Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- For years, Bangladesh cricket's problems have often been easier to identify than to fix. Players trained without adequate facilities, domestic cricket struggled for relevance, and the board frequently found itself at odds with the very cricketers it was meant to serve.

Tamim Iqbal says he has spent his first three months as Bangladesh Cricket Board president trying to unlock that system.

He points to higher player salaries, work at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, plans for an excellence centre, changes to domestic cricket and a greater focus on women's cricket as evidence that the board has finally begun moving.

But Tamim also knows the questions surrounding his presidency have not disappeared. His relati...