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| Bangladesh
Squad
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Team
Allocations |
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Bangladesh
Pool-B
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Note:
Matches played at Newlands and Kingsmead
(shown depicted in Bold) are to be staged as
Day/Night matches. |
| Date/Days |
Match
No. |
|
v |
Team |
Venue |
|
11
Feb, Tuesday
|
5
|
Bangladesh
|
v
|
Canada
|
Kingsmead,
Durban
|
|
14
Feb, Friday
|
10
|
Bangladesh
|
v
|
Sri
Lanka
|
Pietermaritzburg
Oval, Pietermaritzburg
|
|
18
Feb, Tuesday
|
16
|
Bangladesh
|
v
|
West
Indies
|
Willowmoore
Park, Benoni
|
|
22
Feb, Saturday
|
23
|
Bangladesh
|
v
|
South
Africa
|
Goodyear
Park, Bloemfontein
|
|
26
Feb, Wednesday
|
30
|
Bangladesh
|
v
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New
Zealand
|
De
Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
|
|
01
Mar, Saturday
|
35
|
Bangladesh
|
v
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Kenya
|
The
Wanderers, Johannesburg
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Country
Information |
| Official
Name |
People's
Republic of Bangladesh |
| History |
Formerly
part of British India, the country became the
eastern part of Pakistan in the partition of
1947. Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. |
| Religion |
Islam |
| Language |
Bengali
and English |
| Area |
143,998km2 |
| Population |
120,073,000 |
| Capital |
Dhaka |
| Other
Major Cities |
Chittagong,
Khulna, Rajshahi |
| Local
Time |
6
hours ahead of GMT |
| Money |
Taka
= 100 Poisha |
| Weather |
Tropical,
hot and humid. Bangladesh is notoriously
affected by heavy and widespread flooding during
the monsoon season. |
|
|
Cricket
Stats |
|
|
Bangladesh
Cricket Association |
|
|
2000 v
India |
|
|
1986 v
Pakistan |
|
|
Habibul
Bashar 812 |
Highest
Test Wicket Taker
|
Manjural
Islam 17 |
|
|
Akram
Khan 857 |
|
|
Hasibul
Hossain 28 |
|
Major
Grounds |
Dhaka
Chittagong |
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