http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160 looks to senior players for the U-19 World Cup – Cricket News Update
The Bangladesh Under-19 cricket captain Anamul Haque hopes the senior players in the 15-man touring party will take the responsibility of leading the side from the front in the upcoming http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, to be held in
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834, Australia next month.
"We have some players who have played the previous World Cup. So we hope they bring in that experience and give their hundred per cent," said Anamul during the departure press conference in Mirpur on Thursday.
The 15-man squad that flew to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, two years ago. Those
include Nurul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 last month.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has secured two extra practice matches for its team – against Papa New Guinea and South Africa on August 1 and 3 – ahead of the biennial youth extravaganza, which gets underway in Queensland,
on August 11. The two practice matches will be followed by two official warm-up games against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 (August 8).
"There won't be any problems if we can train well in Australia and take the four practice matches seriously," said the Bangladesh skipper, who replaced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Ahmed-c46454 as the captain of the Under-19 side, following team’s early exit from
the Under-19 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur, in June.
The Bangladesh Under-19 coach Sarwar http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 also expressed satisfaction in team’s pre-tournament practice, and confirmed that all the injured players, including pacers Taskin Ahmed and Abu Jayed, have completely recovered from their
respective injuries.
"The team has been preparing for the last two years, so in that sense, the team is well prepared. When I took over, there were some injured pace bowlers but now everyone has recovered," said Imran, who took over as young Tigers’ coach earlier this month.
Bangladesh have been drafted in Group D, with Sri Lanka, South Africa and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, in Brisbane on August 11.
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