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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday announced a list of 38 players for international matches against the visiting West Indies and the England A team.

Although BCB included all the 16 members of the Bangladesh World Cup squad, except Faruque Ahmed, who earlier retired from international cricket, the board's inclination of counting on experience suffered a setback when Minhazul Abedin followed in Faruque's footsteps.

The former national captain called quits to international cricket immediately after the board released the list of 38 players.

But, while Minhazul Abedin, who turns 35 next month, decided to hang up his national cap, his contemporary Athar Ali Khan celebrated his recall to the national team after being ignored for the World Cup.

Also recalled surprisingly to the national team after a long gap were right-arm seamer Saiful Islam and top order batsman Selim Shahed.

The national camp will start at the BKSP from September 1 under the tutelage of the newly appointed coach Eddie Barlow. The South African is scheduled to arrive in the city the day before.

Bangladesh will play a couple of ODIs and a three-day match against the West Indies. The Caribbean team led by Brian Lara is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on October 1.

The second string England team will arrive in the city on October 17. The visiting English side will play three three-dayers and four four-day matches against the national team. They will also play a number of limited-over matches against different local selections.

The selected 38, including Minhazul Abedin: Aminul Islam, Khaled Mahmud, Mehrab Hossain, Shahriar Hossain, Akram Khan, Enamul Hoque, Khaled Mashud, Mohammed Rafique, Naimur Rahman, Safiuddin Ahmed, Neeyamur Rashid, Monjurul Islam, Mahabubur Rahman, Al Shahriar, Aminul Islam Bhola, Jahangir Alam, Javed Omar Belim, Hasanuzzaman, Nasirul Islam Nahid, Mushifiq Rahman, Golam Mortuza, Habibul Bashar, Harunur Rashid Liton, Athar Ali Khan, Sajid Hasan, Ridwan Hasan, Saiful Islam, Rashidul Haq, Salim Shahed, Anisur Rahman, Atiar Rahman, Ehsanul Hoque, Morshed Ali Khan, Ahmed Kamal and Zakir Hossain.