Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 1998
The Bangladeshi cricket team toured England, Ireland and Scotland in the 1998 season to accilimatise themselves ahead of the 1999 Cricket World Cup. They played series of games against Irish and Scottish team across June and July 1998. It was the first tour by an Bangladeshi team. [1]
The team was captained by the Akram Khan[2] and its outstanding player was Aminul Islam, the vice-captain and star-batsmen of his era.
Squad
- Akram Khan (captain)
- Aminul Islam (vice-captain)
- Athar Ali Khan
- Minhazul Abedin
- Faruque Ahmed
- Mohmmad Rafuque
- Naimur Rahman
- Khaled Mahmud
- Khaled Masood
- Hasibul Hossain
- Morshed Ali Khan
- Azam Iqbal
- Shafiuddin Ahmed
- Atiar Rahman
- Zakir Hasan
- Enamul Haque
- Tanveer Khan
Ahmed Sajjadul Alam (tour-manager) Gazi Ashraf Hossain (manager) Gordon Greenidge (coach)
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References
- "Cricketers leave for UK June 2". The Daily Star, Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- "Bangladesh in Ireland, England and Scotland, Jun-Jul 1998 - Bangladesh Squad". BBC News. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
Further reading
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1912
- Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001
External links
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