Brisbane (Australia), July 02: Bangladesh's modest- achieving cricketers return to work on their Australian cricket tour tomorrow after a day trip to a Gold Coast Theme Park. The Bangladeshis face the Australian Cricket Academy in a three-day match at Allan Border Field as they prepare for their Test and limited overs series against Australia.
After a 29-run loss to the Queensland Academy of Sport in their tour opener in Brisbane last weekend, the world cricket minnows took time out from match practice this week at the theme park. "We had to get away from cricket," Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore said today.
Bangladesh play a national academy side comprising four players with Sheffield Shield experience - Western Australian trio Scott Meuleman, Luke Ronchi and Peter Worthington plus South Australian Mark Cleary. "We're looking to improve in every department and get accustomed to the conditions as best as we can and just to play some good percentage stuff," Whatmore said.
The Brisbane weather has been helpful to the Bangladeshis, who head to Darwin in Australia's tropical north next week to prepare for the first Test against Australia from July 18.
"We're just grateful to be able to come to a place like this and train," said Whatmore, the former Victorian batsman who took over as coach last month after a stint coaching Sri Lanka. Bureau Report