ECB announces Test, ODI squads for Bangladesh tour
UNB, Dhaka :
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced a 17-member Test and 15-member ODI squads for Bangladesh tour to play cricket series, involving two Tests and three One-Day Internationals.
Alastair Cook will lead the England Test team while Jos Buttler the one-day team. Besides his ODI captaincy, Lancashire wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler returned to the Test squad for the first time since October 2015.
The English side Test squad included three uncapped players-Zafar Ansari, Ben Duckett and Haseeb Hameed.
The 19-year-old Lancashire opening batsman Haseeb Hameed has been included in the Test squad for the first time and there is also a place in both squads for Northamptonshire’s prolific batsman Ben Duckett.
England selected four spinners in the Test party, including the uncapped Surrey left-armer Zafar Shahaan Ansari alongside his county captain Gareth Batty, who will be looking to play at this level for the first time since 2005.
38-year-old Gareth Batty played seven Tests for England including three against Bangladesh. The quartet is completed with Worcestershire’s Moeen Ali and Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid.
Test squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root, Gary Ballance, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Zafar Ansari, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Adil Rashid, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
ODI squad: Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Jos Buttler (captain cum wk), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball, David Willey, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
The English teams are scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh on September 30 and will stay until November 2 to play the Test and ODI series in Dhaka and Chittagong.
The ODIs are scheduled to start on October 7, while the Test series on October 20.
Bangladesh vs England itinerary:
September 30: England team arrival
October 4: One-day game vs Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
October 7: 1st ODI D/N, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
October 9: 2nd ODI D/N, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
October 12: 3rd ODI D/N, Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
October 14-15: Two-day warm-up match, M A Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
October 16-17: Two-day warm-up match, M A Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
October 20-24: 1st Test, Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
October 28 – November 1: 2nd Test, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
Stadium, Dhaka
November 2: England will depart Bangladesh.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced a 17-member Test and 15-member ODI squads for Bangladesh tour to play cricket series, involving two Tests and three One-Day Internationals.
Alastair Cook will lead the England Test team while Jos Buttler the one-day team. Besides his ODI captaincy, Lancashire wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler returned to the Test squad for the first time since October 2015.
The English side Test squad included three uncapped players-Zafar Ansari, Ben Duckett and Haseeb Hameed.
The 19-year-old Lancashire opening batsman Haseeb Hameed has been included in the Test squad for the first time and there is also a place in both squads for Northamptonshire’s prolific batsman Ben Duckett.
England selected four spinners in the Test party, including the uncapped Surrey left-armer Zafar Shahaan Ansari alongside his county captain Gareth Batty, who will be looking to play at this level for the first time since 2005.
38-year-old Gareth Batty played seven Tests for England including three against Bangladesh. The quartet is completed with Worcestershire’s Moeen Ali and Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid.
Test squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root, Gary Ballance, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Zafar Ansari, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Adil Rashid, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
ODI squad: Jason Roy, Sam Billings, Ben Stokes, James Vince, Jos Buttler (captain cum wk), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball, David Willey, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
The English teams are scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh on September 30 and will stay until November 2 to play the Test and ODI series in Dhaka and Chittagong.
The ODIs are scheduled to start on October 7, while the Test series on October 20.
Bangladesh vs England itinerary:
September 30: England team arrival
October 4: One-day game vs Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
October 7: 1st ODI D/N, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
October 9: 2nd ODI D/N, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
October 12: 3rd ODI D/N, Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
October 14-15: Two-day warm-up match, M A Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
October 16-17: Two-day warm-up match, M A Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
October 20-24: 1st Test, Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
October 28 – November 1: 2nd Test, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
Stadium, Dhaka
November 2: England will depart Bangladesh.
