A day after the Indian Premier League (IPL) banned Harbhajan Singh for slapping Sreesanth after a match in Mohali on Friday, it has emerged that the behaviour of both players had come under the scanner during the recent South Africa series in India, too.Harbhajan had to apologise to Ashwell Prince, the South African batsman, for abusing him during the third Test of that series in Kanpur last month and the South Africans “lost a lot of respect for Sreesanth” when he went after AB de Villiers, Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, told Cricinfo.Asked about the IPL incident, Arthur said he was not surprised because “when there are two such volatile players on the field, anything can happen.”Harbhajan was banned on Monday from the first season of the IPL after Farokh Engineer, the match referee, found him guilty of slapping Sreesanth. The BCCI has initiated a separate probe into the incident.”At the end of the day, we are not squealers,” Arthur said. “We strongly believe that what happens on the field stays on it. Besides, we were very happy with the general spirit in which the series was played in, and we left with very pleasant memories of the tour, especially the cricket that was played.”However, Arthur admitted that the behaviour of Harbhajan and Sreesanth during the India series “was not great” and said that the South Africans took up the Kanpur incident because Prince felt very strongly about it. “There was an incident in Kanpur. There was a hearing by the match referee (Roshan Mahanama) during which Harbhajan apologised to Prince. It was settled and we were happy with the apology. I am not 100 per cent sure what was said. But Ashwell felt very strongly about it at that time and that’s why we took it up,” Arthur said.”Sreesanth was just Sreesanth. Perhaps our players lost a lot of respect for him on the tour. He constantly abused AB de Villiers and it was very personal. But considering the general spirit in which the series was played, we didn’t feel strongly enough to complain,” he said.South Africa’s three-Test tour of India ended in a 1-1 draw after the visitors won the second Test in Ahmedabad by an innings and 90 runs before India came back strongly to level the series in Kanpur.
In the September 1986 issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, Peter West’s successor Tony Lewis paid a farewell tribute to the familiar, genial TV anchorman as he retired as the face of BBC television’s cricket coverage
Peter West is 66 this month and he has taken that as his cue to retire from television cricket. I would not argue with his timing, because “Westy” never misses a cue – he is a master of talking to the camera while, through an earpiece, obeying the second-by-second countdown. He will have got it right. He will have met the junction for the next programme perfectly, which, by the way, is tending his Cotswold garden, where bad light never stops play, where the only balcony interview will be with his wife Pauline, and where there is only one question: “Red or white, darling?”Peter West has been so much part of our lives, and yet his very skill in presenting cricket and interviewing players has revealed a mass about others but little about himself.Just in case you need confirmation from someone who has worked alongside Westy for 25 of his 35 seasons of television cricket, I quote Richie Benaud: “Peter is one of the finest professionals I have ever seen or with whom I have had the pleasure of working. Sometimes faced by chaotic situations, often brought about by hours of bad light or rain, he handles them calmly – an object lesson to me when I took over a similar presentation job with Channel 9 in Australia.”Peter was born in Addiscombe, Surrey. He was only four when his father retired early from the oil business to live in some splendour on 30 acres of the Kentish Weald at Cranbrook. Unfortunately, West senior lost every penny of his fortune in the slump of 1931; he was forced to sell up and trudge back to the City. In those pre-Jeffrey Archer days, recovery was long and arduous.Young West, 11 years old now, came to the aid of the family by winning a scholarship to Cranbrook School, but he was already dreaming of the cricketers he had seen on the old Angel Ground at Tonbridge when he and the lads of Yardley Court Prep School were treated to the frequent sight of st Ames b Freeman. He saw Woolley bat and Percy Chapman and wondered at the style and self-confidence of BH Valentine.However, it was another Mr Chapman, not APF, who taught Peter West his young cricket: this was his father’s farm manager. At Cranbrook, other games attracted, and Peter won his cap in five sports – cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics and fives. The sad history is that bad luck had not finished with the Wests. When he was 16, Peter began to have pains in the back. It was not long before he became a victim of the recurring family ailment spondylitis, the inflammation of the vertebrae. A rugby cap was his greatest hope, because his richest talent