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Squad Announced.

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June 16, 2017
Australia squad confirmed for Qantas Tour of Bangladesh
The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel have selected a 13 player squad for the Qantas Tour of Bangladesh in August.

Qantas Tour of Bangladesh squad
Steve Smith (C) NSW
David Warner (VC) NSW
Ashton Agar WA
Hilton Cartwright WA
Pat Cummins NSW
Peter Handscomb VIC
Josh Hazlewood NSW
Usman Khawaja QLD
Nathan Lyon NSW
Glenn Maxwell VIC
James Pattinson VIC
Matthew Renshaw QLD
Matthew Wade VIC

West Australian left arm-orthodox spinner Ashton Agar has been named Nathan Lyon’s spinning partner whilst his state teammate Hilton Cartwright has also been selected.

Speaking on the selections of Agar and Cartwright National Selector Trevor Hohns said: “Ashton has continued to impress us with his form and we believe his bowling is at a level where he deserves to be playing on the highest stage. He will work nicely in tandem with Nathan Lyon and also brings a great all-round package to the team.

“Whilst Steve O’Keefe bowled well in Pune, he did not maintain this level in the remaining matches of the series and we believe the timing is right for Ashton to enter the set-up and test his all-rounder ability."

“Hilton averages nearly 60 runs in first class cricket and was the second highest run scorer in the Sheffield Shield last season with 861 runs. He is a quality player who we believe has a big future for Australia and we are very keen to see him carry on his good form in the sub-continent.

Speaking on Mitchell Starc’s omission from this tour, Bupa Support Team Physiotherapist David Beakely said: “Mitchell was due to go for follow up scans after the Champions Trophy, as part of his recovery plan. These scans have indicated his previous stress fracture has still not fully healed to the extent we would like.

“He will now undertake a period of rest from bowling with the aim to have him return for the one-day series in India in late September as he begins his build up to the Ashes.”

Selectors have allowed for a replacement for Starc to be added, increasing the squad to 14, and it is expected this selection will take place following the Australia A Tour of South Africa.

The Australian side will arrive in Bangladesh on the 18 August and play a two-day tour match in Fatullah on 22 August before going on to play two Tests in Dhaka and Chittagong on 27 August and 4 September respectively.

Sridharan Sriram will again join the Bupa Support Coaching staff on this tour as spin consultant, following his stint in India.

Cricket Australia Executive General Manager, Pat Howard said:
“The Bangladesh Cricket Board and the Bangladesh Government have provided satisfactory levels of assurance and security for this tour to proceed at this stage, and we’re very grateful to them for this.

“We will continue to work with them to finalise plans but also monitor advice from Government agencies and our own security advisors about the security risk. Our number one priority will always be the safety and security of our players and support staff when travelling to any country,” said Howard.

“Players selected for this tour will continue to receive regular security status updates prior to travelling.

“Selectors have also chosen this Bangladesh squad irrespective and independent of the status of the MOU. We are working towards a resolution being in place by 30 June and look forward to continuing to support these players to perform at their very best on the global stage.”
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There was a thread by someone(must be a Bangla fan) about Starc declining IPL to prepare for Bangladesh tour :)))
 
Starc injured. The tour schedule hasn't even been released yet. Is there ODI's and T20s as well or just tests?
 
Starc injured again what is going on. Should be a good series anyhow. Looking forward to it.
 
Australia tour in Bangladesh : Cricket Australia announce test squad to tour Bangladesh.

Starc featured in Australia's failed Champions Trophy campaign but scans revealed the left-arm paceman has not fully recovered from the foot fracture that cut short his India tour earlier this year.
"Mitchell was due to go for follow-up scans after the Champions Trophy, as part of his recovery plan," physiotherapist David Beakely said after CA named a 13-member squad.

"He will now undertake a period of rest from bowling with the aim to have him return for the one-day series in India in late September as he begins his build up to the Ashes."
Fit-again James Pattinson joined fellow pacemen Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, while the selectors will name a fourth fast bowler later.
O'Keefe was a notable omission, having taken 12 wickets in the first Test in India and finishing as Australia's joint leading wicket-taker in the series, which the hosts won 2-1.

