Bangladesh cricket, which has been
undergoing lots of unhygienic staff lately was finally back in hygiene
as the cricketers started a fitness camp on Yesterday. The Sher-E
–Bangla stadium was full of energy after a long break. The camp had
undergone the direction of the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) physical
performance manager Stuart Karppinen . The preliminary squad for New
Zealand tour was put into fitness test with the newly bought training
device-the Speed Light Gate (SLG). The device was bought for 20000
Australian dollars (approximately taka 16 lakh) .
Stuart Karppinen implied that, the
newly bought device will help to figure out player’s baseline on
different fitness measures. The device was primarily used for fielding
tests and to measure fatigue and power and other fitness related
attributes. “What we are trying to do is profile them based on different
fitness levels.” The manager said. The tests involved verities of
sessions, for instance running between the light-gates, which measures
the acceleration and speed of players. Secondly, there were vertical
jumps and finally repeating the exercise on an electrical mat. Karppinen
said, although the device had undergone lots of experiment since
2004-2005 , this is kind of new in cricket. He also informed that, this
is the modern version of the ’Blip Test’.
There was no Sakib, Tamim. Razzaq,
Shahadat and Junaid Siddique for the first day test. There were 10 types
of different tests on the first day. Mushfiqur Rahim was the only one
who passed each test successfully. Therefore in today’s test, Mushfiq
will be the one who will participate for in every test of the second
level, while others will participate in either one.
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