June 05, 2007	Tuesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 19, 1428

DHAKA, June 4: Bangladesh have recalled left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and batsman-cum-wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim in a 15-man Test squad for the Sri Lanka tour later this month.They will replace left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Junior and batsman Tushar Imran, who were in the Test squad in the recent home series against India.

India won the series 1-0, after the rain-hit first match ended in a draw.

Bangladesh will play three Tests and three one-day matches against Sri Lanka. The Test series begins in Colombo on June 25.

Razzak, who played his only Test against Australia in 2006, returned to the squad after his impressive performances in one-day cricket, chief selector Faruq Ahmed said.

“Razzak had a very good World Cup. He is ninth in the one-day rankings. So naturally, we thought he should be given chances in the longer version of the game,” he said.

“We selected Rahim because of his all-round abilities. He is a stand-by wicket-keeper and a good middle-order batsman. He has already played two Tests as a batsman,” he added.

The selectors also included Habibul Bashar, who lost his Test captaincy to Mohammad Ashraful on Saturday.

Aftab Ahmed, Tamim Iqbal, Tushar Imran, Farhad Reza and uncapped off-spinner-cum-batsman Mahmudullah Riyad will join the squad before the start of the one-day series.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will name the one-day squad for the tour later.

Test squad: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Masharafe Mortaza, Habibul Bashar, Javed Omar, Mehrab Hossain Jr, Shahriar Nafees, Rajin Saleh, Saqibul Hasan,

Khaled Mashud, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mohammad Sharif, Mushfiqur Rahim.

—Agencies