Australia to tour Bangladesh for first time since 2006
Sunday 2 August 2015 12:01, UK
Australia will travel to Bangladesh for two Tests in October, where the sides will contest their first series in nine years.
The tourists will play a three-day warm up match in Fatullah starting on October 3 before the first Test in Chittagong gets underway on October 9. Dhaka will then host the second Test from October 17.
Australia won both matches the last time they played Bangladesh in 2006 and the forthcoming series will be only the third between the two nations.
Bangladesh have improved markedly in the one-day game but are still one of the lesser nations in the longer format and are currently ranked ninth out of the 10 Test playing nations.
They reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time this year and have since won ODI series' at home against Pakistan, India and South Africa.
They also managed to draw a weather-hit single Test against India and look set to do the same against South Africa.
Heavy rain at the second Test in Mirpur means play has only been possible on the opening day, with the opening Test having ended in a draw after the final two days were also lost to rain.
