Bangladesh team arrives in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, SEPT. 4. The Bangladesh cricket team has arrived here to play an Asian Test Championship match against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh, the newest Test playing nation, has suffered four defeats in as many games since it won the Test status in June last year. Last week, Pakistan overwhelmed it by an innings and 264 runs in the first match of the championship.

Worried about the lack of spectator interest, the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka announced that the entry would be free for watching the first five-day Test between the two sides, beginning on September 6.

Meanwhile, the state-run Daily News quoted Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Syed Ashraf Haq as saying that his team would not be down for long.

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