was a historical Test and secondly I wasout of form at the time. I was lucky to play in that Test and I am glad thatI made the most out of the opportunity.””I now want to play at least 25 Test Matches and then I’ll see how thingsare going for me and retire. When I retire I want to work as a coach in mycountry. This country has given me so much and it’s my duty to givesomething back.”