"Whilst Steve O'Keefe bowled well in Pune, he did not maintain this level in the remaining matches of the series..." national selector Trevor Hohns said.
Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar has been asked instead to partner off-spinner Nathan Lyon for the Tests in Dhaka (from Aug. 27) and Chittagong (from Sept. 4).
"Ashton has continued to impress us with his form and we believe his bowling is at a level where he deserves to be playing on the highest stage," Hohns said.
"He will work nicely in tandem with Nathan Lyon and also brings a great all-round package to the team."
All-rounder Hilton Cartwright has also been named in the Steve Smith-led squad.
Australia postponed their tour of Bangladesh in 2015 over security concerns but CA executive general manager Pat Howard was satisfied with the assurance from their hosts.

The tour comes after a previously planned visit in October 2015 was postponed at the last minute by security concerns. Executive General Manager of Team Performance, Pat Howard, said CA was happy with the current security arrangements, which have been promised to be at levels akin to a presidential or royal visit.
"The Bangladesh Cricket Board and the Bangladesh Government have provided satisfactory levels of assurance and security for this tour to proceed at this stage, and we’re very grateful to them for this," Howard said.
"We will continue to work with them to finalise plans but also monitor advice from Government agencies and our own security advisors about the security risk."

Australia squad:

Steve Smith (captain), David Warner (vice-captain), Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Matt Renshaw, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper). (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Peter Rutherford)

FIXTURES

18 August Australia arrive
22-23 August Tour match,Fatullah
27-31 August First Test, Dhaka
4-8 September Second Test, Chittagong

Source: Cricket Australia
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/aust...gar-pattinson-cummins-starc-okeefe/2017-06-16
 
Bangladesh tour preparations to be completed in Darwin

The Australian Men’s Cricket Team will complete a pre-tour camp in Darwin prior to their two-Test Qantas Tour of Bangladesh. Cricket Australia, Northern Territory Cricket and the Northern Territory Government today confirmed the camp for the Australian Squad, which will be based at Darwin’s Marrara Cricket Ground.

The seven day camp will commence on 10 August and includes daily training sessions, game development initiatives with local cricket clubs, coordinated through NT Cricket, and a three-day inter-squad match from 14-16 August.

Members of the Australia A squad who are on tour in South Africa and were selected for the Qantas Tour of Bangladesh will join-up with the squad in Darwin from 12 August.

Darwin locals and visitors will be welcome to attend the three-day match free of charge, thanks to the outstanding support of the Northern Territory Government.

Speaking on the confirmation of the camp, Cricket Australia’s Executive General Manager of Team Performance, Pat Howard said:

“We’re extremely grateful to the support received from the Northern Territory Government and NT Cricket for assisting in facilitating this camp ahead of our Test tour of Bangladesh.

“Darwin will provide the ideal acclimatisation ahead of the tour and the facilities at Marrara Cricket Ground are first-class.

“We’re working closely with NT Cricket to replicate conditions in Bangladesh, as we did in Dubai for the Indian Test tour earlier this year, so the squad gets the best preparation possible before departing from Darwin directly to Bangladesh.

Northern Territory Minister for Tourism and Culture, the Hon Lauren Moss MLA said:

“I am absolutely delighted that the Australian Men’s Cricket Team has chosen Darwin as the location to prepare for its Test series against Bangladesh.

“The team’s visit will provide great national and international exposure of the NT as a world-class travel destination.

“I have been working closely with NT Cricket and Cricket Australia and we are thrilled to be hosting the Test squad in the Top End. Hosting the Australian Test team is another opportunity to demonstrate our capacity to host major sporting events and will provide an important boost to the local economy.

“I have no doubt the team will enjoy preparing for their matches against Bangladesh in our great city and it will be a wonderful opportunity for Territorians to see their heroes up close, contributing to the Gunner Labor Government’s vision for building vibrant communities.”

Northern Territory Cricket CEO, Troy Watson said:

“We are really excited to be welcoming the Australian Men’s Cricket Team to Darwin in August. Their decision to come here is reflective of the NT’s unique position to provide ideal first-class winter training opportunities, with our consistent weather, a variety of pitch options and players to offer a competitive opposition for matches.

“We can offer a valuable preparation environment and simulate similar conditions to those the team will face during their tour of Bangladesh in late August, which will be of great benefit to everyone.

“I encourage cricket fans across the Top End to come along and be part of the crowd during match days, and to take part in other opportunities to meet and learn from some of Australia’s best cricketers,” said Watson.
 
That is really early for a squad announcement; Pakistan tend to announce their's literally a few weeks before the start of the opening international rubber.
 
