Aminul Islam stated that to be able to work with the fellow directors as a team was his biggest success in his four-month tenure at the helm of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday.
Aminul addressed the media on his last day as the BCB president ahead of the elections scheduled today. The former national team captain, who is thought of as assuming the same role for the second term, is set to be elected unopposed in the election.
鈥楾he achievement that I will name first, it seemed to me, is how important the team is. The directors, who are there until today, and the officials: we have had days when we launched big programmes with only two days of preparation with everyone. So, it seemed to me that we were able to work as a team; that is my biggest success,鈥� he told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday.
Vice-president, Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, was also present with Aminul.
鈥楢nd the experience I have gained in the last four months 鈥� I have achieved quite a few successes with the complete cooperation of the 10 honourable directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, plus all the employees and officials of the Cricket Board,鈥� he added.
Aminul mentioned the national team鈥檚 recent success in the bilateral series against Afghanistan as one of his term鈥檚 achievements. He also mentioned the women鈥檚 team鈥檚 participation in the World Cup, the under-19 team鈥檚 win in Zimbabwe, and the A team鈥檚 participation in Australia.
Aminul started his tenure saying that he wanted to play a 鈥榪uick T20 innings鈥� in his short term. However, he later said that he wanted to make a 鈥榯riple hundred鈥� when he launched a programme to spread cricket across the country.
鈥楢nother success is, what is the actual strength of Bangladesh cricket? When we planned what could happen if cricket was decentralised through the Triple Century Programme, we got small glimpses of it,鈥� he said.
鈥楴umber one is that we were able to host a regional event involving the 11 districts of Chattogram. That was a success; we got a lot from it. That was one of the test cases,鈥� he added.
During his tenure, the BCB brought in some big names in various roles. Australian Simon Taufel came as the umpires鈥� educator, while another Aussie, Tonny Hemming, was brought back as a turf consultant.
The BCB also arranged a level three coaching course during this period.
鈥極verall, we, the 10 Cricket Board Directors, worked together to do these things, and through these efforts, it seems to us that our potential is limitless,鈥� said Aminul.
However, according to Aminul, his list of failures isn鈥檛 a long one.
鈥楢nd if I have to talk about failure, it seems to me that I need to develop my communication with you more,鈥� he said.