was in that game, but at 19 he had to stop playing.Off to Sandhurst in August 1939, a 19-year-old subaltern in the Duke of Wellington’s. In 1944 Captain West was invalided out of the service after spending 18 months in hospitals undergoing deep X-rays of the back.How did he become a broadcaster and writer on sport, a job which is the envy of millions who toil away, nine to five every day? It was not a job on the career list at school. First he worked for SSAFA, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen Families Association. He was sacked. “I deserved it, but I got them back: I stole their secretary Pauline. I married her.” Then he got the job he wanted, as a general sports reporter with the Exchange Telegraph on the 1945 NUJ minimum wage of five guineas a week. The next, sudden surge upwards came in an astonishing way.The scene was the press box at Taunton in 1947. He had been chatting away to the distinguished gentleman in the back row who represented the . Ever eager to please, the cub West inquired of the man – whom he knew to be over 70 – “Can I phone your copy for you, sir?” He did. The old man was grateful and asked an odd question. “Ever thought of being a radio commentator?””No, sir.””Looking for new voices. I’ll send your name in.”What Peter West did not admit to the old gentleman, who, by the way, was CB Fry, was that he had already failed a newsreading audition at the BBC. He had got tense and nervous and hardly got a clear word out. However, when Fry turned out to be every bit as good as his word, he returned to Broadcasting House to meet a man who looked 8ft tall, who had a devastatingly clear and analytical mind, SJ de Lotbiniere.His test was given by Rex Alston. Six weeks later the call came. “Young West, we’re going to throw you to the lions. You will be our commentator at the Warwickshire-South Africa match at Edgbaston.”Every commentator has his own tale of nerves on debut and they all start with the extreme sensitivity you feel when you talk out loud in front of a boxful of broadcasters who have been doing it for a long time. Peter West was in fact the only commentator, but he was positioned outdoors on the verandah and the South Africans could hear his every word and kept turning around as if there was a funny smell about. He had three more radio commissions in that 1947 season.Peter is very much the allrounder in the communications business. He was soon doing rugby on radio and then, in 1950, on television. The eggs were popping into several baskets. For instance, he began a six-year stint as the first editor of .Along came televised Test cricket for the first time in 1952. Peter West was on the commentary team, so you see, we are saying farewell to a founder member, a pioneer who helped make the profession for many who have come along to join him. His own personal appeal went wider than sports broadcasting. He was on the panel of and chairman of several panel games, perhaps the best remembered of which is with Eunice Gayson and Michael Pertwee as resident team members.For 15 years Peter hosted . Often I have heard people wonder how he managed to confuse his public image so much. Surely games-watchers on TV did not want to have the play described by the dancing master! The West reply is plain and practical. “There was not enough money in sports broadcasting along in those days, although I presented Wimbledon 27 times and many Olympic and Commonwealth Games. I was the worst dancer out of captivity, but they wanted a sound technical performer. Remember our programmes were mostly live in those days.”He gave up when he became the rugby correspondent of in 1972, a position he fulfilled with tremendous enthusiasm and caring for 12 years. Then, also in the early 1970s, he went up front at the cricket and became the regular front man for the BBC’s television cricket coverage.Why has Peter West stayed at the top so long, as long as he himself has chosen? You must see him at work to a TV camera with the dreaded talk-back rattling away in his ear: WEST -EARPIECE -WEST (with rhythm unbroken) -EARPIECE -WEST – (still warmly smiling, serene on top of the water, but paddling like hell underneath to shift the subject matter to Gower)EARPIECE -.WEST – (buying time for his team-mates with the technical problems down below and still advancing without hesitation and with steady tread) EARPIECE – Right, Westy. Here comes Gower. Lead us to it.And away he goes. His job is viciously difficult, and yet he glides through a technical minefield, calmly covering the impossibility of the jobs done out of sight, when the gremlins hit the hardware or the software or both at the same time. Television cricket is a team game. He personifies that.Lest you think I exaggerate my praise because he is retiring, or because I have just joined the television team, I must turn to the man whose job it is to assemble the team, I must turn to the man whose job it is to assemble the team, executive producer Nick Hunter. Why has West survived so long in a highly competitive