Sports world:England becomes new hub for Tigers

          England is increasingly becoming the new hub for Bangladeshi cricketers as at least six Bangladeshi players are currently involved in their domestic cricket.
          The latest in the list is national team opener and vice-captain Tamim Iqbal, who has been picked up by Nottinghamshire for their ongoing Friends Life Twenty20 tournament. 
          Tamim will join his skipper Sakib al Hasan, who is starring for Worcestershire for the last two seasons. 
          Sakib was hoping that his performance would open a door for the Bangladeshi players in England, though that was not the case.
          Tamim Iqbal, now the second Bangladeshi to win a contact from county side, had to wait until Australian David Hussey decided to leave Notts Outlaws to fulfil his international commitment. 
          The Bangladeshi players, however, are playing in regional competitions of England quite often. 
          At least four players, who are currently out of the national side but can make a comeback anytime, are involved in such competitions, popularly known as Minor County.
          Discarded middle-order batsman Mehrab Hossain Jr is playing for Blythe CC in the Staffs & Cheshire Div 1 while pace bowler Syed Rasel, who got a perfect condition to use his main weapon – swing bowling – in England, is playing for Halstead Cricket Club in Essex League.
 ‘It’s a huge benefit for players. Every day you will see a new condition and you have to adapt to that. You can’t get this experience anywhere else,’ he said.
Faruque added that Aminul Islam was the first Bangladeshi player to have played in England when he featured in the Yorkshire League for a few years in the mid-1990s. 
          Faruque, however, was reluctant to compare the experience of Sakib and Tamim with theirs.