(All times listed in Bangladesh Standard Time)

Bangladesh cricket team practiced for the first time after reaching England. The Tigers have completed practice in Cambridge with a 3-match ODI series against Ireland. Chandika Hathurusingha’s disciples practiced on the first day without Shakib, Liton, and Mustafiz. Assistant coach Nick Pothus joined the team.

After 24 years, the Bangladesh cricket team will play at Chelmsford County Ground. The opponent is Ireland. The away series against the Irish is also after a long time. If Bangladesh can be whitewashed in this series, they will have a chance to reach the top eight of the ICC Super League and play directly in the World Cup. A few days ago, the team that was defeated in the one-day tour of Bangladesh is dreaming of crossing a very difficult road in familiar conditions. Therefore, it is known that this series will not be easy for the Bangladesh team, which has always struggled in foreign conditions.

Chandika Hathurusingha’s first away series challenge with students. Also to adapt from the heat of Bangladesh to the cold air of England. In the absence of Jamie Siddons, the Lankan mastermind will also have to handle the duties of batting coach in this series. Nick Pothus is the head coach’s new partner in the fight. This is the first time the South African has joined the Tiger camp as an assistant coach.

Although the match is in Essex, the Tigers practice at Leys Cambridge. Tamim-Mushfiqur was focused on the first day of practice at the practice venue, about 50 miles away from the match venue. After warm-up and fielding, batting-bowling has also improved. For the first time with Hasan-Shariful, the national team’s practice on foreign soil was not bad.

Meanwhile, 12 cricketers have reached England in two stages. After returning home from IPL, Liton Das went to England alone. Another IPL comeback Mustafizur Rahman is also going. Shakib Al Hasan is also scheduled to arrive in Essex before the May 5 warm-up match.

Bangladesh confirmed the series by winning two consecutive matches. The team led by Shakib Al Hasan entered the field with the aim of whitewashing Ireland in the last T20I of the three-match series on Friday.

He won the toss and decided to bat first at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Batting earlier, the Tigers lost one wicket after another and fell into a disaster. Bangladesh practically crashed out of the match after losing 6 wickets after collecting only 61 runs in 9.3 overs.

In 1.1 overs, opener Liton Das gave a catch to the third man while slashing Fionn Hand’s off-stump ball for 9 runs. He returned for 5 runs off 4 balls. Najmul Hossain Shanto returned with 4 runs from 8 balls before being caught at deep midwicket by Harry Tector.
In 3.5 overs, Rony Talukdar returned with a catch at deep midwicket off Curtis Campher for 24 runs. He returned to 14 runs off 10 balls.
Skipper Shakib took the catch at short midwicket while pooling Mark Adair’s short ball.

After Shakib’s dismissal, Towhid Hridyo also returned with a margin of zero runs. He got out while sweeping the slog off Ben White.
Rishad Hossain, who made his debut in this match, returned to the dressing room as the sixth batsman. Leg spinner Rishad was bowled while playing a cross-shot off Matthew Humphreys. He Taskin was dismissed by Humphries on the first ball of his international T20 career.

Taskin Ahmed was the victim of Matthew Humphreys for the team’s 61 runs in 9.3 overs. The star pacer returned with a catch at deep midwicket while sweeping the slog.

Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Liton Das, Rony Talukder, Tawhid Hriday, Najshammul Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Shariful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Rishad Hossain, and Nasum Ahmed.

Ireland squad: Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphries, Fionn Hand, Paul Stirling (captain), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, and Ben White.

Bangladesh avoided a whitewash against England thanks to Shakib Al Hasan’s all-around skills. Captain Tamim Iqbal praised Shakib for saving the team from embarrassment. He said a cricketer like Shakib is a blessing for any team. Bangladesh has not lost an ODI series at home for six and a half years. Not only West Indies, Zimbabwe, and Afghanistan, cricket superpower India could not suppress the Tigers. However, with one match left against England, the representatives of the red and green are sitting in the series.

The fear was, after nearly a decade, the house would fall to the shame of whitewashing. However, Shakib’s 75 with the bat and 4 important wickets with the ball rescued Bangladesh. Captain Tamim has also been saved from shame. At the end of the match, on Monday (March 6), Tamim praised Shakib and said, “Today (Monday) Shakib’s performance was extraordinary.” He has done amazingly throughout his career. Shakib touched the milestone of 300 wickets in his ODI career in the match against the English by taking 4 wickets. No other bowler of Bangladesh has this record in 50-over matches. At the same time, by scoring 6000 runs, he has made history along with Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi.

An achievement that has, naturally, a boon to any team. Tamim Iqbal is also realizing that well. The Tiger ODI captain told the media about his teammate, “He is very strong mentally. He has done such a performance before. It is not new. And having a cricketer like him is a blessing for any team. His skill set is different, you will not find many cricketers who can bowl 10 overs and also bat.

