Tigers take on Scots today

A confident Bangladesh continues their tour of Europe when they play a Twenty20 international against Scotland, their first-ever, at the Voorburg Cricket Club in The Hague today. The match will start at 8:00pm (Bangladesh Standard Time), to be streamed live at www.ispahanibd.com.
Mushfiqur Rahim's men will also play an additional game on tour, on July 26, against the Netherlands after the Dutch cricket board (KNCB) complied with a request from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) who are worried about the team's demotion in the ICC Twenty20 rankings if it doesn't play enough matches before the August 1 cutoff.
"We asked the KNCB, our kind hosts, for the extra game and they have agreed. The game on Thursday will begin at 2:00pm local time," said Sabbir Khan, BCB's cricket operations manager.
Between August 1, 2010 to July 31 this year, the Tigers will play eight T20Is. According to the ICC website, "only teams who have completed at least eight T20 international matches since 1st August between two and three years ago will have their rating above converted into a ranking on the main table."
Bangladesh are now currently ranked at No 4 in the ICC Twenty20 rankings after beating Ireland 3-0 in the three-match series that ended on Saturday evening.
They snatched wins from the jaw of defeat in the last two games against Ireland after a convincing 71-run victory in the first match to take the series 3-0. Winning close games is as an improvement for the team and the Bangladesh skipper has already expressed his satisfaction over his team's performance against Ireland, who are considered dangerous in their own conditions.
It was learned yesterday that coach Richard Pybus told his charges that they are yet to complete their mission as they have two matches in hand in the tour. Bangladesh take on hosts Netherlands tomorrow at the same venue before the last game on July 26 to wrap up their summer tour.
“Bangladesh team had a full practice session today [Monday] and they also watched the video footage of the Scotland team because we played against them long ago,” Saad said over telephone.
Bangladesh last played a one-day international against Scotland in December 2006 at Mirpur and they have a hundred per cent record against the ICC associate members having won all three ODIs against them.
“There is a brilliant sunshine and the wicket is also looking good. The boys are very confident to continue their good run and finish the trip on a winning note,” Saad added.