field?”Because his love and understanding of cricket have never let him down. He can talk to anyone about cricket. Do you remember that Centenary Test? He interviewed over 40 cricketers. What’s more, when it rains, and the stage is all his, he looks forward to going on it. Very important. He will go anywhere at any time. Phone him late on a Saturday night and say you need him on a Sunday, and he’ll be in the car. He is also brave. Those balcony interviews with captains, especially losing captains, can be hell, but he never shirks the hard editorial question, not even in front of players and officials, crowds yelling below, and all the viewers. He would still ask Botham if giving up the captaincy changed his batting form.”On TV you can throw Peter West any ball and he can play it. His ability is the fruit of his wide broadcasting experience (especially in live situations), his almost genial love of the crisis, and the durability which is essential to the freelance, who has no guarantee of work but the next telephone call.Remember Edgbaston? Rain belting down. No covered interview areas in those days. West under umbrella interviews Benaud, not quite under the same umbrella. Unfortunately for Benaud, West is holding the umbrella at such an angle that the rainwater is running off the nylon straight down the back of Benaud’s neck. Benaud, another true professional, keeps going, until Peter inquires at the end, “Anything you’d like to add, Richie?””Only that I’d be delighted to move, to get away from the water running down my neck.””Never mind,” comes back West. “They tell me there’s a drought in Australia.”I wish him no droughts in his garden, luck with his forthcoming autobiography, lots of fine times with three children, Jackie, who lectures at Bristol University, Simon, a Bristol solicitor, and Stephen, a doctor in Cheltenham, and also with his five grandchildren. He will be pottering about. He says it’s therapeutic.”But I’m only retiring from cricket. I’m still open to offers. Mind you say that.” There speaks a true freelance.News – Peter West dies aged 83
Amit Varma and S Rajesh discuss the second day of the Antigua Test Download MP3 (right click and select “save target as”) Streaming Audio: Real :: WMAWest Indies finished the second day of the Antigua Test on 318 for 6, 77 runs ahead of India. Amit Varma discusses the day’s play with S Rajesh, who wrote the bulletin for it on Cricinfo. They discuss how West Indies’ positive attitude was the difference between the two sides – India’s run-rate yesterday had been 2.67, while West Indies batted today at 3.88. They also talk about how India’s selection mistakes, such as the inclusion of VRV Singh and the omission of Harbhajan Singh, have been exposed.Listen in!Download MP3 (right click and select “save target as”) Streaming Audio: Real :: WMA
The ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and its own players continues to rumble on, with the board seeking clarification of some points put to it by the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA).On Monday, the board sought to clarify Clause Five of its match/tour contract, the main cause of dispute, inserting a new clause that sought to clarify the position with respect to a player’s right to individual endorsements.WIPA responded to that by stating that the amendment, along with the main contract, needed to be put before Justice Adrian Saunders, who was appointed last November to arbitrate in the long-running dispute. But WIPA’s statement said that Saunders’ binding decision should be “applied to that contract with all the attendant consequences.” The board has now gone back to its legal advisors to ascertain the meaning of that phrase.An insider said that the relationship between the board and WIPA was now “extremely strained”. On Monday, the board sent a representative to Sri Lanka to try to persuade the A-team players there to prepare to be drafted in to the main squad were the row not to be resolved – WIPA were not told this was happening. Roger Bathwaite, the WICB’s chief executive, told the press that he had had “a very positive response from them”. And yet hours later it emerged that all but two of the players had rejected the idea, and had sent a letter confirming that they were backing the action of the senior squad.What is certain is that time is running out. A West Indies squad is scheduled to leave for Sri Lanka on Friday, and yet at the moment there are only five players who have signed the board’s contract – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the captain, Darren Powell and rookie Denesh Ramdin from the 17 originally approached, and Tino Best and Kerry Jeremy from the A team.
Andrew Symonds insisted that Australia would be celebrating their series victory this evening, despite failing to win the fifth and final ODI in Colombo. "We’re very happy," said Symonds. "It’s a shame we didn’t win today, but that is the way it goes. Another win on the sub-continent and our first in Sri Lanka is reason enough to celebrate hard."
