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First one-day today

Sports Reporter
Fresh after their maiden Test series triumph Bangladesh will turn their focus on the abridged version of the game when the first of five-match one-day internationals against Zimbabwe begins at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. FROM PAGE 1
of musclemen forcing cattle-loaded trucks to markets of their choice took place this year, unlike in the past.
During a visit to three cattle markets at Golapbagh. Kamalapur and Gandaria yesterday, the supply of Indian cattle was found to be lower than thatofthepreviousyears.
The prices of a medium-sized cow ranged from Tk 15000 to Tk 20,000 yesterday. Lessees of the makeshift market are to get five percent of the sale prices.
r\t Kamalapur market, die seller demandedTk one lakh seventy thousandfora bull and buyers offered up to Tk one lakh twenty five thousand. Interestingly, the seller offered a goat free of cost to one who would buy the bull.
Owner of the bull and goat M Anisuzzaman from Chuadanga said," The bull named Samrat and the goat named Saddam used to take feed together always. Sa I decided to give away the goat with the bull free of cost"
"I did not face any trouble on the way to Dhaka," said Anisuzzaman. who has brought 20 bulls and 100 goats.
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) selected 16 sites for makeshift cattle markets this year.
These include the open spaces beside Armanitola playground, at Khilkhet Tanpara, Agargaon slum, Taltola bus stand, Banani-Kakoli railway stationandSector-12 in Uttara and near Alam Market at Postagola, Golapbagh ground, Rahamatganj playground, Dhupkliola ground. Hosseni Dian Road, Kamalapur eastern ground of Bangladesh Bank Colony, Meradia Bazar, Jigatola-Hazaribagh playground, Sunrise Sporting Club ground and Rayer Bazar playground;
Our Staff Correspondent in Chittagong reports: the cattie market in Chittagong has yet to witness a momentum in sales and purchases as expected by traders, especially those who brought high priced sacrificial animals from different parts of the country and also from India and Nepal.
Badruddin Biswas from Jhenidah, who usually brings high quality anti high-rated cattle to the markets of the portdtybefore theEd-ul-z\zha. came here three daysago with32 large cattle of 'Nepal Shalt- breed. He looked disappointed yesterday at Sagarika cattle market as none of his cattle had yetsold.
Tve got no customers offering the prices I expected far," he said in frustration.
Badruddin wanted Tk 1,20,00 for each of his cattle while-buyers offered Tk70,000toTk80,000.
Anotiier trader. Anwar Sowdagar, imported 10Camels from Rajasthan in India two days ago but he too couldn't sellanyofthose.
A Sagarika market yesterday, a local trader sought Tk 60,000 to Tk 70,000 each for a camel but he found no buyer.
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The day-night match, starting at 1pm, will certainly test the nerve of both teams 48 hours after agruelling five-day battie at thesame venue.
Bangladesh Television and ESPN will provide live coverage of the game from tlle Big Bowl.
After the match, the series will go for a three-day Eid break before the second ODI in Chittagong on January 24.
Buoyed by their l-ffseries victory, the spirited Tigers now eye their maiden one-day series win against an inexperienced Zimbabwe who are coming to the game on the back of a 17-match losing streak.
Zimbabwe's only two ODI victories in 2004 came against Bangladesh at home in March last year when they took the five-match series 2-1. The first two matches were washed ou t in Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe, however, are not the same side that have won 12 games out of total 13 between the two teams. Going through a transition period following a revolt of the senior cricketers over selection policy, Tatenda Taibu's side lost series to Sri Lanka, Australia, Pakistan and England and both their ICC ChampionsTrophy matches.
Still, it is expected that experi-
ence of playing against the big guns in recent times will make them a much harder side to beat in the limited-overs series.
Bangladesh's only win against Zimbabwe also came in March last year when Habibul Bashar's men recorded an eight-run victory at Harare to take a 1-0 lead which they could not prevail in theend.
But Bashar's men reached even greater heights last month when they celebrated their 100th ODI with a stunning 15-run triumph over mighty India at the same venue. Incidentally, it was their first one-day victoryonthehomesoil.
But going into the first game, injuries to some key players remain a worry for coach Dav Whatmore. Champion left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique has been ruled out from the first three games. Besides, young paccman Mashra-fee-Bin-Mortuza and recordbreaking left-arm spinner Enamul Haque will also be rested for today's match.
Zimbabwe also have injury problems for senior paceman MIuIeki Nkala and all-rounder Eton Chigumbura.
Both teams have decided to announce the playing eleven today.