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| April 7, 2006 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 8, 1427 |
Australians arrive in Bangladesh
DHAKA, April 6: Australia, led by Ricky Ponting, arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday to play two Tests and three One-day Internationals on their maiden tour of the South Asian nation.
The visitors were due to hold a news conference Friday.
Australia made three last-minute changes to their Test squad, recalling Jason Gillespie along with Phil Jaques, and inducting Mitchell Johnson, who was already in the one-day squad and is set to make his Test debut.
The trio replace Justin Langer, Shaun Tait and Michael Kasprowicz who were injured in the just-concluded Test series against South Africa.
The first Test starts Sunday at Fatullah near the capital, Dhaka, while the second begins April 16 in Chittagong.
The first One-day International will be played April 23 in Chittagong, while the second and third matches will be held April 26 and April 28 respectively at Fatullah.—AP
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