His wife Sumona Haque was taken ill on Saturday morning. On getting the news, Mashrafe, who trained with the team in England for just two days, flew for Dhaka in the evening British Summer Time. The Bangladesh team flew off to England on the night of Apr 26. Another warm-up is scheduled for May 5 before the team set off for Ireland’s tri-nation series two days later. Mashrafe, however, will miss the opener due to the over-rate suspension on him in Bangladesh's last series in Sri Lanka.

Source: bd News24 April 30, 2017 13:41 UTC