Bangladeshi test in England

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2nd ODI Bangladesh vs England

Bangladesh no change.

England:

A Cook
J Middleton
K Pietersen
I Bell
W Highsmith
M Prior
A Flintoff
A Shantry
R Sidebottom
M Davies
M Panesar

A decent scoring wicket as Bangladesh win the toss and bat first.
Shantry bowled Hossain in his first over for 1, Davies trudging in to his 8th consecutive over bowled Nafees for 42 off 53. Iqbal was looking dangerous until Panesar edged him to the keeper for 23. Hasan soon ot his 50 off 56 balls, Bangladesh 3 for 129 at the midway point.
Hasan soon went caught behind for 57, and then Freddie Flintoff got Reza for 1 caught at slip. Bangladesh 5 for 152.
Ashraful and Islam batted slowly, but with 10 overs to go were still at the crease, 5 for 198. A big finish a real possibility.
Ashraful got his 50 but Islam fell 2 runs short, LBW to Panesar. Bangladesh on a tear in the end.

Bangladesh 7 for 281 (50 overs)
Ashraful 83 not out (off 82 balls), Hasan 57, Islam 48, Nafees 42
No English bowler is worth mentioning in the scoreline.

Englang were full of fight early, and when Shuvo came on to bowl Middleton for 30, the Lions were a healthy 1 for 70. But then Cook went LBW during a Shuvo wicket maiden, he made 39, Reza then getting Bell LBW for 12.
Pietersen and Highsmith were marvelous at the crease, spanking the two fast bowlers Mahbud and Shazada all over the park.
The target looked sure to be reached with 4.8 RPO to get off the last 5 overs, But Islam bowled Highsmith for 73, Pietersen knocking his 100 in 86 balls. It was all over.

England 4 for 282 (48.2 overs)
Pietersen 104 not out, Highsmith 73.
Shuvo 2-45

England win by 6 wickets

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Day 2.

Hasan was caught at short leg in the very first over from Peter Siddle for 38. Ashraful reached his fifty off 94 balls with 45 minutes remaining in the session. Symonds got the breakthrough before lunch bowling Ashraful for 54.

Bangladesh 5 for 369.
Reza 40 not out. Islam 7 not out.
They should be aiming for 450 by tea. Aussies will be trying to bowl them out for under 400.

Reza elegantly edged wide of slip for a boundary, a half century off 122 balls. Islam fell LBW to Lee for 31, Reza was caught at bat pad by Cameron of the bowling of Symonds for 75. Johnson ripped the stumps out of the ground and Mabud again scoring poorly, 18 runs. Johnson bowled Shahzada for a duck,

At tea, Bangladesh 9 for 457.

Salahuddin and Shuvo kept the score ticking to 520 before Johnson got Salahuddin LBW for 45. Shuvo 25 not out.
The pitch is still good for batting, but the spinners may start to get some turn.

Australia were typically aggressive early but Shahzada edged Jaques to the keeper for 23 in his last over of his first spell.

Australia 1 for 54 at stumps.

Day 3 -

Isam got Pomersbach for 40, an attempted sweep that got a leading edge to short cover. Mabud was lightning quick to remove Ponting stumped for 5, after Ponting advanced and played a defensive shot only for the ball to spin around his pads. The look of disgust on his face says it all. Failing to win the last test match, Australia face the possibility of losing to Bangladesh on home soil. Ponting has already lost the ashes twice!

Australia 3 for 119.

Shuvo came on for his first spell after lunch and soon got Katich LBW for 25. Symonds and Hussey were determined to chase down the total and were looking unstoppable until an edge from Symonds flew wide of second slip, Hasan diving to his right to snare an amazing catch off the bowling of Salahuddin for 24, his first test wicket and an important one, Australia 5 for 184.

At tea, Aussies, 5 for 201. The new ball due.

Johnson was a victim of the new ball, edging to Mabud - a nice catch - for 16. Hussey made his hundred and then was out LBW to Shahzada for 102. Ronchi was caught at slip for 16, Reza getting his first wicket. Cameron then spooned a catch back the bowler and Reza was on a hat trick. His hat trick ball was too good, movement in bating the bat and through to the keeper.
Dropped catches, edges, LBW shouts, and finally Siddle was caught by Shahzada for 3.

Australia 279 all out. Asked to follow on.

Australia 0 for 6 at stumps.

Day 4.
Salahuddin got the first wicket, Pomersbach for 23 at short mid wicket. Shuvo then got Jaques LBW for a well played 74 off 126 balls. It was the last ball before lunch.

Australia 2 for 123. 118 runs behind.

The spinners continued and Islam got Hussey edging to slip for 14. Shahzada came on and retired Katich for 7. Islam got Ponting cutting for 38, Australia in real trouble at 5 for 163. You could hear the jeers as the Australian Captain slinked off the field. Islam then bowled Mitchell Johnson for an 11 ball duck. Shahzada getting Ronchi to edge to first slip for 3. Aussies 7 for 174, still 67 runs behind. Shuvo then got Symonds edging for 10.

