At Mar 12-16, 2010 same two teams played a test match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong (Bangladesh), in that match Bangladesh had won the toss and chose to bowl first then England scored the highest total in that ground in an innings which was 599 runs with six wickets down in 138.3 overs. AN Cook captain of the team scored 173 runs with sixteen 4s and two maximums. KP Pietersen 99, PD Collingwood 145 and IR Bell 84. England total scored 808 runs in that match in two innings and won by 181 runs.

Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat.

England team
AN Cook*, BM Duckett, JE Root, GS Ballance, MM Ali, BA Stokes, JM Bairstow†, R Woakes, AU Rashid, GJ Batty, SCJ Broad.

Bangladesh team
Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Sabbir Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi.

Watch online BD v Eng 1st test day 1 complete HD highlights today, Match will be played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong (Bangladesh), Thursday 20th October 2016.

Match Timings: 10:00 local time (04:00 GMT)

Mushfiqur Rahim the opener of the Bangladesh cricket team is the most runs scorer in that ground he is at top of the list of most runs scorer. He scored 812 runs in eleven matches and 19 innings with the highest 101. Second most runs scorer is Tamim Iqbal with 695 runs, third is Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib Al Hasan is the most wicket-taker of this ground with 41 wickets in twelve matches and 21 innings.

Last three Odi’s some best performances Eng v BD 2016

Imrul Kayes (BDESH) 169 runs in three matches, BA Stokes (ENG) 148, JC Buttler (ENG) 145, BM Duckett (ENG) 123. AU Rashid (ENG) ten wickets, Mashrafe Mortaza (BDESH) eight, JT Ball (ENG) seven, Shafiul Islam (BDESH) four.

There is likely to be a slow pitch, which wouldn’t give any batsman a comfortable start. The spinners are likely to get more purchases after the first day but again it will be on the slower side. Dust bowls could appear but not until later in the contest. After the rain which threatened the ODI, the forecast is for it to be hot and sunny.

England will have to make at least three changes from their last Test XI, with Alex Hales (opted out), James Vince (dropped) and James Anderson (injured) unavailable. There was a late move which favoured Duckett opening with Cook and Hameed missing out, which would mean Gary Ballance retaining his place. The third spinner spot is between the Surrey pair of Batty and the uncapped Zafar Ansari.

Bangladesh’s top six will be exactly the one that played the last Test, but the rest of the line-up will be changed. Sabbir Rahman and 18-year-old off-spinner Mehedi Hasan are most likely to make their Test debuts and if the home side goes with two pace bowlers, Kamrul Islam Rabbi would also be making his debut. If Mushfiqur keeps wicket, Nurul Hasan will be sitting out.

Test no. 2225 | 2016/17 season
Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
20,21,22,23,24 October 2016 (5-day match)

Umpires – HDPK Dharmasena and CB Gaffaney
TV umpire – S Ravi
Match referee – RS Madugalle
Reserve umpire – Sharfuddoula

Scorecard

England 258/7 (92 overs)