The Daily Star, Bangladesh carries daily news and opinion from Bangladesh and around the world.

BCB picks Thirty-nine for ACC Trophy

Sports Reporter

14 August 1998


Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday called another 25 cricketers along with 14 it picked for the Commonwealth Games squad for a camp at the BKSP. The squad for the ACC trophy, which will be held in Nepal from October 3, will be selected from these 39 cricketers. The winners of the ACC trophy will qualify for the next Asia Cup scheduled at the Bangabandhu National Stadium next March along with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The cricketers, sans those undergoing a month-long training at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Adelaide, Australia, have been asked to report to Director of Coaching Gordon Greenidge or C'wealth coach Gazi Ashraf Hossain at the BCB office at 10 am on August 16.

The cricketers who are in Australia will join the camp on their return.

The 39 cricketers called for the primary camp for the ACC trophy are:

Azam Iqbal, Shahriar Hossain, Ehsanul Haque, Parvez Ahmed, Sajjad Ahmed, Javed Omar Belim, Hannan Sarkar, Al-Shahriar, Farooque Ahmed, Sanwar Hossain, Mehrab Hossain, Akram Khan, Aminul Islam, Habibul Bashar, Ridwan Hasan, Nasirul Islam, Hasanuzzaman, Rashidul Haque, Khaled Masood, Atiar Rahman, Khaled Mahmud, Naimur Rahman, Fahim Muntasir, Tawhid Hussain, Mafizur Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammad Rafique, Enamul Haque, Tanveer Khan, Sabbir Khan, Hasibul Hossain, Morshed Ali Khan, Shafiuddin Ahmed, Zakir Hossain, Zakir Hasan, Ahsanullah, Tahmid Bashir, Harun-ur Rashid and Mohammad Mortoza.


Source: The Daily Star, Bangladesh
Editorial comments can be sent to The Daily Star, Bangladesh at webmaster@dailystarnews.com
Contributed by CricInfo Management
help@cricinfo.com

Date-stamped : 07 Oct1998 - 04:24