Australia 8 for 192.

An idiotic run out of Brett Lee extinguished any hope of at least making Bangladesh bat again. The new ball did the trick...

Australia all out for 220.
Jaques 74, Ponting 38
Islam 3-62.

Bangladesh win by an innings and 21 runs.

Man of the match: Shahriar Nafees

Bangladesh win the test series 1- 0


ODI Friendly - Victoria vs Bangladesh

Bangladesh:
S Nafees
N Mirza
R Hasan
T Iqbal
G Mabud
M Ashraful
F Reza
A Salahuddin
A Sunny
M Shahzada
D Mahmud

Victoria have ex-Aussie ODI player Cameron White and ex-test player (with a 58.43 average) Brad Hodge,

Allan Wise was the best of the bowlers as Victoria ripped through an incompetent Bangladesh in 31 overs.

Bangladesh 100 all out (31 overs)
Iqbal 20, Mirza 19
Wise 3-18

A few dropped chances on a day Bangladesh would rather forget.

Victoria 2 for 102 (24.3 overs)
Jewell 36 not out. Blizzard 36.
Sunny 1-6


1st ODI Australia vs Bangladesh

From the test team, Australia field Shane Watson and West Australian Steve Magoffin in place of Jaques and a bowler. Bangladesh from the Victoria game have picked Hossain, Islam and Shuvo; replacing Salahuddin, Sunny and Mirza.
Ashraful wins the toss and tentatively chooses to bat first with an out-of-form top 4, a pitch that has some movement for the seamers.

Nafees was put down early on 7 runs, but just an over later he skied an attempted slog down the ground, caught by Johnson. Cameron's very first ball trapped Hossain in front for 15. But when Iqbal soon hit a Cameron full toss down the ground for 6, the game had suddenly shifted a gear.
Iqbal soon had his 50 off 50 balls, but was bowled by Lee for 53. Hasan reaching his 50 off 56 balls. He too was soon caught right on the boundary at 3rd man for 61 by Cameron off the bwoling of Mitchell Johnson. Reza feathered one to Ronchi for 9. Ashraful was devastating with the bat and had his half-century in 40 balls, Manjural Islam bowled by Watson's brut of a ball for a quick 31.

Bangladesh 9 for 284 (50 overs)
Hasan 61, Ashraful 59, Iqbal 53
Lee 2-50

Shahzada and Mahmud got both openers quickly. Reza got Ponting for 33 and Watson for 12. Once Clarke went for 55, the run rate looked too much at 6.4 an over. Symonds and Ronchi took it to the spin attack of Shuvo and Islam, but Shuvo got Ronchi caught Mubud for 28, and Australia soon fell 41 runs short. A fairly good effort to chase such a big total on a crumbling pitch.

Australia 243 all out (46.1)
Symonds 66, Ponting 55
Reza 4-54

Bangladesh win by 41 runs.

Man of match: F Reza

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A bit of cloud cover early gave fast bowlers something to work with as Bangladesh slowly batted out the first session. Nafees gave a catch to short leg (it was dropped) midway through.

Bangladesh 0 for 61.

Nafees picked up the pace after lunch as Bangladesh set a new 1st wicket partnership record of 152 and counting. Nafees reaching his century off 193 balls, including 13 boundaries.

Bangladesh 0 for 190 at tea.
Nafees 110 not out. Hossain 75 not out.

Fifth ball after tea, Nafees was taken at first slip by Hussey off the bowling of Lee for 110. It was a terrific catch, and a wicket Australia badly needed. A record opening partnership of 191. Hossain soon brought up his century off 220 balls, but was bowled by Mitchell Johnson soon after for 105. Iqbal failing for the third time in a row, bowled in the same over by an amazing Mitchell Johnson delivery for a duck. The ball dipped in and then swung away from the left hander. One of the best deliveries I've seen.

Bangladesh 3 for 274.

Day 2...

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New South Wales 397 all out
B Haddin 108, P Jaques 82
A Salahuddin 4-50, Shuvo 2-46

Bangladesh 260 all out
M Hossain 104, A Salahuddin 44
D Bollinger 5-81

New South Wales 0-69 dec
P Jaques 40*

Banladesh 1-76
N Mirza 31*

Match drawn

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1st test Australia vs Bangladesh
(Aus are the #1 ranked test nation, Bangladesh #10)

S Nafees
M Hossain*
R Hasan*
T Iqbal
M Ashraful
F Reza*
M Islam
G Mabud*
Z Rahman*
S Shuvo*
M Shahzada

P Jaques
L Pomersbach
R Ponting
M Hussey
S Katich
A Symonds
M Johnson
L Ronchi
B Lee
P Siddle
S Tait(!)

