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Vol. 5 Num 931 Thu. January 11, 2007  
   
Sports


Four new faces in WC probables


As expected, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday named its 30-member probables for the World Cup in the West Indies.

There are a few fresh calls and the only big name missing is Nafis Iqbal, the opening batsman under contract with the board who has no chance of recovery from injury.

The new faces, although they hardly look to contest for the final 15-member squad that will make the Caribbean trip, are hard-hitting opener Junaed Siddiquee who sparkled in the recently concluded Twenty20 League, Nafis' younger brother Tamim Iqbal who is also a big-hitter, seamer Dollar Mahmud and all-rounder Marshall Ayub.

Significantly, Mohammad Sharif has returned to the national fold after over three years, showing improved performance with both bat and ball following recovery from injury.

Among the 30, wicketkeeper Sahagir Hossain Pavel and top-order batsman Nazmus Sadat were in the probables list for the ICC Champions Trophy but never managed to make it to a national camp.

The squad will be halved in mid-February.

Squad
Habibul Bashar, Shahriar Nafees, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza, Javed Omar, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Rajin Saleh, Shahadat Hossain, Tushar Imran, Alok Kapali, Tapash Baishya, Abdur Razzak, Manzarul Islam Rana, Syed Rasel, Mushfiqur Rahim, Enamul Haque Jr, Nazmul Hossain, Farhad Reza, Sakib Al Hasan, Mehrab Hossain Jr, Nadif Chowdhury, Nazmus Sadat, Shahagir Hossain Pavel, Junaed Siddiquee, Mohammad Sharif, Dollar Mahmud, Marshal Ayub, Tamim Iqbal.