International Cricket in 2005 - Bangladesh A in England

Bangladesh A in England

Bangladesh A toured England in July and August 2005 for first class and List A cricket matches against English domestic teams. The Bangladesh A side, which was supposed to represent the players just below the eleven in the national team of Bangladesh, in fact included as many as nine internationals. Despite that, the team struggled in the first class matches, where they drew two and lost three matches, and only looked like having a chance of winning in the last match against Kent. The one-day series went slightly better, with Bangladesh A winning two, losing one and abandoning a fourth, but for a second string national team against mainly second elevens from English domestic cricket, it must have been disappointing for the Bangladeshi selectors that only Tushar Imran performed - scoring a total of 614 runs in 11 innings in all cricket on tour. Tushar got called up to the tour of Sri Lanka as a result, along with Syed Rasel, who took ten wickets in the final first-class match against Kent.