Nil Dhumrojal said:
Bangladesh also announced 29 man preliminary squad.
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Australia announced their 13 man squad 2 months before the tour, that's what I am surprised about.

Prelim squads do tend to get announced early so that coaches get a look at players and select the ones they want to have in the final squad before the series.
 
Haroon786 said:
Australia announced their 13 man squad 2 months before the tour, that's what I am surprised about.

Prelim squads do tend to get announced early so that coaches get a look at players and select the ones they want to have in the final squad before the series.
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Well if you are having training camps because it is out of season you need to know who will be in the training camp.
 
Convict said:
Well if you are having training camps because it is out of season you need to know who will be in the training camp.
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The article above has the training camp as preparation for the Bangladesh tour, so the squad selection is also for the Bangladesh tour. This doesn't seem like a general out of season, tune up camp - it's for getting comfortable with conditions similar to Bangladeshi ones.
 
Haroon786 said:
The article above has the training camp as preparation for the Bangladesh tour, so the squad selection is also for the Bangladesh tour. This doesn't seem like a general out of season, tune up camp - it's for getting comfortable with conditions similar to Bangladeshi ones.
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That is my point. When you select the training camp people you already know who you are bringing to Bangladesh so why not pick the team already?
 
13 is a pretty tight squad.

Cartwright, Agar, Maxwell and Cummins/Pattinson fighting it out for spots I'd say.
 
After watching Aus-Ind series I think Australia should win as per my cricketing knowledge but Bangladesh have improved a lot and would be full of confidence after getting that semifinal berth. No mattter what people say that rain helped them or not. They beat NZ fair and square and Aussies had their chance against England but couldn't win. Before the tournament started only two teams had a real chance to stop England and those were India and Australia but it turned out to be PAKISTAN. So really anything can happen on the field
 
Bangalis are going to have fun in this series. Pitches are surely going to be made from the sea dust which will induce a dozen cracks the moment the first ball will land on it and sure enough Aussies will not like it one bit.
 
Nil Dhumrojal said:
It would be cracker. I hope we will win it by 1-0 this time.
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Very high ambition.I shall be very glad if the result is 1-1 like England series.I am really scared of Aussie offi Lyon.He will be the real danger on our spinning track.
 
Even in Bangladeshi conditions- assuming turning tracks that deteriorate but offer good batting conditions on days 1 & 2 at least I'd still back Australia to win over 2 tests. I think our batting is more consistent overall & better used to handling pressure. Bangladesh batting in tests, where 400+ is needed relies almost entirely on Tamim, Shaqib & Mushfaqir, with almost nothing coming from the rest. Those 3 are very good players but it is a huge ask for them to score 2 hundreds between them every innings just to get the team near 400. 1-0 or 2-0 Oz in this case

The other option is for Bangladesh to prepare real dustbowls & risk 2.5 day tests in a low scoring shootout scenario. That makes it more of a lottery and I actually favour Bangladeshi bowlers to fare better in that scenario- although any of the Bangla big 3 or Warner or Steve Smith could just as easily knock out a quick fire, match turning innings. I'd say 1-1 if they go for this style of pitch.
 
wrongun said:
Even in Bangladeshi conditions- assuming turning tracks that deteriorate but offer good batting conditions on days 1 & 2 at least I'd still back Australia to win over 2 tests. I think our batting is more consistent overall & better used to handling pressure. Bangladesh batting in tests, where 400+ is needed relies almost entirely on Tamim, Shaqib & Mushfaqir, with almost nothing coming from the rest. Those 3 are very good players but it is a huge ask for them to score 2 hundreds between them every innings just to get the team near 400. 1-0 or 2-0 Oz in this case

The other option is for Bangladesh to prepare real dustbowls & risk 2.5 day tests in a low scoring shootout scenario. That makes it more of a lottery and I actually favour Bangladeshi bowlers to fare better in that scenario- although any of the Bangla big 3 or Warner or Steve Smith could just as easily knock out a quick fire, match turning innings. I'd say 1-1 if they go for this style of pitch.
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BD would most probably choose the second option.
 
On a rank turner we will get a close game. That gives Bangladesh a chance of winning as well. A flat pitch that will deteriate the longer the game goes on will suit Australia. Lyon and Agaar isn't the best spin attack in the world as well. Australia will be relaying on the pace attack.

Should he a good series. Hopefully Pattinson gets a game in this series as well.
 
