Beaten Bangladesh desperate for Shakib recovery

DERBY: Bangladesh were desperately hoping captain Shakib Al Hasan makes a speedy recovery from chickenpox after his side lost by seven wickets to England Lions on Friday.
Only Jahural Islam showed the necessary application required on a Derby pitch that helped the seamer to score an unbeaten 58 off 153 balls and was the only Bangladeshi batsman to pass 50 in the game.
Bangladesh face England at Lord's in the first Test starting on Thursday, but this match was really decided on Thursday afternoon when the tourists lost wickets to a rash of ill-judged shots to collapse to 139 for nine, a lead of just 63.
Rubel Hossain dug in to see him to his half-century and made the Lions bowlers work for the last wicket on a hot, humid morning on Friday.
Jahural and Rubel continued the stand which had rescued their side from a two-day defeat and batted for another 11 overs before Ravi Bopara, pushing for an England Test recall, struck.
Bopara finished with four for 14 in the innings and seven for 23 in the match.
Lions skipper and England opener Alastair Cook then made an unbeaten 42 from 55 balls as his team easily chased down a target of 86.
Bangladesh's Australian coach Jamie Siddons said he was hopeful that Shakib would be fit for Lord's.
"He's much better. He bowled and batted today and walked some laps. I'm pretty confident he's pacing himself well and will definitely be putting his hand up to play," said Siddons.
"That's good news for us because he's an integral part of our line-up and balances our team out nicely."
On the Lord's Test, Siddons added: "We are hoping for a really good performance.
"We've played good Test cricket over the last six months and pushed England in Bangladesh and hopefully, all things being even, we will play really well at Lord's."

Bangladesh collapse against England Lions

Derby: Bangladesh's preparations for next week's first Test at Lord's suffered a blow when they collapsed against England Lions at Derby on Wednesday.
The tourists, playing their final tour match before the Lord's clash with England, slipped from 109 for one to be bowled out for 220 on the first day, with Steve Kirby taking three wickets in 18 balls for the Lions.
Ravi Bopara returned from England's ICC World Twenty20 triumph to run through the Bangladesh tail, finishing with three for nine, but he made only 12 with the bat as the Lions reached 125 for three at the close.
Bangladesh had batted well after they were put in against a Lions attack which struggled for the right length, but the innings was undermined by some rash shots.
Tamim Iqbal drove and glanced Kirby for three consecutive fours and Imrul Kayes brought up the 50 in the 11th over when he off-drove Chris Woakes to the ropes.
Kayes was dropped on 20 when he drove James Harris low to Woakes in the covers but Iqbal's attacking instincts betrayed him when he top-edged a hook at Liam Plunkett and was caught at fine leg for 36.
Kayes looked well set until he flashed at Woakes and was caught behind for 42, and the tourists' decline gathered pace after lunch as the seamers found a more consistent line.
Junaid Siddique was taken by a juggling Moeen Ali at second slip for 30 and Mohammad Ashraful suffered his first failure of the tour when he edged a big drive at Kirby.
The Gloucestershire paceman then found some extra bounce to have Mushfiqur Rahim caught by Ali for a single and Plunkett struck with his first ball back when Jahurul Islam mistimed a pull to mid on.
The tourists were in deep trouble at 158 for seven after Abdur Razzak edged Woakes to first slip but Mahmudullah responded by hooking Plunkett for two consecutive sixes before he pulled Bopara to Monty Panesar at fine leg.
Bopara then failed with the bat, taken at second slip by Robiul Islam, and Moeen Ali went first ball when he edged low to Kayes.
Alastair Cook and Gale had some uncomfortable moments against the tourists' seamers but were rebuilding the innings until the skipper pulled Rubel Hossain to mid-on.
Gale completed his half-century from 71 balls and shared an unbroken stand of 50 with James Taylor to leave the Lions 95 behind at the close.