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Factbox: England v Bangladesh Test series
Factbox on the two-Test series between England and Bangladesh starting at Chittagong on Thursday:
Published : 19 Oct 2016, 03:08 PM
Updated : 19 Oct 2016, 03:10 PM
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England
Captain: Alastair Cook
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Squad: Cook, Moeen Ali, Zafar Ansari, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Haseeb Hameed, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes.
Bangladesh
Captain: Mushfiqur Rahim
Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha
Squad: Mushfiqur (wicketkeeper), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, Soumya Sarkar, , Shafiul Islam, Taijul Islam, Sabbir Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Nurul Hasan, Kamrul Islam Rabbi.
Head-to-head:
Total: 8
England won: 8
Last five meetings:
2010 - England won by innings & 80 runs, Manchester
2010 - England won by eight wickets, Lord's
2010 - England won by nine wickets, Dhaka
2010 - England won by 181 runs, Chittagong
2005 - England won by innings & 27 runs, Chester-le-Street
Fixtures (all start 10am BdST):
1st Test - Oct 20-24, Chittagong
2nd Test - Oct 28-Nov 1, Dhaka
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