The pitch is absolutely perfect for batting, so when Mohammed Ashraful won the toss he did just that, sending Hossain and Nafees to the crease on a hot sunny day. No rain expected until day 5. Can Bangladesh settle in and make a decent score against the best in the world?

Lee in his first over shouts for a catch behind off Nafees, turned down. Lee's 4th over produced the wicket of Hossain for 7, driving and edging to Ronchi, the keeper. Bowling in short 4-over bursts, Lee came on for his 2nd spell and immediately got Nafees caught behind for 30. Three balls later he had Iqbal trapped in front for a duck. Hasan two shy of his half century at lunch.

Bangladesh 3 for 111. Lee 3 for 20.

Johnson bowled Ashraful soon after lunch for 23 and then two overs later got Reza to edge to slips, only to be dropped. From then on it was mostly smooth sailing as Hasan 89* not out off 168 balls, and Reza 47* off 87 balls, approach their respective century and half century.

Bangladesh 4 for 213 at tea.

Hasan was an early victim to a full pitch delivery onto his pads for 92, well bowled Peter Siddle. Reza and Islam kept the runs ticking, and the Australian bowlers, with the new ball not helping their cause late in the day, and with many pacemen tired, Ponting even brought on Mike Hussey for an 11-ball first over, 5-ball second, 7-ball third over to finish the day.

Bangladesh 5 for 296.
Reza 84 off 192.
Islam 41 off 76.

Day 2 - The pitch is showing slight signs of wear, the outfield is average and we're expecting a hot day.

Siddle caught Reza with a a great caught and bowled for 87 in his first over of the day, and he soon got the out of sorts Golam Mabud for 3, LBW, plumb in front. The tail was exposed and soon dismissed...

Bangladesh 325 all out.
Hasan 92. Reza 87. Islam 52 not out.
Siddle 4 for 79. Lee 4 for 61.

Aussies looking good 0 for 25 at lunch.

Jaques fell LBW to Reza for 13. Ponting facing Shuvo spooned a catch to a short leg that wasn't there, Bangladesh lamenting. But bad luck turns good two balls later when Ponting tries to cut and gets an edge to first slip for 9. Pomersbach and Hussey are good though.

Australia 2 for 128 at tea.

The lunch and tea breaks have been consistently catching batmen short of attention all test match. This time Mr. Cricket fell LBW to Islam for 41. and then two balls later Luke Pomersbach tickled one in the air briefly and snaffled at short leg by Hasan for 72 off 142 balls. Two fresh batsmen, Symonds survived an early LBW shout, but Islam persisted and bowled Symonds for 15. He then had Katich caught behind for 22. Stumps.

Australia 6 for 206. The pitch is still fine and tomorrow is another hot one.

Day 3 - The new ball is taken and Shahzada gets the first wicket of the day, Ronchi for a slow 15 off 79. His future test career looks very shaky at 29 years of age, still without a test century. Lee and Johnson proving quite difficult to dismiss, Islam finally getting Johnson caught by Hasan at first slip for a well played 54.

Australia 8 for 290 at lunch.

Shahzada cleans up the tail. Australia 300 all out. 25 runs behind. Phil Jaques 72, Mitchell Johnson 54. Manjural Islam 5 for 72. Mohammed Shahzada 3 for 73.

Siddle bowls Nafees for 16, Raqibul Hasan waltzes on and cuts the next ball for 6!

Bangladesh 1 for 41 at tea.

In-form Hasan was eventually dismissed an hour from stumps for 36, LBW to Shaun Tait. Hossain notched his half-century off a patient 142 balls, Mitchell Johnson getting the key breakthrough of Iqbal LBW for 2. Ashraful swinging the bat to have Bangladesh leading by 169 at stumps on day 3.

Bangladesh 3 for 144.

Day 4 - The weather is now looking a little more unpredictable and so is the pitch.

Ashraful cops a nasty bouncer from Johnson, as Hossain notches his maiden test century - a great feat vs Australia in a 2nd innings - in 251 balls. Ashraful getting his 50 from 112 balls, just prior to the new ball being taken on lunch.

Bangladesh 3 for 226. (251 runs ahead)

Ashraful does not hang around, smartly taken by Ronchi for 58. A partnership record with Hossain of 124. Reza made 38 before Johnson gets him caught and bowled. Hossain left on 149 at the tea break, his highest ever test score.

Bangladesh 5 for 318. (343 runs ahead)

Hossain brings up his 150 with a slashing cover drive. Siddle gets Islam and then Johnson retires Hossain slogging down the ground for 181 off 285 balls, with 7 boundaries. The tail fell in pitiful style - 2 ducks - and Bangladesh have 45 minutes at the Aussies before stumps on day 4, 405 runs ahead.

