Bangladesh reappoint Bashar until after World Cup

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed that Habibul Bashar will lead the side until the end of the World Cup next April.

"We believe Bashar can lead the team well in the coming World Cup," a senior board official told Reuters. Bashar said that he was happy with the board's decision and that it would help him chalk out the plans for the World Cup.

The announcement followed a meeting of the BCB in Dhaka at which a number of other issues were addressed.

At the forefront of these was confirmation of the tour of Zimbabwe in December. The BCB said that they would play seven ODIs. The tentative schedule was for two matches to take place at Bogra, one at Khulna, two at Chittagong, two at Dhaka and a Twenty20 match, also at Dhaka. Mahmudur Rahman, the BCB's CEO, said: "The venues at Dhaka have not been finalised but in all probability there could be one match at Mirpur and one at Fatullah."

The board also confirmed a previous resolution taken by the working committee condemning the incident in which a number of journalists were injured at Chittagong during the second Test between Bangladesh and Australia in April 2006.