The outline of the 2023 World Cup will be finalized in the next Asia Cup. In the two bilateral series before that, Team Tiger will remain in the test. Not only on the weight of the name, but without performance, no one will survive in the team. BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon said this after the ODI series against England. Bangladesh won the match to avoid the shame of whitewashing. However, there is no opportunity to underestimate this victory Tigers gave the defending champion of the World Cup a taste of defeat.

Even after losing the series, the BCB chief is completely confident. The ability of the opponent and the lack of playing a bilateral series is such a failure. However, the BCB boss expects the Three Lions’ relationship with the Tigers to strengthen after this tour. On Monday (March 6) facing the media, Papon said, ‘England Cricket Board President has come to Bangladesh for the first time. he is new The first match was so competitive that he doesn’t understand why England doesn’t play Bangladesh regularly. He has promised that he will pay more attention to this matter after going to the country.

But the major concern is the form of Riyad-Tamim-Mustafiz. With the World Cup months away, their place in the squad is still uncertain. With two bilateral series ahead of the Asia Cup, a major reshuffle is likely in the Tiger XI Papon said the outline of the Tiger squad in the World Cup will be found in the upcoming continental excellence.

Papon said, ‘One thing is that everyone has to perform here. No one can survive if they can’t perform. We have two series ahead – Asia Cup and the World Cup. We can rest one or two in these series. Rest can see a new player; To see who has options. If I ever need options, who will play? No one should worry about it. Your media also has nothing to worry about. The team that will be announced for the Asia Cup will be the World Cup squad. It must be remembered.’Apart from Shakib, Mushfiqur Rahim’s bat laughed in the last match. Senior A cricketer’s return to the run is also a big relief to Papon.

In that plan, the Tigers will face the Emirates in Dubai today at 8 pm Bangladesh time. During the preparation for that match, it was known that Bangladesh’s first opponent in the tri-nation series is Pakistan. The schedule of that series has been published by the host country New Zealand. Bangladesh will enter the field in the first match of the series. This series will be screened on October 7 through Bangladesh and Pakistan match.

The match will start at 8 am Bangladesh time. After that, Shakib’s army will take on the hosts New Zealand in their second match on October 9. This match will be played again at noon. Bangladesh will again face New Zealand in the October 12 match. That match will start at noon.

After that, Bangladesh will face Pakistan again on October 13. The match will start at 8 am. That is, three teams will play two matches against each other in the series. The top two teams in the points table will meet in the final on October 14. All the matches of the series including the final will be played in Christchurch.

The Bangladesh team will fly from New Zealand to Australia after the tri-nation series. The objective is T20 World Cup. Shakib’s team will take the field for the first time in this mega event of cricket on October 24.

And in that meeting, the policymakers of the cricket world praised Bangladesh cricket. The BCB President said that especially the pace bowling attack of Bangladesh has been appreciated.

Papon told the media on their mobile phone from England on Wednesday that Bangladesh is being praised on various issues in this meeting. Especially the pace bowling unit was enthusiastically praised by the officials of the member countries. The BCB president said, “Since joining the AGM, we have been hearing praise for our pace bowling. They see the contribution of the pace bowlers as an improvement in the Test win in New Zealand and ODI series win in South Africa. The officials of the two boards are saying, ‘If you lose with pace bowling, we will lose. Bangladesh has improved so much in pace bowling, it was not even imagined.’

They want to know from Papon how such a great improvement was possible. If they continue like this, Bangladesh will do well in the Test format as well.

Papon said, “Everyone said in the meeting that we can do well in the Test if we take a long-term plan. It is already good in ODIs. Focusing on tests for one year will do well. For this, various plans are being made with red ball cricket. The under-17 team went to play in Assam. ‘A’ team is going to West Indies and a new T20 team to Zimbabwe. Hopefully, something good will happen.”

Papon said that BCB’s economic issue has also been added to this praise. He said, “The importance of BCB in ICC has increased more than before. BCB’s financial capacity is being looked at seriously because all the boards are in financial trouble and have applied for funds to the ICC. But we did not ask for any money from BCB. This aspect has come to everyone’s attention.

And England has overtaken Bangladesh. As a result, the Tigers went down. Bangladesh was at the bottom in the last cycle of the Test Championship. But this time they have seen victory and draw. On the other hand, England continued to go down due to failure. They even reached the bottom. But due to one Lord’s Test, the English have put Bangladesh at the bottom of the table. New Zealand, which lost the Lord’s Test, also fell behind.

England has started a new era at Lord’s with a stunning victory over new captain Ben Stokes and new coach Brandon McCullum. However, former captain Joe Root has made the match his own by scoring a great century.

This is England’s second win in this year’s Test Championship cycle. Besides, they have drawn 4 matches. But their position was below Bangladesh in losing points due to fines. That is, in 9th place. But with a win at Lord’s, the English have moved up to the eighth place. Bangladesh dropped to ninth place.

New Zealand, on the other hand, dropped one place to seventh after losing the Lord’s Test. West Indies have moved up from one place to sixth place. The top five are the same as before Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.