Firstly, are we even sure Australia will have players to send for a tour? The 13 they picked will be put of contract in 3 days time.

Secondly, its off season in BD...both tests will be drawn with washouts just like the SA series of 2015.
 
Shutdown Corner said:
Firstly, are we even sure Australia will have players to send for a tour? The 13 they picked will be put of contract in 3 days time.

Secondly, its off season in BD...both tests will be drawn with washouts just like the SA series of 2015.
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Accuwethether shows that most of the 10 playing days will have some showers and storm and partly sunny. So may be total series will be washed out. :facepalm: :facepalm:
 
Hasan123 said:
On a rank turner we will get a close game. That gives Bangladesh a chance of winning as well. A flat pitch that will deteriate the longer the game goes on will suit Australia. Lyon and Agaar isn't the best spin attack in the world as well. Australia will be relaying on the pace attack.

Should he a good series. Hopefully Pattinson gets a game in this series as well.
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That's the risk for Bangladesh- a rank turner is usually slightly hard/cracking & can bring taller fast bowlers into the game in the 2nd innings- WI & McGrath had great Asian records from such pitches.
 
wrongun said:
That's the risk for Bangladesh- a rank turner is usually slightly hard/cracking & can bring taller fast bowlers into the game in the 2nd innings- WI & McGrath had great Asian records from such pitches.
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Still, I think that's our best chance to compete. On 400+ first innings wickets, very little chance to get 20 wickets but every possibility of losing 20 - so, unless it rains, best we should expect is 0-1.

On rank turners, with 3 spinners, if we bat first both times, it can be as good as 2-0; but as worse as 0-2 as well. I think, it's better to go with 4 day result wicket & back the batsmen to out perform Aussie batsmen on rank turners.
 
wrongun said:
That's the risk for Bangladesh- a rank turner is usually slightly hard/cracking & can bring taller fast bowlers into the game in the 2nd innings- WI & McGrath had great Asian records from such pitches.
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Rank turner is there best chance . So it's a chance they have to take.
 
Where's Shaun Marsh?? He should be in the squad considering his record in Asia.

Bangladesh will lose the series. 1-0 or 2-0. But they will probably be competitive.
 
Convict said:
That is my point. When you select the training camp people you already know who you are bringing to Bangladesh so why not pick the team already?
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I'm not saying it was a bad move, just quite surprising since I'm and many on here are accustomed to the far more sedate moves of the PCB.

One issue that maybe raised with this is that will the fast bowlers remain fit for the next two months - something that hasn't always borne the test of time.
 
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Contractual problem but anyhow Aus will most probably send forth tier team as 100s of players will be unemployed if they don't agree with the board. Whatever happens CA Surely will send a team to show their guts towards the rival players. So anyhow series is happening.
 
MMHS said:
What happened?
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Australia may not be able to field an XI at this point.

They're going to cancel the tour if the entire national team and all the shield players are unavaliable.
 
If they send a team at all, Australia will send their second tier players because some might not agree to tour Bangladesh. This will mean Bangladesh will win the series and jump to cloud 9 again and talk about how they are the best team in Asia.
 
Commander said:
If they send a team at all, Australia will send their second tier players because some might not agree to tour Bangladesh. This will mean Bangladesh will win the series and jump to cloud 9 again and talk about how they are the best team in Asia.
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Australia will not be sending second tier players. If the contract dispute is still happening then no sheffield shield players will be available.

It would be sixth or seventh tier.
 
I think Aussies will win 2-0. But I hope BD fight. If rank turners are prepared, BD have a chance.
 
Convict said:
Australia will not be sending second tier players. If the contract dispute is still happening then no sheffield shield players will be available.

It would be sixth or seventh tier.
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WOW, I didn't know that. I don't really see the point of this tour at all because of that.
 
Surely things would be sorted out before then. Besides security reasons I highly doubt the tour would be affected.
 
While I totally understand CA decision to delay their test series'

The series was supposed to be held in 2011 but was postponed to 2016 which wasn't held for security scare and now unemployment.

No point if CA send a group of nobodies. Better call of the tour and plan a tour
 
Doesn't look like this tour will happen, shame as it would have been interesting.
 
Australians mull Bangladesh tour boycott

Australia’s senior players have voted to boycott next month’s tour of Bangladesh unless their long-running pay dispute with Cricket Australia (CA) is settled before they leave, reports said on Monday (July 24).