Bangladesh all out 380.
Hossain 181, Ashraful 58.
Johnson 5-56. Siddle 4-126.

Australia were batting comfortably towards stumps but late rain hit and did not relent during day 5. Only after the roller had come out and the covers had been removed were Bangladesh allowed to finally bowl at Australia with around 20 minutes remaining in the day. Shahzada was on a hat trick, bowling Jaques and little Punter with consecutive balls.

Australia 3 for 67.
Jaques not out 28.
Shahzada 3-31.

Match drawn.

Man of the match: Mehrab Hossain

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2nd test match Australia vs Bangladesh.

Perfect pitch for batting, maybe some turn for spin later in the match. Some rain predicted day 5.

Bangladesh: Salahuddin comes in making his test debut on the back of some good bowling form. Rahman (wicketless again) takes a seat.
Australia: Mark Cameron comes in for Tait.

Day 1.
Mohammed Ashraful wins the toss again and decides to bat.

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Bangladesh in Australia

Bangladesh squad for Australian tour

Shahriar Nafees
Nat Mirza*
Raquibul Hasan
Tamim Iqbal*
Mohammad Ashraful (c)
Manjural Islam
Farhad Reza*
Golam Mabud* (k)
Mohammad Shahzada
Suhrawadi Shuvo*
Dolar Mahmud*

Merhab Hossain*
Prosenjit Joy*
Jahurul Islam**
Arafat Salahuddin**
Ziaur Rahman*
Sajidul Islam*
Arafat Sunny**

3-day friendly vs NSW

M Hossain
N Mirza
M Ashraful
G Mabud
J Islam
F Reza
A Salahuddin
Z Rahman
S Shuvo
S Islam
D mahmud

NSW have Jaques, Clarke, Haddin, Lee, Bracken, Clark and Bollinger. All have test experience.

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3rd ODI Bangladesh vs West Indies

Bangladesh: No change
West indies: No change

Identical conditions again to the last two matches, a perfect pitch that will really turn to the spinners, the outfield is average and the sun is shining.

Bangladesh win the toss and elect to bat first in the final deciding match.

Nafees edged to slip for another low score, Mirza to short leg the same, this time off the bowling of Bennett. Hasan and Iqbal were getting things back on track, when Iqbal edged to slips for 23. Ashraful added 22 before he was bowled by spin. Hasan and Islan put together a good partnership, both players reaching their half-century in rapid time, Hasan going on to get his 100 off 106 balls. A big slog at the end saw Bangladesh set a nice target of 8 for 269.

Bangladesh 8/269
Hasan 114, Islam 54
Miller 3-44

Shahzada took 3 early wickets to have Bangladesh on top early. Reza bowled Sarwan for 46, and Bangladesh were primed for an easy victory. Islam came on late and got a hat-trick, finishing with five wickets. Bangladesh win the series with a thumping win.

West Indies all out 176 (37.1 overs)
Sarwan 46, Bravo 31
Islam 5 for 28

Bangladesh win by 93 runs

Man of the match: Manjural Islam

Bangladesh win ODI series 2-1

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2nd ODI Bangladesh vs West Indies

Bangladesh: No change
West Indies: No change

West Indies win the toss and again choose to bat and an identical pitch to the match before; perfect for batting but the spinners should get some turn and bounce. The outfield is sluggish again.

The West Indian openers were not fazed by the pace of the new ball, and it was only when Suhwadhi Shuvo came on for his first over did he work one trough Chris Gayle's gate for 27. When Manjural Islam came on for his first over - his first ball - he turned a ball around the bat of Chanderpaul, bowled for 12. Islam persisted for another breakthrough, Devon Smith caught behind for 52 off 92 balls, and then Barath bowled for a duck, West Indies 4 for 110.
Islam soon struck again catching Bravo behind for 5, and Shahzada then skied Sarwan out to mid off for 23, West Indies 6 for 122. Edges flew all around the fielders, and West Indies managed to spark late to end up 7 for 203 thanks to Darren Sammy 45 not out off 64 balls.

West Indies 7 for 203
D Smith 52, D Sammy 45
M Islam 4/40

Nafees bowled early for 9, again by Sammy, who again got Mirza at short leg for 12. Bennett got Hasan LBW for 19, and then Miller came on and immediately dismissed Ashraful for 2 and Bangladesh were 4 for 64, a similar position to the last game. Iqbal and Islam began to turn things around, with Iqbal reaching his half century off 58 balls. Miller finally getting the breakthrough LBW to Iqbal for 68.
Islam raced to his 50 and Bangladesh looked to have it on the bag. Bravo got Islam to haul out to mid on for 58, but the victory target was reached easily.

