When Simmons attended the Bangladesh coaches’ consultation at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Saturday, protests for and against Shakib began. All this, two days before the first Test.

“[Keeping distractions away from the players] “It’s a big part of our job over the next few days to make sure the focus is on the cricket and not the outside of cricket,” Simmons said. “We can control how we prepare for Monday, that’s how we’re trying to get the team focused.

“The good thing is that we have a very impressive event to organize for. We won the closest events and we are competing for the [WTC] last. My first name is cricket and I want to prepare the team for Monday. The two extreme days [of training] It had been lavish. “We have tried to let out the uncertainty that exists in all of cricket and be conscious about preparing for Monday.”

Simmons arrives with extensive coaching experience, having worked with Zimbabwe, Ireland, West Indies, Afghanistan and PNG, as well as a number of T20 franchises over the last 20 years. He was one of the candidates interviewed for the Bangladesh post in 2017, to fill the position vacated by Hathurusinghe, but was not selected.

“These types of reports [with other teams] “They will support me over the next few days to get me ready for Monday,” Simmons said. “Afghanistan helped me with the language barrier from time to time. Ireland helped me develop younger players. All of this is available in [handy] at the end of the present. I have to use all the reports on this task.

“The interest comes from seeing the quality of the young players. They performed well against Pakistan,” he said. “They didn’t do well in the T20Is against India, but they played against the best T20 team in the world, so you have things to take from there. It all added up to a task that I enjoyed. First, [there are] young players to develop. Second, there are Tests and ODIs involved. It wasn’t a difficult decision [to take the job]”.

He believes Bangladesh have a good chance of overtaking South Africa, who have not secured a Test order in the subcontinent in the last ten years, but was careful to take them in their stride.

“It’s definitely a good opportunity. Bangladesh are usually very strong at home. So it’s a very good opportunity for us to win the Test series,” Simmons said. “South Africa has that [record in the subcontinent] weighs on their heads, but they are a resilient team. “They will work hard to change that.”

republic of india 46 and 344 for three (Sarfaraz 125*, Pant 53*) way unused zealand 402 through 12 races

Sarfaraz late made his way to his first Test century, and Pant, recovering from trauma to his surgically repaired knee from a life-threatening knock, stroked his way to an unbeaten half-century. Ultimately, the two were a major threat to the captain, Tom Latham. They had little regard for the fielding outfits, showed an incorrect concern about making mistakes, and Zeeland’s unused bowlers once again were of no use to Latham. The biggest discontent was Ajaz Patel, who bowled lower than part-time player Rachin Ravindra, who bowled just one over before drizzle cut short the consultation.

It looked like the seam bowlers were looking to lure Sarfaraz lbw, but that only saved him by giving him singles on the leg side. When the keeper reached the stumps, Pant rooted himself to the crease and the visitors were rewarded with a lead, but the final pitch was not enough to lift him. Just in the eighth over of life, Sarfaraz hit Southee on a deep shield for what would be a lone alternate batsman, but he had sent all the fielders back with his late cuts. The limit provoked a hundred emotions.

Excluding Southee, Glenn Phillips used to be the only one who could serve the unused Zealand for some, but he too bowled a full toss to rush Pant to his half-century. The unused Zealand committed only 25 errors in 22 overs, which is not great considering the attacking strategy. Regardless, they had lost the right to have offensive defenders to capitalize on those mistakes. Furthermore, the sides did not wear out.

The only time Unutilized Zealand got to a wicket was a run-out chance in Pant’s final over, but Tom Blundell reprieved him for the second time in the over by coming off his backside to play a great shot, apparently unaware of the possibility of his end. Pant’s ranking used to be the next sixth.

The drizzle came like a holiday for the Unutilized Zealand half generation before the scheduled lunch break. Lunch was finally eaten at 11.20 am, ten minutes earlier than usual.

The 36-year-old insists there is no optical result, ruling out the possibility of taking part in events such as his 40th birthday and the 2027 Ashes line in England.

Lyon said he had not thought about what legacy would be left for the time spinners at the end of his career, or who might in future replace him in the Test team. But he admitted he had felt an lingering responsibility to promote the art since Warne’s passing in 2022, with the leg-spinner later reviving the art in the 1990s and inspiring a bowlers’ week.

“I see the responsibility of flying the flag for spinners across the country, there is nothing to hide behind that,” Lyon said. “Especially with Warnie’s passing, I feel like I have an important role in making sure the effects stay fresh.

“I’m not really cool by any means, but when I target and advertise spin bowling and advertise how great it is to be a spin bowler… it looks cool.”

Lyon currently ranks third among all Australian bowlers with 530 career wickets, 33 short of Glenn McGrath’s final tally of 563.

The spinner’s longevity has been key to Australia’s success in recent years, with Lyon playing 100 consecutive Tests before suffering a calf injury in last year’s Ashes. But Lyon said it was his father who helped him realize the responsibility he had in promoting misrepresentation after Warne’s death.

“Just having that conversation and finding out that we’re presenting models in so many different ways to so many other audiences around the world,” he said. “And if we do our little bit to confidently create high-level cricketers or audiences, we will be doing our job.”

“What it can offer in the future for unused South Wales and Australia will be nothing short of magnificent,” Lyon said. “I’m a big fan of the way he’s doing it, he’s a great leg-spinner, he’s very confident in his preparation ability. He’s committing to being a famous person in the sport. I aim and help him recover, and He’s helping me recover too.”

Lyon, who took eight wickets in Guards’ first match, showed he would play one more match, against Queensland in Sydney, before the Indian Republic line-up starting on November 22 in Perth.