Steven Smith and David Warner attended a meeting with Alastair Nicholson, the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) chief executive, to consider their options after a breakdown in talks with CA last week.

The Australian newspaper said the players discussed a range of options, including going ahead with the Bangladesh tour under a special contractual arrangement. But they resolved to stand by the resolutions reached at a previous meeting and refuse to take part in any tours unless there was a new memorandum of understanding in place.

The players are entering their fourth week of unemployment since the failure to reach a new agreement on pay at the end of June.

The squad voted to attend the training camp in Darwin on August 10 but will not leave for Bangladesh a week later unless an agreement is reached, the newspaper said. The first match of the two-Test series is due to start ten days later.

The Australia A squad went through a similar process before abandoning the tour of South Africa earlier this month.

The dispute is over CA’s refusal to renew a revenue-sharing arrangement which has been part of all deals over the past two decades. Reports said the ACA was close to a deal with CA last week. Players proposed they retain the revenue-sharing model but sacrifice up to A$ 30 million (US$ 24 million) of their pay to grassroots cricket. But CA chose not to offer the revenue-sharing deal.

The players expressed disappointment at the latest developments in the protracted dispute, which threatens the showpiece Ashes home series against England later this year.

“Not sure the players can do much more to solve the dispute. We’re really proud to offer up to an extra $30 million for grassroots #fairshare,” tweeted Warner.

Pat Cummins added, “Players are as frustrated as anyone else. We want to play. Offering even more to grassroots to get a deal!!! #fairshare.”

http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/australians-mull-bangladesh-tour-boycott/262182
 
I have to admit I find it funny that Pat Cummins of all people is tweeting about a fair share when he was put on the gravy train as a teenage and remained on it for half a decade without even playing a shield game.
 
Convict said:
I have to admit I find it funny that Pat Cummins of all people is tweeting about a fair share when he was put on the gravy train as a teenage and remained on it for half a decade without even playing a shield game.
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Because he is a once in a generation talent.

It's not charity. It's just about cutting a diamond as well as it can be cut.

It's a shame so few Aussies are in unions now. It's why our pay has stagnated while corporate profits boom. It's not exactly rocket science.
 
This series was supposed to have taken place in 2011. It's 2017 and the chances are the series won't even take place
 
Nil Dhumrojal said:
Shame.
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It's for an issue at their end - not for any reason at BD end; therefore no reason to curse Aussies or their board. These are tough times that any board can go through. I wish, maturity is shown at BCB ends - let them solve their issues first & then fulfill their commitment. CA is going through its biggest crisis since mid 70s & other boards need to be patient here - our miss fortune is that the issue hit a rock bottom stand still just before the BD tour.
 
Shutdown Corner said:
We should look to host NZ instead. I think they are free.

Or tour Zimbabawe for 2 tests as a warm up for the SA tour.
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This. Forget Aus. They were never interested to tour bd. I am sure all the problems will be sorted out just before Ind tour as they have huge interest to tour them.
 
Hopefully this tour still happens. Would be an interesting test series on a pitch that has something in it for the bowlers.

Odi's will be one sided in favour of the Australians.
 
Hasan123 said:
Hopefully this tour still happens. Would be an interesting test series on a pitch that has something in it for the bowlers.

Odi's will be one sided in favour of the Australians.
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I don't think there are any ODIs
 
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...an-cricket-to-bangladesh-20170728-gxkhup.html

Remember Michael Clarke? One of the former Australian cricket captain's list of crimes against humanity was that he insisted on treating every Test match, be it against England at the MCG or Bangladesh in Fatullah, as equally important. Whenever Clarke said this, the hate flowed. Where was his sense of tradition? How could he call himself a real Aussie bloke if he didn't go to bed cradling a replica Ashes urn? What kind of a soulless robot was he to prepare for every occasion as if all Test matches were on the same plane?

Whether he was ahead of or behind the times, Clarke stood somehow outside them, an impression confirmed by the "soft deadline/hard deadline" approach to the current cricket dispute. It is clear that all Test matches are equal, but some are more equal than others. If the warring parties of Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association have found any common ground, it is in their focus on making peace in time for the all-important Ashes, while the tour of Bangladesh scheduled to start on 18 August, well, maybe that will just have to fall by the wayside. The Australian public is also in on it. Doesn't really matter if Australia A loses a tour of South Africa; and if Bangladesh misses out, so be it. But don't mess with our Ashes! And don't anger our Indian paymasters by missing the October one-dayers! Getting the dispute resolved has a soft deadline – we'd like to go to Bangladesh, but geez, that might be a bit too hard – and a hard deadline – the money events. What's the dispute really about? Loot, of course, and the administrators, the players and the public are all filthed-up by the same lucre.

