England manage to reach 258 for 7 on the back of fifties from Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow at the end of day one in the first Test against Bangladesh at Chittagong

Bangladesh teammates Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal will play for Peshawar Zalmi in the next edition of Pakistan Super League, the draft for which was held yesterday.

The head of Cricket Australia's (CA) security unit is expected to arrive in Bangladesh in order to expedite the required security

Even if Bangladesh are novices in Test cricket, there is one person in the team set-up who is a bonafide all-time great. Through

England will be the favourites but their skipper Alastair Cook is not taking Bangladesh lightly

Alastair Cook admits to questioning how much longer he can extend his record-breaking England career, torn between the pride of playing for his country and the wrench of being parted from his young family.

Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim is happy to take the reins after a big break ahead of the first Test against England tomorrow

Having lost out on a closely contested ODI series against England, Bangladesh will look to avenge their defeat when both teams clash in first Test of the two match series on Thursday at Chittagong.

Shane Watson has hit back at Michael Clarke's claim he was part of a group that was "like a tumour" in Australia's cricket team, saying it reflected poorly on the former captain.

The fact that the Bangladesh selectors have included four uncapped players in their Test squad for the England series has received plenty of attention the past week.

With Bangladesh's season starting with the Afghanistan and England series, there was much hand-wringing over the long gaps between ODI and Test cricket.

If the Bangladesh squad for the first Test is anything to go by, there will not be much joy for the faster men when England and the home team square off at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong (ZACS) on Thursday.

Twitter was full of praise for Pakistan cricket team, who defeated West Indies by 56 runs in Asia's first ever day-night Test.

Twitter was full of praise for Pakistan cricket team, who defeated West Indies by 56 runs in Asia's first ever day-night Test.

England and Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel feels that the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh and India will be exciting with the amount of talent on display.

Factbox on the Test series between England and Bangladesh starting at Chittagong on Thursday

England will use the Test series in Bangladesh to solve selection issues and prepare for the potentially tougher series they face over the coming months.

Australian great Steve Waugh says the summer Test series against South Africa and Pakistan is shaping up as make or break for Steve Smith's captaincy of the national side.

Rival captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Jason Holder praise the fight till last attitude in the first day-night Test played with Pakistan upstaging West Indies by 56 runs in the final hour.

Despite a fighting hundred by Darren Bravo Pakistan pulled off a tension-packed 56-run victory against West Indies in the first day-night Test in Dubai on Monday.