‘Bowlers were disappointing with their efforts’- Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo seemed disappointed with the efforts of his players in the ongoing Test series against the West Indies team at St. Lucia.

After losing the 1st Test, the visitors are again in a precarious situation in the final fixture to concede a series whitewash to the Caribbean team.

After the end of Day 2's play, West Indies are at 340/5 with Kyle Mayers unbeaten at 126 and Joshua Du Silva as his support with 26*. They are leading by 106 runs in the fixture. The Bangladesh bowlers were able to take a single wicket in the last session of the play. 

Domingo reckoned that the team follows up with one bad session after a good session, which has been their story of red-ball fixtures. The coach added that the bowlers could not put up pressure for a prolonged time, which helped the home team to gain momentum.

"It is the story of our Test match cricket at the moment. We are good for one session, and then we have one really bad session. Guys were not patient. They couldn't string together enough tight overs like we did in the first session. They were searching for wickets, bowled a few soft balls, came around the wicket when it should be over the wicket. They just made basic errors by not being patient enough. It was very disappointing the way we bowled after lunch."

The 47-year-old thinks the team's mindset has been to bowl dots, maintain discipline, and not give away many soft balls.

"The message is always to bowl dots, building pressure, stay in control of the run rate. As soon as you go looking for wickets, you just bowl too many soft balls. Being patient, being disciplined are the sort of messages that we try to emphasize. We do it for one session but we can't do it for another session."

The head coach thinks it was not a 230 all-out surface and admitted it was a disappointing performance from the batters. However, he added that the opposition have managed to build partnerships under pressure. 

"There are some serious questions with bat and ball at the moment. It was not a 230 all out wicket. If it weren't for a 30-run partnership in the end, we would be 190 all out. We are just not good enough at putting performances together with the bat.

West Indies are showing us why they are better than us. They have managed to build partnerships and withstand the pressure. They just bat long - that's the bottom line," stated the Protea.

It will be interesting to see how Day 3 fares out for the Bangladesh team. The morning session will certainly be an opportunity for the home team, who would look to extend the lead and maintain dominance in this fixture.