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Tigers face Northern Knights in warm-up match today

December 16, 2007 00:00:00


The visiting Bangladesh national cricket team face Northern Knights today (Sunday) in the first warm-up match at Seddon Park in New Zealand, reports UNB.
The match will start at 12:00pm (7:00am Bangladesh Standard Time) and each team will be allowed to field 12 players. Opening batsman Javed Omar, Mehrab Hossain (Jr) and pace bowler Nazmul Hossain have been left out of the Bangladesh 12.
James Marshall will lead the Northern Knights in absence of regular skipper Daniel Vettori who is in Australia leading the Black Caps in the Chappell-Hadlee series.
All the batsmen of the Tigers Saturday had extended nets. Besides, the bowlers bowled for a lengthy spell to get into the groove of match conditions.

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