Banladesh 6 for 204 (46.2 overs)
Iqbal 68, Islam 58
Sammy 2 for 31

Bangladesh win by 4 wickets

Man of match: Manjural Islam

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Bangladesh vs West Indies ODI series

Squad
Bangladesh:
Shahriar Nafees
Nat Mirza*
Raqibul Hasan*
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammed Ashraful (c)
Manjural Islam
Farhad Reza*
Golam Mabud* (k)
Mohammed Shahzada
Suhrawadi Shuvo*
Dolar Mahmud*

Ariful Haque**
Arafat Salahudin**
Ziaur Rahman*
Asiqur Rahman*

* = under 15 ODI matches
**= yet to debut

West Indies:
C Gayle (c)
D Smith
S Chanderpaul
R Sarwan
A Barath
D Bravo
D Ramdin (k)
D Sammy
N Miller
A Jaggernauth
J Bennett

West Indies win the toss and choose to bat first on a good wicket that is providing some turn for the spinners. The outfield is slow.

Gayle and Smith left little to chance as their opening partnership of 101 put the Windies in a good position after 23 overs. Gayle the first to fall caught behind for 41 off 64 balls, Islam's first over of spin. But it was 13 more overs until the next wicket, Devon Smith looked like he got a faint inside edge on to the stumps, bowled for 75 off 114 balls. Windies 2 for 167. Good batting continued until Islam picked up 3 handy wickets late, on a hat trick at one point. Muhmud struck twice and Reza got Chanderpaul LBW for 95 off 78 balls (8 fours, 3 sixes). A tough run chase for Bangladesh. The last 7 West Indies batsmen scoring just 14 runs between them.

West Indies 9/263
Chanderpaul 95, Smith 75
Islam 4/53, Mahmud 3/43

Nafees and Hasan fell early to Darren Sammy, and then Mirza was caught behind for 20 off 36 balls nearing the end of his spell. When Bennett caught Iqbal off his own bowling for 22, West Indies were looking dangerous with Bangladesh 4 for 67. Ashraful and then Islam fell fairly quickly and Bangladesh were now in real trouble at 6 for 106 after 20 overs. The tail were somewhat resistant but Bangladesh were all out for 175, chasing over 7 an over in the end.

Bangladesh all out 175
Mirza 29, Reza 29
Sammy 5/49

Man of the match: Darren Sammy.

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Bangaldesh vs West Indies 2nd test

Bangladesh add opener Mirza to the team replacing Mehrab Hossain; Dolar Mahmud the 21-year-old left-handed fast-medium bowler replaces Rahman. The conditions suit fast bowling with some cloud cover expected day 1, and the pitch keeping low with a few cracks already evident that should open up and create real havoc for the team batting last.
West Indies have picked Adrian Barath to replace Steve Davis.

Day 1

Bangladesh winning the toss and Mohammed Ashraful, seeing something in the wicket and perhaps noticing the cloud cover, decided to have a bowl.
It soon became apparent that his plan was well thought out when Shahzada straightened a fullish ball into Chris Gayle's pads for 6, and then Dolar Muhmud got Devon Smith edging to the keeper for 10. Farhad Reza came on as the first change of bowler and immediately got Chanderpaul tucking it to short leg as Mizra took the catch, 13 runs. Reza then got Samuels LBW for 1, Muhmud and Shahzada came back on just before lunch and got a wicket each. Mahmud had Sarwan edging to slip for 28, while Shahzada ripped through the stumps of Adrian Barath for 10.
West Indies in dire straits at lunch, 6/85

Fourth ball after lunch Ramdin was given out LBW to Shahzada for 1, but Bravo and Sammy battled along bravely towards the tea break, giving chances as they went. But finally, with 25 minutes left, Shahzada came on for his third spell of the day, getting Sammy at short leg for 29, another catch for Mirza. Shahzada then got Bravo to play it off his pads in the air briefly in his last over before tea. Then on the second-last ball he got him caught behind for 48. West Indies 9/160 at tea.

West Indies soon out after tea for 162. Top scorer Dwayne Bravo 48, 4 scores under 10 runs, 8 scores under 20! Great bowling from Mohammed Shahzada getting 20-3-47-5 (2.35) his third 5-wicket haul in test cricket.
Mirza was caught at short leg for 1 off the bowling of Bennett. Nafees and Hasan kept the score ticking until the second last ball before stumps. Hasan played a terrible shot in the context, lashing out to a well pitched ball from Miller, edging it to the keeper. Bangladesh 2/64 at stumps.

Day 2

The pitch in rapid decline did not deter Nafees and Iqbal, but again it was spin that struck as Miller got Nafees edging to slip for 48 (138). At lunch Bangladesh looking good at 3/160.

