The cricketers are not only ones facing a confidence crisis after their demoralising defeat at Lord's it was also affecting the team management since the Tigers arrived in Durham on Monday afternoon.

Team manager MA Latif is usually a bundle of energy but he also looked uncomfortable with the state of affairs and blamed the Lord's debacle on insufficient training.

"To be frank he (Dav Whatmore) was totally focused on the training of his boys even before coming here. He knows the English conditions better than anybody else. I always insisted in Dhaka to do some extra training with the batsmen there. But it never happened," said the Bangladesh manager at Redworth Hall Hotel on Wednesday.

"I also did not find any reason for him to go with the Bangladesh A team to New Delhi for the Duleep Trophy. It seemed to me that there were other things on his mind rather than the game itself," said Latif without elaborating.

Whatmore was linked with the Indian job at that time after John Wright decided to quit.

Latif is also not happy with Whatmore spending time attending frequent interviews.

"When England went straight to training after their victory before lunch on the third day our team enjoyed breaks. There was a brainstorming session the following day but again the much needed training did not take place," observed Latif.

The team also failed to do any outdoor training at Durham and the boys of Whatmore were forced to train indoors on Wednesday due to inclement weather.

"When we were losing wickets one after another at Lord's we desperately needed the coach and the captain to sit and have a talk. But unfortunately the coach was busy giving interviews to the BBC at that time," said Latif.

Latif, who has been managing Bangladesh for two years, said that he also did not like the idea of a two-and-a-half-hour training session when English summer permits an extended time.

But Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar did not agree with the sentiment of his manager.

"I won't say that our training was hampered because Whatmore was

linked with the Indian job. The training went nicely. Maybe we had expected a better performance after a good home series and that did not happen at Lord's," said Bashar.

He also said that Whatmore was a renowned coach and could easily get a job anywhere else.