England in Bangladesh 2010: News Updates

[Miraz]

The England Cricket Team will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow for a month-long tour consisting three ODIs and two Tests. The Team is expected to reach Dhaka from Dubai by Emirates flight EK 584 at 7:30pm.

England One Day squad for Tour of Bangladesh:

Alastair Cook (Captain), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan, Matthew Prior (Wicketkeeper), Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Ryan Sidebottom, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Craig Kieswetter (Wicketkeeper)

England Test squad for Tour of Bangladesh:

Alastair Cook (Captain), Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Michael Carberry, Paul Collingwood, Steven Davies, Graham Onions, Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Matthew Prior (Wicketkeeper), Ajmal Shahzad, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright

ENGLAND TEAM OFFICIALS: Andy Flower (Head Coach), Phil Neale (Operations Manager), Kirk Russell (Physiotherapist), Huw Bevan (Physiologist), Richard Halsal (Fielding Coach), Mike Stone (Team Doctor), Mark Saxby (Massage Therapist), Reg Dickason (Security Consultant), Mark Ward (Media Relations Manager), Nathan Leamon (Team Analyst), Graham Gooch (Batting Consultant), Bruce French (Wicket-Keeping Coach), Sam Dickason (Security), Geoff Miller (National Selector), Dr Mark Bawden (England Team Performance Psychologist)



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Look at the number of officials accompanying the England team. 15!!!, they can easily form a 3rd squad

[Miraz]

Match officlials

1st ODI - Nadir Shah and Rod Tucker, 3rd Umpire - Sharfuddoula Saikat
2nd ODI - Nadir Shah and Rod Tucker, 3rd Umpire - Sharfuddoula Saikat
3rd ODI - Enamul Haque and Rod Tucker, 3rd Umpire - Sharfuddoula Saikat

1st Test - Tony Hill and Rod Tucker, 3rd Umpire - Enamul Haque
2nd Test - Tony Hill and Rod Tucker, 3rd Umpire - Nadir Shah

Match referee for the series - Jeff Crowe

[mona]

Dang it! Rod Tucker for all 5 games. Where was he positioned during the McCheat incident? Wherever he was can't we complain about him umpiring us?

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[Miraz]

Shahriar Nafees to captain BCB XI in first warm-up against England

Opening batsman Shahriar Nafees Ahmed will lead the BCB XI for the first of two practice matches against England at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah. Follwing is the squad for the match on February 23:

• Shahriar Nafees (Captain)
• Alok Kopali
• Imtiaz Hossain
• Nasir Uddin Faruque
• Shahin Hossain (Wicketkeeper)
• Mahmudul Hasan
• Shafaq Al Zabir
• Tanvir Haider
• Ariful Hoque
• Alauddin Babu
• Tapash Baishya
• Shamsur Rahman
• Md. Sharifullah

TEAM MANAGEMENT: Minhajul Abedin (Head Coach), Zafrul Ehsan (Assistant Coach), Fahim Muntasir (Manager), Azmal Ahmed (Physio)



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[Miraz]

I am slightly disappointed not to see Sohrawardy Shuvo in the practice match. May be Mahmudul Hasan got the nod ahead of him due to his bowling style (right arm off-break).

[zainab]

WOW! Look at the officials travelling with the team,

Wicket keeping coach, psychologist, head coach, batting coach, fielding coach, team doctor, physiotherapist,physiologist, and everyone else. It is like Royalty travelling.

BD does not have half these specialists. at least they should have had a psychologist and WK coach.
I guess the ECB has the money.
Withall these specialists, England should win hands down

[BD-Shardul]

No Faisal Hossain.

[Miraz]

Originally Posted by BD-Shardul
No Faisal Hossain.

He is past, we have to look to the future.

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by Miraz
Shahriar Nafees (Captain)

• Alok Kopali
• Imtiaz Hossain
• Nasir Uddin Faruque
• Shahin Hossain (Wicketkeeper)
• Mahmudul Hasan
• Shafaq Al Zabir
• Tanvir Haider
• Ariful Hoque
• Alauddin Babu
• Tapash Baishya
• Shamsur Rahman
• Md. Sharifullah

Interesting strategy! BCB picked a team dominated by out of form players!

Where Nasiruddin Faruque come from?! He has not participated in the NCL!

Shafaq and Ariful are only two players I see who can claim to have some kind of form.

I guess the idea is to let England be complacent beating a severally weak team.

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by Miraz
I am slightly disappointed not to see Sohrawardy Shuvo in the practice match. May be Mahmudul Hasan got the nod ahead of him due to his bowling style (right arm off-break).

I guess the idea is not to let England team practice against any SLA before the ODI series.

Can't say I like this strategy of "Nijer nak kete porer jatra bhongo". I would have preferred to see BCB testing our bench strength in those two practice matches.

[nadim 98]

No Marshall Auyb, Sabbir Rahman, Talha, Robin, Shuvo, Saqlain, Farhad, Jahirul??