The Australian Test team is due to fly to Bangladesh in 20 days. Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland's pronouncement on Thursday that a resolution must arrive next week or else an arbitrator will be summoned was a signal of hardening the commitment to tour a country from which Australia's Test team has been conspicuously absent since 2006. But now let's see how serious CA and the ACA are. Australia pulled out of a tour to Bangladesh in 2015 for security reasons. In inward-looking, backward-yearning, colonialist Australia, was that seen as much of a loss? Not really. It's only Bangladesh, it's not England or anything.

Already, it's hard to see how the Australian team's preparation for Bangladesh cannot have been compromised. If there is a sense of expendability about this tour, it would add another chapter to Australia's shameful history not only in relations with Bangladesh but in Test cricket's fight to reverse its long march to irrelevance.

In its neglect of the so-called "minnows", Australia has long been the worst offender. Our poor performance in cricket's international outreach didn't start but certainly hit a low point in the 1990s when a leading administrator said that we supported Zimbabwe's entry into world cricket, "just not in a playing sense". That has been Australia's pattern ever since, with a dwindling schedule against second-tier nations while chasing blockbuster-saturation with series against fellow "big three" members India and England. India, meanwhile, have been a model of cricketing diplomacy, playing everyone everywhere (except Pakistan, which is another story). Australia is an outlier in the cricket community; insular, self-serving, materialistic.

In the 11 years since Australia and Bangladesh last played a Test match, England have played the Tigers at home and away, India have toured there three times and hosted them once, and the players of South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, the West Indies, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka have been there often enough to drive their own Uber cars around Dhaka. The entire Test cricket world, in other words, has built strong playing relations with Bangladesh. Except for Australia.

Bangladesh's playing record is improving fast. Their last Test match was their 100th, which they celebrated with their first away win on the subcontinent, beating Sri Lanka in Colombo. Bangladesh won only three of their first 78 Test matches over a 13-year period from 2000, but in the past four years, they have won six, lost nine and drawn seven. When England toured last October, the series was split 1-1 after teenage off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz routed the Poms twice in Dhaka. So maybe the Australians are just a little bit worried.

What the hell is Australian cricket doing? Just stand back from this for a moment. In the 17 years since Bangladesh became a Test-playing nation, international Test cricket has withered in the West Indies, is not played in Pakistan, is comatose in Zimbabwe, and is rugby's poor relation in New Zealand and South Africa. The next cricket World Cup is going to be one-third smaller than the last one. In Australia, cricket's health and relevance are under constant assault from the football codes. So when international cricket brings in a new country that is seven times bigger than Australia, and two and a half times bigger than the UK, what does Australia do? Plays two Test matches against that country, in Darwin and Cairns of all places, in the winter of 2003, and tours there just once, in 2006. It is nothing short of pathetic and exposes Australia as stuck in a colonial, Ashes-obsessed mindset which only yields to the non-Anglo world (India currently, the West Indies in the past) when there is money to be made. Australia can sometimes be a small country with a small mind and an oversized ego, a minnow that looks in the mirror and sees a whale.

The pity about Australia's lack of commitment is underscored by the memories created when it last toured Bangladesh. Scheduled as an afterthought, appended to a gruelling tour of South Africa, the Bangladesh tour of 2006 was infamous for the Australians' lack of interest in their opening few days. Shane Warne went for 0/112 in Bangladesh's first innings and according to teammates would have served the team better by going straight home. A disgruntled top order fell in a heap, and at one point Australia were 6- 93 in response to Bangladesh's 427.

Then, Adam Gilchrist ground out a five-hour 144. What did he regard as his best-ever Test innings? None of the big-hitting extravaganzas you're thinking of: it was that 144 in Fatullah. Then Warne, looking like Charles M. Schultz's Pigpen, stirred back to life, and Ricky Ponting willed himself to a match-winning unbeaten 118 as Australia chased down 307. Then, in Chittagong, Jason Gillespie scored his fabled double-century as a nightwatchman before Warne and Stuart MacGill cleaned up. (Clarke, who was fighting to get back into the team and only played as a replacement for the injured Justin Langer, had to endure watching Gillespie and Mike Hussey steal his chance, and only got to score 23 not out). It was fabulous and unique Test cricket and, as it happened, an important step in Australia's preparation for their triumph in the 2006/07 Ashes.

