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Fit-again Mustafizur Rahman set to return for New Zealand tour

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http://www.dawn.com/news/1294497/fit-again-mustafizur-set-to-return-for-new-zealand-tour

Bangladesh cricket authorities said on Saturday they are expecting pace prodigy Mustafizur Rahman will be available in their upcoming December series in New Zealand as they declared the squad for the tour.

Nicknamed “The Fizz”, the 21-year-old left-arm pacer missed the recent home series against England recovering from shoulder surgery that he underwent in Britain on Aug 10.

Mustafizur aggravated an old shoulder injury in July during his short stint with English county side Sussex in the Twenty20 Blast competition when he could only play in two matches before being sidelined.

“He has already started bowling in the nets and we hope he will be fully fit before our New Zealand series starts,”
said selector Habibul Bashar.

Bangladesh will play 3 One-day Internationals, 2 Tests and 2 Twenty20 Internationals in New Zealand from Dec 26 to Jan 24.

Prior to the visit, Bangladesh will hold a camp in Sydney where they will play two Twenty20 warm-up matches against local teams Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunders.

Selectors included Mustafizur in Bangladesh’s 20-member squad for the Australia and New Zealand trip that was announced late on Friday.

Unheralded Tanveer Haider is the only surprise inclusion in the squad, which also retained paceman Subashis Roy, who was in the squad for the recent second Test against England but did not play.

Leg spinner Haider impressed in a recent two-day warm-up match against England when he picked up 4-53.

“We were looking for a good leg spinner for quite some time. We hope Tanveer would deliver it,”
said Habibul about the 24-year-old who has six first-class centuries.

Selectors also included uncapped pacer Ebadat Hossain and teenage batsman Nazmul Hossain as a developing prospect though they are not officially part of the squad.

The squad did not include bastman Nasir Hossain and pacemen Al-Amin Hossain and Rubel Hossain in the team.

Probables: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hassan, Mehedi Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Taijul Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shafiul Islam, Subashis Roy, Mohammad Shahid and Tanveer Haider.
 
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Interesting and good to see Bangladesh getting a proper tour finally
 
It's 22 man squad,not 20....many of them will go for the experience of aus,nz condition.they will not be in the squad of nz series.
 
Will he be able to bowl more than 10 overs though? Without breaking down again.

Also the cutters may not be available if the pitch isn't gripping.
 
Will he be able to bowl more than 10 overs though? Without breaking down again.

Also the cutters may not be available if the pitch isn't gripping.

Cutter is not his only weapon u should know. Variations in speed and clever brain also the trick of loads of wickets. He will do better I hope.he did well in england before injury.lets see.
 
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