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CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (CMC) — Depleted by the withdrawal of several first choice players a...

Stern first test for second-string; what will Brathwaite’s young West Indians be thinking?  Ardent WI cricket fans said a prayer. And continue to pray. Curtly Ambrose made an appeal. Sir Clive Lloyd wrote a letter. Coach Phil Simmons issued a challenge. But the biggest impact on the performance of Kraigg Brathwaite’s second-string unit in Bangladesh over the next couple of weeks is likely to come from the announcement made by Ricky Skerritt last week. “Broadcast media rights income is crucial to the future financial sustainability of CWI,” the CWI president declared, “and this five...

Tigers return to Tests today Photo: Firoz Ahmed Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent Unlike the team that surrendered meekly in the three-match ODI series, the visiting West Indies side is expected to put up a better show in the longer format when they take on Bangladesh in the first Test from today. The first of two Tests will start from 9:30am at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque and his troops will be making a return to Test cricket after over 10 months and for them the main challenge will be to ...

Bangladesh bid to start 'afresh' in first Test for a year Issued on: 3 min Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) Bangladesh's first Test in almost a year, against the West Indies in Chittagong on Wednesday, is a chance for the Tigers to start "afresh", captain Mominul Haque said Tuesday. It will be Bangladesh's first home match in the World Test Championship, a competition where they have yet to secure any points. The two-Test series culminates in Dhaka from February 11-15. "Since we are returning (to Test cricket), it gives us another opportunity to start afresh," Mominul told reporters at a virtu...

Jayed wants to start well after a long break Sports Correspondent 29th January, 2021 11:29:02 Bangladesh pacer Abu Jayed on Friday said that he wanted to begin the Test series well as Tigers will take on West Indies in the first of two-match series in Chattogram on February 3-7. Bangladesh haven’t played a Test match since February last year as the coronavirus pandemic forced all their scheduled series in between either postponed or cancelled. Jayed, a regular member of Bangladesh Test team, who played against Zimbabwe last year in a one-off Test series, had to wait a bit longer to play an ...