Whenever these series are not played, what are lost are the deeds and memories that comprise the very fibre of a sport. Next month's tour is not dispensable. The world no longer revolves around Australia and England. It would take a small mind, a provincial and materialistic attitude, to regard the Bangladesh tour as less than equal to the big-money events later in the year. Unfortunately, for both sides in this dispute, so far the dollars have been the only thing to be counted.
 
Brilliant article that. Australia haven't played enough with us. Shakib Tamim Mushy Riad never played a test against Australia. I don't remember when we last had a series with them
 
Is happening so don't know what you guys are crying about.
 
August 05, 2017

Replacement player for Qantas Tour of Bangladesh selected

The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel have added Queensland leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson to the squad for the Qantas Tour of Bangladesh, as a replacement for the injured Mitchell Starc.

National Selector Trevor Hohns said: “We are comfortable with the fast-bowling stocks we have in the squad so have opted to add an additional spinner given the conditions we are likely to face in Bangladesh.

“Mitchell is a very exciting young leg-spinner who we think will benefit immensely from further experience in the sub-continent.”
 
Bird in, Pattinson out of Test squad

Paceman James Pattinson has been ruled out of the Qantas Tour of Bangladesh due to inflammation in his back.

A Cricket Australia spokesperson said the move to withdraw the Victorian from the 14-man squad is a precautionary measure aimed at allowing him best preparation for the Ashes this summer.

Pattinson will continue light duties and is expected to resume full training loads in around four weeks.

Tasmanian Jackson Bird has replaced Pattinson in the squad to tour Bangladesh.

The spokesperson said the inflammation in Pattinson's back is around the area where he has previously suffered a stress fracture. While there is no stress fracture on this occasion, he has been withdrawn as a precaution to allow him to recover in time for the summer.

The 27-year-old Pattinson has been in career-best form since returning to first-class cricket in the second half of last summer.

Playing for Nottinghamshire in English county cricket this winter, Pattinson took 32 wickets in five first-class matches, including two five-wicket hauls, a best return of 5-29, and a miserly average of just 12.06.

He has also been more than handy with the bat, pressing a growing case to be considered as a genuine allrounder. He scored 197 runs in the County Championship at 49.25, passed fifty twice for a high of 89 not out.

AUSTRALIA TEST SQUAD: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/jame...-squad-bangladesh-mitchell-swepson/2017-08-05
 
David Warner still shaken but not deterred over Bangladesh tour

Test opener David Warner did not take to the field yesterday following a sickening blow to the neck the previous day, but will fly to Bangladesh with the Australia squad tomorrow.

The vice-captain left the field immediately after being struck by Josh Hazlewood and while he passed two concussion tests, he was still sore, shaken and stiff yesterday.

The blow shocked Warner and his teammates, who remember all too well Phillip Hughes’s tragic death in 2014 at the SCG.

Young Pakistan cricketer Zubair Ahmed died earlier in the week after being struck by a bouncer in a club game. The batsman from the Fakhar Zaman academy was reportedly not wearing a helmet.

Warner, who was playing when Hughes was killed at the SCG, was clearly rattled after being hit. He boards the plane tomorrow with precious little batting time under his belt after being dismissed for four in his first innings and retiring hurt while on two in his second. Matt Renshaw and Usman Khawaja also failed to make the most of the one practice game.

The first Test tour of Bangladesh for 11 years was in doubt during the industrial dispute, with players refusing to go unless they were contracted by Cricket Australia. Australia has not played a Test match in that country since the 2006 series that is best remembered for the double century by nightwatchman Jason Gillespie.

This series is to compensate for Australia refusing to tour on safety grounds in late 2015.

While the trial game in Darwin was little more than a glorified warm-up, Jon Holland proved he was still a prospect to be reckoned with. The Victorian left-arm orthodox spinner took 4-1 in a spell that proved futile to his chances of making the Test team.

Swapping from the Warner XI to the Smith XI for the last innings, Holland opened the bowling and claimed four wickets in 11 balls, dismissing Hilton Cartwright (0), Adam Zampa (0), Peter Handscomb (2) and Jake Weatherald (0). He added another scalp later bowling for the Warner XI when he removed Marcus Stoinis.