Interesting.

BTW Miraz vai, When will BCB announce the ODI squad? do you know?

[nadim 98]

ENGLAND TEAM OFFICIALS: Andy Flower (Head Coach), Phil Neale (Operations Manager), Kirk Russell (Physiotherapist), Huw Bevan (Physiologist), Richard Halsal (Fielding Coach), Mike Stone (Team Doctor), Mark Saxby (Massage Therapist), Reg Dickason (Security Consultant), Mark Ward (Media Relations Manager), Nathan Leamon (Team Analyst), Graham Gooch (Batting Consultant), Bruce French (Wicket-Keeping Coach), Sam Dickason (Security), Geoff Miller (National Selector), Dr Mark Bawden (England Team Performance Psychologist)

Oh dear...

[dolcevita]

Originally Posted by Miraz

Shahriar Nafees to captain BCB XI in first warm-up against England

Opening batsman Shahriar Nafees Ahmed will lead the BCB XI for the first of two practice matches against England at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah. Follwing is the squad for the match on February 23:

• Shahriar Nafees (Captain)
• Alok Kopali
• Imtiaz Hossain
• Nasir Uddin Faruque
• Shahin Hossain (Wicketkeeper)
• Mahmudul Hasan
• Shafaq Al Zabir
• Tanvir Haider
• Ariful Hoque
• Alauddin Babu
• Tapash Baishya
• Shamsur Rahman
• Md. Sharifullah

TEAM MANAGEMENT: Minhajul Abedin (Head Coach), Zafrul Ehsan (Assistant Coach), Fahim Muntasir (Manager), Azmal Ahmed (Physio)



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why not sabbir rahman ?
farhad hossain ?
saqlin sazib ?

I would be disgusted if Ashrafool and Aftab are still selected for ODI squad against england

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by Miraz

• Shahriar Nafees (Captain)
• Alok Kopali
• Imtiaz Hossain
• Nasir Uddin Faruque
• Shahin Hossain (Wicketkeeper)
• Mahmudul Hasan
• Shafaq Al Zabir
• Tanvir Haider
• Ariful Hoque
• Alauddin Babu
• Tapash Baishya
• Shamsur Rahman
• Md. Sharifullah

Nafees Iqbal should have been called ! he loves to play against English !

[Shehwar]

Great to see Tapash back ... also like the idea of SN and Kapali in the squad since they have a genuine chance of making it ... They could have really tried Rajin though ....

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[SMHasan]

I wonder whether our dressing rooms are big enough to accommodate these English team

15 back room stuff!!! Unbelievable!

[BD-Shardul]

Originally Posted by SMHasan
I wonder whether our dressing rooms are big enough to accommodate these English team

15 back room stuff!!! Unbelievable!

"খাজনার চেয়ে বাজনা বেশি"--comment reserved until BD beats England.

[Razi]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Interesting strategy! BCB picked a team dominated by out of form players!

Where Nasiruddin Faruque come from?! He has not participated in the NCL!

Shafaq and Ariful are only two players I see who can claim to have some kind of form.

I guess the idea is to let England be complacent beating a severally weak team.

And what about the keeper? He is not even among the top 5 keepers who are around the national team. He has played almost 150 first-class and list-A matches and his average is 20 and 17 in those formats. I guess this is not a bad idea to play such a weak team but Dhiman could have been given a chance as SN and Kapali are there.

[t697318]

okay another question
is there gonna be any the UDRS?

[magic boy]

hahaha....I like this...this indicates some positive points.

• they now find bangladesh isn't worse to travell,stay for month.living standard,facilities are getting improved!
• the english are now certainly not too afraid of terrorism in BD. they're not comparing us to pakistan.they're feeling free to stay here with many officials.
• our management will have the chance of dress rehearsal of managin world cup.!
• and last but not the least- shalara kom dam dia shopping korte aitase. lolz

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[Equinox]

I think Mushtaq Ahmed is also travelling with the team. He is in Dubai as their spin coach and I think he will go to Dhaka as well as the spinners will play a big part in the series.

It seems like this is a strategy from BCB but even then some of the names are questionable. I would have liked Emon Ahmed there instead of Babu or Baishya. It might pay off however Foysal, Farhad, Saqlain and Shuvo are a must for the four-day match.

[Beamer]

Maybe some of the staff also act as Collingwoods caddie. You need people to carry his bags, kits..

[Beamer]

Large media contingent tours with England team as well. Maybe, we will see Andrew Miller, Tim Abraham, David Gower etc as well..

[Ajfar]

Team Security?? haha this is hilarious

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by Razi
And what about the keeper? He is not even among the top 5 keepers who are around the national team. He has played almost 150 first-class and list-A matches and his average is 20 and 17 in those formats. I guess this is not a bad idea to play such a weak team but Dhiman could have been given a chance as SN and Kapali are there.

Actually, Shahin Hossain is the top keeper in domestic leagues for last 5-6 years. However, his profile as a batsman is not good.