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Tigers undercooked before practice T20s

Sports Reporter
Poor conditions at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast, where the Tigers will play all three games of their Twenty20 series against Ireland, could play spoilsport as Bangladesh gear up for the Ireland leg of their Europe tour.
The Tigers are scheduled to take on Ireland XI in the early afternoon (5:30pm Bangladesh Standard Time) and the Northern Cricket Union President's XI in the evening game (10:00pm BST) at The Green in Comber on Monday, and there's the threat of them going into the games without much cricket practice.
As they attempted to train at Stormont, the conditions haven't been up to scratch due to the unrelenting rain over the past month in the Northern Ireland capital. They had to be content with some stretching and warm-up football on Thursday, concerning the team manager about the lack of a proper net session ahead of the two practice Twenty20s.
"It has been raining for the last month and the ground is poor. So we are a bit con-
cerned whether we can finish a complete session of cricket practice," said manager Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad. "Though the sun came up in the last two days, the ground and the wicket's sustainability to hold a session remained to be seen."
However there are no concerns about the weather anymore as, according to Saad, the temperatures haven't dropped as was expected. "It is cold but not unbearably so," he informed.
Meanwhile, Ireland have recalled Boyd Rankin to their 15-man squad for the three-match series, after the Warwickshire fast bowler demonstrated his recovery from a foot injury sustained in April.
Rankin took 15 wickets during Ireland's successful ICC World Twenty20 qualification campaign in the UAE in March but he has only played second-XI cricket since then. Ireland will take on Bangladesh in three T20 matches, the first of which takes place on Wednesday, as part of their World Twenty20 preparations.
"It's obviously been a frustrating time sitting on the sidelines but it's great to be back bowling again," Rankin said. "The weather
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has hampered the amount of cricket I’ve played but I've been working hard in practice in the nets. I played for Warwickshire seconds against the MCC Universities, and I bowled seven overs in the three-day game against Northants taking 1 for 11.
"The T20s come at the right time for me as they are ideal in that they are just four over spells as I continue to build up my fitness and strength. The foot is feeling good — the initial healing period was given as 10-12 weeks, but we gave it a further two and I'm benefiting from that.
"I'm looking forward to the games in Belfast against Bangladesh as we've had some fantastic tussles against them in recent years. We played some great cricket in qualifying for Sri Lanka and the new ball partnership with Trent and myself proved pretty effective. This is an important series for Irish cricket and hopefully if selected I'll play an important part in it."
Andrew Poynter, the allrounder who hit the winning runs in the World Twenty20 Qualifier final against Afghanistan has also been added to the squad, which contains the thirteen players named for the rain-wrecked
GDI against Australia last month.
Bangladesh will play two warm up games at Comber on Monday July 16. The first will be against an Ireland XI captained by Andrew White at 12.30pm, followed at 5pm by a second fixture against a Northern Cricket Union select XL
SQUAD
William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Ed Joyce, John Mooney, Tim Murtagh, Kevin G'Brien, Niall O'Brien, Andrew Poynter, Boyd Rankin, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, AndrewWhite, Gary Wilson.