Holland, like Travis Head who also performed well the day before, is not in the Bangladesh squad and was presumably included to give the batsmen a chance to get more practice against spin.

The Victorian was called in to play in Steve O’Keefe’s place in Sri Lanka in 2016, but was overlooked for the Indian series earlier this year. O’Keefe, who starred taking 12-70 in the first match of that series, has also been excluded, apparently in the doghouse after alcohol-fuelled indiscretions at the NSW end-of-season celebrations.

The exclusion of the pair opens the door for Ashton Agar, who will go to Bangladesh as Nathan Lyon’s understudy. The in-favour left-arm orthodox bowler, who played two Tests during the 2013 Ashes series, took 4-55 yesterday.

Glenn Maxwell said during the week that he had been working on his bowling, the allrounder frustrated that captain Steve Smith barely used him during his two Tests in the series against India.

“I’ve shortened my bowling stride a little bit to make sure that I’ve got that drop on the ball and that I’m getting the shape that I actually want,” Maxwell said.

“It’s obviously one of my skills that I can bring to the side, and something that’s going to help me try and nail down that No 6 position, having that extra string to my bow.”

Maxwell is Australia’s incumbent No 6 after his comeback century against India in Ranchi.

“I could understand why I wasn’t bowling at certain stages (in India),” he said.

“I suppose coming into this tour, I’m hoping that I can show that I’ve put a lot of work into my bowling and I can get that opportunity.”

Bracing themselves for a trial by spin in Bangladesh, the Australians instructed the curators to rough up the wickets in the hope of encouraging more spin and uneven bounce.

Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...k=e9824ae6b7c988f0b6d5d7fc9bfd515c-1502894090
 
Praying for at least 360 overs match each. So much rain here now a days. May be Aus won't get the scheduled practice match due to excessive rain (record in 200 years). :facepalm:
 
Nil Dhumrojal said:
Praying for at least 360 overs match each. So much rain here now a days. May be Aus won't get the scheduled practice match due to excessive rain (record in 200 years). :facepalm:
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It's better in one sense - rain might be intense, but not prolonged. Otherwise, this monsoon is going to break every recorded history.
 
Aussies arive amid tight security in Bangladesh

Australia's cricket team arrived in Dhaka late on Friday night under tight security for their first Test tour of Bangladesh in more than a decade.

Bangladesh Cricket Board chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said Steven Smith's men landed at Dhaka airport at 10:50 pm (1650 GMT) under blanket police protection.

"Since the team landed it was given the security as we've promised. We are confident everything will go according to our plan," he told AFP.

Police said some 300 members of elite police units were on guard as the Australians landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjahal International Airport.

"We've adequate security arrangements at the airport. We've even cleared the road (leading to the team's hotel)," Inspector Moslem Uddin of the Armed Police Battalion told AFP.

The team's arrival came a day after Bangladesh's elite commando unit held their latest training exercise at Dhaka's Shere-e-Bangla stadium, site of the first Test, that involved heavily armed men landing on the field by helicopter and escorting people to safety.

Australia have not played a Test in Bangladesh since Ricky Ponting's team visited in 2006, six years after Bangladesh were granted Test status.

They were due to play two Tests in Bangladesh in October 2015 but the tour was cancelled amid security fears after a wave of attacks by Islamist extremists.

Australia refused to send their team to last year's Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka over security worries.

Cricket Australia agreed to reschedule the series this year only after Bangladesh promised head-of-state style security.

CA's security manager Sean Carroll visited Bangladesh at least three times over the past 12 months to see the security measures before the Australian authorities confirmed the series.

Carroll, who is part of the 32-member Australian party, arrived in Dhaka early to ensure everything was in order for the two Test tour.

The visitors are scheduled to play a warm-up match on August 22-23 before they take on Bangladesh in the first Test at Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on August 27.

The second Test will be played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong from September 4.

The Aussies will leave Bangladesh on September 9 after the end of two-match Test series, where the Test players named in the ODI squad yesterday will head directly to neighbouring India for a series there.

Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Hilton Cartwright, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/aust...-test-tour-dhaka-chittagong-squads/2017-08-19
 
Welcome team Australia.

Good news is the climate of the country has changed dramatically for the last 2/3 days after 2month heavy downpour. Hoping that the climate remain same as now. Hopefully will get a Good uninterrupted series. Good luck to bd boys.
 
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