Resuming their second innings at 15-0 and needing 396 more runs to win on the final day, Bangladesh were in deep trouble after losing five wickets for just 70 runs. However, Ankon and Biplob steadied the innings with a 105-run partnership for the sixth wicket.

“Ultimately, I’ve done everything I can last season. It was my best season by far. I achieved a lot with the teams I was in.”

On Saturday, the less abrasive Carey will walk onto Great Barrier Reef Arena as the seventh, his skill-set reflecting wicketkeeping fundamentals that Grout would have approved of as well as a run-scoring capacity now expected of modern glovemen.

Govt issues fresh postings following Tuesday’s withdrawals

Not since Stephen Harmison and Monty Panesar joined forces 20 years ago, against Pakistan at Old Trafford, had two England bowlers taken five wickets each in the same Test innings.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a press release that they will play three Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka followed by a 50-over tri-series with England in October. There will then be two Tests between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in November.

The last time Bangladesh came close to following up a landmark away victory with a series win in a SENA country was in 2021/22, when they famously beat New Zealand in Mount Maunganui. An innings-and-117-run defeat in Christchurch followed inside three days. For many, it was simply Bangladesh […]

Sri Lanka’s batting line-up is further weakened by the absence of Pathum Nissanka, who had wrist surgery in June.

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