“That is a good distance away now, 2010,” Tamim instructed the UK’s Day by day Mirror. “However these innings I’ll all the time bear in mind. Scoring 100 in England is just not straightforward, particularly for a crew like us. The recollections are one thing that, after I’ve completed cricket, I’ll take without end in my coronary heart.
“These two are actually near my coronary heart, however a very powerful factor is you guys want to ask us extra typically. That was the final time we performed there, which is unlucky. Bangladesh is in a scenario now the place we must always tour Australia and England extra typically and I do not know why that does not occur.
“It has been 13 years now and we’ve not been again to England. It is unhappy really that we’ve not toured once more after doing so effectively, particularly in white-ball cricket.”
There are greater than 600,000 individuals in England and Wales who registered as Bangladeshi within the 2021 census, and Bangladesh’s fixtures on the 2017 Champions Trophy and 2019 World Cup attracted substantial crowds.
And Tamim believes that may be repeated if Bangladesh have been invited for a bilateral tour. “I can assure you, will probably be much less England followers and extra Bangladeshi followers, for positive,” he stated.
“When you bear in mind the 2017 Champions Trophy, we really outnumbered the English followers… no matter format we play, if we get invited to play in England, will probably be a full home.”
Bangladesh are as a result of tour England later this 12 months, however their opponents shall be Eire. The groups are as a result of play three ODIs within the closing fixtures of the ICC’s Tremendous League, that are anticipated to be staged at Chelmsford within the second week of Could. The fixtures haven’t but been confirmed.
