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October 19, 2000 

Dhaka, Oct 18 (UNB) - Bangladesh, which became the 10th member of the elite club of world cricket in last June, will face every test nation at home and abroad within next five years.

This was disclosed by Bangladesh Cricket Board general secretary Syed Ashraful Haq, who returned home from Nairobi Tuesday, while talking to newsmen at the BCB office today.

Bangladesh will play their maiden test match against India on November 10-14 in Dhaka.

The executive committee of International Cricket Council (ICC) made a draft schedule for next five years' test matches in its meeting in Nairobi during October 15-17, he said.

ICC, the highest authority of world cricket, already sent the draft to 10 test-playing countries asking their opinions before November 15. The draft will be finalised by November.

"In next five years, we'll play more test matches than Sri Lanka played in 10 years," the BCB general secretary said.

The Bangladesh national squad got a total of 1.70 lakh US dollars as match fee and appearance money from the recently concluded ICC Knockout Tournament in Kenya, he informed.

Haq said the money earned from the ICC Knockout Tournament would cover Bangladesh team's all expenses in South Africa tour. "We'll also have some surplus money," he added.