Tigresses off to Australia
The Bangladesh women’s team flew for Australia yesterday to take part in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The Tigresses will conduct a 11-day conditioning camp before starting their official ICC pre-World Cup campaign.
Bangladesh will play five warm-up matches in Australia before beginning their World T20 campaign proper when they face India on February 24 in Perth.
The Tigresses will then take on hosts Australia in Canberra on February 27. Salma Khatun and her troop will face New Zealand in Melbourne on February 29 and then Sri Lanka on March 2 at the same venue.
“We lack in our batting department specially against spinners. We worked on that and also on our fielding. We batted against male bowlers in the nets so overall, we are prepared well. On top of that we are travelling early and this will help us cope with condition,” said Bangladesh all-rounder Jahanara Alam yesterday.
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