Thursday, June 25, 2009

BCB picks U-19 squad for England tour

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday picked a 15-member under-19 squad for the tour of England to play against their English counterparts in July.

The Bangladesh U-19 side will play two four-day matches, four one-day matches and two Twenty20 matches against the England U-19 side during the month-long tour.

However, the visitors captained by Mahmudul Hasan will start their tour taking on England U-18 in a two-day warm-up match on July 3-4.

The U-19s boys will leave the country on June 30.

Squad: Mahamudul Hasan (captain), Amit Majunder (vice-captain), Saikat Ali, Asif Ahmed, Shabbir Rahaman, Imamul Hossain, Muminul Hoque Showrab, Mohammed Abul Hasan, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Alauddin Babu, Shohag Reza, Shaker Ahmed, Anamul Haque Bijoy (wk), Quazi Nurul Hasan (wicketkeeper), and Nur Hossain.
http://cricket.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=26&id=88219#tp88216