first-class innings for Bangladesh A was scored by Mushfiqur Rahim, who made 111 not out and 50 in the second match, his second first-class match at the age of 16. He made his Test debut at Lord's three months later. Enamul Haque (aged 18), Shahadat Hossain (aged 18) and Shakib Al Hasan (aged 17) shared the bowling honours, Haque taking the best innings and match figures with 7 for 49 and 3 for 69 in the first match. All three subsequently played Test cricket. 2005 in England See Bangladesh A cricket team in England in 2005 Shortly after the Bangladeshi Test team toured England in 2005, a Bangladesh A team also toured, again captained by Shariar Nafees, playing five first-class matches (of which they lost three and drew two) and three List A matches (won two, lost one) in July and August. Six of the team had been part of the earlier Test squad. The outstanding player was Tushar Imran, who had not been part of the Test squad, who scored 467 runs in first-class matches at an average of 58.37, including the team's only two centuries. 2006 in Zimbabwe The tour to Zimbabwe in June and July 2006 followed the same pattern as the tour in 2005: three first-class matches followed by five List A matches, all against Zimbabwe A. This time, along with matches in Bulawayo and Kwekwe again, two matches were played in Mutare. Tushar Imran captained the team, most of whom had Test experience. Bangladesh A won the first first-class match, drew the second, and lost the third; they won the List A series 4–1. The outstanding player in the first-class matches was Enamul Haque, who took five wickets in each first innings and finished with 22 wickets at an average of 17.18. The highest scorer in the first-class matches was Alok Kapali, with 336 runs, including two centuries, at an average of 67.20. Mehrab Hossain scored a century in each innings in the second match. 2006-07 in Sri Lanka Bangladesh A toured Sri Lanka in March and April 2007, playing two first-class and three List A matches against Sri Lanka A. Tushar Imran again captained the team. All five matches were lost by large margins. No centuries were scored. 2008 in Ireland and England A young team of 22 players toured Ireland and England from mid-June to early August 2008. Nobody was older than 26,