Factbox on the Test series between England and Bangladesh starting at Chittagong on Thursday

England will use the Test series in Bangladesh to solve selection issues and prepare for the potentially tougher series they face over the coming months.

Miracles can happen. But the harsh reality is real and it's totally and completely under someone's control. Bangladesh head coach

Steven Finn, the England pacer, takes stock of the trying conditions in Bangladesh, after sweating it out and bowling 16 overs across the two tour games against the hosts in Chittagong.

England’s final dress rehearsal for the first Test against Bangladesh on Thursday ended with a draw in the second two-day tour match against BCB XI as Tanveer Haider picked up four wickets.

Two days before the start of the ODI series against England, Abdul Mazid, as part of the Dhaka Division team, had just finished a National Cricket League four-dayer against Khulna Division. He had scored 96 in his only first-class outing in this rain-marred season.

Heightened security measures around high-profile sporting events could become the norm, according to the England and Wales Cricket Board's respected security advisor Reg Dickason.

The move from ODI cricket to Test cricket is a jarring one if just the technical and mental adjustments required are considered. It is all the more jarring when that move is made by a team that last collectively stepped out in whites around 15 months ago and one that has won only seven out of 93 matches since their elevation to the highest level.

Eoin Morgan will return as captain of England's limited overs side in India next year despite skipping the ongoing tour of Bangladesh over safety fears, according to assistant coach Paul Farbrace.

With the one-day series done, both Bangladesh and England are now preparing for the two-match Test series, which is scheduled to begin at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong from October 20 onwards.

Check out the interesting statistical highlights of the action-packed 3-match ODI series between Bangladesh and England, which was the first bilateral ODI series loss for Tigers at home after six consecutive ODI series win since November 2014.

Ben Stokes says England want to be the best in the world after a hugely satisfying 2-1 series triumph in Bangladesh.

Jos Buttler led England to a thrilling victory against the odds over Bangladesh on Wednesday night and then admits it was made extra special because of bad feeling between the sides.

Chris Woakes hits a six over long off to seal the game with 13 balls left and win by four wickets with 13 balls to spare

Jos Buttler's reaction to Bangladesh players' send-off after his dismissal in the second ODI against Bangladesh and Ben Stokes's reaction after that game had drawn the ire of the Bangladeshi public.

There is a strong possibility of rain in Chittagong today. And if it rains, cricket aficionados in Bangladesh and across the world are set to miss a different kind of cyclone that has been gathering momentum over the last couple of days with one Jos Buttler in the eye of the storm which is set for a 2:30pm landfall at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rejected a request from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to add a reserve day to the ongoing ODI series. The request was made yesterday ahead of the third and final ODI between the two teams, set to take place at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has said that his team does not need to apologise to Jos Buttler for the heated exchanges that took place between the two teams during the second ODI.

We all saw a new side to Jos Buttler on Sunday at Mirpur, Dhaka —and it could do both him and this England team the world of good.

England all-rounder Moeen Ali says that heated exchange between the Bangladesh and England players in the second ODI will fire up both the teams for the decider on October 12.