The BCB is also guilty of supplying wrong score cards. On June 24, the BCB Executive Secretary informed this reporter that Bangladesh had scored 238 against the MCC YC. But the following day, the BCB released a scorecard showing the score as 233.

The BCB office could not confirm till late last evening whether the scheduled match against Gloucestershire was being played or not.

With interest in Bangladesh cricket at a fever pitch high, one would expect the BCB and their representatives with the UK tour to exert some effort in providing up-to-date and correct information when all that is necessary is a simple fax from the other end. Or a phone call! Whereas it may be difficult to fax from anywhere in the UK, it is possible to make an international call from a public telephone booth of even the remotest village. The cost? About a hundred taka per minute by British Telecom, much cheaper through card and other channels.