"Where is Bulbul (Aminul Islam), Akram (Khan) and DJ (Naimur Rahman). It is suicidal for any country to make such wholesale changes. You should have a mixture of experienced and young players to handle the international pressure," said Barlow after the Tigers crashed to a 138-run defeat against West Indies at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.

However, the 60-year-old who masterminded Bangladesh's accession to Test status before suffering a stroke in May 2000, which cut short his coaching stint, was not frustrated by their performance.

"The boys are very young. It is very much difficult to cope with English conditions but I saw a lot of positive things from the boys," he hoped.

Although it is very difficult for him to move around in a wheelchair, the likable former mentor didn't want to miss an opportuni|y to meet

the players. He is now living with his wife Kelly at his mother-in-laws house at North Wells.

When everybody was concerned with the team's brittle batting, the veteran South African batsman said that he was not happy with the bowling department.

"I think your batting will be okay within a short time but the bowling looks very poor, especially there is no good quick bowlers and quality spinner. Why do you ignore a player like Naimur? He is very talented but you should know how to handle him," he said.

When asked about the current Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore, Barlow said that things would be different with him in charge now.

"Dav is a very high-profile coach. But I don't like the massive changes. You should bring one or two changes in the team. I cannot understand why a batsman like Aminul is not in the team," he added.

Barlow, who had prepared a fantastic development programme during his short 1999-2000 period as director of coaching, stressed that Bangladesh should improve their domestic structure to make a mark in international cricket.

"There is no alternative to having a good domestic structure."