Mahmudul to lead Bangladesh U-19 on England tour

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named a 15-member Under-19 squad to tour England next month. The team will play two Tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches during the month-long tour.

The team is captained by Mahmudul Hasan, who played in the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia last year, alongside Saikat Ali and Amit Majumder. They topped their group during that campaign, winning all three league matches - including one against England. However, they lost heavily to South Africa by 201 runs in the quarter-final.

The tour opens with a two-day practice match against an ECB U-18 team on July 3-4 to be followed by the first 'Test' two days later.

Squad: Mahmudul Hasan (capt), Amit Majumder (vice-capt), Saikat Ali, Asif Ahmed, Shabbir Rahman, Imamul Hossain, Muminul Hoque Showrab, Mohammed Abul Hasan, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Alauddin Babu, Shohag Reza, Shaker Ahmed, Anamul Haque Bijoy (wk), Quazi Nurul Hasan (wk), Nur Hossain