Nuwan Zoysa: ‘a dream come true’
Symonds is in a rich vein of form at the moment, and the prospect of a Test debut is not an outlandish one. "I just have a good plan working at the moment," he explained. "The way I have decided to playis coming off for me most of the time, and I feel as ready as ever to play Test cricket if selected. If I was chosen I would accept the challenge."Adam Gilchrist, standing in as captain for Ricky Ponting, was pleased to silence the doubters who believe that Australia are fallible on slow, low wickets. "To come and win another series on the subcontinent is so pleasing," he said. "We get told time and again that these are conditions that we don’t play well in. But we won in India late last year and now we’ve won here for the first time."The star of today’s show, however, was Nuwan Zoysa, who took three key wickets and then thumped a vital 47 not out to secure the victory almost single-handedly. "It was a dream come true for me," he admitted. "I knew when I walked onto the park [this morning] I could do well herebecause it is my home ground. It is always nice to bowl first at the SSC ground. I just concentrated on bowling a perfect line and length.""I bowled one of my best spells so far and that helped me bat well. I’ve gained a lot of experience in provincial cricket and with the Ateam on how to bat on different wickets, and on this wicket I wanted to play straight and be positive. There is always a pleasure when you get a chance to play cricket against the world champions. I had nothingto lose and thought I would go out and be positive."Sri Lanka’s captain, Marvan Atapattu, was pleased with the win, but keen to highlight the shortcomings in his team’s performance. "Apart from the second match in Dambulla, we have not got off to goodstarts. That has been the main problem. Also, below No. 5 we have not shown enough responsibility to see us through to 50 overs."But this victory will lift so many people up. It is a victory against the world champions and the way we finished with Zoysa was fantastic. They rested some of their key players, but still it is a one-day international and we treat every match as the same."
BOWRAL, NSW, Jan 8 AAP – Owais Shah, unwanted by England for the cricket World Cup, scored 127 as England made 8-279 in its one-day match against the Bradman XI in Bowral today.Shah opened the batting and after battling through a tough period, was dismissed in the 48th over for 127, made off 154 balls.He hit nine fours and two sixes before he was caught on the boundary by Stuart MacGill off part-time bowler Greg Mail, who bowled at the death for an impressive return of 2-11 from three overs.England’s innings was personified by Shah who took 81 balls to reach 50 before scoring his last 77 runs off 73 balls.England, slow at first, sparked into life in the final 10 overs which were delivered by a collection of unlikely bowlers – part-timer Simon Katich, guest player Mike Whitney, slow medium pacer Shawn Bradstreet and Mail, normally an opening batsman for New South Wales.As a result England blasted 91 runs off the final 10 overs – thanks mainly to Shah and Adam Hollioake, who hit a quick half-century as the pair added 105 off 83 balls.England got off to a flying start with 24 runs off the first three overs – thanks mainly to some edges from Shah – but things gradually ground to a halt as Nick Knight struggled to get on strike and Shah battled to score.Knight went for 13 off 22 balls, caught by Katich at mid-on off the bowling of Dominic Thornley, who took 2-30 from his 10 overs.From 1-55 after 11 overs, England crawled to 1-75 after 20 overs as Shah and out of form, stand-in captain Ronnie Irani were tied down by Thornley and Bradstreet, who had bowled six overs for 12 runs before Irani clouted him out of the ground in the 22nd over.Still, Bradstreet went out of the attack with 0-19 from his seven overs and came back to concede another 28 runs off his final three overs.Irani hit a six off a tired looking Stuart MacGill but then fell for 39 (off 54 balls) when Thornley trapped him lbw.Shah joined the assault on MacGill with a six over mid-wicket and the Australia leg spinner slunk out of the attack after conceding 30 runs from four overs.Paul Collingwood (3) was run out from a direct hit by Mail in the 31st over as England fell to 3-134.Ian Blackwell hit a six off his first ball – and the first bowled by Katich – but that rivalry went Katich’s way when he bowled Blackwell five balls later for seven.Hollioake was the first English batsman to truly dominate the attack, cracking his half-century off 34 balls.He was run out in the 46th over for 53 off 38 balls.England left out the bulk of its Test players, with Robert Key and Matthew Hoggard the only players from the victorious fifth Test side backing up two days later.
