Big picture Bangladesh likely cannot wait for this Test to get started. As they look ahead to a brave new red-ball world, one where they play an aggressive, attractive brand of Test cricket, Pakistan must feel like the perfect foil to demonstrate their qualities against. A resounding win in the first Test has given them…
Big picture – Bangladesh back in T20Is after 146 days The first T20I in Chattogram on Monday will have an interesting mix of unknowns. Bangladesh played 30 T20Is from May to December last year as build-up to the marquee tournament. They beat Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the five bilateral series they won in…
Bangladesh’s chance to down NZ In the absence of the first-choice players, who are away at the IPL or PSL, New Zealand have arrived in Bangladesh with one of their most inexperienced sides. For the first ODI in Dhaka, the visitors will be without eight players who were in the New Zealand XI in the…