Published: Aug 27, 2017, 08:42 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 27, 2017, 10:08 AM (IST)
Good morning! Hello and welcome to Cricketcountry’s live coverage of the ongoing Test series between Bangladesh and Australia. This is the first Test, to be played at the Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur and here you will get all the live updates and scores from the match. Bangladesh and Australia have played only four Tests between them in the past, all of which went in favour of the latter. However, Bangladesh have put up impressive performances, making it a good contest if not even. This match will be Tamim Iqbal’s 50th Test, which makes it special for him.
Australia is wary of the threat posed by Bangladesh’s spinners ahead of their two-Test series starting on Sunday in Dhaka, batsman Glenn Maxwell said. The Australians have not won a Test series on the subcontinent since 2011, when they beat Sri Lanka 1-0, and have been preparing hard for the slow and turning tracks. Steve Smith’s team have not played a Test in Bangladesh in more than a decade and their preparations were hampered when their only practice game was washed out because of flooding in Fatullah. The opening Test at Mirpur will be the first between the countries since Ricky Ponting’s side toured the country in 2006, winning the two-match series 2-0. Part of the visitors’ drills this time has included batting in the nets without a front pad, a lay designed to emphasise the importance of using the bat in order to avoid leg-before decisions against the slow bowlers, reported PTI.
Bangladesh squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mehedi Hasan, Shafiul Islam, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed.
Australia XI: Steve Smith (c), David Warner, Matthew Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
