England team in town

Special Correspondent
Published: 10:58AM. 24 Feb 2023
England team in town

The England national cricket team arrived in Dhaka today for three one-day internationals and the same number of Twenty20 internationals against Bangladesh, which will begin on March 1.

The visitors havev landed in two groups at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The initial group, consisting of 16 members, arrived at 7:30am, while the remaining six landed at 8:10am.

The touring side will undergo a four-day training camp from Saturday to Tuesday at the National Cricket Academy Ground in Mirpur.

The last time England visited Bangladesh was in October 2016, when they took part in a three-match ODI series along with a two-match Test series.

The series will kick-off with the ODI series, with the first match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday, followed by the second tie at the same venue with the same schedule on Friday. Both matches will start at 12:00pm.

Following the conclusion of the first two games, both teams will travel to Chattogram, where they will play the third and final ODI, as well as the first T20I at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on March 6 and 9, respectively.

After that, the series will return to Dhaka, with the sides taking on each other in the second and third T20Is at Mirpur on March 12 and 14, respectively.

The T20Is are scheduled from 3:00pm to 6:10pm.

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