Eng open tour today

Bangladesh Cricket Board XI captain Shahriar Nafees (C) receives some batting tips from coach Minhazul Abedin (L) while middle-order batsman Rokibul Hasan listens during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Shahriar and company take on visiting England in a limited-overs warm-up game at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium today.Photo: STAR

The visiting England team take to the field today when they meet the BCB XI in the first limited-overs warm-up match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium. The match starts at 9am.
The English cricket team, led by Alastair Cook, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday night for a month-long tour consisting of three one-day internationals and two Tests. They however avoided doing any practice yesterday.
The tourists will play two limited-overs practice games, with the second warm-up match scheduled for Thursday at the same venue, to acclimatise before the three-match one-day series kicks off with a day-nighter on February 28 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Left-handed opener Shahriar Nafees, who made a forgettable return to international cricket after more than one and a half years against India last month, will lead an inexperienced local selection in the first practice match.
"It's just another game for me. I think everybody will try to play their best game," said Shahriar when asked about the match.
He however said that there would be a good chance for the local team to achieve something against this England side.
"This England side is little bit inexperienced as some key players like Andrew Strauss are not accompanying the team. My personal opinion is that Bangladesh stand a very good chance to win matches in this series if we consider the condition and the strength of the opponents. And we proved our strength in our home condition against a team like India," Shahriar opined.
Due to hectic schedule the selectors initially announced the team without any national players who returned home from New Zealand in the early hours of Sunday but later included out-of-form Rokibul Hasan and all-rounder Nayeem Islam after Alok Kapali pulled out citing medical reasons.
Chief selector Rafiqul Alam said that they would consider more national players for the second practice match and there was a good chance for pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza also.
"We were unable to give chances to too many players for the first game to accustom to the English attack but hopefully it will be possible for the second warm-up game. The good news is that Mashrafe (Bin Mortaza) has been declared fit by his Australian physician to play matches. Mashrafe has every chance to play the second practice match," said Rafiqul.
TEAMS
BCB XI: Shahriar Nafees (captain), Rokibul Hasan, Imtiaz Hossain, Nayeem Islam, Nasiruddin Faruque, Shaheen Hossain (wicketkeeper), Mahmudul Hasan, Shafaq Al Jabir, Tanvir Haider, Ariful Haque, Alauddin Babu, Tapash Baishya, Shamsur Rahman, Mohammad Sharifullah.
ENGLAND: Alastair Cook (captain), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan, Matthew Prior (wicketkeeper), Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Ryan Sidebottom, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Craig Kieswetter (wicketkeeper).