Iqbal got his half-century off 110 balls soon after lunch, but again the spin of Miller got through the gate as Iqbal played back to a good turning ball for 55. Two balls later Ashraful edged to first slip for 31, followed by the next ball Reza edging to bat pad to have Miller on a hat trick. As the fielders crowded Mahbud, he played it easily. A 3-wicket over. Bangladesh 6/172.
Mahbud went soon after for a 14-ball duck, caught behind off the amazing Nakita Miller, and then Islam was trapped in front to another Miller pearler for 16.
Windies took the new ball and destroyed Shuvo's stumps. Bangladesh 9/217 at tea, 55 runs up on the Windies.

Bangladesh all out for 222. Lead by 60. Best bowler was obviously Nakita Miller with a possible man-of-the-match performance (30-4-60-7).
Mahmud got Gayle edging behind for 13, and then he got Smith LBW for 16 after the previous ball he lofted in the air for 4 to cow corner, all this happening in one over.
Chanderpaul and Sarwan steadied to have West Indies 3/123, 63 runs ahead at stumps day 2.

Day 3

Islam bowled Chanderpaul early for a damaging 63 (off 71 balls, most of the damage inflicted on Reza), and then he got Samuels for 12 caught behind. But Barath and Sarwan batted almost to lunch when Barath was bowled by a Shuvo wrongun. West Indies 5/204.

Bravo and Ramdin both playing cameos in helping Sarwan get to 97 at tea. West Indies 8 for 278, 218 runs ahead of Bangladesh and certainly a defendable target.

Shahzada was the heartbreaker, getting Sarwan LBW for 97 (247) just four balls after tea. West Indies soon all out for 286. Bangladesh chasing 225 runs to win with two full days to play. An hour and a half also left this afternoon to play. The pick of the bowlers last inning? Hard to say, everyone getting in on a wicket, Mahmud was impressive enough with 23-3-65-3 (2.83).
Bangladesh 0/39 at stumps.

Day 4

Mirza the first to go LBW to Sammy for 15, then Hasan the same for 3. Sammy getting some great movement. Iqbal and Nafees slowly batting on til lunch to be 42* and 36* respectively, Bangladesh 120 runs behind and 2/107 at lunch.

Iqbal was soon stumped for 37 (91), Nafees pushing on to get his 50* (198), he and Ashraful started to take on the bowling, Ashraful reaching his 50 off 71 balls. The 2nd new ball taken and Bangladesh 3/224, 3 runs away from victory.

Bangladesh win by 7 wickets.
MOM: N Miller (I think Shahzada deserved it in a winning side. Miller could not do any damage in the last inning.)

Bangladesh win the test series 2-0

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West Indies tour of Bangladesh

1st Test Match - Bangladesh vs West Indies

The forecast for the next five days is hot and sunny throughout, particularly the first three days with high temperatures predicted, cooling slightly into day four. The pitch has had the old key test and it is nice and brown, a good pitch to bat on with a few rough spots for the spinners to aim at. The outfield has been well looked after but should speed up as the day progresses. Visibility is perfect.

Bangladesh

Shahriar Nafees
Mehrab Hossain
Raqibul Hasan
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammed Ashraful (c)
Manjural Islam
Farhad Reza
Golam Mabud (k)
Mohammed Shahzada
Suhrawadi Shuvo
Ziaur Rahman
Farhad Hossain (12th man)

Bangladesh welcome back Hasan into the number 3 spot, and considering the weather, Rahman is picked as the 3rd paceman ahead of off-spinner Farhad Hossain.

West Indies

Chris Gayle (c)
Devon Smith
S Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Dwayne Bravo
Steve Davis
Ryan Hinds
Danesh Ramden
Darren Sammy
Nikita Miller
Jason Bennett

West Indies win the toss and elect to bat.

Day 1
Besides Reza getting Smith to edge to 2nd slip for a 3-ball duck in his first over, the Windies gave no further chances to be a comfortable 1/115 at lunch.

Rahman trapped Gayle LBW coming around the wicket for 85 (147), and a few overs later Shuvo was sure he had Sarwan also coming around the wicket, Hawkeye showing the ball would have hit middle and off, three-quarters of the way up, but not out.
Chanderpaul was batting magnificently, and hadn't given the slightest of chances when he attempted to sweep Manjural Islam, catching a bit of bat and it flicked up to first slip, out for 96 (163). Windies 3/217 at tea.

Sarwan 19 (76) feathered an edge to Rahman after tea, and Steve Davis came to the crease, making his test debut with a first class average of 38.98 with 4 hundreds and 6 fifties. He's a 20-year-old right handed batman... but Shuvo got him early with a quicker ball, striking Davis on the pads, out for 1 (9).
Islam caught Bravo soon after for 30 off the bowling of Shuvo and Bangladesh were on a roll. Deciding against taking the new ball paid off as Hinds was caught behind for 6 (31). Shahzada and Reza came on to clean up the tail, West Indies all out for 280.
Gayle and Chanderpaul the pick of the batsmen. Fairly even spread for the bowlers with everyone getting a wicket. Shuvo was miserly with 27-5-59-3 (2.18 RPO)
Bangladesh surviving one over before stumps to be 0/6.

