BANGLADESH cricket team have roped in former Pakistan Test spinner Saqlain Mushtaq as a spin consultant ahead of a series of matches against Zimbabwe.
Report by Sports Reporter
Bangladesh arrive in the country today.
The two countries will meet for two Tests, three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 internationals.
The first Test match will get underway at the Harare Sports Club on April 17.
Bangladesh are expected to touch base at Harare International Airport this evening accompanied by the veteran Mushtaq who clinched 496 international wickets between 1994 and 2004 before ending his first-class career four years later.
Zimbabwe struggled against spinners in the West Indies recently and the Tigers, as Bangladesh are known in cricket circles, are looking to take full advantage. “We only call Saqlain when the need arises,” Bangladesh Cricket Board operations chairman Enayet Hossain Siraj said.
“We will not ask him to stay with us for a prolonged period. He will work for 100 days in a year, and this will start with the series against Zimbabwe.” Meanwhile, interim Zimbabwe coach Steven Mangongo said that he was hoping his batsmen would improve against spinners.
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Zimbabwe’s preparations are now on course after contractual disputes had decimated the training squad to just 10 players last week.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, will arrive without much training after a training session which was set for Tuesday back home was cancelled due to a countrywide general strike.
However, they will have enough time to shape up as there will be six full days before the first Test match gets underway.