It was only a few days ago that a headline like that was confined to events of a purely cricketing nature, such as when England reached an all-time low by being bowled out for just 84 by Australia at Old Trafford to lose a match in the NatWest Series. What happened at Headingley on Sunday represented an entirely different situation. Cricket was secondary to the pitch invasion by over-excited elements of the crowd. That resulted in England captain Alec Stewart conceding the game to Pakistan and a steward being taken off to hospital having become the victim of the unruly mob.There was no doubting that Pakistan would have deservedly won. There were 10.1 overs to be bowled, six wickets in hand and only four runs to be scored when a large section of the crowd burst over the boundary rope as if the game had finished. Such was the scale of the pitch invasion, and with a steward lying near the wicket with internal and head injuries, the game had to be regarded as finished. Rather than going out again when the pitch was eventually cleared, Stewart decided that England would accept the inevitable and so the unique entry in the record books: “England conceded the match.”Stewart said “It was a sad decision but it was a decision I felt was right for the long term good of the game. For the sake of the players and the umpires, I felt it was the only decision I could make. Hopefully it will mean that we won’t see scenes like that again and the ICC will now take very, very strong measures to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”John Read, the Director of Corporate Affairs of the England and Wales Cricket Board, acknowledged the gravity of the affair. “It was an incredibly sad day for cricket in this country and we condemn unreservedly what happened,” he said. “We’re resolved to ensure that the grounds are as safe an environment as possible for the players, spectators and umpires and that these sort of things don’t happen in the future.”But what can be done? Heavy fines, like those imposed in Australia for similar behaviour? Extra security, with snarling dogs as seen in South Africa? Fences, as used in Asia? None are usually necessary in England, but there is a dilemma for the authorities. Both crowd invasions in this series have involved predominantly Pakistani supporters, yet most are British citizens. Unlike when there is crowd trouble at football, it is not easy to identify a target for sanctions and punishment.The decision to concede the match was a brave one, and seemed correct at the time it was made. However, it could prove to be a dangerous precedent. It might send the wrong signals to those who seek to affect the outcome of a match. The game at Headingley was as good as over and meant little anyway. It would not be the same in, for example, a tense match that could have implications on qualification for the final stages of a world cup. It should not be up to either captain to concede. There is no provision for that in the regulations and nor should there be. In such circumstances the ICC should have the powers to determine the outcome, including abandoning the match as was threatened at Edgbaston.The scenes there might have been excused a merely exuberant enthusiasm. Perhaps over-exuberant, but nonetheless borne of high spirits. So too, essentially, were those at Headingley, but this time a steward was seriously injured. Next time, someone might be killed. The warnings must be heeded before an unfortunate incident becomes a major tragedy. That is not a question of “if” but “when”. The effects that would have on cricket and the social structure of the country do not bear thinking about.
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Poker is a trendy game, and rightly so. Unlike other games of luck like slots, roulette, and blackjack, you can play with other people. This makes poker a perfect game to play with friends, family, or even total strangers.
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Poker is a sport that requires a high level of skill and mental alertness. Poker tournaments can last several hours, and stamina is required. A saying says poker takes a day to learn but a lifetime to master. In other words, don’t feel frustrated if you seem not to be learning fast enough. Mastering poker indeed takes time, effort, and patience.
This article will provide ways to improve your poker skills.
5 Ways to Improve your poker skills
Here are some ways to improve your poker skills:
Learn about the game
When starting poker as a beginner, the first step you need to take is to learn everything you can about the game. If you don’t understand the fundamentals of the game, there’s no way you can learn quickly.
You can start by watching tutorial videos. There are tons of videos for poker beginners on YouTube and Twitch. You can also visit poker blogs to learn about the latest poker strategies.
If you have a couple of bucks to spare, you can pick up poker strategy books. Strategy books are available for both online and live poker. A poker strategy book costs around $20 to $30. This budget is perfect for small stake players.
A significant edge that poker strategy books have over watching videos or scouring blogs is the extensive information they contain. You can learn more from a single poker book than you would ever learn from videos or blog posts.
Join online communities
Online forums are another way to accelerate your growth as a poker player. You’ll always find more experienced players who are more than happy to offer advice to new players. And you know the best part? It’s free.
You can even post your hands for review on poker forums to receive valuable feedback. However, not all the feedback you’ll get will be beneficial. Some pieces of advice may not be from winning pros. And it’s of no use when a blind person tries to lead another blind person.
