Bangladesh speedster Taskin Ahmed made an instant impact on his return to Test cricket after 14 months as he came up with a sensational bowling performance on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi yesterday.

Bangladesh bowlers, led by off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz, had a field day on Day 2 of the second Test against Pakistan at the Rawalpindi Stadium yesterday as their efforts bundled out the hosts for 274.

Root, who made 143 in the first innings to move level with the previous England record of 33 hundreds held by the retired Alastair Cook, went to a century on Saturday's third day when he cut Lahiru Kumara for the 10th four off 111 balls faced.

Bangladesh men’s Under-19 team will undergo a training camp in Rajshahi on September 10-29 ahead of their upcoming home series against the UAE, which will kickstart a jam-packed period of competitive cricket for the young Tigers.

Pacer Nahid Rana ended Mohammad Rizwan's resistance on 29, as Pakistan are noe six down for 211 in the third session on Day 2 of the second and last Test against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium today.

Gus Atkinson scored a dashing maiden century before England strengthened their grip on the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Friday.

Bangladesh ‘A’ team lost the three-match one-day series against Pakistan Shaheens 1-0 after the third and final match was abandoned due to persistent rain and wet outfield at the Islamabad County Club Oval on Friday.

When the Tigers step into the field today in Rawalpindi for the series-deciding second Test, they will undoubtedly come across a wounded Pakistan team which will be out to prove a point.

The Tigers find themselves in a favourable position in the series after they clinched a comprehensive 10-wicket win in the opening Test at the same venue last week.

Joe Root scored a record-equalling 33rd Test hundred for England as the hosts established a strong position against Sri Lanka on the first day of the second Test at Lord's on Thursday.

Joe Root scored a record-equalling 33rd Test hundred for England as the hosts established a strong position against Sri Lanka on the first day of the second Test at Lord's on Thursday.

"We want to go out there and play positive cricket," said Pakistan head coach Gillespie, acknowledging the challenge ahead.

The tender process for the Sheikh Hasina International Stadium, which was to be built in Purbachal, has been cancelled.

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha on Thursday said he is looking forward to speaking with the new honchos at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) about his future with the Tigers.

The visitors upset a normally formidable home team with a clinical ten-wicket display in the first Test -- Bangladesh's first win in over 14 encounters against Pakistan.

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is the leading all-rounder of his era, whose laundry list of achievements is rivalled only by his disciplinary infractions and his brief political career under his country's loathed ex-leader.

The second Test between England and Sri Lanka is all set to get underway on Thursday at the Lord's Cricket Stadium in London.

Oram will commence the role vacated by Shane Jurgensen towards the end of last year on October 7, with New Zealand's three-match ICC World Test Championship series in India the first assignment for the 46-year-old.

The 36-year-old calls it quits with 86 international appearances for the West Indies, with more than half of those coming in the Test arena where he made a name for himself as a fearsome fast bowler.

Bangladesh should keep their focus on getting a positive result from the series-deciding second Test against Pakistan and play according to their strength rather than concentrating on the opposition squad, cricket experts opined on Wednesday.