English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2009–10 English cricket team in Bangladesh in 2009–10 The England cricket team toured Bangladesh at the end of the 2009–10 cricket season, playing three One Day Internationals (ODI) and two Test matches. Regular England captain Andrew Strauss controversially missed the tour to rest for the 2010–11 Ashes series, so the team was led by Alastair Cook. Bangladesh were captained by all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. England whitewashed Bangladesh in both the Test and ODI series, maintaining their record as the only Test-playing nation not to have been beaten by the Bangladeshis. England gave debuts to five players during the series, including South
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