England cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Friday evening to play three-match ODI and a two-match Test series against Bangladesh in Dhaka and Chittagong.
An ‘Etihad Airways’ flight carrying the 43-men English team, including 21 officials arrived at Shahjalal International Airport at around 8:30pm.
The English cricket team will start the much-hyped tour with a one-day practice match against BCB XI at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS) in Fatullah on Tuesday (4 October).
Joseph Charles Buttler-led English ODI side will play the first two matches of the day-night series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) on 7 and 9 October. The 3rd ODI is scheduled to be held at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong (ZACS) on 12 October.
Alastair Nathan Cook will lead the Test side in this tour for a two-match series starting at ZACS on 20 October. The 2nd Test will start on 28 October at SBNCS.
Ahead of the Test series, the visitors will play two two-day warm-up matches against BCB XI at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong. The 1st warm-up match will begin on 14 October while the 2nd one on 16 October.
The English team will leave for home from Dhaka on 2 November.
22-cricketers of England cricket team: Joseph Charles Buttler (ODI captain), Moeen Munir Ali, Jonathan Marc Bairstow, Jacob Timothy Ball, Ben Matthew Duckett, Adil Usman Rashid, Benjamin Andrew Stokes, Christopher Roger Woakes and Steven Thomas Finn (included both in the Test and ODI squad). Alastair Nathan Cook (Test captain), Zafar Shahaan Ansari, Gary Simon Balance, Gareth Jon Batty, Haseebullah Ismail Hameed, Joseph Edward Root and Stuart Christopher John Broad (only included in Test squad). Samuel William Billings, Liam Andrew Dawson, Liam Edward Plunkett, Jason Jonathan Roy, James Michael Vince and David Jonathan Willey (Included in the only ODI squad).
21-member officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB): Tom William Harrison (Chief Executive, ECB), Andrew John Strauss (Director England Cricket), Christopher Edward Haynes (Director of Communications) John James Whitaker (National Selector), Phillip Anthony Neale (Operations Manager), Trevor Harley Bayliss (Head Coach), Steven John Rhodes (Coach), Andrew Hurry (Coach), Paul Farbrace (Assistant Coach) Paul David Collingwood (Fielding coach), Ottis Delroy Gibson (Bowling Coach), Mark Ravin Ramprakash (Batting Coach), Philip Christopher Francis Scott (Strength & Conditioning Coach), Gurjit Singh Bhogal (Doctor), Craig Antony De Weymarn (Physiologist), Giles Oliver Nairn Lindsay (Analyst), Mark Edward Stephen Saxby (Soft Tissue Therapist), Daniel Marc Reuben (Media Manager), Liam Paul Staines (Digital Video Producer), Tahir Saleem Minish (Security Operative) and Reginald Clyde Dickason (Security Manager).
Source: Prothom Alo
