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Summary Brendan Taylor was handed the responsibility of leading Zimbabwe back into Test cricket.
imbabwe captain Brendan Taylor believes his team could spring a few surprises on Bangladesh in the one-off Test which starts on Thursday, and also suggested that conditions in Harare would suit the Zimbabweans.“It is great that we are coming back to play Tests and as we go into our first match the good thing is that our opponents don’t quite know what to expect from us and we have a few surprises for them,” said Taylor.Zimbabwe have played 33 ODIs against Bangladesh since their Test suspension – including 14 in 2009 alone – with Bangladesh having dominated those games, winning 24 of them. Mohammad Ashraful is the only member of Bangladesh’s squad to have played a Test against Zimbabwe, however, a situation Taylor is hoping work out in his team’s favour.They have been playing over the years and they have always been improving, so have we behind the scenes, he said. They know an awful lot about us in the one-day format of the game but they may not have the information they would have wanted as far as Test cricket is concerned, and we are looking to make good use of that.
