I WOULD like to think England will win their Test series in Bangladesh – and if they do they will have certainly deserved it because it will be very tough.

Bangladesh now to what they were 10 years ago are completely different.

I remember watching on TV as a kid thinking ‘whoever’s on that tour to Bangladesh will pile up the runs in an easy win’.

But they are a different kettle of fish now. They are no pushovers.

They have some decent players, and who knows what kind of pitches they will produce. They could be flat ones or turners.

But there were good signs in the recent one-day series, which I thought was really positive for England cricket.

I definitely enjoyed seeing Jos Buttler as captain. He had a real air of calmness with the way he went about the job, and I enjoy that.

For Ben Duckett to come in and score runs straightaway was great, and the more he plays the better he will become. The other standout was Jake Ball. He came in and bowled really nicely too.

As I say, the Test series will be tough, but there are certainly good signs. I’m excited to see how it goes.

It will be interesting to see Duckett or Haseeb Hameed given a go at the top of the order. They might both play if Duckett bats a bit lower down the order.

Duckett won both awards at the PCA do recently, and he’s held in high regard. Against a white ball, he’s dangerous and is hard to stop scoring.

Against a red ball, he’s an unknown quantity for us at Yorkshire because he plays in the second division with Northants. But he obviously gets runs when the pressure’s on.

The sub-continent is obviously different to England in terms of conditions, but he’s a very good player of spin. With that in mind, this could be the ideal tour for him to get on.

He’s a young, talented player from a white ball era growing up.

But the biggest thing is that he’s been in form now for the last two years, so his confidence is sky-high. I don’t see why he can’t get Test runs.

It helps batting at Northants, where they are good tracks. He’s an aggressive red ball cricketer by all accounts and scores quickly. That’s something England have been searching for recently.

Hameed is completely different. To be fair to him, he backs his defence.

When we played against him this year, we never really felt he was going to hurt us, but we knew he could occupy time.

He got his two hundreds at Old Trafford, but we always felt that we had a hold on the scoring rate. You can get into a rhythm as a bowling unit, and it only takes one delivery and he’s out.

If Duckett faces 200 balls, he’s on 140 or 150, whereas Hameed could be on 80. They are both good, young players, but there’s a definite style difference.

Hameed will definitely develop as time goes on and become more expansive, which we saw a glimpse of from our matches against him at Headingley and then Old Trafford.

Alex Hales has opened the door to let somebody in, and if I’m honest I don’t think it would take a lot for somebody to take his spot.

His one-day spot is a dead cert you would say, but his red ball spot is up the air. If somebody gets a score during the next couple of Tests, they will probably get the winter to prove themselves further.

It will be nice to see the young players given a go, including Zafar Ansari. I hope he plays as well after bowling well in the warm-ups. I’m looking forward to it.

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