Mostafiz's success penetrated the mystery of Duke Ball

Mostafizur Rahman did not play Test cricket for a long time. The last match he played was against West Indies in 2021 in Chittagong. That was the last red ball game. Did not play any domestic match. After a long break, he took to the field against a local Cricket West Indies team on Sunday. Bajimat went down. He took three wickets by bowling 6 overs. 

Mostafiz bowled on the third day of the three-day warm-up match. Although many people in Bangladesh have the experience of playing as duke, Mostafiz does not have that. So while teammates Ebadat Hossain, Khaled Ahmed, Rezaur Rahman Raja are playing the preparation match, Mostafiz is busy unraveling the mystery of Duke Ball. Pace bowling coach Alan Donald worked with Mostafiz for a long time on Saturday. The Proteas legend taught the left-arm pacer the 'A-A-A-B' of the ball all the time. The left-arm pacer kept the status of guru on the field the day after learning.

Bangladesh plays Kukabura or SG in limited range or long length cricket at home or abroad. Only in Tests in the West Indies and England is it called Duke. The basic difference between the Duke ball is the seam. Duke says you can swing for a long time. On the other hand, the ball that the Bangladesh team is used to playing quickly gets old.

Bangladesh batted first against the Cricket West Indies President's XI at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. Standing on Tamim's unbeaten 162, the visitors declared the innings at 310 for 6 in 96 overs. Batting in reply, the hosts lost 6 wickets in 107 overs and declared the innings at 359 runs.

Cricket West Indies President's XI to bat on Saturday. Their two openers laughed and scored runs. However, after the ball got old, the fast bowlers of Bangladesh got themselves back. After the king brought a break-through, the local team was under pressure to bowl the fire of worship. Bangladesh, wicketless in the first 50 overs, picked up four wickets in the last 16 overs! President XI, who had scored 201 runs on the previous day, lost 3 wickets and scored another 84 runs. The hosts could not stand in front of Mostafiz's bowling on Sunday. The cutter master took three wickets for 34 runs in 6 overs.

After a long break, Mostafiz's bowling is definitely bringing relief in the dressing room. In the absence of the Taskin-Sharifuls, Mostafiz will have to take responsibility for holding the host batsmen.