Day 2

Both Hossain 11 and Nafees 6 did not last long, Hasan and Iqbal steadying the ship to help Bangladesh to 2/83. Iqbal attempted a lofted shot off Nikita Miller down the ground for 6 but didn't quite middle the ball, but was dropped on the fence and it rolled over for four runs, West Indies missing a vital chance 1 over before lunch.

Miller soon got Hasan LBW for 33 (86) but Iqbal pushed on to make his 50 and at tea Bangladesh were 3/177, Iqbal slow and steady on 67* (176) and Ashraful 48* (84).

After setting a new 4th wicket partnership record (121 runs) Ashraful was a victim of the new ball, falling LBW to Darren Sammy for 69 (135).
Bangladesh batting on to stumps to be 4/252 only 28 runs behind the West Indies.
Iqbal 98* (280)
Islam 20* (40)

Day 3
An early shout for caught behind by Miller as Iqbal is fishing outside off stump is turned down, Iqbal eventually sweeping to bring up his 4th test century. Islam 31 (87) and Reza 7 (24) added a few more runs to the total and at lunch on day 3 Bangladesh are 6/332 with Iqbal 143* (380) and Mabud 17* (27).

Mahbud was caught and bowled by miller for 31, Shahzada was bowled by Sammy for 9, Shuvo couldn't get off the mark 0 (13) caught by Ramden, and Rahman knuckled down to be not out 12* (42) as Iqbal tried to smash the new ball around and was caught behind for his best ever test score, 170 from 463 balls.

Bangladesh all out for 398 (118 in front, tea on day 3)
Best of the bowlers was Miller 53-14-92-3, and Sammy 44-6-91-3

Smith was again caught at slip off Reza for 6, and Shahzada got danger man Chris Gayle in the slips for 8, West Indies were in trouble at 2/14.
Solid batting from Chanderpaul 38* and Sarwan 29* had the Windies breathing easier at stumps on day 3, WI 2/82 only 36 behind.

Day 4
Islam and Shuvo persisted on the pair and eventually Islam got the breakthrough, catching Sarwan on the followthrough for 42 (125). Shahzada was brought on to get Bravo which he did for 5, caught at 2nd slip by Hasan. He then got Chanderpaul driving and edging to Shuvo at first slip for a well played 71 (155). Davis was caught behind for 9 off Islam, again failing to make make double figures in his debut test. Islam bowled Hinds for 4, Rahman bowled Sammy for 1, and West Indies had limped to the tea session at 8/164, barely a 46 run lead.

The last two batsmen were pesky enough to last almost the whole session, finally going down all out for 211. Ramdin not out 43 the top scorer. Best of the bowling was Shahzada 27-4-59-3, again every bowler getting amongst the wickets. Bangladesh need 93 to win and should get it.

Hossain and Nafees again failed to make much of a mark on the scorecard, as Bangladesh were 2/for at stumps on day 4.

It was up to Iqbal 17* (69) and Hasan 41* (111) to bring up the victory. An easy one.

Bangladesh win by 8 wickets

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20/20 England vs Bangladesh

Bangladesh bring in Ziaur Rahman for Shuvo, while England blood new batsman William Rendell, a 23-year old from Lancashire, who has a current FC average of 68.59!

England 7/85 (20)
Prior 22
Reza 2-11

Bangladesh 2/86 (16.4)
Nafees 53* (60)
M Panesar 1/15

A comfortable victory for Bangladesh as Nafees swept Monty Panesar behind square to bring up his half-century and win the match.

Bangladesh win by 8 wickets

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3rd ODI England vs Bangladesh

A drizzly lead-up to the final and deciding one day international, the pitch in very good condition - having being covered - but the outfield has become somewhat sluggish.
Bangladesh call up right-handed off spinner Farhad Hossain, dropping the wicketless Rahman (ODI 73.50 w/RPO of 5.44). England unchanged, and winning the toss, try for the second consecutive time to bat first. So far in this series, every team to bat first has lost.

England 7/215 (50)
Middleton 72 (104), Bell 40 (80)
F Hossain 10-1-39-4

Cook was looking irresistible until Reza trapped him in front for 27. A great run out of Pietersen gave Bangladesh some real hope soon after, but Bell and Middleton steadied the ship to take England to 2/143 before Hossain came on to bowl with immediate success, snaring four wickets. Tight bowling from all bowlers meant England could only manage 215, a decent total but will it be enough? The outfield has quickened slightly, visibility is perfect, the sun is out in patches.

