DHAKA: Former Bangladesh coach Shane Jurgensen has joined Scotland as a consultant ahead of the teams' clash on March 5. He will, however, be with Scotland only for that one game, after which he will leave for Suva to continue his coaching job with Fiji.

Jurgensen had resigned from the Bangladesh position in April last year after having taken up a full-time coaching role in February 2013. He recently helped Fiji Under-19 qualify for the next World Cup in 2016.

Cricket Scotland tweeted a photo of Jurgensen in discussion with Josh Davey during a training session at the Saxton Oval on Tuesday. While his new role won't exactly worry Bangladesh, Jurgensen has become the latest addition to the list of coaches and former players such as Michael Hussey, Charl Langevelt, Paul Collingwood and Dav Whatmore, to be employed by various teams for their World Cup campaigns.

Scotland captain Preston Mommsen was pleased to have Jurgensen in his camp ahead of the Bangladesh match.

"It is nice to have someone experienced working with the Bangladeshi players," Mommsen said. "Obviously he gives us some good insights and good information on the players and hopefully he could point us to some weakness so we can exploit. I think it's a clever move from us to bring him in the camp for the next few days and we all are looking forward to working with him."

Shakib Al Hasan, though, played down the appointment of their former coach in the opposition camp, as he believed there weren't any more secrets left to be shared.

"Everyone knows about each other in world cricket these days. Most matches are televised so everyone is being analysed," Shakib said. "Every team has a fair idea about individual players. If planning was everything, people would have just planned and not played. What happens in the middle is more important."

Despite his appointment in the Scotland camp, Jurgensen remained wary of the threat offered by Bangladesh.

"The Scotland coach and manager are very good friends of mine and they have asked for some consultancy ahead of their match against Bangladesh," Jurgensen told the Dhaka-based The Daily Star. "They just want to know about what kind of team Bangladesh is and the impact of some individual players. How Bangladesh prepare is also a question. I am here to help the Scottish boys but you can't do much in two to three days and I believe there has been plenty of improvement with the Bangladesh players in the last few months."

Source: espncricinfo.com

BDST: 1102 HRS, MAR 4, 2015