Bangladesh lost the second Test against Pakistan in Chittagong by an innings and 169 runs on Friday with two days to spare, their 10th loss in 11 matches. Nine of the defeats have come within four days.

"They have to give more creditable performances at Test level or the ICC will soon come under pressure to review its decision to give them Test status," said Javed.

"Every team has taken time to settle down and prove its worth after gaining Test status but the Bangladesh team, I am afraid, have not taken their Test status seriously.

He said that unless they showed signs of improvement in the near future, the ICC would be forced to take unprecedented action.

The cricket-mad country was granted Test status in 2000, partly as a result of their upset win over eventual finalists Pakistan at the 1999 World Cup.

But the match is under investigation by a Pakistan government inquiry, which has called several witnesses to testify on what happened during the game.

Former Pakistan player Rashid Khan went even further than Javed.

He said the ICC should cancel Tests involving Bangladesh until they first proved themselves against teams like Kenya, Canada or Zimbabwe.

Infrastructure

"You can't have this sort of Test cricket, matches finishing in three days and so one-sided. It is not a good advertisement for Test cricket," he said.

But another former Pakistan skipper Zaheer Abbas, who is on the ICC technical committee, said he believed the ICC could not possibly rescind Bangladesh's Test status.

"Their infrastructure is OK and giving them Test status was not a wrong decision," he insisted.

"My advice to them is send your players to play in the domestic tournaments in England, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka.

"The exposure will do their players individually a world of good."

Left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim said he believed Bangladesh were playing too many Tests without being properly ready for the challenge.