Former Bangladesh coach Mohsin Kamal believes if he had been given at least another 12 months he could have changed the team's fortunes.

Kamal was sacked by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) following the country's dismal performance in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. He was talking to this correspondent in Lahore after the third one-day international between Bangladesh and Pakistan.

The former Pakistan paceman also thinks that the Tigers will take some more time to become a competitive cricketing nation as all the countries are moving fast towards their own development.

"I was very much disappointed when the BCB sacked me and my assistant Ali Zia because I wanted to spend some more time with the boys. The team was almost coming into shape. But sadly the Board did not consider that," said Kamal.

"Changing coaches does not help any team. Bangladesh have had four coaches in the last three years since getting Test status in 2000. But look at the results."

"Their standard is still the same and it will remain like that unless you allow someone to work on a long-term basis. A coach always has a plan and if you get impatient, you are only going to harm the team."

He said it was him who started to introduce young and new players into the team and they are now giving good service to the country.

"Look, Alok (Kapali), Tapas (Baiysa) and Hannan (Sarker) were my selections and I took them to Sri Lanka last year. They have now become an integral part of the team. I don't want to take any personal credit by saying this. What I mean is you have got to give a coach time to settle a team," he said adding that there were some more cricketers in his book who would have got into the team by now.

Kamal also advised the BCB to formulate a sound cricket strategy.

"Habibul Bashar played very well in the Test series. But he is not doing well in the one-day game. They have to find out why Bashar is under-performing the shorter-version and act accordingly. For that you need some policies," he said.

When asked what he was doing now, Kamal informed that he was working as a Pakistan Cricket Board coach with a regional cricket team (under-19) in Sialkot region.

"My team is doing very well. We are now playing in a three-day tournament. We have reached the final and will play against Lahore.

"There are nine regions in Punjab. I am working in Sialkot and Ali Zia is working in Multan region."