October 17th, 2016 | by
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Warm-up matches, say players and coaches, are for getting miles in legs, adapting to local climes, choosing a team and forming a plan for that XI. If this is the criteria, then England’s three days – it was supposed...
October 17th, 2016 | by
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Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has said that getting used to the workload of a Test match will be his main challenge going into first Test against England at Chittagong on Thursday. Although Bangladesh have named four...
October 16th, 2016 | by
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Abdul Mazid and Nazmul Hossain Shanto dominated proceedings for the BCB XI on either side of the lunch interval but they didn’t deter the England bowlers from picking up regular wickets on the first day of their second...
October 16th, 2016 | by
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Bangladesh have made six changes to their squad for the first Test against England at Chittagong, starting on October 20, with the batsman Sabbir Rahman a notable inclusion following his performances in the ODI series earlier...
October 13th, 2016 | by
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England’s inexperienced one-day side has been lauded for overcoming a ‘daunting’ experience to halt Bangladesh’s run of six home series win in a row. Having already been without Alex Hales, Joe Root and...
October 11th, 2016 | by
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Hold the pose and watch the ball disappear down the ground high into the crowd. Such was the perfect manner in which Chris Woakes settled a wonderful one-day series. Little speaks more highly of England than the fact they turned...
October 11th, 2016 | by
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The Bangladesh team management have made Sabbir Rahman aware of the danger he faces of getting suspended after he accrued three demerit points under the ICC’s updated code of conduct. He has been punished twice in the space...
October 9th, 2016 | by
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All the major cricketing nations to visit Bangladesh in the past three years, with the exception of Sri Lanka, have discovered to their cost that they are far from the pushovers they once were. That truth is now painfully evident...
October 9th, 2016 | by
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England captain Jos Buttler said that Bangladesh’s celebration of his dismissal was “over the top”. This was the most talked-about flashpoint in Bangladesh’s 34-run win that leveled the ODI series 1-1, and...
October 7th, 2016 | by
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Jake Ball defied cramp and sapping humidity to mark his one-day debut with record figures of 5 for 51, as England snatched an extraordinary 21-run victory in the first ODI against Bangladesh at Mirpur. Powered by a brilliant...