Bangladesh 215 all out (49.4)
Mirza 41 (49), Joy 37 (57)
Harris 4-44

Wickets fell at a steady pace all afternoon with Davies and then Harris doing the damage with the ball. Bangladesh went from 3/80 to 6/100 and things were looking dire with the run rate at around 4.7. Joy and Mabud pushed the score along to 150 before Joy and then Hossain went in succession, Mabud falling soon after with Bangladesh 9/173 - 43 runs needed for victory.
Shahzada and Shuvo were brilliant, and looked like pulling off an unlikely victory - needing 2 runs off the last over - Shahzada was struck on the pads by the in-form James Harris with the scores tied. Thrilling game!

Game tied
MOM: F Hossain

SERIES IS DRAWN

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2nd ODI vs England

One change to the Bangladesh lineup, as predicted N Mirza comes in for Mehrab Hossain.
England unchanged.

England win the toss and elect to bat. It's an overcast day, but a perfect pitch for batting. Upwards of 300+ is what England will be thinking considering the suspect form of the Bangladesh bowlers this tour.

England 6/238 (50)
Pietersen 92* (109) Cook 59 (60)
Reza 10-0-48-4, Shahzada 10-0-65-2

Reza did not start with the new ball, but came on for 3 vital early wickets of Middleton 16 (25), Cook 59 (60) and golden boy Bell 0 (1). His hat-trick ball speared onto the pads but turned to square leg by Shah for a single.
England were always going to score in excess of 200, but Bangladesh will be very pleased with chasing 238.

Bangladesh 5/241 (43)
Islam 67* (67), Reza 55* (55)
Davies 10-0-41-2

With both opening batsmen and the captain out early, Bangladesh at 3-30 rested their hopes on young Iqbal and Joy. Joy was caught at slip for 19, but Flintoff had stepped over the line. A great catch turned into a free hit. Iqbal was eventually run out for 45 (52), the team in trouble at 4/111.
Joy fell 1 run short of his 50, LBW to Harris, but Islam and Reza carried Bangladesh through for the victory on the back of a 118-run partnership.

Bangladesh win by 5 wickets

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1st ODI vs England

England are rated 3rd in the ODI rankings, Bangladesh 9th.

Squad:
Mehrab Hossain*
Shahriar Nafees
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful (c)
Prosenjit Joy*
Manjural Islam
Farhad Reza
Golam Mabud* (k)
Mohammad Shahzada
Suhrawadi Shuvo*
Ziaur Rahman*

* = >15 ODI's

England XI:
A Cook
J Middleton
K Pietersen
I Bell
O Shah
M Prior
A Flintoff
A Shantry
J Harris
R Sidebottom
A Davies

Mehrab Hossain may only get one hit to prove himself as his career test average 21.00 and ODI average 25.31 are not as productive as reserve opener N Mirza (Test: 61.50, ODI 25.50). Ziaur Rahman is a new face, a 23 year-old RFM bowler with a FC average of 23.59.
For England, one-day specialist Mark Davies comes in for Harmison, while James Harris from Glamorgan makes his ODI debut for the Lions - a fast-medium all-rounder with a FC batting average of 17.30 and a bowling average of 22.60.
Andrew Flintoff won the toss and sends Bangladesh in to bat. Conditions are good for batting, the outfield is average but should speed up as the sun is out, there's not a cloud in the sky.

Bangladesh 177 all out (42.3)
P Joy 57 (64) T Iqbal 42 (47)
A Davies 10-3-21-4

England 3/178 (49.2)
J Middleton 69* (135), O Shah 31* (50)
Islam & Shuvo 1-31 each

England were able to constantly maintain pressure with wickets falling at a rapid pace. Bangladesh were too aggressive early and were anable to bat out the overs. Prosenjit Joy was again impressive with the bat, but Mehrab Hossain looks certain to be dropped for the 2nd ODI. Although the score was only passed in the 49th over, England were never really in trouble.

England win by 7 wickets

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50 over vs Northamptonshire

Squad:
Mehrab Hossain
Shahriar Nafees
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful (c)
Prosenjit Joy
Farhad Reza
Manjural Islam
Golam Mabud (k)
Farhad Hossain
Suhrawadi Shuvo
Mohammad Shahzada

Joy has been selected because of the injury to Al hasan, Farhad Hossain selected for some match practice and because the pitch is turning.

The only two players under form clouds are Merhab Hossain and Mohammad Shahzada, who will be looking to prove themselves for the one day series. Especially Hossain, who bats at a very defensive pace. Mezra could be his replacement.

Bangladesh 7/306 (50)
Iqbal 101, Joy 88*
G White 3-60

Northamptonshire 161 all out (32.2)
N O'Brien 36, I Hunter 33
F Hossain 4-38, M Shahzada 3-42

Bangladesh win by 145 runs
MOM: T Iqbal

M Hossain looks to have kept his spot in the one day side with 37 (61). Joy as well with a smashing display of 88 from 82 balls. Hossain was decent with the ball and will also be considered.