When using online forums, another thing to keep in mind is to be polite and respectful. Other members will be more willing to help and share tips with you.
Hire a poker coach
Free tips and advice will help you as a beginner but won’t take you far. Hiring a personal poker coach is sure to speed up your growth. The sky will be your limit when you have a seasoned professional dedicated to helping you improve.
However, the big drawback with hiring a coach is that it’ll cost you. Well, there’s no fixed price. Expect to spend at least $200 per hour if you want a decent coach.
Hiring a poker coach is only advisable if you’re a mid-stake or high-stake player.
Study your hand’s history
If you play online poker, a good poker tracker is an indispensable ally if you want to up your game. It tracks your hands and results and your opponent’s statistics. The statistics the software gathers from your opponent help you devise strategies to beat them.
You can review each poker session later to find out your mistakes. Once you’ve discovered your errors, the next thing is to work on them. You’ll undoubtedly notice a significant improvement in your game over time.
Play more poker
Practice makes perfect. If you want to get good at poker, you need to devote more time to improve your skills. That’s just how it works. A coach and books can’t do your work for you.
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You also have to find a perfect balance between theory and practice. Too much theory without much practice is useless. And practice without theory or strategy is like running without direction. Your progress will be slow— if you make any at all.
Practice what you learn consistently. You might not notice the daily improvements instantly. However, one day when you look back, you’ll be surprised at how far you’ve come and your progress.
Conclusion
Getting good at poker can appear a daunting challenge at first. However, you can become that professional you’ve always dreamed of with patience and consistency.
Focus on one thing at a time. An overload of information does more harm than good. You’ll progress faster when you take things a step at a time than when you’re trying to learn everything at once.
Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh coach, has called on his captain and most experienced batsman, Mohammad Ashraful, to start performing ahead of their fourth ODI against Pakistan in Multan.Ashraful has had a poor series so far, scoring only 47 runs in three innings, as Bangladesh have relied heavily on contributions from Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riad and Shakib Al Hasan. “I am concerned about his performances,” Siddons said. “As captain of the team, he needs to perform and score.”It can’t yet be said how captaincy has affected Ashraful’s batting. He averages two runs more than his career figure of 22.26 in 15 matches as captain, though he has only scored two fifties in that period. But when Bangladesh have done well, he has usually been at the centre.He looked to be getting some form back in the third ODI in Lahore, but he was run out when set, for 22. “Ashraful is the most experienced batsman in our side,” Siddons said. “Whenever he performs the team wins. I have spoken to him about it. The way he has been training I think a big score is round the corner.”Siddons will hope his words have the same effect on Ashraful that they did on Shakib. After the second ODI in Faisalabad, Siddons highlighted the need for his top six – particularly Shakib – to start scoring runs. Shakib responded with 75 in the third ODI, taking Bangladesh closer than many thought to Pakistan.”I put the heat on Shakib and Aftab [Ahmed] after Faisalabad and they responded well to it,” Siddons said. “I am now putting the heat on Ashraful in the same way. I am confident he will come good in the last two matches.”Bangladesh’s batting has improved as the series has progressed and their total in Lahore was comfortably their highest against established opposition, as well as their highest second innings score in an ODI. If Ashraful joins Tamim, Shakib and Aftab in scoring runs against an experimental Pakistan attack, we may well have a match on our hands.
Mohammad Ashraful is the new Bangladesh vice-captain in an expected 14-man squad for the one-day series against India this month. Habibul Bashar kept his place as captain, even though it was reported that he would retire after the World Cup, as theBangladesh Cricket Board retained 14 of the 15 players that toured the Caribbean recently. Only Rajin Saleh, who didn’t play a game during the tournament, missed out., a Dhaka-based newspaper, said that Bashar, 34, was likely to retire after the series against India. Faruque Ahmed, the chief selector, had hinted that the selection committee was unlikely to make any changes, and added that the Test side would be announced during the three-match ODI contest.Bangladesh played their last Test in April last year against Australia at home.Bangladesh ODI squad: Habibul Bashar (capt), Mohammad Ashraful (vice-capt), Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Mohammad Rafique, Farhad Reza.