Bangladesh A-Team Tour of West Indies, August 2022

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BD-A is scheduled to play two FC and 3 list-A matches against WI-A next month. All the matches will be played on Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia.

4-7: August: 1st Four-day match – local start time 10
10-13 August: 2nd Four-Day match – local start time 10 am

16 August: 1st 50-over match – local start time 9:30 am
18 August: 2nd 50-over match – local start time 9:30 am
20 August: 3rd 50-over match – local start time 9:30 am

https://www.sportsmax.tv/cricket/cri...h-bangladesh-a

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BCB announced touring squads-

Squad for 4-day matches:
Shadman Islam, Saif Hassan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hassan, Mohammad Mithun, Fazle Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Jaker Ali, Nayeem Hasan, Tanvir Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Mukidul Islam, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Anamul Haque (pacer, not Bijoy)

Squad for One day matches:
Soumya Sarkar, Saif Hassan, Mohammad Naim, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Jaker Ali, Sabbir Rahman, Nayeem Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Khaled Ahmed, Mukidul Islam, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury

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I am surprised though a lesser known Jaker Ali has been preferred over Akbar Ali in both formats. Considering some of the match winning rapid scores Akbar made during DPL, he should have been included at least for list-A matches.

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A-team lost to HP in the practice match at Khulna.

A-team 170/7 in 44.2 overs (before rain interruption)
Saif 21, Soumya 6, Naim 4, Sabbir 6, Zakir 44 (59), Jaker 43* (102), Mruttonjoy 21*
Ripon 2/22, Biplob 2/39

HP 158/2 in 28.2 overs (target 153 in 36 overs)
Parvez Emon 104* (87), Tanzid Tamim 16, Amite Hasan 20* (29)
Saif 1/21, Rakibul 1/20

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WICB declared A-teams-

Squad for 4-day matches:
Joshua Da Silva (Captain), Alick Athanaze, Colin Archibald, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Bryan Charles, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Shermon Lewis, Jeremiah Louis, Marquino Mindley, Anderson Phillip, Jeremy Solozano

Squad for list-A matches:
Joshua Da Silva (Captain), Alick Athanaze, Teddy Bishop, Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Yannic Cariah, Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Shermon Lewis, Jeremiah Louis, Preston McSween, Marquino Mindley, Anderson Phillip, Kevin Sinclair, Shamar Springer

https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/08/02/...-bangladesh-a/

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BD-A batting first, in the first four day match. Joy out for a duck, Saif-Shadman currently batting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaD5zWNtLD4

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Four wickets gone -

Joy 0, Shadman 17, Saif 20, Fazle 1

Mithun and Zakir currently batting.

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Fifth wicket gone: Zakir 7, BD-A 66/5 after 21.1 overs

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Can't fault the batters entirely, the pitch is poorly prepared. Some balls getting odd bounce, while others staying low. The ground itself looks in bad condition. There was couple of hours delay in the morning as run-up on one end looked unsafe for bowlers.

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Whya re we persiting with Sabbit, Mithun and Soumya?

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Originally Posted by Shingara
Whya re we persiting with Sabbit, Mithun and Soumya?

Because we're not finding anyone better.

Jaker Ali Anik is the sixth wicket of the day, scored only 3. Most of the batters were caught behind today, not being able to handle swing.

BD-A 136-6, after 43 overs bowled today (match had delayed start because of poor ground condition, namely one of the bowlers run-up). Mithun (42) and Nayeem Hasan (23) will resume batting tomorrow morning.

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Second FC match day 3 lunch: Saif Hassan not out 116 (295), BD-A 249/6

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Saif finally fell, 146 (347). BD-A declared at 300/9.

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Disastrous start for the one-day series - 80 runs all out!

Sabbir celebrated his recall to the T20I team with 3 runs in 6 balls.

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In the second one-day, Naim got his century, 103 in 117 balls. BD-A 233/5 (44.5 Overs). Sabbir batting at 38 (39).

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BD-A 277/6 after 50 overs. The pitch is not really flat, think our bowlers will be able to defend it (in the last match, they took 6 wickets trying to defend 80 runs).

Sabbir scored 62 in 58 balls. He probably did enough to claim a spot in Asia Cup XI. However, he did miss out on short balls, during death overs, that were in slot for hook/pull. Hopefully Siddons will get to watch clips of Sabbir's batting today, and will come up with plans to help him.

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I can see why Raja was in consideration for national team. He's bowling much better than Mughdho and Khaled today. Two wickets so far for him.

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Good bowling effort from BD-A on the third one-day.

WI-A 238/9

Raja 4-50
MJoy 2-43

With Hasan Mahmud out with injury, I think MJoy done well to display his death over skills in this match and stake a claim for Asia Cup squad.

Raja has been impressive in the last two matches as well. But, since he bowls during middle overs, he's more likely to be considered a standby option.

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The last match abandoned after 15.4 overs in BD-A innings, due to rain. Soumya had some batting practice, scored 30 runs in 42 balls.

FC series was 0-0 draw (those matches were curtailed as well because of rain), one-day series ended in 1-1 draw.

Find of the series: Mrittunjoy Chowdhury. I can see him joining the national team pacer pool in upcoming international series/tournaments in all three formats.

Saif's century in the last FC match prolly placed him ahead of Shadman as a backup option for the Test team. Naim's century in the last one-day keeps him in contention as a backup opener for LOI matches.